Challenge #255 - "Photo Inspiration" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, by the time this post goes live I will have been up to Norfolk for my youngest Great Grandsons Christening, Im just hoping the weather has improved by then as we are hosting the party afterwards on the Broads, so keep your fingers crossed for me.
Update, the weather was very kind to us while we were on the Broads but as soon as we reached the jetty the heavens opened and it just starting pouring of rain, but it didnt dampen a wonderful weekend.
Anyway this weeks theme for the Challenge is a Photo Inspiration and the idea is you use any of the colours shown in it for your own image and backing papers and I hope that you find this photo up to your own ideas of colouring your image and not to outrageous as it is rather bright.

But before I show you my own interpretation of these colours you will want to know who our sponsors are and they are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter 

and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website here, and if you have used one of their gorgeous images you will be entitled to the whole amount but even if you havent you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice. But please if you are going to enter more than once, you are able to take part 3 times but one of those must carry one of our images please.
And now to show you the Card I created for this weeks theme

And this little lady is called "Charmingly Hippie" and you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie rectangle die to cut her out and then a fancy one for the mount out of lime card. The sentiment was treated in the same way and I used a smaller die from the same die set to mount it.
The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card and the first mount is a piece of the same lime card and the papers are from Sweetshoppe "Like a Boss" and I have used five papers from the same design set and I then punched the border with a Martha Stewart punch and layered them up as shown.
I then laid my mounted image at a jaunty angle with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner and to finish of I have used three large green pearls down the right hand side at the top.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot to see what the rest of the very talented design team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will take part in this "Photo Inspiration" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #253 - "Ribbons and Buttons" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, I find these Challenge soon whizz around and here I am again hosting yet another one and for this weeks theme its all about "Ribbons and Buttons" its amazing how these Embellishments do their rounds years ago it was all about brads, mulberry flowers, but ribbons still seem to carry on, do you think we find them just fabulous for our cards I know I do.
But Im getting of the subject and before I go to far I know you will want to know who our fabulous sponsers are and they are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and of course they are the best company to work for as we are given such beautiful images, papers and printables to play with

and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website here, and if you have used one of their gorgeous images you will be entitled to the whole amount but even if you havent you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice. But please if you are going to enter more than once, you are able to take part 3 times but one of those must carry one of our images please.
And now to show you the Card I created for this weeks theme

This little lady is called "Sunshine" and you will find her here, I printed  her onto white card and used my copic pens to colour her, I then cut her out with my Nestabilitie Die and a fancy one for the mount out of blue card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of blue card and the papers I used are from Sweetshoppe Digi Downloads and this set is called "Rain and Shine" and I have used four papers from the set and the first is a pretty flower pattern in yellow and blue on a white background and the second is a yellow and third and check with the fourth being a plain blue, these were arranged as shown in the photo.
I then placed my image across the mounts and the sentiment below which was created with a die from the same die set. To finish of I have created a double bow out of blue and white ribbon and stuck it in the top left hand corner and with the button punches from Crafters Companion I have created three flower buttons with strips of the left over paper and placed them in the bottom 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 very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Ribbon and Buttons" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/challenges 
http://stampartpapel.com/retarte-79-anything-goes/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craft-deebowz.blogspot.co.uk/p/challenge.html 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - J is for Just as you Like

Good Morning Crafters well again we have reached the 15th of the month and this means over on ABC Challenges its time for another letter from the Alphabet and the theme starts with the letter "J is for Just as you Like" in other words its a "Anything Goes" Challenge and we are being sponsored by "All Dressed Up" and you will be able to browse their beautiful images if you click on the link below.

All Dressed Up

And now for my Card

And I have used this gorgeous Image "Springtime" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens and then cut her out with my Justrite dies and used a larger one for the mount out of blue card, the sentiment was also created in the same way with a smaller die from the same dieset with a stamp from my stash.

The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first layer of blue card the same as the mount on the image and sentiment, and the papers this time are from Nitwits Downloads and this set is "Petal Fresh" and I have used 5 different papers and layered them up as shown in my photo and I then placed my mounted image towards the left at the top and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used nuvo pearl drops in the other three corners.

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 "J is for Just as you Like" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Pink Gem Challenges - "Love and Romance"

Good Morning Gemsters, well another two weeks have flown for us over on Pink Gem Challenges and for this one its all about "Love and Romance" and I have a lovely choice of images to play with and I hope you like the result but before I show you my card its time to tell you about our very generous sponsor "Janet Roberts" of Pink Gem Designs and you will find lots of gorgeous Images and Papers from her website and at resonable prices just click on the link below to browse in your own time.

