Challenge #275 - The Paper Shelter - "A Christmas Card"

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, this weeks Challenge is our last normal one for this year as next week we shall be hosting a special Birthday Blog Hop with all the usual freebies and both Teams will be taking part so I hope you wont miss that one, anyway this weeks theme is about creating "A Christmas Card" and Im sure at the moment this is the type of card that you are busily making so I expect lots of entries for sure.
But before I show you my card I know that you will want to know who our sponsors are for this weeks Challenge and as usual they are The Paper Shelter themselves and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. o spend on The Paper Shelter website

but this is providing you have used one of their products on your card and this could be a Image, Paper or Printable and you will find lots to choose from on their website and even if you dont use them they will still offer you 3 images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose can you? Please also remember you are allowed to enter three projects but one of these must carry one of our products please. 
And here is my Card for this theme.

This is called "The Gingerbread House" and you will find it here, I printed this ready made design four times then I decoupaged them to create the depth you can see. These were stuck on a red mount and then to a 6.50"x 6.50" white 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 and take part in this "A Christmas Card" Challenge, and dont forget our special Birthday event next week.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://christmaswiththecuties.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://useyourstuff.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Pink Gem Designs - Challenge #183 - "Snowman"

Good Morning Gemsters, can you believe its only weeks now before Christmas Day 4 to be exact and I do hope that you have all your cards made and ready to post I have, lefts hope Ive not forgotten anyway and on Monday the ones for overseas will be winging their way to their new homes.
Anyway this weeks theme over on Pink Gem Designs is "Snowmen" and I know that some of you will want to be able to get those last few little people cards done and this theme is ideal for that and the images that Janet Roberts creates for you and you will find them here.

Pink Gem Designs

Janet is such a very talented lady and Im sure you will find lots of images to choose from for your cards and this is the one I chose.

And this cute little chap is "Santa stop here Chilly" and you will find him here, I printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, I then cut him out with one of my rectangle Nestabilie Dies and a snowflake one for the mount out of blue card. The sentiment is one from my stash and was treated in the same way as the image.

The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first layer of blue card the background paper is also from Pink Gem Designs and you will find it here I printed it onto a piece of white paper and placed it on top of the blue mount. I then put my mounted image towards the left and the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side I also used some glue that I ran around the edge of the card and them glittered it.

To finish of I have used a Martha Stewart Snowflake punch and created some snowflakes which have been glittered up and placed around the 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. 

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://52cct.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://challengeupyourlife.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://imaginethatdigistamp.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://myshericrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepencilcases.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #273 - "More than 1 of Anything" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well todays Challenge started out slightly different or I should say the theme was I realised when I set it we had already had one with more than 1 fold so I changed it to "More than 1 of Anything" so I do hope you manage to understand this, it could be images, papers or embellishments and Im sure that most of us do this anyway so we are leaving the choice up to you.
So this weeks Challenge is being sponsored by Veronica and she is still offering a fabulous prize of $30 to spend on The Paper Shelter website

but this is providing you have used one of their products on your card and this could be a Image, Paper or Printable and you will find lots to choose from on their website and even if you dont use them they will still offer you 3 images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose can you? Please also remember you are allowed to enter three projects but one of these must carry one of our products please. 
And here is the Card I created I hope you enjoy it

As you can see I have used two images and of course we also have two folds to. This first image is "Hippie Chic" and you will find her here, and the second image is "Hippie Van" and this also you will find here. I printed both onto white card and then used my copic pens to colour them, after wards I cut them out and mounted them onto a piece of blue card.
The base card is 6.50" x 6.50" white card which has been folded as shown in the photo, and the papers are from my stash that a white background with shades of blue clouds on them, I also created a insert in the same papers to.
I placed the van on one side and the girl on the other, underneath I stamped a sentiment and to finish of I have used two hippie flowers and stuck them in the bottom left hand corner.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and I hope that you also will take part in this "More than 1 of Anything" Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://desiref.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cmdchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papercreatorscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "T is for Three"

Good Morning Crafters over on ABC Challenges we have reached the letter "T" and for this one we want three items on your card please I have used 3 diecuts on mine, and we are being sponsored by Marianne Designs

Marianne Designs

And for my Card I have used this cute image from Marianne Designs

I stamped it onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I used a Marianne Die to cut it out and then inked it through the holes on the die I also used some glitter on the snow at the bottom of the stamped image. The sentiment is one from my stash thats been also stamped on another piece of white card and then layered it up on a piece of blue card.
The base card is 6.50" x 6.50" white card with a first mount our of blue card and the paper is from a Creative Expressions paper pad, I have used one of the backing papers, on top of this I have used two die cut corners and placed them as shown in the photo down the left side and in the top right hand corner. The third die cut is the one used for the image so I placed this in the center of my card with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
Now that you seen my card I do hope you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #271 - "A Card for a Child" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, I have been so busy over the last few days getting all these posts scheduled to appear so close together, its amazing that for a change they all come out almost in one week. Anyway todays Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is all about creating "A Card for a Child" and Im sure all of us are creating some sort of card for either our children or grandchildren or other family member or friend that I hope its a easy one for you to find something to inspire you.
So this weeks Challenge is being sponsored by Veronica and she is still offering a fabulous prize of $30 to spend on The Paper Shelter website

but this is providing you have used one of their products on your card and this could be a Image, Paper or Printable and you will find lots to choose from on their website and even if you dont use them they will still offer you 3 images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose can you? Please also remember you are allowed to enter three projects but one of these must carry one of our products please. 
And here is the Card I created I hope you enjoy it

This little lady is called "Lollipop Princess" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used a Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount our of pink card. The sentiment was one one I found in my stash and then mounted it onto a fancy diecut.
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 Paper Shelter and they are called "Birthday Cupcake" papers and you will find them here. I printed several of the papers and cut them into strips and used a Martha Steward Happy Birthday border punch down the edges then layered them up on my first layer.
I then placed my mounted image towards the left and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used a couple of cupcake buttons down the right side in the top corner.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot to see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have for your inspiration and hopefully you to will take part in this "A Card for a Child" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://createsandmakes.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://sunnydaycrafting.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "S is for Shaped Card"

Good Morning Crafters well over on ABC Challenge Blogspot we have reached the letter "S" and this is themed "S is for Shaped Card" and we are lucky to be sponsored by Lacy Sunshine and Ribbon Girl so Im sure we shall some fabulous prizes for you.

Lacy Sunshine Images

The Ribbon Girl

And we were lucky enough to be able to choice a image to play with and I chose this one, especially so I could send it to one of my grandchildren

This is "Santa P is for Presents" and you will find it here, I printed him onto white card and then coloured him with my copic pens afterwards I cut him our with my oval Nestabilitie Die and then cut a larger one our of red card for the mount.

The base card is about 8" long from one end to the other and this was made into a card out of red card the backing paper is snowflake design and then I layered a piece of wide ribbon which was attached to the back of the first mount.

I then created a tag with the sentiment on and after I placed my mounted image in the center I tucked the sentiment behind the image at the top.

Now that youve seen my Card I do hope you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "S is for Shaped Card".

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://themerrychristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Pink Gem Challenge - "Snowflakes"

Good Morning Gemsters, todays Challenge over on Pink Gem Designs Challenge is "Snowflakes" and I have to admit Janet is so talented and has such a lovely selection of images to play with and you will them here

 

Pink Gem Designs 

And here is the Card I created for the Challenge

This image is called "Snowflake Wonder" and you will find it here, I printed the image onto white card and coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I then cut it out and stuck glitter on the bottom and the snowflakes.

The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a piece of blue card for the first mount and the papers I used are also from Pink Gem Designs and they are called "Snowflakes" and you will find them here, I used 3 of the papers the first a blue background with white snowflakes and then the soft green and pink I have cut into strips and used the Martha Stewart Border punch down the edges and layered them up as shown.

The mounted image was then placed in the middle with a sentiment which was stamped onto another piece of white card and mounted also with a piece of blue card.

To finish of I have used a Martha Stewart Snowflake punch and created several snowflakes which were dipped into glitter and layered up and placed down both the left and right side of the 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 hopefully you to will wan to take part in this "Snowflakes" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #269 - "Halloween" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well Im sure like me you have several grandchildren and great grandchildren that  you need to create Halloween Cards for and this is the theme this week for The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and they have some fabulous images on Sale at the moment.

6 digis for the price of 4! Only $12.00!

So this weeks Challenge is being sponsored by Veronica and she is still offering a fabulous prize of $30 to spend on The Paper Shelter website

but this is providing you have used one of their products on your card and this could be a Image, Paper or Printable and you will find lots to choose from on their website and even if you dont use them they will still offer you 3 images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose can you? Please also remember you are allowed to enter three projects but one of these must carry one of our products please. 
And here is the card I created for this weeks Challenge.

And this fabulous Halloween image is titled "Halloween Night" and you will find it here, and I printed the image onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens, I then used a oval die to cut it out and a orange black card for the mounts.

The base card is a 6.50" x 6.50" white card with the two mounts out of orange and black card and the paper I used was from the stamp design set as the image, and you will find that here,  and I then placed my mounted image in the center, the owl is a Heartfelt stamp that has been coloured and cut out with a owl die and placed on the shadow of a branch on the left side. 

The sentiment is one from my stash that was stamped onto a piece of yellow card and mounted up with the smaller dies as shown in the photo and that last embellishments are the the three metal pieces down the right 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 "Halloween Challenge".

This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://createsandmakes.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/ 
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "R is for Red, Ribbon and Reindeer"

Good Morning Crafters, well  here we are half way through October and we have reached the letter "R" over on the ABC Challenge Blogspot and for this letter we want to see the colour "Red, a Ribbon and Reindeer" on your card and we are lucky to be sponsored by Live and Love Crafts

And for my Card I have used this image from Magnolia Stamps

I stamped her onto white card and then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used a Nestabilitie die to cut her out and the Snowflake one for the mount out of red card. The sentiment is also from Magnolia stamps and was stamped and cut out with the same die set as the image.
The base card is a 6.50" x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of red card the papers I have used is from one out of my stash, not sure whos it might be a bearlymine one that I printed.
I then wrapped a net ribbon around the middle and placed my mounted image on the left and the sentiment in the top right hand corner. To finish of I have diecut two reindeer with the Sue Wilson die and placed them in the bottom right hand corner.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully will take part in is "R is for Red, Ribbon and Reindeer" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Breast Aware Special Challenge for Pink Gem

Our Design Team Leader Christine asked the DT Teams if they would create a card for this weeks Breast Cancer Aware week, and we are hosting a "Pink" Challenge so I do hope that you will take part and get the ball rolling I have created a card myself but before I show you, we are of course being sponsored by the very talented Janet Roberts of Pink Gem Designs

Janet creates such beautiful images to play with and for my card I have used this little lady

She is called "Poppy" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used a oval Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and a Floral one for the mount out of pink card, the sentiment is one from my stash thats been then cut out with a smaller die and mounted also onto a oval fancy die from the same die set and the one used for the image.
The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card and the first mount is out of pink card to, the papers are also from Pink Gem Designs and is called "Sweetheart Papers" and you will find them here. I have used three of the papers the first a all over pink background with white hearts on the second is a stripe one which has been cut into a square and I have used a border and corner punch set from Martha Steward and stuck in onto the base card, I then used a pink background with small hearts and this was also cut into a square and punched with the same corner and border punch set as the first one this was then off set on top of the first one.
I then placed my mounted image towards the left and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I created a bow with net and pink organza ribbon and placed this in the top right hand corner, and in the other two corners on the left I have used pink pearls in different angles.
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 yours inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Breast Aware Special Challenge" and look forward to seeing your cards and projects.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://stampedblessings.com/amusing-challenge/ 
http://lacysunshine.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lauralcraft.weebly.com/dragonfly-dreams-challenge
http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #267 - "Music and Dance"- The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, a lot of you are probably aware a couple of weeks ago the company went through a very bad patch and we are hoping that now things will start to improve but we are now disassociating with Pedro because of this and hopefully it will not be long before Veronica is starting afresh with a new Artist.
So this weeks Challenge is being sponsored by Veronica and she is still offering a fabulous prize of $30 to spend on The Paper Shelter website

but this is providing you have used one of their products on your card and this could be a Image, Paper or Printable and you will find lots to choose from on their website and even if you dont use them they will still offer you 3 images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose can you? Please also remember you are allowed to enter three projects but one of these must carry one of our products please. 
And the theme this time is all about "Music and Dance" and there are some beautiful images under this heading and I chose this little lady for my card

and she is called "On Air" it reminds me so much of the 1940s singers and my hubby loves the mircophone, he loves anything to do with radio, anyway you will find her here. I printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I cut her out with my Nestabilite Die and a fancy one for the mount out of beige card. The sentiment is from my stash and it was mounted on to a die cut from the same design set.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card and again the first mount is out of beige card and I used the backing paper from the image "On Air" and you will find it here. I then placed a circular doily and on top I placed my mounted image and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
To finish of I have used several music instruments and placed them down the right hand side and beige pearls down the left hand side.
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 my very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and look forward to seeing your projects.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepencilcases.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://morgansartworld.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "Q is for Quick" - All Dressed Up

Good Morning again Crafters as this is my second post today (which is unusual for me) I hope you will bear through and see my card and all the chatter I leave. This fortnights Challenge over on ABC Challenge Blogspot is "Q is for Quick" and we are being sponsored this time by "All Dressed Up"

All Dressed Up

And here is the card I created for it

This image is called "For You" and you will find it here, I printed her onto white card and coloured it with my copic pens and cut it out with my Nestabilitie Die and then used a fancy one for the mount in 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 also from All Dressed Up and this set is called "Pink (Girl) Papers" and you will find them here. As the theme asks for a quick card I have used just one of them a very pretty pink flowered paper and then layed my mounted image in the middle, and the "For You" sentiment was cut using a Die I believe probably Justrite and I cut it out of pink and white and layered them on top of each other to shadow it and make a little more pronounced.

Now that you have 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 the "Q is for Quick" Challenge I hope you to will want to take part in this Challenge and look forward to seeing yours.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://morgansartworld.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Pink Gem #177 Challenge - "Halloween"

Good Morning Gemsters well this fortnights Challenge is being hosted by Me and I chose the theme of Halloween as the Pinks next one wont be till November and I adore all the Halloween images that Janet designs and I just couldnt ignore it for my choice so I do hope you like it to.
As I have already said that Janet is our sponsor and our designer and owner of

Pink Gem Designs

And here is the Card I created with my choice of image I do hope you like the result

This little lady is "Chloe with Cauldron" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used a Nestabilitie die to cut her out and then a fancy one out of orange card. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been treated 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 orange card and the papers are also from Pink Gem Designs and is called "Batty Papers" and you will them here. I have used four papers and layered them up as show and on the edges of three of them I have used Halloween border punches from Martha Stewart, two of them are the tombstone one and the other a spider web.
I have just discovered after loading this photo up that the spider has escaped and has landed on the edge of my mounted image, I do hope Chloe isn't spooked by it, Im not sure I would want it to suddenly appear like that on me, it is rather a large one.
To finish of I used a Memory Box die for spider web and spider in the top left hand corner and a pumkin punch to create the die cuts also on the right handside.
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 to will want to take part in this "Halloween" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://morgansartworld.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #265 - "A Card of Many Folds" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers this weeks theme over on the Challenge Blog is a "Card of Many Folds" I do hope that this wont put you of creating a card for us, it can be a simple design as I have created or something more adventurous as some of my Design Team have created.
But before I go any further I must tell you we are so lucky to have our sponsor Veronica of The Paper Shelter 

And she is offering a fabulous prize of $30 to spend on their website and you will find that the exchange rate is very favourable between us and them so you get a lot for your money and they always have special offers to so do go and browse to your hearts content. And even if you do not use one of their image they will still offer you 3 digi images of your own choice so you really cannot loose can you. But please dont forget that you are only allowed to enter 3 times and at least one of your projects must be using one of our images.
Here is the card I created

This gorgeous image is "Pineapple" and you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card and then coloured her with my copic pens, I then used my Spellbinders No.1 Labels die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount, I have also used the same die set for the sentiment.
The base card is a 7"x 7" three folded card the larger one to the front and the smaller one folded  under this larger one, not easy to see in the photo but you just get a glimpse of it towards the right of the photo.
I have used "Poolside Splash" papers from Sweetshoppe Designs and I used two of the papers from the design set. On the larger fold I have used a piece of blue card for the first mount and then on top of this is the first paper a water design, then used a strip of my second paper which has lots of beach items and down the two sides I have used a border punch from EK success punches, then layered this on top of the first one. For the smaller fold I have used the same papers but cut them down to fit the size of the fold and also layered them up on top of the piece of blue card as well.
I then placed my mounted image over the edge of the front fold and the sentiment in the bottom left hand corner. To finish of I have used several buttons down the right hand side on the smaller fold, and another in the top left hand corner.
I hope I have explained my method OK though it might sound a little mixed up, I do apologise for that. Anyway 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 I do hope you will be inspired to take part in this "A Card of Many Folds".
This Card is to be entered to the following Challenges:-
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://chocolatebaroquechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "P is for Pearls"

Good Morning Crafters here at  ABC Challenges we have reached the letter P and for this we want to see lots of "Pearls" on your cards and we are lucky to be being sponsored by Polka Doodles

And for my card I have used from one of their CDs "Fredricka" you will find it here
and here is my card

I printed the image onto white card and then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used my rectangle die to cut her out and mounted her onto a larger on in blue card. The sentiment was one from my stash and this was also created in the same way and the image.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of blue card, the papers are also from the same design set as the image "Fredricka" and you will find them here, I have used five papers and layered them us as shown in my photo.
I then placed my mounted image towards the left and using some blue pearls I stuck them down the edge of her dress around the top. I also
some white pearls along the top of my card and bottom, before finishing I then cut out a Butterfly border from Marianne dies and placed this behind the first mount and I cut a extra single butterfly and stuck it in the top right hand corner.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will want to take part in this "P is for Pearls" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #263 - "Embossing of any Kind" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, can you believe that the children are now back at School again and the summer holidays are now in the past, I hope you enjoyed having them home for 6 weeks and that you now have time to play in our Challenges, and this weeks theme is "Embossing of any Kind" and this means either using a Embossing Folder or Embossing Powder so we leave the choice up to you.
Anyway before I show you my Card I would like to tell you 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,  please remember that you are able to take part 3 times but one of those must carry one of our images please.
And now I want to show you the card I created I hope you like the result.

This little fairy is called "Bookworm Fairy" and you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card before colouring her with my copic pens, afterwards I used one of my Nestabilitie Dies to cut her out and a fancy one one for the mount. I used glitter on her wings and the sentiment is from my stash and has been stamped and mounted in the same way as the image.
The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card and the first mount is blue card and the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Papers and this set is called "Better Gnome and Garden" and I have used three papers from papers and the embossed item is the white one on the left and I used a Sue Wilson fan design and I have used a piece out of white card and mounted it onto blue card.
I then placed my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used several pearls in the top right and bottom left corners.
Now that Ive seen my Card I do hope that you will take a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team and I do hope that it will inspire you to take part in this "Embossing of any Kind" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
https://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sunnydaycrafting.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/