Twentyfourth Challenge for The Paper Shelter - "Anything Goes"

Now before I start this post it has had to be scheduled, as at the moment I have my two grandsons staying with me and Im not able to get into my craft room so I do hope you will forgive me if I dont get to visit you to comment at the moment, its a bit hectic with not only the boys but also the new puppy Missy. Anyway before I start I want to say a very big thank you and to say we are going to miss two fabulous Design Team members and they are our Team Leader Cheryl, what an outstanding job she has done for us Thank You so much, and also our very own Kevin who we shall miss to as hes such a talented member of the team and a brilliant commentor on our work, Thank You both so much. As of next week we shall be split into two design teams and I will have some news for you as I said the other week, but back to today its our Twentyfourth Challenge and this one is themed "Anything Goes" and I know how much you enjoy this and it gives you a free hand to pick your own design and image. Our fabulous sponsers are as always the very talented couple from "The Paper Shelter" Pedro and Veronica.

And they are offering you a fabulous prize of $15 that can be spent in their shop The Paper Shelter, and if youve actually used one of their gorgeous images you will be entitled to the whole amount and even if you havent you will still be eligable for one of them. The range of images and co-ordinating papers is unbelievable they are quite stunning, and the price is also within your budget believe me as the amount you would get with this voucher is a lot.
This is my card for this Challenge.

I have used the "Summer Games" image for my card, isnt she just gorgeous and you will find her here, and the papers are "Spring Swing", I have printed the image onto white card and coloured it with my copics and Tria pens then used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.4 to cut it out and used the die again for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash I think its probably from TLC but I carnt rely on that.
The base card 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of yellow card and my first paper from the "Spring Swing" set and you will find them here, this is a yellow paisley looking pattern then on top is a strip mounted on yet another piece of yellow card this has hearts and stripes on, this was laid down the left hand side, the third paper has again been mounted on yellow card and this pattern is a yellow background with flowers on and this was laid across the base card. Ive then positioned my mounted image towards the left and the sentiment at the bottom on the right.
To finish of Ive used some of the left over papers to create two large flowers and threaded a pearl brad through the centre and then stuck them to card with some silicone glue on top of some punched out leaves.
I do hope that now youve seen my card you will go and visit the rest of the Design Team over on  The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and hopefully this will inspire you to take part in this weeks Challenge of "Anything Goes".

The Twentythird Challenge for The Paper Shelter "The Colour Green"

Good Morning Everyone, I dont know about you but these weeks go so quickly by and I dont know if Im on my head or my heels, Ive got to get everything ready this week for the visit of my two grandsons who we are of to Norfolk on Friday to pick up and bring back for a weeks holiday starting this Saturday, wish me luck clearing out my craft room theres a lot to move believe me. Anyway getting back to this weeks Challenge we are asking you to use "The Colour Green" on your card and again we are being sponsered by our fabulous sponsers The Paper Shelter.

And they are offering a fabulous prize of $15 to buy lots of their gorgeous digi images and beautiful papers on their website "The Paper Shelter", believe me you will be really surprised as to how far that amount goes, this full amount is only for those that have used one of their images on their card, but even if you havent dont despair they will give you one of their images of your own choice, this is picked by the random number org.
And now back to my card for this weeks Challenges.

Isnt he gorgeous, this is "Whimsical Dragon" and you will find him here, and Ive also used the papers from "Spring Swing" for my card. The image has been printed onto white card then coloured with my copic and tria pens before being cut out with Nestabilitie Die Label"E" (these were ones that were sold by Create and Craft" and then used the same die to create the mount for it. The sentiment is one I created on my computer that I found by googling, this also has been mounted onto green card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of green card and one of three papers from the "Spring Swing" paper set you will find them here, this first paepr is a rather ornate pattern, and on top is a simpler one that Ive cut into a strip and used a dinosaur border punch on both edges, then on top of this is another of the papers thats been mounted on green card and stuck down the middle of the last paper.
The mounted image was then stuck in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. To finish of Ive created with some left over paper two daisy's with the Die-namic daisy die, and layered it up on some punched our leaves.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will now pop over to The Paper Shelter Blogspot and see what the rest of the design team have got in store for you, Im sure you wont be dissappointed and hopefully this will inspire you to take part in this weeks "The Colour Green" Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://jac-inks.blogspot.com/
http://useittuesday.blogspot.com/
http://diecutdreams.blogspot.com/
http://kbchallenges.blogspot.com/

Bealymine Designs Fifteenth Challenge - "Tag your It"

Good Morning All, well again another fortnight has gone by and weve now reached our Fifteenth Challenge and Bearlymine Designs and this time we are asking you to use a "Tag" somewhere on your card, and our new team members are also taking part in their very first DT challenge so I do hope you will visit them and leave them some love.
This time we are being sponsered by:-

Whimsey Stamps - 5 Digi's of winners choice

Bearlymine Designs - 2 Digi sets of winners choice

Di's Digi Downloads - 3 Digi's of winners choice

Teddy Bo - Teddy Bo Quintet

Now that is an awesome amount of fabulous prizes and its just a shame we arnt allowed to take part in the challenge but Im sure it wont stop you as the entries for our challenges have sky rocketed and I want to thank you so much for taking part in them.
Anyway this is my card for this fortnights Challenge.

For my image Ive used a Whimsey Digi stamp of a dad and his little girl, the sentiment is also from the stamp digi set, Ive printed them onto white card then used my Copic and Tria pens to colour it, afterwards Ive used a Nestabilitie Label Die No.17 to cut it out and then used the die again to create the faux mount for it out of ivory pearlescent card. The sentiment was also printed onto white card but I used a GoCreate Tag die for this and then mounted it onto a larger die cut.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with the first paper "Summer Lace" from Donna's Bearlymine Design papers, on top of this I have used another paper from "Paper Lace" for the die cuts these were made with the Marianne die, on top of these are hearts cut with the Cherry Lynn dies. I then wrapped a satin ribbon around the middle and attaching it to the back of the first mount.
I then positioned my mounted image to the left and tucked my tag sentiment in on the right, but before doing so I tied a bow with some more of the ribbon that was threaded through the hole at the top.
Now youve seen my card I do so hope that you will now pop across to the Bearlymine Design Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the design team have created for your enjoyment and hopefully this will inspire you to take part in this fortnights Challenge "Tag your It".
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/
http://theangelcompany.typepad.com/digi_design_house/
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://kbchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/
http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/
http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/

Cards for Men - Challenge 15 - "Use a Key"

Good Morning Everyone, yet again another fortnight has flown by and weve now reached our 15th Challenge and this time we are asking you to use a "Key" somewhere on your card, and we are being sponsered by Prairie Fairy Designs and they have offered you a fabulous prize of 5 digi stamps or your own choice.

And this is what Roberta has to say about her company:-

Hello! I am Roberta from Prairie Fairy Designs. I am a new digital stamp company featuring artwork not only created by me but also my two kids, ages 9 and 12. They are featured on the site as the Fairy Princess and the Prairie Prince.
I have been an artist for as long as I can remember and have always loved to create. Two years ago my sister-in-law invited me to a rubber stamp party. I laughed and said "Maybe I will buy something if I can use it to stamp on canvases.". Needless to say, I was hooked! Two years later and a lot of learning about computers, I have finally accomplished my goal.

While digital stamping is relatively new in the papercrafting scene, it is what I believe to be such an amazing tool. Printed images have such clarity and vibrancy and gone is the need to re stamp an image because you didn't press hard enough or maybe you pressed too hard! They are also a lot easier to store and they can be reprinted over and over again. The fact that you can rotate and flip files, print them off the size of a postage stamp or as large as a scrapbook page makes them such a versatile medium. It is my sincere hope that I can help anyone who has hesitations about using digital images to embrace these amazing creative tools. If you have any questions about going digital, check out the site and the blog for more information. So head on over to http://www.prairiefairydesigns.com/ and check it out!

