Wednesday 16 February 2011

The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog - 1st Challenge - "Buttons and Bows"

Well the day is here and we are launching a brand new weekly Challenge Blog "The Paper Shelter" and you really should take a visit to their shop The Paper Shelter
and see what fabulous digi images they have to offer, this is what they say about themselves :-
If you are looking for fun, cute and lovely digi stamps for your paper-crafting or web design projects, The Paper Shelter is your one-stop boutique!This growing catalog of high-quality digi stamps with many different kind of options offers a multitude of themes such as everyday items, holidays, special occasions, children, adorable characters and creatures. Stamps are available in standard black and white line art, as well as in pre-colored format.
Images are wonderful for coloring and make perfect additions to greeting cards and scrapbook albums.
If you like our products and you decide to use them on your works, remember that you're more than welcome to send us pictures of your creations to admin@thepapershelter.com which we'll proudly show in our store!
And they are generously sponsering us for each of our Challenges and you will need to use one of their images to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize and you will then be able to use it in their shop:-
I have really enjoyed playing with their images and this is my DT card for this first Challenge which must incorporate "Buttons and Bows"
I have used this cute image of a "Tooth Fairy" and printed it onto white card and coloured it with my copic pens, after which I cut it out with my Nestabilitie Labels Die No.1 then drew around the die to create the faux mount for it. The sentiment is one I found on the internet and then printed it and mounted in the same way as my image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of green pearlescent card and one of Donna's Bearlymine Designs "Spring Blossoms" and on top of this is one of her plaid ones Ive used one of my all around Martha Stewart punches on this and placed it on top of the base layer, across the middle I have wrapped seam binding in green and attached it to the back of the first mount, then created a bow with some of the same colour seam binding and then have sewn a button to the middle.
I then positioned my mounted image to the left and tucked the sentiment in the top right hand corner. I do so hope you will pop over to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog and see what stunning cards the rest of our very talented team have created for this very first Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

30 comments:

Anonymous said...

wonderful colours and you decorate the card exellent
Hugs
elma

Rach said...

gorgeous hun, love the colours that you have used, and what a fabby image, gorgeous glittery wings.xx

Bella´s Bastelecke said...

Wow your card is fabulous!
Love your gorgeous colors and such pretty papers and detail!

Hugs
Judith

mueppi said...

Good morning Shirley
your card is wonderful and I love the great colours you have used!!!
Have a fab day!
Hugs and love Gisela

Linda . J said...

Beautiful card Shirley and love your colouring, superb, such a great image and papers too.
Hugs Linda

Sarah said...

Awwww, just gorgeous Shirley! The last time my eldest (6) lost a tooth he wrote the tooth fairy a note asking her to write one back to him and let him know her name. She left him a cute little note saying her name was Tulip and how much she liked the handmade snowmen decoration he had in his bedrooom at the time. Jack was thrilled when he woke up that she had written to him and went and told everyone at school that the tooth fairy's real name is Tulip x

heidy said...

Oh this gorgeous Shirley!!
Love the image!
XXX Heidy

Donna said...

Just gorgeous Shirley, love the colours and that image is wonderful.
Hugs, Donna x

Sandra said...

Gorgeous card Shirley...isn't she a cutie and you've coloured her beautifully!love the verse it works so well with the image.

Take care
San x

Jessie said...

Wonderful card Shirley!

Cheryl Valadez said...

Shirley, what can I say? Wonderful card, lady! Thank you so much for all the sweet comments and for creating a gorgeous card for the kick off challenge. This card really showcases the fun and whimsy of the Paper Shelter images! Hugz, Cheryl

Stef H said...

oh the green is beautiful on this and i love the ribbon! fabulous. off to check the challenge.

hugs :)

Claudia´s kleine Bastelwelt said...

Gorgeous, your card is wonderful. Sweet image and great colors.

Hugs Claudia

Sue said...

Hi hun
fabulous card, lovely image & papers, luv the sparkle, sue,x

Christine said...

Hi Shirley what a beautiful debut creation gorgeous image & colouring the DPs are soft against the stunning ribbon..

smiles Christine xx

Mandy said...

Hi Shirley,
Beautiful card..Love the image and the sentiment...Your papers and the lovely bow are just perfect..I'm off now to checkout the challenge and images...
Mandy x

Caroline said...

Love this card Shirley and the little verse is adorable

Josephine said...

This is just so pretty! I love the colours, the image and the sparkle.

Sadilla said...

HI Hun!!! Wonderful card! the image is great... I love the coloring and all the details!
hugs
sadia

gina g said...

Gorgeous card Shirley love the image beautiful papers too. luv gina xx

Suzie Q said...

Hi Shirley,
lovely image beautifully coloured and what a great sentiment to match x

The Dolphin Inn said...

Lovely image and card Shirley, love the soft green and the lush bow, hope you are well, thanks for sharing xxx

Melodie said...

Gorgeous card, dear Shirley.
The colors fit nicely with the cute designs, and the large loop is a looker.
Hugs
Melodie

debby4000 said...

Beautiful card Shirley and love the adorable image.
luv
Debby

Marianne's Craftroom said...

Great card. Love the image and the way you made a munt by drawing round the nestie. Great tip for when you use the largest one for the image. Thanks for that. Marianne x

Patty Sue 2 said...

Shirley,
Your card is soooo cute! I loved the little sentiment also! You have colored the image to perfection and I love all the sparkle you have added! I had to pop over and enter a card! You inspired me!

CraftyC said...

What a pretty card Shirley. Love the colours and she's beautiful!
Clairexx

Mina said...

she is stunning Shirley and your colour combo and ribbon are perfect with her...stunning card
Mina xxx

Heidi said...

Hallo Shirley, must have missed this one, really cute image, my evie loves it (but she is my most toothless child at the moment Hmmm) Love the sentiment that you have coupled it with, Hugs Heidi x ps I have blogcandy at the moment.xxx

Mandy said...

Beautiful card Shirley, so very pretty and the image is adorable.
I need hubby today as he's cooking tonight but I can send him over tomorrow lol
love and hugs Mandy xx