Shelly's Images 2nd Birthday - Blog Candy Winners!

Thank you SO very much for all of the nice posts for our 2nd Birthday here at Shelly's Images.  It means so much to hear from our friends and know that they are enjoying the digi stamps and the work we do at the blog.

And I am TERRIBLE at giveaways like this, because I want everyone to win.  :)

Unfortunately I have only one envelope sitting here on my desk ready to be addressed and mailed off to one lucky winner.  

Drum roll please...................

The winner of our Blog Candy is....Robin from Robin's Reflections!

Congratulations Robin.  

Please visit the store at www.shellysimages.com.  Choose two of your favorite digi stamps.

Then email me at shelly@shellysimages.com.  Include in your email the names of the two digi stamps that you chose and your mailing address so that I can send off your fun package.

The winner of our "Choice of 6" digi stamps is......Cathy from KraftyKoolKat!

Congratulations Cathy.

Visit the store and choose 6 of your favorite digi stamps (up to $18 in value).  Send me an email that includes the names of the digi stamps that you chose.  I will send out your new digi stamps as soon as possible.

We ALMOST made it to 50 entries.  So we will go ahead and have two random winners who will receive one digi stamp of their choice from our store (up to $3 in value)

Our first "Choice of 1" digi stamp winner is ......Lorianna from Lorianna's Corner.

Congratulations Lorianna!

Please email me with the name of the digi stamp that you chose from our store.

Our second "Choice of 1" digi stamp winner is....Anne from Card Challenges.

Congratulations Anne!

Please email me with the name of the digi stamp that you chose from our store.

Shelly's Images 2nd Birthday!

Hi Everyone!

(This announcement will remain at the top of the blog until our giveaway on Jan. 31st.  

Please scroll down for our current posting ... sharing techniques & challenges.)

Today is a very special day here at Shelly's Images.  We are celebrating our 2nd Birthday!!!  It doesn't seem possible, but two years ago today we opened Shelly's Images.com.  

So much has happened in those two years.  We have learned alot.  We made lots of great friends, and continue to make changes here at the blog to try to always inspire you. We now offer some video tutorials which we hope entertain and teach you or remind you of a technique that you might not have used for awhile.  And even the process of making our digi stamps has changed from the old fashioned pen and pencil with a lightbox to a very cool Wacom Cintiq.  

To celebrate we are giving away some special blog candy.  

How do you enter?

Easy!

1. Place our 2nd Birthday Badge in the sidebar of your blog.  It isn't required that you make a blog post, but that would be awesome too.

2. Be sure that you are a follower of our blog.

3. Go to our store and sign up for our newsletter.  The form is on the left side of the page in the sidebar area.  And it is super fast.  Just fill in your name and your email address.  (While you are there you should enter for our January Free Image Giveaway.  Enter once each month for a chance to win a digi from our store.)

4. Leave us a little comment here.  We love hearing from you and we read every comment.  

On January 31st we will post the random winner of our blog candy. 

 We will also post one random entry to receive 6 images of their choice from the store. 

(Up to $18 in value)  

And for every 25 entries we will choose one more random entry to receive one image of their choice. 

 (Up to $3 in value)

Lots of chances to win! 

Happy Birthday Shelly's Images!  Here's to another fun year of inspiration and friends.

TTT Challenge Winners - Show us what you got!

I just love our "Show us what you got!" Challenges.  We get to see so many wonderful projects.  Thanks to everyone for sharing your talent and entering our challenge.
Quick Reminder..Don't forget to enter for our 2nd Birthday Blog Candy.  Click here to read all about it. We will accept entries through midnight CST on January 30th, 2012.

The Gold Medal Award winner is
Michaela from My Papercrafting Creations
Michaela, your project was the "Talk of the Team" this week.  We love it!  Many of the SIDT thought that your project had an old fashioned or vintage feel that we loved.  There is so much detail and it just makes you feel love!  And I love the reds and browns for the color scheme.  Just all in all a perfect creation!

