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.

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hugs,

Colette xx

Coquette

Today's card is my latest DT card for The Paper Shelter, the challenge theme is pearls, so I knew I would be digging my Meiflower stick on pearls out again.

The flatback stringed pearls were from a closing down sale, early last year, but the pearls I used to decorate the oval frame are two sizes of stick on pearls. I used the scallops around the edge as a guide for decorating, adding a larger pearl to every other scallop and then a small pearl in between each one. I was really pleased with the way it turned out. I also added pearls from a mixed size pack to the centres of the die-cut flowers.

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hugs,

Colette xx

Bling Bling!

Here's a couple of samples I made for Mei using lots of stick on gems, both cards are based around straight lines.

I drew the lines for this desgn in Photoshop, printed it straight onto card and then added randomly placed stick on gems. I used a different colour on each group of lines and a matching coloured die-cut flower. The flower centres are black stick on pearls.

Here's the template I made, if you want to have a go yourself. Just right click to save, re-size if needed, print it out and bling it up.

For this card I measured, marked and lightly drew pencil lines across the card. the letters were printed onto digital polka dot papers and after printing were punched out with a circle punch, I used it upside down so that I could see the placement of the letter before I punched the circle. I fixed them onto the card centrally over the pencilled lines, doing the same with matching coloured gems.

Although I used printed letters, this could easily be replicated with rubber stamps.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx