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/ 

Saturday 22 November 2014

Challenge #133 - "Kraft plus 1 other Colour" - Pink Gem Challages

Good Morning Crafters, well the Challenge over on Pink Gem Challenge Blogspot is all about using Kraft paper so it was up to me to think about which of the gorgeous Pink Gem images to use and I hope you like the result. As always our very generous sponsor is Janet of Pink Gem Designs
http://www.pinkgemdesigns.com/catalog/
and you really should pay a visit to her website and see what gorgeous images there is on offer. And here is the card I created for this Challenge.

And I have used "Spiderman Andy" and you will find him here, I printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him afterwards I used a Justright Vintage Labels No.2 to cut it out and then created a mount by drawing around the die and cutting out by hand.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of Kraft card and I used a large embossing folder and put it through my ebosser to create the background, I also then used some duster and inkpad to darked it.
I then placed my mounted image in the middle and in the top left hand corner I have used a Memory box Spider Corner and a spider, the sentiment is one from Papercraft dies and this was placed down the right side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the Pink Gem Challenge Blogspot to 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 "Kraft plus one other Colour" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered into the following Challenges:-



Wednesday 19 November 2014

Challenge #183 - "A Card for a Child" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, dont forget my blog candy finishes tonight at 6pm if youd like to enter please do, I will be picking a winner after its finished and should be able to announce it very quickly afterwards. I cannot believe that I have been running this blog for 6 years and my No.2 blog for 4, those years have flown so quickly and so much has happened in that time, youve heard of hatched, matched and despatched well Ive certainly had a few of those in that time, firstly my husbands daughters have produced three grandchildren and my grandson gave me my first great grandson, then my grandson and his wife got married and also my eldest daughter got remarried, and to finish of we lost my dear father in law and mother in law and my own mum in the last five years. It always amazes me that we manage somehow to carry on and cope with these things but I suppose thats why we are put here to do that.
Anyway todays Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is all about creating "A Card for a Child" and I know a good 50% of our cards are made for these little people so I dont think you will have any trouble with this theme. And before I carry on in two weeks time we are having something really special on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot so I really do hope that you will be visiting us then.
As always our 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/

But of course 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 lots to choice from on their website The Paper Shelter so do give them a browse and see for yourself what they have to offer  you. But even if you dont use their products they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice to play with so you really cannot loose can you. And please dont forget that we only allow 3 entries into our Challenges and at least one of them must have a TPS Image or product on it.
And here is the Card I made for this Challenge.

I created this card for my Great Grandsons 2nd Birthday and I have used this "Adorable Fireman"  you will find him here, and printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him. I then cut him out with my rotatrim and mounted him onto a mount of yellow card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of yellow card, the paper is also from the same digi set as the Fireman and you will find it here. I then placed my mounted image in the middle of the shield shape and I created the sentiment on my computer and placed this also on a mount of yellow card. The number in the top right hand corner is a wooden one thats been coloured with a inkpad and is one from my stash.
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 very talented Design Team have created for your Inspiration and hopefully you to will want to enter this "A Card for a Child" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Saturday 15 November 2014

ABC Challenges - "X is for Xtra Special"

Good Morning Crafters, well would you believe it we are already half way through November and only 6 weeks to Xmas hasnt this year flown by, I cannot believe that in a couple of weeks it will be my 72nd Birthday I think as you get older the year must get shorter. Anyway this fortnights Challenge over on ABC Challenge Blogspot is all about the letter "X" and this is for someone Extra Special in your life.
For this Challenge we are being sponsored by


As I already had several images of my own I decided to use this one.

Her name is "Delores D'ammage" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her and afterwards used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.8 to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount out of yellow card, the papers I have used are from Sweetshoppes "A Fresh Start" digi paper set and I used one paper for the background and two for the mounts, the first is a dark orange yellow and then on top is a more citric yellow, I then placed a sheet of spiderweb across the whole card and placed my mounted image in the middle towards the top. The sentiment is one form my stash and this was cut out with a Heartfelt label die and placed in the bottom right hand corner.
To finish of I have used several of the left over papers and a few different punches to create the flowers that you see in the top left hand corner.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pop over to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for this "X is for Xtra Special" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://a-crafty-mess.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://graphitmarkers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ 
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stempelsonne.blogspot.co.uk/ 


Wednesday 5 November 2014

Challenge #181 - "For the Man in your Life" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, I hope that you are ready for the celebrations tonight, we have been experiencing Fireworks for the last week and no doubt it will go on till this coming weekend. This year its a bit more frightening for our dog as someone let one of not very far from her and of course it made her jump, so if you have pets dont forget to make sure they are indoors.
For the Challenge this week over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is all about that MAN in your life, and if your like me you have a very special man/boy you can think of who would love one of your cards. Its not always easy to create cards for them I know but as I say if hes someone special its time you had a try.
Of course we are being sponsored by 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/

But of course 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 lots to choice from on their website The Paper Shelter and at the moment they have a sale on their Halloween products so do give them a browse and see for yourself what they have to offer  you. But even if you dont use their products they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice to play with so you really cannot loose can you. And please dont forget that we only allow 3 entries into our Challenges and at least one of them must have a TPS Image or product on it.
And now for the card I created for this Challenge.


