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/

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges

Good Afternoon Everyone, wow another gorgeous day, and I went swimming at 1oclock and it was just what I needed, I do hope this weather is to stay for awhile as Im sure we will all benefit from it. Anyway my card today has been created for the Sugar Bowl Sketch Challenge and the Sugary Sunday Colour Challenge on Facebook. Ive used this gorgeous image "Mori" for my card I stamped her onto white card then used my copics to colour her, then cut her out with my rotatrim and mounted it onto a piece of pink card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and then I have used two papers from the Sweetshope Digi Downloads this one is called "Friends by Choice" and the first paper is a white background with shades of pink and green swirls on it, and the second is a pink background thats been positioned across the corner in a triangle shape, around the middle is a pink satin ribbon and attached to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then positioned towards the right and the sentiment down the right side. To finish of I have used three roses in a spray in the bottom left hand corner stuck to the card with punched out rose leaves.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.alwayscrafting.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://squigglefly.blogspot.co.uk/
http://crazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Cards for Men - Challenge 7 - "The Great Outdoors"

Well as I write up this post I would say it would be lovely to be outside as the sun is out and its quite warm, hubby has gone of to Norchard (near Lydney) to play trains, they have a steam railway system there and he loves being involved and volunteers every Saturday to it. Anyway back to this fortnights Challenge and this one is for "The Great Outdoors" and we are being sponsered by Karens Doodles this time,

And they are offering 3 digi images as a prize, and this is what they say about themselves:-

Karen Johnson has been drawing all of her life. She has worked on the feature film, “Ferngully The Last Rainforest” and has created animations forDisney, Fisher Price and Mattel. She has illustrated several children’s booksand is currently teaching animation at a college in Wisconsin. She started Karen’s Doodles so she could share her whimsical drawings with crafters from around the world.

And we were lucky enough to have several gorgeous images to play with, and this is the one I chose to use, its called "Man in a Hammock".

He reminds me so much of my laid back brother-in-law, its the sort of thing he would be doing in the great outdoors rather than the grass mowing. Anyway I printed the image onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, then used Nesbilitie Labels Die No.8 to cut it out then drew around the die to create the mount for it, The sentiment was one I created on my computer and printed it out and mount it in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is a green one and the papers I have used are from the Nitwits "At the Park" digi downloads, the first one is a blue sky with clouds on, the second is
green grass paper and the third a stripe. On top of this is the mounted image in centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right, I then used some of the left over green card and used the grass Marianne die and stuck it along the bottom of the second mount.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the fabulous cards the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and I do hope it will encourage you to take part in this "Great Outdoors" Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/group/cmccopicchallengegroup 
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingwhenwecanchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card for Sunday's with Santa

Good Morning Everyone, well the sun is out and its already quite warm and I somehow expect our dog will want a walk later on so it should be a lovely day to do so. Anyway this is the card I made for this weeks Sundays with Santa on Facebook and Ive used this snowman from The Paper Shelter and you will find it here. Ive printed it onto white card and coloured it with my copic pens and then cut it out with my rotatrim and mounted it onto dark blue card, Ive used lots of glitter on the card as its a "Shiney Sparkles" Challenge and you know that snow glistens so I tried to put enough on to show you it doing that.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and I have used two papers from Donna's Bearlymine "Christmas" digi papers, the first is a sentiment and snowflake paper, then on top is a snowflake paper that I have cut into a 5" square and then with my Martha steward border and corner Snowflake punch around all edges then positioned it in the centre with the mounted image on top. The sentiment is one of the Just Rite stamps thats been coloured and then mounted on a circle die.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://christmasstampin.blogspot.co.uk/
http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.co.uk/
http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/

A second card for Sugary Sunday on Facebook

Good Morning Everyone, well the sun is out and it looks as if its going to be a lovely day, lets hope so. We had a fabulous time at the NEC yesterday and yes I did spend lots of money but hubby seemed ok with that thankfully, I also got to meet up with the lovely Marianne (Fisher), Lisa (Baker) and Lynsey (Warren), we had a right old chat and even had a couple of photos taken so dont be surprised if you see it out there in blogland. Anyway at the begining of the week I actually made two cards for this weeks Sugary Sunday over on Facebook, I posted my first one of my No.2 blog and I thought for a change I would post this second one here on my No.1. As Im going to be quite busy over the next few days creating cards for Sarah Hallam of Peerless Designs (will be posting my sample cards on my No.2 blog in next few days) I felt Id rather neglected you and thought you might like to see a card for a change, hope you like it.
Anyway this is one of the new Pip digi images, and I love this little one with her lamb, Ive printed her onto white card and coloured it with my copic pens then cut it out with the Nestabilitie Die Labels No.4 and then used a larger one for 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 and for my first mount of blue card on top I have layered up with papers from the Nitwits "At the Park" digi paper set, the first is a white background with multi coloured flowers on, the second is a yellow and white stripe and the third is a blue spot one. I then positioned my mounted image towards the left and the sentiment at the bottom on the right, and to finish of Ive used some of the left over papers and a die-namics flower die and stuck it to the top of the right hand corner on top of some punched out leaves. The final flourish I used two of the Epiphany buttons which were cut out of some of the left over paper then positioned down the right hand side.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftypurplefrogchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.co.uk/
http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://just-hanna-stamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.co.uk/
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/
http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Bearymine Designs Challenge #27 - "Simply Dots"

Good Morning Everyone, its been three months since we had a challenge over on Bearlymine Designs this has been because our owner Donna of Bearlymine has been having problems with her nerve ends and felt at that time she couldnt cope and needed time to see if things would improve, unfortunately things havent but shes now decided to go forward and carry on, and today is the start of a weekly challenge and for this one she wants to see all "Dots" on your cards. So all I can say is its such a wonderful thing that Donna has decided to do and I want to wish her all the best and to thank her for giving us all the chance to take part in her Design Teams.
And as I said this weeks challenge is "Simply Dots" and we are being sponsered by Donna herself and she is offering:-

Bearlymine Designs - Two digi sets of your own choice

And for this Challenge I created this card:-

And for my image I used "Magic Bubble Bath" from The Paper Shelter and your will find it here, and I printed it onto white card and coloured it with my copic pens before cutting it out with a circle Nestabilitie Die, and for my mounted I have used  the Cheery Lynn "Pastry Die" and then for my sentiment I used one of my stash stamps and have mounted it onto a piece of blue card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and for my papers I used Donna's
Bearlymine Designs  "Simply Dots" digi papers and you will find them here, in several different colours pink, peach, blue and mauve and used a Martha Stewart border punch along the edges then layered them up on top of the first mount.
I then wrapped a pink spotted ribbon around the middle and mounted my image in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. I also stuck some pearls in opposite corners and to finish of I have used some of the left over papers and cut out a Spellbinders flower and rolled it up and mounted it to the card in the top left hand corner on a punched out leaf swirl from Cheery Lyn.
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 very talented DT Team have created for you and perhaps it will inspire you to take part in this "Simply Dots" Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://blog.icopic.com/
http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://squigglefly.blogspot.co.uk/

The Paper Shelters 55th Challenge - "For the Boys"

Good Morning Everyone, I hope that you have been enjoying the mild weather weve been having lately, the weekend in Gloucestershire was gorgeous as we even got to leave the backdoor open for a few hours during the day, lets hope its the start of a nice summer. Anyway back to this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Blogspot and this week we want to see your cards "For the Boys" Im sure you all have to make cards for the menfolk in your life so this shouldnt be to hard for you to deal with.
As always our sponsers are the fabulous, talented and generous Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering your a prize of

and of course there is a slight catch, to win the whole amount you need to use one of their images on your card, but dont dispair even if you dont they will still offer you three images of your own choice.
And now back to my card for this Challenge.

And for my card Ive used "Little Cowboy" for my image and your will find him here, Ive printed him onto white card then used my copic and tria pens to colour him, afterwards I cut him out with Nestabilitie Label Die No.1 and the larger one for the mount out of dark blue card. The sentiment is one I generated on my computer and printed it out and then used the star die to cut this out, and mounted it in the same way as the image.
The card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of dark blue card and for my papers I have used "Little Cowboy" digi set and you will find them here, the first paper is a beige background with swirls on and for the second is a star paper which I have cut shorter than the mount and then used a star border punch down the one edge and layered it up on top of the first paper.
The image was then positioned towards the top left and with sentiment below on the right, to finish of I have used a couple more stars in corresponding colours and the final flourish is the cowboy hat charm thats been stuck to the top star.
Now that youve seen my card please do go and visit what the rest of my very talented "A" Team have or you over on The Paper Shelter Blogspot, and perhaps it will inspire you to take part in this weeks "For the Boys" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Cards for Men - Challenge #6 - "Cheeky Chappies"

Good Morning Everyone, hope you had a fabulous weekend and now I want to invite you to take part in this fortnights challenge "Cheeky Chappies" over on Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot. We are being sponsered this time by Buggaboo and they are offering you a prize of 7 digi images of your own choice.

And this is what they say about their company:-

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing! From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects. Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!

If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps stamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug.

And we were lucky to have been given several images to play with and I chose this one.

Isnt he a character I love the look on his face, I printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him and then cut him out with my Nestabilitie Rectangle die and then cut a larger one for the mount out of red card. The sentiment was one I created on my computer and printed it out and mounted it in the same way as the image.

The card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, and the three papers Ive used are from the Nitwit Downloads "Super Stewy" paper set, the papers where cut across the middle and Ive used a piece and then one of my border punches and tucked it behind the check paper. Its a simple design and I then positioned my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment underneath.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pop across to the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot to see what the rest of the very talented team have created for your inspiration and I do hope that you will also take part in this "Cheeky Chappie" Challenge.

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

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/

http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.com/

http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/

http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/

A Card for Saturated Canary "Doilie" Challenge

Good Afternoon Everyone, well its a funny old day today weve had downpours and now weve got sunshine, its almost like April, its a shame but I suppose its better than snow or at least thats what I think. Anyway Im sorry I havent posted any cards for a few days but still trying to get over the busy time we had last week and Im hoping to get back to some sort of normality by next week but we shall see. Todays card has been created for the Saturated Canary's "Doilie Challenge, and Ive used this sweet image for my card and coloured it with my tria pens then used the Nestabilitie Die Labels No.11 to cut it it out then used the die again to create the mount. The sentiment is one of the LOV stamps and has been cut out with a circle die.
The main card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of purple card and one paper from the Kaisercraft "Lilac Avenue" paper pad, a very pretty white background with sead heads on in different colours, on top is a yellow doily cut with a Cheery Lynn Pastry die and this was stuck to the right handside of the card. Then around the middle I have wrapped a organza flower ribbon with a piece of satin ribbon on top and attached to the back of the card.
To finish of I have used three lily flowers and two tulips to create a flower spray, these were attached to the card with some silicone glue and punched out fern leaves.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://saturatedcanarychallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://www.alwayscrafting.blogspot.com/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/
http://smudgyantics.blogspot.com/

DT Card for PaperCrafting "Anything Goes" Challenge

A few weeks ago Marie and I were asked if we would create a card for a Challenge that The Paper Shelter were sponsering over on PaperCrafting Journey, and what with the funeral Id completely forgotten about it, so to make amends I will show you the card I made and give you the link so that you can take part in the Challenge "Anything Goes" that is now running.

And I have used the toothfairy for my card and you will find her here, the papers are also from The Paper Shelters, but I seem to have lost the title of them at the moment I will try and track them down presently, I think its probably "Spring Swing" and you will find them here. Anyway I have printed the image onto white card then used my copics and tria pens to colour then used one of the Nestabilitie Dies to cut her out, and used it again on some green card and turned it so that the round shapes who in the opposite corners. The sentiment is one from my stash.The sketch is one that I created and used four papers to layer up, the mounted image was then positioned in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side. To finish of I have used the left over papers and one of die-namic rolled flower dies to create the flowers in the top right hand corner and stuck them to the card on some punched out leaves with some silicone glue. (Ive had to repost this post as the first time it wouldnt show my other posts.

This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/

http://guylousinimitability.blogspot.com/

http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.com/

A Card for this weeks "Sundays with Santa" Challenge

Good Morning Everyone, well after a shaky start the sun has decided to come out and its starting to dry up. We are now nearly back to normal after a busy couple of days with my MILs funeral, and now hopefully we can start the grieving process without all the stress, and its certainly been that since she died two weeks ago. My husbands youngest daughter, granddaughter and step son arrived Thursday evening to spend a night, and this meant a complete turn around of our bedroom and my craftroom, but its all back to normal and I can start to sort myself out.
The funeral was lovely and we had a really nice lady vicar who conducted it, and the hymns were on Cds as we were rather a small congregation, my middle daughter Sarah came with a friend from Towcester so it was a lovely intimate family gathering to say our last goodbyes to her. My husband did have a few tears during the service and his little granddaughter came and gave him a really big hug which of course any granddad would love and enjoy, and of course he did.
But now back to my card, its for this weeks Sundays with Santa Challenge and this weeks its "Never seen Ink" one and as Ive not had a chance to use this Paper Shelter "Winter Princess" image I thought it would be just right. Ive printed her onto white card before colouring her with my copic and tria pens, I then cut her out with the Memory box die, and used another for the mount, its a very pretty scroll edge one and felt it just set the image of.
The papers are from Nitwits, its one of the Christmas digi sets, and the first paper is an all over snowflake pattern then on top is a 5"square of dark blue patterned paper that has had the border and corners punched with my Martha Stewart punch set.
I then used one of the Whimsey sentiment stamps for my sentiment and cut it out with a circle Nestabilite die, and a larger one for the mount.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearlyistamp.typepad.com/
http://christmascrafting.blogspot.com/
http://mariannedesigndivas.blogspot.com/
http://christmaschallenges.blogspot.com/

The Paper Shelters 53rd Challenge - "Fancy Folds"

Good Morning Everyone, I hate to say it but weve reached another Challenge here at The Paper Shelter and this time its a "Fancy Folds" not always easy to start with, but Im sure you will get the old brains rattling and find one that suits you. Anyway as always our very generous sponsers are Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter.

And they are offering a fabulous prize of $20. to spend on their website, thats providing you have used one of their images, but even if you havent they are giving you 3 digis of your own choice to play with, its definitely a win win situation, you just carnt loose.
And here is my card for this "Fancy Folds" Challenge.

For my image I have used this sweet "Fairy of the Cookies" image and you will find her here, and coloured her with my copic pens, then used Nestabilie Label Die No.1 to cut her out, Ive inked around the edge and layered it up onto a larger mount cut with the same die.
The main card is a diamond top folded card, and for the bottom I have used the same coloured turquoise card with the papers from the "Bewitched Night" digi set and you will find there here. The first paper is a striped one in shades of turquoise, then on top I have used a pink patterned one and then along both edges one of my Martha Stewart Lace border punches, then wrapped a ribbon with a ribbon tag (Nestabilie die) threaded through the two holes and attached it to the back of the first mount. I also stamped a sentiment on another piece of white card, cut it out and stuck it to the ribbon tag.
The top diamond shape has had two of the same piece of patterned paper that I used on the bottom but cut in squares and the same border punch design but this time a corner punch has been used on all the corners, layered up and then stuck to the base diamond shape mount and stuck to the diamond shape making sure that the mounted image was facing the right way (oh the times Ive got that wrong, I wont go into that).
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Paper Shelters Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of my extremely talented "A" Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will also take part in this "Fancy Folds" Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/
http://nettiegsdandydigitalgems-challengeblo.blogspot.com/
http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.alwayscrafting.blogspot.com/
http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/

Cards for Men - Challenge 5 - "Sketch"

Good Morning, yet another fortnight has flown by and we have reached our fifth Challenge at Cards for Men, and for this one we have a sketch for you to follow:-

And we are being sponsered this time by Digital Delights,

And they are very generously offering a $5. Gift Voucher to spend in on their website.

And here is what they say about their company:-

Welcome to Digital Delights, a magical place filled with my little digi creations from all walks of life. We have a wide range of digital stamps which are delivered straight to your email 24/7!!

And we were lucky enough to be given several images to play with and I chose this cheeky "Fireman" for my card and here it is.

Ive printed the image onto white card then used my copic's to colour it, and cut it out with the Nestabilitie Rectangle Die, and then used a larger one for the mount. I then used a pen to create a stitched edge on it. The sentiment was created on the computer and printed out and mounted in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 7"x 5" white card with a first mount of red card, the papers I have used are from the Papermania "For Men" paper set, the first one being a red patterned paper then on top is a check on. I then positioned my mounted in the centre and the sentiment below. To finish of Ive used three red buttons with some bakers twine threaded through the holes and tied in a knot.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of a very talented team have created for you and hopefully it will inspire you to take part in the "Sketch" Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.alwayscrafting.blogspot.com/
http://www.cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/
http://nettiegsdandydigitalgems-challengeblo.blogspot.com/
http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/
http://birthdaysundaes.blogspot.com/
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/
http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.com/

A Card for Satuarated Canarys "Anything but Rectangle of Square"

Good Afternoon Everyone, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the lovely comments you left me on the death of my mother in law, bless you and thank you not only from my myself but also my hubby Ian. Weve now got a funeral date and that will be on March 2nd at 1.30pm so then hopefully the worst part will be over, mind you weve still got to wait for probate but at least we can say our last goodbye's to mum.
Anyway back todays card, this is for the Satuarated Canarys "Anything but Rectangle or Square" and Im hoping this little sweetheart will fill the bill, Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic and tria pens to colour her, then used Nestabilitie No.18 to cut her out, and used the die again to create the mount for her.
The bottom part of the card is one of my Go Kreate dies that has cut a shape for the base, and for the piece on top, its another piece of pearlescent card that I have used one of my Martha Stewart border and corner punches on, then I ran it through the cuttlebug with a embossing folder to give it texture.
Then stuck it to the bottom piece I also wrapped a piece of lace around the bottom and attached it to the back of the front, then on top I have placed my mounted image and the sentiment underneath. To finish of Ive used two leave sprays from Memory Box dies and some small roses to add extra dimension.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://saturatedcanarychallenge.blogspot.com/
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/
http://just-hanna-stamps.blogspot.com/
http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/
http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/
http://willowsketchiechallenge.blogspot.com/

A Rather Sad Time

Good Morning Everyone, Im afraid I will be not posting any cards for a few days as my mother in law passed away early yesterday morning, and I dont think its appropriate at this time, I will be back hopefully at the weekend, but I just want a few days to myself to come to terms with whats happened.
My mother in law Kath was almost 92 and had spent the last 5 years in a home, and for the last two in a local one which was so handy for my hubby Ian to visit her several times a week. She unfortunately suffered badly from dementia and found life a little distressing as she couldnt really understand what was going on around her and became rather aggresive at times, so to be absolutely honest I think both my hubby and I have come to the conclusion that its a very happy release for her, but it doesnt stop us missing her and the person she was ten years ago, a loving and generous person who was lost to her dementia.
So now like me, my hubby and I are both orphans and its this that we find the most difficult to come to terms with as Im sure others in the same position will know what Im talking about, knowing we havent got a parent to turn to, to ask for their opinions and advice and I suspect they felt the same when their own parents died, maybe this sounds selfish but then when a person dies we do resent it and I suspect this is all a way of coming to terms with the loss.

A Card for the Sugar Bowl Challenge - "A Sketch"

Good Morning Everyone, the sun is out and its quite mild, so it looks almost like Spring is on its way, but dont bank on it. Missy is asking to go for her walk but so far no-one is taking her seriously so shes getting more anxious that daddy is not going to take her out. Hes just got back from Monmouth after having to return a new saucepan he bought me yesterday as it had a split down one of the edges so obviously it couldnt be used, we were told if youd tried to use it, it would have either exploded or split even further down the side.
Anyway todays card has been created for this weeks Sugar Bowl Challenge, and I have used Rosie for my main image, this was the stamp I won in last weeks Sugary Sunday on Facebook, its one of the weekly Challenges on there that I take part in, and Ive stamped and coloured her with my copic pens, then used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.1 to cut it out, then used the larger one for the mount. The sentiment is on the tag which if you look closely is tucked behind the image.
The base card is  6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card, the papers I have used are by Nitwits "One Birdie Lane" digi set I used is so pretty I thought it went well with my image. The card has been made up to the sketch that was to be used, and for the final flourish I have used my brand new Epiphany Button maker (brilliant for making homemade buttons), its like a punch with a facility to turn it into button or embellishments, and I created two buttons with some of the first paper and stuck them down the side on the right hand side.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/
http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/
http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/
http://www.pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/
http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/
http://www.stampsruschallenges.blogspot.com/
http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.com/
http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/

The Paper Shelters 51st Challenge - "Winter Blues"

Oh my this challenge has certainly come at the right time, I was a bit concerned that by now the weather might have improved but having experienced such coldness over the last few days I expect you will also agree its a case of a touch of the "Winter Blues" for sure. This week I have five new DT members joining our "A" Team for the first time, Im sure you will also want to go and visit Lorraine, Marcea, Ellen, Kathleen and Julie and see for yourself what stunning work these girls do and I also want to welcome them to the team.
And as usual our very generous sponsers are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering $20. as a prize.

And as usual if you use one of their products on your card you will receive the whole of this amount but even if you dont you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice.And here is my card for this weeks Challenge.

