Wednesday 17 December 2014

The Paper Shelter Christmas - "Anything Goes" Challenge

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, I do hope you thoroughly enjoyed our "Special Celebration" Blog Hop and I will be announcing the winner of my comments shortly but I do want to thank all those that took part and left me such lovely comments.
Todays Challenge is a "Anything Goes" one and its the last Challenge for The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot for this year and it will be a 3 week one and there will not be any comments left on your work so I do hope you understand as the Design Teams are going to be taking a well earned break from it and will be spending time with their families, and I want to wish them all a wonderful Christmas.
And now as always our wonderful sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website

http://www.thepapershelter.com/

and this is providing you have used one of their products on your card, and this could be either a image, paper or printable and you will find there here on their website, but even if you do not use one of these they will still give your three images of your own choice, and that is such a wonderful prize and so generous.
Anyway here is the card I created for this Challenge, hope you like it.


This is such a stunning image she is called "Hope" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, I then used a Rectangle die from Nestabilitie and then used the Snowflake Die from Wild Rose Dies this was cut out of blue card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" and I used a piece of the same blue card for the mount and the backing paper is the one that comes with this beautiful image and you will find it here. I then placed my mounted image in the middle and the sentiment I used is one from my stash and I have mounted it onto another piece of blue card and placed in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used 6 small pearls in the top right and bottom left hand corners.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Teams have created for your  inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Anything Goes" Challenge. And please dont forget we will be back on January 7th for a brand new Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 


Monday 15 December 2014

ABC Challenges - "Z for Zany"

Good Morning Crafters, can you believe it this is the last Challenge over at ABC Challenge Blogspot and its a real "Zany" one and we are being sponsored by Sherri Baldy

http://scrapbookstampsociety.com/auction_search.php?option=basic_search&basic_search=sherri%20baldy%20besties

And we were lucky enough to be given several images to play with and I chose this one for my card.


This image is titled "Winter Wonderland" and you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, after wards I used the Nestabilitie Rectangle Die to cut it out. Afterwards I have mounted it onto a Wild Rose Snowflake die, cut out of white pearlescent card but before doing so I glittered the hat, dress and scarf and the pudding.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of white card and the paper is from Phil Martins Vintage Paper pad, and I then placed a Snowflake Corner from Phil Martin in the top right hand corner and then placed my mounted image in the middle.
I then cut a sentiment with another of my dies, and the final flourish is the floral spray in the bottom left hand corner I have used l large poinsetta and two smaller ones and some punched out holly leaves.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will now pop over to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and hope that you will want to take part in this "Z is for Zany" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.mybestienorge.blogspot.no/ 
http://www.myperfectlifeuk.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://opus-gluei.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Saturday 6 December 2014

Pink Gem Designs "Anything Christmas" Challenge

This is the last Challenge for Pink Gem Designs Challenge Blogspot for this year and so we have a very special theme for you and its one that you are going to love "Anything Christmas" and both the A and B Teams are taking part and its going to be a last a month so I do hope you will understand why we wont be commenting on your cards as no doubt it will be well subscribed to. Anyway I want to wish all Pink Gem Followers a wonderful Christmas and we will be seeing you again in the New Year.
Anyway as always Janet of Pink Gem Designs is sponsoring us

http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
I do hope that you will pay a visit to Janets website "Pink Gem Designs" and see what gorgeous images she has to offer and such a lovely lot of Christmas ones to.
And for my card I chose this young lady.


I have used "Angelique with a Snowman" and you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her and then used my Wild Rose Snowflake die to cut her out.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of white pearlescent card and the papers are from Pink Gem Designs "Snowflake" papers and you will find them here, and I have used this gorgeous blue background with white snowflakes on. I also cut a Snowflake corner from Wild Rose Dies is placed in the top right and bottom left hand corners, aroundt he middle I have used two organza ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount. To finish of I used a diecut sentiment down the right hand side and a punched out snowflake in the top left hand corner.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to Pink Gem Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Teams have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will take part in this "Anything Christmas" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://a-crafty-mess.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://acreativeneed.wordpress.com/join-in-the-monthly-challenge/ 
http://aliciabelchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://funwithshapesandmore.blogspot.ca/ 
http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.ca/ 
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Wednesday 3 December 2014

The Paper Shelters 4th Birthday Blog Hop

Good Morning fellow crafters and welcome to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog Hop and this is in celebration of their reaching their 4th Birthday on December 8th. It will be a two week Challenge and both Design Teams are taking part.

http://www.thepapershelter.com/

The Hop is our way of inviting you to join in with us and this one is a  "A Special Celebration" theme, which I know is extremely popular!!!! If you have landed here from The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot then you're heading in the right direction - if not then you'll want to head on back to start again, as you'll not want to miss out on this one! Our Design Team have worked very hard and are showcasing the gorgeous images available from The Paper Shelter Website and each blog on the hop is offering one lucky commenter a digi of their choice as well as the main prize, details of which are on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot.
For my image I have used this sweet Dragon image titled "Dragons Birthday" and you will find him here, and I printed him several times onto semi-gloss photo paper then cut the first one out with a oval Nestabilitie Die and then can a fancy one for the mount. I then cut the other printed images into layers to create a decoupaged image and stuck them up into layers to make him 3D. 
I then used the "Birthday Cupcake" papers and you will find them here, I used three of the papers and layered them up as shown the second one was cut in a strip and I used a Martha Stewart border punch. I used My Craft Studio to create the sentiment badge and placed it in the top right hand corner, the No.4 was from my stash and was coloured with a inkpad and to finish of I have used cupcake buttons down the right hand side.
From here you will need to hop on over to Angela. Don't forget to leave your comment for a chance of winning your choice of one of the fab digi's available in store.
Hop! Hop! Hop!
Good luck and hope you're enjoying it so far.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://paulaholifieldcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://alldressedupchallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://animalfriendschallenge.blogspot.de/ 
http://www.cardadayblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 
http://imagination-craftschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://memascrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://smudgyantics.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Monday 1 December 2014

ABC Challenges - "Y is for Yuletide"

Good Morning Crafters, well here we are in December I wonder if like me you are thinking where has this year gone, it doesnt seem like yesterday when we were preparing for the last one and here we are only weeks away to this years Christmas.
Anyway as you can guess this fortnights Challenge over on ABC Challenge Blogspot the theme is to celebrate the time of year and its "Y for Yuletide" and we are being sponsored by The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of spend on their website

http://www.thepapershelter.com/

and as I work for The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot I was lucky to be able to choose any of their gorgeous images and this was the one I chose.


This little chap is titled "A marshmellow for the Christmas Elf" and you will find him here, I have printed him onto white card then coloured him with my copic pens, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.1 to cut him out and a fancy one for the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red  card, the paper I have used is the backing paper that came with the image and I have stuck this on the first mount. I then placed my mounted image in the center on a angle, and I then used some punched out holly leaves and created the spray down the right hand side and top let hand corner, I popped some holly berries in at at angles and a sentiment was cut from a tag die and placed at the bottom with a triple green bow, and to finish of I have used some punched out Snowflakes and stuck them at the top in the right hand corner and bottom left hand one.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Y is for Yuletide" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampedblessings.com/ 
http://cateredcrop.com/ 
http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafts2celebrate.blogspot.fr/ 
http://www.myperfectlifeuk.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.storytellernorge.blogspot.no/ 
http://pinkleart.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/