Flower Power

Hello there and its time for another fabulous challenge at The Paper Shelter.  This week we want to see some flowers on your creation.  Here is my card:

I have used the pretty Tulips which is available here in the store.  I have coloured her with my Copics and the papers are First Edition Dreamcatcher.  The image was cut and matted using Spellbinders dies.  The pretty doily die is Cheery Lynn Priscilla and the sentiment is LOTV.  My tulips are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon from my stash.

As usual there is a fabulous prize on offer for the lucky winner:

Please pay a visit to The Paper Shelter Challenge for some more inspiration from the very talented Design Team.

Thank you so much for coming to see me and the lovely comments you leave it is always a joy to read them.

It's Charming

Hello - I'm back!  A very big thank you to all for your kind messages and e mails they were very much appreciated.  I am slowly moving on with my life and so the next step is to get back to crafting and blogging.  My first card is for the new release today at The Paper Shelter where the theme is to use a charm:

Items Used;

Image: Tasty by The Paper Shelter

Papers: DDE Foxtastic Digital Papers

Markers: Copics

Dies: Spellbinders Grand Nesties Ovals and Scalloped Ovals

Embellishments: Twine, Charm and Dots from Stash

As always there is a fabulous prize on offer:

Please go and have a look over at The Paper Shelter for the rest of the DT's work there are some fabulous projects.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Layer It Up

Digi Sketch Challenge - Sketch or Animals (I chose Animals)

Thank you so much for looking today and for sticking with me, so much appreciated!!

Easter

Here is my second post for today - a bit like buses! I am scheduling both of them as I will be off very early to go and look after Rowan. My daughter has returned to work this week - I really cannot believe it is a year she has been off!

Today sees the start of a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and our theme this week is Easter so we would love to see your creations with an Easter theme.  Here is my card:

Image:  The Paper Shelter 'Peaceful Easter' available here

Papers: The Paper Shelter 'Easter Papers' available here

Colouring Medium: Copics

Dies: Spellbinders Rose Creations, Ribbon Banners and Floral Ovals

Marianne Leaf and Flourish

Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterfly Small 2

Dienamic Stitched Oval

Sentiment: Inca Stamp

Embellishments: Art Institute Glitter for the Butterfly

Milled Lavender DI

As usual there is a fabulous prize for the lucky winner:

Please go and have a look at the rest of the DT makes here for some wonderful inspiration!

Challenges I would like to enter:

Simon Says - Anything goes

Creative Card Crew - Handmade Flowers

Tuesday Throwdown - Easter Theme

Thank you so much for looking and for taking the time to comment, each one is very much appreciated!  

Spring Delights

Good morning hope you are well, if not wishing you a speedy recovery!  Its that time of week when a new challenge starts over at The Paper Shelter. Our theme this week is "Spring Delights" yes its just round the corner now, definitely lighter nights and buds on the trees.

I have used the adorable Spring Attitude which you can get here.  I coloured her with my Copics and used some chalk for the background. The paper is First Edition "Hideaway."  I used Dienamics In and Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle and the sentiment inside is Clearly Besotted. The banner is La La Land, I can't remember what the flower is as I had made it a while ago and used it on this paper but the leaves are made with a Floral Punch.  I must have used my Spellbinders Curved A2 borders on the card front.

Please have a look at the rest of the DT work as they are so talented and make some beautiful cards. Don't forget we still have a DT call running until the 20th March, please go to the Challenge Blog here for all the details.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Crafter's Cafe - What Season Are You In? Has to be Spring

Creative Card Crew - Easter Critters

Cuttlebug Mania - Use a Frame

Die Cuttin' Divas - Welcome Spring

Papertake Weekly - Happy Anything

Thank you for looking and the lovely comments you leave, see you soon!

Away With The Fairies

Good morning and a big thank you for coming to visit me.  Today sees the start of a brand new challenge at The Paper Shelter and the theme is Away With The Fairies - we want to see your fairies! Here is mine:

I have used the super cute A Little Bit Grumpy available here and she has been coloured with my Copics with Glamour Dust added to her wings.  The papers are a new set from Nitwits for Sympathy but I think they can be used for any occasion.  The sentiment is Pink Petticoat and I used a Cheery Lynn die to cut it out.  My border is made with a Martha Stewart border punch and I used Dienamics for the image and mat.  The flowers are Heartfelt Creations with another punch for the leaves.

As usual there is a fabulous prize available for one lucky winner:

Challenges I would like to enter:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Special Lady/Girly

Doodle Pantry - Anything Goes with a Digi

Bunny Zoes - For the Girls

 Thank you so much for looking and the wonderful comments you take the time to leave! 

Glamour Puss

Hello and a big welcome - thank you so much for calling by! I really don't know where the weeks are flying to, Wednesday already!  This means we have a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and this week the theme is "Animal Magic".  Here is my card:

I just love this image, so typical of a cat.  Its called Oh My and is available from The Paper Shelter shop here.  I coloured the image with my Copics and the papers are digital, Gina Jane 'Roses'.  I matted the image on a Cheery Lynn doily die and the flower is also a Cheery Lynn die, Large Rose.  The sentiment is from a Crafter's Companion set.  I finally got some feather dies I have been wanting some for a while so I just had to use them.

As usual there is a fabulous prize for the lucky winner:

Please go and have a peek at The Paper Shelter Blog for some more inspiration from the Design Team.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Fresh Brewed Design - Animals

Whimsy - Use a Sentiment

Creative Card Crew - Birthday Card with Sentiment

Digi Choosday - Spring Colours

Thank you so much for looking.

How YOU Doin'???

Hello and welcome to my blog so lovely to see you here. My daughter and Rowan are coming over today so I am scheduling this so I can fit a quick swim in before they get here.

Today sees a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and the theme this week is Be My Valentine.  I have used the super cute How You Doin digi which always reminds me of Joey in Friends saying How YOU doin!

As I said, this digi is called How You Doin and is available here. Don't forget that with The Paper Shelter images you get them both in black and white and coloured form along with a layout so excellent value.  I coloured my image using my Copics.  The papers are Nitwits.  I used a Martha Stewart border punch, Whimsy corner dies and I think the heart is Dienamics from the Hearts a Plenty set.

As usual there is a fabulous prize up for the lucky winner:

Hoping to get back later and enter the following challenges:

Cuttlebug Mania - I (Heart) You

Bunny Zoes - Hearts

Card Mania - Add Some Red

Thank you so much for looking and I hope you have most wonderful day! 

All Wrapped Up

A big welcome to my blog today, thank you for calling by.  I hope your week is going well. It has been very cold here in the Northwest, no snow where we are but as we are on the coast we don't really see much of the white stuff here.

We have a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and the theme this week is All Wrapped Up.  I see that as being either all wrapped up with clothes or blankets or perhaps all wrapped up as in presents i.e. gift wrap or maybe it could be a couple of animals or people wrapped up together - lots of possibilities.

I used Enchanted Dream available here.  The birds are going to wrap her up in the blanket so I thought it was a good image for the theme.  

Items Used:

Enchanted Dream Image by The Paper Shelter

Copics

Nitwits Daffodil Joy

Go Kreate XXL Frame 10

Dienamics Pierced Circle Stax and Pinking Edge Circle Stax

Cheery Lynn Faerie Mushroom

EK Success Border Punch (you can just see it behind the mushroom)

Spellbinders Grand Nesties Scalloped Circle and Circle Dies

Memory Box Isabella and Pippi Butterfly

LOTV sentiment stamped in Memento London Fog

Glamour Dust

As usual there is a fabulous prize for the lucky winner:

Challenges I would like to enter:

Cuttlebug Mania - Wildlife

Loves Rubber Stamps - The Letter B (I have baby, birds and butterfly)

Papertake Weekly - Use 3 or more different shapes 

Well I am doing this post before 0800 and I have already been to the gym! My daughter and Rowan are coming around today so I must dash and do a bit of housework! Thank you so much for looking and the lovely comments you leave, see you soon!

Winter Blues

A big hello to you and thank you for coming! I think things are gradually getting back to normal.  We have now taken all the decorations and trees down, it took two nights and everything looks very bare and big now! I had a wonderful Christmas my daughter, her partner and Rowan stayed over Christmas for three nights so it was lovely to have them.  Rowan is now crawling everywhere and standing up with the furniture, I can't believe he will be 9 months on Friday!  Then my son and two grandsons came up for New Year and I looked after them for a few nights whilst Dad and Mum went off - great fun!  Everything seems very quiet now although my daughter and Rowan are coming over today.

Over at The Paper Shelter we have our first challenge for 2015 and the theme is Winter Blues.  We want to see shades of blue so here is what I did:

I used the little lady from Give Me A Kiss available here.  She actually comes with a little man but I just used her and I used the pre-coloured one too.  My card was made using Go Kreate XXL Frilly Frames 10 and the papers are First Edition Up Up and Away.  La La Land Banner, Spellbinders Tear Drop Circle (think that's what its called), Dienamics Pierced Circle, Sue Wilson Bows made with felt, Cheery Lynn tag and Clearly Besotted sentiment.

As usual there is a fabulous prize for the lucky winner:

Please head over to The Paper Shelter Blog to see the rest of the DT's designs and all the details on the challenge.

Have you made any New Year Resolutions?  I don't make any as I know they would only get broken but I do want to try and get more me crafting in.  I am not on as many DTs now as a few have closed and I have left a few more to give me more crafting time.  I have been quite busy doing some magazine commissions so they have taken a lot of time but I will finish those this week then have more time to craft, well that's the plan! 

Thank you so much for looking and your continued support, it means a lot.

Anything Goes

Edit: The comment winner who left a comment on my blog is Lena - congratulations Lena. Lena please go to The Paper Shelter Blog to see how to claim your free image. Thank you to everyone else who took the time out to comment I'm sorry there can only be one winner!

Hello there and a big welcome to my blog.  Today is the last challenge of the year for The Paper Shelter.  This challenge will last three weeks and we will be back on 7th January. In order to give the DT a break there will be no commenting on this challenge.  We will also be back again either later today or tomorrow with the winners from the Celebrations Blog Hop so please check back!  Here is my last card of the year for The Paper Shelter:

I have used the beautiful The Lantern which is available here.  I coloured the image with my Copics which took quite a while and then disaster struck!! I managed to smudge some ink on the background.  After spending quite a while colouring I didn't really want it to end up in the bin so I decided to cover it with Stickles - adapt and overcome!  The image has been cut out with a Spellbinders ornament die and the top is a Memory Box in mirri card to look like metal.  I used my Memory Box Merry Christmas die which I really love but sadly have only used once!

As usual there is a fabulous prize up for the lucky winner:

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Veronica, Shirley and Marie for all their help and support over the last year and wish them and my fellow team mates a very Happy Christmas and wonderful New Year.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Well I am finalising my Christmas menus today and perhaps doing a bit of shopping (food) and cooking for the freezer. I hope you have a wonderful day whatever you are doing and a big thank you for all the lovely comments you leave, 

A Card For A Child

Happy Wednesday to you all. All has returned to normal here with Rowan going home on Monday and the dogs returning home Saturday.  Lack of sleep was a big factor - four nights without sleep was a lot even for me!! My sister's eldest dog barked quite a lot if he wasn't with me and as I had to have Rowan in with me for feeding it got quite noisy at nights! I thought if Dave slept with them in the spare room things would be ok but it was not to be.  Rowan has baby eczema so I had to keep the dogs away from him as much as possible.  Rowan also had two bad nights too with his eczema bothering him.  Its such a shame because he never cries and is always so happy if wasn't for the eczema.  Anyway I loved having him here it was lovely and now everything seems very quiet.

Today is my daughter's fortieth birthday - Happy Birthday sweetie!! She doesn't really look at my blog that often, too busy with other things.  We are having a family celebration on Saturday and my Son and two Grandsons are coming up on Friday for the weekend so lots more chaos planned!!

Today sees the start of a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and the theme this week is A Card for A Child.  Well I have actually had to buy cards lately as I didn't have suitable ones (i.e. my Daughter's fortieth, Dave's Seventieth and our Anniversary) so I decided to make a card for Max who is 8 next month.  As the card was for Max there was only one image I could use:

Max is a real games enthusiast so I just had to use this image for him.  The image is Mad About Video Games available here. I coloured him in with my Copics and used Dienamics Pierced Rectangle Stax to cut him out.  The papers are MME Fly A Kite.  The border is Spellbinders Edgeabilities Classic Scallop and the Star Festoon is Whiff of Joy.  The 8 was made with Dienamics By the Numbers and Max was made with Sizzix Typeset Alphabet.

As usual, there is a fabulous prize for the lucky winner:

Please have a look at the rest of the DT's work at The Paper Shelter and for all the details.

I am scheduling this post as I am off to Manchester on the train with a friend for some shopping and lunch, no doubt champagne will be involved too - I think I have earned it!! Thank you so much for looking and your kind comments, take care xx

For The Man In Your Life

Hello and welcome! Today sees the start of a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and this week we would love to see your creations For The Man In Your Life.  I decided to do a birthday card for Dave's Son in Law who is a Shrewsbury Town Supporter:

I used the super cute Soccer Star which is available here and I coloured him with my Copics and added some Glossy Accents and Glamour Dust to the confetti around him.  I cut the image out using my Dienamics Stitched Circle Stax and layered it onto a mat made with Dienamics Pinking Edge Stax.  The large frame was made with Cheery Lynn die.  The sentiment is Whimsy and I used the matching die to cut it out.  I made the sentiment into a rosette by using Dienamics Fishtail Stax.

As usual, there is a very generous prize on offer for the lucky winner:

Please pop over to The Paper Shelter and have a look at the wonderful creations from the rest of the DT.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Thank you so much for looking today and sending some big cyber hugs to those of you in special need of them at the moment.

Halloween at The Paper Shelter

Good morning, hope you are well and here's a big hug if you aren't! Today sees the start of a new challenge at The Paper Shelter.  The theme this week is Halloween and I have made a card:

This beauty is called Witching Hour and lives here. I coloured her with my Copics and she took an age to colour!  I added some Glossy Accents to the glass flask, brooch, her eyes and the snake's eyes. I used Go Kreate XL No 1 frames for the card shape and mat.  The sentiment is computer generated and cut out using Spellbinders Ribbon Banners.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid and I coloured the purple ones with my Copics. The paper you can just see is Basic Grey Marjolaine.  I edged around the image with Weathered Wood DI and used a corner rounder punch on the corners.  I also added some black webbed ribbon and a plastic spider from Home Bargains.

As usual there is a fabulous prize for the lucky winner:

Challenges I would like to enter:

Dream Valley - Halloween

Melonheadz - Lots of Layers

Ppinkydolls - Anything Goes or Halloween

Squigglefly - Halloween or Fall

Red Carpet Studio - Haunted Mansion

The Corrosive Challenge - Halloween

QKR Stampede - The Witch is In

Stempelsonne Challenge - Autumn/Halloween

Thank you so much for calling and the lovely comments you leave - much appreciated.  My daughter and Rowan are coming round shortly so must dash!! 

Shabby Chic

Hello there. Well I am partied out! We had a fabulous three days of celebrations and now things are returning to normal.  My daughter and Rowan are coming over today I am so looking forward to seeing them (only been Sunday since I last saw them).

There is a new challenge starting today at The Paper Shelter and our theme this week is Shabby Chic.  Whenever I think of Shabby Chic I think of paper distressing, Frantage and pale colours so that's what I did:

Now this adorable Mademoiselle is called Si Belle and can be found here. I coloured her with my Copics and have added some Frantage around the edges, on the pearl button and on the MB Eiffel Tower die cut.  The papers are MME Paris and Co.  I used Marianne die for the mat for the image.  The sentiment is Waltzing Mouse 'Fancy Phrases' which also comes with the frame I stamped around it then used Spellbinders Fancy Tags (don't think you can get these anymore) to cut it out.

As usual there is a fabulous prize up for the lucky winner:

Please go over to The Paper Shelter Challenge and have a look at the DT work there are some stunning projects!

Challenges I would like to enter:

Doodle Pantry - Any Digi
Marianne Design - Anything Goes (Not sure of the rules the translation wasn't good, if I have not followed them all I apologise and please delete my entry)
Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
{PIN}sparational Challenge - Anything Goes
Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for looking and the lovely comments you leave.