Anything goes at the Paper Shelter

It's the start of a new challenge over at the Paper Shelter, both teams are taking part and the challenge will last for two weeks, we won't be leaving any comments as we will be on our summer break, but there are still the same fabulous prizes up for grabs, so if you make a card, then be sure to enter, after all you have to be in it, to win it! and for the next fortnight we have the super easy theme of -

Anything Goes

 If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate to spend in store, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice from the store.

I chose to colour up one of the more recent releases, a gorgeous image called Moon Goddess.

Image - Moon Goddess - The Paper Shelter

Papers - Nighty night digital scrapbook kit - Just So Scrappy

Flower - Die-namics Upsey Daisy die

Dangling stars - Memory Box Precious Stars

Leaf strips - Britannia dies

Tonic layering dies - Plain and Scalloped Circles

X-cut punches - Stars - Large and Medium

Ribbon - Meiflower

Large Gem Brad - stash

Make sure to pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous DT inspiration, don't forget you get double the amount this week.

thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Circles

The latest team B challenge over at The Paper Shelter starts today and this time around our theme is

Use Some Circles

(pearls, buttons, flowers, gemstones etc., will not count as circles)

There are great prizes up for grabs! If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

Now I have to be honest, I had almost finished making my card before I remembered that it needed to contain circles, oops! so I had to quickly change my design.

I used one of my very favourite Paper Shelter images for this card, I love this little angel, but it has taken me nearly two years to finally get around to colouring her, mainly because there are so many fab images, it is always hard to decide which one to use, and the newer releases are always fresher in my mind than some of the older ones in my collection.

Papers - Sunshine and Laughter - Nitwit Collections

Tattered Lace - Studley die

Lifestyle Nesting frame 2

X-cut punch - Petals, large and medium

Cheery Lynn  - B147 Olive branches

Crispy Lace - Turquoise - Cuddly Buddly

Don't forget to pop over to the Paper Shelter challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of my teamies (who probably all remembered to use some circles LOL!)

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

For the boys

For my second post of the day I am bringing you the new challenge over at The Paper Shelter, and this time around it's

For The Boys

There is a fabulous prize up for grabs! If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

I've coloured up a brilliant image called Mad About Video Games, as it totally reminds me of my oldest grandson Will, who is on his Playstation at every opportunity, in fact I think I will put this card away for his birthday in September.

Digital stamp - Mad about Video Games

Papers - It's a Boy thing - Crazy 4 Monograms

X-cut palm punches - traditional stars

Glitter card - stash

Ribbon and buttons - Meiflower

If you pop over to the Paper Shelter challenge blog, you can check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of my teamies

thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette

Cute Nurse

It's time for a new challenge over at the Paper Shelter and this time around our theme is -

Make it Colourful

We would love for you to play along with us, there are great prizes up for grabs!

If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

I decided to use one of the images from the Cute Nurses set for my card, and after colouring up the image I matched it with papers from the Ouchies kit from Nitwit Collections. I used a black background as I thought it would make the colours pop a bit more.

Image - Cute Nurses - The Paper Shelter

Papers, doctors bag and tablet bottle - Ouchies Collection - Nitwit Collections

Ribbon - Meiflower

Pop over to the Paper Shelter challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of my teamies.

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Roses are red...

...violets are blue,

we have a lovely

challenge for you!

That's right folks it's the start of a new challenge over at The Paper Shelter today and this time around our theme is

Roses

There are great prizes up for grabs!

If you are our randomly selected winner and play along with a TPS image then you will win a $30 gift certificate to spend in store, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

I coloured up a gorgeous stamp called A Summer Walk, I love that little doggy!

Digital Stamp - A Summer Walk - The Paper Shelter

Papers and butterfly - Romance and Roses collection - Nitwits

Small roses on sentiment tag - Impression Obsession Dies - DIE042 M

X-cut corner small corner rounder punch

Large Rose and teal ribbon from stash

White ribbon and pink pearls - Meiflower

Pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of my teamies.

Thanks for popping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Lace

Today is the start of the latest challenge over at The Paper Shelter and this time our theme is

Lace

There are great prizes up for grabs! If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

Digital stamp - I Love You Baby - The Paper Shelter

Papers - Life's Little Lemons - Nitwits 

Lifestyle doily circle die

Cheery Lynn B175 Lace Corner Deco J

X-cut border punch - Sparklers

Ribbon, stick on gems and diamanté ribbon slider - Meiflower

Lace - Stash

Don't forget to pop over to The Paper Shelter challenge blog and check out the fabulous creations from the rest of my teamies.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

It's a Celebration

Over at the Paper Shelter today we are celebrating our 200th challenge, and our theme for this momentous occasion is

It's A Celebration

There are great prizes up for grabs! If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

Here's my card

Digital Stamp - So Pretty - The Paper Shelter

Papers and butterfly- Summer Breeze - Just So Scrappy

Ribbon, handbag charm and black gems - Meiflower.

I made the gem swirls by cutting a piece of scrap card to the size of the area I wanted the swirl to go, I  drew a swirl onto the card with a pencil and used my pricking tool to punch holes through the swirl design at regular intervals. I then used this as a template, placing it onto the card and drawing a dot through each of the holes with a propelling pencil, I removed the card and stuck a gem to each dot and et voila! I had my swirls.

Make sure you pop over to the Paper Shelter challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of my teamies, and don't forget to enter the Celebration challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

Birthday Challenge

It's time for the B team to host a new challenge at The Paper Shelter, and this time the theme is

Birthday (with a sentiment)

There are great prizes up for grabs! If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you wsill win a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

I've used one of the older images for my card (although it's long been a favourite). I decided to go with an orange, blue, pink and yellow colour combo because I saw a dress in those very colours and it really stood out. I usually choose my papers first and then colour my image to match, but this time around I coloured first, because I had decided I would design my own papers, to match the colours in the image.

Digital Stamp - Zoe Spring - The Paper Shelter

Papers - my own design

Ribbon - Meiflower

Button and thread - stash

Pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of my teamies, and don't forget to play along with the challenge to be in with the chance of winning some scrummy Paper Shelter images.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

Blooming!

It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and this time around our theme is...

Blooming

There are great prizes up for grabs!

If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

I decided to use one of the newer images, she's called Peaceful Easter and I loved the image of the sleeping girl, snuggling up to her bunny, but I don't tend to make Easter cards, so I coloured the eggs the same colour as the vines and added punched flowers over them to fit in with our blooming theme.

Digital stamp - Peaceful Easter - The Paper Shelter

Papers - So Egg-cited - Crazy 4 Monograms

Flowers - Nellie Snellen Floral Punches in various sizes

Punched leaves - punch no longer available

Don't forget to pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of my teamies.

Thanks for dropping in and taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

Paper Shelter Girly challenge

We have a fabby new challenge starting over at the Paper Shelter today, this time our theme is...

Girly

We would love you to show us your gorgeous girly creations and there are great prizes up for grabs! If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

I have used the gorgeous Spring Trends image.

Digital Stamp - Spring Trends - The Paper Shelter

Papers - Little Lady Bug-a-Boo - Just So Scrappy

X-cut palm punch - Scalloped circle

small circle die

Nellie Snellen - Floral Punch

Ribbon and gems - Meiflower

Pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous girly inspiration from the rest of my teamies.

We are also looking for a few new team members, if you would enjoy being part of a friendly team and love to create with the wonderful Paper Shelter images then head over to the challenge blog and check out all the details.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

Make it digi!

It's time for a new challenge over at The Paper Shelter and this time around our theme is

Make it Digi

There are great prizes up for grabs! If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

I paired a Paper Shelter digi stamp with papers from a digital scrap booking kit, colouring my image to match the papers, and then put it all together to make my card.

Digital stamp - Pop Star - The Paper Shelter

Papers and musical notes - Rocker Chics digital scrap kit - Crazy 4 Monograms

X-cut scallop border punch

X-cut palm punch - Stars - small, medium and large

Glitter card - stash

Ribbon and charms - Meiflower

Pop over to The Paper Shelter challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of my teamies.

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

When is a chocolate bar wrapper not a chocolate bar wrapper?...

...When it's a backing paper of course LOL!

It's time for a new challenge over at The Paper Shelter today and this time around the theme is

Recycle - use something recycled on your creation

bet that blog title is starting to make sense now!

There are great prizes up for grabs! If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

So just in case the blog post title didn't give it away, I have recycled the wrapper from a bar of Galaxy bubbles chocolate, mmmmm, yummy! a delicious present from my good friend Karen. The paper is a lovely metallic brown colour with yellow gold rings all over it and as I was licking the chocolate off the wrapper  brushing chocolate crumbs from the wrapper :-) I knew it would be perfect for this challenge. The red glitter hearts were die-cut and punched from a Christmas card.

I made an easel card with a little tag tucked in behind the main image.

Digital stamp - Birds Couple - The Paper Shelter

Papers - Love you - Just So Scrappy

Ovals - Spellbinders nestabilities - Oval Bliss

Magnolia Doo hickey - Leaf and Swirl die

EK Success slim edger punch - Arch Scallop

EK success Swirl punch

Sizzix Framelits Hearts #2 die

X-cut palm punch - Traditional hearts - medium and small

Whiff of Joy - Sweet tags die set

Satin Polka dot ribbon - Meiflower

Sentiment computer generated - reads -

In life's adventures

may happiness be your

destination

Here's a quick look at the card with the tag removed.

I am entering this card into the following challenges

Papertake Weekly - Hearts & Flowers (hoping flowers on the image are OK)

Tuesday Throwdown -  #231 - Love is in the Air

Crafting from the Heart  - #46 - Always Anything Goes

Eureka stamps - #127 - All is love

Don't forget to pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of my teamies.

Thanks for stopping in and taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx

The Bride

We have a new challenge starting over at The Paper Shelter today and the theme this time is

Layers (use at least 3)

There are great prizes up for grabs! If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you will win three digis of your choice.

I decided to use the gorgeous bride image, and some pretty papers from Nitwits. Although it doesn't show up in the photograph I added some glamour dust to the patterns on her dress and veil, in real life it sparkles beautifully.

Digital stamp - The Bride - The Paper Shelter

Papers - Dearly Beloved - Nitwit Collections

Lifestyle Classic Doily Die

Tonic Layering dies - Scalloped Circles

Marianne Creatables - LR0163 - Rolled Rose

Rose Leaf - Nellie Snellen floral punch pairs

Lace - Stash

Ribbon and gems - Meiflower

Don't forget to pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from my teamies.

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

She's Charming!

It's time for a new Paper Shelter challenge, and for this week our theme is

Die cuts and/or punches

There are great prizes up for grabs! If you  play with a TPS image and are our randomly selected winner you get a $30 gift certificate for the store, any other image and you win three digis of your choice.

Here's my card

Digital Stamp - She's charming - The Paper Shelter

Papers - Gratitude - Nitwit Collections

LeCrea multi die flower 002

Paper Artist cutting dies - 2 lacy borders

Lifestyle Edge It Kit - Just the edge cutting dies

Marianne Craftables CR1281 - mini alphabet garland

Nellie Snellen Floral punch - Rose leaf

Matt silver card - Craft Creations

The matt silver card was given to me by my friend Karen, the photo doesn't do it justice, it is a beautiful elegant silver card, not as garish as the normal silver mirri card.

Pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous creations from the rest of my teamies.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

Anything Goes at The Paper Shelter

It's the final challenge of the year over at the Paper Shelter today, as we are going on our Christmas Break, and as it's the last challenge of the year both design teams are joining in, so double the inspiration over on the challenge blog.

The challenge will run for three weeks and we are leaving you with the easy peasy challenge theme of

Anything Goes

There are great prizes up for grabs!

If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you could win three digis of your choice.

Here's my card

Image - The Most Adorable Snowmen - The Paper Shelter

Landscape A5 Creative Linen card blank - Craft Creations

Embossalicious Let It Snow A4 embossing folder - Crafters Companion

Striped Ribbon - The Ribbon Girl

Flower soft - Polar White

Snowflake cut on my silhouette

Charm and large dazzler from my friend Donna

Pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from both teams, (there is lots of lusciousness to look at) and don't forget you have three weeks to enter our anything goes challenge.

We'll be back in the New Year with lots more fab challenges.

Thanks for dropping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

The Paper Shelter 4th Birthday Blog Hop

Woohoo! The Paper Shelter is four years old on December 8th and to celebrate we are having a Blog Hop and Challenge, it will run for two weeks with both Design Teams taking part, and if that's not exciting enough, each blog on the hop is offering one lucky commenter a TPS digi of their choice.

The Hop is our way of inviting you to join in with us and the challenge theme is

"A Special Celebration"

If you have just arrived from Gail'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 won't want to miss out on this one!

Our Design Teams have worked very hard and are showcasing the gorgeous images available from The Paper Shelter Website.

 Check out The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog for all the details of the hop, the challenge and the prizes



Digital Stamp - Faery Emma - The Paper Shelter
Papers - Little Lady - Just So Scrappy
EK Success border punch
Dragonfly charm - Stash
Ribbon and Gems - Meiflower

From here you will need to hop over to Eva's blog..

 Before you go, don't forget to leave a 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 is so far

Hugs,
Colette xx

Metal

Team B are hosting the challenge over at The Paper Shelter today and this time around the theme is

Metal

(use metal somewhere on your project and tell us what you've used)

There are great prizes up for grabs! If you are our randomly selected winner and play along with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you could win three digis of your choice.

I have used a metal filigree corner and fan charm on my card. I used embroidery thread and a small bead to make the tassel for the fan.

Digital stamp - Cute Japanese Doll - The Paper Shelter

Papers - From Laughter to Memories - Nitwit Collections

Large Swirl punch  - EK Success

Tonic Layering dies - Circles

Lace border - IO Border duo 1

Metal filigree corner - Wild Orchid Crafts

Fan charm - Stash

Gems - Meiflower

I am entering the following challenges with this card.

Card Mania -  Use a Digi

Party Time Tuesdays - #191 - Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge  - Anything Goes

Through the Purple Haze  - Anything Goes

Pop over to the Challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from my teamies and make sure you join us next week for our fabulous fourth birthday blog hop.

Thanks for dropping in,

hugs,

Colette xx

Snowflakes

It's time for another challenge over at The Paper Shelter and this time around the theme is

Snowflakes

There are great prizes up for grabs! If you are our randomly selected winner and play with a TPS image then you have a chance of winning a $30 gift certificate, any other image and you could win three digis of your choice.

I made an acetate front tent card, die cut an aperture, ran glossy accents around the edge and covered with glitter to make it look icy. I then decorated the acetate with lots of die-cut and punched snowflakes, cut from glitter card.

Digital stamp - Winter Princess - The Paper Shelter

Papers - Snow Friends - lliella and KMiller - Sweet Shoppe Designs

Spellbinders Labels 11

JoyCrafts - Ice crystal 2 and Ice crystal 3

Various snowflake punches

Sentiment - Snowy day sentiments - Pink Petticoat

Sakura quickie glue pen, glamour dust, glossy accents, acetate and Glitter card - Stash

I am entering my card into the following challenges

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations - Make It Sparkle

Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge #217 - Holiday

Party Time Tuesdays -  #189 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door  - Always Anything Goes

Card Mania -  Dies 

Dream Valley Challenges - Christmas
Completely Christmas Anything Goes with twist - Use Some Blue

Moving along with the Times: Sparkle and/or Shine

Papertake Weekly - 2 or 4 legs

Pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of my teamies, 

thanks for stopping by,

hugs,

Colette xx

Is it too early for Christmas?!?!

That's the theme of our challenge over at The Paper Shelter this week, personally, I think it is never too early for Christmas LOL!

Is it too early for Christmas?

You don't have to use a Paper Shelter image to join in with our challenge, but if you do and are the randomly chosen winner then you get a fabulous $30 gift certificate to spend in store, if you use any other image you will win 3 digi images of your choice.

For my card I have used the very cute Are You Ready My Friend? digi stamp

Image - Are You Ready My Friend? - The Paper Shelter

Papers - Tis the Season - Just So Scrappy

Reindeer charm - Stash

Snowflake - Joy Crafts Ice Crystal 6002/2018 and 6002/2019

Grosgrain ribbon - Meiflower

Pop over to the challenge blog and check out the merry and bright inspiration from my teamies, and don't forget to play along with our challenge to be in with a chance of winning a fab prize.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look,

hugs,

Colette xx