Challenge #151 - "Spring Delights" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Fellow Crafters, Ive been so busy lately that I nearly forgot to write up my post for this Challenge, I thought Id better get my finger our and make amends, so welcome to this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot  its all about "Spring Delights" at least the daffodils are now out and its looking a lot sunnier than it was a few weeks ago, but its still cold and wet here in Gloucestershire.
As you will know we have at last picked our new DT members and our new Team member will start on the 9th April and I will introduce her more on that Challenge, anyway todays one is as always sponsored by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

but this is providing you have used one of the products on your card, and even if you havent they will still give you 3 digis of your own choice, but I do urge you to pay a visit to The Paper Shelter website and see for yourself what fabulous value their products are so do please pop over here and see for yourself.
And now for my card.

For my image I have used "Spring Breeze" and you will find her here, and I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.34 and a fancy one for the mount out of pink card. The sentiment is one I googled and printed it onto white card then used another label die to cut it out.
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 The Paper Shelters "Spring Zoe" digi paper set and you will find them here. I used a pink spot one for the first mouont and the second is a green one and on the edge I have used Tonic Butterfly Border punch down it, then on top is another pink card which was also mounted onto pink card and placed down the center.
I then used some green card and the La La Land tree die and placed in on top of this mount and stuck the mounted image in the center and the sentiment down below on the left hand side. To finish of I have used several pink flowers and placed them on the tree diecut.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will then want to take part in our "Spring Delights" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Pink Gem Challenges - Challenge #115 - Mothers Day, Birthday or Special Lady

Please can you scroll down for the ABC DT Challenge Card as its below this one.
Good Morning all my faithful followers, I have some fabulous news to pass on to you, I was asked by Janet of Pink Gem Designs if I would like to join one of her Design Teams and I was thrilled to say "Yes Please" and today is the launch of my first Challenge and I sincerely hope that you like the result.

And of course Pink Gem Designs is the sponsor of this Challenge and the theme this time is to create a card for either your "Mother, Birthday or for a Special Lady" in your life, unfortunately I lost my mum a few years ago so I made my card for a special friend instead, and here is my card.

And I even got my own watermark and that is another story, I had quite a job to sort that out, but now its as easy as anything. For my image I have used this gorgeous "Grace with a Rose" and you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a Marianne die to cut her out.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is a piece of pink card, the papers I have used are from Pink Gem Designs its Fleur to Lis design and unfortunately it does not look as if Janet has this in her shop anymore, I have used two of the papers a pink and lime green which I used a border punch from Tonic to punch the two sides and then laid it across the card then used a piece of pink ribbon and a piece of lace and attached it to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then placed in the middle of the card, and the sentiment is again one of the ticket stamps from Pink Gem Designs and you will find them here, I mounted it onto another piece of pink card and placed across the bottom right hand corner.
To finish of I have used several sized roses and placed them in the top left hand corner and these were attached to the card with silicone glue and I also used punched out rose leaves underneath the roses.
Now that you've seen my Card I do hope that you will now go and pay a visit to the Pink Gem Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Pink Design Team have created for you inspiration and hopefully you to will take part in this "Mothers Day, Birthday, or Special Lady" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://savvyhandmadecards.blogspot.ca/ 
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ 
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://craftitudechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "H is for Hair"

Good Morning Crafters, well its my second Challenge as a Design Team member for the ABC Challenges and this time we have reached "H is for Hair" and I know this is one of those things a lot of us have difficulties getting right so now is the time to show us what you can do. Anyway this time we are being sponsored by Tilda's Town

And they are offering a fabulous prize of a Voucher to spend on their website.

And please do pay them a visit and see what fabulous goodies they have

and you will find them here

And I decided to use on of my stash stamps, to be honest its been awhile since they came out of the box so it was a real treat to use this one.

I stamped Tilda onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.4 to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount out of pink card.

The base card is a white 6"x 6" one and the first mount is more of the same pink card, and the papers I have used are from Dovecrafts "Garden Party" paper pad, and I have used three papers, the first a white background with flourish flowers and green leaves, on top are two more papers that were cut in stripes and then I have used a Tulip Border punch from Martha Stewart and then I layed the two papers on top of each other and stuck them down the middle of the card.

I then used the Tattered Lace rose corner in the bottom left hand corner and leaf corners in the top two corners. And now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for  your inspiration.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
zazoviislatkisi.blogspot.ca/search/label/Izazovi 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ 
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Oh my I have been asked to join Janets "Pink Gems" Design Team

I had a big surprise a couple of weeks ago as I had a wonderful email from Janet of Pink Gem Designs asking me if I would like to join one of her Design Teams and of course I was thrilled to say yes, and tomorrow I will be bringing you my first Challenge Card and I thought for a tease I will bring you a card I created for the Gems of Inspiration Blogspot and I thought it was ideal for one of my many grandsons and little friends that I have.

This image is "Skateboard Andy" and you will find him here, I have printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used Tonic Circle dies and scalloped edge one for the mount out of blue card. The sentiment is from Die-namics and is the die as well.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, and the papers are again another of the Pink Gem Digi Designs its called "Slugs and Snails" and you will them here. Please do go and pay a visit to Janets website here and see for yourself what beautiful papers and gorgeous images she has for your inspiration to go wild with. I have used three papers from this set and the first is a blue background with more of Skateboard Andy on it and the second is a beige one which I have used a Martha Stewart Border punch on it, and the third mount is a green one.
I then placed my mounted image in the center and tucked the sentiment behind the mount at the top on the right, and to finish of I used the flag Empathy punch to make three buttons down in the left hand corner at the bottom.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.dreamweaverstencils.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #149 - "Away with the Fairies" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well I dont know about you but here we are already on the third month of a new year and another week has flown by over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and we are now on to a new theme and this week its all about Fairies, so we need to see your images on your cards.
And dont forget we have a DT Call running at the moment if you are interested in joining our DTs please do go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what is expected of you.

But before I show you what Ive been up to as always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website.

But as always this comes with the usual rule that you must have used one of their products on your card this could be a image, paper or printable and you will find them on their website The Paper Shelter and believe me when I tell you that they are brilliant value and you will find that the exchange rate is very good, and even if you havent used one of their products they will still give you three images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose can you?
And now I want to show you my card, I hope you like it.

And here she is its titled "Enchanted Dreams" and you will find her here, and I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her and afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.4 to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount. The sentiment is one that I googled then printed it and cut the mount for it from another of the Nestabilitie Tag dies.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pale green card, and the papers are from Kay Millers "Fairy Dust" digi papers, I have used two of the papers the first a green background with leaves on, and the second a flower one and a Cheery Lynn doily die and then placed in on top of the first mount.
I then cut out the sprigs with a Die-namics dies and stuck them down the left hand side, I then placed my mounted image towards the right with the sentiment underneath on the right hand side. I then used some of the left over papers from the same paper set to cut out the rolled flowers and these where then stuck to the sprigs in various places, and to finish of I have punched out two butterflies and stuck them on the sprig as well. The final flourish are the two flower buttons at the top on the right hand side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and then hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Away with the Fairies" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

The Paper Shelter - DT Call

Good Morning Fellow Crafters, well its that time of the year again, over on The Paper Shelter we are having a DT Call, and I want to welcome all those who would like to join us to have a go, you will find all the details over on our Challenge Blog HERE.

ABC Challenges - "G is for Girl"

Good Morning Crafters, as promised last week I said that I have something special to tell you and that is that I have been invited to join ABC Challenges Design Team and I was not only thrilled to be asked by Nikki but also delighted to say yes, so today is my first Challenge with them and this time the theme is :-

"G is for Girl"

And joy of joy for this one we are being sponsored by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter, please pay them a visit here:-

and they are offering a fabulous prize of

and Marianne Design Stamps and Dies, please pay them a visit here :-

and they are offering a fabulous prize of

And we were lucky to be given a choice of several images to play with, and as I havent used this one before I decided it was the right time to use it.

This image is "Angel" and you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used a Oval Nestabilitie Die to cut her out, and the mount is a Marianne Die and I used pink Pearlescent card for this. The sentiment is one from my stash and I then used a La La Land banner die to cut it out and mounted it onto pink card to.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the paper I have used is from the set as the image and you will find it here, then on top I have used two ribbons which have been wrapped around the middle and stuck to the back of the first mount.

The mounted image was placed in the center and two swirls which also came with the mount stuck in the two opposite corners of the mount. I placed the sentiment across the bottom right hand corner, and stuck six pearls in the top right and bottom left hand corners. And to finish of I have used several roses in different sizes in pink in the top left hand corner.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenges Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of a very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "G for Girl" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://digitallysweetchallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #147 - "Animal Magic" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well its almost March and so far weve seen so much rain Im beginning to wonder if we will ever had decent weather again, my bulbs are beginning to show and even some buds so at least I should be getting some colour soon. Anyway we have another Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and this one is themed "Animal Magic" and we want to see what you can create with animals as your main image, so Im so looking forward to seeing what the entries will be like.
Anyway Im getting ahead of myself and you will want to know what fabulous prize Veronica and Pedro are offering and that is $30.

But this is only if you have used one of their products on your card, this could be a image, paper or printable and they do have some on special offer as well, so its well worth a visit to their website here The Paper Shelter. But even if you havent they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice so you really cant loose with this Challenge can you?
And now I want to show you what Ive created for this Challenge and here he is:-

Hes called Henry in my world but the actual image is titled "How are You Doin" and you will find him here, though to be absolutely honest hed be a good advert for "Should have gone to Specs Savers" as he seems bit short sighted fancy thinking the cactus was a friend, oh well never mind. Ive printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him afterward I used Embossing Folder to print the edge around him then cut it out with scissors to create the scalloped edge. This was then placed on a green Oval Nestabilitie Die background. The sentiment is one from my stash thats been also mounted on the same green card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of green card and the papers are from the Pollyanna Pickering CD from Cupcake Crafting and I have used two of them, one has a hedgehog print on it and the second has a smaller on on and I have used a border punch on this, then on top is another mount of green with a check pattern on which has been placed down the card.
I then used a Memory Box die to create the two dark green trellis's and these were stuck across the top and bottom, then the mounted image was placed in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side.
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 A Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Animal Magic" theme Challenge.
And do please come back on Saturday as I have some very exciting news for you and look forward to letting you into the secret.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #146 - "Punches and Dies" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well I am still standing in as a Guest Designer for The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and this weeks theme is all about "Punches and Dies" and to be honest I am in my element with these I love to use both on my cards just hope you like the result of my playing.
As always our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

 

and as always this is providing you have used one of their images on your card, and it was lovely to see that a lot of you had used them on our last Challenge and I hope you will do again this time, but even if you dont they will still offer you 3 digi images of your own choice if you are picked by Random Org. You will find some fabulous images, papers and printables here on their website The Paper Shelter.
For my card I used this gorgeous image

She is titled "Attitude means Everything" and you will find her here,  I have printed her onto white card then used my Tonic Square die to cut her out and a scalloped one for the mount. I used some snow writer foam on her collar and cuffs also on her ear muffs to. The sentiment is one from my stash thats been stamped onto white card and then cut out by a circle die and mounted on a punched out Snowflake.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white with a first mount of blue card and the paper is from the Sweetshoppe Designs its a blue background with snow on it and clouds. On top of this I have placed a diecut Fir tree which was cut with Marianne Die, and a used a Memory box border die of trees along the bottom.
I then placed my mounted image in the center and before adding the extra's I took a piece of white pearlescent card in a 7"x 7" size and used another of the Martha Stewart large Border and Corner dies to create the background which was then placed behind the first mount making the card larger.
To finish of I have cut out the ski's and sticks with a Marianne Die and placed to the right of the main image, the final flourish is the two layered snowflake at the top on the right and the sentiment on the left.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of Maries B Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Punches and Dies" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/
http://hjcchallenge.blogspot.ca/
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/

Another Card with the gorgeous Aurora Wings Images

Good Afternoon Crafters, its a beautiful day here in Gloucestershire and it does make such a wonderful change from all that rain, but knowing how its been going lately I wouldnt be surprised if it didnt start again in the near future but while its out my dog is thoroughly enjoying it.
Todays card was created for a dear friends Birthday and as shes got 4 beautiful ginger British Shorthair Cats and Im hoping that this little cutie will fill the bill for her. I have printed it onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens. Afterwards I cut it out with my Nestabilitie Rectangle Die and then used a Pearl Effect one for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and this has been also stamped onto white card and then layered up onto another of the same Pearl effect mount.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card and I then used a piece of pink Card and used a deep effect flower border and corner punches from Martha Stewart, and then on top is a 6"x 6" pink card and the paper is from My Minds Eye "Heirloom" paper pad, and around the center I have wrapped a piece of white lace and two ribbons laid on top of one another and attached to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then placed in the center with the sentiment below on the right hand side.
The final flourish is the flower spray in the top left hand corner which comprises of five roses and four rose buds and pearl sprays these were then placed on top of silicone glue and punched out rose leaves.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/
http://emergencycrafterschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://feelingcraftychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/p/rules.html
http://lifeindetailschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://liveandlovecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lothiancrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://onecrazystampercom.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #145 - "Be My Valentine" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, yes its me again its actually my week for hosting the Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot with my A Team, and this week because its so close to Valentines Day I thought it was the right theme for this week so I want to see all your cards with "Be My Valentine" designs on them. As always ours sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

 

And of course this means you must have used one of their products on your card, that could be a image, paper or printable, but even if you dont and you are picked by random org you will still win 3 digi images of your own choice, and if you would like to pay a visit to their website The Paper Shelter you will find it here.

And now to show you my card.

For my image I have used this "Love Bubbles" image and your will find it here, I have printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Heart die to cut it out and a scalloped one for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash which has also been cut out with a smaller heart die and also mounted onto a scalloped edge mount.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of white pearlescent card, the paper is from the Sweetshoppes digi "All Wet" paper set, its a blue background with bubbles on, and then down the middle i have used a strip of the same card and put it through a heart embossing folder and then placed it down the center of my card.

On top of this I have placed my mounted image and then put the sentiment down in the right hand corner, to finish of I have used the Memory Box bubble die to cut out the bubbles that are then placed in the top right hand corner away from the surprised fish.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration, and hopefully you will want to join us and take part in this "Be My Valentine" Challenge.

Brenda of Floral Fantasies has a wonderful Blog Candy offer over on her blog you will find the link here, and my favourite item of use for my cards are Dies. You will also see a link on my sidebar.

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

http://arandomfandt.blogspot.co.uk/ 

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

http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

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

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

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Aurora Wings - "Hydrangea Fairy"

Good Afternoon Crafters, well guess what its raining yet again and its quite heavy to, not sure our dog will want to go out for a toilet as its far to windy as well. Anyway I printed the image onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens then cut it out with my rotatrim, I then mounted it onto a piece of mauve pearlescent card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card, and the first mount is another piece of the same mauve card, the paper I have used I found on the internet then readjusted it to fit the mount, around the middle I have wrapped a piece of lilac satin ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then placed in the center with a spray of hydrangea flowers that I had in my stash and in the center I have put some glitter glue.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC
http://onecrazystampercom.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/february-anything-goes-challenge.html

Challenge #144 - "3 Designer Papers" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well Im standing in as a Guest Designer again this week over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot for Marie and her B Design Team, and this week we want to see you use "3 Designer Papers" and Im sure that it shouldnt to much of a problem for you to create cards with this theme.
But first you will want to know who is sponsoring us yet again this week and that is Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

 

But as always this comes with the rule that you must have used one of their products on your card and this can be either a image, paper or printable and even if you dont they will still give you 3 digis of your own choice. I think thats a fabulous prize so you dont loose whichever you decide but I would urge you to pay a visit to The Paper Shelter website and see for yourself what good value they are especially against the pound and you will find them here.

And now for my card.

For my image I have used "Just Me" and you will find her here, and Ive rather cheated this week as I have used a pre-coloured image and then used my oval Nestabilitie Die to cut it out and a heart one for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash which has been stamped onto white card then cut out with a banner die which has been stuck across the bottom right hand corner.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card, the papers I have used are from the Sweetshoppe Digi Papers and this set is called "Summer Lovin" and I have used three papers, the first a all over flower pattern in several colours and the second is a pink one and the third a plaid one.

To finish of I have used some of the papers from the same set and then used a Die-namics rolled flower die in different sizes to creat the flowers in the top left hand corner, these were placed on some punched out leaves.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to give this "3 Designer Papers" Challenge.

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

http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Aurora Wings Ballet Dancer

