Challenge #209 - "Photo Inspiration" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well we are now half way through the year can you believe it? and this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is a card created from a the colours in this photo

And 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 this is only if you have used one of their products on your card and that could be either a Image, Paper or Printable and you will find them here on their website.  But even if you do not use any of their products you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice so you really cannot loose can you? Please dont forget that you are only allowed to enter our Challenges 3 times and at least one of the entries must have one of our products on it or they will be disallowed in the choice of a winner.
And here is the Card that I created for this Challenge, its a real fun one and I hope you like it as much as I do.

This image is called "Monkeys" for the obvious reason and you will find them here,  and I printed it onto white card then used my copic pens on it to colour and then cut out completely by hand.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of kraft card and I have used the backing paper that came with the "Monkeys" image and you will find them here, I then used a mixture of Cheery Lynn, Marianne and Tattered Lace dies to create the background of grass, leaves and monkeys and these were placed around the edges and the image was then stuck in the middle of the card and a sentiment was then stamped and mounted on a banner die across the top in the left hand corner.
Now that I have shown you 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 "Photo Inspiration" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card using the new Heartfelt Blazing Poppies Stamps and Dies

Good Morning Crafters, this is actually my third card using these gorgeous stamps and dies from Heartfelt designs, this latest set Blazing Poppies is one of my favourite sets. I created the flowers (shown at the top and either side of the vase) but stamping the image onto white card then coloured them with my inkpads, I then cut them out with the die that comes with these design set and formed the flowers and layered them up.
The vase and the flower behind it were complete stamps which I also stamped onto white card then used my copic pens to colour them both
afterwards I cut them out completely and in the centers of all the flowers I used a large black glitter and left them to dry.
The base card card is a 8"x 7.75" white card with a first mount out of red card and a second out of black, the backing paper is from the same design set as the poppies and has then been placed on top of the mounts.
I shaped the vase and the other cut out stamped piece and layered them up in the bottom left hand corner, I also placed two of the smaller poppies either side to created a bigger punch of flowers, and at the top of the paper there were a further two printed poppied and on top of these I placed the other 2 poppies that I created earlier. The final flourish is the sentiment also from the same design set cut it out and placed it on the pocket.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ameliatworks.blogspot.co.uk/p/current-challenge.html
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.fairytalestamper.blogspot.de/
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/
http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://welove2create.blogspot.co.uk/

ABC Challenges - "L is for Lace"

Good Morning Crafters, well here we half way through June, its amazes me how quickly this year has already almost reached Mid-Summer and where is it? I know we have lighter evenings but the temperature hasnt been to good so far, I do hope that we shall get some soon dont you? Anyway we have reached the letter "L" over on ABC Challenges and for this one we want to see lots of Lace on your cards and Im sure if your anything like me you have lots of it in your stash.
This time our Sponsors are The Paper Shelter, who as you know Im on their Design Team so I have the choice of any of their images to play with, but Im getting ahead of myself.

The Paper Shelter are offering a fabulous prize of $20 to spend in their webshop

And here is the Card I created for this "L is for Lace" Challenge

I have used "Rhythm Everywhere" and you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I cut her out with the oval Nestabilitie Die and stuck blue lace all around the edge.

I then cut a mount out of blue card with a fancy Nestabilitie Oval Die and stuck my image on to. The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of blue card the papers I have used are from "Sophie in the Country" digi paper set and you will find them here. I have used four of the papers and on three of the edges I have used the Martha Stewart Lace border punch and layered them up. I then laid a piece of spiderweb lace down the card and wrapped a piece of blue satin ribbon on top and attached them to the back of the first mount.

 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 want to take part in this "L is for Lace" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ameliatworks.blogspot.co.uk/p/current-challenge.html 
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Challenge 
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/ 
http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #207 - "Anything but a Card" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers well this week over at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot we have something different and I do so hope that you will take part and show us what you can create.
 And this weeks Challenge as always 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 this is providing you have used one of their products and that could be either a Image, Backing Paper or even a Printable, but even if you have not they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice to play with. So you really cannot loose can you? And the choice on their website The Paper Shelter is amazing they are always updating their library so the choices as fabulous and the price of them is really good to.
So here is what I created with one of the MDF books you can buy, its for my Great Grandson Jacob, its a Brag Book I hope you like it.

 Using Cutest Wizard

Using The Aviator

Using Brave and Cute Knight

Using World Champion

Using Adorable Fireman

Using Extreme

Using Little Cowboy

Using Mad about Video Games

All the images and papers are all linked so if you would like to click on them it will take you to The Paper Shelter page with the appropriate images and papers for sale. I sincerely hope you like the Brag Book and I look forward to seeing what you create for the "Anything but a Card" Challenge.

Now that youve seen my project 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.

This Project is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://biminimoose.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Chs 
http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Pink Gem Designs - "Something Blue"

Good Morning Gemsters, well another two weeks have gone by for us over on Pink Gem Challenges, and this time its all about the colour "Blue" so we had to all shades of it on our cards.
As usual Janet of Pink Gem Designs is sponsoring our Challenge and please do go and visit her website and see what stunning and beautiful images and papers she has to sell for you to play with.

And here is the Card I created for the Challenge.

This beautiful Image is called "Birds in a Row" and you will find them here, I printed the image onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I cut it out with one of Nestabilitie Dies and a fancy one for the mount out of blue card.
The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of blue card, the papers are also from Pink Gem Designs and you will find them here, they are called Dotty, for the obvious reason, I have used two papers in two shades of blue.
I then wrapped a blue ribbon around the card down ways and attached it to the back of the first mount. I then placed my mounted image in the center and die cut the sentiment in blue card and placed it down the right hand side. To finish of I have used blue pearls down the left hand side.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to Pink Gem Designs 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 "Something Blue" Challenge.
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://blog.docerelashop.com/ 
http://graphitmarkers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stempelsonne.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Christmas Card for a Child - Sundays with Santa - Facebook Challenge

Good Morning Crafters, each week over on Facebooks Sundays with Santa we host a challenge for a Christmas Card and last weeks one was to create a Card for a Child. And as Im on the Pink Gem Designs Design Team I am lucky to be able to use any of Janets stunning images and designs to play with, and this one is from a new set of Toppers that she has just released for this Christmas coming

Pink Gem Designs

As you can see there are a lot to choose from, I printed the able image "Barclay Bear" onto photo paper, and then cut out the background and mounted it onto a piece of blue card. The Bear himself I cut out and then decoupaged him onto the main image on the background. I layered up the flowers in the three corners and the sentiment in the top right hand corner.

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

http://onelayerchristmas.blogspot.co.uk/

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

http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC

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

ABC Challenges - "K is for Kritters"

Good Morning Crafters, well we are almost half way through this 2015 can you believe it, its gone so quickly and so far we have only seen just a few gorgeous warm days and of course we have  had so much rain yet again, I do so hope that things improve soon as it makes Winter come so quickly otherwise. Anyway todays Challenge over on ABC Challenges is "K for Kritters" and this means we want to see Animals on your cards and we are being sponsored by

Sherri Baldy

And for my Card I used this cute image

Its certainly a rather large dog, and your will find it here, I printed it onto white card and then coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I cut it out with my Nestabilitie Die and a fancy one for the mount.

The base card is a white one with a 6.50"x 6.50" and my found mount is a beige one, I then used three papers from the Sweetshoppes "I love my Dog" paper set, and then across the bottom I used a dog ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount.

The Sentiment is one from the same paper set which was printed then cut out completely and I mount this onto a piece of the same brown card and the mount.

I then placed my mounted image towards the left and the sentiment  in the bottom right hand corner and to finish of I have used some dog buttons and placed them down the right hand side.

