Fabulous Fifty!

I came across a couple of cards in my Meiflower folder that I realised I hadn't yet blogged, so here they are.

The first one was for my friends 50th birthday, everything was cut out on my Silhouette machine, I added a little detail to the numbers, dress and jewellery with some Meiflower stick on gems.

The other two are Christmas cards from last year.

I found the bubble wreath digi stamp on the internet for free from Blackberry Jelly HERE, I re-sized it so that the rings were the right size for the gems and after printing, added black glitter to the outline. I cut it out leaving a border, added the stick on gems and then fixed it to the card front with foam pads.

For this card - after adding some gorgeous red gingham Meiflower ribbon and a big bow across the front, from white card I cut out three fishtail banners, big enough to fit my die-cut letters, then using wire cutters, I removed the centre bar from an oval diamante buckle, which then became the O in Joy.

Thank you for stopping by,

take care,

hugs,

Colette xx

How many 2mm gems...?

...does it take to make 60 little heart outlines?, it takes 1200 that's how many, and I should know as I have recently made 60 save the date fridge magnets for my best friends daughter and each had a little gem heart encircling the date.

I couldn't find ready made hearts in the colour and size required so I punched 60 hearts from acetate and then proceeded to outline each one with twenty 2mm cerise pink gems, it took a while let me tell you.

When I made the sample, the colour scheme hadn't been chosen, but once the decision was made I got busy and spent a couple of weeks, printing, cutting, sticking and making daisies and hearts.

The photos are off my phone so are not brilliant, but we have - top left  - the original sample, across the bottom are all the daisies punched out and layered up and the start of the hearts production line ( I punched out and then gemmed 12 at a time, to give me a break from the monotony of getting all the little gems positioned correctly around the heart).

In the top right corner you can see all the magnets finished, packaged up and ready to go.

I have one stuck to my fridge as we speak.

Only the day and night invitations, order of service, table plan, place cards etc., to do now!

A big thank you to Meiflower for supplying me with all those barbie pink gems, they were a perfect match to the colour Alison is having.

Thanks for taking a look,

take care,

hugs,

Colette xx

Something a little different

Today I thought I would show you a couple of box photo frames I have made over the last couple of weeks, one for my daughters friends new baby and the other for a friend of mine who was renewing her wedding vows.

All the embellishments were cut with my Silhouette machine, I then decorated the top corner of the initial with lots of Meiflower stick on gems and pearls, and added gems down the butterfly body and in the centres of the flowers on the shoes.

With this one, after embossing the white pearl card with the Couture Creations Tied Together embossing folder I added small AB stick on gems wherever the lines crossed.

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take care, 

hugs,

Coeltte xx

A bit more Lavender

Here are a couple more cards from the Nitwits Lavender collection magazine commission.

 Gorgeous wide organza ribbon,threaded through a diamante ribbon buckle is used to decorate this card, I also added a stick on gem over the printed gem in the design.

and here again I covered the digital gems with real ones.

Meiflower has a great selection of ribbons in loads of colours and widths, a great choice of diamante toppers and a huge variety of gem sizes and colours, there is more available than the online store shows, so if there is a particular size or colour you are looking for it is worth ringing or emailing to enquire.

Thanks for taking a look,

take care,

hugs,

Colette xx

Lavender, lace and a bit of bling.

I've had a busy couple of months making wedding stationery, going on holiday and doing lots of bits and bobs, which has meant the blog has been a little bit neglected, but I am finally getting a bit of time to get back to it.

Today I have a couple of cards to show you from a magazine commission I did for Papercraft Essentials issue 152 which came out on 19th October, yes, I am a just a little bit late in posting them LOL!.

I used the fabulous Nitwits Lavender collection and didn't really add much in the way of extra embellishments, just a little ribbon and bling.

 I added some 5mm satin ribbon and a gorgeous Meiflower ribbon buckle to this one.