Good Morning Crafters, well its stopped raining for a couple of hours but we have been promised some more this afternoon, and I see its been flooding down on the Severn this morning and its cut of Gloucester for those living near it. Anyway I printed this image about a week ago and I just couldnt decide what colour to do her, as shes from Swan Lake, and of course they are all white so thats what I plumbed for. I have coloured the roses on her headress and down around her dress and then cut her out with my Grand Oval Die from Nestabilities and used a fancy one for the mount. The sentiment is one I googled and then cut it out with a fancy tag die.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first mount of white pearlescent card thats been put through my embossing folder and then I have used a fancy doily towards the top and die cut a swan with one of the Tattered Lace dies and placed them at the bottom on the left.
Around the middle I have wrapped a piece of crinkled white ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount and then placed my mounted image towards the right. The sentiment was placed at the bottom below the image. And to finish of I have used several pink roses and some punched out rose leaves to create a floral spray in the top left hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://acreativeneed.wordpress.com/join-in-the-monthly-challenge/
http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.lisasomerville.com/
http://izazoviislatkisi.blogspot.ca/search/label/Izazovi
http://craftitudechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #143 - "All Wrapped Up" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning fellow Crafters, well Ive been caught out this morning I made sure that the Challenge Post was written up but totally forgot to write up my own blog, what a daft person, Ive been worrying all night about the inlinz thing and it worked perfectly this morning and I went to look on my own blog and my own post was missing I cant believe I forgot to write it up and schedule it as I normally do. Anyway it wont do to carry on I must write up my post so here we go, this week over on The Paper Shelter its all about "Wrapping Up" originally when I picked this theme it was supposed to be about wrapping up against the cold but a lot of the team saw it as something else and have gone with it so I will leave the interpretation up to you.
Anyway as always our very generous sponsors are The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

And this comes with the usual stipulation that you must have used one of their products on your card and this could be a image, paper or printable and even if you dont they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice if you are chosen by random org, but I do urge you to pay a visit to their website The Paper Shelter and see for yourself what brilliant value they are especially against the pound.
And now for my own card

For my image I used "The Beautiful Skier" and you will find it here, and I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her then I cut her out completely. The sentiment is one from my stash and this was placed onto a diecut snowflake.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of white pearlescent card and on top of this I have used one of the Bearlymine digi papers this a snowflake design on a blue background. Then I used more of the pearlescent card and die cut two landscape backgrounds and then placed them at the back of the card towards the top, then I placed my cut out image on the left handside and then I cut the ski's and poles (not sure of the official name for them never having skied) and placed the two ski's against the left handside and the poles are stuck in the snow with the sentiment towards the right handside. To finish of I have punched out a snowflake and placed it in the ski.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will want to take part in this "All Wrapped Up" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Another Aurora Wings Card

Good morning Crafters, I know its amazing for me to actually manage more than one post in a week but I thought you might like to see what I have been playing with this week its another of the beautiful Aurora Wings Images and this one is "Calla Lily" and although to me they are something I tie with funerals Im hoping that this image will hopefully make your think otherwise.
I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a Nestabilitie rectangle die to cut her out and a larger one for the mount out of green card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of green card and the papers I have used are from Joanna Sheens "Victorian Garden" and I have used two for this image both with Calla Lilies on, the first a white background with a spotted array of them and the second is a more denser one and this was also mounted onto green card. Then it the top left hand corner I have placed a small doily.
I then wrapped two ribbons around the card and attached it to the back of the first mount, then placed my mounted image towards the right of the card, and to finish of I have used a bunch of mulberry Calla Lilies and placed them on the left of my image and a large triple bow on top.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.2creativechicks.com/
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC
http://natalieandamy.blogspot.co.uk/
http://onecrazystampercom.blogspot.co.uk/
http://blog.oozak.com/
http://thecraftingcafe.blogspot.co.uk/
http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/ 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #141 - The Paper Shelter - "Winter Blues"

Good Morning Crafters, well its the turn of the A Team to make cards for The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and this weeks theme is "Winter Blues" and we want to see you use Blue as your main colour and it should suit the weather to, though at the moment we seem to be avoiding snow but how long for Im not sure but its really been wet here in the UK and I know that in some places its been so bad that they have suffered floods, luckily we live up on the side of the hill and the water just seems to collect at the bottom of the road.
Anyway before I show you what I have been up to you will want to know all about the prize, and as always we are being sponsored by The Paper Shelter and they have offered a fabulous prize of $30.

but this is providing you have used one of the products on your card which could be either a image, paper or printable but even it you done they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, I think that is one very generous prize, but if you would like to visit their website you will find lots of beautiful and stunning images and all up to date, as they are always adding to their library, you will find them at The Paper Shelter website, just click on their name and browse to your hearts delight.
And now for the card I have made and here it is:-

For the image I have used the "Snow Angel" and your will find it here, I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.8 and the mount is a fancy one which was cut out of blue card. The sentiment is from my stash and has been stuck on a banner die.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, and the paper I have used is from Bearlymine Designs its one of her Christmas designs. I then used Memory Box dies to create the border and corners and I have used white pearlescent card. The mounted image was then placed in the center and the sentiment was placed across the bottom right hand corner.
Now that you have seen my card I do hope you will pop across to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented "A" Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will feel you to can take part in this "Winter Blues" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inkychicks.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/