And here is the card I created with one of her fabulous images, we were lucky enought to be given several images to play with.

As you are probably aware we have a 15 week old Yorkie pup and I thought that this was an ideal image to use for this fortnights challenge, so far weve been lucky enough to not to have her bite our bums, anyway Ive printed it onto white card before colouring it with my copic and tria pens, then used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.8 to cut it out then used the die itself to draw around to create a faux mount for it. The sentiment is one I created on my computer and printed it also onto white card then used a Label die from Spellbinders to cut it out and to create a mount for it.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card with one of two papers from the Nitwit "Sandcastles" digi paper set, this one is a blue background with a wave pattern on, the second I cut into a 5" square and used a shell border and corner punch on it, this was then layered on top of the first mount at a slight angle, and I then used a piece of the same blue card to run through my cuttlebug with a key embossing folder and before layering it onto of these two papers Ive used the same border punch along both edges.
I then positioned my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right, this was attached to the card with two blue brads, and the last little flourish are the two key charms stuck down the right hand side at the top.
Now youve seen my card I do hope you will be inspired to take part in this fortnights challenge, if youd like to go across to The Cards for Me Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented team have for your delight Im sure it will be the push for you to make a card yourself.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com/
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/
http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/
http://designed2delight.com/blog/
http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/
http://myshericrafts.blogspot.com/

A Card for the Lili of the Valley - "Pink and Blue" Challenge

Before I start I want to let you know that my Design Team Leader Donna of Bearlymine Designs has a Midsummer Sale on at the moment so do please pop across and see for yourself what wonderful digi design sets she has.

Now again I must apologise for not posting very much over the last week, its mainly because we have the new pup but also because Im trying to get ready for my grandsons who are due to arrive on the 23rd for a week and I know Im not going to be able to do much while they are here as they take over my craft room and I have to move out. My DT cards will be scheduled for the right date for them to appear so there will be cards appearing on certain days. Anyway to start again Good Morning Everyone, hope the weather with you is a little brighter than it is with me today, its suddenly gone very cloudy and hubby has gone to take his car in for its first service so will be away for a few hours and Im in sole charge of Madam Missy, shes a right little madam believe me like all pups into everything and chewing anything she can get her sharp little needle teeth into, this week she demolised part of the door seal on the back door, I just hope we dont get a puddle indoors when it rains or we will be in trouble.
Anyway todays card has been created for this weeks Lili of the Valley "Pink and Blue" Challenge, and Ive used this sweet little girl for my image.

She was one of the freebies I got from a craft magazine and Ive coloured her with my copic pens then used the Nestabilitie Labels 15 to cut her out, then used the die to draw around to create the mount for it. The sentiment is one from my stash and I believe its one of the C&C stamps, Ive mounted this onto a piece of the left over pink card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first layer of pink and blue patterned paper from another freebie pack Pink Peddicoat that I got from Quick Cards, on top of this is a pink spot paper thats been cut into a 5" square and one of my Martha Stewart border and corner lace punches have been used (not that you can see it to well) then on top of this is a third mount this time its a pretty rose pattern on a white background. I then stuck a blue heart that I punched out with the Cherry Lynn die, and positioned my mounted image on top. The sentiment was then stuck at the bottom on the right hand side.
The last thing is the spray of five roses in the top left hand corner, Ive used three pink ones and two blue and white ones, these were stuck with some punched out rose leaves on top of silicone glue.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/
http://limitedrunsstamps.blogspot.com/
http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/
http://stampinsanity.com/
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

The Twentysecond Challenge for The Paper Shelter "For the Birds"

