A Bubbly Birthday at The Paper Shelter

Hello Crafty Peeps,

It's our last challenge of the month at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog and this week our optional theme is EMBOSSING. 

I have used Aquarius with heat and blind embossing for a friend's birthday card.

I added some fun colours to complement the Aquarius watery shades palette.

I blind embossed the bubbles, then heat embossed over them with clear crystals for the emboss resist technique. Finally I added colour.

Our challenges are ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme, but anyone playing the theme will receive DOUBLE ENTRIES towards the weekly prize!! You have two weeks to enter.

You can also share your creations over in our Facebook Group.

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Recollections cardstock
• Distress Oxides - Mermaid Lagoon, Broken China & Tumbled Glass
• Cosmic Shimmer ultra thick embossing crystals - clear
• Monte Marte iridescent foil paint
• Prismacolor Pencils - 
• Embossed Panel: White, Indigo Blue, Peacock Blue, Aquamarine, Light Aqua, Cloud Blue, Lilac, Blush Pink & Canary Yellow
• Image - White, Nectar, Peach, Sienna Brown, True Blue, Cloud Blue, Black, Goldenrod & Dark Brown
• ProMarkers - Arctic Blue, Sky Blue, Azure, Ocean Teal, Green, Mint Green, Pastel Green, Hot Pink, Carmine, Cool Grey 2, 3 + 4, Mandarin, Indigo, French Navy, Cyan, Mustard, Tulip Yellow, Caramel, Sandstone, Vanilla, Almond, Oatmeal & Apricot
• Ohuhu markers - Cloud Blue, Dark Brown, Cedar Brown, Faded Teal, Turquoise, Frost, Faded Violet & Greyed Lavender

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Simon Says {Wednesday} - Anything Goes
2. The Paper Funday Challenge - #84 ATG/Pastel
3. Creative Moments - #279 Feminine
4. Crafter's Cafe - #327 ATG/For The Girls
5. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #2608 ATG
6. Allsorts Challenge - #843 ATG/Embossing

 

Rockabilly Friendship at The Paper Shelter

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

Valentine's Day will soon be upon us, so our optional theme this week at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog is COLOURS OF LOVE. This doesn't need to be a Valentine's project full of red and pink! Think of something you love and use those colours.

I have used Enchanted Rockabilly for my card, as I really love this image.

My colours feature some of the traditional red and pink, but with a more vintage vibe. I love flowers and chocolates, so I asked Canva to create an image for me that I could use as my palette. Don't hate me for utilizing Ai. It's a good tool when I can't find an image on Google. My projects are all completely real!

The card has a pretty romantic theme, but I wanted this love to be about friendship.

I used plenty of sparkle and shimmer for that vintage charm, and a stenciled background on the pink panel.

This sentiment is perfect with the million little polka dots featured. It is a stamp, but I went over the words with pencil to make them stand out more.

I had to make her glasses fancy with some glitter. It might be why she's looking over the top of them though, haha!

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Our challenges are ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme, but anyone playing the theme will receive DOUBLE ENTRIES towards the weekly prize!! You have two weeks to enter.

You can also share your creations over in our Facebook Group.

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Recollections cardstock
• Scrapbook.com cardstock - Roses pad
• Ribbon 
• Square stitched die (from Etsy)
• Sizzix dies - Love Set #3
• Spellbinders Borderabilities - A2 Scalloped Borders Two
• Recollections paper flowers
• Papermania designer paper - Red Hot Paper Pack Capsule Collection
• Ranger Liquid Pearls - Rose Gold
• Ranger Stickles - Cranberry & Glisten
• Posca paint pen - White
• Wink of Stella - Clear
• Ohuhu markers - Sandy Beige, Prune Juice, Morello Cherry, Dark Brown, Cedar Brown, Black Brown, Potato Brown, Caramel, Deep Blush, Amaranth, Dark Marigold, Edamame, Yellow Green, Pastel Pink & Pastel Green
• ProMarkers - Putty, Pale Pink, Dusky Pink, Sunkissed Pink & Tea Green
• Prismacolor pencils - Process Red, White, Light Aqua, Grass Green, Dark Brown, Light Umber, Nectar, Tuscan Red, Black & Peach

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Double D Challenge - Vintage/Shabby Chic
2. I♥Promarkers - #600 ATG/Love/Romance
3. The Paper Funday Challenge - #84 ATG/Pastel
4. Crafty Gals Corner - #274 ATG/Heart
5. Allsorts - #842 ATG/Create your own background
6. CRAFT Challenge - #773 ATG/Love

Over The Hill at The Paper Shelter

Hello Crafty Peeps,

It's time for a new challenge over at The Paper Shelter Blog, and as always we are ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme should you prefer a bit more direction.

The theme this week is THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS. You know you've seen Mary Poppins when you can't see that without singing it, haha. 

I have used "A Beauty To Die For" for  a fun birthday card.

Favourite things I have used - purple, humour, bats, Halloween images and my Cricut.

I cut the word UNDER through all layers so it would be deeper into the "hill".

I couldn't resist adding a funny joke about age inside!

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CHALLENGE CHANGES FOR 2026

Our two teams have now merged into one, so you will get extra inspiration!

Each challenge will now run for two weeks, to give you more time to make your creation and enter.

Our challenges are ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme, but anyone playing the theme will receive DOUBLE ENTRIES towards the weekly prize!!

You can also share your creations over in our Facebook Group.

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Recollections cardstock
• ProMarkers:
• Bat - Deep Mocha, Caramel, Umber & Burnt Sienna
• Main image -Warm Grey 2, 3 + 5, Cool Grey 1, 3, 4 + 5, Aubergine, Cinnamon, Tan, Dusky Pink & Pink Pearl
• Ohuhu markers: Main Image - Deep Purple, Faded Violet, Prune Juice, Sandy Beige, Grass, Dark Emerald, Aged Pine Green, Emerald Green, Porcelain, Greyed Lavender, Frost, Black, Storm Grey, Icy Grey, Sky Blue, Cloud Blue & Morello Cherry
• Prismacolor pencils - White, Nectar, Blush Pink & Grass Green
• Wink of Stella - Clear