 Black stick on gems in different sizes finished off the body of the butterfly beautifully.

and here I added gems to the digital gems that were already printed on the embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

More Idyllic-ness!

Here are the last three cards for my Simply Cards and Papercraft commission using Nitwits Idyllic digital scrapbooking kit.

These cards have lots of decoupage layers, I love adding decoupage to my cards, but sometimes I don't know when to stop! 

On this card the hat is made up of about 5 layers of decoupage and the flower about 7, see I told you I don't know when to stop LOL!.

For this card I used the three label tags from the Lil'Bits elements kit, and re-sized them so that each one was smaller than the one before I turned them on their sides and layered them up with foam pads. The stopper and butterfly are both made up of two layers and the bow which is also from the kit is made up of three layers.

Lots of cutting out on this one, after gluing the border papers to each end I cut around them to give shaped edges, then decoupaged up the window box, flowers and butterfly.

All the ribbons, gems and pearls are from Meiflower.

Thanks for dropping by to take a look,

take care,

hugs,

Colette xx

Simply cards and papercraft magazine

I have some cards in the latest issue of Simply Cards and Papercraft, using the fabulous Nitwits Idyllic collection, I thoroughly enjoyed making the cards for this commission as digital is my first love! 

I am also a bit of a decoupage-aholic so about half of the six cards I made have lots of layers, the others just have some layers, today I will show you the ones with the least amount of cutting out.

I have used lots of Meiflower products on my card, including ribbons, buttons, stick on gems and stick on pearls.

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Snow and sparkle

I was commissioned to make some cards for the latest issue of Die Cutting Essentials using some Hobbycraft Intricut dies, which consisted of a Snow Globe a Snowflake doily and Snowflakes, I used quite a few Meiflower stick on gems for the centres of the snowflakes and decoration, I also used a couple of ribbons and a diamante buckle.

I used mainly Aurora Borealis gems from the multi size pack, but there are also some pink and blue ones in there as well as pink pearls.

If designed the papers myself and the magazine are giving them away as a free download, if you like the look of them you can nab them HERE.

Thanks for dropping in,

take care,

hugs,

Colette xx

Intricut Christmas

Here are a few cards from my commission for Simply Cards and Papercraft issue 166 using the Hobbycraft Intricut dies and Dovecraft The Magic of Christmas paper packs.

Cream metallic edged ribbon and all stick on gems - Meiflower

Thanks for calling,

hugs,

Colette xx

A bag and a box.

Here is the last bag from the die cutting essentials commission, I added a strip of Meiflower double sided tape around the middle of the gold glitter section and covered it with pink glitter before adding a row of barbie pink stick on gems all around.

Gems and Polka dot ribbon - Meiflower

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hugs,

Colette xx

Pink gold and bling

In the latest issue (27) of Die Cutting Essentials I have a selection of gift bags and boxes using Creative dies plus gift box collection, fancy bows die set and tags and windows die set.

The brief was Pink, Gold and Bling!

all stick on gems are from Meiflower

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hugs,

Colette xx

Simply cards and papercraft 2

Here are the remaining two cards from my Simply cards commission, and don't forget if you like the background papers that I made you can download them for free from HERE.

For this card I used Meiflower gingham ribbon and waxed cord.

On this one I added Meiflowers cute little polka dot buttons.

Thanks for popping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Apple Blossom summer special

I made some cards for the Apple Blossom summer special using the kit that came free with the magazine which included stamps, dies and papers amongst other things.

These two were both finished off with different sized Meiflower stick on gems.

thanks for stopping by,

take care,

hugs,

Colette xx

Simply cards and Papercrafts

Here are a couple of cards made for Simply cards and Papercraft which arrived in the shops on 13th July. I got to play with some Kate Hadfield digi stamps and I also made some matching papers which you can download for free from HERE.

I have used grosgrain ribbon and the bunting is hanging from Meiflower waxed cord.

The gorgeous purple satin ribbon and matching purple gems are also from Meiflower.

