Challenge #9 - Cards for Men - "Animals"

Good Morning Crafters, I hope youve all had a wonderful weekend and are ready to take part in this fortnights Challenge over on Cards for Men, and this one is all about "Animals" and we are being sponsored by "Paper Pretties" this is a new one to us and here is, and this 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. 

not sure what the prize is so please see on the Cards for Men

 And we were lucky enough to be given images to play with and I chose this one,

 

and here is called "Paulie the Guitarist" and you will find him here and I have printed him onto white card then coloured him with copic pens, then I cut him our with my rotatrim and layered him up on a piece of red card. The sentiment came with him and I chose this one for my image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, the papers I have used are from Sweetshoppe Digi Papers this set is called "Circus Burst" and I have used several of the papers the first one is a white background with a multi coloured stripes on, the second and third papers I have cut a corner and used on of my Martha Stewart Border punches on it, then placed them in the bottom right hand corner.

The mounted image was then placed in the top left hand corner and put the sentiment across the bottom right hand corner, and I have used a Dienamics "Rock Star" set of dies to create the flames, stars and the guitar and these have been placed all over the card.

Now that you have seen my card I do hope that you will go and 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 want to take part in this "Animals" Challenge.

Challenge #109 - The Paper Shelter - "For the Boys"

Good Morning Crafters, wow I do hope you enjoyed our Challenge last week with two fabulous prizes, I should take a look over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see if you were the lucky winner of either the $30. or the $20. Voucher, we are so thrilled with having over a 1000 followers and it was our way of thanking you.
Anyway as usual our sponsors Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

But of course its back to normal this week and this is only on offer to the winner if you have used one of the stunning products on your card, but even if you dont they will still give you 3 digi images on your own choice. I do want to express that their products are really good value and they are always updating them all the time, and if you go and visit their website The Paper Shelter and see for yourself you might even find they have some special offers at the moment.
And now I want to show you what Ive been upto.

For my card I have used this cute image its called "Toy Train" and you will find it here, I have printed image onto white paper then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used a rectangle Nestabilitie Die to cut it out and a larger one for the mount out of blue card. The Sentiment was created on my computer and printed and mounted in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of dark blue card, and the papers I have used are from "Little Cowboy" and you will find them here, I have used several papers and cut them into layers then used a train border punch from Martha Stewart (one of the old punch designs) along the edges then placed them on top of the first paper. I then placed my mounted image in the center and the sentiment below on the left hand side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and pay The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot a visit and hopefully be inspired by the fabulous work my Design Team have created for you, and then take part in this weeks "For the Boys" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 

Challenge #83 - Bearlymine Designs - "Digi Days"

Good Morning Crafters, well its a sad day for me as this will be my last Challenge post for Bearlymine Designs, so I hope that I go out with a bang. I do want to thank the girls on my Team who have given me their support so Thank You Girls I have really enjoyed working with you and want to wish you all the best for the future.
And now for this weeks Challenge its all about "Digi Days" we are a digi paper company and of course its lovely to use Digi Stamps as well and for this Challenge we are being sponsored by

Sassy Cheryls Stamps

 and they are offering a fabulous prize of Gift Voucher of $5.00. to spend in their Shop

and our second sponsor is

Bunny Zoe's Crafts

and they are offering a fabulous prize of

Oh wow two fabulous prizes on offer, Im sure you will want to take part in this Challenge to try and win one of them yourself. We were lucky enough to be given a image to play with and I chose this one.

This image is called "A Penny for your thoughts" and Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I have used the rectangle Nestabilitie die to cut her out, and the Detailed Scalloped Die for the mount. The sentiment actually came with the digi stamp and I have taken it into Microsoft word and printed it onto white card and then used Nestabilitie Rectangle Dies to cut it out, before adding it to the mount I have used blue and green inkpads to distress the edges.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the papers are from Donna's Bearlymine "Spring Mist" Digi Paper Set and you will find it here. I have used a scene for my main background and then used Leaf Swirls cut with one of the Cheery Lynn Dies, these were placed on the card before fitting the mounted image in the center, I then placed the sentiment at the bottom on the right. And with some left over paper I have cut our a rolled daisy and placed it on top of the swirls in the left bottom corner.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will take part in this "Digi Days" Challenge over on Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have for your inspiration.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.memascrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.vostamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card for Crafters Companion Challenge

Good Morning Crafters, wasn't yesterday gorgeous and I thought today was going to be the same but its gone cloudy already so I suspect that was the end of our spring, I do hope the summer bring better weather than last year or Im going to be fed up. Its a busy week in the Chalmers household this coming week, both hubby and I have hospital appointments his Thursday and mine Friday it wouldnt be so bad but its over 20 miles away, its a shame they couldnt get their act together and have it on the same day but you know what hospitals are like.
Anyway todays card has been made for this months Crafters Companion "Flowers" Challenge, and I have cheated and used one of their card companions, I printed it out from the gorgeous Christine Haworth "Poppets" Cd and made it up as it suggests but changing the lace strip down the side with their embellishments, I also popped some carnations down it to, just to give it more focus. The sentiment is also from the same kit and was placed at the bottom below the image.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/blog/crafterscompetition/2013/04/02/april-challenge-flowers/
http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.addictedtocas.blogspot.com.au/

 

Challenge #108 - The Paper Shelter - Special Celebrations

Well over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot this week we are celebrating, not only are we running our normal Challenge but we are giving away TWO lovely prizes but you need to visit the Challenge Blogspot to find out what they are, but we do want to THANK YOU

and do you know why? Because we have now reached our 1000 Follower and The Paper Shelter want to celebrate in style in a the only way they know how and that is by giving away some special prizes to you which are the main prize as usual of $30. and there is a extra one for $20. which will mean anyone will receive it whether they use a TPS image or not, so do please go over to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself and take part in this weeks Challenge.

Challenge #8 - Cards for Men - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, well yet another fortnight has flown by over on the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and this weeks Challenge is one that is a real favourite with us all and for this one providing you create a card for Men you are free to choose any design you like. We also have a Design Team Call on as well so if your interested dont forget to put DT after your name when leaving your card.
For this Challenge we are being sponsored by "Squidgi Digi" 

And they are offering you 4 digi's of winners choice

and here is what they say about their company :-

Hi my name is Beth, I am 19 years old and am studying a Degree in illustration at Blackpool University.

I started drawing images for my Mum , who made cards with them and then she put them on her blog . She got lots of great comments and people saying i should sell them - so here we are!

I hope you enjoy my images and would love to see any creations you make with them.

We were lucky enough to be given several images to chose from and I picked this one for my Card.

   

I printed the image onto Kraft card then used my Lyra Polychrome Pencils to colour it, afterwards I used my rotatrim to cut it to size, I then placed it onto a piece of brown card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first layer of brown card and I then used a "Go Kraft" printed digi paper from Sweethshoppe Digi Downloads for my first mount and then placed my mounted image in the center.
I then used some of the brown paper and Britainnia sentiment dies to create the Happy Birthday at the bottom which was stuck on the slant.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will go and visit the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot, and see for yourself 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 fortnights "Anything Goes" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://hobbycutzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #107 - The Paper Shelter - "Spring Delights"

Good Morning Crafters, when is Spring going to start, my garden has some crocus out and a few daffodils in but its so depressing as normally at this time of the year more green would be showing on our bushes and trees, but here in Gloucestershire everything seems to be on hold I do hope it soon warms up and starts to feel warmer, lets hope it wont be long.
Anyway todays Challenge over at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is I hope the start of this process as we want to see some "Spring Delights" on your cards, colour, image and even hopefully some flowers and as usual our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering you a fabulous prize of $30.

And this is providing you have used one of their images on your card, but even if you havent they are still going to give you three images of your own choice. Ive also got some brilliant news as we are nearing a 1000 followers and once weve hit that target they are going to offering you some really fabulous prizes, and we are only 4 people away from that magic time.
And now here is my card for this weeks Challenge I hope you like it.

Isnt she cute and this image is called "Enchanted Love" and you will find her here, Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I have used Nestabilitie Die No.7 to cut her out then drawn around the die to create the mount. The sentiment is one of my stash and its been then stamped onto a white card and cut out with a tag die, and I have created the mount in the same way as the image's mount by drawing around the die and then cutting out.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, and papers I have used are from The Paper Shelters "Zoe's Spring Papers" quite appropriate and you will find them here. I have then placed a very pretty pink one for my first mount is has flowers all around the edge of it, then used a green paper and a large doily die from Create, and placed it on top in the center.
The mounted image was then placed towards the top left hand corner and the tag sentiment tucked behind it at the top on the right. I then used several swirl dies on some green card and also used a Joy die to create the leaf sprays and created a corner at the bottom on the right hand side. Afterwards I used several rolled flower dies to create the flowers, then placed them at different places in different sizes along the whole length of the spray.
Now that youve 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 want to take part in this weeks "Spring Delights" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sassycherylschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #81 - Bearlymine Designs - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, I do hope that you are ready for this weeks Challenge over at Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot as its bound to be a high entry one as its a "Anything Goes" one, and weve been lucky to have three sponsors for this one and here they are.

Whiff of Joy

and they are offering this gorgeous Stamp

and for our second sponsor we have 

Crafty Ribbons

 and their beautiful prize is

and here is what they say about their company:-

Crafty Ribbons is a ribbon emporium, we are passionate about ribbons and want to share our fantastic ribbons with others. Our range of Christmas ribbons is second to none.

Remember when we only used ribbons to add a bow to our hair, or tie up a birthday parcel? Ribbons are now a "must-have" for all types of craft. Whether your project requires satin, sheer, silk, grosgrain, gingham or polka dot ribbon we have them all! Lots and lots of different colours in a range of widths.

Need a little bit of ribbon inspiration - then have a look at our projects on our blog,or visit our Inspiration blog,or maybe join in with us at our Challenge blog. Go on, have a look... It's worth it !

Tony & Ali

and for our third Sponsor we have

Donna's Bearlymine Designs

and Donna is offering a prize of

To spend on her website.

Wow fabulous prizes on offer and I know you will want to try and win them, and here is my card for this weeks "Anything Goes" Challenge.

For my card I have used this gorgeous Whiff of Joy stamp and then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut her out and then used a pink inkpad around the edges, the mount is one of the Fancy ones that go with the same die. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been stamped onto another piece of white card then mounted onto a piece of pink.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and the papers I have used for my card are from Donna of Bearlymine Designs "Floral Breeze" digi paper set, the first paper is a very pretty pink background with a lace edge, flowers and wording on it, for my doilies (Cheery Lynn) I have used two more of the papers from the same set in pink, I have also laid a piece of white net behind one of them and then across the center I have woven some pink ribbon through some eyelet lace and attached it to the back of the mount.

To finish of I have laid my mounted image in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the right, and then created a flower spray in the top left hand corner with serveral roses in different sizes and pearl sprays and white stephanus, these were stuck to the card with silicone glue on top of some punched out rose leaves.

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 want to take part in this "Anything Goes" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cheerylynndesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://houseofgilli.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Cards for Men - Challenge #7 - "April Fool"

Good Morning All, I hope your enjoying your Easter and have been given lots of love Easter Eggs, not sure I should accept them as Im trying to loose a bit of weight. Anyway as today is the 1st of April over at Cards for Men we are having a "April Fool" Challenge, and I think this Justinklines Image is ideal for my card.
Our Sponsor this time is Letreset.

and they are offering a fabulous prize of 
Flexmakers

And now for my card here it is.

As I said at the beginning of my post the image is from Justinklines and its called "April Fool", Ive printed him onto white card then used my promarkers to colour him, afterwards I used a rectangle Nestabilitie Die to cut him out, then used a blue inkpad around the edge. The mount was cut out of dark blue card and the sentiment was one I googled and then took into my Microsoft Office program to write it up and then printed it of and mounted it onto a piece of blue card to.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Downloads and these ones are called "Just like Daddy" I have used two papers, the red one with dark spots on and a multi striped one for the other two mounts.

The mounted image was then placed in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pop over to the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and I do hope you will be inspired to join in this "April Fool" 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.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/