Challenge #15 - Cards for Men - "Christmas in July"

Good Morning, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and wasnt the weather fabulous, we are getting rather used to this heat and I do hope it will last only time will tell. Anyway this weeks Challenge over on Cards for Men is "Christmas in July" and that should cool things down for you and we are being sponsored by "Meljens".

And they are offering a fabulous prize 4 images.

and here is what Melissa says about her company:-

Meljen's Designs (http://meljensdesigns.com) is a digital stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical, fun digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and it is steadily growing. The new store offers instant downloads, organized categories, and a search feature. We have new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Mondays and a monthly Guest Designer at the Meljen's Designs Blog (http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.com/). Please visit the store to find more of Melissa's wonderful images!
DT Images:

And we were lucky enough to be able a choose a image to play with and I chose this one.

Its called "Bitty Christmas Tree Bears" and I have printed them on to white card and coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I cut it out with my rotatrim and then mounted it onto a piece of red card. I also used some of the card to cut out the sentiment.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, and the papers I have used are from Echo Park "Very Merry Christmas" paper pad. The first is a white background with snowman on, and the second is a green background with trees and snowflakes on it.

I then placed the mounted image in the middle with the sentiment down the right hand side. The last flourish is the Bell Banner thats been stuck across the top.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will go and visit the Cards for Men 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 "Christmas in July" Challenge.

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

http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 

 http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 

My second card with the new Vintage Girls from Pink Gem

Good Evening Crafters, well the sun is out and it was quite warm a couple of hours ago but its now turning quite cold outside, at least we managed to get the grass cut, hubby says we are in for some more rain, just hope hes got that wrong. Anyway heres my second card with one of the new Pink Gem Vintage Girls, there are six of them altogether and you will find my first card on my No.2 blog if youd like to visit its www.nannieflash2.blogspot.com and see it, you will need to scroll down as Ive got a post for Sarah Hallam's new Masks on the top, her new ones are being previewed on Create and Craft on Friday at 1pm and 6pm and they are fabulous.
Anyway I have printed this image which is "Elsa" on white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards Ive used on of the Nestabilitie Dies to cut her out and a the new Timeless Rectangle for the mount out of blue card. The sentiment is a Whimsey stamp and this also has been cut with a small die from the Timeless Rectangle Die set, this is a Spellbinder one to.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first mount of blue card, the paper I have used is from the Butterfly paper pad from Tonic punches as is the butterfly die thats also been used with some blue card to. To finish of I have used one of the metal butterflies as a embellishment.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/vickie-challenges.html

Challenge #97 - The Paper Shelter "All Wrapped Up" Challenge

Good Morning Everyone, I carnt get over the fact that February is almost here and the last month has flown by, it still feels to me like its Christmas, oh well never mind and of course our next stop is Valentines Day and of course here at The Paper Shelter we shall be celebrating that to, so keep your eyes open for next few Challenges.
Because weve had such cold weather lately I picked the right Challenge for this week and thats "All Wrapped Up" one, so start delving in your images to see what youve have for this one, and of course as always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter, and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30:-

And of course this is providing you have used one of their products on your card, but even if you dont you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice. Dont forget to give The Paper Shelter website and see what stunning images and papers they have to offer you, and no doubt there will be a few of special offer as there often is. Dont forget you are only allowed to enter 3 cards and at least one of them must carry one of their products on it.
For my card I have used this cute little lad and hes staying indoors.

 

 Hes called "Hot Chocolate" and you will find him here, I have printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.1 to cut him out, and a decorative one for the mount. The sentiment is one of the Whimsey Stamps and this was cut out using a circle die and the mount is a larger one out of red card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, and the papers I have used are from the "Christmas Spirit" paper set and you will find them here. I have used three papers the first is a mainly red background was stuck directly onto the first mount, then I have layered up in the other two and used a Martha Stewart Border punch on them.

I then used two of the Memory Box dies a window and shutters and these were stuck towards the left and the mounted image was placed towards the right and the sentiment below on the right. To finish of I have used some Candi Mini's at the top on the right and bottom left hand corners.

Now that youve seen my Card I 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 will take part in this weeks "All Wrapped Up" Challenge.

This Card this will take part in the following Challenges:-

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

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

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

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 

http://tuesdayalchemy.blogspot.co.uk/ 

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

http://useittuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Bearlymine Designs Challenge #39 Challenge - "Tic, Tac, Toe"

Good Morning Everyone, yet again another week has flown by and weve now reached out 39th Challenge over on the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and for this one its a Bingo Card,

and Im sure you wont have any trouble picking three of these items for your card, for mine Ive used "Dies, Flowers and Sentiment", but before I show you my card you will want to know who is sponsering this weeks challenge and that sponser is:-

Whimsey Stamps - 5 digi stamps of Winners Choice

and now here is my card,

 

I love this image its called "Daddys Heartbeat" and its one of Whimsey's beautiful digi stamps and you will find it here, Ive printed it onto white card and coloured it with my copic pens, then used Cheery Lynns "Stacker Oval" to cut it out, then mounted it onto pink pearlescent card. 

The base card is 6"x 6" white card with a one of Donna's Bearlymine Design "Patchwork Party" digi papers, this one is a very pretty pink background with roses all over it, and you will find it here.  I then positioned my mounted image towards the left, and the sentiment is another one from Whimsey Stamps this has been also printed onto white card then Ive used a tag die to cut it out, this was then popped behind the mounted image at the top of the mounted image.

To finish of I have used several roses of different sizes from Wild Orchid which have been mounted on top of punched out rose leaves in the top left hand corner with pearl sprays these were stuck on the card with silicone glue.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will go and visit the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully it will make you also take part in this weeks "Tic, Tac, Toe" Challenge.

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

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

http://cheerylynndesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://digidarlas.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

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

http://mimchallegeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://wildorchidchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Bealymine Designs Fifteenth Challenge - "Tag your It"

Good Morning All, well again another fortnight has gone by and weve now reached our Fifteenth Challenge and Bearlymine Designs and this time we are asking you to use a "Tag" somewhere on your card, and our new team members are also taking part in their very first DT challenge so I do hope you will visit them and leave them some love.
This time we are being sponsered by:-

Whimsey Stamps - 5 Digi's of winners choice

Bearlymine Designs - 2 Digi sets of winners choice

Di's Digi Downloads - 3 Digi's of winners choice

Teddy Bo - Teddy Bo Quintet

Now that is an awesome amount of fabulous prizes and its just a shame we arnt allowed to take part in the challenge but Im sure it wont stop you as the entries for our challenges have sky rocketed and I want to thank you so much for taking part in them.
Anyway this is my card for this fortnights Challenge.

For my image Ive used a Whimsey Digi stamp of a dad and his little girl, the sentiment is also from the stamp digi set, Ive printed them onto white card then used my Copic and Tria pens to colour it, afterwards Ive used a Nestabilitie Label Die No.17 to cut it out and then used the die again to create the faux mount for it out of ivory pearlescent card. The sentiment was also printed onto white card but I used a GoCreate Tag die for this and then mounted it onto a larger die cut.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with the first paper "Summer Lace" from Donna's Bearlymine Design papers, on top of this I have used another paper from "Paper Lace" for the die cuts these were made with the Marianne die, on top of these are hearts cut with the Cherry Lynn dies. I then wrapped a satin ribbon around the middle and attaching it to the back of the first mount.
I then positioned my mounted image to the left and tucked my tag sentiment in on the right, but before doing so I tied a bow with some more of the ribbon that was threaded through the hole at the top.
Now youve seen my card I do so hope that you will now pop across to the Bearlymine Design Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the design team have created for your enjoyment and hopefully this will inspire you to take part in this fortnights Challenge "Tag your It".
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/
http://theangelcompany.typepad.com/digi_design_house/
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://kbchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/
http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/
http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/

Cards for Men - Challenge 14 - "Wild West"

Good Morning Everyone, I firstly apologise for being so lapse in not only posting cards but also commenting recently, as you are probably aware by now weve got a new puppy, and with her has come some responsibilities, that being puppy training so I have to spent a lot of time encouraging her to use the backgarden, as soon as I get that cracked I will be having my two grandsons to stay in three weeks time and hopefully after theyve gone I might start to get some order into my life again, so please bear with me, I will try and post a least two cards a week and hopefully if I dont manage that I will try and visit and comment on your cards instead. Anyway getting back to this fortnights Challenge for Cards for Men, its a really fabulous one "Wild West" and we are being sponsered by a very popular company this time,

and they are offering a really spectacular prize of 4 digis isnt that fabulous, I love their stamps and digi images and I know a lot of you do to, anyway this is what Melissa says about her company:-

  Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

And here is the Card I created for this Challenges,

Dont you just love this little character hes having so much fun with his teddy bear, Ive printed him onto white card before colouring him with my copic and tria pens, after which I used Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut him out and then used the die to create the mount of some dark blue card, the sentiment is one I created on the computer and this was then printed and cut out with one of the Go Kreate tag dies, and I even created a mount out of some blue card for this also, then tied some garden string through the hole.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and one of two papers from the "Giddy Up" digi download from Nitwits, the first paper is a design of a cowboy shirt, and on top I have put a strip of one of the sentiment papers, then mounted my image towards the left with the sentiment tag just tucked in at the end on the right. To finish of I have popped some charms I found that went with the theme down the right handside, and the last little touch is the swirl of rope which I create with some more of the garden string.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will pop over to The Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of my fellow team members have created for your inspiration, I do hope you will be taking part in this challenge, and Im looking forward to seeing exactly what youve done.

This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://kbchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/
http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/search/label/challenge

Bearlymine Designs Twelfth Challenges - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Everyone, before I start I want to welcome five new Design Team members to the team and they are Jackie our Team Leader, Tracey, Lorraine, Natascha and Lorraine, Im sure you will be thrilled with their work as we are and they will be starting their term with us from the begining of July, anyway yet another fortnight has gone by and weve now reached our Twelfth Challenge for Bearlymine Designs and this time its Donna's choice and she has given you free range as its "Anything Goes" and I know its a great favourite so I do hope that you will play along with us. This time we are being sponsered by:-

Whimsey Stamps - $15 Gift Certificate

Bearlymine Designs - 2 digi sets of Winners Choice

Fantastic Ribbons - 4 rolls of Ribbon

Another collection of fabulous prizes its just a shame we done get the chance to win them as well anyway this is my card for this Challenge.

And I chose this gorgeous Whimsey Stamp Image of "Maya blowing Bubbles" the sentiment is also from the same digi stamp set. I have printed her onto white card then used my tria and copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used the Labels No.1 to cut her out and then drew around the die shape to create the mount. Ive done the same with the sentiment.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount Ive used a cream pearlescent card with one of three papers from Donna's Bearlymine Designs "Spring Flight" digi paper set, the first one is a cream background with dragonflies and butterflies on, the second Ive cut into a square and this is a pink base paper with daisy's on and this was then punched around all the edges with a lace border and corner punch set from Martha Stewart, this was stuck down at an angle, then on top of these is a strip that been positioned down the card and this is a pink paper with more of the butterflies and dragonflies on.

I then positioned my mounted image in the middle with a Cherry Lynn heart thats been cut with my cuttlebug and was popped behind my image, I also punched a large butterfly out and stuck it in the top right hand corner. To finish of Ive used some of the left over paper to create three flowers that have been stuck in the opposite left hand top corner and before sticking them down Ive put some punched out leaves underneath them.

Now youve seen my card I do hope that you will pop over to the Bearlymine Challenge Blogpot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team has created for you, and hopefully this will inspire you to take part in this Challenge.

