The Paper Shelter - "Anything Goes" - Summer Break Challenge

This weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is our special Summer Break one and the theme will be "Anything Goes" it also means that both the A and B Teams will be taking part and as its our time to take a break we will not be commenting on your cards, as I feel the girls need some time out to spend with their children without the worry of commenting on cards. I also have my grandsons coming for a week and its going to be difficult getting to a computer as they sleep in my craft room.
Anyway as always our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize for this Challenge of $30. to spend on their website.

 

But this is providing you have used one of their products on your card and this could be either a Image, Paper and Printable and you will find them here on The Paper Shelter Website. But even if you dont use one you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice to play with.

And now for my card.

And for my card I have used "Fairy in a Teacup" and you will find her here, and I have printed her onto white card and then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Circle die to cut it out and a fancy one for the mount out of yellow card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount of yellow card and the papers are from The Paper Shelters "Vintage Flourishes" digi paper set and you will find them here. I have used two of the papers the first one is a very pretty all over rose pattern then on top is another yellow paper and then a Butterfly Border and Corner punch from Martha Stewart and created a layer which was then placed on top of the first mount.

I have then cut a teapot and cup with a Tattered Lace die then stuck it along the bottom of my card, then in the center I have placed my mounted image in the middle, and a sentiment was created on my computer and printed and mounted onto another piece of yellow card. The final flourish is the large Flower that was created with another of the Tattered Lace Dies and layered up and placed in the top left hand corner.

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 Teams have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will want to take part in this "Anything Goes" Challenge.

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

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

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

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

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #167 - "Holiday Time" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, its a busy week for me as I have three DT Cards being scheduled so I mustnt forget to make sure the Challenge is done as well, anyway todays Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is all about "Holiday Time" and Im sure you have been busy getting your cards done ready for the summer holidays, I know I have my two grandsons coming for a week and I have to be well ready for that.
Anyway this weeks Challenge is being sponsored by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30 to spend on their website.

But of course this is providing you have used one of the products on your card, and this could be either a Image, Paper or Printable and they are of fabulous value and I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Website and see for yourself what beautiful images they have for you to play with. But even if you dont use one of the products you will still receive three images of your own choice to play with, so you really can not loose can you.
And now to show you what I have created for my card

 This little chap is called "Beach Boy" and you will find him here, and I printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, he was then cut out with my Nestabilitie Die and I also cut a larger one for the mount out of blue card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, and the backing paper is also from the same Design Set and the boy and this was then embellished with the "Marianne" Flip Flops die, and the sentiment is one from my stash thats been stamped and mounted onto another piece of the same blue card. To finish of I have used some buttons down the right side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay and 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 to will want to take part in this weeks "Holiday Time" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://a2zscrapbookingblog.com/ 
http://agirlwhocraftschalengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://theartisticstampercreativeteam.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://copicmarkerspain.blogspot.ca/ 
http://craftandsmash.blogspot.it/ 
http://craftingmusketeers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://notrealstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://imagination-craftschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://laineyscraftyspace-justforfun.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kreativeinkauf-challenge.blogspot.de/ 
http://liveandlovecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://natalieandamy.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenge - "P is for Pearls"

Good Morning Crafters, todays Challenge over at ABC Challenges is all about "P is for Pearls" and we are so lucky to be sponsored by The Paper Shelter who Im on the Design Team for and I was lucky enough to be able to chose from any of the images to play with and I picked the image below.

And you will find the website here at The Paper Shelter

and Bunny Zoes

and they are offering a fabulous prize of

And now for my card I do hope you like it

This gorgeous image is "Rose" and you will find her here, and I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to cut her out, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Grand Labels Die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount out of pink card.

The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with the first mount of pink card the paper is from the same design set as "Rose" and you will find it here. I then used cosmic shimmer PVA glue in pink to create the pearl drops all around the edge of the card, and I then placed my mounted image in the center. The sentiment is from my stash and this also was stamped onto white card and then cut out with a small oval die and mounted on a scalloped one for the mount.

I then used some pink pearls to arrange around my image and the final flourish is the triple pink bow thats been created out of pink organza and then placed at the top in the left hand corner, and on top is a pink pearl brad placed through a spacer and stuck on top of the bow.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the ABC 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 "P is for Pearls" Challenge.

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

http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/ 

http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://imagination-craftschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://blog.markerpop.com/ 

http://mybestiesuk.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/ 

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

http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

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

Pink Gem Challenge #123 - "Animals - Any Birds/Teddy Bears"

Good Morning, over on Pink Gem Designs Challenge Blogspot is a brand new Challenge and this time we want you to use a Animal on your card, so the theme is "Animals - any Birds/Teddy Bears" is acceptable, so Im so glad I used the image below.

And you should pay Pink Gem Designs a visit and see what fabulous images, papers that Janet has on offer, and recently she has been creating some gorgeous pre-made card designs so all you have to do is print and cut out and stick they are quick but they look fabulous when done and you will find them here.
And now for my card.

For my card I have used "Andy the Pirate" and you will find him here, I printed him onto white card and coloured him with my copic pens afterwards I used a Nestabilitie Rectangle Die to cut him out and a larger one for the mount out of blue card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card the papers are also from Pink Gem Designs and its called "Slugs and Snails" and you will find them here. I have four of the papers and mounted them up as shown.
Afterwards I wrapped a piece of pirate ribbon around the card and attached to the back of the first mount. Then on top I have placed my mounted image and created a sentiment banner by using a Die-Namics stamp and die and stuck it to a cocktail stick and placed it behind the mounted image 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 Pink Gem 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://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://graphitmarkers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thesweetpeastampers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thatscraftychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #165 - "Photo Inspiration" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is very special we want you to use the "Photo Inspiration" to create your card, you must use the colours in this photo on your own card so look forward to what you come up with.
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 is always providing you have used one of their products on your card and this could be either a Image, a Digi Paper, or Printable and you will find there here on their website The Paper Shelter. I would urge you to pay and visit and browse their gorgeous images and see for yourself what brilliant value you they are against any currency world wide.  And the best thing is even if you havent used one of their products on your card whey will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice so you really cannot loose can you?
Before I show you my card this week I must show you the photo thats to be used for your inspiration I do hope you like it, it has lots of colours in it so you should have lots of choice to play with.

And for my card this week I have used this sweet Japanese image

I have used this "My Fantasy Pet" and you will find her here on The Paper Shelter website, I have not only used the image but the backing paper that came with her. I printed her singly onto a piece of white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I cut her out with a Nestabilitie Oval die and a fancy one for the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and then I placed the backing paper on top of this, and I used a Chrysanthemum die from Tattered Lace and cut a pink diecut out and stuck this in the corner on the left, I cut two of the fans also from Tattered Lace and these were stuck behind the mounted image which was placed in the center of my card. The final diecut is the large Butterfly which is also a Tattered Lace die and this was placed on the right hand side towards the bottom.
The sentiment was stamped onto a piece of white card and with one of the folded label dies from Die-namics I have stuck it in the bottom right hand corner.
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 to will want to take part in this "Photo Inspiration" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://agirlwhocraftschalengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://emeraldfaeries.blogspot.co.uk/
http://alteredeclectics.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cmdchallenge.blogspot.ca/
http://copicmarkerspain.blogspot.ca/
http://traumfabrik-challenge.blogspot.de/
http://fairieschallenges.blogspot.be/
http://imagination-craftschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://laineyscraftyspace-justforfun.blogspot.co.uk/
http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

ABC Challenges - "O is for Orange"

Good Morning Fellow Crafters, well todays Challenge over on ABC Challenge Blogspot is all about "O is for Orange" a really bright cheerful colour that should cheer us all up, and this time we are being sponsored by "Stamp and Create" and Im sure they are offering a fabulous prize for the winner.

And you will find them here on their website

For my card I used this gorgeous image.

 

Isnt she so pretty she is called "Lizzy with a Gift" and you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a Tonic basic die to cut her out and a scalloped one for the mount.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of orange card, the papers I have used are from Sweetshoppes "Oh my Darling" paper set and I have used three papers, the first a orange background with roses on, and the second a orange and white spot and the third a check which were placed as shown.

I then placed my mounted image in the center with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner which was mounted in the same way as the image but with circle dies and not oval. To finish of I have used several sized roses in the top left hand corner which were placed on silicone glue and then I placed rose leaves down the edges before sticking the roses on top. The final flourish are the pearls of several sizes placed down the right hand side at the top and the bottom on the left.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to ABC 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 "O is for Orange" Challenge.

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

http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://fitztownchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://mybestiesuk.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/ 

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

http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card for the Aurora Wings "No Lines Challenge"

Good Morning fellow Crafters, it looks like another beautiful day again the sun is out and its still quite warm, our dog loves the early morning sunshine and here she is sitting by the back gate taking in the rays.

Mind you she always runs in to welcome me when I come down in the morning then runs outside yet again to enjoy it.
Todays card has been created with such a lot of difficulty I tried twice with the Fushia Sprite but the dark colours were difficult to lay without the lines they kept going over the edge and looked awful so in the bin they went, and I thought I would try something a little lighter and this "Dandelion" Sprite is the result.
I took her into My Craft Studio and faded out the lines printed it and coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.34 to cut it out and a Fancy one for the mount from the same Die shape our of green card.
The card is a 6.50"x 6.50" and the first mount is green card, the paper I created myself with Phil Martins "Dandelion Whispers" background stamp by using clear inkpad and details embossing powder and used the heat gun to set it, afterwards I used yellow mica powder and rubbed it all over the embossed background and rubbed of the excess.
I then stuck it to the base mount and cut a 5" square green card and with a Dandelion Embossing Folder from Crafters Companion Embossalicious range and ran it through my ebosser. I then placed this onto of the first layer and wrapped a piece of green net ribbon around the middle and attached it to the back of the first mount. I then placed my mounted image in the center of the middle mount.
To finish of I diecut three Dandelions with the Tattered Lace Die and placed them around the mounted image in the center.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://agirlwhocraftschalengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://alteredeclectics.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/
http://reves2scrap.blogspot.fr/
http://sunshinemail.org/challengeblog/
http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #163 - "Anything but a Card" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well we have something different for you over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot so I do hope you are ready for a Challenge, my A Team have been extremely inventive and I hope to see other peoples projects to as this theme is all about "Anything but a Card".
But Im getting ahead of myself you will want to know as always that Veronica and Pedro are sponsoring us and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30 to spend on their website

But as always you must have used one of their products on your card and this could be either a Image, Printable or Papers and believe me when I say they have a fabulous library of stunning designs and images for you to play with. Your will find their website The Paper Shelter here, but even if you havent used one of their products you will still receive 3 digi images if you are the lucky one picked by random org.
Anyway I created this Savings Box house for my hubbys granddaughter,

I actually bought this savings box house from the NEC last time I went to the Craft Show in March and decided this was the ideal project for this theme, I have used one of the papers from "Zoes Spring Paper" set and you will find them here,  to cover the house and then used a fence, windows and door are dies from Memory Box and stuck it along the front of my box.
The image is The Paper Shelters "Home Sweet Home" image and you will find it here, that I have coloured then cut out completely and stuck to the front of the house, the flowers are also from the same image as is the Home Sweet Home banner thats been stuck across the top of the door frame.
Now that youve seen my project 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 to will take part in this weeks "Anything but a Card" Challenge.
This Project is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inkychicks.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.sparklingblackrose-craftmylife.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.markerpop.com/ 
http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/ 
http://www.throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "N for Nautical"

Good Morning All, I do hope that you are experiencing better weather than we are in the UK this half month Challenge over at ABC Challenge Blogspot is all about water its "N for Nautical" this could be anything covering Sea or Ocean and Wild Orchids Crafts are out sponsors.

And Im sure that flowers are probably part of the prize so its certainly worth taking part in this challenge and here is my card for it.

For my card I have used this sweet Tilda image and stamped her onto white card, I then used my copic pens to colour and cut her out with my Nestabilitie Oval die then placed her on a scalloped one for the mount. The sentiment is also a Magnolia one and this also has been mounted onto a piece of the same blue card that was used for the image.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of blue card the papers are from Sweetshoppes "Pirate Life for Me" digi paper set, and I have used three papers the first a dark blue background with Waves on and the second is a Anchor pattern and this was cut in a strip and Ive used a shell border punch from Martha Stewart down the side of it. The third and last paper is a sailing boat pattern on a white background and this was mounted onto a piece of dark blue card.
Around the middle I have wrapped a Skull and Bones ribbon over some Lace which was then stuck to the back of the first mount, you will find the lace at Wild Orchids. I then placed my mounted image in the center and placed several buttons at the top and I diecut the anchors in the bottom left with Marianne dies, afterwards I put the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will pay a visit to the ABC 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 "N for Nautical" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered the following Challenges:-
http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/group/cmccopicchallengegroup 
http://craftingattheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://notrealstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tildastown.wordpress.com/ 
http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://totallytilda.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Aurora Wings "Butterfly" Challenge

Good Afternoon, well today has been beautiful I was wondering if it might happen as we had a fabulous lightening storm last night and I watched it through the living room window for quite awhile. Anyway the poor dog had a short walk this afternoon and found it just to much for her little feet so we cut it short and came home again so I could get this card finished.
I started it a week ago and didnt get very far as I had other things to sort out and as you can see I have put those behind and got on to finishing it, its one of the gorgeous Aurora Wings images and you will find her here, please do go and visit the website as she is such a talented lady and really does create beautiful images so you can play with them.
I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a Tonic die to cut her out and a scalloped one for the mount, the leaf border is yet another of the Tonic dies and I have placed it on top of the mounted image.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first mount of lilac card and the paper is one from Nitwits and I have then placed on top and used a piece of the same lilac card and ran it through my ebosser with a butterfly embossing folder. And of course this is my favourite colour choice so I love to use it on my cards.
On top I have placed a strip of web ribbon and another of Satin and then tucked behind the first mount. I then stuck my image in the middle and the last flourish is the butterfly from Tattered Lace which I folded and stuck in the top left hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://acreativeneed.wordpress.com/
http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://blog.docerelashop.com/
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #121 - "Use Gingham, Ribbon/Designer papers" - Pink Gem Challenge

Good Morning Crafters, this weeks Challenge over on the Pink Gem Challenge Blogspot is my turn to host and this Challenge theme is all about using "Gingham" on your card and I hope that I have done exactly that with my card.

Janet also has a very special 20% off sale at the moment to, 

so click on badge above and it will take you to her website.

And I sincerely hope that like what I have done.

I have used this image "Emma in Flower Jeans" and you will find it here, and I printed her onto white card, coloured the skin, hair and the shirt, but I then used the Gingham papers from Pink Gem to paper piece her trousers and jacket.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the papers are as I said from Pink Gem Designs and you will find them here, I have used two papers a purple and yellow, I have used the first one for my base mount and this placed onto purple card, on top of this I have used my Martha Stewart circle punch to create the doily thats behind the square doily which was placed on top.
I then wrapped two gingham ribbons around the middle on top of a punched out border, and attached it to the back of the first mount. I placed my mounted image in the center and the sentiment across the bottom right hand corner.
And I created a double bow with some of the same gingham ribbon and stuck it in the top left hand corner, I also used flower punch to create the flower buttons that have been placed in the top right and bottom left hand corners.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will pay a visit to the Pink Gem 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 "Gingham, Ribbon/Designer Papers" Challenge and I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
This Card is to entered in the following Challenges:-
http://acreativeneed.wordpress.com/ 
http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftitudechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.docerelashop.com/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ 
http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/
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Challenge #161 - "Flower Power" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, I dont know about you but this year is going by much to fast for me, because here were are already into June and Im still looking for the summer weather, not sure if we are going to be lucky as Im sure I have now grown webbed feet. Anyway this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is being hosted by the A Team and we are expecting you to create a card with "Flower Power" and I know how much if you are anything like me love your flowers so I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
As always we are being sponsered by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter, and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

to spend on their website, but this is providing you have used one of their products on your card and that could be either a Image, Paper or Printable, but even if you havent they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice. But its worth a visit to their website The Paper Shelter and see for yourself what stunning images they have to offer and what fabulous value they are to.
And now to show you my card

for my image I have used "Spring Princess" and you will find her here, I have printed onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used Oval Nestabilitie Die to cut her and the Cheery Lynn Swedish Oval Die doe the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and has also been cut with Nestabilitie Labels No.1 die to cut it out and a larger one for the mount.
The paper is also from the "Spring Princess" and you will find it here, and I have placed it onto a mount of peach card, which was then placed on a 6"x 6" white card and the mounted image was stuck in the center with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
To finish of I have created two flower sprays with roses on different sizes and placed them in opposite corners to flag the main image. And the final flourish are the three pearls in the top left hand corner.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what stunning cards the girls have created for this "Flower Power" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenge - "M is for Monochrome"

Good Morning and a another new month, here we are half way through a year and I really dont know where the time has flown to, anyway this half months Challenge over on the ABC Challenge Blogspot is "M is for Monochrome" and we are being sponsored by Kenny K

And Marker Pop

And we were lucky enough to be given a image to play with and I chose this one and here is my card.