And for my card I have used this gorgeous image "Ice Skating Friends" and you will find it here, Ive printed it onto white card then used my copic and tria pens to colour it, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Die Labels No.1 to cut it out and then used a larger one for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and Ive cut it out with a smalled die from the same labels die set.
The main card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, and the papers I have used is the "Sweet Gardener" digi paper set and you will find it here, on top of this I have used three snow corners from the Memory Box die, and in the centre I have mounted my image with the sentiment at the bottom on the right.
I then punched out several snowflakes and scattered them all over the front, and before attaching the mount to the base card I have created a larger mount for the outside with one of my Martha Stewart border and corner punches, its the sunrise one, then layered it up to finish it of.
Now that youve seen my card I do so hope you will go across and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot to see what the rest of my very talented "A" Team have created for your inspiration.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://blog.icopic.com/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/
http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/
http://www.stampsruschallenges.blogspot.com/

Cards for Men - Challenge 4 - "Valentines Day/Love"

Good Morning Everyone, I do hope that you are not experiencing to much snow and cold, I know maybe quite a few of you might be, anyway over at the Cards for Men we are having some "Love" as its almost Valentines Day and we want to see your cards for the men in your life, and this time we are being sponsered by Heather of "Freshly Brewed Designs"

and as she is having a blog hop over on her own blog I have offered to show you a link to her Challenge Blog,

I do hope you will go across and support her by clicking on the badge above, and this is what she says about herself and her company.

Hi. I am Heather Dennis. I am a homeschooling mother of 2 wonderful children, the wife of 12 years to the love of my life, a Christian and the owner of Fresh Brewed Designs. I have loved to draw and create ever since I was a child. My daughter has inherited my love of art and recently inspired me to start creating again.
All the images in my shop are hand drawn. I offer a wide range of images from coffee, cute and inspirational. I also love to create custom drawn images, so if you are looking for anything in particular, please feel free to drop me an email.

And she has offered 3 digi's as a prize for this "Valentines Day/Love" Challenge.

We were very lucky to have been given several images to play with and I chose this one for my card.

Isnt she gorgeous and shes called "Valentine Sweetheart" Ive printed her onto white card then used my copics to colour her, afterwards I used a deckle edged oval die to cut her out and used a larger one for the mount.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card and the first paper from the Bo Bunnys "Crush" Collection a pretty white background with red hearts on, for my strip down the middle is a piece of red card which has been run through the cuttlebug with a heart embossing folder and a heart punch down both sides, then around the middle I have used a wide satin red ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount.

The mounted image was then positioned in the middle with the sentiment which is a Whimsey stamp at the bottom on the right hand side. To finish of I have stuck four heart gems down the sides on the two top corners.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented team have created for your inspiration.

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

http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.com/

http://cateredcrop.com/

http://craftingwhenwecanchallenges.blogspot.com/

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/

http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/

http://panpasteluk.blogspot.com/

http://sp.thescrapmaster.com/

http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.com/

http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.com/

A Card for Mo's Challenge "Bingo"

Good Morning Everyone, wow what a cold night, it was 8 degrees below zero here in Gloucestershire, though the sun is out now its still cold outside, and everywhere is icy so you have to watch where you put your foot. We had to take Missy to the vets this morning as weve been having problems getting her to eat, shes not the easiest of dogs at the best of times but for the last few days shes really not wanted to eat her meat only her treats. Anyway he gave her a good going over and because shes only just coming out of her first season he thinks shes experiencing a phantom pregnancy, luckily its only a mild one but he says as weve already booked her in to be spayed in April he would have suggested to have her done as she was most likely to experience these each time she has a season and it will only get worse, so thats a relief at least we now know weve done the right thing. Even that visit cost us £21. just for the advice and no treatment, so lets hope she soon comes out of it.
Todays card has is for this weeks challenge over on Mo's and this one is a combination bingo and Ive chosen, diecuts & punches, lace and gems, and Ive even popped a diecut flower on there to. This little mite is "Adele" and Ive coloured her with my copic pens then used Nestabilitie Die No.18 to cut her out then drew around the die to create the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of green pearlescent card with one paper from the Kay Millers "Wishful Thinking" digi paper set, a very pretty green and yellow pattern background, then Ive used the new Spring Border Die from Memory Box, and around the middle I have wrapped a piece of lace with a ribbon on top.
The mounted image was then positioned in the middle, with the sentiment below. To finish of Ive used two more of the papers from the same set of and one of the blossom dies from Nestabilities and wound it up and stuck it at the top on the left with three punched out leaves.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://funwithshapesandmore.blogspot.com/
http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://craftypurplefrogchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/
http://www.sjpapercrafts.blogspot.com/