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

Invitation sample #3

A nice classic colour combo of black and white with a touch of silver for our invitation today, the satin ribbon, metallic edged ribbon, pretty buttons and black metallic string are all available from Meiflower, although all may not be on the website, but you can always phone your order through if you don't see what you want in store.

Thanks for dropping in,

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

Meiflower Jingle Bells

Just wanted to quickly pop in and show you a couple of cards I made, used the same printed papers, image and embellishments on both but with a different coloured background card and different layout. I have added a couple of Meiflower Jingle Bells to each card, these little bells are a perfect addition to Christmas cards, come in red, green, gold and silver and also a couple of different sizes. I have used the smallest, but bigger ones are available.

Hugs,

Colette xx

Tag Cards

I am not about as much as I would like to be at present, because as well as being full time carer for my disabled daughter, I am also looking after my two year old grandson most days while his mum and dad are at work and he has gone from a having a couple of hours of sleep a day, (when I could get a bit of crafting done), to not sleeping at all through the day and constantly wanting me to play with his cars or read his tractor books, (I am becoming quite an expert on tractors LOL!).

We have also recently found out that my 82 year old Father in law has widespread cancer so with one thing and another I just can't find much time for crafting, although,I do what I can when I can, as it's the only thing that is keeping me sane at the moment.

Here are a couple of cards I made using the Snow Much Joy ultimate kit from Paper Creator, the kits contains a Sassy Cheryl image, colour matched papers, a ready to print easel card and a make me a topper set as well as some extras like the tags I used for the tag cards below.

I made two tag shaped cards embellished with a sentiment and make me a topper set from the kit and finished them off with various Meiflower goodies, ribbons - satin, organza and metallic edged - stick on gems in lilac and blue and little silver jingle bells.

Thanks for dropping in,

enjoy your Sunday,

hugs,

Colette xx

Satin flower Christmas tree and Wreath

A while ago I made some Christmas samples for Mei to show at the craft shows she attends and although it has taken me a while to get around to it, I have finally managed to get them blogged.

On this card I arranged the flowers in the shape of a Christmas tree adding a couple of stick on gems to the middle of my precious snowflakes.

Here I used the flowers to decorate my wreath shape, adding a bow tied with both organza and metallic edged ribbon and topping off with a diamante snowflake topper and cats eye dazzlers in the corners to finish off.

Some of the items aren't available on the website as yet, but you can pick them up at any of the craft shows Meiflower attends and also by phoning through an order.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

The Crystal Blossom Sequin tree

Now this was one of those things that seemed like a good idea at the start, but after about an hour of painstakingly sticking on each sequin with tweezers didn't seem that good after all LOL! I have to admit though that it looks fabulous when the light catches it and all the sequins twinkle.

Crystal blossom sequins, stick on pearls and metallic edged satin ribbons all from Meiflower.

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Princess Twinkle toes

Hi all, I wanted to show you the following card because as well as using some of Meiflowers gorgeous Metallic Edged ribbon and stick on pearls, I have also used little tiny 2mm stick on crystals for the crown, I love these little tiny crystals as they are so useful for decorating images that are not so big. I have used Aurora Borealis on the crown but Meiflower has them in a huge range of different colours too, so many more than are actually showing in the store.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

Wedding Invitation #12

Hi, here's another one of the wedding invitation samples I made, we only have four left after this one, so you'll be glad to know we are nearly at the end now.

The card is a lovely pearlescent silver, but unfortunately the colour doesn't show up too well in the photo, nor does the sparkle on the patterned and glittered vellum, but it's sooo pretty in real life.

The organza and metallic edged ribbon are both from Meiflower as is the diamante ribbon slider and the stick on gems.

Thanks for taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Button Joy and ribbon tree

Hi, today I have a couple of Christmas card samples for you. Both were made using mostly Meiflower goodies, including buttons, a diamante ribbon slider, a diamante embellishment, stick on gems and lots of ribbons.

I used different shades of green polka dot buttons, to make the O in JOY, I was hoping it would give the impression of a Christmas wreath.

This is a very quick and easy design, just using a variety of ribbons (each one cut slightly longer than the last) to make a Christmas tree.

.... and finally..... a card made using  Meiflowers needle and scissors charms, they were absolutely perfect with the image.

Thanks for taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Handbag gift box

As a change from my usual cards or wedding invitations I have a gift box to show you today, it started life as a plain old pillow box, but with the addition of a die cut handle quickly became a handbag gift box. The pillow box part is almost A5 size so plenty big enough to carry a pretty gift.

I added some of Meiflowers pretty metallic edged ribbon, a diamante ribbon slider and lots of stick on gems for extra sparkle.

Thanks for taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

A wedding card (sort of)!

Here's a card I've made for a friend of mine and her hubby who are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary today by getting married again! They are renewing there vows at the same church, on the same date and time as they did when they got married.

I have used the gorgeous metallic edged ribbon from Meiflower and some fabulous new pearl embellishments that look like a large pearl surrounded by small pearls, just perfect for wedding cards.

The card would work perfectly well for someone getting married the first time too, just by changing the wording.

Thanks for popping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

To Someone Special

I added some of Meiflowers gorgeous metallic edged wedding ribbon to this card in a pretty sage green colour, I love the colour and thought it matched the green in the papers perectly. I also used some fabulous bright yellow gems, teeny tiny ones to the centres of my flowers and large 5mm on the punched border and between the flowers.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx