Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Christmas Wishes

It’s time for a new challenge at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog and this one is our last for the year.  We will be taking a short break over the Christmas/New Year period and back for our next challenge on the 6th January. For our final challenge our theme is…..

‘Anything Goes’.

This challenge, as always, is sponsored by The Paper Shelter and Veronica & Pedro are offering a fabulous prize of $30 to spend at their site.

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If you use a TPS image in your creation you will receive the full $30 to spend on their gorgeous designs, and if you haven’t used a TPS image then you will win 3 Digis of your choice from their site.

I’m still needing some Christmas Cards so I’ve created this pretty one using Heavenly Christmas Carol.


My image was printed onto X-Press It Blending Card and coloured with my Copic Markers.  The colours I’ve used are: Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20; Hair - E55, E53, E51; Clothes & Trees - BG78, BG75, BG72, BG70, W3, W1, W00.

Here’s a close up…


The pretty paper is from the Silver Bells 6 1/2” Paper Pad by Kaisercraft.

Supplies:
Stamps: Heavenly Christmas Carol (The Paper Shelter)
Card: Baja Breeze, Lost Lagoon (Stampin’ Up), X-Press It Blending Card
Papers: Silver Bells Collection (Kaisercraft)
Ink & Markers: Copic Markers
Dies & Punches:  Large Classic & Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinder)
Accessories: Lace, Pearls, Wink of Stella

If you haven’t already stopped by The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog then please do so you can check out the wonderful creations the rest of the DT have come up with.

I’m entering my card into the following challenges:
Come and Get It - Merry Christmas
Card Mania - #75 Christmas
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes



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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

With Love This Festive Season

I’m back today with a Midway Reminder for our latest challenge at Midweek Magnolia. Our current challenge is…
Anything Festive.
I’m using the pretty Ligonberry Light Tilda from the ‘A Lovely Christmas’ collection. I’ve teamed it with some pretty papers from Bo Bunny.
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My image has been stamped onto Cryogen White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I have coloured my image with Copic Markers in the following colours:
Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20
Hair - E44, E42, E40
Clothes - G24, G23, G20, R02, R01, R00
Candle - C3, C1, C00, Y26, Y23, Y21.
Here’s a close up of my image.
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Our challenge is sponsored by Magnolia Sweden who offer a fabulous prize to the lucky Challenge Winner. If you haven’t already stopped by Midweek Magnolia, pop on over and check out the wonderful creations the rest of the DT have created to inspire you, then get creating and join in our challenge for your chance to win.
Supplies:
Stamps: Ligonberry Light Tilda (Magnolia), Sentiment (LOTV)
Card: Naturals White (retired Stampin’ Up)
Paper: Candy Cane Lane Sleigh Ride (Bo Bunny)
Ink & Markers: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers
Dies & Punches: Ovals Framelits (Stampin’ Up), 6002/2021, 2022, 2018 & 2019 (Joy Crafts)
Accessories: Lace, Shabby Seam Binding, Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Pearls
I’m entering my card into the following challenges:

Card Mania - #75 Christmas
Brown Sugar - #175 Anything Goes













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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Birthday Blog Hop

Good Morning fellow crafters and welcome to The Paper Shelter Blog Hop in celebration of reaching their 5th Birthday on December 8th. It will be a two week Challenge and both Design Teams are taking 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 Sandra’s blog then you're heading in the right direction - if not then you'll want to head on back to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog to start again, as 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 Blog.

The card I have made to share with you for this special occasion features the very pretty Autumn Enchantment image.  

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My image was printed onto Cryogen White cardstock and coloured with my Copic Markers.
The colours I’ve used are: Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20; Hair - E44, E42, E40; Dress - BG78, BG75, BG72, BG70, YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91; Wings - YR68, YR65, YR61.

Here’s a closer look at the image.

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From here you will need to hop on over to Patty-Sue’s blog. Don't forget to leave your comment for a chance of winning your choice of one of the fab digis available in store.

Hop! Hop! Hop!

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

Supplies:
Stamps: Autumn Enchantment (The Paper Shelter), Sentiment (LOTV)
Ink & Markers: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Wink of Stella
Card: Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow & Very Vanilla (Stampin’ Up), Cryogen White
Paper: ‘Windsor’ & ‘Capri’ - Blubelle Collection (Kaisercraft)
Dies & Punches: Cherish ‘Around the Page’ Punch (Martha Stewart), 1 3/4” Circle Punch (Stampin’ Up), Labels Twenty-Eight & Decorative Labels Twenty-Eight (Spellbinder)
Accessories: Pearls (Stampin’  Up), Lace (stash) 

I’m entering my card into the following challenges:

Come and Get It - Anything Goes with a Sentiment

Crazy 4 Challenges - #314 Square cards or elements

Brown Sugar - #174 Use Pearls

Nikki



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