Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Challenge #154 - "Easter Time" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Fellow Paper Shelter Followers, well this week we have reached our #153 Challenge at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and this time its themed "Easter Time" and as its only a couple of weeks now Im sure you will want to get your cards done for the little people in your life and so heres your chance to get them done.
This week as always we are sponsored by The Paper Shelter and Veronica and Pedro are offering a fabulous prize of $30 to spend on their website

http://www.thepapershelter.com/

And we have a special treat for you they are also offering a further special treat for you

http://www.thepapershelter.com/

And this is a voucher for you, so read it through and Im sure you will be delighted with this treat. As always if you have used one of the TPS images on your card you receive the whole $30 to spend on their website here, and even if you dont they will still give you 3 digis of your own choice so please do go and visit their website The Paper Shelter and see for yourself what stunning images, papers and papers they have to offer you.
We also have a very new Team member joining us for the first time this week and that is Nikki and you will find her website here, please do pay her a visit and give her a brilliant welcome and some love and best wishes for her time with us.
Its a very sad goodbye to Eileen and we are definitely going to miss her as her work has been stunning, good luck my love and I hope you have fun in your new adventures.
And now for my Card.


And this image is called "Easter Mischief" and you can guess what that means by the look of that little lad, and you will find him here. I have printed him onto white card and coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I used a Easter Egg die from Nestabilites and drew around the die to create the mount out of aquamarine card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of the same aquamarine card, the papers are from Sweetshoppes "Basket of Blessings" and I have used three papers for my card, and layered them up as you can see. I then placed my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment below on the right, I did also use a smaller egg die for this and have stamped the sentiment on the smaller one.
The finishing touch is the Easter Egg buttons that were placed along the bottom in the left hand corner.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope you will pop across to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the extremely talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Easter Time" Challenge and I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 


Monday, 7 April 2014

A Card with the gorgeous Pink Gem Dinosaur Images

This Pink Gem image is just gorgeous and you will find him here hes called "Dino Josh" and I have printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie Labels Die No.17 to cut him out then drew around the edge of the die and created a mount for him out of Aquamarine card.
The papers are also from Pink Gem and they are Dino paper set and you will find them here, I have used three papers from the set and layered it up as shown. Then around the middle mount I have wrapped a dinosaur ribbon around and stuck it to the back of the mount.
I then placed my mounted image in the middle and the sentiment is a Die-namics flag die and I have stamped the sentiment on a white one and placed them in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used four candi's in the two opposite corners.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftingwhenwecanchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lauralcraft.weebly.com/dragonfly-dreams-challenge.html
http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

ABC Challenges - "I . Is for Line"

I cannot believe that I have already reached my third DT Challenge post for ABC Challenges and this time we want you to use the letter "I" and this time its "Is for Line" and you must use one of the lines below to create your card with, I actually used the middle horizontal line that is "Distressing, Lace and Buttons" and there are lots of combinations so we look forward to seeing what you come up with, dont forget to let us know which line you have used.


and we are being sponsored by Sherri Baldy

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

and she is offering a fabulous prize of

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

We were lucky enough to be given several images to play with and for my card I have used


"Hattie" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.8 and the fancy of for the mounted.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and my first mount is of a aquamarine colour, on top is a  paper I have used is from the Prima "Fairy Belle" paper pad, I torn around the edges and used a distressing tool on this edge. 
On top is two strips of white lace and along the midle I have wrapped a piece of peach ribbon and stuck it to the back of the first mount. I then used a Tattered Lace die to create the flower on the left, and a flower button with ribbon threaded through the two holes.
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 "I is for Line" Challenge.

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Challenge #151 - "Spring Delights" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Fellow Crafters, Ive been so busy lately that I nearly forgot to write up my post for this Challenge, I thought Id better get my finger our and make amends, so welcome to this weeks Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot  its all about "Spring Delights" at least the daffodils are now out and its looking a lot sunnier than it was a few weeks ago, but its still cold and wet here in Gloucestershire.
As you will know we have at last picked our new DT members and our new Team member will start on the 9th April and I will introduce her more on that Challenge, anyway todays one is as always sponsored by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

http://www.thepapershelter.com/

but this is providing you have used one of the products on your card, and even if you havent they will still give you 3 digis of your own choice, but I do urge you to pay a visit to The Paper Shelter website and see for yourself what fabulous value their products are so do please pop over here and see for yourself.
And now for my card.


For my image I have used "Spring Breeze" and you will find her here, and I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.34 and a fancy one for the mount out of pink card. The sentiment is one I googled and printed it onto white card then used another label die to cut it out.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and the papers I have used are from The Paper Shelters "Spring Zoe" digi paper set and you will find them here. I used a pink spot one for the first mouont and the second is a green one and on the edge I have used Tonic Butterfly Border punch down it, then on top is another pink card which was also mounted onto pink card and placed down the center.
I then used some green card and the La La Land tree die and placed in on top of this mount and stuck the mounted image in the center and the sentiment down below on the left hand side. To finish of I have used several pink flowers and placed them on the tree diecut.
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 then want to take part in our "Spring Delights" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Saturday, 15 March 2014

Pink Gem Challenges - Challenge #115 - Mothers Day, Birthday or Special Lady

Please can you scroll down for the ABC DT Challenge Card as its below this one.
Good Morning all my faithful followers, I have some fabulous news to pass on to you, I was asked by Janet of Pink Gem Designs if I would like to join one of her Design Teams and I was thrilled to say "Yes Please" and today is the launch of my first Challenge and I sincerely hope that you like the result.
http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
And of course Pink Gem Designs is the sponsor of this Challenge and the theme this time is to create a card for either your "Mother, Birthday or for a Special Lady" in your life, unfortunately I lost my mum a few years ago so I made my card for a special friend instead, and here is my card.


And I even got my own watermark and that is another story, I had quite a job to sort that out, but now its as easy as anything. For my image I have used this gorgeous "Grace with a Rose" and you will find her here, I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a Marianne die to cut her out.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is a piece of pink card, the papers I have used are from Pink Gem Designs its Fleur to Lis design and unfortunately it does not look as if Janet has this in her shop anymore, I have used two of the papers a pink and lime green which I used a border punch from Tonic to punch the two sides and then laid it across the card then used a piece of pink ribbon and a piece of lace and attached it to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then placed in the middle of the card, and the sentiment is again one of the ticket stamps from Pink Gem Designs and you will find them here, I mounted it onto another piece of pink card and placed across the bottom right hand corner.
To finish of I have used several sized roses and placed them in the top left hand corner and these were attached to the card with silicone glue and I also used punched out rose leaves underneath the roses.
Now that you've seen my Card I do hope that you will now go and pay a visit to the Pink Gem Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Pink Design Team have created for you inspiration and hopefully you to will take part in this "Mothers Day, Birthday, or Special Lady" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://savvyhandmadecards.blogspot.ca/ 
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ 
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://craftitudechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "H is for Hair"

Good Morning Crafters, well its my second Challenge as a Design Team member for the ABC Challenges and this time we have reached "H is for Hair" and I know this is one of those things a lot of us have difficulties getting right so now is the time to show us what you can do. Anyway this time we are being sponsored by Tilda's Town

http://www.tildastown.com/
And they are offering a fabulous prize of a Voucher to spend on their website.
And please do pay them a visit and see what fabulous goodies they have
and you will find them here

And I decided to use on of my stash stamps, to be honest its been awhile since they came out of the box so it was a real treat to use this one.


I stamped Tilda onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.4 to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount out of pink card.
The base card is a white 6"x 6" one and the first mount is more of the same pink card, and the papers I have used are from Dovecrafts "Garden Party" paper pad, and I have used three papers, the first a white background with flourish flowers and green leaves, on top are two more papers that were cut in stripes and then I have used a Tulip Border punch from Martha Stewart and then I layed the two papers on top of each other and stuck them down the middle of the card.
I then used the Tattered Lace rose corner in the bottom left hand corner and leaf corners in the top two corners. And now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for  your inspiration.


Friday, 14 March 2014

Oh my I have been asked to join Janets "Pink Gems" Design Team

I had a big surprise a couple of weeks ago as I had a wonderful email from Janet of Pink Gem Designs asking me if I would like to join one of her Design Teams and of course I was thrilled to say yes, and tomorrow I will be bringing you my first Challenge Card and I thought for a tease I will bring you a card I created for the Gems of Inspiration Blogspot and I thought it was ideal for one of my many grandsons and little friends that I have.


This image is "Skateboard Andy" and you will find him here, I have printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used Tonic Circle dies and scalloped edge one for the mount out of blue card. The sentiment is from Die-namics and is the die as well.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, and the papers are again another of the Pink Gem Digi Designs its called "Slugs and Snails" and you will them here. Please do go and pay a visit to Janets website here and see for yourself what beautiful papers and gorgeous images she has for your inspiration to go wild with. I have used three papers from this set and the first is a blue background with more of Skateboard Andy on it and the second is a beige one which I have used a Martha Stewart Border punch on it, and the third mount is a green one.
I then placed my mounted image in the center and tucked the sentiment behind the mount at the top on the right, and to finish of I used the flag Empathy punch to make three buttons down in the left hand corner at the bottom.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.dreamweaverstencils.blogspot.co.uk/

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Challenge #149 - "Away with the Fairies" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well I dont know about you but here we are already on the third month of a new year and another week has flown by over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and we are now on to a new theme and this week its all about Fairies, so we need to see your images on your cards.
And dont forget we have a DT Call running at the moment if you are interested in joining our DTs please do go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what is expected of you.

http://thepapershelter.blogspot.co.uk/

But before I show you what Ive been up to as always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website.

http://www.thepapershelter.com/

But as always this comes with the usual rule that you must have used one of their products on your card this could be a image, paper or printable and you will find them on their website The Paper Shelter and believe me when I tell you that they are brilliant value and you will find that the exchange rate is very good, and even if you havent used one of their products they will still give you three images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose can you?
And now I want to show you my card, I hope you like it.


And here she is its titled "Enchanted Dreams" and you will find her here, and I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her and afterwards I used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.4 to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount. The sentiment is one that I googled then printed it and cut the mount for it from another of the Nestabilitie Tag dies.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pale green card, and the papers are from Kay Millers "Fairy Dust" digi papers, I have used two of the papers the first a green background with leaves on, and the second a flower one and a Cheery Lynn doily die and then placed in on top of the first mount.
I then cut out the sprigs with a Die-namics dies and stuck them down the left hand side, I then placed my mounted image towards the right with the sentiment underneath on the right hand side. I then used some of the left over papers from the same paper set to cut out the rolled flowers and these where then stuck to the sprigs in various places, and to finish of I have punched out two butterflies and stuck them on the sprig as well. The final flourish are the two flower buttons at the top on 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 then hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Away with the Fairies" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Friday, 7 March 2014

The Paper Shelter - DT Call

http://thepapershelter.blogspot.co.uk/
Good Morning Fellow Crafters, well its that time of the year again, over on The Paper Shelter we are having a DT Call, and I want to welcome all those who would like to join us to have a go, you will find all the details over on our Challenge Blog HERE.

Saturday, 1 March 2014

ABC Challenges - "G is for Girl"

Good Morning Crafters, as promised last week I said that I have something special to tell you and that is that I have been invited to join ABC Challenges Design Team and I was not only thrilled to be asked by Nikki but also delighted to say yes, so today is my first Challenge with them and this time the theme is :-

"G is for Girl"

And joy of joy for this one we are being sponsored by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter, please pay them a visit here:-

http://www.thepapershelter.com/

and they are offering a fabulous prize of


and Marianne Design Stamps and Dies, please pay them a visit here :-

http://www.mariannedesign.nl/

and they are offering a fabulous prize of


And we were lucky to be given a choice of several images to play with, and as I havent used this one before I decided it was the right time to use it.


This image is "Angel" and you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card and coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used a Oval Nestabilitie Die to cut her out, and the mount is a Marianne Die and I used pink Pearlescent card for this. The sentiment is one from my stash and I then used a La La Land banner die to cut it out and mounted it onto pink card to.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the paper I have used is from the set as the image and you will find it here, then on top I have used two ribbons which have been wrapped around the middle and stuck to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was placed in the center and two swirls which also came with the mount stuck in the two opposite corners of the mount. I placed the sentiment across the bottom right hand corner, and stuck six pearls in the top right and bottom left hand corners. And to finish of I have used several roses in different sizes in pink in the top left hand corner.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenges Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of a very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "G for Girl" Challenge.

Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Challenge #147 - "Animal Magic" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well its almost March and so far weve seen so much rain Im beginning to wonder if we will ever had decent weather again, my bulbs are beginning to show and even some buds so at least I should be getting some colour soon. Anyway we have another Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and this one is themed "Animal Magic" and we want to see what you can create with animals as your main image, so Im so looking forward to seeing what the entries will be like.
Anyway Im getting ahead of myself and you will want to know what fabulous prize Veronica and Pedro are offering and that is $30.

http://www.thepapershelter.com/

But this is only if you have used one of their products on your card, this could be a image, paper or printable and they do have some on special offer as well, so its well worth a visit to their website here The Paper Shelter. But even if you havent they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice so you really cant loose with this Challenge can you?
And now I want to show you what Ive created for this Challenge and here he is:-


Hes called Henry in my world but the actual image is titled "How are You Doin" and you will find him here, though to be absolutely honest hed be a good advert for "Should have gone to Specs Savers" as he seems bit short sighted fancy thinking the cactus was a friend, oh well never mind. Ive printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him afterward I used Embossing Folder to print the edge around him then cut it out with scissors to create the scalloped edge. This was then placed on a green Oval Nestabilitie Die background. The sentiment is one from my stash thats been also mounted on the same green card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of green card and the papers are from the Pollyanna Pickering CD from Cupcake Crafting and I have used two of them, one has a hedgehog print on it and the second has a smaller on on and I have used a border punch on this, then on top is another mount of green with a check pattern on which has been placed down the card.
I then used a Memory Box die to create the two dark green trellis's and these were stuck across the top and bottom, then the mounted image was placed in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the A Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Animal Magic" theme Challenge.
And do please come back on Saturday as I have some very exciting news for you and look forward to letting you into the secret.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Challenge #146 - "Punches and Dies" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well I am still standing in as a Guest Designer for The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and this weeks theme is all about "Punches and Dies" and to be honest I am in my element with these I love to use both on my cards just hope you like the result of my playing.
As always our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

 http://www.thepapershelter.com/

and as always this is providing you have used one of their images on your card, and it was lovely to see that a lot of you had used them on our last Challenge and I hope you will do again this time, but even if you dont they will still offer you 3 digi images of your own choice if you are picked by Random Org. You will find some fabulous images, papers and printables here on their website The Paper Shelter.
For my card I used this gorgeous image


She is titled "Attitude means Everything" and you will find her here,  I have printed her onto white card then used my Tonic Square die to cut her out and a scalloped one for the mount. I used some snow writer foam on her collar and cuffs also on her ear muffs to. The sentiment is one from my stash thats been stamped onto white card and then cut out by a circle die and mounted on a punched out Snowflake.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white with a first mount of blue card and the paper is from the Sweetshoppe Designs its a blue background with snow on it and clouds. On top of this I have placed a diecut Fir tree which was cut with Marianne Die, and a used a Memory box border die of trees along the bottom.
I then placed my mounted image in the center and before adding the extra's I took a piece of white pearlescent card in a 7"x 7" size and used another of the Martha Stewart large Border and Corner dies to create the background which was then placed behind the first mount making the card larger.
To finish of I have cut out the ski's and sticks with a Marianne Die and placed to the right of the main image, the final flourish is the two layered snowflake at the top on the right and the sentiment on the left.
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 Maries B Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Punches and Dies" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/
http://hjcchallenge.blogspot.ca/
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/

Sunday, 16 February 2014

Another Card with the gorgeous Aurora Wings Images

Good Afternoon Crafters, its a beautiful day here in Gloucestershire and it does make such a wonderful change from all that rain, but knowing how its been going lately I wouldnt be surprised if it didnt start again in the near future but while its out my dog is thoroughly enjoying it.
Todays card was created for a dear friends Birthday and as shes got 4 beautiful ginger British Shorthair Cats and Im hoping that this little cutie will fill the bill for her. I have printed it onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens. Afterwards I cut it out with my Nestabilitie Rectangle Die and then used a Pearl Effect one for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and this has been also stamped onto white card and then layered up onto another of the same Pearl effect mount.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card and I then used a piece of pink Card and used a deep effect flower border and corner punches from Martha Stewart, and then on top is a 6"x 6" pink card and the paper is from My Minds Eye "Heirloom" paper pad, and around the center I have wrapped a piece of white lace and two ribbons laid on top of one another and attached to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then placed in the center with the sentiment below on the right hand side.
The final flourish is the flower spray in the top left hand corner which comprises of five roses and four rose buds and pearl sprays these were then placed on top of silicone glue and punched out rose leaves.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/
http://emergencycrafterschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://feelingcraftychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/p/rules.html
http://lifeindetailschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://liveandlovecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lothiancrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://onecrazystampercom.blogspot.co.uk/

Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Challenge #145 - "Be My Valentine" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, yes its me again its actually my week for hosting the Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot with my A Team, and this week because its so close to Valentines Day I thought it was the right theme for this week so I want to see all your cards with "Be My Valentine" designs on them. As always ours sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

 

And of course this means you must have used one of their products on your card, that could be a image, paper or printable, but even if you dont and you are picked by random org you will still win 3 digi images of your own choice, and if you would like to pay a visit to their website The Paper Shelter you will find it here.
And now to show you my card.


For my image I have used this "Love Bubbles" image and your will find it here, I have printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Heart die to cut it out and a scalloped one for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash which has also been cut out with a smaller heart die and also mounted onto a scalloped edge mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of white pearlescent card, the paper is from the Sweetshoppes digi "All Wet" paper set, its a blue background with bubbles on, and then down the middle i have used a strip of the same card and put it through a heart embossing folder and then placed it down the center of my card.
On top of this I have placed my mounted image and then put the sentiment down in the right hand corner, to finish of I have used the Memory Box bubble die to cut out the bubbles that are then placed in the top right hand corner away from the surprised fish.
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 join us and take part in this "Be My Valentine" Challenge.
Brenda of Floral Fantasies has a wonderful Blog Candy offer over on her blog you will find the link here, and my favourite item of use for my cards are Dies. You will also see a link on my sidebar.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Saturday, 8 February 2014

Aurora Wings - "Hydrangea Fairy"

Good Afternoon Crafters, well guess what its raining yet again and its quite heavy to, not sure our dog will want to go out for a toilet as its far to windy as well. Anyway I printed the image onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens then cut it out with my rotatrim, I then mounted it onto a piece of mauve pearlescent card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card, and the first mount is another piece of the same mauve card, the paper I have used I found on the internet then readjusted it to fit the mount, around the middle I have wrapped a piece of lilac satin ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then placed in the center with a spray of hydrangea flowers that I had in my stash and in the center I have put some glitter glue.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC
http://onecrazystampercom.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/february-anything-goes-challenge.html

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Challenge #144 - "3 Designer Papers" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Crafters, well Im standing in as a Guest Designer again this week over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot for Marie and her B Design Team, and this week we want to see you use "3 Designer Papers" and Im sure that it shouldnt to much of a problem for you to create cards with this theme.
But first you will want to know who is sponsoring us yet again this week and that is Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

http://www.thepapershelter.com/ 

But as always this comes with the rule that you must have used one of their products on your card and this can be either a image, paper or printable and even if you dont they will still give you 3 digis of your own choice. I think thats a fabulous prize so you dont loose whichever you decide but I would urge you to pay a visit to The Paper Shelter website and see for yourself what good value they are especially against the pound and you will find them here.
And now for my card.


For my image I have used "Just Me" and you will find her here, and Ive rather cheated this week as I have used a pre-coloured image and then used my oval Nestabilitie Die to cut it out and a heart one for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash which has been stamped onto white card then cut out with a banner die which has been stuck across the bottom right hand corner.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card, the papers I have used are from the Sweetshoppe Digi Papers and this set is called "Summer Lovin" and I have used three papers, the first a all over flower pattern in several colours and the second is a pink one and the third a plaid one.
To finish of I have used some of the papers from the same set and then used a Die-namics rolled flower die in different sizes to creat the flowers in the top left hand corner, these were placed on some punched out leaves.
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 Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to give this "3 Designer Papers" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Saturday, 1 February 2014

Aurora Wings Ballet Dancer

Good Morning Crafters, well its stopped raining for a couple of hours but we have been promised some more this afternoon, and I see its been flooding down on the Severn this morning and its cut of Gloucester for those living near it. Anyway I printed this image about a week ago and I just couldnt decide what colour to do her, as shes from Swan Lake, and of course they are all white so thats what I plumbed for. I have coloured the roses on her headress and down around her dress and then cut her out with my Grand Oval Die from Nestabilities and used a fancy one for the mount. The sentiment is one I googled and then cut it out with a fancy tag die.
The base card is a 7"x 7" white card with a first mount of white pearlescent card thats been put through my embossing folder and then I have used a fancy doily towards the top and die cut a swan with one of the Tattered Lace dies and placed them at the bottom on the left.
Around the middle I have wrapped a piece of crinkled white ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount and then placed my mounted image towards the right. The sentiment was placed at the bottom below the image. And to finish of I have used several pink roses and some punched out rose leaves to create a floral spray in the top left hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://acreativeneed.wordpress.com/join-in-the-monthly-challenge/
http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.lisasomerville.com/
http://izazoviislatkisi.blogspot.ca/search/label/Izazovi
http://craftitudechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/