Wednesday 26 September 2012

Challenge #83 - The Paper Shelter - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Everyone, I dont know about you but it amazes how quickly the weeks are flying by its not to long now before we have to start really getting into our Christmas themes, I do hope youve already started making cards I know I have. Anyway back to this weeks Challenge and we are giving you a free range as its "Anything Goes" and I know you love it so Im expecting a big response so start crafting.
But before I show you  my card I will tell you about our very generous sponsors and they are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a prize of
and they are giving you $30 to spend on their website, and believe me that goes along way but this is only if you use one of their products on your card, but even if you dont they will still give you 3 digi's of your own choice.
Now here is my card.
I have used this gorgeous image of a couple dancing its called "The Time of my Life", it reminds me of a clip from Dirty Dancing doesnt it you? You will find it here, I have printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die Labels Die.8 to cut it out and then drew around the die to create the mount. The sentiment is one I created on my computer and printed it and mounted it onto another piece of blue card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, the papers I have used are "Sophie in the Country and you will find it here, and I have used a beautiful blue and flower background for the first mount, then used a pink paper and a Cheery Lynn Doily die, then on top is a blue check paper on a third mount and a yellow one is the last one.
Ive then placed my mounted image in the middle and tilted it towards the left, the sentiment was then positioned at the bottom on the right. To finish of the card I have created a floral spray in the top right hand corner, I have used carnations and other flowers and these were placed on top of some silicone glue and punched out leaves.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pop over to The Paper Shelter Blogspot to see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will take part in this weeks "Anything Goes" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Monday 24 September 2012

Challenge #20 - Cards for Men - "Animal Magic"

Good Morning Everyone, yet another fortnight has flown by and we have reached our 20th Challenge over on the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot, and for this we want to see animals on your cards as its themed "Animal Magic" and we are being sponsored by Meljens Designs.


And they are offering 4 digis as a prize and this is what they say about themselves:-

Meljen's Designs (http://meljensdesigns.com) is a digital stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical, fun digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and it is steadily growing. The new store offers instant downloads, organized categories, and a search feature. We have new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Mondays and a monthly Guest Designer at the Meljen's Designs Blog (http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.com/). Please visit the store to find more of Melissa's wonderful images!

We were lucky enough to be given a few images to play with and I chose this one for my card.


Its "Astronaut Bear" and I have printed him onto white card and then used my copic pens to colour him, after cutting him out with my rotatrim I used a blue inkpad around the edges to create the sky. Ive mounted him onto red card. The sentiment was created in My Craft Studio and then cut out with a circle die, and used a larger one on some red card for the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, the papers I have used are Nitwits Downloads "Spaced Out", the first a dark one with stars, rockets and planets on, the second is a red sentiment one and the third is a pale blue background with a circle pattern on it.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will also want to take part in this "Animal Magic" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
 

Tuesday 18 September 2012

Challenge #53 Bearlymine Designs Challenge - "Fall Colours"

Good Morning Everyone, well as Autumn is now on its way over on the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot we want to see "Fall Colours" on your cards, that is "Greens, Browns, Reds, Oranges and Yellow" so its going to be bright card this time for sure. As I live close to the Forest of Dean it wont be long before the trees start to change and its just wonderful to see when they do.
And now before we start you will want to know who our sponsor is for the Challenge and that is

and they are offering a prize $35 Gift Vouchers to spend on their website
And believe me when I tell you their flowers are just stunning so its worth a visit just to browse and no doubt you will be tempted to buy as I am. And now here is my card for this weeks Challenge.


I have used Tilda rolling in the leaves for my image and have coloured her with my copic pens then used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.8 to cut her out, then drew around the die on brown card and created the mount for it. The sentiment is one from Waltzing Mouse Stamps and I have used two together to create the image and then mounted it onto brown card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the papers I have used are from Donna's "Designer Extreme Cd.1" you will find it here, and I have chosen papers with the colours required for this Challenge, the first paper is a orange one with darker spots on, the second is a red background with leaves on and the third a green with yet further leaves on. I also used a forth paper in dark green and cut it into a 5" square and then used my Martha Stewart leaf border and corner punches on it, this was placed on top of the first paper.
I layered the mounts as shown and to finish of I have cut with my leaf Nestabilitie dies and then used a inkpad to distress the insides to show the veins.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Bearlymine Designs 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 "Fall Colours" Challenge.

Thursday 13 September 2012

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sundays with Santa

Good Morning Everyone, yes I know its a bit early for a Christmas Card, but over on Facebook weve been making a Card every week since the beginning of the year to try and get a good supply ready for the season, anyway I thought I would post this card a little earlier as Im rather proud of how it turned out. The image is one of the new images from Funky Kits and Ive coloured her with my copic pens then used a circle Nestabilitie to cut her out, then used the brand new Resplendant Circle with a piece of red card for the mount, the sentiment is one from again Funky Kits and I have used one of the new tag dies for it. I should have said that this weeks Sundays with Santa Challenge is "Tag It" and the Sugar Bowl is a "Sketch", I will also pop it on their Sugary Sunday "Glitter" Challenge page on Facebook to.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, the papers I have used Kaisercrafts "Twigs and Berries" paper pad, and the first paper is a cream background with twigs and berries on, the second and third mount are a stripped one and a spot one, both have gold embossing on, Ive also put some glitter on the image to.
The card was created using the sketch and the tag was popped in the bottom on the edge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-


Wednesday 12 September 2012

Challenge #81st - The Paper Shelter - "Punch It"

Good Morning Crafters, I hope you are now getting a bit more time to craft now the children have gone back to School again, its amazing at how quickly those weeks have flown by and now the weather has decided to turn nice, mind you I had better not talk to loud or it might turn back to nasty. Anyway this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is "Punch It" and we want to see lots of punched, diecut items on your cards, I know that most of us have punches and dies to play with nows the time to have fun.
Anyway before I show you my card again I want to thank our sponsors Veronica and Pedro for their support and for offering a prize of $30.
to spend on their website, that's a brilliant prize and its really worth buying some images from The Paper Shelter and playing with them, the really are  brilliant value and they dont just sell images they also sell papers and printable accessories to. You really carnt loose even if you dont use one of their images on your card they will still offer you a prize of 3 digi images of your own choice.
And now here is my card for this weeks Challenge.

I love this image its called "Shes a Manic" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card before colouring her with my copic pens and then used Nestabilitie Die No.8 to cut her out, I then drew around the die to create the mount for her. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been treated in the same way as the mount.
The card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, the papers I have used are from "Bewitched Night" and you will find them here, they are all based on a blue background, and the second paper I cut two stripes of paper and used my Martha Stewart Lace border punch on them then layered them up below the second mount and put my mounted image in the middle and the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side.
To finish of I used some more of the papers and the die-namic rolled flower dies to create the flowers in the top left hand corner, these were attached to the card with some silicone glue and punched out leaves. The last flourish are the Card Candi (this is something that Ive had for awhile and not used before) which were stuck down two opposite corners.
Now that you've seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit 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 take part in this "Punch It" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:

Monday 10 September 2012

Challenge #19 - Cards for Men - "Going Digital"

Wow its been awhile since we had a challenge over at Cards for Men, weve been taking a summer break to give us time to recoup ourselves and to spend a bit of time with our families, but now they are back at School again we thought it was high time we got ourselves into gear and started the Challenge blog again so for this fortnight we are being sponsored by The Stamping Boutique

 

And they are offering you a prize of 3 digi images of your own choice, and here is what they say about themselves:-

I'm Tracey Malnofski, the artist and owner of The Stamping Boutique. My team and I are very happy to sponsor 2 Sketches 4 You. My store has been open since September 2009.I am currently a stamp artist for UnityStampCo. and I've worked for InStyleStamps, Squigglefly, and TheDigiShack in the past. I'm a professional artist and an active member of the Artist' Guild in my community. I have quite a busy household with a husband, 3 teenagers, 5 mini-dachshunds and an Appaloosa mare. It's noisy, but I love them all. I'm truly blessed.
"The Stamping Boutique" is dedicated to quality products and original artwork. We not only provide wonderful digital images in our store, but also several lines of red rubber images. Our designers are chosen for their character and personality,as well as, their beautiful designs. We work hard to give you our very best. Thank you so much for having us as your sponsor this week.


And we were lucky enough to receive a couple of images to play with and I chose this one for my card.

 

I have used this fabulous desk image and coloured it with my copic pens, then cut it out with my rotatrim, and created a mount with some brown card, the sentiment is one I created on my computer and printed it and mounted it in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of brown card and the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Downloads and its called "School Rules", I have used three different ones and layered them up on some more brown card. To finish of I have used a couple of pencil buttons in opposite corners.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and take part in this fortnights "Going Digital" Challenge.

Tuesday 4 September 2012

Challenge #51 - Bearlymine Designs Challenge - "Anything but a Card"

Good Morning Crafters, I dont know where the time goes the weeks are whizzing by and Ive no doubt most of the children have gone back to School this week after the long summer holiday, not that its been a very nice one as far as the weather has gone. Anyway to cheer you up its yet another challenge over on the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot, and for this we want to see "Anything but a Card" so I do hope you will get your thinking caps on a start creating some stunning projects.
And for this challenge The Paper Shelter is sponsoring us and they are offering a prize of :-
To spend on their website, and if I was wearing my other hat I would be tell you that these images are quite stunning and extremely good value, so its worth a trip just to browse and you will find it here.
And now for my project I created this box.

And for my papers I have used a Donna's beautiful "Roses Dream" and you will find them here, I printed two sheets and used one for around the sides, and the top I used the other one. I then attached the lace around the edge of the top by pleating it along some strong glue tape, and on top I used a velvet ribbon and tied the ends into a bow in the front.
The image I have used is The Paper Shelters "Dew Drops" and you will her here, I printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, then used a large tag die to cut her out and then distressed the edge with some a lilac inkpad.
I then positioned it on the top and created a flower spray in the top right hand corner with some flowers in several sizes. I also created some smaller images to pop around the edge of the bottom of the box.
Now that youve seen my project I do hope you will pop across to the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot to see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you also will take part in this "Anything but a Card" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
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