This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.cardcupids.org/blog/
http://cdsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/
http://creativecowgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.craftyhoschallenge.blogspot.com/
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/

A Card for the Teddy Bo - "Shaped Card"

Good Morning Everyone, hope that you are enjoying the warmer weather, the sun is out but its still a bit cloudy here in Gloucestershire, but Im keeping my fingers crossed that my washing will dry and smell nice. Hubby has just left for four days to visit his daughters, granddaughters and stepson, so Im sure he will be busy driving from one to another and enjoying the time spent with them all. And I shall be busy getting my scheduling done ready for next week, its another 3 challenge blogs week so need a bit of time to myself to sort it all out. Anyway todays card has been created for this weeks Teddy Bo "Shaped Card" Challenge, and I love these characters they are so cute and so life like in their antics, as you know Im a Teddy mad collector and have quite a lot of special collector ones so these are just right for me, and the fact that a very dear friend of mine in Guernsey has just had a baby boy and Im so thrilled for her, shes waited along time for this though wether shes feeling very fit at the moment is another story, we all know what a first baby is like to live with I think tiredness is the biggest problem.
Anyway Ive printed this cute image onto with card then used my copics and tira pens to colour it, then used my Go Create #5 Frilly Square to cut it out, and then used a large die to create a shaped card, I then put a mount of blue pearlescent card with one of the Nana's Kitchen Baby Boy papers and wrapped a blue seam binding ribbon around the middle and attached it to the back of this mount.
I then positioned my mounted image in the middle, then created a triple bow with some more seam binding ribbon and popped a Whimsey Ticket behind in when sticking it to my card.
Well I want to wish you all a fabulous weekend if the weather forcast is anything to go by it should be hot.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://teddybochallenge.blogspot.com/
http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/
http://stampinsanity.com/
http://sundayswithcrissy.blogspot.com/
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/
http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/

Bearlymine's Third Challenge - "A Card for Man or Boy"

Well we have had another fabulous response to our second Challenge and this time our entries were over fifty, I do hope with this next challenge it will get an even bigger response as we are being sponsered by "Whimsey Stamps" and our host for this Challenge is Vix and I do hope you will pop over to her blog and see her stunning work.
There are some fabulous prizes on offer this time:-

 Whimsy Stamps - $15 gift Certificate

 Bearly Mine Designs - 2 Digi Sets of the winner's choice

 Di's Digi Downloads - 3 Digis of the Winner's Choice

 Fantastic Ribbons - 4 rolls of ribbon

And the theme for this fortnights Challenge is "A Card for Man or Boy" and Ive used this cute image from Whimsey Stamps called "Muddle Puddle Boy"

doesnt he look as if hes having great fun, and thats why I created the sentiment on my computer for it. The image was printed onto white card and then coloured with my copic pens, I then cut it out with my rotatrim and mounted it onto a piece of blue pearlescent card also cut in the same way. Ive used some Glossy Accents for the puddle.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with three papers from Donna's Bealymine Designs they came from her Extreme Designer Cd.1 and the papers are in blue, the first is a blue dot and stripe pattern on top Ive used a blue plaid and the third is a yellow comma design on a blue background. The mounted image was then positioned in the middle with the sentiment below on the right hand side.

Now youve seen what Ive created please do pop over to the Bearlymine Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of my team members have created for you, you will be amazed at how fabulous their work is. Dont forget this is a fortnightly challenge and will finish on the 14th February.

I also want to bring to your attention that Donna has some fabulous new Design Papers due out today and she is offering you a Discount which allows you to 15% off your total payment and that is NF10

I do so hope you will pop across to her website and see for yourself how gorgeous they are, heres a preview of them. And dont forget to mention the code to get your discount when emailing your order to Donna, but dont leave it to long as the offer finishes on the 7th February.

Donna also has some blogcandy on the same site, and guess what its for? Copic Pens you carnt go wrong please pop over here and see for yourself.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/