Christmas Fun

Still running around trying to catch my tail, but wanted to show you this card, which I had made as a sample for Crafty Devils. It's a stepper card with an acetate cover. The die cut decoupage image was made up and then attached to one of the "steps", which had been covered with strips of patterned paper and the snowflakes are actually dangling down inside the card on strips of acetate.

Everything used on the card is available from Crafty Devils

Forever Friends A4 Decoupage - Christmas fun

Country Companions A5 paper pack - Winter Wishes.

My Paper Stash Winter Sparkles Greetings AC306

Tonic Geared border punch - Diamond Swing

X-cut palm punch - Snow Crystal

Snowfall Acetate - Hunkydory

Ribbon, diamante slider and gems.

Thanks for dropping by and taking a look

hugs,

Colette xx

Advent Calendar

It's the start of another Paper Creator challenge today and this time around our theme is

Pink or Blue

so all you need to do to play along and be in with the chance of winning £10 to spend in store is show us a pink or blue creation. You don't even have to use Paper Creator products to play along, but if you do you will be entered into the draw twice.

For my creation this week I used one of the Advent Calendar kits from the Advent Calendar Mega Bundle, which contains 10 advent calendar kits and is on sale for only £5 at the moment. Each kit also contains a presentation box and step by step instructions.

Advent Calendar Kit - Paper Creator

X-cut palm punch - Snow Crystal large and medium

Brads

Bows and Gems - Meiflower

I printed most of the sheets out onto 255gsm white linen card from Papermill Direct, but used 180gsm Matt photo paper for the numbers, I also printed out a couple of extra sheets of the box sides on the Matt paper, then cut around the images and attached to the calendar using foam pads.

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

Have a lovely weekend,

hugs,

Colette xx

Teddy Bo Friday!

I missed Teddy Bo Tuesday this week as I have been really busy, mainly having murder with the local hospital, over a pair of shoes for Meg.

12 months ago she had casts made of her feet to send off to a company in Germany to make her some new shoes (we can't buy shoes for her as her feet are tiny (she's 23 and her feet are smaller than my 8 year old grandsons), and really oddly shaped). Although she doesn't need the shoes for walking or standing, she suffers from really bad circulation and her feet are always freezing, last winter she had to wear fleecy bed socks over her socks whenever we went out, just for an extra layer of warmth, she also has severe osteoporosis in her feet and legs as she has never walked or put weight through them, so the shoes are protection against knocks which could result in broken bones - anyway, here we are 12 months and a number of phone calls to the hospital later - heading into another winter - and Meg still doesn't have any shoes to wear.

It turns out that the company in Germany are saying they have never received an order, and the hospital are saying they have sent the order twice (which seems odd as Meg has only had casts made once), so we now have an appointment for Monday for Meg to be re-assessed, which probably means she will be going through another Winter wearing bed socks!

Sorry about the rant, here's my card.

IMAGE - Oli_008 - coloured in Photoshop

PAPERS - Big Top - Just So Scrappy

Lifestyle circle dies

Grosgrain ribbon, waxed cord, spotty button and stick on pearls - Meiflower

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

My Besties challenge

Once again it is my teams turn to host the My Besties challenge and this time around the theme is

Use a Background stamp

or

Anything Goes (using a Bestie Image)

You must use a My Besties image on your challenge card.

There is a grand prize of 5 My Besties digital images for the winner who follows the theme, and runner up prizes too.

IMAGE- My Besties Winter Wonderland Reindeer Angel of Joy - coloured in Photoshop

Christmas tree background digi stamp from Tis the Season to be Pretty Set - Amber Ink

PAPERS - Brrrr digital scrap kit - Just So Scrappy

DIE - Winter Wishes Ice Crystal 2 - Joy Crafts

Ribbon, Jingle bells and gems - Meiflower

If you are lucky enough to live in the US then you can find the first of the My Besties "Bee Attitudes" Doll Collection HERE

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

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Cascade cards

Here's a couple of  cards I have put together using the new Paper Creator Cascade card kits. They are soooo easy to put together but give you something a bit different from the usual card shapes, each kit comes with layers for decoupage and a matching envelope.

For the Halloween card I added the word Boo! - in die-cut letters - to the front of the cascade section and attached a bat to a strip of acetate so that it looks like it's flying out of the card.

Paper Creator Halloween concertina card kit

Bat - Halloween Hooligans - Nitwits

Die cut Letters - Lifestyle Splendid Alphabet

Charm - stash

Ribbon - Meiflower

With the cupcake concertina, I added a punched border to the back and front of the card, lots of glitter to the cupcake icing, a flower from a Nitwits kit, and ribbon and a cupcake charm from Meiflower.

There are more cascade designs available over at Paper Creator, you can find them all HERE

Thanks for popping by and taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Oli the Ephelump

You may remember Oli the ephelump from the Teddy Bo family, well he has had a bit of a make-over and is back again, after losing a little weight, and going to the gym to get a more streamlined physique LOL!

He has also managed to get himself a friend, of the female variety, called Molly who you can find HERE on Tuesday's post.

IMAGE - Oli_002 - coloured in photoshop

PAPERS and WORDART - Doodle Doo Digital Scrap Kit - Just So Scrappy

BUTTON and CORD - Meiflower

I also have a Teddy Bea card I made using one of the trio of tabs from last weeks release.

IMAGE - Trio

PAPERS and ALPHABET - Sisters digital scrap kit - Just so scrappy

Flower soft for pompom

Lifestyle Edge it dies for top and bottom border

Gems, bow and satin rose trio - Meiflower

Pop over to the Teddy Bo blog and take a look at the wonderful inspiration from some of the other DT members.

Teddy Bo Tuesday

We have some more new releases at Teddy Bo and Co today, the bears are there as usual, but we have a new set of characters for you to take a look at too.

Welcome to Oli and Molly the ephelumps, they are available in both digi stamp and pre-coloured versions.

I used Molly for my card today, Oli will be along on Friday.

IMAGE - MOLLY_002 - Coloured in Photoshop

PAPERS - Fruitytoot Digital Scrap kit - Crazy 4 monograms

BORDER DIE -Impression Obsessions - Border Duo 1

Ribbon and gems - Meiflower

Gayle also drew this beautiful Angel/Fairy which I just had to colour up and as October is Breast Cancer Awareness month I decided to make a card in commemoration of all the friends and family I know who have fought and won their battles and also those that didn't make it.

Image - Fairy - Teddy Bo and Co. - coloured in Photoshop

Couture Creations die - Tatted Lace Doily

Lifestyle die - Nesting square Doily

Stick on pearls, ribbon and charm - Meiflower

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

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx