Christmas and Video Games

Two of my design teams both have challenges starting today, so I will be showing you two cards for the price of one.

The first card, is my first Christmas card of the year, which is for the Christmas in July challenge over at Paper Creator, I used one of the ultimate kits and embellished the design with Meiflower ribbons, gems and pearls.

The second card is for the Paper Shelter's For the boys challenge, I added punched stars to the card and then used some of Meiflowers tiny buttons in the middle of each and added polka dot grosgrain ribbon across the front of the card.

thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

Pretty in Pink

I haven't been around much recently as my youngest daughter hasn't been very well and ended up in hospital, she had to have a blood transfusion amongst other things, and as she is disabled, her dad and I were at the hospital all day, every day with her. She is home now and doing OK, although she's not 100% better yet.

Today I have a card I made about a month ago, but haven't managed to blog yet, I used a paper and image from Nitwits Romance and Roses collection, computer generated the sentiment, arranging the blossom image around it and finished it all off with various Meiflower ribbons, gems, a diamante buckle and lace from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

Owl always love you!

Today I have a card made using images from a Kraftyhands CD Rom called What a Hoot, I used ribbons, gems and pearls from Meiflower to  "dress" the bride and groom, using 25mm white organza ribbon as a veil with gems for a  headdress, part of a doily made her gown and was finished of with more gems. The groom has a silver grey dickie bow and matching hat band made using 4mm satin ribbon and 2mm pearls for shirt buttons and 3mm gems for his waistcoat buttons.

Thanks for dropping in,

enjoy your weekend,

hugs,

Colette xx

The fairy and the frog

Today's card was made for the Lace challenge over at The Paper Shelter, I added stick on gems to the punched border, around the die cut doily and in between the satin ribbon that was threaded through the lace. I also added a diamanté ribbon slider to the bow.

Thanks for calling in and taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Card and boxelope

Here's a card with matching boxelope I made for a GDT spot I won at My Sheri challenge blog, the theme is Birthday Bash and they wanted a card with coordinating envelope, but because of the die-cut flowers on my card I couldn't fit it into a regular envelope so ended up making a boxelope instead.

I decorated the card and boxelope with Meiflowers gorgeous Lilac floral print ribbon, diamante ribbon slider and lilac stick on gems.

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

What's new pussycat!

Here's a card I made for the latest challenge over at Paper Creator the theme is animals, so I made up the kitty card adding Meiflower pink stick on gems to the cat's collar, then used Meiflower black satin ribbon to the border, tying a jingle bell into the bow and adding more gems down the length of the ribbon.

Thanks for popping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Wedding day card

Here's a card I made for the latest challenge at The Paper Shelter, using a gorgeous image of a bride. Of course I had to have some bling on the wedding card, so added some of Meiflowers  AB stick on crystals to the doily and also dotted them in groups of three around the flowers, each flower has a pink gem in the middle too. The narrow satin ribbon was perfect for threading through the lace I found in my stash.

Thanks for popping in and taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Merry Christmas!

Here's my final Christmas card for this year, using an adorable image from Sugar Nellie. I've die-cut a couple of snowflakes from glitter card and decorated them with Meiflower 2mm and 4mm stick on gems for a different look, I also added a small diamanté buckle to the bow, which was made using a pretty pale blue polka dot satin ribbon.

Thank you for dropping in and taking a look

and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you

A Very Merry Christmas

and a Happy and Healthy New Year.

hugs,

Colette xx

Just for You!

We have a bit of a thing for ducks in my house, started by my hubby when the children were young, they have to be yellow and fluffy and are usually called Billy!, so when I saw this cute image over at digistamp boutique I just had to have it. After colouring it I thought Meiflower's yellow and orange organza ribbon would go perfectly with it.

I was playing around with the  ribbon, as I am always trying to come up with different things to do with it, rather than just a bow, and somehow or other ended up with this design, so I added it to my card and I must say I am quite pleased with it.

Thanks for taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Wedding Invitations 2014 - #1

Here is the first of my wedding invitation samples, I used Meiflower satin ribbon to make bunting, which I hung from metallic cord. I added the date with die cut numbers, punched out a couple of hearts and added a gem to each.

This would also work well as a Save the Date card.

Thanks for dropping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

Polka Dots

Hi there, today's card is for the Paper Creator challenge Spots and Dots, as well as using spotty and dotty papers I have included some of Meiflower's Polka dot ribbon and buttons.

I'm off to the Sincerely Yours show at Leigh today, to catch up with Mei and hand over this years wedding invitation samples, so look out for them on the blog in the coming weeks.

Have a lovely weekend,

hugs,

Colette xx

Ribbon Butterfly

Hi all, just wanted to pop in and show you a card that I made during the week. I made a double looped bow from Meiflower wide organza ribbon which I was about to attach to the card when I realised that it looked a little like a butterfly, so I added some antennae and black stick on gems down the middle to represent the body and voila! a ribbon butterfly.

The bird and flowers are dangling on craft wire and you can just spot the ribbon butterfly underneath them.

Thanks for dropping in,

Hope you have a lovely weekend,

hugs,

Colette xx

Taking flight

These cards in a box seem to be all over the place at the moment, so thought I would have a go at making one, I found some great instructions with downloadable template (link on my blog) and put this one together.

I used Meiflower clear stick on crystals for the butterfly bodies, a couple of her pearl embellishments to the centres of the flower and an organza ribbon bow.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

Happy I do day!

Here's a wedding card I put together using a digital stamp from Time for Tea and a wedding horseshoe die from Joanna Sheen, I embellished the horseshoe with metallic edged satin ribbon and stick on gems from Meiflower crafts.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

Sending you love!

Hi there, here's a card I put together with a sneak peek of the First Love ultimate kit from Paper Creator, I used Meiflower Organza ribbon to make a double bow and different sized stick on gems for the butterfly bodies.

Thanks for dropping by and taking a look

hugs,

Colette xx

New Baby card

Here's a baby card I made using Meiflower gingham ribbon, satin rosebud trio, polka dot buttons, heart dazzlers and stick on gems. The digital stamp icomes from Digi Darla.

Thanks for stopping by

and taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Ribbon idea

Hi, just wanted to pop on and show you a card I made using Meiflowers grosgrain ribbons as the main decoration, I used a long reach ribbon slot punch to make holes in the card and then threaded the ribbons through and covered the space between the slots with stick on gems.

I also used the same digital stamp, coloured in Photoshop (I had printed it out twice to test the results on different settings on Kraft card) to make a second version of the card, this time using scalloped borders and ribbon, a charm and pearl hearts also from Meiflower.

Thanks for taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Heart of Bling!

I've got a couple of love themed cards to show you today (we are heading towards Valentines day after all), using Sassy Cheryl illustrations from Paper Creator. Both cards have been embellished with ribbons and/or gems from Meiflower.

I probably went a bit over the top with the gem and pearl encrusted heart frame, but I had half an hour to spare and couldn't resist adding all that bling LOL!

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Neon Satin Ribbons

Here is a very bright and cheerful card, the image was coloured and papers chosen to go with the fabulous neon satin ribbons from Meiflower. Everything was matted onto black card to make the colours really pop!

The coloured gems in the centres of the die-cut corner matched the ribbons perfectly and all came from the Summer Mix Gems - Mixed sizes.

Thanks for popping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

New Year, New Beginnings!

Meiflower has some gorgeous new 15mm Gingham ribbons, in a range of colours (not available on website at the moment, but you can order by phone) and as my friend was presented with a brand new granddaughter on Christmas Day (what a present!) I thought the pink would be perfect for the Grandparents card I made. I used one of Meiflower's Satin Rosebud Trios in the centre of my gingham bow, waxed cord to dangle the little hearts from and added a bit of bling with pink stick on gems.

Thanks for dropping by and taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx