Challenge #307 - Back to School - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, where do these weeks go? the children are almost back at School again after the summer holiday which Im sure they have thoroughly enjoyed and even my eldest great grandson starts School this September, hes so excited to especially since his cousin will be there to, good luck Jacob I hope you really enjoy your first day and make lots of friends to.
And now for this weeks theme as Ive already said the new year starts so no doubt youve guessed I picked

Back to School

for it and we want to see your images showing how you see it for your family, it could be little ones on their first day or the older ones starting College or University which ever applies in your family or even your friends, no doubt you have sent them a good luck card anyway, or if not now the chance to do so.

But firstly you will want to know who our Sponsors are and as always our sponsers are The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website

But as always it comes with the rule that you must have used one of their products on your card or project, this could be a Image, Paper or Printable and even if you dont, they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, so it really is a win win situation dont you think.
And now for the Card I created for this weeks theme:-

This image is called Science and you will find it here, I printed it onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and layered her up on some mauve card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of the same mauve card I used for my image and the backing paper is also from the same design set as the image and you will find it here.
I then found a sentiment on my computer and printed it and mounted it up also on another smaller piece of mauve card and placed it in the top left hand corner. The mounted image was placed in the center and then to finish of I have used several science buttons and embellishment down the right hand side.
Now that you've 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 "Back to School" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/
http://daydreamerchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ 
http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #289 - "Girl Power"- The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well I hope you have got all your Easter Eggs by now, I know my two great grandsons will have a Easter Egg hunt in the garden this weekend and I know they will thoroughly enjoy it to.
Well this weeks theme is titled "Girl Power" and I think you will find something in your stash to cover this and I hope you like my choice of image when I add it to this post presently, but first I must let you know that our sponsors are The Paper Shelter

and as always they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website, and if you have used one of their products on your card they will offer you this whole amount to spend but if by chance you use another make they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice so you really cannot loose by taking part can you? But please dont forget if you are entering more than once you are allowed 3 entries and at least one of these must carry one of our products either a Image, Paper or Printable.
And now to show you my card:-

This little lady is called "The Best Soccer Player" and you will find her here, we have in the family a very talented young lady who really not only loves playing Soccer but also Rugby so I thought this was a ideal image to use for her Birthday Card I hope you do to.
I printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount out of green card. The sentiment is one from my stash and the mount is a smaller one of the same die as the one used on the image.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of green card, the papers I have used are from Sweetshoppe Digi papers and this set are obviously about football, and I have used four of the papers and used a border punch along 3 on them and layered them up as shown.
I then placed a ribbon across the top and down the left side and attached it to the back of the first mount and then placed my mounted image towards the left and the sentiment at the bottom on the right. To finish off I have used three football buttons down the right hand edge at the top.
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 "Girl Power" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #190 - "Boys Birthday" - Pink Gem Designs

Good Morning Gemsters well the last two weeks have been extremely difficult for me but Im hoping that I will soon maybe gets things sorted health wise but trying to do so I may have another flare up and in the last four months I have had 4 and each time its getting more painful and taking longer to sort out, I suffer with torturous Diverticulitus and its not easy to manage for sure. Anyway I think I had better change the subject as Im sure you dont need to know all the nasty details, this months Challenge is "Boys Birthday" and as one of my great grandsons is potty about Dinosaurs I thought the image I have used would be ideal.
As always we are being sponsored by Janet of Pink Gem Designs

And you really should pay a visit to The Pink Gem Designs website here to see what fabulous images and papers she has to offer so do please go and browse and see for yourself.
Here is the result of my Card

This Image is titled "Monsters Party" and you will find it here, I printed it onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens, I then cut it out with my nestabilitie die and mounted it onto a larger one cut out of green card. I also did a similar thing with the sentiment.
The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card and the first mount is green card and on top of this I have used the "Fabusaurus" Papers and you will find them here, they are also from Pink Gem Designs, I have used four of the papers, the first one is a green background with flowers on, the the other three papers I have used in different sizes and along the edges I have used a EK Success Dinosaur's border punch and layered them up as shown in the photo.
I then placed my mounted image as shown also in the photo and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner and to finish of I have used several dinosaur buttons down the right hand side and the bottom left hand corner.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope you will pay a visit to the Pink Gem Designs Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Boys Birthday" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://morgansartworld.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "M is for Maiden"

Good Morning Crafters can you believe that we are already into August where has this year gone? I dont know anyway its a brand new Challenge over at ABC Challenges and we have reached the letter "M" and this time is all about using a Maiden on your card and we are being sponsored by The Paper Shelter, and Im lucky enough to be on their Design Team and was able to choose any of their images to play with and I hope you like the result.
The Paper Shelter are offering a fabulous prize of $20 to spend on their website here if you are chosen to be a winner of this Challenge

The Paper Shelter

And here is the Card I created

This little lady if called "So Sweet" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, I then used my Nestabilitie rectangle die to cut her out and a larger one for her mount, and the sentiment is one from my stash and has been mounted on yet another of my Spellbinders dies. I keep all my CDs on my computer and print from there.

The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of blue card and the papers I have used are from John Lockwoods paper pad and I used four papers which I have mounted up as shown in the photo about. I then placed my mounted image in the middle and the sentiment below in the right hand corner. To finish of I have used some Nuvo drops in the other three corners.

Now that youve seen my Card and 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 and take part in this "M is for Maiden" Challenge and we look forward to seeing what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will want to take part in this Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cdsundaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lauralcraft.weebly.com/dragonfly-dreams-challenge 
http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.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/ 

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/ 

ABC Challenges - "D is for Delicious"

Good Morning Crafters over on ABC Challenges we have reached the letter D and this time we would like you to create a card that is Delicious, and I leave that image to your own imagination. We are being sponsored by Bunny ZoeS and its such a shame that Nikki has decided to close her shop its been a brilliant sorce of crafty goodies for me.

Bunny Zoes

I decided to use a House Mouse Image and here is my card

This little chap has rather over indulged in cake and I stamped him onto white card then coloured him with my copic pens, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie die to cut him out and used a fancy one for the pink mount behind him. The sentiment was treated in the same way as the Image.
The papers are from Joanna Sheens Backing Paper CD and I have used three of them for my card and layered them up as shown in the photo, I then placed my mounted image towards the top in the center and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
To finish of I have used cake and doughnut buttons as embellishments in two of the corners.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to 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 "D is for Delicious" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://colouringinscrapland.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://our-crafty-corner.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://wheretheheartischallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #239 - "Away with the Fairies" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well can you believe that we are already into March, for me this is a very busy month as I have so many family birthdays that Im afraid that I will forget someone that I like to get well ahead with my cards.
I have been suffering with a chest infection and looking after a sick neighbour who has now been taken into respite care so a little time has been returned to me, though today I have a hospital appt and will be scheduling this post.
Well todays Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is themed "Away with the Fairies" and this was a phrase that my daughter told me I was that, though it may well be true as I love anything to do with the little people.
Before I get to deep in my young past you will want to know what is going on and this will be sponsored by our very generous sponsors Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website.

But 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 choose from at The Paper Shelter Website here, and even if you dont use one of these they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice. But we only allow 3 entries into our Challenges and at least one of those must use on of The Paper Shelter products.
And for my card I used this gorgeous image:-

And this little lady is "My hair" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card and then cut her out with a Little B die and a fancy one for the mount.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of pink card the papers are from "Bewitched" papers and you will find them here, I have used 3 different papers the first I used on the base mount and the other two I cut into squares and used a heart corner punch on each of the corners these were layered up and the mounted image was then placed towards the top on the left and the sentiment was then put under it in the right hand corner.
To finish of I have used some Nestabilie leaf die cuts and some punched out pink flowers to create a frame around the mounted image.
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 want to take part in this "Away with the Fairies".
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://handstampedsentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #231 - "Shades of Blue" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers Happy New Year to you All, Im scheduling this post as Im not sure how I shall be after having a cataract done on the 29th December so I will try and let you know how it went towards the end of this post.
This weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and this time we want to see "Shades of Blue" on your card please and of course the skin colours to, but bright colours are not allowed to be the main colour choice. Anyway as always our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter

and as always you must have used one of their products on your card to be eligible to receive this prize but even if you havent they will still give you 3 images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose just taking part can you.
And for my card I choose this little lady

She is called "Melody" you will find her here, and I have printed her out 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 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 Paper Shelter and this set are "Curious Cake" paper set and you will find them here. I used four of the designs, the first is a pale blue with a swirl pattern on, the second and third are cut in strips and I used a EK Success music border punch and layered up as shown down the page, the last one was mounted onto a piece of the same blue card and the first mount and this was laid on top of the edge of the other two papers.
I then placed my mounted image towards the left and two music embellishments down the right side, and the sentiment is one that I found on the internet and printed and mount up and placed in the bottom right hand corner. The final flourish are the six pearls laid the left 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 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 "Shades of Blue" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://karleighsuechallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://our-crafty-corner.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://wheretheheartischallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

The Paper Shelter Christmas Challenge - "Anything Goes" Challenge

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, Well this is our last Challenge for 2015 and this is because we want all the girls to be able to take a break with their families we shall not be commenting on your entires so please understand this as its probably going to be a very busy one as its a "Anything Goes" one. We want to wish all Paper Shelter Followers a very Happy Christmas and we shall be back with a normal Challenge on January 7th with the B Team.
But as always we are being sponsored by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a lucky winner of this Challenge $30. to spend on their website

And as always this comes with the rule that you must have used one of their images on your card and this could be either a Image or printable and you will find lots to choose from on their website The Paper Shelter, but even if you havent used one they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose by taking part in our Challenge. Also please remember that we only allow 3 entries into our Challenges and at least one of those must carry one of our TPS images.
And now for my Card I do hope you like it

I chose this image as I thought it was a bit of fun especially as at this time of the year a lot of you like to go to parties and even celebrate the New Year at a Masked Ball, and this young lady is called "Venice Carnival" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, I also used a Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount out of gold card. The Sentiment is a stamp from my stash thats also been stamped and mounted in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card and the first mount is gold card, I also used the background paper from the "Venice Carnival" and you will find it here, on top of this down the edges I have used a punched out border using a Tonic Border Punch, and with a large heart shapped doily I placed the mounted image in the center of my base card with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
To finish of I have used several sizes of pearls in three of the corners. And 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 Teams have created for yours inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Anything Goes" 3 week Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.2creativechicks.com/ 
http://alldressedupchallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://theartisticstampercreativeteam.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftytimechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.co.nz/ 
http://cccdigicreations.blogspot.co.nz/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #229 - "A Christmas Card" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well I have a secret to tell you tomorrow is my 73rd Birthday can you believe it? Mind you I dont feel like Im that age my brain is telling me Im still in my 50s, the only problem with that is my daughter is 53 and Im sure she wouldnt like to think that I was that age again. Anyway I think I had better get on with my post, this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is "A Christmas Card" so I hope that you will have a card that you can add as most of us at the moment are actually making them ready to post in the next couple of weeks.
As always we are being sponsored by Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of

$30. to spend on their website but to do so you must use one of their products on your card and this could be either a Image, Backing Paper or Printable and you will find them here, but even if you dont they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really dont loose do you.
And now for my Card

This image is called "Christmas Carols" and you will find it here, and I printed it onto white card then used my copics to colour it, and then used my Nestabilitie Labels No.1 to cut it out, I used a larger one and green card for the mount which is slightly larger than the image. The sentiment is from my stash and has been stamped onto white card then mounted also on some green card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of green card, the paper is also from "Christmas Carols" and you will find it here, I then used some Memory Box fern dies along two of the edges and then placed my mounted image in the center and the sentiment in 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 the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "A Christmas Card" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.2creativechicks.com/ 
http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://copicmarkerspain.blogspot.ca/ 
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/ 
http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.co.nz/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kleurenmetpotloden.blogspot.nl/

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 #211 - "Holiday Time" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, this weeks Challenge over at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is right up my street at the moment is themed "Holday Time" and it wont be long now before the children break up for the long Summer Holidays and with having such gorgeous weather its certainly feels like it already, so Im looking forward to your card design. 
And this weeks Challenge as always is 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 this is providing you have used one of their products and that could be either a Image, Backing Paper or even a Printable, but even if you have not they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice to play with. So you really cannot loose can you? And the choice on their website The Paper Shelter is amazing they are always updating their library so the choices as fabulous and the price of them is really good to.
And when I saw this image I thought this was absolutely ideal for this Challenge

I dont how many of you have suffered because of the gulls, but I certainly have, and to be honest we have quite a lot in our town and as we live between to rivers the Severn and the Wye its not surprising I suppose. Anyway this image is called "That's something you dont see everyday" and you will find it here, I have printed her onto white card before colouring it with my copic pens. Afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.39 and a fancy one for the mount.
The sentiment was stamped onto another piece of white card and mounted up with the same yellow card that my image was.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of yellow card, and the papers used for this card are from Sweetshoppe "Sunnyside Up" and I have used 4 papers from this digi paper set, and layered them up as shown across the center, two of them have been punched with the shell boarder from Martha Stewart.
I then placed my mounted image in the center with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner, and the final flourish (my tip) are the two icecream/lolly buttons down the right hand side (from my stash).
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 A Design Team have created for your inspiration and I hope that you will be inspired to take part in this "Holiday Time" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://citycrafter.blogspot.ca/ 
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 
http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "M is for Magnolia"

Good Morning Crafters we have reached the letter "M is for Magnolia" over at ABC Challenge Blogspot and this time we are being sponsored by Magnolicious

And I used one of my Magnolia Stamps for my card

And I stamped her onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I cut out using one of my Nestabilitie Dies and a fancy one for the mount out of blue card. The sentiment was done in the same way as the Image.
The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of blue card, and the papers are from Maja "Coffee in the Arbour" paper pad and I have used three papers, the first a rose pattern and the second a blue spotty one and the third is a flowery pattern.
I then laid my mounted image towards the right of my card and created a flower spray with several sized roses in the top left hand corner and laid on top of some punched out rose leaves. And the final flourish are the 4 red flatbacked pearls in the top right and bottom left hand corners.
Now that you have seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot to see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration so hopefully you to will want to take part in this "M is for Magnolia" Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.markerpop.com/2015/06/29/markerpop-challenge-anything-goes/ 

ABC Challenges - "K is for Kritters"

Good Morning Crafters, well we are almost half way through this 2015 can you believe it, its gone so quickly and so far we have only seen just a few gorgeous warm days and of course we have  had so much rain yet again, I do so hope that things improve soon as it makes Winter come so quickly otherwise. Anyway todays Challenge over on ABC Challenges is "K for Kritters" and this means we want to see Animals on your cards and we are being sponsored by

Sherri Baldy

And for my Card I used this cute image

Its certainly a rather large dog, and your will find it here, I printed it onto white card and then coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I cut it out with my Nestabilitie Die and a fancy one for the mount.

The base card is a white one with a 6.50"x 6.50" and my found mount is a beige one, I then used three papers from the Sweetshoppes "I love my Dog" paper set, and then across the bottom I used a dog ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount.

The Sentiment is one from the same paper set which was printed then cut out completely and I mount this onto a piece of the same brown card and the mount.

I then placed my mounted image towards the left and the sentiment  in the bottom right hand corner and to finish of I have used some dog buttons and placed them down the right hand side.

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 "K is for Kritters" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/ 
http://www.scrapbookblessingsclub.com/ 
http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2015/05/challenge-225-anything-goes.html
http://welove2create.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "I is for Inspire"

Good Morning Crafters, another new month has arrived and can you believe that we are just a month away from half the year flying by, and this time the theme for ABC Challenge Blogspot is "I is for Inspire" and the sponsor for this Challenge is Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of  $20. to spend on their website.

And as Im on their Design Team I was able to choose any image to play with, so for me it was this one as it would certainly inspire me (if I could sing).

I printed the image onto white card and coloured her with my copics, oh I forgot to say she is called "Music Star" and you will find her here, afterwards I used my retangle Nestabilitie die to cut her out, and a fancy one for the mount out of mauve card.
The Backing Paper is also from the same design set and you will find it here. I placed my mounted image towards the left and placed six mauve pearls in the top right and bottom left hand corners, the sentiment was one I found on the internet and I printed it and then mounted this also onto a piece of mauve card.
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 and hopefully it will inspire you to take part in this "I is for Inspire" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.addalittledazzle.com/ 
http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/ 
http://ema-ginationstation.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ 

ABC Challenges - "G is for Go Digital"

Good Morning Crafters, well today I have two DT cards being posted luckily at different times, anyway the first one is for ABC Challenges and for this fortnights Challenge we have reached the letter G and the theme is "G is for Go Digital" and for this Challenge we are being sponsored by Aurora Wings.

 

And I used one of my own images for this Challenge the "Bluebell Sprite"

you will find it here. I have a very dear friend who absolutely loves Bluebells so this was idea for her, I have printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I have used a 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 with a first mount of blue card, the papers I used are from Wild Rose's "Bluebell" paper pad, and on top I have placed a diecut doily from Create, I then wrapped a piece of ribbon around the right hand side and placed a slider with a sentiment stuck on top to it.
I then cut out several bluebell diecuts cut with Nestabilities and Wild Rose Dies, these were then placed down the left hand side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration in this "G is for Go Digital" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/