A Bow of a Card xx

Afternoon all

Can't believe its Wednesday already??

The weeks seem quicker and quicker the closer we get to Christmas, ekkkk not long till its here! I haven't even started my Christmas cards yet!! So behind with them AGAIN this year!! Hopefully I'll catch up with myself heeee

It was my gorgrous wee Grannies Birthday at the weekend and we had a fab fun day out with her, spoiling her rotten! Ohhhhh and feeding her lots of cake and ice-cream! The only wee lady I know that would eat puddings for Breakfast, Lunch and dinner ohhh and don't forget snacks heeee

I wanted to make here something different this year and after seeing The lovely Jo's creation I knew I had to give it a try! 

 

  

Its called a Bow card and you can find the template here

I used my American Craft 12x12 cardstock for the base and the papers are September Skies from Heidi Swapp. The wee image is Rae from Crafts and Me one of Hannah Lynns amazing digis, coloured with Spectrum Noirs! The Antique Frame diecut she sits in is from Crafter's Companion fabby new Downton Range, distressed with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and gloss to finish

I would like to enter the following Challenges

Die Cutting Divas - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Product Theme (distress Ink)

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy  -Fantasy

Well thats me for today, gotta finish Hubby's Birthday card and start my next one!

Hope the rest of your week is a fun one

Huggles Mel xxx

A touch of Downton xx

Evening everyone

I hope this wee post finds you all well and enjoying the sunshine we've been having over the past few days?? Hope it lasts a few more!

Well have you been watching Create and Craft TV?? ............

................ did you see the new release ................ 

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Yeah the amazing Crafter's Companion have been making some new AMAZING collections with the fab Downton Abbey TV show! The people at C&C have it on the 4 Day Deal and you still have plenty time to check it out!

Heres some of my makes

 

A wee Dress Card made with the CD Rom papers and lots of gems

A wee male theme card using the CD Rom and some of the fab dies with Kraft Card

A wee Stepper card using Centura Pearl and more of the papers and sentiments on the CD Rom plus the actual Abbey die

A simple card using the Embossing Folders and more of the dies as the focal point

Made a Waterfall card with a few of the toppers from the CD Rom

And lastly a multi-fold card using the CD Rom papers and embellishments and more of the fantastic dies and added some pearls and ribbon from my stash!

Isn't it divine??

The other girls have done some utterly amazing creations for this release! Remember and watch the show and see the samples for yourself! You can find the goodies here!

Have a great night

Huggles Mel xxx