And she is called the "Socialite" you will find her here, and I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, then used a Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and a larger one for the mount out of black card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of black card and the papers are from Papermania's "Art Deo" paper pad, and I have used three papers from this pack, they are all pattered slightly different and layered up as shown and a black satin ribbon was then wrapped around the card and attached to the back of the first mount, on top I have placed a strip of lace similar in design as one of the papers. The final flourish is the pearls that in the top and bottom corners.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what stunning cards the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "M is for Monochrome" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftingattheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://snarkystampers.blogspot.ca/ 
http://treasuredtimesrubberstampschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.ca/
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for Sundays with Santa "A Card for a Child"

Good Morning Crafters, well I dont know if you heard it in your neck of the woods but at 1.30 am this morning there was a torrential downpour of rain yet again and it woke both hubby and myself up, its getting like a jungle in my garden as the grass and everything else is growing so fast, even the Forest is already over grown with ferns, I dont think theres enough sheep to chomp it down, the wild boar dont even touch that just turns over the grass instead, and of course its causing a lot of trouble when it gets into playing fields and gardens as you can image they do terrible damage. Now they want to cull them, not sure how they got dumped but theyve certainly reciprocated since they were dropped of on the side of the road a number of years ago.
Anyway Ive getting of the subject this weeks theme on Sundays with Santa is making a card for a child and I used this sweet Sugar Nellie image and printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her. Afterwards I used my Nestabilitie Labels Die No.1 to cut it out and a fancy one for the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card the papers are from Trimcrafts "Santa's Workshop" and I have used two papers the first is a white background with houses on and the second is a stripped one and I have placed that across the center and a mesh ribbon around the center was then attached to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then placed in the center and the diecut sentiment down the right hand side.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk/
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for the Sugar Bowl and Sugary Sunday Challenges

Good Afternoon fellow Crafters, well I dont know about you but in my part of the woods its thundering and raining, not to nice but I suppose we ought not to be to greedy as we have had some beautiful weather lately and it was bound to change, right? Anyway to cheer you up I thought you might like to see what I have been upto, this is one of the Pip images from Sugar Nellie and I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I cut her out with my Nestabilitie Die and a fancy one for the mount, I also used a smaller one from the same die set for the mount for my sentiment, which was printed from my computer and cut to fit the mount.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" and the first mount is blue card and the papers are from Sweetshoppes "Dare 2be Different" digi paper set, I have used three papers for the card and layered them up as shown, I then placed the mounted image towards the left with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
I then used several more of the papers from the same paper set and 3 of the Woodware Daisy punches and created a layered flower in the top right hand corner, I used my ball tool to shape the petals and layered them up and stuck them to the card on top of some cut leaves.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/
http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://digistamps4joy-sa.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #159 - "Charming" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well it looks as if the weather has started to reverse back to the wet one again and I suppose we ought not to be to greedy at least we had a lovely couple of weeks and I just hope we shall have some more of those in the future. This weeks Challenge over at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is all about using "Charms" on your Card, these were very popular a couple of years ago and Im sure you have them somewhere in your stash I know I have a fabulous selection to choose from.
As always our 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 rule that you must have used one of their products on your card and this could be either a image, paper or printable but even if you havent they will still offer you 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really have nothing to loose by taking part in this Challenge, but please do go and pay their website The Paper Shelter and see for yourself what fabulous products they have on offer, and they are always updating their library all the time.
Anyway I have used this cute image for my card

This one is called "So Pretty"  you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards  used my Nestabilitie die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount.
The main card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, the papers are also from The Paper Shelter and this set is titled "Shopping Girl" and you will find them here. I have used four different designs, the first a blue background with pink and blue flowers on, the second is a pink one and I have used a flower border punch from Martha Stewart, the third a darker pink and this has pink flowers and the last mount is a double blue strip on and this is placed behind the image.
On top of these I have placed my mounted image, and the sentiment is placed down the right hand side and this also from the stamp die set and as the fancy mount. To finish of I have used one of the Sue Wilson Bow Dies and created the bow in the top right hand corner, from this I have dangled a mirror brad and attached to this is a bag and dress charm.
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 to will want to take part in this "Charming" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://arandomfandt.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/