Modern Heritage Card for Mum

I made this gorgeous 8" x 8" card for my Mum.......... from the Modern Heritage cd rom from theclipartfairy.
I printed it onto the lovely white linen cardstock and matted and layered the two different bp's. I've added decoupaged "M" and painted this over with clear nail varnish (as always) and used little pearls, white bows and the lovely sheer white ribbon down the left side of the card - topped with a pearl heart.  Suitably glamour dusted, this card looks stunning I think (pic doesn't do it justice).

Mini wordbook for Baby Girl

I was trying out different styles of Wordbooks to see which I preferred.......... this is a little mini one I played around with before deciding on the previous post....... the lovely blue baby boy wordbook, but thought I'd post it for you to see anyway.

I've again used the alphabet and graphics from theclipartfairy's cd "It's in the Words" which is my all time favourite crafters cd.  Instead of having the letters overhanging the pages, I framed them in the space on the page, still quite a nice look I think, but the blue one is my favourite. 

The little glittery brads holding the pages together were another 29p bargain from Hobbycraft's sale clearance.  As usual, I've glamour dusted around the letters and the gorgeous little baby graphics........ don't you love the little sleeping baby peeping out from the next to last page:)

Wordbook Card for Baby Boy

I'm delighted with this.......... my very first attempt at a wordbook card.  I measured out each page of the book and used Open Office to put together this book.  I used gradients in baby blue and white to get the shading on the pages.  The alphabet letters and the little baby graphic are from the crafters cd from theclipartfairy.  This is my favourite crafters cd and I must use this every day I craft.

I've fastened the pages of the wordbook together with one of my Hobbycraft absolute bargains (29p in the clearance).......... lovely little gold heart brads.  They come in a pack of about 50, so a fab bargain.  I've painted over the little boy graphic with clear nailvarnish to give a lovely shiny finish and used my Zig glue marker around the edges of the letters to add a bit of sparkle with glamourdust.  Just to finish off, I've made a little blue bow (printed with Its a Boy) to the top left of the book.

Crib Card

Playing with graphics last night and decided to make up this gorgeous graphic of bear in crib, again from the fab clipartfairy.  I've used the concertina sides (shown on next pic) to give the cot dimension and for this card I think works brilliantly.

I've added the name, Grace, to the cot (use name of recipient). You could personalise with date and time baby born too, on the end of the crib.  I've added some little bows with tiny nappy pins to the crib posts and a little pink crown to teddy's hairband.

Boxful of Sports

I know I'm not alone in struggling to get a good pic of cards at the minute, I see from other blogs that they're struggling also, due to the dull February weather.  This card, is made using another graphic from the clipart fairy. I've enlarged the graphic considerably to end up with a large 8"x8" square card.  As you can see, I've added the recipients name and age to the box flaps, what the pic doesn't show is that I've decoupaged the box flaps, the shoes and equipment at the bottom of the box and same with the equipment coming out of the top of box.

I've painted over the shoes, balls, bat and cap with, of all things, clear varnish (this doesn't make the colour run from graphic), to add a nice sheen to graphic and being a boy's card, minimal glitter (just on the wording).  I was asked to make a card for Adam that included his favourite sport (football) with some blue (in the shoes and cap), a card that was neither too grown up nor too babyish.  I think this fits the bill, don't you?

Dolly Mixtures Gatefold

I've used the Dolly Mixtures shapers from the clipart fairy and the Dolly Mixtures graphic. I attached the shaper to a gatefold card that I printed off with a matching bp again from the clipart fairy.  I've glamour dusted around the edges of shaper and added little pearl flower buttons and same to headband.  She's a cutie isn't she, sat on the bottom of the shaper.

Stable Card

Made this unusual card from a Polkadoodles cd. As you will see in the next two pics, the stable door opens to reveal a horse inside, the horse is removable.  I've added glamour dust on the horseshoes and the sentiment.  This would be an ideal card for someone who loves horses.