Thanks for stopping by

hugs,

Colette xx

Wedding Invitation samples 4

Here are the last two wedding invitation samples I did for Meiflower.

For this one I cut the filigree design on my Silhouette machine from white card, then added embossed Lilac Centura pearl panels top and bottom using the Cuttlebug D'vine swirls embossing folder. I added lilac stick on gems in various sizes to the flower centres, a pair of diamante wedding rings to the heart and a crystal diamante square to the bow.

The background on this one is a Nitwits paper from my scrap box, the tag was made with JoyCrafts labels and tags 6002/0144 using Centura pink pearl card for the background. the 25mm ribbon and double D diamante buckles are from Meiflower.

That's it for the wedding invitation samples for this year.

thanks for stopping by and taking a look,

take care,

hugs,

Colette xx

Wedding invitation samples 3

A couple more of the wedding invitation samples I did for Meiflower. I did 8 in total so only 2 more to post after these.

I used 25mm satin ribbon under the lace which I bought locally, and the matching 10mm over, I also mounted the pearl flower embellishment over the lace diamante buckle to make a combined topper.

For this one I cut the filigree heart from the kraft card before layering over cream card, the die is from the Forever in my Heart signature collection at Crafters Companion. I think the burlap and lace ribbon was from Home Bargains, as usual the satin ribbon and diamante heart embellishment are from Meiflower.

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take care,

hugs,

Colette xx

Wedding invitation samples 2

A couple more of the samples I did for Meiflower.

This is a very simple design with plenty of space above and below to add names, dates etc.

The paper is from Nitwits, but not sure which collection as it was in my scrap box.

25mm satin ribbon and square diamante topper are both from Meiflower

Hearts were cut with a Sizzix heart die, the cerise heart was then embossed, the 4mm satin ribbon, barbie pink gems and tiny circle buckle are all from Meiflower.

Take care,

hugs,

Colette xx

Wedding samples 2017

Every year I make Meiflower some wedding invitation samples using her gems, pearls, ribbons and diamante embellishments, and I normally blog them much earlier in the year, but this year, even though the samples have been made for some months I am only just getting around to posting them.

Here I've used 25mm satin ribbon and a double heart diamante slider.

the silver glitter panel is actually wallpaper!

As well as a Sizzix heart die and LaLaLand crafts heart corner die I have once again used 25mm satin ribbon, diamante heart buckles and stick on gems in varying sizes.

I will be back with more in a few days,

thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Die-cutting essentials Special edition 5

Today I have some cards I made for DCE special issue 5 (which came out last week) using the free dies that come with the magazine.

I used a large pearl from a mixed size pack for the large flower centre and smaller pearls for the other flowers, the butterfly has 2 black stick on gems for his body.

Once again the butterflies have gem bodies and I've used stick on gems for the flower centres

As well as gems on the butterfly I have dotted AB gems amongst the die-cut corners of the aperture.

Thanks for stopping by,

take care,

hugs,

Colette xx

Tonic Bookazine

I recently did a magazine commission which involved making some cards for the Tonic Bookazine which came into the shops last month, here I have a couple of the cards using the included kit and Meiflower stick on gems.

I die-cut the filigree panels and added pink and yellow gems to the centres of the flower.

I stamped the bunting, balloons and sentiment, drew in two curved lines, using a plate as a template, arrange the bunting across the lines and topped each one off with a matching coloured gem.

Thanks for dropping in,

take care,

hugs,

Colette xx

Joanna Sheen Bookazine

I was asked to contribute 5 cards to the latest Joanne Sheen Bookazine, which is in the shops now. The bookazine comes with a free kit, which includes the ribbon lace die, stamps and embossing folder that I have used in the cards below.

I have 3 of the cards to show you today and the ribbons, gems and diamante ribbon slider all came from Meiflower.

Meiflower have a fabulous selection of ribbon and gems and in lots of different colours, if you can't find what you are looking for on the website, just give them a call or send an email, I'm sure they will be able to help you.

thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx