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/

Challenge #142 - The Paper Shelter - "Digi and Sentiment"

Good Morning Crafters, well I dont know know about you Im real fed up with the wet weather, Im beginning to wish it would snow for a change but at the moment is not cold enough I afraid. Anyway Im standing in as a Guest Designer for Marie's Team for three weeks as Ava is moving and of course cant deal with making cards at the moment.
And this weeks Challenge is "Digi and Sentiment" so it means you must use a digi image with a sentiment as well. And as always we are being sponsored by The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of

And as always this comes with the rule that you must have used one of the products on your card, that could be either a Image, Paper or Printable and you will find they often have special offers and you will find them here on The Paper Shelter Website. But even if you dont you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice, so you cant loose can you?
Anyway here is my card for for this weeks Challenge.

I love this image is called "My Racing Car" and just fabulous for a little lad and you will find it here. I have printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I cut it out with a Nestabilitie square die and a larger one for the mount.

The basic card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, and the papers are from Sweetshoppes "Pedal to the Medal" digi papers and I have used two papers the first a white background with racing cards, and the second is tyre pattern on a white background.

I then placed my mounted image towards the right hand side, and across the top left hand corner is a banner die, in two opposite corners I have placed button embellishments, and the sentiment was stamped onto a tag and then stuck to the exhaust of the motor car.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will 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 "Digi with Sentiment" Challenge.

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

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

http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

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

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

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Design Team Call over at The Paper Shelter

Today we are starting a Design Team Call (this will run alongside the usual weekly Challenge) and will last for two weeks over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot, if you are interested in joining a very talented Design Team and receiving all the latest Images, Papers and Printing Extra's please do go and visit and see what we require you to do to be in with a chance of being picked to join us.

You will be required to create a card with one of the Images from The Paper Shelter every two weeks which will show the chosen Theme to its best advantage, your initial term will last 6 months with a further option to stay on afterwards if you would like to.

A Card for Sundays with Santa

 

Good Morning Everyone, do you know its quite chilly here in Gloucestershire and its threatening rain yet again, I do wish it would make its mind up what the season really is, Im sure just hoping that it improves radically by the 18th as my eldest grandson is due to get married in Norfolk, and Ive also got two of my youngest daughters sons coming for a weeks holiday from the 11th so its going to be all go after next Saturday, just keep your fingers crossed the weather improves by then.

Anyway this weeks Sundays with Santa Challenge is all about "Layers" so Ive used this gorgeous "Silent Night" from The Paper Shelter and cut it out with a Rectangle Nestabilie Die, and then cut a larger one from red card for the mount, Ive also used some red ink and distressed the edges of the image with it.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount is a piece of red card, the papers I have used are all from Donna's Bearlymine Christmas design sets, I carnt give you the names as Ive actually mixed them up, the first one is a red background with holly wreaths on, for the second Ive used a striped one and a holly border and corner punch on, and for the third is sentiment paper and for this I have used the border punch and just done the one edge with it.

To finish of I have used three poinsetta flower in the top left hand corner and stuck them to the card with some silicone glue and punched out holly leaves. Ive not put a separate sentiment on but Im using the paper as one instead.

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

http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

http://scrapbookstampsocietychallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #75 for The Paper Shelter - "Glitz and Glimmer"

Good Morning Crafters, well this is a very special Challenge at The Paper Shelter for the new Team members that have joined us, but firstly I want to say a very special thank you to Kathleen and Linda who have decided to leave us, I do want to wish them all the very best for the future, I hope you find your dreams.
But now before I actually introduce the four new members that have joined my "A" Team I want to let you know that as usual we are being sponsored by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter, and they are offering you a prize of :-

$20. to spend on their website, but this is providing you have used one of their images or products on your card, but even if you haven't they will still give you three images of your own choice.
And now I want to introduce you to :-

Ann Marie - http://myeclecticspirit.blogspot.co.uk/

Patty Sue -  http://patty-inkitup.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Shirin Lim - http://littleloftjournal.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Shannon - http://shannoncraftcorner.blogspot.co.uk/

Im really are thrilled to have them on my "A" Team, and I do hope that you will take time to visit their blogs and see what stunning work they are capable of, and make them feel welcome.
And now back to my card for this weeks Challenge, and here she is:-

and for my card I have used "Pop Star" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I cut her out completely. 
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is a piece of yellow card, and the paper I used was one that came with the image, and you will that here. I then used my gluepen and put it on the stars and down around the spotlight and then scattered glitter and on them to make them glimmer. I then positioned my "Pop Star" in front of the spotlight and printed a quote which I had googled and then printed it onto another piece of white card and then positioned it in the top left hand corner.
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 team have created for your inspiration and I hope it will give you ideas to take part in this "Glitz and Glimmer" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

The Paper Shelters 73rd Challenge - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning All, well another week has flown by and we have now reached our 73rd Challenge over on The Paper Shelter and for this one its a real easy one for all of us its themed "Anything Goes" and I know how much we all enjoy playing this one.
I do hope those that are interested in joining our very talented design teams have taken part in our DT Call over on the Challenge Blog if your still interested in trying for it, please do as its still running till this Saturday 20th July, please dont forget you must use a Digi image for your card.
Anyway back to this week Challenge and as always we are being sponsored by our very generous Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter website and they are offering you a prize of

to spend on their website, but to be able to win the whole amount of $20. you must use one of their products on your card, but even if you dont you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice, thats one very generous offer which Im sure you carnt refuse.
And now back to this weeks Challenge and for this one I have produced this card.

This little lady is called "Gypsy Dance" and you will find her here, and the paper I have used for my card came with her.  Ive printed her onto a piece of white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used the large Mega Oval from Nestabilities to cut her out, and cut a larger one for her mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and as I said I used the paper that actually came with the image, and you will find it here, I stuck this on top of some blue card and then stuck it to the base card. I then used one of the Swirl dies from Cheery Lynn and placed them either side of her, and with some of some papers from the Victorian Beauty paper set which you will find here, Ive punched out several flowers and shaped them and attached them to the swirls, in the middles I have dropped some pearldrops, and also popped some in the centres of the other flowers. The sentiment was one I downloaded from the internet and printed it onto another piece of white card and mounted it 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 very talented design team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will take part in this "Anything Goes" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cachallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jacksonsdigitalexpressions.blogspot.ca/ 
http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 

The 71st Challenge for The Paper Shelter - "Flower Power"

Good Morning Everyone, well this week we shall be having a Design Team Call and it will be starting this coming Saturday the 7th and will run for two weeks. So if your interested in joining our very talented teams I do hope you will be taking part. The D.T. Call will run as a separate thing and we shall still be having Challenges as usual, but from the 7th to the 20th of July we wont be commenting on your cards so don't be surprised by this.
Anyway back to this weeks Challenge which is all about "Flower Power" and we shall want to see lots of flowers on your cards but before I show you my card Im sure you will want to know what the prize is. As usual Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter are offering you

$20 to spend on their website, but to be in a chance of winning the whole amount you must use one of their products on your card, but even if you don't you will still win 3 digi images of your own choice if your picked by random org. and I can not think of anything more generous that this.
And now I will show you my card.

For my card I have used this sweet image called "Lovely Blossoms" and you will find it here, I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her then used my square nestabilitie die to cut her out, and then mounted her onto a larger square. The sentiment I have used 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 pink card, the papers I have used are from the "So Girly" paper set and you will find them here. This first paper has large flowers on and the second has smaller ones with stripes on it. I then used the Spring border die from Memory Box and positioned it down the bottom edge.
I then positioned my mounted image in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side. I then used some of the left over papers and the rolled flower dies from Die-namics and created four flowers with them, these were then stuck to the top left hand corner on top of punched out leaves which were attached to the card with silicone glue.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented design team have created for you and hopefully it will inspire you to take part in this weeks "Flower Power" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered into the following Challenges:-

The Paper Shelters #69th Challenge - "The Great Outdoors"

Good Morning Everyone, I do hope that you are ready for yet another Challenge over on The Paper Shelter, I carnt believe that weve already reached out 69th Challenge and for this one we want to see images that show "The Great Outdoors" I do hope it doesnt cause you any problems and Im sure you must have images in your stash that will cover this theme.
Before we start you will want to know who is sponsering us this week and as usual our very generous couple Veronica and Pedro and they offering you

and that is $20 to spend on their website The Paper Shelter, but this is providing you have used one of their products on your card but even if you havent they will give you three images of your own choice. You really should pop across and see for yourself what fabulous images and gorgeous papers plus accessories they have to offer you and the value of them is just brilliant.
They also have a discount code for you at the moment so its worth a visit to see what stunning images they have on offer.

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And now you I will show you my card I created for this Challenge,

and for my card I have used "Bath Team" and you will find it here, I have printed it onto white card and coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I used my square Nestabilitie die to cut it out, then created a larger one for the mount. The sentiment is one I found on the internet and printed it onto white card and mounted it onto a piece of the same green card.
The base card is 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of green card, the paper is one of two from "Sweet Gardener" design papers and your will find them here, then on top I have used a second one and one of my Cheery Lynn Pastry dies then used a piece of the same green card and one of my cuttlebug folders then placed it on top of the first mount. Ive also used a piece of muslin under the mounted image that was placed in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side.
I then created three flowers with yet more of the papers from the same digi paper set, and stuck them in the top left hand corner on some punched out rose leaves. The final flourish is the three pearls stuck at the bottom on the left hand corner.
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 also will take part in this "Great Outdoors" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/ 

The Paper Shelters #67th "Going Dottie" Challenge

Good Morning Everyone, well yet another fortnight has flown by and weve now reached our 67th Challenge over at The Paper Shelter and for this one we are "Going Dottie" and yes you can guess we want to see lots of spots and dots on your cards. But before I show you my card I want to tell you all about the very generous sponsers we have and they are Veronica and Pedro and they are offering you

$20 Gift Voucher to spend on their website and thats providing you have used one of their images or products on your card, but even if you havent they will still give you three digi images of your own choice, well thats a brilliant prize and I know that they are always updating their shop with new images all the time.
Now back to my card and here she is:-

For my card I used the "Excutive Woman" and you will find her here, Ive printed her not only onto white card which I then coloured with my copic pens, and then I printed it again onto blue and white spotted paper and then cut it out and stuck it to my image as you can see, it was then cut out with a Oval Nestabilitie die and mounted on a deckle edged one. The sentiment was one I found on the internet and I thought it was just right for this image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount I have used blue card and the papers are from the "Tea Time" paper set and you will find there here. The first paper is a light blue background with circles and spots on the second is a pink paper and the third a dark blue one.
To finish of I used some of the left over paper and one of the die-namic rolled flower dies, I have created several flowers that have been stuck to the card with silicone glue and some punched out leaves, these were stuck on top of a circle doily diecut which was cut from a piece of pink tissue paper.
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 take part in this "Going Dottie" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenge:-

The Paper Shelters 65th Challenge - "Bling it On"

Good Morning All, only a few more days and we will be of to Looe in Cornwall for a few days and meeting up with friends from Guernsey, Im so looking forward to it as Ive not seem my little friend "Nicolas" (my friends little boy) for almost nine months and as hes a year old tomorrow its going to exciting to see how well hes grown and probably almost walking. Anyway thats enough chatter from me, this weeks Challenge over at The Paper Shelters Blogspot is "Bling it On" and Im sure if your anything like me you have lots of bling in your stash so girls get it all out and start making your cards.
As always our very generous sponsers are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a prize of $20.

to spend on their website, thats providing you have used one of the gorgeous products on your card, but even if you havent they will still give your three images of your own choice. The are always updating their website with lots of new images and papers also accessories so you will really enjoy visiting The Paper Shelter Website to browse and no doubt spending your money, by the way they really are extremely good value.
Now back to this weeks Challenge, and this is my card.

I have used this gorgeous "Aerialist" for my card and you will find her here, Ive printed her onto white card and used my copic pens to colour her, then used a oval Nestabilitie Die to cut her out. I then used the Floral Oval for the mount out of pale lilac pearlescent card. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been stamped and mounted in the same way as the image.
The papers I have used are from the "Sweet Gardener" and you will find them here, the first paper is a green background with William Morris type flowers on, for my second layer I have used some hologram card and cut a square and used my Martha Stewart border and corner punch on it. Then across the middle I have wrapped a organza and wide satin ribbon across the middle which was attached to the back of the first mount.
I then used two gem swirls that have been stuck to the bottom left and top right hand of the card, and the last flourish I have used a large rose and stuck to the card with some punched out leaves in the top left hand corner.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of my very talented Design Team have created for you, and hopefully it will inspire you to take part in this "Bling it On" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Guest Designer for Party Time Tuesdays

About a month ago we were invited to do a guest spot for Party Time Tuesday Challenge Blogspot by Danie, and several of both teams decided to give it a go, the Challenge is "Vintage/Shabby Chic" theme and I decided to take part with my fellow Team Leader Marie.
And here is my card.

I decided to use this gorgeous "Spring Breeze" image for my card and you will find that here, Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a square Nestabilitie Die to cut her out, for the mount I used the Leaf Square and used pink card for this.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and for my papers I have used "Victorian Beauty" and you will find them here.  The first paper is a very pretty pink patterned background which I have distressed the edges with a Tim Holtz tool and then on top I have used a green one and I have torn the edges on both sides to create a strip which was then placed down the middle. I then used some vintage lace across the center and vintage ribbon along the top both these were stuck to the back of the first mount,
I then positioned my mounted image in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. To finish of I have tied a bow with some of the vintage ribbon and stuck to the left of the image and tucked a couple of hat pins behind it, and the last little flourish is the pink pearls down the right hand side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope you go and visit Party Time Tuesday Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the team have created for you, and hopefully it will inspire you to take part in this "Vintage/Shabby Chic" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

The Paper Shelters 63rd Challenge - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Everyone, well I do hope that you had a lovely bank holiday weekend, mine was a busy one, hubby went and did his volunteer job with the local steam railway on Saturday and then on Sunday we did our monthly shop, not exactly exciting but at least a necessary job. Anyway this weeks Challenge for The Paper Shelter is "Anything Goes" I know how much us crafters enjoy this challenge and Im sure there will lots of entrants for it, and of course as always we are being sponsered by Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize.

And they are offering a prize of $20. to spend on their website The Paper Shelter, unfortunately to qualify for this prize you must have used one of their products on your card, but at least if you havent they are still offering a prize of 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really carnt loose with this Challenge.
And here is my card for this Challenge.

And for my card I have used "Little Miss Grumpy" and you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I cut her out with Nestabilitie Die Labels No.18 and then used the die again to draw around to create the mount for it. The sentiment is one from my stash which I though was quite appropriate for this little Madam.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount I have used is a deep purple card and on top I have used a backing paper that came actually with the image, so when you buy  the image you also receive this paper. I then used a doily cut with one of the Cheery Lynn Dies, this one is the Pastry one and I have inked the edges with one of my inkpads, then around the middle I wrapped two ribbons that have been attached to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then positioned in the centre and the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side. I then cut out two swirls (which I have had for quite awhile) from the same purple card and these were positioned both sides of the image, I also used some of the left over paper (I actually printed out a second one) and with one of my rolled flower dies I created a flower for the top left hand corner which has been attached to the card with silicone glue on top of punched out leaves. The last flourish is the flower buttons that have had some ribbon threaded through the holes and tied in knots, these were stuck in the top let hand corner.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope you 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 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://flourishes.org/
http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.alwayscrafting.blogspot.co.uk/
http://smudgyantics.blogspot.co.uk/

Bearlymine Designs Challenge #33 - "Friendship"

Good Morning Crafters,  before I start I have some news to tell you, we have some new DT members who have joined our "A" Team and they are Elaine, Laura, and Pauline and I do hope you will make them feel welcome and give their blogs a visit. And now back to this weeks Challenge over at Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and this one is our 33rd one and for this one we want to see your "Friendship" images, and we are being sponsered by The Paper Shelter.

and they are offering a fabulous prize of $20 to spend on their website and when I tell you they have some stunning images, papers and accessories, you will love them.
And here is my card for the Challenge.

This image is called "Sharing an Umbrella" and you will find it here, Ive printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.1 to cut it out, and a larger one for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been treated in the same way.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of dark purple card, and the two papers I have used are from Donna's "Spring Blossom" digi paper set and you will find them here. They are the same pattern of daisies but in lavendar and blue, and across the middle from corner to corner I have used a white ribbon with spots on.
I then positioned my mounted image in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. Then used a Memory box corner dies and cut out two pieces which I have placed in opposite corners, afterwards I used the Nestabilite spiral flower die to cut out with some of the left over paper a flower that I have rolled and stuck in the top left hand corner on top of some punched out leaves.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will go over to the Bearlymine Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented design team have created for you and hopefully it will inspire you to take part in this weeks "Friendship" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.alwayscrafting.blogspot.co.uk/
http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.tammyscrapincorner.com/
http://tsgclearstamps.blogspot.com/
http://trulymadlycraftychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.vostamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.memascrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

The Paper Shelter s 61st Challenge "Photo Inspiration"

Good Morning Everyone, I dont know how your getting on with the new Blogger page that we use write up our posts on, but Ive had to use "Google Chrome" before I can see all the titles its very frustrating why do they have to change things, its supposed to be progress, but they can keep it as far as Im concerned. Anyway back to this weeks challenge from The Paper Shelter, and before I start I want to tell you about the fabulous prize that Veronica and Pedro are offering to the winner

and this is providing you have used one of their products on your card, but as you can see even if you dont they will still give your 3 digi images of your own choice, Im sure you will agree thats very generous you really should go and visit The Paper Shelter Website and see for yourself what fabulous products they have for you and what good value they are.
And now to get back to this weeks Challenge and for this one heres the photo Ive chosen, the bluebells are all ready coming out in this district and dont they smell gorgeous?

And here is the card I created for this challenge.