Our Silver Medal Award winner is
Annemaritta from Unique by Annemaritta
Annemaritta, your fun exploding box was also the talk of the team this week.  We love the look of the closed box as much as the look when it is all opened and revealing the beautiful inside.  Stunning!

And, Our Bronze Medal Award winner is
Catherine from Catherine's Handmade Cards
Catherine we loved the simple beauty of your card.  The paper piecing on the butterfly is just perfect.  And as I am sure I have said a million times before....I LOVE the look of stitching on projects.  And I loved seeing the inside of your card too!

And the Top Hat Award (first name out of the hat using random.org) is
Jodi from Kaboo Designs
Jodi, this is an amazing project.  Such a cute banner and the kraft paper works perfectly here.  I love the little twig that the owl is sitting on.

Our Gold Medal and Top Hat winners both receive an image of their choice (up to $3 value) from www.shellysimages.com. Just email Shelly at shelly@shellysimages.com to let her know which image you would like. And our Silver and Bronze Medal winners both receive a "Buy One Get One Free" voucher to our store (buy one image and get a second image of equal or lesser value free). Just add the words "silver" or "bronze" and your free image choice to the comment section when placing your order.

All medal winners this week can find the medal badge to display at their blog *here*. We hope that all of our winners this week will proudly display their winning badge.

Don't forget to enter for our 2nd Birthday Blog Candy.  Click here to read all about it.

TERRIFICALLY THRILLING THURSDAY AT SHELLY'S IMAGES!

Good Morning, everyone!  We hope Jack Frost isn't overstaying his welcome in the Northern Hemishpere lately!  If he is, today's Terrifically Thrilling Thursday Challenge is exciting, and the wonderfully talented Design Team's creations should make you feel all warm and fuzzy!

You certainly loved our SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT challenge last week - we are so excited to have received over 100 entries - thank you!

Our new challenge for this week is "TEXT ME" and we'd like you to use TEXT or a SENTIMENT  on the FRONT of your project.

There are wonderful prizes up for grabs, so be sure to play along this week!

You could be our TOP HAT winner, or even win one of the GOLD, SILVER or BRONZE medals up for grabs!

Our Design Team are showing you our own choice of projects and images ...  this week, and that means  that all the images used by us will be available TODAY ONLY, for a SPECIAL PRICE, in the Shelly's Images' Store!

... and here is what we have to show you, for your inspiration:

AMANDA

Image featured : "Some Bunny"

 

DARLENE

Image featured : "Key to My Heart Set"

JENLEE

Image featured : "Carrot Patch"

KAREN

Image featured : "1st Birthday"

PANDY

Image featured : "Best Friends Forever"

SAMMIBUG
 Image featured : "Nuts About You"

STEPHANIE

Image featured : "Happy Hour Strawberry"

Please leave the girls some LOVE and let them know how much you enjoyed their creations!

And while you're here, LINK UP and SHOW us your TEXT ME creations !

Please Remember To Follow Our Challenge Rules:

- NO backlinking to old projects
- Each submission MUST be a NEW project
- Link up your project below, with the oh-so-wonderful Inlinkz ( remember to link just the post, not your whole blog)
- Leave us some love by leaving a comment on this post


Ready, Set, ...............  Link It

TUTORIAL TUESDAY - an economical, foolproof way of "chalking"

Hi there!  It's Jen here, from the Shelly's Images Design Team.

Today, on behalf of Shelly and my fellow Design Team members,  I would like to show you a way of chalking, around your image, or on dry embossed cardstock in a really economical way.

Chalks are pretty expensive, and a good range of colours will cost a pretty packet.  So I popped off to the bargain store and purchased a set of eye shadows, the powder type, in a selection of really bright, soft pastels, and some lovely metallic colours.  It cost under ten dollar for a set of 48 fabulous colours! 


This is the picture how-to:

Select your image, and for the purpose of this tutorial, I have used the very pretty image called "1st Birthday" available in the Shelly's Images Store HERE.

Really simple, isn't it!  Now there is no need to throw out those eye shadows are are past their 'use-by' date.  Transfer them from your vanity area to your craft area, and give them a new lease of life!

