Wednesday, 22 July 2015

The Paper Shelter Summer Break Challenge - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is a special one as we are going to run it for 2 weeks and both the Design Teams will be taking and we wont be commenting on the entries, as the girls will be taking a 2 week break from it and so I hope you wont stop taking part as its the most popular theme "Anything Goes" but the rules still stands that you are only able to enter 3 cards into this Challenge and at least one of them must carry one of The Paper Shelter Images, printable or papers on it.
As usual our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website

http://www.thepapershelter.com/

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 I created for this "Anything Goes" Challenge


 have used the "Cool Skater" and you will find her here, I have printed onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I cut her out with one of the new label dies from Spellbinders, and a larger one for the mount out of beige card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of beige card the backing paper is also from the "Cool Skater" and you will find that here. I have just used the one layer and then placed my mounted image towards the right, I then cut out a couple of banners and layed them across the top, and I even stamped the sentiment on the paper, and the final flourish is the two hearts stuck on the left hand side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot where you will find that all the Design Teams are taking part in this "Anything Goes" and I look forward to seeing what you created for it.


Friday, 17 July 2015

A Christmas Card created with the new Heartfelt Stamps and Dies

Good Morning Crafters, I absolutely adore Heartfelt Dies and Stamps and this months release was the new Poinsettia design, and I have used the poinsettia stamp on parchment paper and then used white embossing powder to emboss them, afterwards I cut them out with the dies that come with the set. To colour them I used the Viva 3d paint on the back of the petals and leaves.
The main card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of red card and a second one out of green, both these were embossed using a Sue Wilson holly embossing folders. I then layered them up and with one of the card toppers from the Poinsettia paper pad I layered this on top of both the layers.
I used some of the layered up poinsettia petals to create the four flowers you can see, and I placed them around the two edges at the bottom and one in the top right hand corner. The final thing was the sentiment that also came in the paper pad, this was layered up again on red and green card and placed in the top right hand corner. I also used red PVA glue to create the red spots around the edge, but Im afraid the glue is a bit lumpy and it was difficult to get a perfect dot with the bottle.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftingmusketeers.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftytimechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cccdigicreations.blogspot.co.nz/
http://cuteasabuttonchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://karleighsuechallenge.blogspot.ca/
 

Wednesday, 15 July 2015

ABC Challenge - "N is for Number"

Good Morning Crafters, well you wont be surprised that we have already reached the letter N at ABC Challenge Blogspot and this time the theme is "N is for Number" and we are lucky enough to be sponsored by ArtbyMiran.

https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/artbymiran

And for my card I decided to use this 1920s Flapper Girl


and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens and cut her out with a large Nestabilitie rectangle die and a larger one for the mount out of blue card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of blue card and the papers I have used are from the Art Deco Foil Papers and Card, I have used three of them and layered them up as you see on my card.
I have used a pen to create the split stitching around the image and the final flourish are the 12 blue flat backed pearls you can see in all four corners and the larger flower on on her hair band.
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.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingmusketeers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftliners.blogspot.nl/ 
http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.co.nz/ 
http://digistamps4joy-sa.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://paradiseofstamps.blogspot.fr/ 
http://sugarandbetty.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ 


Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Challenge #211 - "Holiday Time" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, this weeks Challenge over at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is right up my street at the moment is themed "Holday Time" and it wont be long now before the children break up for the long Summer Holidays and with having such gorgeous weather its certainly feels like it already, so Im looking forward to your card design. 
And this weeks Challenge as always is being sponsored by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter

http://www.thepapershelter.com/index.php?main_page=index

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 when I saw this image I thought this was absolutely ideal for this Challenge


I dont how many of you have suffered because of the gulls, but I certainly have, and to be honest we have quite a lot in our town and as we live between to rivers the Severn and the Wye its not surprising I suppose. Anyway this image is called "That's something you dont see everyday" and you will find it here, I have printed her onto white card before colouring it with my copic pens. Afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.39 and a fancy one for the mount.
The sentiment was stamped onto another piece of white card and mounted up with the same yellow card that my image was.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of yellow card, and the papers used for this card are from Sweetshoppe "Sunnyside Up" and I have used 4 papers from this digi paper set, and layered them up as shown across the center, two of them have been punched with the shell boarder from Martha Stewart.
I then placed my mounted image in the center with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner, and the final flourish (my tip) are the two icecream/lolly buttons down the right hand side (from my stash).
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 A Design Team have created for your inspiration and I hope that you will be inspired to take part in this "Holiday Time" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://citycrafter.blogspot.ca/ 
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 
http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Saturday, 4 July 2015

Pink Gem Designs - "Red, White and Blue"

Good Morning Gemsters, well another fortnight has flown by and we have now reached Challenge #148 over at Pink Gem Designs Challenge Blogspot and this time we want to see a card with "Red, White and Blue" on it.


And Janet has some fabulous images to play with which are ideal for this Challenge and you will find them on her website here



And here is the card I created for this Challenge


This is "Spiderman Andy" you will find it here,  and I created the card for a very dear friends son and I found out he loved it after his birthday.
I printed him onto white card and coloured him with my copic pens and then cut him out with my rotatrim and mounted him onto red and blue layers as asked in the theme, it was then placed on a larger mount this was also layered up as shown in the photo, and I then used a stamp for the sentiment which was then stamped straight onto the white mount.
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 will want to take part in this "Red, White and Blue Challenge".

Thursday, 2 July 2015

A Card for this weeks Facebook Sundays with Santa Challenge

Good Morning Crafters, this week I received my new Sue Wilson's Festive Dies, and Im afraid I picked one of her card designs to create a card for a child, which is this weeks theme, and I thought this design was so appropriate that I decided to use it.
The new dies are beautiful and I cannot wait to really make a dent in my Xmas Card list and use them for my Cards.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://christmasatsweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ 
http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

ABC Challenges - "M is for Magnolia"

Good Morning Crafters we have reached the letter "M is for Magnolia" over at ABC Challenge Blogspot and this time we are being sponsored by Magnolicious


And I used one of my Magnolia Stamps for my card


And I stamped her onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I cut out using one of my Nestabilitie Dies and a fancy one for the mount out of blue card. The sentiment was done in the same way as the Image.
The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of blue card, and the papers are from Maja "Coffee in the Arbour" paper pad and I have used three papers, the first a rose pattern and the second a blue spotty one and the third is a flowery pattern.
I then laid my mounted image towards the right of my card and created a flower spray with several sized roses in the top left hand corner and laid on top of some punched out rose leaves. And the final flourish are the 4 red flatbacked pearls in the top right and bottom left hand corners.
Now that you have seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot to see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration so hopefully you to will want to take part in this "M is for Magnolia" Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.markerpop.com/2015/06/29/markerpop-challenge-anything-goes/ 


Wednesday, 24 June 2015

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

http://www.thepapershelter.com/

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/ 


Monday, 22 June 2015

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/

Monday, 15 June 2015

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.

Wednesday, 10 June 2015

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

http://www.thepapershelter.com/index.php?main_page=index

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 Extreme



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.

Saturday, 6 June 2015

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.

http://www.pinkgemdesigns.com/catalog/index.php
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/ 

Wednesday, 3 June 2015

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

http://www.pinkgemdesigns.com/catalog/christmas-teddies-bumper-printable-toppers-p-1781.html

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:-

Monday, 1 June 2015

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


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.

Wednesday, 27 May 2015

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

http://www.thepapershelter.com/index.php?main_page=index

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/