Challenge #229 - "A Christmas Card" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well I have a secret to tell you tomorrow is my 73rd Birthday can you believe it? Mind you I dont feel like Im that age my brain is telling me Im still in my 50s, the only problem with that is my daughter is 53 and Im sure she wouldnt like to think that I was that age again. Anyway I think I had better get on with my post, this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is "A Christmas Card" so I hope that you will have a card that you can add as most of us at the moment are actually making them ready to post in the next couple of weeks.
As always we are being sponsored by Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of

$30. to spend on their website but to do so you must use one of their products on your card and this could be either a Image, Backing Paper or Printable and you will find them here, but even if you dont they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really dont loose do you.
And now for my Card

This image is called "Christmas Carols" and you will find it here, and I printed it onto white card then used my copics to colour it, and then used my Nestabilitie Labels No.1 to cut it out, I used a larger one and green card for the mount which is slightly larger than the image. The sentiment is from my stash and has been stamped onto white card then mounted also on some green card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of green card, the paper is also from "Christmas Carols" and you will find it here, I then used some Memory Box fern dies along two of the edges and then placed my mounted image in the center and the sentiment 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 "A Christmas Card" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.2creativechicks.com/ 
http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://copicmarkerspain.blogspot.ca/ 
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/ 
http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.co.nz/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kleurenmetpotloden.blogspot.nl/

Pink Gem Challenges - "Inspired by a Xmas Carol or Song"

Good Morning Gemsters, well we have already started getting our Christmas Challenges and Pink Gem Designs is no different so this time we want you to use one of the Christmas Carol or Songs to inspire you to create a Card. As usual we are being sponsored by Janet Robers of Pink Gem Designs

And as a DT member we are lucky enough to be able to choose any of the images that you will find on the Pink Gem Designs website and this is the card I made for my brand new Great Grandson Toby

And of course the Song that inspired me was "Baby's 1st Christmas" by Connie Francis and you will find it here,. yes its definitely a song I was as surprised as you probably are, anyway I printed him onto white card before colouring him with my copic pens.
Afterwards I used a Crealis stitched die to cut him out and a larger one for the mount out of blue card/ The sentiment was created on my computer and cut out with a circle die and mounted in the same was as the image.
The papers are "Christmas Sparkles" also from Pink Gem designs and you will find them here, and Ive mounted them up as shown and put the image towards the left and the sentiment at the top right hand corner.
This Card will be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://christmasstampin.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://graphitmarkers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Winner of my Bloganniversary Candy

Well thank all of you who took part in my bloganniversary Candy and Ive got a wonderful surprise for a very good friend of mine and that is

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

2

Timestamp: 2015-11-19 15:08:36 GMT

 Vannessa 

Well done Vannessa, I will email you directly for your address, the parcel will have to go by Hermes as its turned out heavier that 2 kilos so I will give them your email address so they can let you know how its progressing along the line.

ABC Challenges - "V is for Violet"

Good Morning Crafters, I cannot believe we have already reached the letter V over on the ABC Challenge Blogspot, and we are also being sponsored by The Paper Shelter

And they are the company that I work for  I was lucky enough to be able to choose any Image to play with and this is the result

She is called "Purity" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card and then coloured it with copic pens and then cut it out with a circle die and a fancy one for the mount out of mauve card.
The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of mauve card and the backing papers I have used are the "Watercolour Dreams" paper set and you will find them here on The Paper Shelter website.
I have used two of the papers the pretty first layer is in greens and mauves, on top of this I have used a blue one to contrast it. I then wrapped a piece of mauve ribbon around the card but before doing so I pleated a piece of spiderweb ribbon and stuck it down with the mauve ribbon on the top edge.
I also created a bow and put this on top on the left hand side.
The mounted image was firstly stuck on a pretty circular doily and placed in the middle over the mauve ribbon, I stamped a sentiment and placed it at the bottom on the right hand side and the final flourish are the 6 pearls in the top two corners.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pop over to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what the rest of the DT have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "V is for Violet" Challenge.
This Card is for the following Challenges:-
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ 
http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.samistamp.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stempelsonne.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #227 - "Travel" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, oh my hasnt the weather been dreadful lately, my poor dog doesnt like to go for a walk when its bad and she always comes back like a drowned rat, and the fireworks have really stressed her out this time, hopefully after this week it will be another year before we have to put up with it again.
Anyway 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 always providing you have used one of their products on your card and that could be either a Image, Backing Paper or Printable and they are such good value against the British pound, you will find lots to choose from here The Paper Shelter website, so do click on the link and browse to your hearts content. But even if you dont use one of their products they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice so you really cannot loose can you?
This weeks theme is all about "Travcl" and this is pretty loose you can interpret as you feel and for my card I chose this image hope it brings a smile to your face.

This is called "Hippie Van" and you will find it here, I printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Labels Die No.1 to cut it out and a larger one for the mount.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card and the first mount is a piece of the same blue card that has been used for the Image, I used the backing paper from the same set as the Image and you will find it here, I then placed my mounted image in the center at the top, and I used a Papercraft Hippie Van Die in yellow and blue card and placed it at the bottom on the left hand corner. The sentiment is one I found on the internet and printed it and mounted it as shown in the photo above.
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 DT have created for your inspiration and hopefully it will inspire you to take part in this "Travel" themed Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.2creativechicks.com/ 
http://copicmarkerspain.blogspot.ca/ 
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.co.nz/ 
http://cccdigicreations.blogspot.co.nz/ 
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/ 
http://karleighsuechallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://petalluchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Remembrance Day

Good Morning Crafters, as you are probably aware today is Remembrance Day and so many of us have family members in the forces I felt it was only right to Thank them for the service they give to our Country to keep in safe in a very difficult world.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

ABC Challenges - "U is for Unlimited"

Good Morning Crafters can you believe we are almost near the end of the ABC Challenge Alphabet this year and the letter this fortnight is "U is for Unlimited" so I guess this could also mean Anything Goes and we are being sponsored by

Magnolia-licious

And Im lucky enough to have a number of Magnolia images to pick from so I chose this one

This image is called "Tilda with Butterfly" and I stamped her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used a large Nestabilitie Oval die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount out of pink card. The sentiment was one from the same digi paper set I will explain in a moment and I have also mounted onto a piece of the same pink card.

The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of pink card, the papers are from Nitwits "Butterfly Kisses" and I have used four papers, the first a very pink one with hearts on, the second a white background with hearts and butterflies on and I have used one of Martha Steward Border punches, the second is a darker pink background with more of the same hearts and butterflies along the edge of this one I have used a heart border punch also from Martha Stewart, the third paper is a sentiment one and this was also punched along the edge with the same border punch that I used on the first one. As I said earlier the sentiment was one I printed from the same paper set as the backing papers.

I then wrapped a piece of pink ribbon down the left hand side and on top I have stuck a diamond flower border and I then placed my mounted image towards the left and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner, the final flourish is the two crystal butterflies in the top right hand corner.

Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to ABC Challenge Blogspot to 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 "U is for Unlimited" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://crafting-with-dragonflies.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/ 
http://mfpstampshop.blogspot.ca/ 
http://paperplayful.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #225 - "Halloween" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers I hope that you have already created your Halloween Cards but if you havent this weeks theme "Halloween" will be ideal to get them done and ready to give to your family and friends. I dont know about you but the leaves are really turning colour at the moment and its so beautiful here in Gloucestershire where I live in the Forest of Dean so you can image how it looks.

Anyway 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 always providing you have used one of their products on your card and that could be either a Image, Backing Paper or Printable and they are such good value against the British pound, you will find lots to choose from here The Paper Shelter website, so do click on the link and browse to your hearts content. But even if you dont use one of their products they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice so you really cannot loose can you?
And now for my Card.

This little temptress is called "Adorable little Devil" and you will find her here, (she is on special offer at the moment) I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to cut her out, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Label Die No.1 to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount. The sentiment was one from my stash and I have also mounted this onto another of the fancy tag dies from Spellbinders.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of orange card, the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Papers and this set was titled "Spider Cider" and I have used four papers, the first a spiders web, the scond is a white background with bats on and I used the Martha Stewart Bat Border punch down the edge of this one the second is a orange one and on this one I have used a pumpkin border punch and the third is purple background and a black diamonds and on this I have used the spider border punch.
I then used the Memory Box Spider background die, and on top I have also used bats and spider both from Memory Box Dies. The final flourish are the three charms which I have removed the eyelets on top two I have placed in the bottom right hand corner and the third on the spider web.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hop over 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 our "Halloween" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://citycrafter.blogspot.ca/ 
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ikesworldchallengeblog.blogspot.gr/ 
http://inkychicks.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Pink Gem Challenges - "Too Cute to Spook"

Good Morning Gemsters, I nearly forgot it was time for another fabulous Challenge over at Pink Gem Challenge Blogspot and this time its all about Halloween and the title is "Too Cute to Spook" and of course we are being sponsored by our very talented Janet Roberts of Pink Gem Designs

And we are such a lucky Design Team as we have access to some beautiful images to choose from and here is my choice

This young bat is called "Batty Flying" and you will find him here, I have then printed him onto white card and before colouring him I created the sentiment which was then printed around the top of the diecut.
I coloured him with my copics and then cut him out with my Presscut circle dies and used a larger one for the mount out of black card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of black card and the papers I have used are also from Pink Gem Designs and you will find them here. I have used three papers and a Martha Steward Batty border punch down the edges of the first one and a Spiderweb one for the second and then layered them up in the center of my base card and stuck my mounted image in the center.
To finish of I have used a Martha Stewart Pumkin punch and added them across the bottom of my card.
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 and dont forget the title of this Challenge is "Too Cute to Spook".
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ 
http://morgansartworld.blogspot.com.au/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "T is for Two"

Good Morning Crafters, over on ABC Challenges we have reached the letter "T" so for this we to see "Two of Anything on your Card" and so it could mean two items of anything that you choose, backing papers, embellishments, lace, ribbon etc so the choice is up to you.
And we are lucky this time to be sponsored by Aurora Wings

Aurora Wings

And as I am lucky enough to have several of Aurora Wings images I decided to use this cute one for my card.

This is titled is "The Secret" and you will find it here, I printed it onto white card then used my copic pens then cut it out with a Memory Box die, and a fancy one for the surround out of blue card, the sentiments was stamped onto white card and then cut it out again with a oval die and mounted onto a blue mount.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of blue card and the papers are from Sweetshoppe Designs and this one is called "Kids under Water" and I used three papers as you can see in the photo. To finish of I have used a bubbles border die from Memory Box and this was placed along the bottom of the card. I have also used more bubbles from Memory Box down the card on the left side and at the top on the right.
I do hope that now youve seen my Card 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 will take part in this "T is for Two" Challenge. 
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/ 
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ 
http://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

 

Challenge #223 - "For the Man in your life" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well another week has gone by and its now the A Teams time to host a Challenge and this time we want you to create a card "For the Man in Your Life" and that could be either or any of the men, boys, hubby, son, grandson, granddad and even nephews in you life, for me it meant creating a special birthday card for one of my grandsons whos really interested in cooking, whether he will take it as his future employment only time will tell
Anyway 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 always providing you have used one of their products on your card and that could be either a Image, Backing Paper or Printable and they are such good value against the British pound, you will find lots to choose from here The Paper Shelter website, so do click on the link and browse to your hearts content. But even if you dont use one of their products they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice so you really cannot loose can you?
And so here is my Card