Good Morning Everyone, well yet another week has flown by and weve now reached our twentysecond challenge and this weeks its all "For the Birds" but before I start on my post I want you all to welcome the new members to our team and they are Carol, Linda, Penni, Tracey M, Francis, Tracey V, Louise, Kim and Shari, they will start with their first DT challenge on the 3rd August, and Ive a big surprise for you on that day so do keep looking. Anyway to get back to this weeks Challenge we are again being sponsered by our Fabulous Sponsers "The Paper Shelter"

and they have offered you a fantastic prize of $15 to spend in the webshop and if youve used one of their images you get to spend the whole amount, but dont despair even if you havent you are still able to win one of them and this is done by random org. number picker. I must tell you that the amount of goodies you get with this amount is amazing and if you like to pop across to their Webshop "The Paper Shelter" you will see for yourself that they not only have fabulous images but also some really gorgeous co-ordinating papers.
Heres my card for this weeks Challenges.

And I have used the "Bird Couple" for my image and you will find them here, Ive printed the image onto white card then used my copic and tria pens to colour it afterwhich Ive used the square Nestabilitie to cut it out, then with the Beaded Square Die for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and this was cut out with my rotatrim and mounted on a piece of left over pink card.
The base card is 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and one of two papers from The Paper Shelters "Sweetest Love" papers and you will find them here, this first one is a pink background with heart edges and hearts randomly spread all over it, the second is another pink paper with more hearts on and this was cut into a 5" square and then one of the heart border and corner punches used on it, this was then layered up and a pink ribbon was then layed across the middle and attached at the back of the first mount.
I then positioned my mounted image in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side, I also made a pink bow with a bit more of the ribbon and stuck it to the right side of the image. To finish of Ive created a flower spray with five roses and some punched out leaves in the top left hand corner these were stuck on with some silicone glue.
Now that youve seen my card do please go across and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the design team have created for you, and hopefully this will inspire you to take part in this weeks Challenge "For the Birds".
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/
http://useittuesday.blogspot.com/
http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/
http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.com/

A Card for the LOV Challenge "A Sketch by Donalda"

Good Afternoon Everyone, I dont know about you I had awful trouble yesterday with Blogger and I had every intention of popping to visit you to leave you comments, and as one of you already know the ones that I did get to I probably left more than one comment as each time I clicked on publish comment it came up with the error page, so if you are one of those please forgive me and delete all the double up ones. Anyway I thought today that I would post a card that Ive just made for one of my neighbours who's just had her knee operated on and I suspect shes trying to excerise it, shes a very agile 83 year old and looks in her 60s. I dont know if you had a selection of LOV images that were part of one of craft magazines this month, but I was lucky enough to do so and have used this sweet image of a little girl with a bunch of flowers, Ive coloured her with my copic and tria pens before using the rectangle die from Nestabilities, Ive also used the deckled edged one for the mount. The sentiment is one of my stash and this has been stamped onto white card then mounted onto a piece of yellow card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and then used a yellow piece of card for the first mount and on top Ive used one of four papers from the new Wild Rose Butterfly Paper set, a yellow background with yellow roses and pink butterflies on it, the second is pink butterfly paper, the third is a green leaf one and the fourth is a yellow roses paper. These were then mounted according to Donalda's sketch and then my mounted image on top in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right.

I then created a flower spray with two different sized roses and a rose bud on top of some punched out rose and fern leaves, and with a couple of pearl pin have stuck it around the image at the bottom left hand corner. The final flourish is the three pearls stuck down the right hand side at the top.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:- 

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ 

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/ 

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ 

http://scrappyfrogschallenge.blogspot.com/ 

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ 

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ 

http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ 

A Special Card for a Special Grandson

Yesterday evening I had a phone call from my youngest daughter Clare, telling me that her eldest son Daniel had done so well in his exams that he will be put into the top stream when he starts his Secondary School in September (he and his brother Oliver will be coming to stay for a week on the 23rd July) that I thought it was a good idea to send him a card telling him how proud I was of his achievements. I also told his mum that his achievements are all down to her she was very good with getting him to learn to read and to spell, shes been very good at keeping this up while all as a young lad wants to do is play but its certainly paid of, and Im really proud of him.
Anyway I thought as I had made a card that I would share it with you and perhaps even find a few Challenges to enter it in, so I have used Mo Mannings "Yale" for my image and coloured him with my copic and tria pens before cutting him out with the Nestabilitie Labels7 Die, then used the die to create the mount for it. The sentiment was one I generated on my computer then printed it out onto a piece of card, afterwards I mount this also onto a piece of red card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, and one of three papers from the Papermania "Mans World" paper set, the first one is a two tone red stripe then on top is a polka dot paper on the second mount and the third one is a plaid. I then positioned my image in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom underneath it.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://digiswithattitudechallenges.blogspot.com/
http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/
http://stampinsanity.com/
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://www.southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/

The Twentyfirst Challenge for The Paper Shelter - "Lots of Dots"

Good Morning Everyone, yet another week has gone by and weve now reached our twentyfirst Challenge, Im so glad that years dont go by so quickly but we are certainly doing well with our entrants for our Challenges, and I want to thank you so much for making it such a outstanding success. Anyway getting back to this weeks Challenge and this one is themed "Lots of Dots", and of course our sponser is the fabulous company The Paper Shelter

And they have a $15 gift voucher for the winner thats picked by random number choice and if youve been using their images for your card you will win the whole amount but please dont dispair even if you havent you will still be eligable for one of their gorgeous images of your own choice. I must admit that its been a pleasure to use their images and beautiful papers and Im so lucky I get to use them all and here is my card for this weeks Challenge.

 The image I have chosen is titled "The Finishing Touch" and you will find it here the papers are also from  The Paper Shelterand they are from the "Birthday Cupcake Papers" and you will find them here. Ive printed my image onto white card then coloured it with my copics and tria pens, then used Nestabilitie Die Labels 14 to cut it out, I then drew around the die to create the mount for it. The sentiment was created on my computer then printed and mounted in the same way with some brown card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of brown card with one of four papers from the "Birthday Cupcake" papers the first one is a white background with cupcakes all over it, the second, third and fourth papers have lots of spots on, and they have pink, brown and yellow backgrounds with multi coloured spots on and which have had the Martha Steward hole border punch used on both sides, then in the middle I have wrapped a brown grosgrain heart ribbon around and fixed it at the back of the first mount. I also used two strip's of the same brown card to create two borders top and bottom with the same Martha Stewart punch.
The mounted image was then positioned in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right, and with the left over paper Ive created three flowers with the Marianne flower dies and stuck them to the card with some punched out leaves.
Now that youve seen my card please do pop over to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented team have created and hopefully this will inspire you yet again to take part in this weeks Challenge of "Lots of Dots".
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Sarah has a new Paper Set

As you are aware from the samples I was asked to create for Sarah, shes now bought them out as a paper pack already for you to cut and create your own cards without the need of a Computer, they will be previewed on Create and Craft on Wednesday 6th July at 10am, I do hope you will be watching and buying and make these as big a brilliant success as the CD turned out to be.

Bearlymine Designs Fourteenth Challenge - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Everyone, well another fortnight has flown by and its time to introduce our brand new Bearlymine Design Team Members who are joining us for the first time, and they are "Drum Roll Please" Laney, Lorraine, Tracey, Bettina , Natascha and our new Team Leader Jackie, I do hope that you will give them a very big welcome and pop across and visit their blogs to see what a very talented lot they are. Anyway the Challenge this time is a fabulous one and I know that a lot of you really enjoy "Anything Goes" as it gives you free range to do exactly as you please. We are being sponsered this time by the following Sponsers and they are:-

Bearlymine Designs - 2 Digi Sets of Winners Choice

Kenny K - 5 Digi's of Winners Choise

Emerald Fairie Garden - 4 Digi's of Winners Choice

My goodness theres some gorgeous prizes on offer, just wish it was possible for us to take part as I wouldnt mind getting my mitts on some of those goodies. Anyway heres my card for this fortnights Challenges:-

For my image choice for this Challenge I have used this gorgeous Kenny K image called "Club Kid" and she always reminds me of Rach, sorry love hope you dont take it personnaly, anyway Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic and tria pens to colour her, after which I used a circle Nestabilitie die to cut her out, and then used the Lacey circle die for the mount which Ive cut from blue pearlescent card. The sentiment is one of the C&C stamps and this has been mounted also onto blue card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for the first mount Ive used blue card and one of  three papers from Donna's Bearlymine Designs "Summer Roses" and "Paper Lace" digi papers sets, this frist one is a yellow one with a all over rose pattern, then on top is a pink mount with a pink laced edged paper, and finally on top of these two is a third paper again from the Summer Roses of a slanted rose pattern.

