The Paper Shelter - Christmas Challenge - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, wow the Blog Hop really went down well and Im delighted to say the winner of my free image is:-

 Julie

Well done Julie to claim your prize you will need to visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot to discover how to contact The Paper Shelter to receive it.

And now we have a very popular theme for this Christmas Challenge and that is "Anything Goes" and because its so close to Christmas we have decided that we shall be taking a break for 3 weeks and that we wont be commenting on the entries, as you probably know its a very popular theme and I know the Design Teams want to spend the holiday period with their families so I hope you will forgive us this time for not doing so.

Anyway this Christmas Challenge as always we are being sponsored by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

As always this comes with the usual rule that you must have used one of their products on your card and this could be a image, paper or printable, but even if you dont the will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really cant loose can you, you will find all their gorgeous images here at The Paper Shelter website and they have lots of discounts at the moment on their Christmas images.

And now for my Card:-

 

For my card I have used this very appropriate image and its called "The Turkey is Ready" and you will find it here, I have also used the backing paper that comes with the image. I have printed the image onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I have used a oval die to cut it out and a fancy one for the mount out of beige card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with the backing paper from the image, then I have placed my mounted image towards the left and I then created a floral spray with pine cones, die cut fern leaves and holly berries and a red ribbon in the middle. The sentiment is one of a die cut that I have in my stash.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Teams have created for your inspiration and then I hope you will want to take part in this "Anything Goes" Challenge, and I do hope that you will come back on January 15th when my A Team will be back to show you our first Challenge in the New Year, though the B Team will be back on January 8th with their first Challenge. And now I want to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a even better New Year from all my A Team and The Paper Shelter.

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

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/

http://highhopesstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://hollyjollychristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/ 

http://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.gr/ 

http://inkychicks.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://blog.ribboncarousel.com/ 

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/

http://useittuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

The Paper Shelter has discounted Christmas Images

If you want to join in the Blog Hop please scroll down to the post below.

New Updated discount

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From December 9th to December 17th The Paper Shelter is offering you a
great opportunity to save during your next visit
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The Paper Shelter has a special discount on their Christmas Images now till the 23th December, so if you are still looking for those special images please do go and visit their website The Paper Shelter.

The Paper Shelter's Birthday Blog Hop and Challenge - "Special Birthday"

Oh my its been a busy few days for me and Id completely forgotten that this week I am hosting our very special Birthday Blog Hop and Challenge, and yesterday I was eating my breakfast and I thought oh its the 4th of December tomorrow and I have not got anything prepared, Oh well they say that as you get older the brain cells start to die, I think mine have gone of a bit earlier and left me in a terrible muddle, but here we go and I do hope you enjoy the Blog Hop and Challenge.

Good Morning fellow crafters and welcome to The Paper Shelter Blog Hop and Challenge and this is in celebration of their reaching their 3rd Birthday on December 8th. It will be a two week Challenge and both Design Teams are taking part.

  The Hop is our way of inviting you to join in with us and this one is a  "Special Birthday theme, which I know is extremely popular!!!! If you have landed here from The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot then you're heading in the right direction - if not then you'll want to head on back to start again, as you'll not want to miss out on this one! Our Design Team have worked very hard and are showcasing the gorgeous images available from The Paper Shelter Website and each blog on the hop is offering one lucky commenter a digi of their choice as well as the main prize for the Challenge, details of which are on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot.

For my card I have used this gorgeous image and background you will find them both here and I know Ive rather cheated as I have printed this image several time them cut them out and decoupaged them up, but it really makes a statement and I thought it would be fabulous for the girl who loves to ride motorbikes. I have also used the backing paper that came with the image and you will also find it here with the image.

From here you will need to hop on over to Angela.  Don't forget to leave your comment for a chance of winning your choice of one of the fab digi's available in store.

Hop! Hop! Hop!

Good luck and hope you're enjoying it so far I do hope if the girls have inspired you, you will also take part in our "Special Birthday" Challenge as well.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/

http://useittuesday.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for Sundays with Santa Facebook Challenge

Good Morning Crafters, well its been a wonderful week, firstly I had my birthday on Tuesday and Ive got to thank all those lovely people who sent me cards and those who did a bit more, like leave messages on Facebook for me and for the pressies to. Thank you so much you very dear friends.
Anyway todays card is for this weeks "Anything Goes" Challenge over on Facebook, the challenge is for Sundays with Santa, there are only a few of us who are still posting cards every week but I like to do so to improve my stock for the sending out on Christmas as I really dont want to have rush at the last minute. This image is from Joanna Sheens "Holypond Christmas Card" Cd and I have used this image and the papers to.
I have layered it up onto red card the papers and the image, then across the middle I have wrapped a very pretty ribbon and stuck in to the back of the first mount. I have put the mounted image towards the left hand side and the sentiment on the right towards the top.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk/
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #139 - "Shopping Spree" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well yet its another week passed and we have a brand new Challenge over on The Paper Shelter its themed "Shopping Spree" and its caused quite a few problems with the Team to find appropriate images for it and you will find the rest of the girls have been very inventive with theirs. But before I show you what Ive created I have some fabulous news for you, we have two new members joining the A Team and that is Angela who has taken the place of Janie who unfortunately had to stand down last week as she has some family problems she wants to spend time over, and we were lucky to have Angela already on the Team as she wasnt officially suppose to start until January and will now start straight away, and now we have yet another new Team member to and that is Anne and she will be taking Louise's place come January but as Judith is unable to join us this week she is standing in for her, and Im sure you will see her joining in other Challenges before she starts officially. Its a bit complicated but I hope you understand and give the girls the welcome they deserve.
And now back to this weeks Challenge and as always our very generous sponsors and stunning owners and creators are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

But as always this comes with the rule that you must have used one of their images, papers or printables on your card, and even if you havent they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really cant loose can you. Dont forget to pay a visit to The Paper Shelter website and see for yourself what brilliant value they are and you will find it here.
And now for my Card.

I have used "Shopping Girl" for my image and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, then used Nestabilitie Die Labels 8 to cut her out and the fancy one for the mount out of pink card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card, the papers are from the Papermania "Born to Shop" and I have used three of the papers, the first a white background with hearts on, the second is a pink and white stripe one and I have used a Martha Stewart heart border punch on both edges and placed it on the first layer, then the third is a fun paper with flying handbags on a white background which was mounted on another piece of pink card.
The mounted image was then placed in the center towards the top and the sentiment was placed on a banner die across the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used the left over papers to create three flowers with a Die-namics rolled flower dies and placed them in the top left hand corner on top of some punched out leaves. The final flourish are the gems in the two opposite corners.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://songbirdchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #24 - "Anything Goes" - Cards for Men

Good Morning Crafters, well yet another fortnight has flown by and over on Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot we have a favourite theme for this challenge and its "Anything Goes". Weve been lucky to be sponsored by Dr. Digi 

and they are offering a prize of:- 2 Images of their own choice

and this is what they say about themselves:-

DR Digi's House of Stamps is a site that aims to bring you digi stamps

with a sense of humour. We're not your average
Digi site, you wont find flowers and teddy bears.  Well you might.. 

but it'll be holding a bloody big chainsaw!
 

And we were very lucky to have been given a choice of images to play with,

and this is the one I picked hes called "Weekend Walter" you will find him here, and I printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie Dies to cut him out and the mount for him. The sentiment was one I created on my computer and printed it and mounted this also onto a blue card mount.
The card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and the papers are from Sweetshoppe
Digi Download "Dads the Man" and I have used a brown circle one for my base layer then a stripe one and a check one on two mount which where then placed on the base layer with the mounted image in the center towards the top and the sentiment below on the right. To finish of I have used three candi buttons down the right hand side at the top.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to 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 take part in this "Anything Goes" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampedblessings.com/ 
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.comeandgetitchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 

My second card with the new Aurora Wings Images

Ive been trying to get this card made and posted for the last two days, but even though I had the image coloured I just wasnt sure how to show it, so I hope this layout is ok with you, as its a rectangle image and not easy to show. The image is called "Acorn Sprite riding a Red Squirrel" and I have printed it onto white card then used my copic and tria pens to colour it, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Rectangle 5"x 7" die to cut it out and a larger one for the mount.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first mount of orange card and the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Downloads "Pumpkins and Spice" paper set, the first a cream background with falling leaves, and the second is a brown one with spots on and the third is yet again the same leaves with a dark brown background behind it. These two have been cut in squares and then I have used the Martha Stewart Falling Leaf border and corner punches. Afterwards I placed my mounted image in the center towards the top and the sentiment below.
The sentiment is one I googled and this was printed onto a piece of white card and mounted on some orange card. And to finish of I have used some large leaf buttons and stuck them along the top and bottom of my card.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk/
http://paperplayful.blogspot.co.uk/
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.baffies-kreativladen.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.inklingsandyarns.com/ 
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/stamp-challenge.html 
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.co.uk/

Winner of my Blog Candy

Well I have a winner for my Blog Candy, and that lucky person picked by random org is:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

21

Timestamp: 2013-11-19 18:07:57GMT

And that lucky person is "Marianne's Craftroom" Im so pleased that you have won as you are one of my most loyal followers and regulars who leave me comments, so if you could let me know your address I will get the parcel packed completely and add your name and adress to it.

Thank you all for taking part and Im sorry that I couldnt give you all candy but unfortunately I cannot, but please come back next year and try again.
Its on its way to you Marianne, hubby posted it this morning.

5th Year Bloganniversary - Blog Candy

This is a sticky and will stay at the top till the 19th November, please scroll down to the newer posts.

Well can you believe it? Its nearly 5 years since I started this Blog and the 3 years since I started my No.2 blog, and of course I like to offer a little present to all my regular followers, and that means the ones that are already registered with me and at the moment that is 646 so I really dont want Candy Followers please, so if I find out that youve only joined my Followers just to cash in on the Blog Candy Im sorry I will have to remove you, as its only fair to all those that have been such loyal visitors.
And now here is what I have to offer, there are quite a few Dies, stamps, chalks, pencils and glitter, and I will add some paper pads as well just have to have a browse in my stash.

I will leave the Blog Candy open till the 19th of November which is the date I launched my blog, so please add your name and its up to you if you want to add it to your own side bar, its not totally necessary but I am going to be strict about those who just join my Followers just to win the Candy, that is not going to happen so dont bother adding your name I will just remove it.

My first card with Aurora Wings Stamps

I found a new Image creator on Facebook its Mitzi Sato-Wuiff of Aurora Wings Stamps and believe me when I tell you they are stunning, I was obviously pulled into buying some and this one was the one I chose to use first, its mainly because my dear mum was very fond of Pansy's and the colour lilac and this was my way of thinking of her. I have printed this young lady "Girl with Pansies" onto white card then used my and coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie Labels No.8 to cut it out and a fancy one for the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of lilac card and the papers are from "Promises" from Nitwits, isnt it gorgeous and I felt it was just so right for this image. I have wrapped a lilac ribbon around the centre and I created a bow with some ribbon as well. The mounted image was then placed in the centre, with a sentiment below on a banner die cut.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/ 
http://alldressedupchallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 

Challenge #137 - "For Someone Special" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, for todays theme over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot we want to see you creating a card "For Someone Special" it could be for a friend or anyone in your family but it must be make someone special, Im sure you have someone in mind for me it was a friend.
And as always we are being sponsored by our very generous sponsors Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a prize of $30.

 But this is providing you have used one of their products on your card but even if you havent they will still give you three digi images of your own choice. Their library is very varied and Im sure you will find lots to cover this theme and anyone you have in mind and you will find their website here.
And now here is my card for this weeks Challenge.

 
The image I have used is titled "Vintage Phone" (or "I just phoned to say I love you" my song) and you will find it here, the image is so memoriable for me as I can remember them in my fathers offices where he worked in Moorgate in the 50s, yes I know I am getting old but its such a lovely phone that I was drawn to this image very easily.
I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I cut her out with a Nestabilitie Oval die and a fancy Heart one for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and I have used a oval die and a smaller one of the main one for the mount for this.
The base card is 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of green card, and the paper I have used is the backing paper that came with the image, I printed it and mounted it onto the green card. I then wrapped around the middle a organza ribbon and tied to the back of the first mount, then on the right I have placed a bow and a gem in the middle.
I placed the mounted image in the center of the oval image on the paper and down the left hand side I have laid two leaf flourishes and on the curls I have placed the flowers punched out with Tonic punches and in the middle are some yellow pearls. The sentiment was placed at the bottom on the right hand side.
Now that youve seen my card pleased go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and I hope you to will take part in this "For Someone Special" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cuttinandstampinchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://songbirdchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://useittuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #23rd - "Merry Christmas" - Cards for Men

Good Morning All, well here we are again another Challenge over at Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and for this one we want to start to make our Christmas Cards and the theme is "Merry Christmas" and we are being sponsored by Scribbled Kidz the brainchild of our Blog Leaders husband Andrew.

And is offering a fabulous prize of 3 images of winners choice.

And here is what they say about themselves:-

  Scribbled Kidz is all about fun images largely inspired by my family and what they might get up to. They are all hand drawn originals scanned in at 300 dpi and saved as jpegs.   If you have any suggestions or special requests please let us know.Please pop along and see what we have to offer.

   And we were lucky enough to be able to choose a image to play with and this is the one I chose.

This image is titled "Ho Ho Ho" and you will find it here, I printed the image onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterward I cut the image out completely and used a snow writer on the edges of the little santa's coat.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is a red card and the paper is from Do Crafts "Santa's Workshop" paper pad, this one is a all over house pattern. Then with a Tattered Lace Sleigh die I cut out the sledge with bronze mirri card.

This ws then placed towards the top and the image was placed below towards the right hand side, and to finish of I used a Simon Says Stamps stamp and banner, this was placed at the bottom on the right hand side. I used some of the bits that came out of the sledge die in the top two corners as they were to pretty to throw away.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to 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 to will want to take part in this "Merry Christmas" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://hobbycutzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #135 - "Halloween" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Everyone, well its only a day away from Halloween and we decided we would again have this as this weeks theme so I do hope that you are not all Halloweened out just yet and to add to it I have actually created two cards for you to see. I stupidly made one then made another later thinking that I had not done so, well now you will decide which one you like the best or at least enjoy them both.
As always our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

But as always we expect you to use on of their products on your card, but even if you dont you will still be eligable to 3 digi images of your own choice, but if your quick you can still get hold of one of their Halloween images at a reduced prize as they have a sale on at the moment and you will find them here, so do go and visit their website and see for yourself what stunning images they have on offer and treat yourself while you can at a brilliant price.
And now to show you what I have been upto, as I said I have two cards to show you, I do hope you like them.

This is the "Halloween Spirit" and you will find her here

And this is "Incantation" and you will find her here

For the papers I used for the top card "Happy Holigans" from Nitwits and I also used Nestabilitie Pumpkin Die for the mounts and Die-namics Pumpkin dies and stamps for the die cuts, I also used a Martha Stewart pumpkin border punch on one of the papers. I also used some Halloween charms around the mount.

For the second Card I have used Sweetshoppe papers I cant remember which ones as they were some that I have left in my stash which I thought went well with my image. I have used Nestabilitie dies to cut her out and mount her, a Memory Box Spider corner and Spider. I have also used some more Halloween charms to add around the image. The sentiment is one from my stash, I should also say that around the edges I have distressed it with the Tim Holtz distressing tool.

I do hope that now youve seen my cards that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and that you will want to take part in this "Halloween" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.ribboncarousel.com/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #22 - "Way to Go" - Cards for Men

Good Morning Crafters, well yet another two weeks have flown by and again its time for another Challenge over on Cards for Men, and this time is all about Congratulations and we have actually themed it as "Way to Go" and we are being sponsored this time by Paper Pretties.

And they are offering a fabulous prize of 6 digis of your own choice

And here is what they say about themselves:-

Pretties is an online crafting store, and home to Zac, Lily, Sophia and Cooper - the cutest kid stamps around! (At least we think so). We have many exclusive stamp lines, from elegant to whimsical, sweet to clever; there is something for every stamper in our Pretties' Boutique.

Along with our full line of high quality clear stamps, we also have a large selection of digital images.

And we were very lucky to be able to choose a image to play with and I chose this one

Hes called "Za Za Zumba" and you will find him here, I printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used a Nestabilitie Die to cut him out I also used a larger one for the mount. The sentiment also came with the image and I also printed this onto white card and mounted this also onto blue mount.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and the papers I have used are from Sweetshoppe Digi Papers and this set is called "Politics 2012" as I thought the colours went well with the colouring of the image.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to 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 to will want to take part in this weeks "Way to Go" Challenge.

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

Challenge # 133 - "Use only Two Colours" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well this is the second DT Card that I have made for this weeks Sponsor and this one for The Paper Shelter is all about using limited Colours and we want you to use Two main ones, and I have used Red and Blue.
But before I show you my card you will want to know more about who is sponsoring us and what the fabulous prize is and as always Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter are offering a brilliant prize of $30.

And this is providing you have used one of their products on your card, this could be an image, paper or even a printable, but even if you dont they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice. And they are already creating Christmas images so if you take a trip to their website The Paper Shelter you will be able to get ahead with all your Cards.
This is the time I like best showing you what I have been upto

for my card I have used this sweet image titled "The Beautiful Flight Attendant" and you will find her here, I have printed the image onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I have cut her out completely ready to add her to my background. The sentiment is one from my stash and this has been cut out and placed on a La La Land banner die which has been cut on in the pink card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and I have used the background paper that came with my image and again you can find it here with the image. The die cuts are from Marianne and I have placed them at a angle in two opposite corners then placed the cut out image in the box in the center and the sentiment below across the bottom right hand corner.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of my very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will want to take part in the "Use only Two Colours" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 
http://houseofgilli.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.oozak.com/ 
http://sunshinemail.org/challengeblog/ 
http://thecraftingcafe.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #21 - "Halloween" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters well this fortnights Challenge over on Cards for Men is being sponsored by my favourite company The Paper Shelter and this time its all about "Halloween" and if you like me you have several little ones you like to send cards to so now is your chance to get ahead of the date and use your Halloween stamps to create a card.
As I said we are being sponsored by The Paper Shelter

And they are offering a fabulous prize of :- $20 Gift Certificate

And 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.

And as I work with The Paper Shelter I was lucky enough to be able to choose any of the image to play with and for a change I used this one for the first time.

This is the "Little Apprentice" and you will find him here, and he does remind me of Disney's The Apprentice where Mickey Mouse does awful things with the Magicians things, anyway I have printed him onto white card then coloured him with my copic pens, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.1 and a larger one for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and this has been stamped also onto white card then mounted onto black card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of black card, and the papers are from some scrapes I had left in my stash and they are a mixture of black, beige with has had the edges torn and purple with spirals on it.

On top of this I have cut and placed a spiders web from Memory Box in the top left hand corner and dangled a spider from this also a Memory Box die. The mounted image was then placed in the center towards the top, then down the right I have used ghosts also another of the Memory Box dies, then at the bottom I have placed my sentiment.

Now that you've seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented design team have created for your inspiration and then take part in this "Halloween" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.yumifumihandmadecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Why Ive been missing for the last week

The Wedding Venue - Hunting Lodge of the Duke of Hamilton

Chatelherault Country Park

Bridegroom Andrew waiting for the bride

Getting a little tearful

Exchanging Rings

Mum and Daughter Karen

I hope those that did'nt get to see the photos on Facebook like what I have posted here as I have added a few more. The Venue was beautiful as you can see from some of the photos.

Challenge #131 - The Paper Shelter - "Shabby Chic"

Good Morning Crafters, well tomorrow Im of to Scotland for my eldest daughters Wedding on Saturday and this will be my last post for a few days, hopefully the weather will stay nice and dry and not to chilly as Ive already been warned, keep your fingers crossed.
Before I tell you again about our sponsors I must introduce you to our two new DT members and they are Anna and Eileen (who has joined us from Maries Team) and is unfortunately unable to join us for this first Challenge as shes away on holiday at the moment, and I do hope that you will pay a visit to both of their blogs and congratulation them on joining us and wishing them all the best during the time with us. Anyway this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter the theme is "Shabby Chic" and as always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a prize of $30.

But as always the rule is you must have used one of their products on your cards, that could be either a image, paper or printable and you will find them here with brand new images being uploaded often.
But even if you havent used one of their products they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, that is one generous offer dont you agree you really carnt loose with this Challenge.
And now for my Card here it is:-

 For my card I have used "Adorable Miss Hall" you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card and I have coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I cut her out completely. The sentiment is one from my stash and this was then placed on a banner die cut from Memory Box.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pale green pearlescent card, then on top I have used the backing papers that came with the image and I have printed several pages and then layered them up, but before I actually did this I used a Tim Holtz distressing tool on the edges to distress them.

I then cut several leaf sprigs with the Tattered Lace die and placed them around the top of the top layer, and created a flower and placed it in the corner. The cut out image was then placed in the center of the top layer and the sentiment banner down below.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter 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 "Shabby Chic" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.oozak.com/ 
http://thecraftingcafe.blogspot.co.uk/