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

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

Baby first birthday card

Here's a card I made for a friend, it was a bit of a last minute request so I printed out decoupage and papers from the Crafters Companion Bebunni Baby Papercrafting CD rom for quickness.

I used two different sizes of pearls from Meiflower, putting a larger pearl in each corner and a smaller one either side, just to add a bit of extra detail to the card, the gorgeous pink organza ribbon is also from Meiflower.

Thanks for popping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Ruffled ribbon

Meiflower has some gorgeous ruffled ribbon, which is not on the website at the moment, so you would need to telephone or email if you want some. She has been selling it for a while at the Cake decorating shows, but will now be selling it at the regular craft shows too. I love it! it's sort of scalloped and ruffled along the edges and flat in the middle and comes in a great range of colours, although be warned at the Leigh craft show a couple of weeks ago, it had sold out within a couple of hours.

I have used a little of it on my card below, adding a lemon satin ribbon across the middle. I have also used yellow stick on pearls.

Thanks for popping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Mr and Mr

Here's a card I made last year for a friend of mine to give to her son and partner for their civil ceremony, the bow ties and little pocket handkerchiefs are made from Meiflower 10mm satin ribbon, shirt buttons are stick on pearls and the little buttons on the suits are from Meiflower large selection of  small plain and polka dot buttons. I tied the sentiment tag on with 25mm burgundy organza ribbon and more of the 10mm satin ribbon.

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Baby Carriage

Here's a baby card I made using lots of dies, a couple of punches and ribbon and stick on pearls from Meiflower. I used satin ribbon for the hood and pram of the baby carriage, by first applying a thin line of Collall tacky glue around the edges of the pram hood and blanket, then attaching the ribbon ( I used 25mm wide satin and 10mm wide satin), leaving it to dry and then trimming away the excess. I used the same ribbon and technique behind the die cut border too and then decorated with various sizes of stick on pearls finishing off with a double loop bow made from organza ribbon.

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Welcome Baby!

Here's a quick baby card I put together, using ribbon, dummy charm, polka dot buttons and stick on pearls all from Meiflower.

Thanks for stopping by and 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

Santa Wobble head

Hi all, just wanted to show you this Christmas card made using a Sassy Cheryl image, which has been decoupaged and then fixed into place on the card with an Action wobble spring, so that when you give Santa's head a nudge or move the card the head wobbles about - the kids love it!

I used Meiflower burgundy grosgrain ribbon and stick on pearls to the card to add a bit more interest.

Thanks for taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Dear Santa....

Here's a rocker stepper card I made which contains my wish list for Santa, I really hope he reads it right this year LOL!

Meiflower's red stick on pearls are just ideal to use for holly berries, and they come in a great range of sizes from tiny to large, and red gingham ribbon is the perfect finishing touch on a Christmas card.

Thanks for taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Cherry Blossom Crystal Blossom sequins

I'm back with another card containing the gorgeous Crystal Blossom sequins from Meiflower, this time around I have dotted them around a tree branch to look like cherry blossoms, I added a tiny yellow stick on gem to the middle of each one to make them look more realistic.

Thanks for stopping by to take 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

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

Two cards with ladybirds

Today I have two cards to show you, both using Sassy Cheryl images and featuring Ladybirds. I have used papers from the same digital scrap kit for both and added ribbons, pearls, gems from Meiflower to both, I also used a gorgeous Meiflower enamelled ladybird charm with diamante spots on one as well.

Thanks for stopping by,

See you Tuesday with another wedding invitation.

hugs,

Colette xx

Wedding Day Card

Still on the wedding theme but this time around a wedding day card, the bride and groom toppers were made by layering, cutting and embossing die cut hearts.

I used black and white pearls for shirt and jacket buttons, added a couple of AB gems to the brides dress, I made a grosgrain ribbon dickie bow for the groom and finished off the card with gorgeous silver satin ribbon and a diamante ribbon slider.

Thanks for popping in,

see you tomorrow with another wedding invitation.

hugs,

Colette xx

Beauty in the Making

Just dropping by to show you a card a made for the latest challenge over at Paper Creator, using ribbons and a few burgundy pearls from Meiflower.

I wrapped cream satin ribbon around the dusky pink satin ribbon, then added a bow in pink, but slid a small piece of ivory through the knot of the bow before tightening and then tied the ivory ribbon into a knot too.

The burgundy pearls were perfect for the butterfly body.

Thanks for stopping by,

have a lovely weekend,

hugs,

Colette xx

Baby Card

Here's a card I've recently made for a friend for her Grandson's birth, and yes you are seeing the date right, he was born 10 months ago!!! she's only just realised that she didn't get a card made for him when he was born! I've added some pretty narrow satin ribbon and light blue pearls from Meiflower.

Thanks for taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Burgundy Wedding Invitation

Meiflower have lots of lovely diamanté embellishments which are just perfect for wedding invitations and on this card I have used one of their newer ones, it's a pretty heart shaped pearl surrounded by crystals, I also used mixed size stick on pearls and ivory satin ribbon.

The heart embellishment is not available on-line yet, but you can always phone your order through if you want some.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx