TTT Challenge Winners - Roll 'Em Challenge

I hope everyone enjoyed our fun Roll 'Em Challenge.

We had some amazingly wonderful entries.  The DT votes are in and we are ready to announce our winners.

As always we had some truly wonderful entries for our "Show us what you got!" challenge. Thank you so much to everyone who entered!  You really made it hard for us to choose a favorite!!!!

Our "Beary" Favorite project is #28 J. Atterbury from J. Atterbury Creations!  Actually Jo Ann's entries #27 and #29 also got lots of votes from the DT.  We loved all of the details and layers on these amazing projects.  And what a stunning envelope to go with this creation!  

Jo Ann I will be emailing you very soon with your $6 gift voucher.  Please also be sure to grab your "Beary" Favorite badge here.

We also have two more awards to round out our Top 3 for this challenge.  These awards go to #12 Desire from Doing Life and #25 Julie from Julie's Rubber Temple!

Desire, your projects are always so inspiring. The Design Team and I loved the pretty colors and fun shape of this amazing card.  And the fantastic folded corners are so interesting and fun.

Julie, we loved the fun hip colors of your card.  And the added dimension to the digi stamp is the perfect touch.  

Desire and Julie please be sure to grab your Top 3 badge here.

Thanks again to everyone who entered our challenge.  Your creativity always inspires us.    If you didn't win today please be sure to visit www.shellysimages.com and click "Monthly Digi Giveaway".  Then just enter your name and email address to enter for our March giveaway.  Be sure to enter once each month for your chance to win.  Winners of the Monthly Digi Giveaway are announced in our Newsletter and notified by email.

Our new challenge is starting today.  I hope you will join us again.  We can't wait to see what you will create.   

TTT Challenge Theme - Show us what you got - Anything Goes

Hi girls, it's time for the new challenge. And it is easy this time. Show us what you got and anything goes.
Our DT members have chosen their favorite stamp and made some lovely cards with it.

Shelly's Images Digi - 'Special toast'

Gerda

Shelly's Images Digi - 'Pansies'

Marianne

Shelly's Images Digi - 'Hummingbird'
Miranda

Shelly's Images Digi - 'Best Friends Forever'

Darlene

Shelly's Images Digi - 'Easter Chick'

Jackie

 Amanda

Used both Spring Lamb and Signs of Spring Set 

Priscilla
Used the digi Butterfly Set

Have fun with this challenge and we hope that a lot of you are joining.

Challenge Rules:
1. Link directly to your blog post entry,NOT your entire blog.
2. Shelly's Images are NOT required (but we'd LOVE to see them).
3. New projects ONLY ... NO back linking.
4. Your entry must follow the theme.  Which is so simple for this challenge.  :)
5. Only FIVE entries per challenge PLEASE. Any additional entries will be deleted in an effort to keep our challenge fair for all participants.
6. Challenge entry ends at 12:00 Noon (CST) on January 16, 2013.

7. Please turn word verification off at your blog if you would enjoy a comment from us. It is just too time consuming to type in word verification at each challenge entry. Thank you for understanding.

BONUS Challenge - March, 2013

"If you are looking to play the current TTT Anything Goes Challenge, please  click HERE." 

Our March bonus challenge is now closed.  Thanks to everyone who played along. 

Sounds exciting right?  It really is!

What is our BONUS Challenge?  Very simple.  

For this challenge everyone who chooses to participate will receive our Spring Lamb digi stamp FREE!

Everyone wins. 

**But, by accepting the free digi you are promising to submit a project using Spring Lamb digi stamp by linking it below.  Projects must be submitted by March 31st, 2013 at midnight CST.  So this challenge is truly on the honor system. ** 

Please follow a few simple rules:

1. Download your digi from www.shellysimages.com by using voucher code 4CQHQBWE (BE SURE TO CLICK "CONFIRM MY ORDER" Clicking "Pay with PayPal" will cause an error if your balance is zero. 

This voucher is valid from now through March 31st, 2013 at midnight CST.  Please refer to the easy tutorial page if you are unsure of how to use our voucher.  And feel free to email me at shelly@shellysimages.com if you have any trouble at all. 

