Challenge #119 - "Your Favourite Colour Combo" - Pink Gem Challenges

Before I start my post I want to apologise to all my followers for not visiting them as often as I have done, but I have a problem with my left eye, I have PVD which means the jelly attached to my retina has become detached and it causes me a problem with my vision at the moment I keep getting huge floaters in my direct vision and having to try and look through it is like looking through a thick net curtain, so as I said if I dont visit you to often you will know why.
Good Morning Crafters, well do you know that I have reached my third DT Card for Pink Gem Challenge Blogspot and Im really enjoying playing with their images and papers, Janet is really talented and its a pleasure to be on one of her Design Teams.

 For this weeks Challenge its all about "Your Favourite Colour Combo" and for me its got to involve anything lilac or purple so heres the end result.

 

And I have used "Posh Poppy" for my image and your will find her here, I have printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens then used one of my Nestabilitie Dies to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount out of deep purple card. The sentiment is also cut out with the small die and then mounted on a slighty larger one.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of purple card and the papers are from one of the Pink Gems Digi Papers you will find a fabulous choice here, I used three different shades of pink and purple and layered them up as shown, I then wrapped a piece of lilac web ribbon around my card and attached to the back of the first mount then placed a pink ribbon on top and did the same with the ends of this. Afterwards I placed the mounted image towards the left and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.

I also used a La La Land banner die in purple and placed it across the top right hand corner and the final flourish is the pearls in the two opposite corners.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the Pink Gem Challenges 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 fortnights "Your Favourite Colour Combo" Challenge.

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

http://acreativeneed.wordpress.com/join-in-the-monthly-challenge/ 

http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://craftitudechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ 

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #151 - "Spring Delights" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Fellow Crafters, Ive been so busy lately that I nearly forgot to write up my post for this Challenge, I thought Id better get my finger our and make amends, so welcome to this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot  its all about "Spring Delights" at least the daffodils are now out and its looking a lot sunnier than it was a few weeks ago, but its still cold and wet here in Gloucestershire.
As you will know we have at last picked our new DT members and our new Team member will start on the 9th April and I will introduce her more on that Challenge, anyway todays one is as always sponsored by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

but this is providing you have used one of the products on your card, and even if you havent they will still give you 3 digis of your own choice, but I do urge you to pay a visit to The Paper Shelter website and see for yourself what fabulous value their products are so do please pop over here and see for yourself.
And now for my card.

For my image I have used "Spring Breeze" and you will find her here, and I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.34 and a fancy one for the mount out of pink card. The sentiment is one I googled and printed it onto white card then used another label die to cut it out.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and the papers I have used are from The Paper Shelters "Spring Zoe" digi paper set and you will find them here. I used a pink spot one for the first mouont and the second is a green one and on the edge I have used Tonic Butterfly Border punch down it, then on top is another pink card which was also mounted onto pink card and placed down the center.
I then used some green card and the La La Land tree die and placed in on top of this mount and stuck the mounted image in the center and the sentiment down below on the left hand side. To finish of I have used several pink flowers and placed them on the tree diecut.
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 then want to take part in our "Spring Delights" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

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 #122 - The Paper Shelter - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, well this week over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot we are combining with the "B" Team for this weeks "Anything Goes" Challenge, its a special one and it will last for two weeks, and we wont be commenting on the entries as we are taking a two week break and will be back again on the 7th August to start a new season. So I hope you will forgive us and enjoy taking part in this fortnights Challenge.
We are as always being sponsored by The Paper Shelter and they are offering a brilliant prize of $30 to spend

on their website The Paper Shelter, but this is providing you have used one of their products on your card, that could be a image, papers or printables and they do have a fabulous choice to pick from. But even if you dont they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice. Please do and visit their website here.
And for my card I used this image

Its called "A Refreshing Drink" and you will find it here, I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her. Afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.8 to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount out of purple card. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been placed on a fancy tag, again from Spellbinders.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of purple card, the papers I have chosen to use are from First Editions "New Bloom" paper pad, the first paper is flowered pattern on a white background and the second is green background with hearts on and I used a circle punch die for the doily.

I then cut a tree from some of the deep green card its one by La La Land and is called "Heart Tree" and I placed them on top of the doily and then the mounted image to the side of it. I then cut a border again from La La Land and thats called a "Tulip Border", this was then placed across the bottom of the card with the sentiment tag stuck towards the right. To finish of I have used the same green pearls and placed them down the top right hand side.

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 Teams 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://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 

http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 

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

A Card for Sugary Sunday and Sugar Bowl Challenges

Good Morning Crafters, oh my the weather is just appalling here in Gloucestershire, its raining and its cold in fact weve had to put our heating on again as the house was colder inside than out, Im beginning to wonder if we are ever going to have a good summer, I just hope it changes before this weekend as its going to be so cold for my great grandsons Christening otherwise. We are supposed to be sailing on the broads afterwards for the reception, its been many years since Ive been anywhere near them so it will be lovely if its a nice day, though I am worried about getting bitten as Im one of those unlucky people who gets badly effected near water in the summer.
Anyway this weeks Sugar Bowl card and Sugary Sunday Challenge is all about using Leanne Ellis images and Ive used this one titled "Time Flies" and you will find it at Funky Kits. Ive stamped her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I cut her out with my rotatrim and then mounted her onto a piece of pink card thats been cut with my deckle edged cutter. The sentiment was done in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and the papers I have used are from First Editions "Love Letters" new paper pad,  Ive used three of the papers for my card, then placed my mounted image in the middle and the sentiment below on the right. To finish of I have used a La La Land wings die and cut them out of pearlescent card, the watch is a Tim Holtz one that I have mounted on top of the wings.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.co.uk/
http://fitztownchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.memascrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://crazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #3 - Cards for Men - "All My Love"

Good Morning Crafters I hope you've all had a fabulous weekend, and now that we are creeping very quickly towards "Valentines Day" here on Cards for Men we are starting the ball rolling this fortnight by our "All My Love" theme, we are also lucky to be sponsored by Kenny K and I know how popular his images are so I do hope that you will want to take part in this Challenge.

 And they are offering a prize of 5 digi images of winners choice, and here is what they say about themselves.

  I'm sure you're all familiar with the wonderful work of Kenny K's Shop but what about the man (and woman) behind those wonderful creations. Take a look here to see their journey, http://www.kennykdownloads.com/about-kenny-and-elena.php

We were lucky enough to have been given several images to play with and I chose this fabulous one "Hug" to play with and you will find it here.

 

 Dont you think this pair are gorgeous and giving so much love to one another, I have printed them onto white card then used my copic pens to colour them. Afterwards I used a large Nestabilitie Heart die to cut them out, then used a Xcut Heart Die for the mount, you carnt actually see it to well but it has lots of cut outs on it and luckily it was big enough to show the mount better. The sentiment is another of my stash stamp and this also was created in the same way as the image.

The card base is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card and the papers I used are from the Bo Bunny "Crush" paper pad, and then on top I used a Memory Box Heart border die, and this was placed along the bottom of the card. I then placed my mounted image in the middle and the sentiment at the bottom on the right. To finish of I used a La La Land heart border and I cut it half and placed it in the top two corners.

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 Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "All My Love" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingwhenwecanchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A new set of Digi's

I was asked by my Design Team Leader from Cards for Men if I would make a card with a digi that her hubby Andy had created and I said I would give it a go and here is the result. Andy has created 3 digi stamps for sale (all Halloween images they are all priced at £1.each so very reasonable) and you will find them on his blog Scribbled Kidz and hes hoping to take the craft world by storm with his fabulous images, as its a new venture I do hope that you will pop across and visit this blog and see for yourself how talented Andy is.
Ive printed the image onto white card and coloured it with my copic pens, then used my rotatrim to cut it out and distressed the edges and mounted it onto a piece of red card. The sentiment is one from Whimsey stamps and has been treated in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, then I have used Sweetshoppe Digi Paper "Ghoul Night" digi paper set, the first is a all over pattern of pumpkins ghouls and vampires, the second is a pumpkin paper that I have cut in a square then used my ghoul corner and border punch on, I laid this on top of a piece of red spiderweb and then I cut out with some red card a spooky house and tree from La La Land and this were placed on top of the second mount.
The mounted image was then positioned towards the left with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. To finish of I have put a ghost charm in the top right hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/
http://tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/