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 want to take part in this "K is for Kritters" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/ 
http://www.scrapbookblessingsclub.com/ 
http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2015/05/challenge-225-anything-goes.html
http://welove2create.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #205 - "Flower Power" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, I do hope that you all enjoyed your Bank Holiday weekend, though the weather was rather changeable, when are we going to have some decent weather I just wish if would warm up, mind you the grass is enjoying it and is growing even better than usual.
Anyway this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter is themed "Flower Power" and that means we want to see lots of flowers of any kind on your card and Im sure you will find them either on paper or create your own or even the mulberry paper ones.
Anyway back to todays Challenge and as always our sponsors for this Challenge are 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 and that could be either a Image, Backing Paper or even a Printable, but even if you have not they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice to play with. So you really cannot loose can you? And the choice on their website The Paper Shelter is amazing they are always updating their library so the choices as fabulous and the price of them is really good to.
And here is my card

This image is called "The Florist" and I think thats self explanatory and you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour and then cut her out with a circle Nestabilitie Die and a Scalloped one for the mount out of pink card. The sentiment is a Marianne Stamp and Die.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of pink card the backing paper is also from "The Florist" and you will find that here. And then placed my mounted image in the middle of the circle thats part of the design. I placed the sentiment around the bottom right hand corner, and created a bouquet for the top left hand corner and tied it with a piece of pink bow, and in the top right is another bow with a flower button in the middle.
Now that youve seen my card please do 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 in this "Flower Power" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "J is for Jewels"

Good Morning Crafters, well its amazing how quickly these fortnights go by and already we have reached the letter "J" over at ABC Challenges and this time the theme is "J is for Jewels" and this means we want to see lots of "Gems" on your cards.
And we are being sponsored by two companies this time

The Ribbon Girls

and

All Dressed Up

And for my card I used this sweet image 

She is called "I Love my Puppy" and you will find her here,  but as you can see the puppy is missing so I image its run of to play  not sure where he is at the moment, and I 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 fancy one for the mount out of blue card.

The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of blue card and the papers are from Maja and I have used three papers then placed my image at a jaunty angle on the left side of my card. The sentiment was one I found on the internet its a saying from Bette Midler and this was printed and mount on a piece of the same blue card.

To follow the them I have placed several gems on my image, and a flourish in the top right hand corner. 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 will want to take part in this "J is for Jewel" and I look forward to seeing the results.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/dlart-may-linky-challenge.html 
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ema-ginationstation.blogspot.co.uk/
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/

Challenge #203 - "Charming" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well the theme for this weeks Challenge is all about adding a Metal Charm to your card so its titled "Charming" and if your anything like me you bought loads of these a couple of years ago when they were very popular and then hardly use then since, I think the problem is creating the link chain to add them to the card, I know I ruined my nails doing it, I sincerely hope you have found a better way of making the chain.
Anyway back to todays Challenge and as always our sponsors for this Challenge are 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 and that could be either a Image, Backing Paper or even a Printable, but even if you have not they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice to play with. So you really cannot loose can you? And the choice on their website The Paper Shelter is amazing they are always updating their library so the choices as fabulous and the price of them is really good to.
And for the reveal of my Card.

This image is titled "Connected" and you will find here, I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a circle Nestabilitie die to cut her out and a larger one for the mount using a beige card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of beige card and the paper I have used the backing paper and placed this one the base mount. I then wrapped the large ribbon around the middle and placed my mounted image in the middle.
The sentiment is a Marianne stamp and this was placed on a Marianne label die and stuck across the top left hand corner.
I then created a large bow and attached my metal laptop charm and stuck it across the bottom right hand corner, and to finish of I have used six pearls and placed them in the two opposite corners.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will hop over to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the A Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Charming" Challenge, dont forget its a metal charm we want to see.
This Card is to entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Pink Gem Challenges - "More than one Fold"

Good Morning Gemsters, its the Pink Teams turn again for the next fortnight over on Pink Gem Challenges, and for this one we want to see your card design of "More than one Fold" so you will have to get your thinking caps on and start designing.
As always our sponsor is Janet of Pink Gem Designs and she has some fabulous images, papers and brilliant printables for you to play with, so do pop over to her website by clicking on the badge below and see for yourself.

And for my card I used this sweet image

I discovered after I created this card that I had actually created one ready for the Challenge so I thought you might like to see that one to, you will find the Hedgehog Image here and the Mouse one here.

So you have two for the price of one, for both the cards I printed the image out then used my copic pens to colour them, the papers for both cards is also from Pink Gem Designs and I also used teacup boards and Teapot and cup dies for embellishments.
Now that youve seen both my cards I do hope that you will pay a visit to 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 want to take part in this "More thank one Fold" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://aliciabelchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://graphitmarkers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ 
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stempelsonne.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "I is for Inspire"

Good Morning Crafters, another new month has arrived and can you believe that we are just a month away from half the year flying by, and this time the theme for ABC Challenge Blogspot is "I is for Inspire" and the sponsor for this Challenge is Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of  $20. to spend on their website.

And as Im on their Design Team I was able to choose any image to play with, so for me it was this one as it would certainly inspire me (if I could sing).

I printed the image onto white card and coloured her with my copics, oh I forgot to say she is called "Music Star" and you will find her here, afterwards I used my retangle Nestabilitie die to cut her out, and a fancy one for the mount out of mauve card.
The Backing Paper is also from the same design set and you will find it here. I placed my mounted image towards the left and placed six mauve pearls in the top right and bottom left hand corners, the sentiment was one I found on the internet and I printed it and then mounted this also onto a piece of mauve card.
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 and hopefully it will inspire you to take part in this "I is for Inspire" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.addalittledazzle.com/ 
http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/ 
http://ema-ginationstation.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ 

Challenge #201 - "Love is in the Air" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, do you know I almost forgot to write this post up, that wouldnt do as a Team Leader you would think I would have things well organized but it seems Im not at my best at the moment, it was probably because I had problems with a tooth root on Saturday and completely forgot to write it up. Anyway here I am the weather is sunny but extremely cold I do hope we are going forwards with the Spring Weather and not backwards as its only a couple of days away from the 1st of May, and last week I discovered that my second great grandchild thats due in September is another little boy, so I am looking forward to meeting him when the time comes.
Anyway back to todays Challenge its all about "Love is in the Air" and I always thing Spring is probably the best time of the year for this so I do hope its coming your way to. And as always our sponsors for this Challenge are 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 and that could be either a Image, Backing Paper or even a Printable, but even if you have not they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice to play with. So you really cannot loose can you? And the choice on their website The Paper Shelter is amazing they are always updating their library so the choices as fabulous and the price of them is really good to.
And now for the reveal of my card.

This sweet image is called "True Love" and you will find it here, I have printed it onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I used a large circle die to cut it out and then layered it up on a large pink circle as a mount.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of pink card, the backing paper I have used is also from the same design set as the image and you will find it here, it can be printed on its own without the image and thats what I have done. I then placed a heart doily in the center and I then stuck my mounted image in the middle.
To finish of I have used several roses of different sizes and created a floral spray in the top left hand corner, and the final flourish are the 9 pink pearls arranged in the other 3 corners.
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 this weeks "Love is in the Air" Challenge and I sincerely hope it will inspire you to take part in it to.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.gr/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://2cuteinkchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://memascrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Sarah Hallams "Book Folding" Vol.2 CD out tomorrow on Create and Craft

Sarah Hallam of Peerless Designs has a brand new Book Folder CD being previewed on Create and Craft on Wednesday 29th April at 11am, this is Vol.2 so do stay in and watch as the first one was a outstanding success.
You can also pre-order it on Sarahs own website here http://www.peerlessdesignscraft.com/#!book-folding/cdez