Pink Gem Designs

And now for the reveal here is my card for you

 

This gorgeous couple are "Ozzie in Love" and you will find it here, I have printed it onto white card before colouring him with my copic pens and then cut it out with one of my Nestabilitie Dies and used a fancy one for the Mount out of pink Card.

The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mounted out of the same pink Card and the papers are also from Pink Gem Designs and you will find them here they are called "Sweethearts" and I have used four of the papers and for three of them I have used the same Martha Stewart border punch and layered them up as shown in the photo. 

I then placed a heart ribbon down the left side and attached it to the back of the mount, then placed my mounted image towards the left in the center and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner this was one from my stash and was used using a smalled of the same labels die as the Image.

To finish of I have used three different sized hearts down the right hand sime at the top.

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://craftinginabeautifulmess.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #251 - "Flower Power" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well this is the second post for today, well of course its hopefully the start of a decent summer but dont I expect it will be do you? Anyway this weeks theme is all about "Flowers" and this means we want to see lots of Flowers on your card please it could be in the backing papers, image or even proper flower embellishments.
But before I show you my own card I had better tell you who is our sponsor and of course its our very generous Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter

and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website here, and if you have used one of their gorgeous images you will be entitled to the whole amount but even if you havent you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice. But please if you are going to enter more than once, you are able to take part 3 times but one of those must carry one of our images please.
And now for my card here is my choice of image for this theme.

This little lady is called the "Huntress" you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card then cut her out with my Nestabilitie Die and used a fancy one for the mount, the sentiment was created in the same way and mounted on a small mount from the same die set.
The main card is a white one with a first mount out of pink card and the paper is from the same design set as the Image and you will find it here, and then placed on top of this a couple of square doilies and then placed my mounted my image in a diamond design with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
I then created a floral display in the top left hand corner with roses and in the two opposite corner I used Nuvo drops to create 6 pearls.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope 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 "Flowers Everywhere" challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampinroyalty.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - I is for Important

Good Morning Crafters, well guess what another month has flown by and here we are at another Challenge for ABC Challenges and this time the theme is "I is for Important" and we are being sponsored by Polkadoodles

And Im lucky enough to own most of Nickys Cds so had a lot to choose from and this was the card I came up with.

And this little lady is "Winnie Fruit Punch" and I printed the image onto white card and then coloured it with my copic pens I then cut it out with one of the Nestabilitie Die and the fancy one for the mount out of pink card. The sentiment was created in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6.50" x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of pink card and the papers are also from the same Cd and I have chosen four papers as shown in the photo, the first is a fancy circles paper with flowers in the second a pink striped one the third a lime green one with circle pattern on and the fourth is white with pink flowers one.
I then placed my mounted image at a angle and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. I have also popped some pearls drops in the other three corners.
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 I hope that you will take part in "I is for Important".
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #249 - "Charming" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well todays Challenge is all about using a Charm on your Card I can remember a few years ago when these were very popular and I know if your anything like me you have a full box of them so I dont suspect you will have any trouble finding one to add to your card but even if you do any piece of metal is allowed on your card instead.
But before I show you my own card I had better tell you who is our sponsor and of course its our very generous Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter

and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website here, and if you have used one of their gorgeous images you will be entitled to the whole amount but even if you havent you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice. But please if you are going to enter more than once, you are able to take part 3 times but one of those must carry one of our images please.
And for my Card I used this little lady

She is "Smart but Sexy" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card and used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I cut her out with my rectangle Nestabilitie Die and a fancy one for the mount out of beige card. The sentiment was created in the same way with the same die set.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of beige card and the backing paper is also from the same design set as the girl and you will find it here, and I then used a circle doily in the middle with the mounted image stuck in the middle of the card. I put the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have created a bow out of beige ribbon and hung the laptop charm from it.
And the final flourish are the
in the top right hand corner and the bottom left one. Now that youve seen my Card I do hope 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 want to take part in this "Charming " Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://citycrafter.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craft-deebowz.blogspot.co.uk/p/challenge.html
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "H is for Heavy"

Good Morning Crafters, I cannot believe that we are already half way through May, and the weather is still not the best here in the UK, one minute its lovely and warm and sunny and next its pouring of rain. Anyway to cheer ourselves up this time the Challenge over on ABC Challenge Blogspot we have reached the letter H and this time its all about something metal on your card, so we leave the choice of embellishment up to you to choose.
Anyway this time we are being sponsored by Marianne Designs

Marianne Design

And here is the Card I created for this Challenge

This little lady is called the "Knitter" and I stamped her onto white card before colouring her with my copic pens, afterwards I used one of my Marianne Dies to cut her out before removing her I inked around the edge so that it shows as in the photo. The sentiment is also from Marianne designs I stamped it onto white card and cut it out with yet another of the Marianne designs.

The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card and the first mount is blue card, the papers I used are from My Craft Studio paper pad and I used four papers and layered them up as shown. I then placed my mounted image towards the right, and the sentiment in the bottom left hand corned. I then used the knitting dies that come with this image and cut out the embellishments as shown and placed around the card in the top left hand corner and bottom right hand one.

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 you inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "H is for Heavy" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftinginabeautifulmess.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://alohafridaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

 

Pink Gem Challenges - "Flowers"

Good Morning Gemsters, well its been a month since I wrote up a Pink Gem Challenge and this one is all about "Flowers" so Im sure this shouldnt cause any problems as most of us has either papers with flowers on or stamps and of course dies to.
And as usual our sponsor is Janet Roberts of Pink Gem Designs

and you will find her website here

We are so lucky to be able to choose any of Janets images and papers to play with and this time I hope you like what I have done with one of her pre-made card designs.

This beautiful card front I printed onto white card, you will find it here as "Roses and Butterflies" and then created a card with the topper, I then used the decoupage pieces by cutting them out and moulting them into shape and then sticking the layers up on top of the topper.

I used one of the sentiments from the same printed set and mounted this onto a piece of bright pink card and placed in the bottom left hand corner.

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 hopefully you will want to take part in this "Flowers" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftinginabeautifulmess.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://aliciabelchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://samistamp.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #247 - "Love is in the Air" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well this weeks theme is all about "Love" and Im sure that we are always getting either requests for that special card or even making one for someone we are very close to, so Im sure it wont be to difficult for you to find a relevant image to use for this Challenge.
But before I show you my own card I had better tell you who is our sponsor and of course its our very generous Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter

and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website here, and if you have used one of their gorgeous images you will be entitled to the whole amount but even if you havent you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice. But please if you are going to enter more than once, you are able to take part 3 times but one of those must carry one of our images please.
And now for the big reveal

This image is titled "Stylish Flirting" and you will find it here, I printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used a Nestabilitie Die to cut it out, and used a larger one for the mount.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of blue card, the backing paper comes with the "Stylish Flirting" image and you will find it here to, I then placed on top two heart shaped doilies and placed my mounted image in the middle. The sentiment was a stamp from my stash and this was stamped and mounted in the same way as the image and placed in the bottom right hand corner.
The final flourish is the bouquet of rose buds that have been tied with a large red organza ribbon bow and placed in the top right hand corner. I then used six blue pearls in the top left and bottom left hand 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 your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Love is in the Air" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - G is for Grand - "Anything but a Card"

Good Morning Crafters, well as you can guess we have started a brand new month and with this comes a new Challenge over on ABC Challenges and this one is slightly different as we want to see "Anything but a Card". I always find this a extra challenge as Im never sure what to create so this time I hope you like the result.
We are being sponsored by Magnolicious

And of course it was necessary to dig around in my Magnolia stash and this is what I came up with.

I have always dreaded this happening to me but so far Ive been lucky. I stamped her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I then cut her out completely.
The bag die is from Tonic and this was cut with dies and made up as shown in the photo with the basic bag out of red card with a overlay of black. I also stuck it together and added the handles as shown.
Afterwards I stuck the cut out Magnolia image to the left side of the bag.
Now that youve seen my project I 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 "Anything but a Card" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fantasystampers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/ 
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftinginabeautifulmess.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://adayfordaisies.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #245 - "For the Boys" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well todays theme over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot we want you to create a Card for that special Man or Boy in your life, and I have quite a number in my own family, 5 grandsons and 2 great grandsons, and of course a wonderful hubby to, so it shouldnt be to difficult to find a image from among your stash to make that card for one of them and in a moment you will see what I have created.
But for that I want to tell you that we are being sponsored by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a really generous prize 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 or Printable and you will find lots to choose from at The Paper Shelter Website here, and even if you dont use one of these they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice. But we only allow 3 entries into our Challenges and at least one of those must use on of The Paper Shelter products.
And here is the Card I have created for a very special little boy who loves Norwich City Football Club