2. Complete your project using Spring Lamb and make a blog post at your blog.  Be sure to place a link on your blog post to our challenge here at Shelly's Images.  Your project can be any paper crafting project that you like.  Ideas include scrapbook page, card, altered project, box...you get the idea.

3. Use the inlinkz button below to enter your project here before February 28th, 2013 at midnight CST.  Remember...ONLY projects using Shelly's Images Spring Lamb digi stamp should be entered here. 

4. Feel free to use this digi stamp for our other challenges here at Shelly's Images, HOWEVER you can not use the same project for more than one challenge here at Shelly's Images.  And of course link the project to as many other challenges as you like.

I can't wait to see the projects that you make!

We always appreciate it when people help spread the word about Shelly's Images.  Here are a few great ways that you can help us spread the word.
* Place our blinkie on your blog.  You can find it in the sidebar
* Like our Shelly's Images Facebook Page
*Share the projects that you make using SI digi stamps to your Facebook.
*Click the "Share" button on our posts at Shelly's Images Facebook Page.  All of those shares really help SO MUCH!

Z Fold Card - Technique Tuesday

Z Fold card

You need:

• cardstock
• scoringboard

For the base of the card you need a piece of card of 11x3.25”. For the front and the back you need 2 pieces of cardstock of 4.25x5.5”.

Score the base of the card at 4.5 and 9” and fold you scorelines.

If you fold it it should look like this.

Attach 1 piece of 4.25x5.5 to the back.

Put adhesive only on the flap and attach the other piece of cardstock to it.

It should open like this.

Now you can decorate the front of the card. And you can stamp a greeting on the inside of the card.

Hope you've enjoyed this tutorial.

Hugs Miranda

http://mirandaswenskaarten.blogspot.nl/ for Shelly's Images

TTT Challenge - ROLL 'EM

Happy Thursday Everyone!  It's time for another fun challenge here at Shelly's Images! 

Today's theme is:

ROLL 'EM

Use the Random.org number generator (found in our sidebar) to pick your products/tools, roll at least three times

1 – Die or Punch 
2 – Ribbon/Trim/Twine or Lace
3 – 3 Layers
4 – Kraft Paper
5 – Dimensionals
6 – Embossing
7 – Glitter
8 – Brads, Buttons or Bling
9 – Cardstock ONLY
0 – Doodling

AND ... today the team is featuring Shelly's new image called "RELAX".  You can purchase this image and many, many more amazing digital images at Shelly's Images Store.

To help get your started (and inspired) let's check out what Shelly's amazingly talented team has to share with you today ...

Marianne

3 layers, buttons and embossing

Gerda
Twine, Brads, Embossing

Darlene
#1-Die or Punch, #3 - 3 layers, #8 - brads, buttons or bling (bubbles)

 Miranda
 2 Ribbon/trim/twine of lace (twine in the button on the flower)
4 Kraft paper
6 Embossing (dots on the white)

Jackie
(glitter, diecuts, ribbon)

Amanda

#4 kraft, # 9 cardstock only, #8 brads
LOL ...and #3 3 layers, #1 die or punch, embossing, etc. almost the whole role!!

WOWZA!!  Great job TEAM!!

Now it's time for YOU to join in the fun!

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN PLAY ALONG -

 Challenge Rules:

1. Link directly to your blog post entry,NOT your entire blog.

2. Shelly's Images are NOT required (but we'd LOVE to see them).

3. New projects ONLY ... NO back linking.

4. Your entry must follow the theme.

5. Only FIVE entries per challenge PLEASE. Any additional entries will be deleted in an effort to keep our challenge fair for all participants.

6. Challenge entry ends at 12:00 Noon (CST) on Wednesday March 20th, 2013.

7. Please turn word verification off at your blog if you would enjoy a comment from us. It is just too time consuming to type in word verification at each challenge entry. Thank you for understanding.

YOU could be chosen as our "Beary Favorite" project and win a $6 gift voucher to Shelly's Images Store. We also choose 2 additional projects that receive a "Top 3" badge."




 

TTT Challenge Winner's - Sew Much Fun!

As many of you may know, I love seeing sewing on projects.  It just seems to add such interest and texture and somehow I think it adds to that "homemade" feeling. Thank you so much to everyone who entered our SEW Much Fun Challenge.

Our "Beary" Favorite project is Sarah from Plain and Fancy Crafts.  Sarah, this project is just stunning. The Design Team and I love the lattice and how you used it in this project.  And we loved those beautiful flowers climbing over the lattice.  Such a wonderful touch! To top it all off the blanket stitching that you used really makes a statement and is PERFECT for our SEW Much Fun Challenge. 

Sarah,  I will be emailing you very soon with your $6 gift voucher.  Please also be sure to grab your "Beary" Favorite badge here.

We also have two more awards to round out our Top 3 for this challenge.  These awards go to Emily from Em's Many Thoughts and Susie from Susie's Craft Creations!

Emily, what an astounding job you did with our Bluebirds digi stamp.  I am absolutely in love with this project.  I love how you used the blank sign included in the set and added your own sentiment.  Just perfect!

Susie, such a fun project.  We loved the stitching on your sentiment.  What a great touch for this challenge.  And all of the lace and pearls are so fun on this amazing project.

Emily  and Susie please be sure to grab your Top 3 badge here.

Thanks again to everyone who entered our challenge.  Your creativity always inspires us.    If you didn't win today please be sure to visit www.shellysimages.com and click "Monthly Digi Giveaway".  Then just enter your name and email address to enter for our March giveaway.  Be sure to enter once each month for your chance to win.  Winners of the Monthly Digi Giveaway are announced in our Newsletter and notified by email.

And don't forget about our current BONUS Challenge.  We are offering a wonderful digi stamp to all those who commit to making one project and linking it with the inlinkz.  Entries are open from now until March 31st.

Our new challenge is starting today.  I hope you will join us again.  We can't wait to see what you will create.   

Tutorial/Technique Tuesday: Making It Fit

Hello Everyone and welcome to another Tutorial/Technique Tuesday here at Shelly's Images!

Have you ever had a pretty piece of design paper you'd love to use on a card but just know that once you cut it to fit you are going to loose the pretty pattern?  Well here's a trick I use ALL THE TIME!

Here is a piece of adorable design paper from the Prima Sweet Fairy 6x6 paper stack that I would like to use on my A-6 size card (6 1/4" x 4 1/2").  

As you can see, when you cut the paper to the 6 x 4 1/4" panel you need for the front of your card, you loose part of the pretty pattern!  Here is my solution to the problem . . .

Take the piece that you cut off and layer it on top of your 6 x 4 1/4" panel and adhere the two together.  Now you say ... BUT THEY DON'T MATCH UP!  Well, here's my solution to THAT problem . . .

By taking a strip of paper that matches your base card (this is actually one of the pieces I cut off my 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock to make my base card), punch it on both sides using your favorite border punch or die and adhere it over top where your design paper is seamed.  That's basically all you have to do!  As you can see, once again it appears that the background paper is all one piece and perfectly matched!  Now have fun decorating the front of your card.  Here are a couple of samples I have to share with you today.

For my first card I've simply added a Birthday stamped sentiment to my lacy panel.

And here I've gotten a little fancier by adding a strip of pink satin ribbon over my lacy panel ... then printed out Shelly's Images "B is for Birthday Sentiment".  I achieved the yellow shadowing by leaving my die cut circle inside the die and sponging a little Momento Dandelion ink around the edge before removing it from the die.  This is a nice way to make it look like you have another mat without the bulk of more paper.

I hope you have enjoyed today's little tip and find it useful.  Please be sure to stop back on Thursday for theTerrifically Thrilling Thursday Challenge and check out another AMAZING NEW IMAGE from Shelly!  I tell you ... this girl is ON A ROLL!!!

See you there!

Houston...we have a problem!!!

Unfortunately our Shelly's Images.com website is down.

I have been in touch with technical support and have been told that the issue seems to be a server problem.  It is very rare to have outages like this and especially for this period of time.

Hopefully things will be fixed and everything will be back online soon.

Thanks for your patience.

-Shelly

"Get Together" Event

"Get Together" Event

We are so excited about teaming up with Digi Stamps 4 Joy for this fun event.  As far as I know two digi companies have never teamed up for an event like this so be sure to join us for a great "get together". 

 Visit our Paper Craft Planet groups on March 1st after 10 a.m. CST (6 p.m. South Africa time) for all the information.

Shelly's Images at Paper Craft Planet

Digi Stamps 4 Joy at Paper Craft Planet

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