Challenge #265 - "A Card of Many Folds" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers this weeks theme over on the Challenge Blog is a "Card of Many Folds" I do hope that this wont put you of creating a card for us, it can be a simple design as I have created or something more adventurous as some of my Design Team have created.
But before I go any further I must tell you we are so lucky to have our sponsor Veronica of The Paper Shelter 

And she is offering a fabulous prize of $30 to spend on their website and you will find that the exchange rate is very favourable between us and them so you get a lot for your money and they always have special offers to so do go and browse to your hearts content. And even if you do not use one of their image they will still offer you 3 digi images of your own choice so you really cannot loose can you. But please dont forget that you are only allowed to enter 3 times and at least one of your projects must be using one of our images.
Here is the card I created

This gorgeous image is "Pineapple" and you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card and then coloured her with my copic pens, I then used my Spellbinders No.1 Labels die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount, I have also used the same die set for the sentiment.
The base card is a 7"x 7" three folded card the larger one to the front and the smaller one folded  under this larger one, not easy to see in the photo but you just get a glimpse of it towards the right of the photo.
I have used "Poolside Splash" papers from Sweetshoppe Designs and I used two of the papers from the design set. On the larger fold I have used a piece of blue card for the first mount and then on top of this is the first paper a water design, then used a strip of my second paper which has lots of beach items and down the two sides I have used a border punch from EK success punches, then layered this on top of the first one. For the smaller fold I have used the same papers but cut them down to fit the size of the fold and also layered them up on top of the piece of blue card as well.
I then placed my mounted image over the edge of the front fold and the sentiment in the bottom left hand corner. To finish of I have used several buttons down the right hand side on the smaller fold, and another in the top left hand corner.
I hope I have explained my method OK though it might sound a little mixed up, I do apologise for that. Anyway 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 I do hope you will be inspired to take part in this "A Card of Many Folds".
This Card is to be entered to the following Challenges:-
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://chocolatebaroquechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "P is for Pearls"

Good Morning Crafters here at  ABC Challenges we have reached the letter P and for this we want to see lots of "Pearls" on your cards and we are lucky to be being sponsored by Polka Doodles

And for my card I have used from one of their CDs "Fredricka" you will find it here
and here is my card

I printed the image onto white card and then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used my rectangle die to cut her out and mounted her onto a larger on in blue card. The sentiment was one from my stash and this was also created in the same way and the image.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of blue card, the papers are also from the same design set as the image "Fredricka" and you will find them here, I have used five papers and layered them us as shown in my photo.
I then placed my mounted image towards the left and using some blue pearls I stuck them down the edge of her dress around the top. I also
some white pearls along the top of my card and bottom, before finishing I then cut out a Butterfly border from Marianne dies and placed this behind the first mount and I cut a extra single butterfly and stuck it in the top right hand corner.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will want to take part in this "P is for Pearls" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #263 - "Embossing of any Kind" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, can you believe that the children are now back at School again and the summer holidays are now in the past, I hope you enjoyed having them home for 6 weeks and that you now have time to play in our Challenges, and this weeks theme is "Embossing of any Kind" and this means either using a Embossing Folder or Embossing Powder so we leave the choice up to you.
Anyway before I show you my Card I would like to tell you 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,  please remember that you are able to take part 3 times but one of those must carry one of our images please.
And now I want to show you the card I created I hope you like the result.

This little fairy is called "Bookworm Fairy" and you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card before colouring her with my copic pens, afterwards I used one of my Nestabilitie Dies to cut her out and a fancy one one for the mount. I used glitter on her wings and the sentiment is from my stash and has been stamped and mounted in the same way as the image.
The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card and the first mount is blue card and the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Papers and this set is called "Better Gnome and Garden" and I have used three papers from papers and the embossed item is the white one on the left and I used a Sue Wilson fan design and I have used a piece out of white card and mounted it onto blue card.
I then placed my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used several pearls in the top right and bottom left corners.
Now that Ive seen my Card I do hope that you will take a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team and I do hope that it will inspire you to take part in this "Embossing of any Kind" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sunnydaycrafting.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Pink Gem Designs - "Ribbon, Lace or Twine"

Good Morning Gemsters, I cannon believe we are already three days into September and no doubt a lot of parents are looking forward to next week when the children will return to School again, and the new term starts. Well this time the Challenge over on Pink Gem Designs is "Ribbon, Lace or Twine" and of course its a feminine card we want to see please and we are sponsored by the very talented Janet Roberts of Pink Gem Designs

And she is so generous with her gorgeous images and we are able to choose from her catalogue any of them to create our cards and I chose this one

And this little lady is called "Angelica" and you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card before colouring her with my copic pens, afterwards I used a Nestabilitie die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount, the sentiment is one from my stash and I used a Sue Wilson one for this.
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 Pink Gem Designs and this set are called "Sweetheart" papers and you will find them here. I have used just one of the papers a pretty pink one with white hearts on, and on top I have used a white doily and two strips of lace and a wide white ribbon down the card and attached it to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then placed in the center with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used pink pearls in the other three corners.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the Pink Gem Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and I do hope that you will want to take part in this "Ribbon, Lace or Twine" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "O is for Open"

Good Morning Crafters, well again we have reached a new month and its only 4 months to Xmas I hope you have started those cards or you are going to find that rush at the end exhausting, luckily I started mine back in January so Im hope I wont need to make to many more but you never know I probably will find Im short when I come to write them up.
Todays Challenge over on ABC Challenge Blogspot is "O is for Open" and I guess this is a fancy way of saying its a Anything Goes one, and we have been lucky to have Connie Fong to sponsor us this time, and her images are just stunning

ConieFongArt

And I already had a few of her images and I chose to use this gorgeous one

She is called "Leilanie" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card before colouring her with my copic pens, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie die to cut her out and used a fancy one for her mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and I have used a fancy one for the mount from the same die set as the image.

The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card and the first mount is of blue card and the papers are from Nitwits "Daffodil Joy" and I have used five papers from the set and layered them up as shown in the photo, I used a Martha Stewart border punch on two of the papers. I then placed my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment in the bottom left hand corner. And to finish of I have used nuvo blue in three of the corners.

Now that youve seen my Card I do hope
will pay a visit to the  and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration in this "O is for Open" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenge:-
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/
http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.co.uk/
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/