The mounted image was then positioned in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom in the middle. To finish of Ive created a flower spray down the left hand side with two different sized roses and a pearl spray arranged on top of some punched out rose leaves.

Now that youve seen my card do please pop over to the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what the rest of the very talented team have created for you and this hopefully will inspire you to take part in this fortnights Challenge.

This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://diecutdreams.blogspot.com/
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/

Cards for Men - Challenge 14 - "Wild West"

Good Morning Everyone, I firstly apologise for being so lapse in not only posting cards but also commenting recently, as you are probably aware by now weve got a new puppy, and with her has come some responsibilities, that being puppy training so I have to spent a lot of time encouraging her to use the backgarden, as soon as I get that cracked I will be having my two grandsons to stay in three weeks time and hopefully after theyve gone I might start to get some order into my life again, so please bear with me, I will try and post a least two cards a week and hopefully if I dont manage that I will try and visit and comment on your cards instead. Anyway getting back to this fortnights Challenge for Cards for Men, its a really fabulous one "Wild West" and we are being sponsered by a very popular company this time,

and they are offering a really spectacular prize of 4 digis isnt that fabulous, I love their stamps and digi images and I know a lot of you do to, anyway this is what Melissa says about her company:-

  Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

And here is the Card I created for this Challenges,

Dont you just love this little character hes having so much fun with his teddy bear, Ive printed him onto white card before colouring him with my copic and tria pens, after which I used Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut him out and then used the die to create the mount of some dark blue card, the sentiment is one I created on the computer and this was then printed and cut out with one of the Go Kreate tag dies, and I even created a mount out of some blue card for this also, then tied some garden string through the hole.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and one of two papers from the "Giddy Up" digi download from Nitwits, the first paper is a design of a cowboy shirt, and on top I have put a strip of one of the sentiment papers, then mounted my image towards the left with the sentiment tag just tucked in at the end on the right. To finish of I have popped some charms I found that went with the theme down the right handside, and the last little touch is the swirl of rope which I create with some more of the garden string.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will pop over to The Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of my fellow team members have created for your inspiration, I do hope you will be taking part in this challenge, and Im looking forward to seeing exactly what youve done.

This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://kbchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/
http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/search/label/challenge

A Special Challenge from Mo

Good Evening, I know Ive not been around for a few days but I suspect you know that Im rather busy training our brand new fur baby so please forgive me and hopefully things will improve as she seems quite an easy pup to train.
Anyway Mo of Digital Pencil has a special Challenge on Facebook here so if youd like to take part please do pop across and visit her page and see for yourself. This new image is called Trudy in her Party Dress, and you actually get the doll and the dress separately, I suspect you remember dressing paper dolls I certainly do. Anyway Ive printed her onto card then coloured her with copic pens, the dress was printed onto a piece of Kay Millers "Hey Girlfriend" digi papers, I then used a bit of blue for the sash and the edging of her dress, this also has tabs on the shoulders and the end of the sash for you to fix in front of the doll.
The card is a side stepper thats been mounted with yellow card and two papers from the same digi set, a pretty flowered one for the front a blue one for the back, I then used the flower die from Die-namics for the flowers, and the Marianne dies for the leaves.
Ive been asked to give dimensions of this card and here they are, please forgive some of the rub outs, Im not used to this sort of thing.

If you click on the template it will bring it up in a bigger window, I hope this is good enough explanation for you.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/
http://jffchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/