A Card for Sugary Sunday and Sugar Bowl Challenges

Good Morning Crafters, oh my the weather is just appalling here in Gloucestershire, its raining and its cold in fact weve had to put our heating on again as the house was colder inside than out, Im beginning to wonder if we are ever going to have a good summer, I just hope it changes before this weekend as its going to be so cold for my great grandsons Christening otherwise. We are supposed to be sailing on the broads afterwards for the reception, its been many years since Ive been anywhere near them so it will be lovely if its a nice day, though I am worried about getting bitten as Im one of those unlucky people who gets badly effected near water in the summer.
Anyway this weeks Sugar Bowl card and Sugary Sunday Challenge is all about using Leanne Ellis images and Ive used this one titled "Time Flies" and you will find it at Funky Kits. Ive stamped her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I cut her out with my rotatrim and then mounted her onto a piece of pink card thats been cut with my deckle edged cutter. The sentiment was done in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and the papers I have used are from First Editions "Love Letters" new paper pad,  Ive used three of the papers for my card, then placed my mounted image in the middle and the sentiment below on the right. To finish of I have used a La La Land wings die and cut them out of pearlescent card, the watch is a Tim Holtz one that I have mounted on top of the wings.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.co.uk/
http://fitztownchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.memascrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://crazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #11 - Cards for Men - "Dad"

Good Morning Crafters, I hope you are all prepared for this fortnights Challenge over at Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot its themed "Dad" and we are being sponsored by Dr Digi and Im sure you will want use it to get your "Fathers Day" card done. Well I shall be of to Norwich this coming weekend to see how my grandsons is coping with being a Father as it is his sons (my great grandsons) Christening and I will get my first cuddle and Im really looking forward to meeting him.
And here is

And they are offering a fabulous prize of 2 digis and here is what they say about themselves:-

 Welcome to the brilliantly bizarre brain of Dr. Digi's House of Stamps. Here you will find Monsters, Aliens, 
Odd balls and Dundertons as well as many many more wonderful digital stamps. Our artist and founder cut 
his teeth in the craft world at the company "Just Inklined", where his unique digis made a huge impression. 
We're hoping to continue to entertain and amuse, with our growing catalogue of great value digis with
a sense of humour.

 

And we were lucky enough to be given the chance to use one of the images and I chose this one as my hubby is the one that does the washing up in our house and I felt is was appropriate for my card.

He is called "Dishcloth Dave" and you will find him here, I have printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie Die to cut him out and then used a larger one and beige card for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been treated in the same was as the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is beige card with the papers I have used the Sweethshoppe Digi Downloads papers "Both Side of Him" for my card, the first is a blue background with a diamond pattern on, the second is a red background with a white spot and the third is a plain beige one.

The mounted image was then placed towards the left and the sentiment is at the bottom on the right hand side. Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay and visit to 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 to will take part in this fortnights "Dad" Challenge.

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

A Card for Sundays with Santa (Facebook) and Sugar Bowl

Good Morning Crafters, well its still so cold here in Gloucestershire but the sun is trying to come out not that its warming it up much, I do hope we arnt in for another cold wet summer as it was so miserable last year dont you agree? Anyway todays card has been created for this weeks "Travel" Challenge over on Sundays with Santa Facebook Challenge and as Ive used one of the Funky Kits images I will enter it into the "Anything Goes" Sugar Bowl Challenge to.
Ive printed this is little princess onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I cut her out with my rotatrim and then placed it on a mat of red card which is larger than the mount.
The sentiment is one of the new Britannia dies and I have used some of the red card for this to.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, and the main mount is a piece of white pearlescent thats been put through my embosser and a spot embossing folder. The mounted image was then placed in the middle and the sentiment down the right hand side.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://christmasstampin.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.dillybeanschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://asimplefive.blogspot.co.uk/
http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #113 - The Paper Shelter - "Charming"

Good Morning Crafters, I do hope that you are fit and well, and I also hope the weather is good with you, ours keeps changing and we dont know if its Autumn or Spring here in the UK, but oh well what can you expect nothing is what you expect it is it? Anyway this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is "Charming" which mean you must use a charm on your cards, its not so popular these days as it was a couple of years ago and I suspect you do still have some of them somewhere in your stash I know I do.
Anyway before I show you my card I want to tell you that as usual our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

But as always this is providing you have used one of their products on your card, but even if you havent they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice. The do regularly update their library of gorgeous images, papers and printables and will often have special offers running, so its worth paying them a visit here to see for yourself, and maybe even treat yourself to them.
And now I want to show you what I have been up to, here is my card.

And for my image I have used this gorgeous "See my on Fairy Facebook" and you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her. Afterwards Ive used a Nestabilitie die to cut her out and a Deckle edge one for the mount. The sentiment was one I googled on the computer and printed it onto white card then cut it out and mounted this on another piece of pink card.
The main card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is a piece of pink card, the papers I have sued are "Sweet Gardener" and you will find them here, they are also from The Paper Shelter. The first paper is a green background with flowers on and the second is a pink flower one that I have used a Cheery Lynn Doily die on, the third a blue background with a pink and pale blue pattern and this was cut in strips and then pleated across the card and I have used a pink ribbon on the top of it.
The mounted image was then placed in the center and the sentiment was put at the bottom on the right. I then used a piece of the same pink ribbon and created a bow and hung a laptop computer charm from a piece of chain underneath. The finish is the flower that I have used some of the left over paper and punched it out with my retro flower punches then created a flower for the top left hand corner and this has been stuck to the card with silicone glue on top of some punch out 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 hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Charming" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/vickie-challenges.html 

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges

Good Evening Crafters, I dont know whats happening to me this is yet another card Ive created this week I must be on a roll at the moment. Anyway this one is for the Sugar Bowl "Anything Goes" and Sugary Sundays "Flowers" Challenges, and I have used this little sweetie for my card. Ive stamped her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die No.4 to cut her out and the Gold Labels 4 for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and as she is holding a letter I thought it was quite appropriate for this image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, the papers I have used are from the new First Edition "Floral Pavilion" and I have used three different patterns for my card the first is a white background with a flower pattern and bird house pattern on, the second is a damask one on white and the third a blue background with a white spot on.
The mounted image was placed on the left with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. I used some of the left over card and two of the flower Memory Box dies to create a spray on the right hand side.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://poequoththeraven.blogspot.co.uk/
http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.inklingsandyarns.com/
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://stampotiquedesignerschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://whimsyinspires.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

A Card for several Challenges

Good Evening Crafters, its been awhile since Ive used Mo's images but this week she gave a free one for Mothers Day, and of course I thought I would use it to create a birthday card for my one of my grandsons, we have a couple of little ones so this will come into its own when it comes around. I must also let you have an update about my nasty fungal infection that hung around for three weeks in the neither regions its at long last cleared up, it was one of the most sore and painful ones that I have ever suffered and Im so glad to see the back of it, so thank you for all your kind best wishes for a speedy recovery it did the trick.
Anyway Ive printed this little one onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him/her and then used my Nestabilitie Label Die No.1 to cut it out, then used the fancy one for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been stamped then mounted onto blue card, as you can see its slipped to a jaunty angle but it doesnt look to bad so Im going to leave it.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, the papers I have used are from Sweetshoppe Digi Downloads "A Year of Firsts" and I have used three papers for this card, the first is a white background with animals on, the second is a yellow paper and I have used a train border punch along the edge, the third is a blue base with a marble pattern on it.
I then cut a banner for the top with a Marianne die, and the mounted image was then placed in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the right.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://createdwithlovechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.creativecreationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/

Cards for Men - Challenge #10 - "Fancy Folds"

Good Morning Crafters, well yet another week has started and this fortnights challenge over on Cards for Men is all about "Fancy Folds" and this means a card with lots of folds or a folded design and must be for a man and we are being sponsored this time by Donna husbands "Scribbled Kidz" and these are all images created by her husband and obviously they are mostly of their three boys and the antics they get up to.

The prize they are offering is prize of :-

And here is what they say about their company:-

Scribbled Kidz has been inspired by our three little lads, the antics they get up to etc.  We've tried to capture some of them in the digital images you can download and use in your card making or other image based activities.

Please browser the site and add some images to your basket.  You could also email us some suggestions for future images or things you'd like to see.

Thanks for looking, hope you find this resource useful.

 

We were lucky enough to be given a couple of images to play with and I chose this one for my card.

 

 

I have printed the image of "Birthday Boy" onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards used the curved rectangle die from Nestabilitie Dies and used a larger one for the mount.

The base card is a 6"x 9" white card, on the larger one I have used a dark blue mount and one of three papers from the Sweetshoppe "Birthday Boy" digi paper set, the first is a sentiment one, and then for my second paper I have used a red one with yellow stars on, the third is a balloon design on a black background I have also used it on the other smaller fold on the side.

I then placed my mounted image in the middle and the sentiment is from Stampin up crossword stamp and this was then placed in the bottom right hand corner.

Now that youve seen my card I hope that 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 to will take part in this "Fancy Folds" Challenge.

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

A Card for Crafters Companion "Masculine" Challenge

Good Evening Crafters, well Ive created yet another male card this week, and this one is for the Crafters Companion "Masculine" Challenge, this is Humphrey and I have stamped him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used a rectangle Nestabilitie Die to cut him out and a larger one for the mount. The sentiment is one that came with the image and Ive done the same with this as I did with the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, the papers I have used are from Crafters Companion "Humphrey" Cds and the first is a sentiment one then on top I have used two others the first was cut in a strip and I have used a EK Success border punch on it, and the third is a spot one and this was placed on another piece of the blue card.
The mounted image was then placed towards the right, and the sentiment below on the right hand side. To finish of I have  used the flag empathy punch and some of the left over paper to create the embellishments that were placed at the top on the right hand side.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/blog/crafterscompetition/2013/05/01/may-challenge-masculine/
http://acreativeneed.wordpress.com/
http://annabellestamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://asimplefive.blogspot.co.uk/
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

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

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

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

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

My first Magnolia Card for many a month

Good Afternoon Crafters, its been awhile since Ive created a Magnolia card and I thought I ought to remedy this, and here it is. I do hope that you are enjoying your Bank Holiday Monday, the sun is out and its quite warm outside, the dog and hubby have been for a lovely walk this afternoon and now the dog is flaked out on our bed.
So I thought I would post this card, its one of the new Stamp Club images and Ive stamped it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards Ive used a oval Nestabilitie Die to cut it out and a fancy one for the mount with a piece of pink card. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been also stamped onto white card and Ive used one of the framed tags for the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the paper is a beautiful pink background with a oldie worldie pattern on it, and then on top I have used a square doily that I have inked with some of the same pink inkpad as Ive used around the image.
Across the middle I have wrapped a piece of lace and then pleated a pink ribbon across the top. I then placed the mounted image in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side.
To finish of I have used several roses of different size and then placed them in the top left hand corner and these were attached to the card with silicone glue and some punched out rose leaves.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/
http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk/
http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lovely-haenglar-only.blogspot.co.uk/
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://totallytilda.blogspot.co.uk/
http://magnoliadownunderchallenges.blogspot.se/ 

My Magnolia and Pom Pom Viburnium

I thought you might like to see my Magnolia Stella and my Pom Pom Viburnium they are certainly looking their best at the moment, thats providing we dont have a frost.
I do apologise for not posting much at the moment as Im in the throws of creating some samples for my friend Sarah Hallam and Im also suffering still from some nasty conditions since having my colonoscopy over a week ago, which has been added to by a bad allergic reaction to Penicillin so please forgive me if I dont visit you for now, I will try and get around towards the end of the week.

Challenge #9 - Cards for Men - "Animals"

Good Morning Crafters, I hope youve all had a wonderful weekend and are ready to take part in this fortnights Challenge over on Cards for Men, and this one is all about "Animals" and we are being sponsored by "Paper Pretties" this is a new one to us and here is, and this is what they say about themselves:-

   

Pretties is an online crafting store, and home to Zac, Lily, Sophia and Cooper - the cutest kid stamps around! (At least we think so). We have many exclusive stamp lines, from elegant to whimsical, sweet to clever; there is something for every stamper in our Pretties' Boutique.

Along with our full line of high quality clear stamps, we also have a large selection of digital images. 

not sure what the prize is so please see on the Cards for Men

 And we were lucky enough to be given images to play with and I chose this one,

 

and here is called "Paulie the Guitarist" and you will find him here and I have printed him onto white card then coloured him with copic pens, then I cut him our with my rotatrim and layered him up on a piece of red card. The sentiment came with him and I chose this one for my image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, the papers I have used are from Sweetshoppe Digi Papers this set is called "Circus Burst" and I have used several of the papers the first one is a white background with a multi coloured stripes on, the second and third papers I have cut a corner and used on of my Martha Stewart Border punches on it, then placed them in the bottom right hand corner.

The mounted image was then placed in the top left hand corner and put the sentiment across the bottom right hand corner, and I have used a Dienamics "Rock Star" set of dies to create the flames, stars and the guitar and these have been placed all over the card.

Now that you have seen my card I do hope that you will go and pay a visit to 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 "Animals" Challenge.

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

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

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

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

Challenge #83 - Bearlymine Designs - "Digi Days"

Good Morning Crafters, well its a sad day for me as this will be my last Challenge post for Bearlymine Designs, so I hope that I go out with a bang. I do want to thank the girls on my Team who have given me their support so Thank You Girls I have really enjoyed working with you and want to wish you all the best for the future.
And now for this weeks Challenge its all about "Digi Days" we are a digi paper company and of course its lovely to use Digi Stamps as well and for this Challenge we are being sponsored by

Sassy Cheryls Stamps

 and they are offering a fabulous prize of Gift Voucher of $5.00. to spend in their Shop

and our second sponsor is

Bunny Zoe's Crafts

and they are offering a fabulous prize of

Oh wow two fabulous prizes on offer, Im sure you will want to take part in this Challenge to try and win one of them yourself. We were lucky enough to be given a image to play with and I chose this one.

This image is called "A Penny for your thoughts" and Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I have used the rectangle Nestabilitie die to cut her out, and the Detailed Scalloped Die for the mount. The sentiment actually came with the digi stamp and I have taken it into Microsoft word and printed it onto white card and then used Nestabilitie Rectangle Dies to cut it out, before adding it to the mount I have used blue and green inkpads to distress the edges.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the papers are from Donna's Bearlymine "Spring Mist" Digi Paper Set and you will find it here. I have used a scene for my main background and then used Leaf Swirls cut with one of the Cheery Lynn Dies, these were placed on the card before fitting the mounted image in the center, I then placed the sentiment at the bottom on the right. And with some left over paper I have cut our a rolled daisy and placed it on top of the swirls in the left bottom corner.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will take part in this "Digi Days" Challenge over on Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have for your inspiration.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.memascrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.vostamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card for Crafters Companion Challenge

Good Morning Crafters, wasn't yesterday gorgeous and I thought today was going to be the same but its gone cloudy already so I suspect that was the end of our spring, I do hope the summer bring better weather than last year or Im going to be fed up. Its a busy week in the Chalmers household this coming week, both hubby and I have hospital appointments his Thursday and mine Friday it wouldnt be so bad but its over 20 miles away, its a shame they couldnt get their act together and have it on the same day but you know what hospitals are like.
Anyway todays card has been made for this months Crafters Companion "Flowers" Challenge, and I have cheated and used one of their card companions, I printed it out from the gorgeous Christine Haworth "Poppets" Cd and made it up as it suggests but changing the lace strip down the side with their embellishments, I also popped some carnations down it to, just to give it more focus. The sentiment is also from the same kit and was placed at the bottom below the image.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/blog/crafterscompetition/2013/04/02/april-challenge-flowers/
http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.addictedtocas.blogspot.com.au/

 

Challenge #108 - The Paper Shelter - Special Celebrations

Well over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot this week we are celebrating, not only are we running our normal Challenge but we are giving away TWO lovely prizes but you need to visit the Challenge Blogspot to find out what they are, but we do want to THANK YOU

and do you know why? Because we have now reached our 1000 Follower and The Paper Shelter want to celebrate in style in a the only way they know how and that is by giving away some special prizes to you which are the main prize as usual of $30. and there is a extra one for $20. which will mean anyone will receive it whether they use a TPS image or not, so do please go over to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself and take part in this weeks Challenge.

Challenge #8 - Cards for Men - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, well yet another fortnight has flown by over on the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and this weeks Challenge is one that is a real favourite with us all and for this one providing you create a card for Men you are free to choose any design you like. We also have a Design Team Call on as well so if your interested dont forget to put DT after your name when leaving your card.
For this Challenge we are being sponsored by "Squidgi Digi" 

And they are offering you 4 digi's of winners choice

and here is what they say about their company :-

Hi my name is Beth, I am 19 years old and am studying a Degree in illustration at Blackpool University.

I started drawing images for my Mum , who made cards with them and then she put them on her blog . She got lots of great comments and people saying i should sell them - so here we are!

I hope you enjoy my images and would love to see any creations you make with them.

We were lucky enough to be given several images to chose from and I picked this one for my Card.

   

I printed the image onto Kraft card then used my Lyra Polychrome Pencils to colour it, afterwards I used my rotatrim to cut it to size, I then placed it onto a piece of brown card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first layer of brown card and I then used a "Go Kraft" printed digi paper from Sweethshoppe Digi Downloads for my first mount and then placed my mounted image in the center.
I then used some of the brown paper and Britainnia sentiment dies to create the Happy Birthday at the bottom which was stuck on the slant.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will go and visit the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot, and see for yourself what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this fortnights "Anything Goes" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://hobbycutzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

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

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

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

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

Challenge #81 - Bearlymine Designs - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, I do hope that you are ready for this weeks Challenge over at Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot as its bound to be a high entry one as its a "Anything Goes" one, and weve been lucky to have three sponsors for this one and here they are.

Whiff of Joy

and they are offering this gorgeous Stamp

and for our second sponsor we have 

Crafty Ribbons

 and their beautiful prize is

and here is what they say about their company:-

Crafty Ribbons is a ribbon emporium, we are passionate about ribbons and want to share our fantastic ribbons with others. Our range of Christmas ribbons is second to none.

Remember when we only used ribbons to add a bow to our hair, or tie up a birthday parcel? Ribbons are now a "must-have" for all types of craft. Whether your project requires satin, sheer, silk, grosgrain, gingham or polka dot ribbon we have them all! Lots and lots of different colours in a range of widths.

Need a little bit of ribbon inspiration - then have a look at our projects on our blog,or visit our Inspiration blog,or maybe join in with us at our Challenge blog. Go on, have a look... It's worth it !

Tony & Ali

and for our third Sponsor we have

Donna's Bearlymine Designs

and Donna is offering a prize of

To spend on her website.

Wow fabulous prizes on offer and I know you will want to try and win them, and here is my card for this weeks "Anything Goes" Challenge.

For my card I have used this gorgeous Whiff of Joy stamp and then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut her out and then used a pink inkpad around the edges, the mount is one of the Fancy ones that go with the same die. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been stamped onto another piece of white card then mounted onto a piece of pink.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and the papers I have used for my card are from Donna of Bearlymine Designs "Floral Breeze" digi paper set, the first paper is a very pretty pink background with a lace edge, flowers and wording on it, for my doilies (Cheery Lynn) I have used two more of the papers from the same set in pink, I have also laid a piece of white net behind one of them and then across the center I have woven some pink ribbon through some eyelet lace and attached it to the back of the mount.

To finish of I have laid my mounted image in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the right, and then created a flower spray in the top left hand corner with serveral roses in different sizes and pearl sprays and white stephanus, these were stuck to the card with silicone glue on top of some punched out rose leaves.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Bearlymine Designs 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 "Anything Goes" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cheerylynndesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://houseofgilli.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/