Isnt she beautiful, this image its called "Japanese Cute Doll" and you will find her here, Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used the oval Nestabilitie die to cut her out, then used the new Floral Oval from Spellbinders and mounted her onto it. The sentiment is one from my stash and this was also mounted onto a oval diecut.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a paper from the Papermania Oriental Papers, a very pretty pink paper with blossom on, Ive then used a tree diecut from Memory Box Dies with a fence diecut and positioned them in the left hand corner. Then I punched out some flowers and stuck them not only on the tree but also on the backing paper at the top.
Now that you've seen my card I do hope you will now go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot a see what the rest of the extremely talented Design Team have created for your inspiration, and hopefully you will take part in this "Photo Inspiration" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://elphinehouse.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/
http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/
http://scrapalicioususa.blogspot.co.uk/
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://trulyscrumptiouschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

The Paper Shelters 59th Challenge - "Buttons and Bows"

Good Morning Everyone, I hope you all had a lovely Easter, ours was a bit traumatic watching over a rather depressed little dog, shes having to wear a collar to stop her licking her feet and removing her stitches, shes already had to have one of her feet restitched and will now have to wait until next week before she can have them removed. Anyway back to this weeks Challenge over at The Paper Shelter Blogspot and for this one we want to see "Buttons and Bows" on your cards, and as always we are being sponsered by Veronica and Pedro,

and they are offering you $20. to spend on their website The Paper Shelter, thats providing you have used one of the gorgeous products on your card, but even if you havent they will still give you three digi images of your own choice.
Anyway I decided to use this little cutie,

isnt she gorgeous shes called "Cirque" and you will find her here, (this is an image that Ive had for awhile and not used) Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic and tria pens to colour her, afterwards I used the Oval Nestabilitie Die to cut her out, then mounted her onto the Crown Oval from Nestabilitie Dies. The sentiment is one of the CC stamps and this has also been mounted on some of the left over green card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of green card and one of three papers from the "Victorian Beauty" papers and you will find them here. The first paper is a cream background with roses on and the second a pretty pink paper thats been mounted across the card, and then for the third one Ive used a green background one. Then around the card I have wrapped a piece of lace with a piece of green seam binding ribbon thats been tied into a triple bow.
The mounted image was then stuck in the middle with the sentiment below on the right, to finish of I have stuck small flower buttons around the image on the crown points, and with some of the left over paper I used a Die-namics rolloed flower die to cut them out and created a flower thats been mounted in the top right hand corner on some punched out leaves.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that your will go across to The Paper Shelter Blogspot and see what the rest of my very talented Design Team have created for you, and hopefully it will inspire you to take part in this weeks "Buttons and Bows" Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cachallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sassycherylschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://useittuesday.blogspot.co.uk/

The Paper Shelters 57th Challenge - "Easter"

Good Morning Everyone, well yet another week has flown by and we are almost in April and the holdiay season, so we thought we would get ahead of the game and devote this weeks challenge to "Easter" so hopefully it will give your lots of time to get your cards done and into the post for all little ones you make for.
And of course this week as always we are being sponsered by our very talented and generous couple Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering

a $20. gift Voucher to spend on the Website The Paper Shelter, and this is providing you have used one of their stunning images or other products on your card, but even if you havent they will still offer you three digi images of your own choice, you just carnt loose with this Challenge.

And here is my card for this Challenge

And this little chap (from last years designs) is called the "Easter Bunny" and you will find it here, Ive printed him onto white card then used my copic and tria pens to colour him, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Egg Die to cut him out then drew around the die to create the mount for it out of dark blue card. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been treated in the same way.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and for my papers I have used the "Easter" papers from The Paper Shelter and you will find them here, this first paper is a pretty pink background with a design of easter eggs along the bottom, I then used another of the papers and one of the Cheery Lynn Doily dies which I have cut out and placed behind the mount image, but before sticking it down I wrapped a easter egg ribbon around the card and attached it to the back of the first mount.

The mounted image was then stuck in the centre and to finish of I have used the border Nestabilitie die and cut a strip out and rolled it into a flower (top tip), which I then stuck to the card on top of some punched out  holly leaves.

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 I do hope you will all visit their own blogs and leave them some love as they really do work hard to create this beautiful cards and Im so lucky to have them on my "A" Team. I do hope that you will take part in this "Easter" Challenge.

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

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

http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

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

http://cachallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/

http://flourishes.org/category/challenges/timeless-tuesday/

http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

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

http://paperandsuchonline.blogspot.co.uk/

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

http://sassycherylschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.co.uk/

http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/

http://ribboncarouselchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/