Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Sunshine!

Which is hopefully what I will be soaking up on the last day of my Italian holiday, but in the meantime, it's the second challenge of September for The Paper Shelter B team and our theme is...

(Card must contain flowers of some sort)

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.

I have used the beautiful Sunshine digital stamp from The Paper Shelter, (I love their girly images they have such pretty faces) and I have teamed it up with a fab Crafters companion Edge'ables die to make a double fold back card. I made up three flowers using an X-cut punch and inked them with a Memento Summer Sky ink pad, then used chipped sapphire distress ink to paint the die-cut flowers down the sides.


Digital stamp - Sunshine - TPS
Papers - Nitwits Petal Fresh collection
Die'sire Edge'ables Floral Dance
Cheery Lynn - Olive branches B147 die
X-cut large daisy punch
GoKreate scalloped ovals large frames
Tonic Plain and scallop mixed ovals layering die set
Tonic Plain and Scallop circles layering die sets
Sentiment - Computer generated
AB and blue stick on gems - Meiflower

and don't forget to pop over to The Paper Shelter challenge blog and check out the blooming deliciousness from the rest of my teamies.

Ciao for now,
hugs,
Colette xx

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Joy!

As you are reading this Eric and I will be heading to the beautiful Lake Como in Italy for a much needed break, I will be thinking of you all as I am sipping a nice glass of vino and enjoying the view across the lake.

I thought I would give you a quick reminder for the Paper Creator Christmas challenge as you have right up until the end of the month to get your entries in.

I used a Sassy Cheryl pre-coloured image (there is a large selection available to choose from in the Paper Creator store) and a paper from the Snow much Joy Ultimate kit. The font for the sentiment is called glitter font 
I die cut a corner from the paper and added a die cut snowflake border, cut from glitter card, behind it before fixing to my card blank and then finished off by adding glitter to the swirly pattern in the paper and fixing some stick on gems to the sentiment.


Image - Fa-la-la-la-la Snowman - Sassy Cheryl @ Paper Creator
Paper - Snow much Joy Ultimate kit - Paper Creator
Glitter Font - dafont
glitter - stash
Stick on gems - Meiflower

Thanks for dropping in,
Caio for now,
hugs,
Colette xx

Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Tulips

It's time for a new team B challenge over at The Paper Shelter and this time around our theme is...


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.

I used the gorgeous Tulips Paper Shelter digital stamp and my number is actually part of my sentiment - "Happy Birthday 2 U" I added some glitter to the 2 and the U although it doesn't show up very well in the photograph.


Digital Stamp - Tulips - The Paper Shelter
Papers - Nitwits Just Ducky Collection
Lace and button - Stash
Tonic Geared punch - scalloped diamond border
Sentiment - Freebie - Birds cards (it's a cutting file but I took the .pdf file into Photoshop and made a printable version)
Ribbon - Meiflower

Remember to pop over to The Paper Shelter challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of my teamies.

thanks for dropping in,
hugs,
Colette xx

Thursday, 1 September 2016

Christmas Countdown

There are now only 114 days until Christmas and with this in mind the theme for this month's challenge over at Paper Creator is


The winner will receive a £10 store credit to spend in the Paper Creator store.
Paper Creator products are not essential, but you will gain an extra entry into the random draw if using them. The challenge runs for the whole of the month and the winner is announced at the start of the next month's challenge.

I decided to make a card from the Christmas Countdown Stepper Card Bundle, which at only £3 for 10 card kits is an absolute bargain! and each kit comes with matching envelopes and boxes.


I printed a few extra layers of decoupage, then decorated the card with lots of glitter, snowflakes punched from glitter card, a couple of buttons and Meiflower stick on gems, I also made up the matching box.

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

Thanks for stopping by,
hugs,
Colette xx