 I have printed the image onto white card and you will find him here, and then coloured it in the colours of the Football Team he follows, and then cut it out with my rotatrim to create the square topper, I then used green card for the mount.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first layer of green card and the papers are from Sweetshoppe digi papers and its called "Soccer Star" and I have used three from the digi set, and layered up as shown in the photo.
I then layered it up as shown and then placed my image towards the top and the sentiment at the bottom in the right hand corner, and three football buttons in the top right hand corner.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope 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 "For the Boys" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/

Pink Gem Challenges - "Teddy Bears"

Good Morning Gemsters, well today over on the Pink Gem Challenge Blogspot, Marianne is hosting this time and the theme and she has chosen "Teddy Bears" and I have a confession they are next to Crafting my vice, I have quite a collection and so Im thrilled at the chance to play with my Teddy Bears images.
As always our sponsor is Janet Roberts from Pink Gem Designs and you will find her here on her website

Pink Gem Designs

And here is the Card I have created for my Great Grandsons 1st Birthday

This image is one of the Number images and hes one in September I thought it was ideal you will find it here, I have printed it onto white card before colouring it with my copic pens, I them cut it out with a Nestabilitie Die and layered it up onto a piece of green card. The Sentiment was created  with My Craft Studio program and then cut out with a circle die and a larger one out of green card.

The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first layer of green card and the papers I have used as also from Pink Gem Designs and this set are from the "Baby Boy" papers and you will find them here. I have used three of the papers as shown in the photo and layered up as shown.

I then placed my mounted image in towards the left and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. And then placed three different candi spots in the top right hand corner.

Now that youve seen my Card I 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 hopefully you to will and to take part in this "Teddy Bears" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.aaacards.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.scrapbookblessingsclub.com/ 
http://crafting-with-dragonflies.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "F is for Fancy Folds" - Aurora Wings

Good Morning Crafters well over on the ABC Challenge Blogspot we have received yet another half way through the month Challenge and this time we have reached the letter "F" and this one is all about Fancy Folds, and weve been lucky enough to be sponsored by "Aurora Wings"

Aurora Wings

And for my Card I chose this little beauty

And she is called "Hydrangea Sprite" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card befor colouring her with my copic pens, afterwards I used a Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount.

Because the theme comes with the need to create fancy folds I have make a easel card using 2 folds, and the papers are from Sweetshoppe "Giggles and Glitter" digi paper set, and I have used three papers and layered them up as shown in my photo.

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 "F is for Fancy Folds" and I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.2creativechicks.com/ 
http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://copicmarkerspain.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingmusketeers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cccdigicreations.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cuteasabuttonchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Crafty Friends Guest Designer - "A Card for a Child" - Challenge

Good Morning Crafters, we were asked by Crafty Friends Challenge Blogspot if we would be Guest Designers and were to use one of the beautiful Images from Pink Gem who we are representing and as Im on the Design Team it was a easy decision to pick one of the gorgeous images we get to play with.

Crafty Friends Challenge Blogspot.

Pink Gem Designs

This little man is called "Andy" and I have actually printed a pre-made card and you will find him here, and then cut him out and layered him up as shown by moulding the cut out pieces and using silicone glue to make him stand out more from the card. I have used one of the pre made sentiment in the top right hand corner and layered him up using the papers that also come with this image.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the Crafty Friends Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "A Card for a Child" Challenge. 
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftinginabeautifulmess.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://aliciabelchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://morgansartworld.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #243 - "Spring Delights" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers well hopefully by now the temperature has started to improve I know over Easter it was wet, windy and cold so keep your fingers crossed that this weeks "Spring Delights" will give the weather a boost and start it getting warmer.
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 providing you have used one of their products on your card and this could be either a Image, Paper or Printable and you will find lots to choose from at The Paper Shelter Website here, and even if you dont use one of these they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice. But we only allow 3 entries into our Challenges and at least one of those must use on of The Paper Shelter products.
And here is the image and card I created for this weeks Challenge

And this little lady is titled "Charming Spring Girl" and you will find her here, I then printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, and then cut her out with a Nestabilitie rectangle die and a fancy one for the mount, the sentiment was a rubber stamp and it has been layered in the same way as the image.
The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of pink card the papers are also from The Paper Shelter and they are called "Zoe - Spring Papers" and you will find them here, and I have used several of the papers and layered them up as shown, I also used a square doily (from my stash) to.
The mounted image was then placed towards the right with the sentiment in the bottom left hand corner, and the final flourish are the 3 pink pearls down 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 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 "Spring Delights" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.co.uk/