I Got Ya!

I think I am just about valentined?!!! out - I spent most of yesterday making my last few valentine's cards using some fab images from Drawn with Character, I will be posting one each day through to Valentine's day on Friday.

I love the face on this cupid, (I have another version too, which will feature on Fridays card), he is obviously very pleased with himself after managing to shoot his arrow through the heart LOL!

Digital Stamp - Cupid with Heart - Drawn with Character - Etsy

Digital Papers - Sealed with a Kiss - Crazy 4 Monograms

Marianne Craftables - CR1225 Hearts

X cut border punch - scallops

X cut palm punch heart - Large

Die-versions Alphabet - Little Lizzie font

Lace - Local Hobbycraft store

Pearlescent string - Meiflower

Beads - Stash

Paper Crimper

I am entering this card into the following challenges

City Crafter Challenge -  #198 Love Bug - Make a project including the word love

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge  -For The One I Love 

Artistic Inspirations  - Anything Goes / Valentine's Day

Cutie Pie Challenge -  Cute Valentine

Kaboodle Doodles  - To My Sweetheart

I'm off to the theatre tonight to see Ghost, with my daughter, my friend and her daughter, I shall pack the tissues just in case LOL!

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

Wedding invitation #7

Probably the simplest one of them all. just some lace, a bow and a diamante heart.The lace is really pretty and has a sparkly thread running through it, which unfortunately isn't showing up in the photo's.

White pearl card - Anna Marie Designs

Lace - Local Hobbycraft store

Silver ribbon and diamante heart topper - Meiflower

Hope you are not getting too bored with the invitations, I still have another 9 to show you!

thanks for popping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Wedding Invitation #3

Firstly I would like to wish my beautiful daughter a happy 30th birthday, have a great day Stacy.  OMG! I can't believe I am a mother to a 30 year old, makes me feel ancient LOL!

Today's wedding invitation is another simple design, made more luxurious by the use of beautiful cream lace and a diamante ribbon slider and diamante heart embellishment stuck together to make a super blingy topper.

Fresh cream double sided Centura Pearl card - The Range

Lace - The Ribbon Girl

Ribbons, diamante slider and diamante heart - Meiflower

Thanks for dropping in,

see you tomorrow,

hugs,

Colette xx

My Besties Pearls and Lace challenge

It hardly seems like 5 minutes since I posted my teams last challenge and here we are a fortnight later and it's our turn again. This time around the theme is 

Pearls and Lace

If you want to be in with the chance of winning $30 worth of digi images, then show us your Pearl and Lace creations using a My Besties image.

There are so many gorgeous images to choose from I always find it difficult to pick which image I want to use, but this time around I decided to go with the beautiful Daffodilla, but as it is now summer (well at least it's supposed to be) instead of Spring I used my artistic licence (bought cheaply at a local car boot sale, as you can probably tell LOL!) to colour the daffodils as sunflowers.

My Besties Image  -Img660 Daffodilla - coloured in Photoshop

Papers and butterfly - Just So Scrappy - Denim and Daisies Scrap Kit

Lifestyle Die - Doily Circle

Lace and pearl string - Stash

Ribbon and stick on pearls - Meiflower

The right hand edge of the card front follows the shape of the gingham border (comes in kit ) and is shorter than the card back, so the green curvy strip at the end is actually part of the card inside. I cut all the little scallops around the front card edge by hand, firstly out of the printed paper, then once the paper was stuck to the card front, I cut around them again, very time consuming, but I like the effect it gives.

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

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Hobby House - Anything Goes

Digi Haven - Anything Goes with a Digi

Pennys Paper Crafty - 1 Image, 2 Papers, 3 Embellishments

Alphabet Challenge - I for Image

Glitter N Sparkle - 3 of Something (pearls in groups of 3 around die cut)
Sister act card Challenge - Anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody -Anything goes

I would also like to take this opportunity to wish my gorgeous niece Nicola a very happy 21st birthday today, and a big congrats on your First with Honours in your Art and Fashion degree - being chosen to show off your collection at Graduate Fashion Week in London and being one of the 10 designers chosen by Victoria Beckham at Fashion week, to meet and have a chat with her, way to go Nic!

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx