The Paper Shelter #619 ~ Add a Number

    Hello crafting friends and welcome to this week's challenge

at the The Paper Shelter. 

Team A - our challenge this week is 

~ Add a Number ~ 

I used The Number One Hot Dog digi set from The Paper Shelter to create my card.

I uploaded this cutie to Silhouette and used the print and cut feature to cut it out twice.  Remember I always print my digi images on photo paper to get a crisp vivid image.  Not that cardstock doesn't print well, I just prefer the vivid colours on my printer when printing on photo paper. 

I adhered the two layers together using foam squares.  By now you guys know that I always do this to give my cards a little dimension.  I normally use the 1 mm foam squares from Hunkydory or from Marianne Designs.  This adds dimension but very little bulk which is important for me as I mail a lot of my cards overseas. 

Since she is selling hot dogs, I thought I would add a few of my other favourite "fun" foods, burgers and fries! Don't know why people call them junk!  I think they're awesome!!!!😁  I especially love the fries (chips) you buy in Holland.  They come in cones with a large dollop of mayonnaise and a tiny fork, just as pictured above.

I used the following materials to create this card:

Card Frame - SL35 - Studio Light

Cactus Hillside Border - Lawn Fawn

Fries Die Set - Marianne Design

Hamburger Die Set - Marianne Design

Red Cardstock - Bazzill

White Cardstock - Colorbok

Pattern Paper - DCWV

Silhouette - Greeting and Sentiment

Stampin' Up Punches for mats of Sentiment

Twine - The Paper Studio

For the birthday greeting, I made it in Silhouette and then printed it on photo paper too.  I just didn't have a Happy Birthday die that would fit on this small card front.  Lastly I threaded a piece of white and silver twine through the side of the card. When closed and ready to mail, this card measures 6" x 4" and fits perfectly into an A7 envelope.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Before I leave, I would like to invite you to come play along with us.  Remember that The Paper Shelter has fabulous prizes up for grabs. Check out the details below ...

I do hope you will come join the fun and share your projects with us.

You'll find our challenge blog HERE.

Crafty hugs,

Crafty Gals Corner #261 ~ Anything Goes w/twist - 3+ Layers

    Hello crafting friends and welcome to our November challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner! 

Challenge #261 ~ Anything Goes w/optional twist of 3+ Layers

Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order) 

Mirtillamente Craft Shop

Prize:  2 digis, 1 pad of digital papers "mini"

and the possibility of being Special Guest DT

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SheepSki Designs
Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Using the Snow Globe No. 1 digi, from Mirtillamente Craft Shop, I created this card or our challenge.

The card base was cut using a die set from Studio Light Essentials called Circle Zigzag Card Shape. Red cardstock is from Recollections, gold cardstock and patterned paper are both from my scraps drawers and unfortunately I have no info on them.

For the embellishment I used

 Twigs - Marianne Design

Holly Leaves & Pine Branches - Lea'bilities

I used copic markers to colour the images and added a few accents with gel pens.

For this embellishment I used

Twigs - Marianne Design

Holly Leaves & Pine Branches - Lea'bilities

Full opened card measures 8" x 5.5". 

I added a gold and white mat to the back so that I had a place to stamp my greeting and write a small personal message.   I used the Tiny Tidings stamp set from Cardz TV to stamp the greeting.

When closed, the card measures 5.5" x 3" and fits perfectly into an A2 envelope.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I would love to you see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 10 December 2024, to link your project to our challenge.

Crafty hugs,

The Paper Shelter #617 ~ The Little Ones

    Hello crafting friends and welcome to this week's challenge

at the The Paper Shelter. 

Team A - our challenge this week is 

~ The Little Ones ~

(make something for a child)

Using the Frosty Fun digi, I made this Double Block Step Card.

(For tutorial, please click on the link above.)

I print and cut the little guy a couple of times, on photo paper, and the adhered the two layers to each other using foam square.  I also print and cut the background that comes in this digi set and used it to cut out the background small squares.

Here is a close up of this mischievous little guy.  You can just see it on his face.  This is my grandson to a T, so this card is definitely for him for Christmas 😀

I traced the snowbank and print and cut it. I adhered it to the top adding an extra layer of dimension.

I used very small pom-poms as snow balls to add a little more dimension.

 I stamped my sentiment using Versafine Onyx Black ink.  Here is a list of the additional items I used to make this card.

Double Block Step Card - Mixed Up Craft

Dear Santa Stamp Set - Avery Elle

Text Banners - Marianne Design

Silver Mirror Cardstock - Hunkydory

Navy Cardstock - Bazzill

I love shaped cards and this is one that is always fun.  The big plus is that it folds flat making it easy to mail.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Before I leave, I would like to invite you to come play along with us.  Remember that The Paper Shelter has fabulous prizes up for grabs. Check out the details below ...

I do hope you will come join the fun and share your projects with us.

You'll find our challenge blog HERE.

Crafty hugs,

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ Reindeer/moose

    Hello and welcome to this month's Christmas challenge at

 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round. 

 

Our challenge this month is Reindeer/Deer/Moose

Here is our inspiration pic ...

I've been spending some time in the evenings doing a little bit of stitching on my cards.  I love it as I find it very relaxing, but just haven't had the time to stich as much as I wanted to. I had completed this card a few nights ago, and after rummaging through my stash of Crafty Heart 3D image sets, I chose this one to finish off my card and add it to this challenge.

The stitch pattern is from the Stitch & Do Kit No. 159.  This cute layered image made me smile.  Can't blame the greedy lil guy ... that apple does look delicious, doesn't it? You can see that momma moose is thinking that she taught him better, but kids will always be kids :-)  I think I'd be a little concerned for my nose, if I was that snowman, though.  That carrot probably looks very tasty too 😁  This image is from the Christmas Mooses set.

Or maybe he's just a good boy and is just being very friendly!

On the inside I used the Merry Christmas die and the Shadow die to create my greeting.  Both are from Karen Burniston.

And that is it for today folks.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project, that falls within our challenge theme, and come play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Crafty hugs,

The Paper Shelter #615 ~ Squares or/and Circles

  Hello crafting friends and welcome to this week's challenge

at the The Paper Shelter. 

Team A - our challenge this week is 

~ Squares or Circles ~

(make a circle or square shaped card or include circles or squares on your project)

For this week's challenge, I made a Halloween card for a very special young lady in my life, using the very cute  Impish Halloween Lover digi set.

I went with squares for my project.  Not only did I make a square card, but I used the Layout Square die from Marianne Design and  included a few squares on my project too!

Here is a close up of this cutie and all the layers I made to add some dimension to my card.  I print and cut it out 5 times.  On 3 of these, I  just make the pic white so it would not waste ink.  I adhered these white layers together.  Next I printed the full image twice.  I adhered one of the layers to the other 3 so it would make it sturdy.  The second full image I adhered it to the existing layers with foam squares.  While I had the whole image on Silhouette, I traced just the sweets portion of the image, from the teddy to the kitty, and print and cut that small piece.  I adhered that on top, also using foam squares.  

You can't quite tell the dimension I achieved with all the layers from the pics, but maybe this one shows it a little better.

I cut out the Layered Square 5 times, out of black cardstock, and adhered each layer to each other using liquid glue.  Next I print the background that comes with this set and cut it out using the same die.  Then it was just a matter of paper piecing.

I used the background on the inside too, but added my greeting and used Silhouette's print and cut feature to cut it out.  I had printed a few extra sweets, so I added them to the inside of the card just for fun.

This is a 6" x 6" card.  A bit bigger than my normal size, but to be honest, I do like the way it turned out.  I'm hoping that my little Emma is going to love it too.

Yikes, Halloween is just around the corner and I still have a few cards to make.  I'd better get cracking!!  Now before I go, I would like to invite you to come play along with us.  Remember that The Paper Shelter has fabulous prizes up for grabs. Check out the details below ...

I do hope you will come join the fun and share your projects with us.

You'll find our challenge blog HERE.

Crafty hugs,

Crafty Gals Corner #260 ~ Anything Goes w/twist - Spooky!

   Hello crafting friends and welcome to our October challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner! 

Challenge #260 ~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Spooky!

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order) 

Polkadoodles

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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The Paper Shelter

Prize: 3 Digital Stamps

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With Halloween just around the corner, I thought I'd work on my stash as I still need a few more cards.  I used this Adorable Halloween Witch digi from The Paper Shelter to create my double diamond card.

The card base is a file from Silhouette.  The pattern paper is called Hats, from the Bootiful Collection by Julie Nutting .  The cardstocks used are from The Paper Studio.

I printed the image on photo paper and then cut it out twice.  I adhered the two layers to each other using pop dots to add a little dimension.

Here is a close up of this cutie!  I used the pre-coloured image from this digi set.

I made a mat for the back to write my message.  The greeting is from the Spooky Sayings stamp set by Cardz TV.  I print and cut a few more candies and added them to the bottom of this mat for a little extra interest.

When folded, this card measures 5.25" square and fits perfectly into a 5.75" square envelope.

And that was that.  Another Halloween card made, this one I think is going to go to my little granddaughter :-)  Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I would love to you see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 12 November 2024, to link your project to our challenge.

Crafty hugs,