Challenge #225 - "Halloween" - The Paper Shelter

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

Anyway as always our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website.

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

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

Pink Gem Challenges - "Too Cute to Spook"

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

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

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

ABC Challenges - "T is for Two"

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

Aurora Wings

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

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

 

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

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well another week has gone by and its now the A Teams time to host a Challenge and this time we want you to create a card "For the Man in Your Life" and that could be either or any of the men, boys, hubby, son, grandson, granddad and even nephews in you life, for me it meant creating a special birthday card for one of my grandsons whos really interested in cooking, whether he will take it as his future employment only time will tell
Anyway as always our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter, and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website

 

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

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

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

ABC Challenges - "S is for Sprinkles"

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

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

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

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

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well youve guessed we are now ready for this weeks Challenge, I dont know about you the time flies by so quickly and its only weeks now before the clocks go back an hour and the nights will be really dark early (which I hate) and of course Christmas will descend before you can blink.
Anyway this weeks Challenge is all about "Music" and we want to see anything with a music design on it on your card and Im sure you will be able find something in your stash thats appropriate, and I know that The Paper Shelter have a huge library of these so do pop over by clicking one of the links in this post and see for yourself.
Anyway as always our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter, and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website

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

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

Pink Gem Designs - "Autumn" -

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

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

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

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

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

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers well its my turn again to host this weeks Challenge and this time we want to see that you have created a Card with at least 2 folds please. I hope the children all went back to School OK and you are now able to spend a little more time Crafting, Im eagerly looking forward to the arrival of my second great grandson who is due on the 16th, but if hes anything like his brother he could be late deciding to make an appearance, so hopefully by  the next time its my turn to host the Challenge he will have arrived I will keep you informed.
Anyway as always our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter, and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website

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

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

ABC Challenges - "R is for Receipe"

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

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

 All Dressed Up

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

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

15 years Wedding Anniversary

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

Challenge #217 - Embossing of any Kind" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well Im sure most of the children have gone back to School today or possibly next week and hopefully it wont be long before you will be able to spend a bit more time crafting without them wanting to join in. This weeks them over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot  is "Embossing of any Kind" and this means either wet embossing with the powders and heat gun, or using the folders to run through your machines, so it couldnt be any easier could it?
As always our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website.

And as always this comes with the rule that you must have used one of their products on your card or project, but even if you havent used you will still be eligible for 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose can you. You will find lots of Images, Papers and Printables on their website here "The Paper Shelter" and the money exchange is extremely good so you will find they very reasonable to buy, I hope you enjoy your browse on their website.
For my Image for this challenge I have used this sweet girl

This is called "Cool Student" and as a lot of the older children dont go onto College for another couple of weeks I thought it was appropriate for my older grandchildren who are due to start then. You will find her here, and I printed her as always onto white card before colouring her with my copic pens, I then cut her out using a Nestabilitie Labels die and used a fancy one for the mount.
The sentiment was stamped and mounted of a tag die using the same backing card I used for the image.The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount of orange card, the backing paper is also from the same design set as the image and you will find it here. On top of this I used some of the orange card and ran it through a embossing folder and used a corner chopper to finish of the edges, this was then placed on top of the first mount and the image placed in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right.
I then created a flower with a Heartfelt die and stamp using a orange inkpad to distress it, this was then layered up and mounted in the top right hand corner, to finish of I used six orange pearls down the left hand side in the top and bottom corners.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Embossing of any Kind" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "Q is for Queen of Hearts"

Good Morning Crafters, well we have reached yet another new month and of course this one will mean a lot of little ones will be returning to School so I hope you are already for that. Anyway todays letter over on ABC Challenge Blogspot is "Q" and for this we are being sponsored by a brand new sponsor and that is

Polka Doodles

And Im lucky enough to have quite a number of Nikki's Cds and Images so was able to choose my own Image for this Challenge and here she is

 This is from one of the "Work and Play" Cds and is called "Doctor" and I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her,  I then cut her out with a rectangle die from Nestabilities and a fancy one for the mount out of blue card.

The base card is 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of blue card, the papers are also from the same digi set as the doctor as you can see, the all over patterned on the main paper is the doctor and I then used the pink spotty one and green check of the two mounts which are put on top.

I then placed my mounted image towards the top almost in the center, and the sentiment which was stamped and then I cut it out with another of the nestabilitie dies and placed this in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used blue spotted candi buttons in the top two corners and my final flourish are the three descending hearts down the left side to show she is Queen of my Heart.

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 "Q is for Queen of Hearts" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://useyourstuff.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.flonzcraft.com/vsc/ 

Pink Gem Designs - "Do you want to build a Snowman"

Good Morning All Gemsters, well I know this theme is a bit previous and hopefully it wont turn out to cold this winter, but it seems one of our Design Team thought it was time to consider the request of "Do you want to build a Snowman" for this fortnights theme as Pink Gem Designs has some really lovely Winter Snowman Images on her website

Pink Gem Designs

So here is my choice of Image for this Challenge.

 

This little chap is called "Chilly with Robins" and you will find him here, I printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used a Wild Rose die to cut him out and I inked within the edge of the diecut with a blue inkpad.

The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first layer of blue card, the papers are from Pink Gem Designs "Snowflake" Designs and you will find them here. I have used two papers a blue one for the base and a red one of top and I used snowflake border punch from Martha Stewart down the edge. I also used some of the same blue card as the first layer to emboss a sentiment on and die cut the sentiment for the right side edge.

Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to Pink Gems 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 "Do you want to build a Snowman" Challenge to.

This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #215 - "Back to School" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well as its only a couple of weeks left of the Childrens Summer Holiday I thought it was time to get those cards created for the little ones who are starting School and the older children going on to either a new Secondary School or Colleges and have chosen the theme "Back to School".
As always our sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website.

And as always this comes with the rule that you must have used one of their products on your card or project, but even if you havent used you will still be eligible for 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose can you. You will find lots of Images, Papers and Printables on their website here "The Paper Shelter" and the money exchange is extremely good so you will find they very reasonable to buy, I hope you enjoy your browse on their website.
And now for my own Card

The Image I have used is "Vintage Teacher" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card before colouring her with my copic pens. I then cut her out with my rotatrim and mounted her onto a piece of dark brown card, the sentiment is one I created on my computer and then printed it out and mounted it 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 brown card and the backing papers I have used for this card is also from the "Vintage Teacher" you will find it here with the Image.
I then used a piece of note paper which was then torn and inked to distress it, and this was placed on top of the first mount. I then placed my mounted image in the center with the sentiment below towards the right. The final flourish are the ABC buttons and 123 ones as well.
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 "Back to School" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/DPDC 
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/ 
 http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

ABC Challenges - "P is for Pretty in Pink"

Good Morning Crafters, I was caught out on the 1st August with my ABC Challenge DT post and this time I have decided to get ahead of scheduling my post, so todays theme over on ABC Challenges Blogspot  is "P is for Pretty in Pink" and we are being sponsored by Marianne Designs.

 Marianne Designs

And here is the card I created for it.

I have used clear stamp HM9470 and stamped her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a large oval die from Marianne designs and inked through the holes around the edge. I did the same with the sentiment that also came from the same die set.
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 Marianne Designs and its a Vintage paper set, I have used three of the papers and layered them up as you can see. I then placed my mounted image towards the left with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
To add embellishiments I used 6 pink pearls in opposite corners and a large butterfly in the top 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 you will want to take part in this "P is for Pretty in Pink" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://aliciabelchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card using the new Heartfelt Sparkling Poinsettia Stamps

Good Morning Crafters, well unfortunately as Ive not managed to create a card for this weeks theme over on Facebooks "Sundays with Santa" - Ribbons and Lace but as I had created several cards a couple of weeks ago I hope that it wouldnt be to much a disappointment in uploading this one.
Ive used the Collage stamp by stamping it onto white card then colouring it with my copic pens, I then cut it out around the stamp edge and layered it up onto red card, I also used one of the backing paper designs from the stamp and paper Design Set and layered this also up onto red card.
I used one of the ticket sentiments and layered this also up onto red card.
I hope you like the result, I should also say that my hubby has been trying to update my main desktop machine to Windows 10 and is not having much fun with all the settings so Im having to manage on my backup machine.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.co.uk/
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.co.uk/
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/
http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #213 - "Punches and Dies" - The Paper Shelter

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, I cannot get over that fact how quickly this year has flown, in just over 5 weeks time Im due to be a Great Grandma to yet my second great grandson and Im really looking forward to meeting him later on in the year, but before I wish this year away completely we had better get back to this weeks Challenge "Punches and Dies" and as always our Sponsors and Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter

And of course this always goes with the rule that you must have used one of their products on your card and if you do you will receive $30 worth of goodies from their website The Paper Shelter, and believe me they have some stunning things on offer, images, papers and printables and they are such good value against the £1.00 and they often have special offers as well. But even if you havent used one of their products they will offer you 3 digi images of your own choice so you really do not loose do you.
And now for my own Card I hope you like it

I have used this sweet image and shes called "Golden Apple" and you will find it here, I printed her onto white card before using my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used my Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount out of beige card.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of beige card, the paper is the actual backing paper from the "Golden Apple" set and you will find it here, I then placed my mounted image in the center and I have used a sentiment down in the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used a leave punch and layered them up in the top right hand corner to give the effect of a tree and the apple is hanging from one of the branches.
Now that youve seen my Card I hope that you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what stunning cards the girls have created for this "Dies and Punches" Challenge and I hope they will have inspired you to take part in this Challenge and look forward to seeing what you create for us.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/ 
http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk/ 
 http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ 
http://wickedwednesdayatc.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ 
http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/