TTT Challenge Winners - Seeing Spots

Another challenge has already come to a close so time again to choose the winner's of our "Seeing Spots" Challenge.

The Gold Medal Award winner is Grace from "the-INK-ing of you"
Grace we loved the colors and the frames.  You added so many beautiful elements.  And the sentiment is so meaningful.  Congratulations on being our Gold Medal Winner this week.

Our Silver Medal Award winner is Cheryl from She Stamps.

Cheryl, I am such a huge fan of your work.  Your projects always inspire us.  We loved the way your ribbon lays down over the edge of the paper seemingly held in place by the beautiful layers of buttons.  And your stitching (which I think of as one of your trademarks) is always so lovely and the perfect addition.  We love the little shine of bling near the bottom of your project and again on the tag.  Just so lovely.

And, Our Bronze Medal Award winner is Vicky from Paw Prince!  Vicky this is an amazing project.  So much love and attention has obviously gone into the creation of this project. We love how the dot or spot elements compliment the stripes.  And the added flowers balance everything so beautifully. And you can never go wrong with an added splash of glitter.  :)

And the Top Hat Award (first name out of the hat using random.org) is Patty from Patty's Kreativ Seite. Patty your project may be our random draw winner, but wow is it a beauty.  I love the oranges and greens on this project.  What a calm and happy color scheme.  And the layered flowers are fabulous.  I need to go back and translate your sight to see exactly how you made those.  Congratulations!

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.

Terrifically Thrilling Thursday - Green and Gold

Hello Friends!  Hope you all enjoyed our challenge last week

Welcome To Another Terrifically Thrilling Thursday!

Today - in honour of St Patrick's day - we want to see

greens and golds

Be Sure To Check Back, Later Today, To See
If You Were One Of The Winners From Last Week's Challenge!
Be Sure You Play Along This Week,
For Your Chance To Win!

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

This Week's Featured Image is our dear friend Beary - all dressed up in honour of the day Available In The Shelly's Images Store, Today.

Are You Ready To See The Fabulous Creations
From The DT?!

Amanda

Darlene

Stephanie

Pandy

Sammibug

Jen

Shelly

Now it's YOUR turn to join in the fun!

 Just by playing along, YOU could be this weeks WINNER!!

Please follow these simple 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.

Ready, Set, Link It!

Tutorial for creating an inked background

I thought I would show you how to combine a stamp - ink a background - and use digis with it all - to create a really effective scene.

I love trees - and I used Shelly's set for the trees - that's the beauty of sets - loads of choice.  I wanted to make a scene with a stamp that came free with a magazine - but is cute - but a bit small.

First - stamp your image roughly where you want it on to a piece of card bigger than you want.  The reason you use a big base piece is to give you space to work in.  Then stamp the image again on a scrap piece.  Cut out the image on your scrap piece out very closely.  You will use it to cover the image stamped on your card.

You can do just the same thing with a digi image - just print it in a space - and print another the same size in the corner or on another sheet

  

Second - take some sticky notes / post-it notes, and place them so that they cover the area that will be your 'ground' and holds the loose masking image in place

I used 2 blues and a pale brown to create the sky colours.  You can use an odd scrap of sponge, the Tim Holtz applicator, a foam block or a finger dabber to apply the ink.  don't use cotton wool - all it does is soak up the ink, leave streaky patches and uneven fluff everywhere.

Leave it a few minutes to dry 

Next - move the post-it notes so that you are covering the sky you have just created (still keeping the loose image mask in place) so that you can work on the 'ground'.  I used 2 pink colours and a yellow - going for a warm ice look.   Leave for a few minutes to dry

When you take all the post-it notes off and remove the loose mask from the image it leaves you a clean, clear, crisp look

Cut the picture you have created to the size you want it and mat it to match.

Use the digi trees at different sizes to create the final scheme - cut them out close and add a tiny bit of green and glitter.

Raise them on foam pads to get the depth - and spread them over your scene.

And there you go - a great versatile way to combine digis with other elements

The quote on my card is from Peter Pan - it is the directions on how to get to Never Never Land

Yours

kitten xx

www.princesskitten.co.uk

Spotlight On...

...Valentine's Day

Shelly used our Giraffe digi in a completely different way.  It looks so adorable colored in reds and pinks and all dressed up for Valentine's Day.  It would look great in pinks and blues for a baby project too.  

TTT Challenge Winners - Make it a TRIPLE

All of the entries this week were "TRIPLE" amazing!  Great work everyone.  Here are the winners.

The Gold Medal Award winner is Kim from Scraps of Faith!
Kim this is a work of art.  We loved the added details on this beautiful projects.  The shape of the card is amazing.  And I love that you were able to incorporate flowers into this boy themed card.  Love the wooden letter tiles too.  Great work!

Our Silver Medal Award winner is Peggy from The Wired Angel!
Peggy we loved the pop of blue with the browns on your project.  The added elements add wonderful texture and added interest.  Such a beautiful project.

And, Our Bronze Medal Award winner is Pia from Pia's Papir og Perler!  Pia we loved this elegant white on white project.  One of my current favorite styles is the white on white.  And this project is perfect for our "Triple" challenge.  The three white flowers really make a statement on your beautiful creation.   (oh...and congratulations on your new blog!!!)

And the Top Hat Award (first name out of the hat using random.org) is Gemma from Handmade by Gem!
Gemma, this is such a fun card.  I love folded cards and I love the way this cute image pops off the card.  Wonderful!

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.

Terrifically Thrilling Thursday

A good day to all of you, our friends, it's Thursday again and time for a brand new Featured Image. And ooooohw the team LOVED so much working with it, and made such a fine bunch of Cards and Projects to inspire you, some strange colours are used, some made real family's out of it....Thrilling it is.

Today Giraffe is our Featured Image, when you hop over to the shop you can buy your own for a special price today only, so grab this chance!

As I already said, the team made some wonderfull examples for you to show how much you can do with it!

Darlene

Shelly

Jenlee

Princesskitten

Sammi

Karen

Stephanie

Amanda

Offcourse we have a new Challenge for your, it's "Seeing Spots" so make us happy and show us your projects using spots and dots and have the chance to win a Shelly's Images Digi Stamp!

Please Remember To Follow Our Challenge Rules:

- Link directly to your blogpost-entry, NOT to your entire blog
- Shelly's Images are not required but we'd love to see them
- No Backlinking To Old Projects
- Each Submission Must Be A New Project
- Your entry most follow the theme
- Only 5 entries per challenge please
- 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

TECHNIQUE TUESDAY

Hello girls, it's Tuesday again so time for a new Tutorial, you know I love special fold Cards, so here's my Twisted Easel I want to share with you. You don't need a lot of stuff, 2 pieces of cardstock 1 - 6 x 12 inch and 1 - 6 x 6 inch.

Step 1 and 2

Take the piece of paper 12 x 6 and fold it in half.

Step 3

Fold the right side as shown, diagonal.

Step 4 and 5

Take the other piece of Cardstock and glue it on to the diagonal folded piece as shown.

Step 6

This is how it appears when you set it on it's feet, now you're ready to decorate is as you like.

I made a Card for next Thursday, Giraffe, if you are curious, hop over to the blog on Thursday to take a look, here's already a little peek.

Have fun and see you back next time!

Hugs Amanda