 For my card I have used "The Aviator" and you will find him here, I have printed him onto white card and coloured him with my copic pens, afterwards I cut him out using my rotatrim and also used a piece of beige card for the mount. The sentiment was created on my computer and then printed and mounted up in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a mount of beige card, the paper is the backing paper that comes with this particular image "The Aviator" and you will find it here. I then placed my mounted image in the center towards the top and the sentiment below. To finish of I have used some candie in all four corners, just to balance up the design.
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 very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "For the Man in your Life" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/ 
http://paperminutes.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ 
http://pdelinkyparty.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/autumn-colors.html
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Saturday 1 November 2014

ABC Challenges - "W for Water"

Good Morning Crafters, welcome to a brand new month, hasnt the year flown its Christmas in a few weeks now I hope that you have started sorting out your Christmas cards, luckily I have spend three days this week getting them inserted, written and put in envelopes, but Ive still got six more to make. Anyway this months challenge is "W for Water" over on the ABC Challenge Blogspot and for this one we are being sponsored by



And here is the card I made for this Challenge.


And for the image I have used a brand new design from Marianne Designs I have printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him. Afterwards I used Heartfelt Designs Die to cut him out and a larger one for the mount. The sentiment was one I found on the internet and then printed this also onto white card and cut this out also using a Heartfelt Designs Label die.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card the 3 papers I have used are from Sweetshoppes "Make a Splash" design set, and I have used three papers, the first a blue background with splash signs on, the second a orange zig-zag pattern and this I used a border punch that looked like waves, and the third is a strip down the middle with stars on and a white background.
The mounted image was then placed in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom towards the right. The last thing was the six candi buttons that were stuck down the left hand side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to our "ABC Challenge Blogspot" and take part in this "W for Water" Challenge and I look forward to seeing your cards or projects.

Saturday 25 October 2014

Challenge #131 - "Trick or Treat" - Pink Gem Challenges

Good Morning Gemsters, over on the Pink Gem Challenges we have also reached Halloween and this theme Challenge is all about "Trick or Treating" and Im sure you will still be trying to get your little ones cards done for next week and we are giving you the chance to do so with this Challenge.
As all ways we are being sponsored by Janet of Pink Gem Designs and Im sure you will want to pay a visit to her website

http://www.pinkgemdesigns.com/catalog/ 

And for my card I chose this sweet "Broomstick Jodie" image for my card I hope you approve of


of what I have done with her and you will find her here, I printed the image onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a Nestabilitie Circle die to cut her out and then mounted her onto a Star Circle also from Spellbinders.
The papers I have used are also from Janet and these are called "Halloween" and you will find them here, and I used two of the papers a all over green paper with images on which matches her dress and this was placed as the first mount, then down the middle I have used a stripped paper and used a Martha Steward Spiderweb die and then across the middle I have used a lilac and green white ribbon then on top is a black cat one just to add to it. The sentiment is also from Pink Gem Designs and you will find it here, this was also placed on a lilac mount as was used for the start mount behind the image.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Pink Gem 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 "Trick or Treat" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/ 
http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://alohafridaychallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://sweet7challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thatscraftychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Wednesday 22 October 2014

Challenge #179 - "Halloween" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, I hope you are all keeping well and not dreading Halloween which most of you are aware is in a couple of weeks and the theme for this weeks Challenge is all about Halloween so I do hope that you will help us celebrate that and get your cards created and added to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot.
Of course we are being sponsored by 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/

But of course 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 lots to choice from on their website The Paper Shelter and at the moment they have a sale on their Halloween products so do give them a browse and see for yourself what they have to offer  you. But even if you dont use their products they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice to play with so you really cannot loose can you.
 And now for my card I hope you like the end result.

 
This little lady is called "Fly Pumpkin Fly" and you will find her here, and I have also used the background paper that came with her for my base card. The black card is from my stash.
I printed the image and then cut her out completely and I then stuck her towards the left of my card. The pumpkins are also from the same background paper but I have printed several and then placed them on the right of my card down the card. The sentiment is one from my stash and this was stamped on a topper and then placed in the top right hand corner.
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 very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Halloween" Challenge.
 

Wednesday 15 October 2014

Challenge #178 - "Monsters and Mythicals" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, now its rather unusual for me to take part in the even Challenges but I was asked by my joint Team Leader Marie if I could help her by taking part in this weeks "Monsters and Mythicals" Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and I thought of course I would and as usual our sponsors are the very generous Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter.

http://www.thepapershelter.com/

And they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website The Paper Shelter and that could be either a Image, Paper or Printable and at the moment they have a "Halloween Sale" on so you will benefit from even more the special prices they offer. Even if you dont use one of their images on your card they will still give you 3 image of your own choice.
But Im getting ahead of myself and here is the card I have created.


And this young lady is called  "The Dragon Whisperer" and you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I cut her out with a Nestabilitie die Labels Die No.4 and a fancy one for the mount out of beige card.
The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card with my first mount of beige card, and the paper I have used is the background paper that comes with the image, then I placed my mounted image in the center of the card. I then used some scripted paper and rolled it into scrolls which were inked on the ends and tied together with black and white ribbon and placed on top of the printed scrolls already on the backing paper. The sentiment is one from my stash thats been placed on a banner die cut and placed across the top of my card.
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 very talented "B" Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this weeks "Monsters and Mythicals" themed Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fitztownchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/


ABC Challenges - "V is for Vibrant"

Good Morning Crafters, I dont know about you but it doesnt seem possible that we are halve way through October already and only 14 weeks to Christmas, I do hope that you are getting ahead with your Xmas Cards. Anyway over on the ABC Challenge Blogspot we have arrived at the letter "V" and for our theme we want to see "Vibrant" images and designs.
We are being sponsored this time by

https://www.etsy.com/shop/OakPondCreations?ref=si_shop
and 

http://www.markerpop.com/catalog/
And we were lucky enough to choose a image to play with and I chose this one from Oak Pond Creations

 
And this one is just right for the time of year its called "Halloween Friends" and you will find the image here. I printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, then cut it out with my rotatrim and created a mount out of black card for it afterwards.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of black card, the papers I have used are from Sweetshoppe "A Wizarding World" digi paper set, and I have used four papers from the set, and also used a Bat Border punch from Martha Stewart on the stripes I have layered down the center. 
I also used some black card and a edge die from Memory Box to create the tombstones at the bottom, and at the top two corners I have used the spider web corner dies and also cut out three bats to finish if of. The Sentiment is also one from my stash and this was also mounted on a piece of black card and placed it in the bottom right hand corner and the mounted image was placed in the middle.
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 "V is for Vibrant" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Wednesday 8 October 2014

Challenge #177 - "Shabby Chic" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, do you know I almost forgot to write up my DT post for The Paper Shelter, its been a busy couple of days and it went out of my head completely, I was just going to turn of my computer when I realised I hadnt written it up yet. Anyway this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is all about being "Shabby Chic" and I know its debatable as to what is termed as this anyway we leave the choice upto you how you wish to interpretate it. And when you go to visit the Challenge Blog you will see that we have two new Team Members on my A Team and I do hope you will give Jan and Sandra a very warm welcome.
As always our 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/

But as always this comes with the rule that you must have used one of their products on your card, and that could be either Image, Paper or Printable but even if you havent they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice.
And now I want to show you what I have made for this Challenge.


For my card I have chosen this "Time for Tea" image from The Paper Shelter and you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her. Afterwards I cut her out with a oval Nestabilitie Die and used a fancy one for the mount.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first mount of beige card, I then used the background paper that came with the image and on top of this I have used a circle doily and distressed it with a beige inkpad.
I then placed my mounted image in the middle and the sentiment is one I stamped and mounted on a smaller oval die and mount which was then placed in the bottom right hand corner. I then used several sized roses to create two flower sprays which were placed either side of the image, then below I have used some clock faces and the final flourish are the pearls placed in the top right and bottom left hand corner.
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 very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Shabby Chic" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://agirlwhocraftschalengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingmusketeers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 
http://imagination-craftschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kreativeinkauf-challenge.blogspot.de/ 
http://myartisticadventureschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

Wednesday 1 October 2014

ABC Challenges - "U is for Unique"

Good Morning Crafters over on the ABC Challenge Blogspot we are onto another new month and this first one is "U is for Unique" and we are being sponsored by

http://www.stampandcreate.com/

And for my Card I used this gorgeous Magnolia Stamp

she is titled "Tilda with a Bunny Balloon" and I stamped her onto white card before using my Nestabilitie Label Die No.8 to cut her out then used a fancy one for the mount our of pink card. The sentiment is one from my stash and this was stamped onto white card and I then used a label die to cut it out and another for the mount out of the same pink card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of pink card and the papers I used are from Sweetshoppe Digi "A Happy Thought" digi paper set, I used a very pretty paper for the first mount and then I used a square doily placed on top, along the bottom is another of the papers from the set and I used a heart border and stuck it along the bottom.
I placed my mounted image towards the right and then placed my sentiment along the bottom under it. I then used several different sized roses and created a spray with some pink tulle under it and white pearl sprays. To finish of I have used three pearls in two opposite corners.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope 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 take part in this "U for Unique" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-