Masculine

I have two masculine themed cards to show you today, I have used Meiflower's grosgrain ribbon and buttons on both. The card were made at different times, and I have just realised that I have done exactly the same thing on both cards - ribbon across the front, a knot and 3 buttons  - it's obviously my default decoration for men's cards LOL!

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hugs,

Colette xx

A flower or two

Today I have 2 cards to show you both containing flowers as part of the design, I have used Meiflower pearls on both cards, on the first I have used a large pearl from a mixed size pack as a flower centre, tiny pearls dotted around the centre and also black gems for the butterfly body. For the second card I have added 3 biggish pearls, again from a mixed size pack, as embellishments towards the top right corner.

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hugs,

Colette xx

Love is in the air!

Well, if you were a pair of Giraffes in love then it definitely would be in the air, cos their heads are so high up LOL!

The image is from a pack of Giraffe images over at the Paper Shelter, I love those looney giraffes and this seemed the perfect image for an engagement card.

I added one of Meiflower's gorgeous diamante ribbon buckle to some pretty organza ribbon, the heart shaped buckle was perfect for this love themed card, dotted stick on gems down the punched border and added a large gem from a mixed size pack to each of the sentiment panels, some tiny gems added to the embossed flowers on the die-cut frame were the final touch.

Thanks for taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Flower book easel

This card was made for the Paper Creator All About Flowers challenge, after making up the kit, making a few changes along the way I used a large pearl from one of the multi sized packs for the centre of the largest flower and stick on gems for the other flower centres, the narrow satin ribbon down the centre of the "book" is also from Meiflower.

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hugs,

Colette xx

Dragon's Birthday

I always find it difficult to embellish cards for boys/men, I feel that bows and gems are just too girly, so I tend to go down the ribbon, string and buttons route, which is exactly what I've done for today's card.

Normally, I would use grosgrain ribbon for masculine cards as I think it is a bit more macho and Meiflower stocks it in both plain and polka dot, unfortunately I just didn't have the colour I wanted, so ended up using satin polka dot instead.

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hugs,

Colette xx

The Bride

Here's a wedding card I put together for this weeks lace challenge at The Paper Shelter, the gorgeous organza flowers are from Meiflower (you can pick them up at the craft shows and also by telephone ordering) and are perfect for this card, I added Meiflower lilac stick on gems around the frame, in the centres of the flowers on the lace, onto the sentiment and in the corners.

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hugs,

Colette xx

Shine Bright!

Here's a couple of blingy card samples I made for Meiflower to display at craft shows, showing off some of the products they stock.

I used various fonts to make up the sentiments on both of these cards, printed "Shine" and "Diamonds" in a pale grey before covering with glitter and gems.

I a variety of colours and sizes of stick on gems for this card.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx