Challenge #139 - "Shopping Spree" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well yet its another week passed and we have a brand new Challenge over on The Paper Shelter its themed "Shopping Spree" and its caused quite a few problems with the Team to find appropriate images for it and you will find the rest of the girls have been very inventive with theirs. But before I show you what Ive created I have some fabulous news for you, we have two new members joining the A Team and that is Angela who has taken the place of Janie who unfortunately had to stand down last week as she has some family problems she wants to spend time over, and we were lucky to have Angela already on the Team as she wasnt officially suppose to start until January and will now start straight away, and now we have yet another new Team member to and that is Anne and she will be taking Louise's place come January but as Judith is unable to join us this week she is standing in for her, and Im sure you will see her joining in other Challenges before she starts officially. Its a bit complicated but I hope you understand and give the girls the welcome they deserve.
And now back to this weeks Challenge and as always our very generous sponsors and stunning owners and creators are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

But as always this comes with the rule that you must have used one of their images, papers or printables on your card, and even if you havent they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really cant loose can you. Dont forget to pay a visit to The Paper Shelter website and see for yourself what brilliant value they are and you will find it here.
And now for my Card.

I have used "Shopping Girl" for my image and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, then used Nestabilitie Die Labels 8 to cut her out and the fancy one for the mount out of pink card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card, the papers are from the Papermania "Born to Shop" and I have used three of the papers, the first a white background with hearts on, the second is a pink and white stripe one and I have used a Martha Stewart heart border punch on both edges and placed it on the first layer, then the third is a fun paper with flying handbags on a white background which was mounted on another piece of pink card.
The mounted image was then placed in the center towards the top and the sentiment was placed on a banner die across the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used the left over papers to create three flowers with a Die-namics rolled flower dies and placed them in the top left hand corner on top of some punched out leaves. The final flourish are the gems in the two opposite corners.
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.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://songbirdchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #131 - The Paper Shelter - "Shabby Chic"

Good Morning Crafters, well tomorrow Im of to Scotland for my eldest daughters Wedding on Saturday and this will be my last post for a few days, hopefully the weather will stay nice and dry and not to chilly as Ive already been warned, keep your fingers crossed.
Before I tell you again about our sponsors I must introduce you to our two new DT members and they are Anna and Eileen (who has joined us from Maries Team) and is unfortunately unable to join us for this first Challenge as shes away on holiday at the moment, and I do hope that you will pay a visit to both of their blogs and congratulation them on joining us and wishing them all the best during the time with us. Anyway this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter the theme is "Shabby Chic" and as always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a prize of $30.

But as always the rule is you must have used one of their products on your cards, that could be either a image, paper or printable and you will find them here with brand new images being uploaded often.
But even if you havent used one of their products they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, that is one generous offer dont you agree you really carnt loose with this Challenge.
And now for my Card here it is:-

 For my card I have used "Adorable Miss Hall" you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card and I have coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I cut her out completely. The sentiment is one from my stash and this was then placed on a banner die cut from Memory Box.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pale green pearlescent card, then on top I have used the backing papers that came with the image and I have printed several pages and then layered them up, but before I actually did this I used a Tim Holtz distressing tool on the edges to distress them.

I then cut several leaf sprigs with the Tattered Lace die and placed them around the top of the top layer, and created a flower and placed it in the corner. The cut out image was then placed in the center of the top layer and the sentiment banner down below.

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 also want to take part in this "Shabby Chic" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.oozak.com/ 
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/ 

Challenge #121 - The Paper Shelter - "Clean and Simple"

Good Morning Crafters, oh wow its certainly been hot here in Gloucestershire and my poor husband is finding it a trial, hes not good with it, and my poor dog is also finding it difficult but I dont mind much prefer it to the cold for sure. Anyway this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is all about a "Clean and Simple" design and I hope that you wont find it to difficult to create a card with it. 
Anyway as usual our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

but this is providing you have used with one of their gorgeous products on your card, and that can be either a image, papers or a printable and if you like to browse their website here is the link to their site. But even if you dont use one of their products you can still take part in our challenge and if you are chosen by random org. you will receive 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really cant loose can you.
And now I want to show you what I have created for the Challenge.

The image I have used for my card is "I Win" you will find her here, and I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I cut her out completely. I then used some of the fawn card and a Cheery Lynn "Swedish Spring" die created a mount for her to be placed on. The sentiment is one from my stash and has also been stamped onto a piece of white card then mounted on a ribbon slider. I then threaded it with a piece of blue ribbon ready to stick to the card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of the same fawn card, the paper is the one that came with the image and I have mounted it onto the first mount. I then cut some swirls and stuck them around the top two corners and stuck the mounted image towards the top. I then wrapped the ribbon with the sentiment around the first mount and stuck it to the back.
To finish of I have used several roses of various creams and stuck them on top of the leave swirls (stash item) down the top two sides.
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 Design Team have created for your inspiration, and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Clean and Simple" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inkychicks.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 

Challenge #115 - The Paper Shelter - "Flower Power"

As Im writing this up before last weekends trip to Norfolk I carn't tell you how it all went for my great grandsons Christening but I promise I will tell you all about it in a separate post (you will see a separate post on my No.2 blog www.nannieflash2.blogspot.com) you'll find a link on the right hand sidebar. Anyway this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is "Flower Power" and of course this means we want to see lots of flowers on your card.
As always our very generous sponsors are 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 their products on your card, but even if you haven't they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice. I do urge you to pay a visit to their website here and see for yourself what stunning product they have, and that could be images, papers and printables all of brilliant value so do go and browse and see for yourself and you wont be able to leave without buying a least one of them.
Anyway for my card this week here is the result.

And I have used this teddy image and its titled "Teddy with Flowers" and you will find it here, I have printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used a square Nestabilitie die to cut him out, and a Fancy one for the mount, I carnt remember exactly what this one is called. The sentiment is one from my stash and has also been mounted on a piece of pink card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount I have used pink card, and then used "Vintage Flowers" papers from The Paper Shelter and you will find them here. The first paper is a beautiful cream background with lots of beautiful flowers on, the second I cut into a square and I used one of the border and corner punches from Martha Stewart which has been placed in the middle of the bade mount. I then cut two leaf swirls from Die Namics and these were placed down the left and along the top of the base layer, and the mounted image was then placed in the center and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
To finish of I have used lots of carnations on the flower spray in six places. I do hope that you like my card and that you will now pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully take part in this "Flower Power" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 
http://useittuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/vickie-challenges.html 

Challenge #111 - The Paper Shelter - "Love is in the Air"

Good Morning Crafters, Im so sorry for not being around much for the last couple of weeks, since a hospital appointment over a week ago I have been suffering rather badly with a condition that has really not made me feel like crafting and Im also trying to make samples for my friend Sarah Hallam, so have been concentrating on getting them done. But as its my turn to host The Paper Shelter Challenge this week I have made this card for this weeks Challenge "Love is in the Air" so before I show you my card I will tell you who are our sponsors and the fabulous prizes they have to offer.
As always our very generous sponsor is Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous main prize of $30.

And as always this comes with the rule that you must have used one of their products on your card, but dont despair even if you haven't they will still offer you 3 digi images of your own choice, so you carnt loose with this Challenge. You really should go and visit The Paper Shelter Website and see for yourself what fabulous value and stunning images, papers and printables they have to over you, plus which they always have a special offer running, so its always a good time to go and browse for yourself here.
And now for my card.

I have used this fabulous image of "Pepe L'Souris in Love" and you will find it here, and I have printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I have used a rectangle die to cut him out, and the Nestabilitie Postage Die for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been stamped onto white card and then cut out with a Heart Die from Nestabilities and mounted on a larger one from red card.
The main card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, the papers are also from The Paper Shelters "Pepe L'Souris" digi paper set, and I have used three papers the first is a stripped one with cheese on, and the second with hearts I have cut into a 5" square and then used the Martha Stewart  Heart Border and Corner punches on it. I then layered it up on top of the first layer and with a piece of red muslin I have wrapped a piece of lace from my stash, around the middle which was placed on a wide piece of red ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount. I also have used the last paper and cut a large heart and tucked that behind the lace.
On top of this I have placed my mounted image and stuck the sentiment at the bottom on the right. To finish of I have created a red ribbon and stuck this on the heart at the top on the right and placed a large gem brad through the ribbon.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of my very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Love is in the Air" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 

Challenge #109 - The Paper Shelter - "For the Boys"

Good Morning Crafters, wow I do hope you enjoyed our Challenge last week with two fabulous prizes, I should take a look over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see if you were the lucky winner of either the $30. or the $20. Voucher, we are so thrilled with having over a 1000 followers and it was our way of thanking you.
Anyway as usual our sponsors Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

But of course its back to normal this week and this is only on offer to the winner if you have used one of the stunning products on your card, but even if you dont they will still give you 3 digi images on your own choice. I do want to express that their products are really good value and they are always updating them all the time, and if you go and visit their website The Paper Shelter and see for yourself you might even find they have some special offers at the moment.
And now I want to show you what Ive been upto.

For my card I have used this cute image its called "Toy Train" and you will find it here, I have printed image onto white paper then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used a rectangle Nestabilitie Die to cut it out and a larger one for the mount out of blue card. The Sentiment was created on my computer and printed and mounted in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of dark blue card, and the papers I have used are from "Little Cowboy" and you will find them here, I have used several papers and cut them into layers then used a train border punch from Martha Stewart (one of the old punch designs) along the edges then placed them on top of the first paper. I then placed my mounted image in the center and the sentiment below on the left hand side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and pay The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot a visit and hopefully be inspired by the fabulous work my Design Team have created for you, and then take part in this weeks "For the Boys" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 

Challenge #107 - The Paper Shelter - "Spring Delights"

Good Morning Crafters, when is Spring going to start, my garden has some crocus out and a few daffodils in but its so depressing as normally at this time of the year more green would be showing on our bushes and trees, but here in Gloucestershire everything seems to be on hold I do hope it soon warms up and starts to feel warmer, lets hope it wont be long.
Anyway todays Challenge over at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is I hope the start of this process as we want to see some "Spring Delights" on your cards, colour, image and even hopefully some flowers and as usual our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering you a fabulous prize of $30.

And this is providing you have used one of their images on your card, but even if you havent they are still going to give you three images of your own choice. Ive also got some brilliant news as we are nearing a 1000 followers and once weve hit that target they are going to offering you some really fabulous prizes, and we are only 4 people away from that magic time.
And now here is my card for this weeks Challenge I hope you like it.

Isnt she cute and this image is called "Enchanted Love" and you will find her here, Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I have used Nestabilitie Die No.7 to cut her out then drawn around the die to create the mount. The sentiment is one of my stash and its been then stamped onto a white card and cut out with a tag die, and I have created the mount in the same way as the image's mount by drawing around the die and then cutting out.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, and papers I have used are from The Paper Shelters "Zoe's Spring Papers" quite appropriate and you will find them here. I have then placed a very pretty pink one for my first mount is has flowers all around the edge of it, then used a green paper and a large doily die from Create, and placed it on top in the center.
The mounted image was then placed towards the top left hand corner and the tag sentiment tucked behind it at the top on the right. I then used several swirl dies on some green card and also used a Joy die to create the leaf sprays and created a corner at the bottom on the right hand side. Afterwards I used several rolled flower dies to create the flowers, then placed them at different places in different sizes along the whole length of the spray.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit 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 weeks "Spring Delights" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sassycherylschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #105 - The Paper Shelter - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, well this weeks Challenge for The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is going to be very popular as I know how much you all enjoy the theme "Anything Goes" and Im sure you will understand if you only get one of our Design Team commenting on your card as usually we can get over 300 entries, and Im know you will happy with one at least, so I will make sure the girls understand this.
And as always we are being sponsored by our very generous Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering you a fabulous prize of :-

But as always there is the rule that you must use one of their products on your card but even if you dont they will still offer you a prize of 3 digi images, but please do go and visit their website "The Paper Shelter" and see for yourself what beautiful and stunning images they have for sale, and do browse and see and maybe youll be tempted to treat yourself to buy a few as they really are very good value as the rate of exchange is brilliant so do indulge yourself.
And now for my card for this weeks challenge hope you like it.

 

Isnt she gorgeous shes called "Adorable Cowgirl" and Ive printed her and then used my copic pens to colour her then cut her out completely. 

The base card is 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is brown card and the paper is the backing paper that comes with the image, I then placed the cowgirl in the center, and then I used a stamp and moulded it so that I could stamp on the streamer at the bottom on the left. 

The flower was punched out of another piece of the same main sheet with several flower punches then moulded into a flower and layered up, I then positioned it in the top left hand corner on some punched out leaves. To finish of I used some cowboy charms down the right hand side.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will pop over to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented "A" Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this weeks "Anything Goes" Challenge.

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

http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 

http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/vickie-challenges.html 

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://squigglefly.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://pausedreamenjoychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #103 - The Paper Shelter - "Easter"

Good Morning Crafters as promised the challenge for The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot week is also "Easter" so lots of opportunities for creating those cards for little people, as I have several of them in my family and friends I have created two cards for this weeks Challenge. Oh I nearly forgot I really must tell you that we have four new Design Team members joining us this week and they are Judith, Susan, Janie and Lydia I do hope that you will give them a rousing welcome to the Challenge Design Team and visit their blogs and leave them some love.
But Im getting ahead of myself and now I want to tell you that our sponsors are as always the very generous Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter, and they are offering a really fabulous prize of $30.

And of course we do have some rules, you must make sure you use one of their images on your cards to be sure to receive the whole amount, but even if you dont they are still going to give your 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really carnt loose with this Challenge.
And now I want to show you the two cards I have created then I will give you the links to the images and papers.

This Card is using "I am the Easter Bunny" Image

And this one is called "Easter Bunny"

Both of these cards will be on their way in the next few days and I do hope you dont mind me posting both of them, anyway the first one is "I am the Easter Bunny" and you will find her here, Ive used both the image and the papers for this card, and I will combine both of the cards in my write up as they both been done in the same way. The second card is "Easter Bunny" and Ive also used both the image and the papers and you will find him here. Ive printed both the images onto white card then used my copic pens to colour them both, afterwards I used the nested Egg Die for Nestabilities, and then drawn around the die to create the mounts.

I have used a pink and mount for the first card and a purple one for the second, and for the first one I wrapped a egg ribbon around the center downwards and placed my mounted image in the center, the sentiment was placed in the bottom right hand corner.

For the second one I used a egg stamp with several colours in the middle behind the mount image then cut out several of them from a separate piece of paper and after sticking the mounted image in the center I have placed the eggs around the edge of the circle on the mounted paper. The sentiment is from my stash which I felt went well with the image. To finish of I have used a Easter Chick button at the bottom and the end of the sentiment.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit 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" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://highhopesstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papelitosstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.ribboncarousel.com/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 
http://tuesdayalchemy.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/vickie-challenges.html 

Challenge #99 - The Paper Shelter "Be My Valentine"

Good Morning Crafters well tomorrow is a special day for lovers so I hope that youve got your card made and ready to give if not you have an opportunity today to create one as we want you to create a Valentines Card for this Challenge. I also hope that you will take part in the Design Team Call that The Paper Shelter are hosting as we are looking for several new members to join our two teams.
As usual 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 is providing you have used one of their products on your card, it could be a image, paper or a printable, and believe me when I say that they are extremely good value as the exchange rate is very favourable. Anyway even if you dont use one on your card you will still be receiving 3 digi images of your own choice if you are picked by random org.
And now for my card I have used this gorgeous Mermaid "Enchanted Ocean"and you will find her here.

 

I have actually used a pre-printed image for my card and the papers that come with it, you will find them here, and then created a easel card to make my card, its a 6"x 6" white card and the first mounts are blue pearlescent card, then I have used one of the backing papers for the inside and mounted the image onto another piece of blue card and placed this also on a further piece of backing paper for the front of the card.

I have then stamped a sentiment onto a piece of white card and cut it out with a heart die, and then placed some lace around the edges and then stuck it in the inside to use as a stopper for the face of the card. To finish of I have used two seahorse buttons on the front of the card.

Now that you've seen my Card I do hope you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will want to take part in this "Be My Valentine" Challenge.

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

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

http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://cachallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://inkychicks.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/ 

http://simplychallengedchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://twistoffaithcards.blogspot.com.au/ 

Challenge #95 - The Paper Shelter - "Winter Blues"

Good Morning Crafters, its the start of a New Year for the "A" Team over at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and already we are on the second Challenge of the year and for this one we want to see lots of "Blues" on your card, its called "Winter Blues" so I guess if youve not had snow yet its possible its on the horizon for a lot of us, so keep your fingers crossed it doesnt stay to long.
But before I go any further two of my Design Team members have decided to step down and they are Marcea immediately and Shirin Lim from the end of this weeks Challenge, its a sad time for us but we understand that they are having problems and need time out to sort things out. But we do have two special ex Design Team members who have offered to do a Guest Designer post and they are Paola and Louise so thank you girls for stepping in at such short notice.
As always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a wonderful prize of $30.

But as always this is only if you have used one of the products on your card, there is lots to chose from so why dont you go over to their Website and browse for yourself. Even if you dont use one of them they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, you carnt ask for better than that can you. Dont forget you are only allowed to enter the Challenge 3 times and one of those must have a TPS product on it, other than that you are free to do your own thing.
And now I want to show you what I have done for this Challenge and here it is.

