My Fantasy Pet at The Paper Shelter

Hello Crafty Peeps,

It's time for another challenge over at The Paper Shelter Blog and this week our optional theme is INSPIRED BY A BOOK OR MOVIE.

I chose "My Fantasy Pet" as I love dragons, and this image makes me think of the movie Mulan. Mushu the dragon is a favourite character of mine.

I used the included paper and merged it with the blank image but accidentally printed without colour, so the background came out as greyscale. Oops. I used pencil to colour it, giving it a more muted tone and I think it actually works well.

The lantern/sentiment are cut/drawn using Cricut and ended up being a little small, so it's hard to read. I chose a quote from Mulan -

"The Flower That Blooms In Adversity Is The Most Rare And Beautiful Of All."  ~

The Emperor

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

Our challenges are now ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme. 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:

• Cardstock
• Shuttle Art gel pens
• ProMarkers - Royal Blue, Black, Cool Grey 5, Deep Mocha, Burgundy, Ruby, Red, Indigo, Midnight Blue, Aegean, Cyan, Sky Blue, Saddle Brown, Raw Sienna, Sunflower, Yellow, Powder Blue, Antique Pink, Sunkissed Pink, Pastel Pink, Cornflower, China Blue, Mustard, Tulip, Ivory, Vanilla, Oatmeal, Pastel Pink & Dusky Rose
• Prismacolor pencils - Pumpkin Orange, Hot Pink, White, Cloud Blue, Goldenrod, Canary Yellow, Carmine Red, Peacock Blue & Yellowed orange

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Passion for Markers - Wk792 Use a Circle
2. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - #598 ATG
3. Crafts Galore Encore - #136 ATG
4. Crafty Calendar - June: Add A Sentiment
5. Allsorts Challenge - #825 ATG/What Makes You Happy?
   
   

Fairy Garden Thoughts at The Paper Shelter

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

Time is just flying by this year (and it seems every year since Covid, honestly. I'm still not sure where 2023 went!).

It's time for another challenge over at The Paper Shelter and this week our optional theme is ENJOY THE OUTDOORS, so hopefully you've had nice enough weather to do that. We've had lots of rain and wind lately, but it's finally getting nicer.

I have used Page 14 from the Fairytale Ladies colouring book to make an easel card. This fairy is enjoying some relaxation time among the garden flowers.

The easel part sits back further than I would normally do, to account for the sentiment.

I like to go over the wings with white pen to give them a more transparent look.

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

Our challenges are now ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme. 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:

• Cardstock
• Patterned paper "Romantic Garden"
• Sumflying Craft - Birds on a Wire die
• Woodware Crafts corner punch
• Papermania gems
• Pandahall flower dies
• Stickles - Yellow
• Neburora flat back pearls
• Posca Paint Pen - White
• Wink of Stella - Clear
• ProMarkers -

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Simon Says {Wednesday} - ATG
2. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #2521 ATG
3. Crafts Galore Encore - #135 ATG
4. The Paper Funday Challenge - #76 ATG

Enchanted MerMay Shadowbox at The Paper Shelter

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

It's time for another challenge over at The Paper Shelter, and this week our optional theme is MERMAIDS for MerMay.

I decided to make a shadow box as these are so much quicker for me now I have a Cricut, and I already had a frame made that I hadn't used.

I used Enchanted Ocean and cut the image parts separately so I could arrange them on different layers of my shadowbox.

I used shadowbox layers that I found on Cricut Design Space and added a couple more to complete the scene.

I kept the project to mostly cardstock but added a few embellishments.

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

Our challenges are now ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme. 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:

• Cardstock
• KSCRAFT Clear resin dew drops
• Pandahall Micro glass beads
• ProMarkers -
• Fish - Mango & Mandarin
• Heart Bubbles - Red, Emerald, Carmine, Canary, Orchid, Meadow Green, Pale Pink & Pebble Blue
• Mermaid - Almond, Oatmeal, Saffron, Bright Orange, Pumpkin, Amber, Sunflower, Caramel, Sandstone, Tan, Cool Grey 1-3, Bright Green, Lime Green, Wild Orchid & Pink Pearl
• Diver - Burnt Sienna, Saddle Brown, Raw Sienna, Cinnamon, Cool Grey 2-5, Deep Mocha, Black, Warm Grey 5, Sunflower, Mustard, Pastel Yellow & Tea Green
• Prismacolor Pencils - Dark Purple, Peacock Blue, Process Red, Pink, Poppy Red, Metallic Silver, Light Aqua, Violet Blue, True Blue, Canary Yellow & Dark Green
• Wink of Stella - Clear

I am entering my shadow box into the following challenges:

1. Let's Craft & Create - #219 ATG/No Patterned Paper
2. The Paper Funday Challenge - #76 ATG
3. Conjurer of Dreams - #8 ATG
4. Crafts Galore Encore - #135 ATG
5. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #2519 ATG
6. Colorful Options - May Color Palette (Full Spectrum)
7. Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone - ATG 3 May-6 June
8. Festive Friday - 2 May-5 June (Theme: Let's Be Friends)
9. Outlawz - May Linky

The Most Adorable Note Holder at The Paper Shelter

Hello Crafty Peeps,

Time sure is flying by this year! I can't believe we're already at the end of April. Thankfully our snow seems to have finally gone, so I'm hoping we don't get any more (although, several places had a lot of snow last week).

Don't forget that our challenges at The Paper Shelter are now ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme. This week the theme is CUTIES, so I'm sure you won't find that especially difficult!

I have used The Most Adorable Panda for a sticky note holder, as I've had teacher gifts on my mind lately.

I haven't made an upright holder before, but I saw this one on the Cricut app and gave it some tweaks to suit my theme.

My printer really hates the cardstock that I use for markers, and won't print on it unless I add a strip of paper to the end. It's annoying as eff and I didn't want to mess around with that for a print and cut, so I just used regular card and coloured with pencils instead.

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

Our challenges are now ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme. 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:

• Cardstock - all cut using Cricut
• Sticky notes
• Prismacolor Pencils - Black, White, Cool Grey 50%, Dark Brown, Olive Green, Grass Green, Apple Green & Chartreuse

I am entering my sticky note holder into the following challenges:

1. Creative Fingers - #299 ATG
2. Crafty Gals Corner - #266 Fill in the Blank - Adorable .....
3. Simon Says {Wednesday} - ATG
4. The Paper Funday Challenge - #75 ATG/Twist -Things that Begin with the Letter "B" (Bamboo in the image and frame)
5. Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone - 5th April-2nd May, ATG/Twist - Spring Cleaning /Decorating /Organizing (my project falls under decorating & organizing)
6. Twisted Thursday Challenge - 3rd-30th April, ATG/Twist - Plants and/or Animals (both -Bamboo & Panda)
7. Outlawz Challenge - April Linky

Hello Hugs at The Paper Shelter

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

It's time for a new challenge over at The Paper Shelter, and this week our optional theme is PASTEL COLOURS.

I have used Urban Spring Girl for an easel card.

I made the base card first, then used complimentary colours for the image.

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

Our challenges are now ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme. 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:

• Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Putty, Burnt Sienna, Caramel, Sandstone, Champagne, Olive Green, Pear Green, Ginger, Apricot, Gold, Sunflower, Tulip Yellow, Mustard, Pastel Yellow, Peach, Soft Peach, Blush, Almond & Pale Pink
• Prismacolor pencils - White, Olive Green, Apple Green, Pumpkin Orange & Nectar
• Cardstock
• Lace
• Stampin' Up embellishments - Flower Centre, Epoxy Hearts & Faceted Gems
• Recollections paper flowers
• Distress Ink - Vintage Photo
• Clearly Besotted Chitter Chatter - speech bubble stamps & dies

• Avery Elle - Sentimental - Clear Stamp Set

Snake Charmed at The Paper Shelter

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

It's gone back to winter here, as we had lots of snow over the weekend. I'm so done with it, it's not funny.

Which brings me to this week's optional theme at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog - SOMETHING FUNNY. Don't forget, you can now just enter with Anything Goes if you're not feeling the theme.

I have used 'Snake Charmer' for a comic-book-style card.

Clearly this is showing the dangers of not being aware of your surroundings. Poor snake doesn't know what's coming for him 🤣😂

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

Our challenges are now ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme. 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:

• Cardstock
• Background created in Cricut Design Space
• ProMarkers: 
• Snake Charmer - Burnt Orange, Saddle Brown, Spice, Ginger, Powder Blue, Bright Orange, Mustard, Pastel Yellow, Chocolate, Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Khaki & Pastel Beige
• Snake - Cool Grey1, 4 + 5, Black, Crimson, Berry Red, Warm Grey 1, 4 + 5, Sunflower, Canary, Lemon, Sandstone, Caramel, Burnt Sienna, Pine, Forest Green, Lime Green, Red, Lipstick Red & Burgundy
• Prismacolor Pencils:
• Snake Charmer  - White, Black & Carmine Red
• Snake - White
• Eagle & Background - Burnt Ochre, Sienna Brown, Light Umber, Spanish Orange, Black, Cream & Light Cerulean Blue

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Passion For Markers - WK782 Anything But Birthday
2. Creative Fingers - #297 ATG
3. Critter Crazy - #97 ATG featuring a Critter
4. Classic Design - #3 ATG
5. Allsorts - #820 ATG

A Spotlight on Mother's Day at The Paper Shelter

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

It's over halfway through March and we are back to freezing cold and snow. Ugh. I hope it is warmer where you, live!

The optional theme at The Paper Shelter this week is FOR THE LADIES (in honour of upcoming Mother's Day in UK).

I have used The Fairy of the Roses for a layered card. 

It's kind of a mash-up of triple-time stamping (except with 4 layers) and the spotlight technique!

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

Our challenges are now ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme. 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:

• Cardstock
• Distress Ink - Black Soot
• Waffle Flower Crafts - Oversized Happy stamps and die
• Hello Bluebird - Nesting A7 Dies
• ProMarkers - Ginger, Apricot, Oatmeal, Blush, Sky Blue, Burnt Sienna, Cocoa, Saddle Brown, Raw Sienna, Pastel Green, Tea Green, Chestnut, Henna, Burnt Umber, Caramel, Sandstone, Champagne, Pine, Forest Green, Orchid, Wild Orchid, Purple, Amethyst, Lilac, Canary & Yellow
• Prismacolor pencils - Tuscan Red, Peach, Dark Brown, Burnt Ochre, Mulberry, Hot Pink, White, Nectar & Dark Purple
• Wink of Stella - Clear

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Allsorts - #819 Feminine
2. Crafter's Cafe - #317 ATG
3. Conjurer of Dreams - #6 March ATG
4. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #250 ATG
5. Festive Friday - 7 Mar-3 Apr (Mother's Day)
6. Outlawz - March Linky

The Power of Chocolate at The Paper Shelter

Hello Crafty Peeps,

Finally we are out of the spell of extreme cold weather here and there has been sunshine, plus temperatures and melting snow. Which is good apart from the icy mornings.

We have changed things up a bit over at The Paper Shelter and our challenges are now ANYTHING GOES with an optional theme. Anyone playing the theme will receive DOUBLE ENTRIES towards the weekly prize!!

This week our theme is FOOD/DRINK so I have made a delicious chocolate gift card, using page 21 from the 'Lovely Bears' colouring book, along with a sheet from the 'Tasty Signs' digital paper pack.

Now I have a Cricut I love being able to design things virtually, although it does take me a while with all the fiddling and creating my own shapes etc. It is definitely my new favourite crafting technique though.

Do you keep your scraps? I can't throw anything away that could be used! I have three bags of cut card, organized by smallest to largest, so it is easy for me to grab what I need.

The card fits four Merci chocolates, or alternatively could fit a single larger treat. I have added a piece of card behind, so there is something to write a note on.

Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

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

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Cardstock
• Cricut cutting files, Gold pen & Black pen
• ProMarkers - Oatmeal, Vanilla, Almond, Deep Mocha, Burnt Sienna, Umber, Burnt Umber, Henna, Cocoa, Saddle Brown, Spice, Raw Sienna, Warm Grey 3-5, Burgundy, Cardinal Red, Red, Firebrick, Berry, Midnight Blue, Cornflower, Lush Green, Grass, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Caramel, Sandstone, Champagne, Tan, Satin, Gold, Sunflower & Yellow
• Prismacolor pencils - White, Black, Tuscan Red, Peacock Blue & Grass Green.

I am entering my gift card into the following challenges:

1. Crafty Calendar - March More Than One Fold
2. Crafter's Cafe - #316 ATG
3. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #2509 ATG
4. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #249 ATG
5. Simon Says - Use Your Favourite Technique
6. Snippets Playground - #501 ATG
7. The Diva's That Cut Paper - March Critters
8. Festive Friday - 7 Feb-6 Mar (chosen theme: Love)
9. Outlawz Challenge - March Linky

Love Ducks at The Paper Shelter

Hello Crafty Peeps,

Hello from a bitterly cold Canadian Prairies, where we are dealing with extreme cold temperatures for over a week now. I am totally ready for some spring weather!

This week at The Paper Shelter our theme is WITH LOVE. Valentine's Day may have passed, but love is for every day 💕

I have made a layered anniversary card featuring 'Love Ducks'. Aren't they so cute?

I chose the background papers to match each duck, and the sky for a cohesive colour scheme that also fit the love theme.

I love a bit of nonconformity, so I gave my ducks bright colours that really stand out.

 Thank you for stopping by today. Your kind comments are always appreciated.

Please come and join in our challenge this week and remember, you can use any image but if you use a Paper Shelter image you are eligible for a higher value prize!

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

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Cardstock & Glitter cardstock
• Scrapbook.com patterned papers - Playful Collection
• Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Celebration Script Words by Tim Holtz
• Your Next Stamp - Heartstring die
• ProMarkers -Warm Grey 1-5, Primrose, Bright Orange, Mandarin, Pumpkin, Gold, Amber, Sunflower, Canary, Yellow, Dusky Pink, Black, Cool Grey 5, Maroon, Magenta, Hot Pink, Cloud Blue, Marine, Turquoise, Ocean Teal, Powder Blue, Sky Blue, Coral, Poppy, Burgundy, Aubergine & Slate
• Sharpie - Black fineliner
• Prismacolor pencils - White, Dark Purple, Indigo Blue, Mulberry & Metallic Silver

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Simon Says {Wednesday} - Cute and Cuddly
2. CRAFT Challenge - #748 Love/ATG
3. Crafter's Cafe - #316 ATG/Spots/Stripes
4. Crafty Calendar - February Hearts
5. Festive Friday - 7 Feb-6 Mar (Valentine/Love chosen)
6. Outlawz - February Linky