Challenge #212 - "Have a Heart" - Pink Gem Designs

Good Morning Gemsters this fortnights Challenge is early card for Valentines Day and Janet has some really beautiful designs to use over on her website  so for our theme its

Have a Heart

but before I show you what I have been up to, I must let you know who is sponsoring us and that is Janet Roberts of Pink Gem Designs go and visit the Pink Gem Designs website and see for yourself

 

what beautiful and stunning images and papers that she creates for you to play with and create cards withAnd here is the card I made

and these are "Valentine Owls" and you will find them here, I printed them onto white card and coloured them with my copic pens.
Then I cut it and punched the edge with a Heart punch from Martha Stewart and kept the cut out to use later.
I then cut a base white card 6.50"x 7.00" and on top I placed a piece of red card and put the topper towards the left hand side and wrapped a red silk ribbon around the edge, I created a bow and placed in the middle.
Each of the hearts and the owls eyes I put some Glossy Accents and placed some of cut out hearts from the border around the background and again put some Glossy Accents on them, the last thing was placing the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope you will pop over to Pink Gem Designs 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 "Have a Heart" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://emeraldcitycraftschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.josscrapshack.com/ 
http://just-add-ink.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #287 - Easter - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well can you believe its almost Easter and the A Team decided we should get ahead with our Easter Cards so this weeks theme is all about creating a card for it.
But before I show you the card I have made you will want to know who is not only sponsoring us but also whose images we are using for this Challenge.

And they are offering you a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website and they have some really stunning images to play with this, and not only these but also printables and papers lots to choose from also they often have special offers to at really reasonable prices. But this is only if you have used one of their products on your card but even if you haven't they will still give you 3 digis of your own choice and you really cannot loose can you? Please can you remember you can enter three projects but at least one of them must carry one of products please.
And now to show the card I created for one of our granddaughters.

This little lady is titled "I am a Easter Bunny" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Egg Die and cut her out and created a pink mount for her out of pink card. The sentiment was also stamped onto the smallest diecut and cut a slightly larger one out of pink card for the mount.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white one with a first mount out of pink card, the papers are from Sweetshoppe Designs Papers and I have used 5 of the papers and used a Martha Stewart bunny border punch on all but one of the layers and then stuck them across the base mount and then wrapped a white ribbon around and attached it to the back of the mount.
The mounted image was then placed towards the left and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner, to finish of I have used several of the novelty Easter buttons down the right side and along the bottom of my card.
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 want to take part in this "Easter Time" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://createsandmakes.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Pink Gem Designs - Challenge #183 - "Snowman"

Good Morning Gemsters, can you believe its only weeks now before Christmas Day 4 to be exact and I do hope that you have all your cards made and ready to post I have, lefts hope Ive not forgotten anyway and on Monday the ones for overseas will be winging their way to their new homes.
Anyway this weeks theme over on Pink Gem Designs is "Snowmen" and I know that some of you will want to be able to get those last few little people cards done and this theme is ideal for that and the images that Janet Roberts creates for you and you will find them here.

Pink Gem Designs

Janet is such a very talented lady and Im sure you will find lots of images to choose from for your cards and this is the one I chose.

And this cute little chap is "Santa stop here Chilly" and you will find him here, I printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, I then cut him out with one of my rectangle Nestabilie Dies and a snowflake one for the mount out of blue card. The sentiment is one from my stash and was treated in the same way as the image.

The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first layer of blue card the background paper is also from Pink Gem Designs and you will find it here I printed it onto a piece of white paper and placed it on top of the blue mount. I then put my mounted image towards the left and the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side I also used some glue that I ran around the edge of the card and them glittered it.

To finish of I have used a Martha Stewart Snowflake punch and created some snowflakes which have been glittered up and placed around the card. 

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://52cct.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://challengeupyourlife.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://imaginethatdigistamp.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://myshericrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepencilcases.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/ 

Challenge #261 - "Back to School" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well is only days now before the children go back to School so now is the time to get those cards created for the little ones especially who are starting and those that are going onto their secondary and middle School. We have a grandson who is starting this September and another who will be starting his GCSEs so somewhere along the line my card will be winging its way to one of my grandchildren.
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

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.
I hope you like my card I love this image shes so cute

This little lady is called "Learning is Fun" and I printed her onto white card and then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card and the first mount is blue card and the papers are from Sweetshoppe Designs and this set of designs are called "Raise your level" and felt they were ideal for my card and I have used four of the papers and with the second one I have used a Martha Stewart ABC border punch down both sides and then on top I have used two more of the papers on blue mounts and layed them as shown in the photo.
I then placed my mounted image in the center with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. And to finish of I have used some letters and number buttons and stuck them down the right side and left side of the card.
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 I do hope it will inspire you to take part in this "Back to School" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://sunnydaycrafting.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #259 - "Punches and Dies" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, I do hope you enjoyed out last Challenge and of course its now back to work again and this weeks Challenge is all about "Punches and Dies" which is something I really enjoy playing with when creating my card.
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

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 for my Card I used this little lady

She is called "You never know" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card before colouring her with my copic pens, afterwards I used a Nestabilitie Rectangle die to cut her out and I mounted her onto a larger one for the mount out of mauve card. The sentiment was created in the same way and was then placed on a mauve label die cut.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card and the first mount was another piece of the same mauve card and the papers are from Sue Wilsons paper pack I have sued four papers from this set and I used a Martha Steward border pucnh on two of the papers which were layered up as shown in the photo, and the last one was laid on the left side and then I covered the edge with a strip of mauve ribbon which was then attached to the back of the first mount.
I then placed my mounted image towards the left side, and the sentiment at the bottom on the right, to finish of I have created some mauve pearls with the nuvo drops in the top right and bottom left hand side.
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 will want to take part in this "Punches and Dies" 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://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "C is for Cute"

Good Morning Crafters well we have reached "C" in the alphabet over at ABC Challenge Blogspot and for this its all about being "Cute" and we are being sponsored this time by

All Dressed Up

And for my Card I chose this "Cute" image

And this is "Dino" and I you will find him here,  I created this card for my Great Grandson as he loves Dinosaurs and this I felt was a ideal image for him. 

I printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used a circular die to cut him out with a fancy one for the mount. The sentiment was created on my computer and then also cut out with a round die and I used a fancy one for the mount. The number is a wooden one which I coloured with a pen and placed in the center of the sentiment mount.

The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of green card the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Papers and I have used five papers from the Dinosaur patterned paper set and three of them I used a Dinosaur border punch on, I then placed a ribbon around the bottom and stuck the mounted image towards the left hand side at the top and the sentiment in the top right hand corner.

I then diecut the dinosaur from a Tattered Lace die and placed this in the bottom right hand corner.

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 De
sign Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "C is for Cute" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://alwaysplayingwithpaper.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/The%20Challenge 
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftindesertdivasblog.com/ 
http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.markerpop.com/ 
http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://our-crafty-corner.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Pink Gem Challenges - "Too Cute to Spook"

Good Morning Gemsters, I nearly forgot it was time for another fabulous Challenge over at Pink Gem Challenge Blogspot and this time its all about Halloween and the title is "Too Cute to Spook" and of course we are being sponsored by our very talented Janet Roberts of Pink Gem Designs

And we are such a lucky Design Team as we have access to some beautiful images to choose from and here is my choice

This young bat is called "Batty Flying" and you will find him here, I have then printed him onto white card and before colouring him I created the sentiment which was then printed around the top of the diecut.
I coloured him with my copics and then cut him out with my Presscut circle dies and used a larger one for the mount out of black card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of black card and the papers I have used are also from Pink Gem Designs and you will find them here. I have used three papers and a Martha Steward Batty border punch down the edges of the first one and a Spiderweb one for the second and then layered them up in the center of my base card and stuck my mounted image in the center.
To finish of I have used a Martha Stewart Pumkin punch and added them across the bottom of my card.
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 and dont forget the title of this Challenge is "Too Cute to Spook".
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ 
http://morgansartworld.blogspot.com.au/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Pink Gem Designs - "Autumn" -

Good Morning all you Gemsters, well I have some wonderful news my new Great Grandson arrived safely on the 15th and mum and dad plus big brother Jacob are all giving young Toby the very best of care and love.

And so far there doesnt seem to be much brotherly rivalry between them no doubt that will come as they get older.
Anyway todays Challenge is a "Autumn" one and there are some gorgeous images to play with over on Pink Gem Designs

So do pop over to Janets website to see them and Im sure you will exactly what you are after, I chose this little sweetheart

Full of the joys of Autumn, and here were I live in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire the trees are just beginning to turn to their Autumn colours and I suspect its doing the same near you. Anyway this little girl is titled "Autumn Bella" and you will find her here.
I have printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used Presscut dies to cut her out and a larger one for the mount. The sentiment was one I found on the internet and I thought it was appropriate for this gorgeous image.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of brown card, the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Papers and this one is called  "Autumn Harvest" I have used three papers, the first a white background with leaves on, and the second and third a yellow one and another leaf one I have cut in stripes and used a leaf border punch down the edges, this was with a Martha Stewart Leaf Border punch.
These were then layered up as shown in the photo and across the top left hand corner I have laid a piece of wide ribbon and positioned my mounted image in the center with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have created a bow with has been placed in the top left hand corner about the mounted image and three leaf buttons have been stuck down the right hand side.
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 hopefully you will want to create a card for this "Autumn" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ 
http://www.blogquickquotes.com/ 
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #213 - "Punches and Dies" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, I cannot get over that fact how quickly this year has flown, in just over 5 weeks time Im due to be a Great Grandma to yet my second great grandson and Im really looking forward to meeting him later on in the year, but before I wish this year away completely we had better get back to this weeks Challenge "Punches and Dies" and as always our Sponsors and Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter

And of course this always goes with the rule that you must have used one of their products on your card and if you do you will receive $30 worth of goodies from their website The Paper Shelter, and believe me they have some stunning things on offer, images, papers and printables and they are such good value against the £1.00 and they often have special offers as well. But even if you havent used one of their products they will offer you 3 digi images of your own choice so you really do not loose do you.
And now for my own Card I hope you like it

I have used this sweet image and shes called "Golden Apple" and you will find it here, I printed her onto white card before using my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount out of beige card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of beige card, the paper is the actual backing paper from the "Golden Apple" set and you will find it here, I then placed my mounted image in the center and I have used a sentiment down in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used a leave punch and layered them up in the top right hand corner to give the effect of a tree and the apple is hanging from one of the branches.
Now that youve seen my Card I hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what stunning cards the girls have created for this "Dies and Punches" Challenge and I hope they will have inspired you to take part in this Challenge and look forward to seeing what you create for us.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/ 
http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk/ 
 http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ 
http://wickedwednesdayatc.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ 
http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #131 - "Trick or Treat" - Pink Gem Challenges

Good Morning Gemsters, over on the Pink Gem Challenges we have also reached Halloween and this theme Challenge is all about "Trick or Treating" and Im sure you will still be trying to get your little ones cards done for next week and we are giving you the chance to do so with this Challenge.
As all ways we are being sponsored by Janet of Pink Gem Designs and Im sure you will want to pay a visit to her website

 

And for my card I chose this sweet "Broomstick Jodie" image for my card I hope you approve of

of what I have done with her and you will find her here, I printed the image onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a Nestabilitie Circle die to cut her out and then mounted her onto a Star Circle also from Spellbinders.
The papers I have used are also from Janet and these are called "Halloween" and you will find them here, and I used two of the papers a all over green paper with images on which matches her dress and this was placed as the first mount, then down the middle I have used a stripped paper and used a Martha Steward Spiderweb die and then across the middle I have used a lilac and green white ribbon then on top is a black cat one just to add to it. The sentiment is also from Pink Gem Designs and you will find it here, this was also placed on a lilac mount as was used for the start mount behind the image.
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 and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Trick or Treat" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/ 
http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://alohafridaychallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://sweet7challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thatscraftychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #179 - "Halloween" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, I hope you are all keeping well and not dreading Halloween which most of you are aware is in a couple of weeks and the theme for this weeks Challenge is all about Halloween so I do hope that you will help us celebrate that and get your cards created and added to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot.
Of course we are being sponsored by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website

But of course this is providing you have used one of their products on your card and this could be either a image, paper or printable and you will find lots to choice from on their website The Paper Shelter and at the moment they have a sale on their Halloween products so do give them a browse and see for yourself what they have to offer  you. But even if you dont use their products they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice to play with so you really cannot loose can you.
 And now for my card I hope you like the end result.

 

This little lady is called "Fly Pumpkin Fly" and you will find her here, and I have also used the background paper that came with her for my base card. The black card is from my stash.

I printed the image and then cut her out completely and I then stuck her towards the left of my card. The pumpkins are also from the same background paper but I have printed several and then placed them on the right of my card down the card. The sentiment is one from my stash and this was stamped on a topper and then placed in the top 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 the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Halloween" Challenge.

This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://arandomfandt.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ 
http://pdelinkyparty.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.rileyandco.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

 

ABC Challenges - "N for Nautical"

Good Morning All, I do hope that you are experiencing better weather than we are in the UK this half month Challenge over at ABC Challenge Blogspot is all about water its "N for Nautical" this could be anything covering Sea or Ocean and Wild Orchids Crafts are out sponsors.

And Im sure that flowers are probably part of the prize so its certainly worth taking part in this challenge and here is my card for it.

For my card I have used this sweet Tilda image and stamped her onto white card, I then used my copic pens to colour and cut her out with my Nestabilitie Oval die then placed her on a scalloped one for the mount. The sentiment is also a Magnolia one and this also has been mounted onto a piece of the same blue card that was used for the image.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of blue card the papers are from Sweetshoppes "Pirate Life for Me" digi paper set, and I have used three papers the first a dark blue background with Waves on and the second is a Anchor pattern and this was cut in a strip and Ive used a shell border punch from Martha Stewart down the side of it. The third and last paper is a sailing boat pattern on a white background and this was mounted onto a piece of dark blue card.
Around the middle I have wrapped a Skull and Bones ribbon over some Lace which was then stuck to the back of the first mount, you will find the lace at Wild Orchids. I then placed my mounted image in the center and placed several buttons at the top and I diecut the anchors in the bottom left with Marianne dies, afterwards I put the sentiment in the bottom 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 very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will take part in this "N for Nautical" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered the following Challenges:-
http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/group/cmccopicchallengegroup 
http://craftingattheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://notrealstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tildastown.wordpress.com/ 
http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://totallytilda.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #159 - "Charming" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well it looks as if the weather has started to reverse back to the wet one again and I suppose we ought not to be to greedy at least we had a lovely couple of weeks and I just hope we shall have some more of those in the future. This weeks Challenge over at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is all about using "Charms" on your Card, these were very popular a couple of years ago and Im sure you have them somewhere in your stash I know I have a fabulous selection to choose from.
As always our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website

But as always this comes with the rule that you must have used one of their products on your card and this could be either a image, paper or printable but even if you havent they will still offer you 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really have nothing to loose by taking part in this Challenge, but please do go and pay their website The Paper Shelter and see for yourself what fabulous products they have on offer, and they are always updating their library all the time.
Anyway I have used this cute image for my card

This one is called "So Pretty"  you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards  used my Nestabilitie die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount.
The main card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, the papers are also from The Paper Shelter and this set is titled "Shopping Girl" and you will find them here. I have used four different designs, the first a blue background with pink and blue flowers on, the second is a pink one and I have used a flower border punch from Martha Stewart, the third a darker pink and this has pink flowers and the last mount is a double blue strip on and this is placed behind the image.
On top of these I have placed my mounted image, and the sentiment is placed down the right hand side and this also from the stamp die set and as the fancy mount. To finish of I have used one of the Sue Wilson Bow Dies and created the bow in the top right hand corner, from this I have dangled a mirror brad and attached to this is a bag and dress charm.
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 "Charming" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://arandomfandt.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #149 - "Away with the Fairies" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well I dont know about you but here we are already on the third month of a new year and another week has flown by over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and we are now on to a new theme and this week its all about Fairies, so we need to see your images on your cards.
And dont forget we have a DT Call running at the moment if you are interested in joining our DTs please do go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what is expected of you.

But before I show you what Ive been up to as always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website.

But as always this comes with the usual rule that you must have used one of their products on your card this could be a image, paper or printable and you will find them on their website The Paper Shelter and believe me when I tell you that they are brilliant value and you will find that the exchange rate is very good, and even if you havent used one of their products they will still give you three images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose can you?
And now I want to show you my card, I hope you like it.

And here she is its titled "Enchanted Dreams" and you will find her here, and I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her and afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.4 to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount. The sentiment is one that I googled then printed it and cut the mount for it from another of the Nestabilitie Tag dies.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pale green card, and the papers are from Kay Millers "Fairy Dust" digi papers, I have used two of the papers the first a green background with leaves on, and the second a flower one and a Cheery Lynn doily die and then placed in on top of the first mount.
I then cut out the sprigs with a Die-namics dies and stuck them down the left hand side, I then placed my mounted image towards the right with the sentiment underneath on the right hand side. I then used some of the left over papers from the same paper set to cut out the rolled flowers and these where then stuck to the sprigs in various places, and to finish of I have punched out two butterflies and stuck them on the sprig as well. The final flourish are the two flower buttons at the top on the 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 Team have created for your inspiration and then hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Away with the Fairies" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #146 - "Punches and Dies" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well I am still standing in as a Guest Designer for The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and this weeks theme is all about "Punches and Dies" and to be honest I am in my element with these I love to use both on my cards just hope you like the result of my playing.
As always our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

 

and as always this is providing you have used one of their images on your card, and it was lovely to see that a lot of you had used them on our last Challenge and I hope you will do again this time, but even if you dont they will still offer you 3 digi images of your own choice if you are picked by Random Org. You will find some fabulous images, papers and printables here on their website The Paper Shelter.
For my card I used this gorgeous image

She is titled "Attitude means Everything" and you will find her here,  I have printed her onto white card then used my Tonic Square die to cut her out and a scalloped one for the mount. I used some snow writer foam on her collar and cuffs also on her ear muffs to. The sentiment is one from my stash thats been stamped onto white card and then cut out by a circle die and mounted on a punched out Snowflake.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white with a first mount of blue card and the paper is from the Sweetshoppe Designs its a blue background with snow on it and clouds. On top of this I have placed a diecut Fir tree which was cut with Marianne Die, and a used a Memory box border die of trees along the bottom.
I then placed my mounted image in the center and before adding the extra's I took a piece of white pearlescent card in a 7"x 7" size and used another of the Martha Stewart large Border and Corner dies to create the background which was then placed behind the first mount making the card larger.
To finish of I have cut out the ski's and sticks with a Marianne Die and placed to the right of the main image, the final flourish is the two layered snowflake at the top on the right and the sentiment on the left.
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 Maries B Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Punches and Dies" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/
http://hjcchallenge.blogspot.ca/
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/