Challenge #255 - "Photo Inspiration" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, by the time this post goes live I will have been up to Norfolk for my youngest Great Grandsons Christening, Im just hoping the weather has improved by then as we are hosting the party afterwards on the Broads, so keep your fingers crossed for me.
Update, the weather was very kind to us while we were on the Broads but as soon as we reached the jetty the heavens opened and it just starting pouring of rain, but it didnt dampen a wonderful weekend.
Anyway this weeks theme for the Challenge is a Photo Inspiration and the idea is you use any of the colours shown in it for your own image and backing papers and I hope that you find this photo up to your own ideas of colouring your image and not to outrageous as it is rather bright.

But before I show you my own interpretation of these colours you will want to know who our sponsors are and they are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter 

and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website here, and if you have used one of their gorgeous images you will be entitled to the whole amount but even if you havent you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice. But please if you are going to enter more than once, you are able to take part 3 times but one of those must carry one of our images please.
And now to show you the Card I created for this weeks theme

And this little lady is called "Charmingly Hippie" and you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie rectangle die to cut her out and then a fancy one for the mount out of lime card. The sentiment was treated in the same way and I used a smaller die from the same die set to mount it.
The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card and the first mount is a piece of the same lime card and the papers are from Sweetshoppe "Like a Boss" and I have used five papers from the same design set and I then punched the border with a Martha Stewart punch and layered them up as shown.
I then laid my mounted image at a jaunty angle with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner and to finish of I have used three large green pearls 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 Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot to see what the rest of the very talented design team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will take part in this "Photo Inspiration" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #253 - "Ribbons and Buttons" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, I find these Challenge soon whizz around and here I am again hosting yet another one and for this weeks theme its all about "Ribbons and Buttons" its amazing how these Embellishments do their rounds years ago it was all about brads, mulberry flowers, but ribbons still seem to carry on, do you think we find them just fabulous for our cards I know I do.
But Im getting of the subject and before I go to far I know you will want to know who our fabulous sponsers are and they are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and of course they are the best company to work for as we are given such beautiful images, papers and printables to play with

and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website here, and if you have used one of their gorgeous images you will be entitled to the whole amount but even if you havent you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice. But please if you are going to enter more than once, you are able to take part 3 times but one of those must carry one of our images please.
And now to show you the Card I created for this weeks theme

This little lady is called "Sunshine" and you will find her here, I printed  her onto white card and used my copic pens to colour her, I then cut her out with my Nestabilitie Die and a fancy one for the mount out of blue card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of blue card and the papers I used are from Sweetshoppe Digi Downloads and this set is called "Rain and Shine" and I have used four papers from the set and the first is a pretty flower pattern in yellow and blue on a white background and the second is a yellow and third and check with the fourth being a plain blue, these were arranged as shown in the photo.
I then placed my image across the mounts and the sentiment below which was created with a die from the same die set. To finish of I have created a double bow out of blue and white ribbon and stuck it in the top left hand corner and with the button punches from Crafters Companion I have created three flower buttons with strips of the left over paper and placed them in the bottom left 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 the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Ribbon and Buttons" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/challenges 
http://stampartpapel.com/retarte-79-anything-goes/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craft-deebowz.blogspot.co.uk/p/challenge.html 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - J is for Just as you Like

Good Morning Crafters well again we have reached the 15th of the month and this means over on ABC Challenges its time for another letter from the Alphabet and the theme starts with the letter "J is for Just as you Like" in other words its a "Anything Goes" Challenge and we are being sponsored by "All Dressed Up" and you will be able to browse their beautiful images if you click on the link below.

All Dressed Up

And now for my Card

And I have used this gorgeous Image "Springtime" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens and then cut her out with my Justrite dies and used a larger one for the mount out of blue card, the sentiment was also created in the same way with a smaller die from the same dieset with a stamp from my stash.

The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first layer of blue card the same as the mount on the image and sentiment, and the papers this time are from Nitwits Downloads and this set is "Petal Fresh" and I have used 5 different papers and layered them up as shown in my photo and I then placed my mounted image towards the left at the top and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used nuvo pearl drops in the other three corners.

Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the ABC 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 "J is for Just as you Like" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Pink Gem Challenges - "Love and Romance"

Good Morning Gemsters, well another two weeks have flown for us over on Pink Gem Challenges and for this one its all about "Love and Romance" and I have a lovely choice of images to play with and I hope you like the result but before I show you my card its time to tell you about our very generous sponsor "Janet Roberts" of Pink Gem Designs and you will find lots of gorgeous Images and Papers from her website and at resonable prices just click on the link below to browse in your own time.

Pink Gem Designs

And now for the reveal here is my card for you

 

This gorgeous couple are "Ozzie in Love" and you will find it here, I have printed it onto white card before colouring him with my copic pens and then cut it out with one of my Nestabilitie Dies and used a fancy one for the Mount out of pink Card.

The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mounted out of the same pink Card and the papers are also from Pink Gem Designs and you will find them here they are called "Sweethearts" and I have used four of the papers and for three of them I have used the same Martha Stewart border punch and layered them up as shown in the photo. 

I then placed a heart ribbon down the left side and attached it to the back of the mount, then placed my mounted image towards the left in the center and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner this was one from my stash and was used using a smalled of the same labels die as the Image.

To finish of I have used three different sized hearts down the right hand sime at the top.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the Pink Gem 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://craftinginabeautifulmess.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #251 - "Flower Power" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well this is the second post for today, well of course its hopefully the start of a decent summer but dont I expect it will be do you? Anyway this weeks theme is all about "Flowers" and this means we want to see lots of Flowers on your card please it could be in the backing papers, image or even proper flower embellishments.
But before I show you my own card I had better tell you who is our sponsor and of course its our very generous Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter

and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website here, and if you have used one of their gorgeous images you will be entitled to the whole amount but even if you havent you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice. But please if you are going to enter more than once, you are able to take part 3 times but one of those must carry one of our images please.
And now for my card here is my choice of image for this theme.

This little lady is called the "Huntress" you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card then cut her out with my Nestabilitie Die and used a fancy one for the mount, the sentiment was created in the same way and mounted on a small mount from the same die set.
The main card is a white one with a first mount out of pink card and the paper is from the same design set as the Image and you will find it here, and then placed on top of this a couple of square doilies and then placed my mounted my image in a diamond design with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
I then created a floral display in the top left hand corner with roses and in the two opposite corner I used Nuvo drops to create 6 pearls.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope 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 to will want to take part in this "Flowers Everywhere" challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampinroyalty.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - I is for Important

Good Morning Crafters, well guess what another month has flown by and here we are at another Challenge for ABC Challenges and this time the theme is "I is for Important" and we are being sponsored by Polkadoodles

And Im lucky enough to own most of Nickys Cds so had a lot to choose from and this was the card I came up with.

And this little lady is "Winnie Fruit Punch" and I printed the image onto white card and then coloured it with my copic pens I then cut it out with one of the Nestabilitie Die and the fancy one for the mount out of pink card. The sentiment was created in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6.50" x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of pink card and the papers are also from the same Cd and I have chosen four papers as shown in the photo, the first is a fancy circles paper with flowers in the second a pink striped one the third a lime green one with circle pattern on and the fourth is white with pink flowers one.
I then placed my mounted image at a angle and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. I have also popped some pearls drops in the other three corners.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and I hope that you will take part in "I is for Important".
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/