Thursday 17 December 2015

Winner of The Paper Shelter Blog Hop Comments

The winner for my blog comments from The Paper Shelter Special Birthday Card Challenge is


If you would like to find out how to claim your prize you will need to go to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and there is a post which will give you all the instructions you will need to do so.
Well done and congratulations I hope to see you soon in one of our Challenges hopefully using your free Image.

Wednesday 16 December 2015

The Paper Shelter Christmas Challenge - "Anything Goes" Challenge

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, Well this is our last Challenge for 2015 and this is because we want all the girls to be able to take a break with their families we shall not be commenting on your entires so please understand this as its probably going to be a very busy one as its a "Anything Goes" one. We want to wish all Paper Shelter Followers a very Happy Christmas and we shall be back with a normal Challenge on January 7th with the B Team.
But as always we are being sponsored by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a lucky winner of this Challenge $30. to spend on their website


And as always this comes with the rule that you must have used one of their images on your card and this could be either a Image or printable and you will find lots to choose from on their website The Paper Shelter, but even if you havent used one they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really cannot loose by taking part in our Challenge. Also please remember that we only allow 3 entries into our Challenges and at least one of those must carry one of our TPS images.
And now for my Card I do hope you like it


I chose this image as I thought it was a bit of fun especially as at this time of the year a lot of you like to go to parties and even celebrate the New Year at a Masked Ball, and this young lady is called "Venice Carnival" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, I also used a Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount out of gold card. The Sentiment is a stamp from my stash thats also been stamped and mounted in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card and the first mount is gold card, I also used the background paper from the "Venice Carnival" and you will find it here, on top of this down the edges I have used a punched out border using a Tonic Border Punch, and with a large heart shapped doily I placed the mounted image in the center of my base card with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
To finish of I have used several sizes of pearls in three of the corners. And now that youve seen my Card I do hope you will pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Teams have created for yours inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Anything Goes" 3 week Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.2creativechicks.com/ 
http://alldressedupchallenges.blogspot.ca/ 
http://theartisticstampercreativeteam.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftytimechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.co.nz/ 
http://cccdigicreations.blogspot.co.nz/ 
http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 



Tuesday 15 December 2015

ABC Challenges - "X is for EXtreme"

Good Morning Crafters, well we are already half way through December and its only 10 days to Christmas, I sincerely hope that you have posted your cards and you are almost completed the present list and now all you need to think about is the food.
Well over on ABC Challenges we have reached the letter "X" and for this its all about being Extreme, and we are being sponsored by Marianne Designs


And for my Card I have used both a Marianne Image and a Die


I have used Image HM9436 which is of two young people struggling against the snow, I stamped it out and coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I used a Marianne die to cut it out and before removing from the die I inked it through the design to create the effect you can see. The sentiment is also a Marianne one and this was stamped onto a piece of card then cut out with the banner die, I used a blue inkpad though the openings of the die to also create the same effect as the mounted image.
I then created a background by using double sided stickyback paper and some large german glass glitter to create the snowy effect, and placed my mounted image in the center with the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
The final flourish are the 3 snowflakes which were punched out with a Martha Steward punch and placed around the mounted image.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.nl/ 
http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://thegloryofchristmaschallenge.blogspot.de/
http://www.fashionablestampingchallenges.com/ 
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/ 
http://www.storytellernorge.blogspot.no/
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://thegloryofchristmaschallenge.blogspot.de/

Saturday 5 December 2015

Pink Gem Designs Christmas "Anything Goes" Challenge

Good Morning Gemsters, well this Challenge over on Pink Gem Designs Challenge Blogspot is our final one of the year and its a "Anything Goes" one and to let you know straight away that as its going to be a extremely busy one there wont be any comments on your cards as its to give us a break over the holiday period and the next Challenge here will be on the 7th January, so Janet and the Design Teams want to wish you a very Happy Christmas and we shall see you in the New Year.
As always our sponsor is Janet of Pink Gem Designs

And I thought I would use this cute image of Andy for my Card


This is "Andy on a Sledge" and you will find it here, I printed it onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens afterwards I used a oblong die from Presscut and then used a larger one for the mount. The sentiment is also from Pink Gem designs and I cut this out with a circle die and mounted it with the same colour card as the image.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card the first mount is the same dark blue card and the papers are from Pink Gem designs and this one is "Small Snowflake" and you will find them here, and I have used three colours, blue, red, and beige all with white snowflakes on, I also used a snowflake border punch down the edges of the red one and placed the beige paper on a piece of the same blue card.
I then wrapped a snowflake ribbon around the bottom and also added a blue one underneath, I then placed my mounted image towards the left with the sentiment at the top on the right handside.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope you will pay a visit to the Pink Gem Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the two Design Teams 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:-
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://crazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://our-crafty-corner.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Wednesday 2 December 2015

The Paper Shelters 5th Birthday Blog Hop

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, well we have a fabulous surprise for you its our 5th Birthday over at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and each year we host a Blog Hop so for this one as usual its a 2 week Challenge and both teams will take part.


The Hop is our way of inviting you to join in with us and this one is a  "A Special Birthday" theme, which I know is extremely popular!!!! If you have landed here from The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog  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.
 

Have used the "Unforgettable" image and you will find it here, I printed it onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used a oval die from Nestabilities to cut her out and a fancy one for the mount out of red card. 
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of red card, the backing paper is also from the same design set as the Image and you will find it here, on to of this I have placed a hessian ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount, then placed my mounted image towards the left.
I then created a sentiment with the Tattered Lace die and hung it across the top and in the top right hand corner I placed a red and green ribbon bow and a rose embellishment on top.
From here you will need to hop on over to Anna. and 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.

Tuesday 1 December 2015

ABC Challenges - "W is for Wishes"

Good Morning Crafters, can you believe we have already reached the last month of the year and of course this means we have reached the letter W and for this one we want the following theme on your card "W is for Wishes" and we are so lucky to be sponsored by Nikki from


And as I have most of Nikki's Cds, I was able to choose any of the images to play with and this is the one I chose
And this little lady is "Xmas Fairy" and you will find her here, I printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her and then cut her out completely. For my sentiment it was one from my stash and I stamped this onto white card and cut it out with a Wild Rose holly border die.
The base card is a 6.50"x 6.50" white card with a first mount out of white card the backing paper is also from Polka Doodles I have used two papers the top half is a white background with a holly edge and heart border, the second a red snowflake one which was laid across the middle, then on top is a diecut corner cut with the Memory Box Snowflake die and I have also used it at the bottom on the left.
I placed the snowflake border die cut shape in the middle and then placed my image on top of it, and the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will pay a visit to the ABC Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will want to take part in this "W is for Wishes" Challenge.