Have fun trying out this technique!

luv'n'huggz

Shelly and the Shelly's Image Design Team

PS - There is still time to enter the challenge and stand the chance to win!
Please pop back on Thursday, ... it promises to be "Terrifically Thrilling" ...!

Designer's Choice For Terrifically Thrilling Thursday

Good Morning, Everyone!
Hope You're All Managing To Stay Warm If You Aren't
Lucky Enough To Live In A Warm Climate, Like Me!

Today Is Thursday, And You Know What That Means!
It's Time For Terrifically Thrilling Thursday!
And That Means A Fun New Challenge For You!

We Had Some Wonderful Feedback From Our
Roll 'Em Challenge Last Week!
Seems Many Of Our Followers Really Enjoyed It
We Will Definitely Be Doing That One, Again!
Be Sure To Check Back, Later Today, To See
If You Were One Of The Winners!

Now For This Week's Challenge... One Of The Favorites....
Our Challenge This Week Is

Show Us What You Got!

(Yes, Yes, I Know You All Love This One! LOL!)

Of Course, That's Our Way of Saying

Anything Goes!


There Are Prizes Up For Grabs, So Be
Sure You Play Along This Week!

You Could Be Our Top Hat Winner, Or Even Win One
Of Our Gold, Bronze Or Silver Medals!


Our DT This Week Is Doing Designer Choice. That Means We Each Got To
Choose Any Image We Wanted! They All Must Have Loved
It, Too, Because They've Given Us Some Fabulous
Inspiration, Today!



Since It's Designer's Choice, All The Images Used By The
DT Today Are Available, Today Only,
For A Special Sale Price, In The
Shelly's Images' Store!



Now, Let's See The Inspiration Creations
From The DT:


JenLee




Amanda



 Pandy



Darlene



Stephanie



Karen



Sammi




Please Leave The Girls Some Love And Let Them Know
How Much You Enjoyed Thier Creations!

And While You're Here, Link Up And
Show Us What You Got!


Please Remember To Follow Our Challenge Rules:

- No Backlinking To Old Projects
- Each Submission Must Be A New Project
- Link Up Your Project, Below, With The Oh So Wonderful InLinkz
- Leave Us Some Love By Leaving A Comment On This Post


Ready, Set, Link It

TTT Challenge Winners - Roll 'Em

I hope you all had as much fun with our Roll 'Em Challenge as I did.  Expect to see this fun challenge/game in future challenges here at Shelly's Images.

The Gold Medal Award winner is
Stef H. from Glitterbabe Greetings
Stef your card was a unanimous decision across the DT.  We loved the simplicity and the hilarious sentiment.  And I loved that you took time to take a picture of your layers.  Thanks so much for playing along in our challenge.  (And girlfriend....we gotta catch up sometime soon!  Seems like it has been ages since we chatted on CDAC)

Our Silver Medal Award winner is
CraftyGirl from CraftyGirl Cards and Crafts
We love this little project.  I love altering items like this.  What a great project.  

And, Our Bronze Medal Award winner is
NiMu from NiMu's Funny Place
I have to say that I am a huge fan of NiMu.  I have seen many of her projects.  She will be quite a crafter when she grows up with her early start.  

And the Top Hat Award (first name out of the hat using random.org) is
Sheetal from Crafty Thinkings of an Uncrafty Person (love the title of your blog)
If you aren't crafty then this project sure doesn't show it.  Thanks so much for entering our challenge.

Our Gold Medal and Top Hat winners both receive an image of their choice (up to $3 value) from www.shellysimages.com. Just email Shelly at shelly@shellysimages.com to let her know which image you would like. And our Silver and Bronze Medal winners both receive a "Buy One Get One Free" voucher to our store (buy one image and get a second image of equal or lesser value free). Just add the words "silver" or "bronze" and your free image choice to the comment section when placing your order.

All medal winners this week can find the medal badge to display at their blog *here*. We hope that all of our winners this week will proudly display their winning badge.

Don't forget to enter for our 2nd Birthday Blog Candy.  Click here to read all about it.