Challenge #97 - The Paper Shelter "All Wrapped Up" Challenge

Good Morning Everyone, I carnt get over the fact that February is almost here and the last month has flown by, it still feels to me like its Christmas, oh well never mind and of course our next stop is Valentines Day and of course here at The Paper Shelter we shall be celebrating that to, so keep your eyes open for next few Challenges.
Because weve had such cold weather lately I picked the right Challenge for this week and thats "All Wrapped Up" one, so start delving in your images to see what youve have for this one, and of course as always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter, and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30:-

And of course this is providing you have used one of their products on your card, but even if you dont you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice. Dont forget to give The Paper Shelter website and see what stunning images and papers they have to offer you, and no doubt there will be a few of special offer as there often is. Dont forget you are only allowed to enter 3 cards and at least one of them must carry one of their products on it.
For my card I have used this cute little lad and hes staying indoors.

 

 Hes called "Hot Chocolate" and you will find him here, I have printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.1 to cut him out, and a decorative one for the mount. The sentiment is one of the Whimsey Stamps and this was cut out using a circle die and the mount is a larger one out of red card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, and the papers I have used are from the "Christmas Spirit" paper set and you will find them here. I have used three papers the first is a mainly red background was stuck directly onto the first mount, then I have layered up in the other two and used a Martha Stewart Border punch on them.

I then used two of the Memory Box dies a window and shutters and these were stuck towards the left and the mounted image was placed towards the right and the sentiment below on the right. To finish of I have used some Candi Mini's at the top on the right and bottom left hand corners.

Now that youve seen my Card I hope that you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will take part in this weeks "All Wrapped Up" Challenge.

This Card this will take part in the following Challenges:-

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://simplychallengedchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 

http://tuesdayalchemy.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/vickie-challenges.html 

http://useittuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #71 - Bearlymine Designs "Hearts Galore" Challenge

Good Morning Crafters,  I hope your beginning to recover from all that snow we've had, we had about 10inches in the end, and Im hoping it wont belong now before its all gone and we are back to normal again, Ive got to be honest I prefer the rain any day to the disruption that the snow provokes in this neck of the woods.
Anyway back to this weeks Challenge over on Bearlymine Designs and because we are creeping very quickly to Valentines day we are having a "Hearts Galore" Challenge and weve been lucky to get two new sponsors for this one, firstly "Alota Rubber Stamps":-

and they are offering a fabulous prize of

 And our second sponsor is "Noor Designs" 

 And they are offering a prize of 

Wow two fabulous prizes of on offer, what I would give to receive at least one of them, anyway here is my card for the Challenge.

For my card I have used a Heartfelt Stamp and the corresponding set of Dies, the stamped image was coloured with my copics and then cut our with a heart die, I then mounted it onto a piece of heart diecut. The sentiment is one I found on the internet and I have used my computer to write it out and then mounted it also onto a piece of red card, because the original was to big for the space I have.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, and the beautiful papers I have used are from Donna's Bearlymine "Love Dreams" digi paper set and you will find them here, the first a beautiful flourish paper with hearts on and the second is a square of paper which has a red background and lots of hearts on it, this I have used a heart border and corner punches from Martha Stewart, and then laid in the middle of the first mount.

I then wrapped a organza ribbon around the card and laid my mounted image towards the right, over the top I have used two of the die cuts that I cut out of red card, these were all created with the Heartfelt Die set, and the sentiment was placed at the bottom on the right.

And to finish of I have use two heart gems at the top and a further heart die cut at the bottom. Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and I hope that you will then want to take part in this weeks "Hearts Galore" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/anything-goes.html 
http://fashionistachallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://pinkbydesignstamps.com/blog# 
http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://squigglefly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #2 - Cards for Men - "Transport"

Well as Im writing up this post today (Friday) its absolutely blizzard conditions outside and Im sincerely hoping that by Monday it will have at least stopped and the roads are clear as I have a hospital appointment and I really need to get it over and done with, as its not a nice one and I will have got myself all prepared for it and just want it done and dusted. Anyway only time will tell, yet again we are onto our second Challenge over on Cards for Men and this one is a "Transport" theme so start looking in your stash to see if you have something that will pass as a means of transport.
For this Challenge we are being sponsored by Meljens:-

And Melissa is offering a fabulous prize of 4 digi images of Winners Choice, and here is what she says about her company:-

Meljen's Designs (http://meljensdesigns.com) is a digital stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical, fun digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and it is steadily growing. The new store offers instant downloads, organized categories, and a search feature. We have new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Mondays and a monthly Guest Designer at the Meljen's Designs Blog (http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.com/). Please visit the store to find more of Melissa's wonderful images!

And we were so lucky to receive several images to play with, and I chose to use "Puppy Pilot" you will find him  here and here is my card:-

I have printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him afterwards I used my rotatrim to cut him out and a inkpad to distress the edges. I then mounted him onto a piece of dark blue card and the sentiment was created on my computer and printed and then mounted the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount is a piece of the same blue card and the papers I used are from Bo Bunny's "On the Go" paper set, the first is a blue backgound with airplanes on it, the second is a dark blue patterned papers and these were layered up on the card with the mounted image towards the top and the sentiment is below on the right.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Cards for Men 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 "Transport" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampedblessings.com/ 
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fashionablestampingchallenges.cottagecrafts.ie/ 
http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #95 - The Paper Shelter - "Winter Blues"

Good Morning Crafters, its the start of a New Year for the "A" Team over at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and already we are on the second Challenge of the year and for this one we want to see lots of "Blues" on your card, its called "Winter Blues" so I guess if youve not had snow yet its possible its on the horizon for a lot of us, so keep your fingers crossed it doesnt stay to long.
But before I go any further two of my Design Team members have decided to step down and they are Marcea immediately and Shirin Lim from the end of this weeks Challenge, its a sad time for us but we understand that they are having problems and need time out to sort things out. But we do have two special ex Design Team members who have offered to do a Guest Designer post and they are Paola and Louise so thank you girls for stepping in at such short notice.
As always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a wonderful prize of $30.

But as always this is only if you have used one of the products on your card, there is lots to chose from so why dont you go over to their Website and browse for yourself. Even if you dont use one of them they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, you carnt ask for better than that can you. Dont forget you are only allowed to enter the Challenge 3 times and one of those must have a TPS product on it, other than that you are free to do your own thing.
And now I want to show you what I have done for this Challenge and here it is.

For my image I have used the "Snow Angel" and printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Labels Die No.8 to cut her out and the Decorative one for the mount. The sentiment is a Whimsey one and Ive used their Snowflake mount for it to.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for the first mount I have used a piece of blue card and one of Donna's Bearlymine Winter Papers, on top of this I have used a piece of the web ribbon and along the bottom I have used the Memory box border and corner dies with some white pearlescent card.
The mounted image was then placed in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. 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 talented "A" Design Team plus a very special Guest Designer have created for your inspiration, and hopefully you will want to take part in this "Winter Blues" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.piggyandminniemouse.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.tando-creative-challenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://citycrafter.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #69 - Bearlymine Designs - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, well we are already into the second week of the year and it looks as if this year will fly by just as quick as the last one did, todays challenge over on Bearlymine Challenge Blogspot is a "Anything Goes" one and I know that we all love these as it gives us freedom to pick anything we like.

For this Challenge we are being sponsored by Natalie & Amy:-

And they are offering a prize of

And our second Sponsor is Kenny K

And they are offering 5 digi images of Winners Choice

Wow two fabulous prizes so Im sure you will want to take part in this weeks Challenge, and I was lucky enough to receive this Kenny K image to play with.

Shes called "Jet Setter" and you will find her here, Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used my rotatrim to cut her out and a blue inkpad around the edges to distress it. The mount is Nestabilitie's Postage "A5" die and Ive used blue pearlescent card for it. The sentiment is one from my stash which I felt was appropriate for the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and the papers are Donna's Bearlymine "Spring Flight" Digi Papers and you will find them here. The first one is a blue background with flying bugs on and the second a pink based one and this was run through my embosser with a Courture Creations Doily Die, this was placed towards the bottom left hand corner. The mounted image was then placed at an angle and the sentiment also in the bottom left hand corner, to finish of I used a C.C. Olive and Leafy Dies which I obtained from Natalie and Amy's shop, and cut out several leaves which I placed in the top left hand corner on top of silicone glue, then punched out some of the left over paper and created a flower which was layered up and placed in the middle of the leaves.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Bearlymine 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 "Anything Goes" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Challenge #1 - Cards for Men - "Men at Work"

Well its back to work for us over on Cards for Men, and for this one we want to see a card with anything that will show a "Man at Work" Im sure you have a image somewhere in your stash that will be just right for this Challenge.
And we are being sponsored for this our 1st Challenge of the year by "Stampin Up" and our actual sponsor is Carol Bryson a very dear friend of our Challenge Team Leader Donna.

  

And she is offering a fabulous prize of 2 full size Ink Pads of winner choice, and here is what she says about herself:-

I am an Independent Stampin Up! Demonstrator in Lancashire & surrounding areas. I teach large and small scrapbooking and craft classes. I can arrange parties in your home for crafting and non-crafting friends to suit your requirements, and where everyone is guaranteed to have a great time ! I also run a crop in the Rochdale area. Please contact me for more details at carole.bryson@gmail.com xx
 
And for my card I decided to use a Mo Digital Image.

Well he can come and do some DIY for me anytime, hes fabulous dont you think, Ive printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I cut him out with my rotatrim and mounted him onto a brown card. The sentiment is one from my stash and has also been mounted onto brown card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of brown card, and the papers I have used are from Sweetshoppe Digi Downloads, this set are called "Handy Helpers" I thought it was ideal for this image, Ive used three papers then laid my mounted image towards the top with the sentiment at the bottom on the right.
To finish of I have used several buttons in the to opposite corners.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration, and hopefully you will then take part in this "Men at Work" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Challenge #67 - Bearlymine Designs - "Something Old and Something New"

Happy New Year to You All, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and I want to wish you a wonderful New Year and to launch us into 2013 we have a fabulous Challenge for you its "Something Old and Something New" that means you must use something old from your stash and something new as well but I leave the choice upto you.
And the Sponsors for this Challenge are :-

 Im sorry Im not sure what the prizes are but I know they will be posted on our Challenge Blog so do pop by and visit and see for yourself.
For my card I chose to use a Marianne Stamp and here it is.

She is called "Vintage Girl" and it is a new stamp I bought for this Challenge and I have stamped her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a circle die to cut her out, I then used a pink inkpad to distress around the edges. The mount I have used is one of the Marianne Decorative Dies and I have used some pink card for this, and the sentiment is one from my stash and I stamped this also onto a piece of white card and mounted it also onto a piece of pink card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount I have used pink card, and the papers are from Donna's Bearlymine "Floral Delights" digi paper set and you will find it here, I have used three different papers the first a pink rose paper then on top are a yellow and pink one and I used another of the Marianne Dies to cut them out, they are circles and these where interwoven and laid on top of the first paper. Then on top is a heart doily and wrapped around the middle is a piece of pink organza ribbon which has been attached to the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then placed in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side. To finish of I have cut several of the Marianne leaf dies out and then with some different shades of roses created a floral spray in the top left hand corner and stuck them to the card with silicone glue.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Bearlymine 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 "Something Old and Something New" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

A Card for a World Champion

Good Morning Everyone, well I dont know about you but the weather is awful here in Gloucestershire the poor dog and hubby were soaked just by going out of the back gate, anyway they werent out very long for sure, I dont think either of them liked it.
Well I hope youve all had a wonderful Christmas and are now looking forward to a Brand New Year, its not long now only days away, I always feel its a strange time of the year those shops you hope are open are not and those you dont expect are, and of course the local council seem to have taken 2 weeks of so we arnt expecting a collection till the 19th of January, I hate to think what our Wheelie Bin is going to be like by then.
Anyway I have a very dear neighbour whos grandson won a World Dancing Championship in Paris a few weeks ago and she asked if I could make a congratulations card for him and his partner, but with Christmas I never did get around to making it, then I suddenly remembered this Krafty Kimmie Stamp and thought it was ideal for the card I had in mind, so I stamped it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it. Afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die No.8 to cut it out and the Decorative one for the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, the papers I have used are Summer Driggs Free Digi Papers and this one is "Fathers and Fedora's" and I felt it was masculine enough and slightly feminine so I hope that the young pair like what Ive made for them.
The sentiments are from my stash though the top one came with the image and the bottom is as near a match to the font theyve used, or at least I thought it was.
Well to finish of I want to wish you all A Very Happy New Year and I will be back with a Challenge for Bearlymine Designs on the 1st of January so see you then.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.co.uk/
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.co.uk/
http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/
http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://simplycreatechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Donna of Bearlymine Designs "Boxing Day" Sale

Good Morning Everyone, Donna of Bearlymine Designs is holding a Boxing Day Sale and it will last till the 31st December, I do think you should go and visit her website and treat yourself to some stunning papers. Just click on the sale notice and it will take you directly to her website.

Challenge #93 - The Paper Shelter - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, well I do so hope you enjoyed our Birthday Blog Hop and it looks as if a lot of you did, we had a outstanding success with the comments and the lucky person from my blog who won one of the digi images is:-

Guendalen

Well done and congratulations you will find all the details for claiming your prize on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot. And now back to this weeks Challenge, it will be our last one for this year and will last till the 9th January, as we need a bit of time to recoup ourselves plus which there will be no comments on the entries so dont be disappointed if you dont find one, its just us having a rest. 

And now back to the Challenge itself, its a "Anything Goes" a real favourite among you so Im expecting lots of entries and our sponsors of course are Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

to spend on their website, but please remember that this is providing you have used one of their products on your cards, and they have some fabulous offers going on at the moment on all their Christmas goodies so its well worth the visit to The Paper Shelter Website. But even if you dont use one they are still offering a prize of 3 digi images of winners choice and that is still a brilliant prize.

For my Card I chose to use this image.

Isnt he a cutie, its called "Are you my Friend" and you will find it here, Ive printed him onto white card then usedd my copic pens to colour him, then cut him our with Nestabilitie Labels Die No.8 and for the mount I used the Decorative Die No.8 to mount it. 

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for the papers I used the paper that actually came with the image and you will find it here. I mounted this onto a piece of blue card, and then across the middle I used a piece of red holly ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount. I did print two of the same papers and layered up the corners and the holly wreath at the top. 

I placed my mounted image across the middle of the ribbon. To finish of I used some red stickles on the holly berries and some white glitter on the mistletoe berries in the bottom right hand corner.

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 very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Anything Goes" Challenge.

And before I do I want to wish you all and everyone a very Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year, so see you again in January with a brand new Challenge.

This Card will be entered in the following Challenges:-

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://cachallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://karensdoodlesnetherlandschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://hollyjollychristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/ 

http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://simplychallengedchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 

http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/vickie-challenges.html 

Cupcake Inspirations Colour Challenge #191 - Guest Designer

Good Afternoon, well a little while ago we were asked by Nina of Cupcake Inspirations and Veronica from The Paper Shelter if we would like to guest design a card for this "Colour" Challenge for them, and Im hoping that you might like to take part as well.

Here is the photo that was given to us to use as inspiration, and The Paper Shelter are sponsoring it and offering a prize of

$20 Gift Voucher to spend on their website

And this is the card I created for the Challenge.

 

For my card I have used this "Santa's Cute Helper" and you will find it here, and at the moment The Paper Shelter have her on offer so its a good time to go and visit the website to see what else you can get at a special price. Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, then used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.17 to cut her out, then drew around the metal die onto red card to create the mount for it. The sentiment is one from my stash and I have stamped it also onto white card and created a mount from some of the red card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, the papers I chose to use are also from The Paper Shelter and these are called "Christmas Spirit" and you will find them here, these are also on special offer so do please go and visit The Paper Shelter website and pick up these special prices while to can.  I have used several of the papers and layered them up onto mounts and they used some white webbing behind them afterwards I placed my mounted image towards the left with the sentiment across the bottom right hand corner.

To finish of I used some red card and a ornament border die to create the border at the top and a Memory Box ornament die in two colours for the embellishment on the right. The last little flourish are the two buttons at the bottom and on the sentiment.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what fabulous cards the Design Team have created and I hope that you also will want to take part in this "Colour" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Challenge #65 - Bearlymine Designs - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, not long to go to the big day now and I hope that your preparations are well in hand, and of course we crafters are still making Christmas cards and Ive decided if I have any left they will go away for next year. Todays Challenge here at The Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot is "Anything Goes" and we are being sponsored by The Paper Shelter and they are generously,

        offering a fabulous prize of a $20. Gift Voucher

And here is my card.

I decided to use this gorgeous image "Cookies for Santa" you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card then using my copic pens I have coloured her, then used a Christmas Tree Nestabilitie die to cut her out, I then used the die to draw around to create the mount for it. The sentiment is one from my stash and I have printed it onto white card then mounted it onto blue card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and the papers I have used are Donna's Bearlymine Designs "Pastel Christmas" digi papers and you will find them here, and I have used for my first paper a blue background with white snowflakes on, the second is a blue background with sentiment on I cut this into a square and used Martha Stewart Border and Corner punches on it, then placed it in the center of the first mount. I then wrapped a piece of webbing around the middle and attached it to the back of the first mount. For the diecuts I used pearlescent card and several Marianne Christmas tree and fern dies and cut out several different sizes and placed them in the left and top right corners, I then placed my mounted image in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the right.
I do hope that now youve seen my card you will go and visit The Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will want to take part in this "Anything Goes" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cdsundaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.ca/
http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Donna of Bearlymine Designs has a Sale

If you want to save lots on Donna's gorgeous digi papers now is the time to visit her website and here it is Donna http://bmd-creations.blogspot.co.uk/

2nd Birthday Blog Hop and "Two of Anything" Challenge

Good Morning fellow crafters and welcome to The Paper Shelter Blog Hop. Our hop is a very exciting one for all of us as it is in celebration of our 2nd Birthday!!!! You should have landed here directly from The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and you'll not want to miss out on this one! Our Design Team have worked very hard and are showcasing the gorgeous images available from The Paper Shelter Website and each blog on the hop is offering one lucky commenter a digi of their choice as well as the main prize, details of which are on  The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot.

For my card I have used this beautiful "Warm in Winter" image (last years image) from The Paper Shelter and you will find it here, I have printed her onto white card then used my square Nestabilitie Die to cut her out, I then used a Marvellous Square for her mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been stamped and cut out as a tag and I have threaded some red ribbon through the hole.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, and the papers I have used are also from The Paper Shelter and they are called "Christmas Spirit" and you will find them here. The first paper is a red one with a clouded pattern on, the second I have cut in a square is a dark yellow paper and I have used a snowflake corner and border punch on it then layered it up on top of the first mount.

I then wrapped a wide poinsettia ribbon around the card on the left hand side, and placed my mounted image towards the top, the sentiment was place in the top right hand corner, and to finish of I have used the Memory Box Poinsettia die and punched out two flowers, and moulded them and layered them up and stuck them to the bottom right hand corner on top of silicone glue and punched out holly leaves.

And now you've seen my card you will need to hop on over to Marcea's blog. Don't forget to leave your comment for a chance of winning your choice of one of the fab digi's available in store.

Hop! Hop! Hop!

Good luck and hope you're enjoying it so far.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papelitosstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.ribboncarousel.com/ 
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Cards for Men - "12 Days of Christmas"

 My winner for Day 2 is - Rose - http://digibellsdt.blogspot.co.uk/ please contact Donna at Cards for Men to arrange for you to collect your prize.


Good Morning Everyone, I do hope that you visited my fellow Design Team Member Patricia yesterday as she was the first stop on the "12 days of Christmas" Special, each day for the next 12 days the girls and Alan from the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot are holding daily Posts for you to stand the chance of winning some fabulous prizes. I have been chosen to host Day 2, and the sponsor for my post is Meljens

 And Melissa is offering a fabulous prize of $10.Gift Certificate.

And here is what she says about her Company:-

 Meljen'sDesigns (http://meljensdesigns.com) is a digital stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical, fun digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and it is steadily growing. The new store offers instant downloads, organized categories, and a search feature. We have new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Mondays and a monthly Guest Designer at the Meljen's Designs Blog (http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.com/). Please visit the store to find more of Melissa's wonderful images!

To see if you are the lucky winner you will need to return to the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot each day as the winner will be picked from the day before and will show up there, you will also find who the next person is on the list. I do hope that you will enjoy this different style of Blog Hop.

And here is my Card for this second day of Christmas.

I have used this sweet pair of birds from Meljens and you will find it here, for my card and I have actually used the "12 Days of Christmas" as my theme for my card. I printed it onto white card and used my copic pens to colour it then used the Nestabilitie Die No.8 to cut it out, afterwards I drew around the die to create the mount. The Sentiment was one I created on my computer and printed it onto white card and mounted it in the same way as the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the papers I have used are from Peerless Designs "12 Days of Chrismas" CD, and I have used for my first mount a song designed paper, and on top I have used three more papers in layers and punched down the edges with a bird border punch from Martha Stewart.

I then positioned my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right, to finish of I have used a branch and bird dies from Obsession Impressions and arranged them in the bottom left hand corner.

Now that youve seen my card I hope that you will return to the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see who your next stop is on this "12 Days of Christmas" and you will also see who won yesterday post, and if you return back there yet again tomorrow you will see who won this fabulous prize from Meljens.
Your next stop tomorrow is to Michelle, and do I hope you enjoy making this journey with us.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://critterchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://daisydoodlescreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://especiallymade.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Cards for Men - "12 Days of Christmas"

Good Morning Everyone, well today over on the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot we are doing something very special this time, as its a our 3rd birthday we thought for a change we would invite some of our past Design Team Members and a couple of Newbies to celebrate with us, by doing something entirely different, we are going to have each and everyone of us post a card for each of the next 12 days (it will finish on the 14th December), so to start it of my fellow team member Patricia is hosting Day one today.
If you come back to me tomorrow I am hosting Day two, and the best part of this celebration is that each and everyone of us is being sponsored by different companies and we  have lots of prizes to give away, the draw will be done for each blog at the end of every day and the winner will be posted on the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot the following Day, so I do hope you enjoy this very special occasion our "12 Days of Christmas" event.
Dont forget to come back to me tomorrow and now do go and visit Patricia's Blogspot to start the ball rolling, and finally dont forget to leave a comment as its from those that we will pick our winner of our own blog.

A Card for Sundays with Santa

Good Evening Crafters, well its been awhile since I used one of my Magnolia stamps but thought as its a Anything Goes Challenge over on Sundays with Santa on Facebook I would give this Tilda image a outing, Ive stamped her onto white card then used a mask to cover her and then stamped the I Love You stamp under her, removed the mask then coloured it with my copic pens. I then used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.17 to cut her out, I then drew around the die to create the mount for her out of blue card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the papers I have used are Lili of the Valleys "Nitwit" papers, the first a snowfall one on a blue background, the second is a white background with pale blue snowflakes on I have used a snowflake border punch from Martha Stewart, then for my last mount I used a sentiment paper and cut a strip and mounted this onto another piece of the blue card.
The mounted image was then placed in the center towards the top and the sentiment below on the right.
To finish of I created two snowflakes and layered them up from several punched out piece glittered the top and put them across the left hand bottom corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/stamp-challenge.html
http://christmaschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://forfunchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://tandastamps.blogspot.co.uk/