This Chef is called "The Pizza Chef" and you will find him here, I printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie Die to cut him out and a fancy one for the mount out of beige card. The sentiment one is from my stash thats been stamped onto another piece of white card and then cut out by using my rotatrim and mounted with another piece of the beige card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of beige card and the papers are from "Trattoria Chef" and you will find them here, I used three papers the first is a red and white checked one, and the second is a green, white and beige check as well, and the third is a red one which has been mounted and laid down the right hand side.
The mounted image was then placed towards the left and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
Now that youve see my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter 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 our "For the Man in your life" Challenge and I look forward to you cards.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.co.uk/
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/

ABC Challenges - "S is for Sprinkles"

Good Morning and another new month has arrived and of course its really the beginning of Autumn and the clocks changing, to be honest not my most favourite time of the year, I dont like dark evenings Im afraid. Anyway to cheer you all up its time for a brand new Challenge over on ABC Challenge Blogspot and this one is "S is for Sprinkles" and this can mean either, Embossing Powder, Frantage and or Glitter.
And for this Challenge we are being sponsored by ArtbyMiran

And I am lucky to have a few images to play with and found this beautiful one below which I thought was ideal

She is titled "Petal Blossoms" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her and to add the sprinkles I used a clear embossing ink and some Frantage powder which I embossed with a heat gun, afterwards I used a square die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash that I samped onto a piece of white card then used one of my fancy tags to cut her out and mounted this also onto another piece of the same blue card as the mounted image.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of blue card and the papers are from Phil Martins "Decadent Damask" paper pad and i have used two different patterns, the first a darker blue and on top I have cut a square and used a border and corner punch to create a doily square and placed this on top of the first layer.
I then placed a piece of ribbon around the middle downways and put my mounted image on top, I then placed my sentiment in the bottom right hand corner upwards, and finished of the top right and bottom left hand corner with pearls, and the final embellishment is the triple bow in the top left 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 you to will want to take part in this "S is for Sprinkles" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ 
http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #221 - "Music Maestro Please" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well youve guessed we are now ready for this weeks Challenge, I dont know about you the time flies by so quickly and its only weeks now before the clocks go back an hour and the nights will be really dark early (which I hate) and of course Christmas will descend before you can blink.
Anyway this weeks Challenge is all about "Music" and we want to see anything with a music design on it on your card and Im sure you will be able find something in your stash thats appropriate, and I know that The Paper Shelter have a huge library of these so do pop over by clicking one of the links in this post and see for yourself.
Anyway 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 always providing you have used one of their products on your card and that could be either a Image, Backing Paper or Printable and they are such good value against the British pound, you will find lots to choose from here The Paper Shelter website, so do click on the link and browse to your hearts content. But even if you dont use one of their products they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice so you really cannot loose can you?
For my card I have used this little cute and Im sure you will love her to.

I have used  "Cecilia" and you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her then cut her out with one of my Nestabilitie dies and used a fancy one for her mount out of black card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with the backing paper that I bought in a Charity Shop and you I cut it up into strips and placed it on a piece of card,  I then placed my mounted image towards the left and then found a sentiment on the computer and printed it onto white card and mounted also using a Cheery Lynn die, and the music score has been cut from black card and placed along the bottom of my card.
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.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://eurekastamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Pink Gem Designs - "Autumn" -

Good Morning all you Gemsters, well I have some wonderful news my new Great Grandson arrived safely on the 15th and mum and dad plus big brother Jacob are all giving young Toby the very best of care and love.

And so far there doesnt seem to be much brotherly rivalry between them no doubt that will come as they get older.
Anyway todays Challenge is a "Autumn" one and there are some gorgeous images to play with over on Pink Gem Designs

So do pop over to Janets website to see them and Im sure you will exactly what you are after, I chose this little sweetheart

Full of the joys of Autumn, and here were I live in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire the trees are just beginning to turn to their Autumn colours and I suspect its doing the same near you. Anyway this little girl is titled "Autumn Bella" and you will find her here.
I have printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used Presscut dies to cut her out and a larger one for the mount. The sentiment was one I found on the internet and I thought it was appropriate for this gorgeous image.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of brown card, the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Papers and this one is called  "Autumn Harvest" I have used three papers, the first a white background with leaves on, and the second and third a yellow one and another leaf one I have cut in stripes and used a leaf border punch down the edges, this was with a Martha Stewart Leaf Border punch.
These were then layered up as shown in the photo and across the top left hand corner I have laid a piece of wide ribbon and positioned my mounted image in the center with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have created a bow with has been placed in the top left hand corner about the mounted image and three leaf buttons have been stuck down the right hand side.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the 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 create a card for this "Autumn" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ 
http://www.blogquickquotes.com/ 
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #219 - "A Card with Many Folds" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers well its my turn again to host this weeks Challenge and this time we want to see that you have created a Card with at least 2 folds please. I hope the children all went back to School OK and you are now able to spend a little more time Crafting, Im eagerly looking forward to the arrival of my second great grandson who is due on the 16th, but if hes anything like his brother he could be late deciding to make an appearance, so hopefully by  the next time its my turn to host the Challenge he will have arrived I will keep you informed.
Anyway 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 always providing you have used one of their products on your card and that could be either a Image, Backing Paper or Printable and they are such good value against the british pound, you will find lots to choose from here The Paper Shelter website, so do click on the link and browse to your hearts content. But even if you dont use one of their products they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice so you really cannot loose can you?
Anyway here is my attempt of creating a double fold Card.

I have used "Japanese Cute Doll" for my main image, and I have to confess to have used a pre-coloured image for my card and you will find her here, she comes as a digi as well as a pre-coloured image in jpg and png so you can choose which you prefer, I have also used the separate backing paper for the other two folds.
I took a A4 card and folded it into a three fold card then I used a Marianne Butterfly border die to create three mounts for the folds, on top of these I have placed two of the backing papers for the inside and the image on for the front. I then used a piece of double sided adhesive paper and put gilding flakes on it and cut them in strips to mount behind the butterfly borders as shown in the photo.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will want to take part in this "A Card with Many Folds" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://paperminutes.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/ants-in-my-pantry-digital-challenge-9.html 
http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "R is for Receipe"

Good Morning Crafters well over on the ABC Challenges we have reached the letter "R is for Receipe" and for this we will want you to use the table below to create your card

You must use one of the lines either horizontal or vertical and can you please let us know which one you are using when you post it on your blog.
We are being sponsored this time by the lovely

 All Dressed Up

And as I have several images in my stash I decided to use this cutie

And the line I have used is the bottom line "Rhinestone/Pearls, Purple and Lace" and the image is "Looking Gorgeous" and you will find her here. I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a Tonic Oval die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount out of purple card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of purple card and the backing paper I have used is from The Paper Shelters "Watercolour Dreams" as you can see its a very pretty purple, green and white background. I then wrapped a strip of lace down the card with a string of pearls stuck in the middle of it.
I then placed my mounted image towards the right with a sentiment which has been stamped and cut out with a fancy die and placed in the bottom right hand corner. And to finish of I have used pearls in the top two corners and a bottom left 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 you will want to take part in this "R is for Receipe" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/ants-in-my-pantry-digital-challenge-9.html 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://paperminutes.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

15 years Wedding Anniversary

I cannot believe thats its 15 years since my hubby Ian and I were married, the time has flown and as he said this morning its been wonderful and I agree with him. This is our second marriage and its been a lot more loving and we dont often disagree with each other, and we never go to bed on a disagreement so I think this helps to keep if flowing so well.
So Happy Anniversary Sweetheart for making me so happy and for giving me the love and togetherness that I had missed for such along time, I had been on my own for over 22 years so its lovely to have a second chance of happiness.