Owl be there!

Today I'm off to the Great British Craft Festival North at Bolton Arena, it was my birthday a couple of weeks ago and I still have some money left, so probably going to treat myself to lots of crafty stuff that I don't really need LOL!

I also thought I would show you a couple more of the cards made for the last Complete Cardmaking magazine, using the Owls from the Kraftyhands kit - What a Hoot , this time around I have a birthday and wedding card.

Papers and topper - What a Hoot CD Rom - Kraftyhands

Tonic layering dies - plain and scallop circles

Magnolia Doohickey - DH004 Leaf swirl

Memory box - Scalloped Posie

Grosgrain ribbon and stick on gems - Meiflower

For the wedding card I added white organza ribbon as a veil with a crystal 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, small pearls for shirt buttons and small gems for his waistcoat buttons

Owls - What a Hoot CD Rom - Kraftyhands

Centura Pearl blue and white cardstock

Embossalicious A4 folder - Floral Trellis - Crafters Companion

Marianne Creatables - LR0326 - Bow

Lea'bilities - Branch 4 Seasons

Tonic layering dies - Scalloped circles

Ribbon, pearls, gems - Meiflower

Doily - stash

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look,

have a lovely weekend,

hugs,

Colette xx

Roses are red...

...violets are blue,

we have a lovely

challenge for you!

That's right folks it's the start of a new challenge over at The Paper Shelter today and this time around our theme is

Roses

There are great prizes up for grabs!

If you are our randomly selected winner and play along with a TPS image then you will win a $30 gift certificate to spend in store, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

I coloured up a gorgeous stamp called A Summer Walk, I love that little doggy!

Digital Stamp - A Summer Walk - The Paper Shelter

Papers and butterfly - Romance and Roses collection - Nitwits

Small roses on sentiment tag - Impression Obsession Dies - DIE042 M

X-cut corner small corner rounder punch

Large Rose and teal ribbon from stash

White ribbon and pink pearls - Meiflower

Pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of my teamies.

Thanks for popping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Whooo gives a hoot!

I recently did a magazine commission for Complete Cardmaking using a fab kit from Kraftyhands called What a Hoot! If you haven't guessed it already, the kit was all about owls. On the free CD that comes with the magazine you get 10 different coloured owl shaped cards with decoupage, a collection of owl toppers and some papers. The magazine came out a few weeks ago, but I have only just managed to get around to showing you some of my featured creations.

The first two cards are made using the Owl shaped cards with matching decoupage, I decided to do a female and male version.

I gave the boy owl a little waistcoat using the decoupage tummy layer as a template and cutting it from one of the papers in the collection, I added a ribbon dickie bow and if you look very carefully you can also just see a little matching handkerchief sticking out of his waistcoat pocket.

The girl owl has a little lacy top made from a doily and decorated with pearls and a pretty organza bow topped with a satin rosebud trio, from Meiflower.

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

First birthday card

I'm back!, we had a lovely holiday, the accommodation was perfect with all the facilities we needed for Meg, and the hot tub was pure heaven, I think I was in it nearly every night!

While on holiday we travelled over to Yorkshire and met up with my lovely blogging buddy Christine, it was such a joy to finally meet up and we chatted for England, the time just flew by, our poor husbands and Meg barely got a word in LOL!

Meg is off to respite this Friday, which is also my birthday, in the evening we are heading into Liverpool town centre to see my Grandson Will as the Mad Hatter, he's part of the Huyton Children's theatre group and they are performing Alice in Wonderland as part of the Liverpool Light Nights event, then Eric and I are going to Wales for a few days on Saturday for a proper break, as although we have a lovely holiday with Meg we still have all her needs to take care of so when she is in respite we can have a lovely relaxed break.

I haven't had chance to get back into my card making properly since we got back but I am hoping to get some work done this week before we go away again at the weekend. I do have some cards made that haven't yet been blogged, including some magazine work, so at least there is something to put on the blog.

This card was a last minute request from my sister-in-laws friend, so for quickness I printed off the decoupage and papers from the Bebunni Baby Collection CD from Crafters Companion.

Bebunni Baby Papercrafting CD rom - Crafters Companion

Crispy Ribbon

Organza ribbon and pearls - Meiflower

Thanks for popping in and taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Lace

Today is the start of the latest challenge over at The Paper Shelter and this time our theme is

Lace

There are great prizes up for grabs! If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

Digital stamp - I Love You Baby - The Paper Shelter

Papers - Life's Little Lemons - Nitwits 

Lifestyle doily circle die

Cheery Lynn B175 Lace Corner Deco J

X-cut border punch - Sparklers

Ribbon, stick on gems and diamanté ribbon slider - Meiflower

Lace - Stash

Don't forget to pop over to The Paper Shelter challenge blog and check out the fabulous creations from the rest of my teamies.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

Birthday Bash

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to have my card chosen as the winner of the Humour challenge over at My Sheri Crafts challenge blog, the prize was a GDT spot for this weeks challenge.

The theme of the challenge is

Birthday Bash - Create a birthday card and coordinating envelope

I made a card and matching boxelope, as the die-cut flowers made my card too thick to go into an ordinary envelope, anyone who knows me well will also notice that I have used my most favourite colour combo too.

Digital stamp - Teen Fairy Pia - Mo Manning

Papers - Birds of a Feather - Crazy 4 Monograms

Die-namics Upsy Daisy die

X-cut large corner rounder

X-Cut scalloped border punch

Joanna Sheen signature die - Leafy Twist

Ribbon, gems, diamanté ribbon slider - Meiflower

Make sure to pop over to My Sheri Crafts challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the DT, and play along with the challenge for your chance to win a GDT spot.

Thanks for popping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Time for....

...a new challenge over at Paper Creator and this time around our theme is

Animals

so show us your cards and creations containing animals and be in with a chance of winning a £10 gift certificate to spend in store.

I am off on my holibobs today for the next week, we are off to a little holiday complex that has all the adaptations we need for Meg, it's only just over an hour away from home, but we are in the perfect place to easily visit the Lake District and Yorkshire. Fingers crossed that the weather is good because we have a hot tub and I'm hoping to make sure it gets plenty of use, Meg will be able to use it too, as it has a hoist to get her in and out.

Kitty triple over the edge card kit - Paper Creator

EK Success Paw prints border punch

Glossy accents- eyes, nose and bell on collar

Ribbon, gems and gold jingle bell - Meiflower

Pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous creations from the rest of my teamies.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx