Wednesday 15 June 2011

The Eighteenth Challenge for The Paper Shelter "Punches and Dies"

Sorry Im late it didnt schedule properly.
Good Morning All, Im so glad you enjoyed my samples for Sarah I do hope you will watch the show next week, now I must get back to this weeks Challenge for The Paper Shelter, dont these weeks go by quickly I carnt believe we are almost half way through this year, in just a weeks time we will be exactly midsummer and Im not sure what happened to the weather as it hasnt been very nice so far. Anyway this weeks Challenge is for "Punches and Dies" and again our Fabulous Sponsers are The Paper Shelter, and they are offering this voucher for $15
and that is if you use one of their gorgeous images, but not to worry if you dont and if you are the one picked at random you will still be able to choose one of them instead, and believe me there are some stunning ones to pick from and if you like to go across to their website here you will see for yourself that they not only create such cute images but also some beautiful co-ordinating papers to.
This is my card for this weeks Challenge
I have used this sweet image called "Spring Break" and Ive printed her onto white card before colouring her with my copic and tria pens, I then used my Nestabilitie Die No.16 to cut her out then drew around the die to create the mount for it. The sentiment is one from my stash and Ive dont exactly the same with this as the image. Ive also used a small leaf stamp around the edge with several different colours of green.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of cream card with one of four papers from The Paper Shelters "Sophie in the Country" digi paper set I have then layered up the rest of the papers by using the doily edge border punch from Martha Stewart, and a larger flower one for the strip across the middle. I then popped some small pearls in each of the centres of these flowers.
I positioned my mounted image in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side. I also used some pearls at the bottom on the left and top on the right. To finish of I have used some of the left over papers to create a daisy flower in the top left hand corner this was then stuck to the card with a few punched out fern leaves.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will pop across to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot to see what the rest of the very talented team have for you and hopefully it will inspire you to take part it this weeks Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-


39 comments:

Sarah said...

Beautiful card Shirley, love the image, she looks so wistful x

Unknown said...

Beautiful Shirley, gorgeous image and papers and great text.
Chris x

Anonymous said...

the words are great and the image is wonderful- together a fantastic card
Hugs
elma

Lisa said...

Hi Shirley, Beautiful card! Such a pretty image and lovely sentiment.

Lisa x

Bella´s Bastelecke said...

beautiful card.....my favorite pretty image and nice layout....great Shirley......

Hugs
Judith

McCrafty's Cards said...

Gorgeous card Shirley, love your colouring of the image and all the punch work.
Kevin xx

Heidi said...

love the layout of this card shirley, the blues and greens work really well with the image of a girl reading beneath a tree hugs heidi x

heidy said...

Oh this is so cute Shirley!
Hugs Heidy

Judy Rozema said...

Sweet as can be! Beautiful coloring. Thank you for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday!

Mandy said...

Hi Shirley,
Wonderful card,such a pretty image and I love the colours...Thanks for sharing with us at HookedonCraft...
Mandy x

Sue said...

Hi hun
a gorgeous card, beautiful image & colouring, pretty papers & design, sue,x

Doreen said...

This is stunning Shirley.xxx

Sadilla said...

this is totally adorable!!! the image is very nice and original!!!
HUgs
sadia

Lavender and old lace said...

beautiful Shirley good use of punches and the image is so pretty love Dorothy xx

Flutterby Trina said...

Beautiful card, love the colours! Thanks for playing along with us this week at T.T.T and out 'open challenge' week, hope to see you again soon! Good Luck

Shirl said...

Hi Shirley.
Tremendous card. Love all the punched layers.
Hugs,
Shirl xx

Melodie said...

Fabolous card, dear Shirley, I love the colour combo very much, and the image is wonderful.
Hugs
Melodie

fatmonica said...

It's beautiful!

Claire Phillips said...

What a lovely peaceful card Shirley - what summer days should be about! Cheers Claire x

Peggy said...

This card is so pretty! Thanks for playing with us at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.

Stef H said...

oooooooooo shirley! very nice. you aced those borders!!!

hugs :)

Whimcees said...

Hello!

Once again I am so late in visiting and I see you have been creating all of these lovely cards!

Wishing you a great weekend and some nice weather with sunshine!

Hugs,

Barbara Diane

Josephine said...

This is so lovely, Shirley! I love that image, and the colouring is just gorgeous.

SYLVIA-ANNE said...

Shirley, this is so beautiful. Love the adorable image and the colouring. The detail you've added is gorgeous.
Love and hugs, Sylvia xxxxx

Larisa said...

I saw your project on *Take it Monday* and I am charmed with it! Love the color of your card and that darling image!

Maggie's Crafts said...

Thank you for taking part in an OPEN CHALLENGE at Top Tip Tuesday!

Your creation is beautiful!

So happy you've joined us and goo luck!!!

Maggie
xx

Kimmi said...

Beautiful card Shirley. Love the image and your layout!

Hope you are keeping well

Hugs

Kimmi xx

Livert said...

So cute card.

Hugs.

Elaine said...

Gorgeous card Shirley.
This image is so sweet and perfectly coloured as always. I really like the way you've stamped leaves around the edges.
Great choice of sentiment too.

I'm sorry to hear that your weather is as bad as it is here, where did the Summer go?

Love & hugs
Elaine xx

Jules said...

Hi Shirley

A lovely card .. .. and you always use the most beautiful sentiments.

Great use of your punches too.

Love Jules xx

Shirley-Anne said...

Hi there Shirley . Beautiful card . Love the punched edges and the flowers and leaves . Thanks for sharing on Make it Monday .

Linda . J said...

Love this card Shirley its so bright and cheerful, love the colours and design, perfect.
Hugs Linda

Wishcraft said...

Such a pretty card Shirley. Lovely image and fab sentiment :o) Lisa x

Mary J said...

Stunning! Thx for sharing it at the Make It Monday linky party!

Mary J x

Janette said...

Hi Shirley, Just doing a catch up while blogger lets me....Your card is gorgeous, love the image and design is fab...xxx

coldwaters2 said...

Wow this is beautiful Shirley the papers, design, colours and image look super I love it. I have left an award for you on my blog.
Hugs
Lorraine x

Patty Sue 2 said...

I love the layers of paper lace...just makes this card so elegant! Lovely coloring!

Kathryn said...

This is such a lovely dreamy card, lovely image and you have used such pretty colours, Thanks for joining in with us at Anything Goes, K x

Tamara Morton said...

Gorgeous card I love all the details! Thank you for joining us at Anything goes
Hugs
Tamara