TTT Challenge & Announcement

Welcome back everyone!  

Before I tell you about today's Terrifically Thrilling Thursday Challenge, I'd like to share a few changes we are making here at Shelly's Images effective IMMEDIATELY!  

First and Foremost, we are switching our challenge time frame to TWICE A MONTH ...

Our challenges will now be offered on the 

1st and 3rd Thursday 

of each month.

In our sidebar you can still see our upcoming challenge themes/dates and NOW you can also see the dates for the upcoming Tutorial/Technique Tuesday postings.

Now onto today's challenge

 (which will run through July 18th).

"WHAT the TEXT"

(Use text [sentiment] on your card/project.)

and today's FEATURED IMAGE is "DAISY 1"

I'm thrilled to tell you I have a 

SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER today!  

Please meet Sue (who actually goes by SASSY)  

Sassy's Secrets

Sassy is a '50 Something' lady from Midlands, United Kingdom and her style is fabulous.

Be sure to pop over to Sassy's blog, check out her beautiful work and leave her some love.  She will be offering a GIFT VOUCHER for Shelly's Images Store to one lucky commenter.

Here's a few words from Sassy:

  I started making cards 10 years ago ... started with a shoe box of bits and ended up with a room full.  I love doing commissions as it gives me a challenge and love  to see people happy with what I made  for them.  I have been described as chocolate boxey and ultra feminine but my style is different with my vintage.  I think I'm just a pure romantic at heart and have always loved art from an early age.

 Now let's see what Sassy and the Design Team have created to inspire you . . .

SASSY

has created this beautiful, vintage card of encouragement,

 with a sweet matching tag.

SAMMI

 has created a soothing sympathy card that would uplift anyone's spirits.

STEPHANIE

created this beautiful floral Thank You with a touch of sparkle that is sure to bring a smile!

AMANDA

has created a card with such beautiful vintage flair it certainly
makes you want to celebrate days-gone-by!

JEN

What a fabulous idea for decorating the lid of a gift box!

Very creative!

MIN

created this "Happy Day" card with a bit of Bling - who wouldn't have a happy day receiving this?

DARLENE

 has overlaid Shelly's 'Thinking of You'  image (coming to the store soon!) on the beautiful 'Daisy1' image (in Word) to created this happy card.

and also created a 4"x6" 'TAG card' 

(be watching for an upcoming tutorial),

 with matching inside sentiment.

We hope you'll come join in our WHAT THE TEXT challenge fun this week.
You will have from July 5th to July 18th to submit your entry and
a winner's will be announced on July 19th.

AND ... Don't forget ...
Besides a $6 Shelly's Images Gift Voucher to one lucky challenge participant ...

You can also win a $3 Shelly's Images Gift Voucher by leaving a comment at 

SASSY'S SECRETS 

and

 DAR'S CRAFTY CREATIONS. 

You can find our rules in the sidebar but here's a quick summary:

• DIRECT Link to your blog posting
• Shelly's Image NOT required
• Follow the theme
• FIVE entry limit
• No backlinking
• Entries for this challenge must be submitted by 12:00 noon CST on July 18th

Now it's YOUR turn!

READY ... SET ... LINK

Gift, Money or Business Card Holder

WOW!  Can you believe we are into JULY already!  

Where's the time going?

Welcome back to Shelly's Images and another Tutorial/Technique Tuesday!

Today I have a quick, cute & easy Gift, Money or Business Card Holder tutorial to share with you!

Here is the 1st holder I made a long time ago.

Thank goodness I put the instructions inside it for safe keeping & future use!

I saw it online ... sorry I didn't write down where!

HERE WE GO!

I've used 2-sided designer paper.

Main panel - 6 3/4" x 4" ... score one end at 2" for top flap.

Side panels - TWO at 2" x 3" ... scored every 1/2" and accordion folded.

(You can also round your corners if you'd prefer ... I have only rounded the top flap on my sample today.)

Attach Scor-Tape to each end flap on your accordion folded panels.

Then adhere as shown below:

Then fold inward and attach the other side as shown below:

For the 'closure', I find these sticky back velcro circles work perfectly!!

HINT:  If you stick the neg & positive sides together when you take them out the pack ... then position it on the 'lid' where you want it ... you simply fold down the lid onto the main holder and you'll have it positioned exactly where you want it!

I find these awesome Prima sticky back studs & pearls work perfectly on the front.  Either by themselves (as on my 1st sample) or with other embellishments ... choice is yours!

 Suggestions for it's use . . .

1.  gift card/money holder that you can send in the mail or 

hand deliver

2.  great for carrying along some of your business cards 

in your purse

3.  add a little chocolate treat or two for 

each of the ladies attending your 

next crafting get together

4.  add a treat and love note to hubby's lunch box

5.  teacher's appreciation day gift

6.  stocking stuffers

7. tooth fairy pouches

etc., etc., etc!

So here's my finished sample for today! 

I hope you've enjoyed this little tutorial and will give it a try!  And if you do, be sure to come back and share a link with us ... we'd LOVE to see what you create!

Please be sure to come back on Thursday for the TTT challenge and to meet my SPECIAL GUEST DESIGNER!  What fabulous sample creations we have to share too!  Hope to see you then!!

Spotlight on.....