For my image I have used the "Snow Angel" and printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Labels Die No.8 to cut her out and the Decorative one for the mount. The sentiment is a Whimsey one and Ive used their Snowflake mount for it to.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for the first mount I have used a piece of blue card and one of Donna's Bearlymine Winter Papers, on top of this I have used a piece of the web ribbon and along the bottom I have used the Memory box border and corner dies with some white pearlescent card.
The mounted image was then placed in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the talented "A" Design Team plus a very special Guest Designer have created for your inspiration, and hopefully you will want to take part in this "Winter Blues" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.piggyandminniemouse.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.tando-creative-challenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://citycrafter.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/ 

2nd Birthday Blog Hop and "Two of Anything" Challenge

Good Morning fellow crafters and welcome to The Paper Shelter Blog Hop. Our hop is a very exciting one for all of us as it is in celebration of our 2nd Birthday!!!! You should have landed here directly from The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and you'll not want to miss out on this one! Our Design Team have worked very hard and are showcasing the gorgeous images available from The Paper Shelter Website and each blog on the hop is offering one lucky commenter a digi of their choice as well as the main prize, details of which are on  The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot.

For my card I have used this beautiful "Warm in Winter" image (last years image) from The Paper Shelter and you will find it here, I have printed her onto white card then used my square Nestabilitie Die to cut her out, I then used a Marvellous Square for her mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been stamped and cut out as a tag and I have threaded some red ribbon through the hole.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, and the papers I have used are also from The Paper Shelter and they are called "Christmas Spirit" and you will find them here. The first paper is a red one with a clouded pattern on, the second I have cut in a square is a dark yellow paper and I have used a snowflake corner and border punch on it then layered it up on top of the first mount.

I then wrapped a wide poinsettia ribbon around the card on the left hand side, and placed my mounted image towards the top, the sentiment was place in the top right hand corner, and to finish of I have used the Memory Box Poinsettia die and punched out two flowers, and moulded them and layered them up and stuck them to the bottom right hand corner on top of silicone glue and punched out holly leaves.

And now you've seen my card you will need to hop on over to Marcea's blog. Don't forget to leave your comment for a chance of winning your choice of one of the fab digi's available in store.

Hop! Hop! Hop!

Good luck and hope you're enjoying it so far.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papelitosstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.ribboncarousel.com/ 
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #87 - The Paper Shelter - "Halloween"

Good Morning Everyone, I just dont know where these weeks go, anyway its time for another challenge over on The Paper Shelter and this time its theme is "Halloween" and they do have some fabulous images for you to use, I do hope that you will take a trip and visit their website and see for yourself as they have some brilliant offers on them at the moment.
As always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering you a fabulous prize of

to spend on their website, but as always this is providing you have used one of their products on your cards, and they could be either papers, digi images and printables so lots to browse through. But even if you dont use one of these they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice and I think this is a very generous prize in its own right.
And now to show you my card.

I decided to use this "Im almost ready Franky" image and you will find it here, its such a clever design dont you think? Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her. Afterwards I used a Memory Box die to cut her out, then used a border one to create the spider web surroundings.
The card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of black card, then on top I have used a Sweetshoppe Digi paper called "Tricky" unfortunatly The Paper Shelter didnt have a paper to match so I used this one for its scull pattern, on top of this I have laid a piece of cheesecloth and spider web and then placed my mounted image on top. In the top right hand corner is a spider die cut from Memory Box with a spider hanging down from it.
To finish of I have used the Whimsey Stamp and pumpkin dies to create the three pumpkins at the bottom with the sentiment on.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration, and hopefully you to will take part in this "Halloween" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cdee-designschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papelitosstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplychallengedchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #85 - The Paper Shelter - "Love Beats All"

Good Morning All, well another week has gone by and over on The Paper Shelter we have now reached our 85th Challenge and for this one is all about "Love Beats All" so we want to see your "Love" theme cards and I bet youve got quite a few of those images in your stash I know I have. Anyway before I start I want to let you know more about our sponsors Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering you a fabulous prize of $30.

to spend on their website but this is providing you have used one of their products on your cards and believe me they certainly have some fabulous things for sale and at such a reseasonable price, but even if you dont use them you are still able to claim 3 digi images of your own choice, its a win win situation dont you agree?
They also have a 20% discount at the moment so its worth popping over to the website and buying your digi images now.

And now for my card I have used this sweet pair.

 

Isnt it a gorgeous Wedding image and as I had a fabulous wedding in my family this year it was just right to give my grandson and his new wife a card like this. Ive used "Happy Couple" and you will find it here, and coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut it out then used a larger one and a piece of grey card to create the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash 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 grey card, and for my paper I have used one of the papers from "Happy Couple" and you will also find that here. I stuck it to the base mount and then wrapped a piece of lace around it and then mounted my image towards the right, with the sentiment below.

To finish of I have used some pink roses of several sizes and punched out rose leaves and created a floral spray in the top left hand corner, but to finish of I use some stickles on the roses to make them stand out.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that your will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what the rest of the girls have created for your inspiration, and hopefully you to will take part in this weeks "Love is in the Air" Challenge.

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