Wednesday 18 May 2011

The Fourteenth Challenge for The Paper Shelter "Distress to Impress"

Good Morning Everyone, youve guessed yes we have now reached our fourteenth challenge and this one is "Distress to Impress" and this is as it says you must use distressing in creating your card in anyway you feel is right for you.
And our fabulous sponsers are The Paper Shelter
and they are offering you a prize a voucher of 15$ to spend in their shop for anyone being picked by random number who has used their images and if they havent they will still be elegible to pick one of their images from their webshop here, you will be surprised at the fabulous range of images they have to offer and also now stunning paper sets that go with them, please do pop across and visit for yourselves.
This is my card for this Challenge,
and I have used this sweet image of "Zoe in Spring" and you will find her here Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic and tria pens to colour her, then I tore her around the edges and inked them with a blue inkpad to distress them. The sentiment is one from my stash and Ive done the same thing with this as I did with the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue pearlescent card with a paper from the "Sophie from the Country" paper pack from The Paper Shelter, the first one is blue paper then on top I have used a yellow diamond pattern one and down both sides I have used one of the deep border punches from Martha Stewart. Around the middle I have wrapped a piece of cream lace and then along the top I have put a cream ribbon and attached both to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then positioned in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. I then used some of the left over paper from the same set of papers to create the flowers that were cut out with the Marianne flower dies, they were stuck to my card with silicone glue on top of some punched out leaves.
Now that youve seen my card I would love for you to pop across to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot to see what the rest of the very talented team have created for you and hopefully it will inspire you also will take part in this weeks Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.claudiaandcompany.blogspot.com/
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/
http://hippitywithippity.blogspot.com/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/
http://www.stampsruschallenges.blogspot.com/

28 comments:

Unknown said...

Shirley where are the weeks going, too blooming fast, gorgeous card luv these flowers, and the lace and image is beautiful.
Chris x

Doreen said...

This is just gorgeous Shirley.xxx

Bella´s Bastelecke said...

a very pretty card Shirley....i love this image......

Hugs
Judith

Anonymous said...

^love the way you create your cards
Hugs Elma

Elaine said...

Beautiful Shirley.
This is such a very sweet image, and I love your flowers and the lace is so pretty.

Hugs Elaine xx

Mandy said...

Hi Shirley,
Beautiful....Love the lace and the flowers and layout are gorgeous...Sweet image too..
Mandy x

Cheryl Valadez said...

Hi Shirley! You always create such fabulous cards! This one is no exception. Wonderful work, my friend ;D Hugz, Cheryl

Lia said...

wonderful card shiley I love the digi and the colors are great
hugs Lia

Heidi said...

Oh she is lovely, must go and have a look again, to see whats new at the paper shelter this month. Love the colour combo shirley, and your embellies. hugs heidi x

Sarah said...

Beautiful summery card, love the colours x

trudette said...

I absolutely love it !
hugs x
trudette

CLaire said...

I am blog hopping from Make it monday, and I really love the lace you have used on the card, the card is lovely...

heidy said...

Gorgeous Shirley!!
Hugs Heidy

Lisa Jane said...

ooh this is so pretty - love the lace border
Thanks for linking up to make it monday
Lisa x
Don't forget......... if you leave a comment on another entry, mention that you saw their card on "Make It Monday" for a chance at second prize. The more entries you comment on the more chance you have of winning second prize.

Arts by Sara said...

Beautiful Creation! Thank You for joining us at Get Hippity With Ippity! Have a wonderful rest of the week! Happy Creating! Sara

McCrafty's Cards said...

Beautiful card Shirley, I like the papers and the lace.
kevin xx

Riet said...

So gorgeous card Shirley,I love the image and the colours.

Hugs Riet.xx

Janette said...

Hi Shirley, Gorgeous card, so love the image it's very pretty.xx

Wishcraft said...

Lovely card Shirley. Love that image and the lace is so pretty :o) Lisa x

CraftyC said...

Aww, names after my daughter. Another beautiful card Shirley and such a sweet image
Clairex

Melodie said...

So wonderful, dear Shirley, I love the colours and the design very much.
Hugs
Melodie

Rosis Stöberseite said...

Shirley, with you again is a very sweet card emerged,
as always.
Hugs
Rosi

Alison said...

Love this Shirley! Distressing isn't normally my 'thing' but I lke how you have done this.
Hugs, Alison x

Patty Sue 2 said...

Your lovely card inspired me to go and color. I have been in a slump and this was just what I needed to see. I love your fantastic coloring!

Kathy and Lucky said...

Beautiful card, has that vintage feeling to it. So pretty. Thanks for joining us at Stamps R Us.

Michelle said...

Hi Shirley

Wonderful card! Gorgeous image and your colouring looks terrific.

Thank you for sharing with us at Make It Monday this week.

Michelle

Sue said...

Just been looking through the cards on "Make It Monday" and saw yours.I's a lovely card,fab colours and image.
Sue :)

Josephine said...

So pretty! Lovely image and papers and that lace is gorgeous!