Patriotic/4th of July

Looking for some inspiration for those Patriotic or 4th of July projects.  Check out this amazing project by Min.

B-E-A-UTIFUL!

Min has more information on how she made her card at her blog.

Remember to check out our labels section in the right sidebar for more labels and categories.  We have lots of inspiration to help you with any project you are working on.

A Stella Says Sketch challenge with our Friends.

Can you believe it’s July 1st??

And better yet, it’s July 1st and we get to play along with another episode of the Stella Says Sketch Challenge with the Bugaboo Stamps gang.

So, interested in this week’s sketch so you can get started?

We got to play with some Fun Bugaboo Stamps digis this week too

Jen Leeflang featuring 3 of the images in Tall Jungle Blocks Mini Set

And Min from Bugaboo Stamps whipped up a surprise card with the SI Presents image

Min featuring Shelly’s Images Presents

So, what’s in it for you??

Like these projects? Want to do some SERIOUS WINNING??

The rules are simple: Create a Project based on Stella's Sketch above and post a link to it on Bugaboo Stamps' challenge blog, Catch the Bug, by 7/15/12 at 6:00 AM EST to be entered a random drawing for FOURdigi prize packs – TEN (10) (using a Bugaboo image only), SEVEN (7), or FOUR (4) using any image and a prize pack from Shelly's Images too. 

So, COME PLAY WITH US!!! =)

Hugs & Happy Days!

TTT Challenge Winners - Show us what you got!

Baby, it's HOT outside.  Wowsa!  And of course we decide to do the most work in our yard during this crazy weather.  

Here are our winners for this week.

The Gold Medal Award winner is Ali from TeddyBobCrafts.

Ali...thank you so much for entering the challenge with not only an SI digi stamp but also the very stamp that we featured this week.  SO fun to see this amazing project.  The DT and I loved the embossing on your project.  And the torn look around the image is just perfectly rustic.  Great work.  I will be emailing you very soon with your $6 gift voucher.  Please also be sure to grab your Gold Medal Badge here.

Our Silver Medal Award winner is Denise from My Ink Imprint.

Denise, we want to thank you too for using a SI digi stamp.  The DT and I loved the clean and simple design on this project.  Your coloring is just perfect and this project really showcases the image fully. Please be sure to grab the silver medal badge to display at your blog.  You can find your badge here.

And, Our Bronze Medal Award winner is Olga from Elephant Fairies.  Olga thanks so much for using Darlene's tutorial for your project.  It really takes alot of time to create the tutorials and we love seeing our hard work used for such fantastic projects.  All of the elements come together so well on this project.  Great job!  Please be sure to grab the bronze medal badge to display at your blog.  You can find your badge here.

Thanks again to everyone who entered our challenge this week.  Please be sure to join our new challenge which begins today.  We can't wait to see what you create.  

Terrifically Thrilling Thursday

Welcome to another Terrifically Thrilling Thursday! Our challenge for you this week is "Stars, Stripes & SPARKLE !."  

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 next Gold, Silver or Bronze Medal winner!

This Week's Featured Image is Picnic, make sure to stop by Shelly's Images Store, to get your copy today.

Our guest designer this week is Monika Reeck from Creative with Monika.

Hello, my name is Monika Reeck. I am 39, and I´ve been married to Stefan Reeck since Oct 2001.  We´ve been together for almost 11 years. We have 2 handsome little boys. Kevin turn to eight on July 23, and Adrian is five years old. I live in Munich, Germany. I come from Indonesia and because I married German Man also I move here since 2001. I started stamping on April 2008, as my Hubby bought stamp sets for the first time for me. I was making cards since I came to Germany, but only with punches. Then I think with stamp it is faster and more images I can choose and put on my card. I love working with sketches and challenges and maybe you can't believe I am the only card maker who don’t have Cuttlebug or any Die Cut machine J I like to cut it my self and put on my card J I love to make Manly cards, it is easier for me to make something MANLY than GIRLY (sounds funny right?) Thanks for choosing me to be a guest designer with this lovely image, Stephanie. Lovely Images and I have fun to coloring it J

Don't forget to leave a comment for Monika at her blog for a chance to win a voucher.

Here is Monika's wonderful creation.

Darlene

Jen

Sammi

Amanda

Min

Stephanie

Happy Crafting!!!

Please remember our 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. The entry can be any type of project so long as it follows 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 Tuesday - Note Card Pouch

It's time for a new tutorial.  This week I am going to show you how to make a card pouch for 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" note cards.

Supplies needed: one 5" x 12" piece cardstock, two 2 3/4" x 5 3/4" pieces of cardstock, scoring tool, Scor-Tape, tag punch, corner punch, scissors, paper trimmer, embellishments

Step 1:  Score a 5" x 12" piece of cardstock at 5 1/2" and 6 1/2"

Step 2:  Round all four corners.

Step 3:  Punch through top of both layers to make handle.

Step 4:  Score both 2 3/4" x 5 3/4" pieces of cardstock at 1/4" and 1/2" on one long and both short sides.

Step 5:  Cut the little squares off in each of the two bottom corners.

Step 6:  Adhere Scor-Tape to each flap.

Step 7:  Attach pockets to inside of pouch, almost all the way to the bottom.  Use bone folder to secure pockets.

Step 8:  Embellish as desired.

Happy Crafting!