Papers and Pixels - October 2012 Issue

Shelly's Images is SO very honored to be featured in the October 2012 issue of 

Papers and Pixels!

If you aren't familiar with this amazing magazine then please be sure to check it out.  Each edition is stuffed with great ideas, tutorials, and inspiration.  And freebies!  Shelly's Images was happy to provide a great freebie for the October issue.  

The October issue is even more special for Shelly's Images because our very own Darlene Pavlick from our DT is ALSO featured.  

TTT Challenge Winners - Show us your SHAPE

Happy Thursday everyone.  Today is a little sad for me.  Darlene has been here visiting me in Kansas since arriving Monday evening.  But today she has to fly home.  :(  Thanks so much for visiting me Darlene!  Before we race off to the airport I wanted to post the winners that our DT chose from our "Show us your SHAPE" challenge.  

The Gold Medal Award winner is Debbie from Crafting When I Can.

Debbie this is such a fantastic shape project and a wonderful fun treat for 1st graders.  All of the papers and embellishments work together so well.  And I love the sparkly shoes!   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 Pat from Paper, Markers, Ink, Oh My!

Pat, the DT and I truly were in awe of this project.  The layers of circles are so beautiful on the face of the card.  But then you made the round box which is absolutely amazing.  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 Nikki from NM Card Creations.

Nikki this card is just PERFECT for our "Show us your SHAPE" challenge.  So many cool shapes!  Such an interesting easel card.   Please be sure to grab the bronze medal badge to display at your blog.  You can find your badge here.

Thanks to all of our creative crafters  who entered our challenge.  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 September giveaway.  Be sure to enter once each month for your chance to win.  

Our new challenge has already begun.  Come join us for a fun game of Tic-Tac-Toe.

TTT Challenge - Time to play Tic - Tac - Toe!!!!

Happy Thursday friends!

Shelly here...and this week I get to host the new challenge starting today.  We hope you will join us in a little game of crafting Tic-Tac-Toe.

To play along enter a project using the items on our "Tic Tac Toe" game board.  Use the 3 items which make either horizontal, vertical, or diagonal lines across the board.  In the past we have even had entries using all of the items on the board.

This week the DT will inspire you with our project using the "Grave Invitation Set"

As you can see from the thumbnail above, this set comes with three different versions of the digi stamp and some sentiment files to help you with your projects.  Be sure to visit the store to get your "Grave Invitation Set" Digi Stamp. 

Darlene really added to the "spook" factor with the scary spider in the corner.

Tic-Tac-Toe - Ribbon, Embossing, Digi

Marianne chose green, purple, and black for her scary project.

Tic Tac Toe - Bling, Free, and Embossing (on the cute kitty)

Jackie used colorful orange, purple, and green for her frightening project.

Tic-Tac-Toe - Punch or Die, Free (Glitter), Ribbon

Amanda has her monsters all tied up in this amazing coffin box.

Miranda made this lovely project with traditional orange and black.

Tic-Tac-Toe - Color Orange, Bling, Punch or Die

Shelly (that's me) invites you to open the gate....if you dare.  

Tic-Tac-Toe - Punch or Die, Free (Bling), Ribbon 

 I hope we didn't scare you off.  :)  Please join in on the fun and play along with us this week.  I can't wait to see what you create.

We have just a few simple rules.

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 October 17th.

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.

How to make your own "Pearl" Embellishments

Ready for another tutorial here at Shelly's Images?

Today I am going to show you my technique for making Hot Glue "pearls" or embellishments.  

Hot Glue Pearl Template File
http://www.4shared.com/file/T8qDazvY/gluepearltemplate.html
(technical difficulties...to get this file just copy and paste the above link into your internet browser)

I hope you enjoy our tutorial and I hope you try this technique.  If you use our tutorial be sure to share your projects with us.  We love seeing projects inspired by our tutorials.

We have many, many tutorials here at Shelly's Images.  Visit the labels area on the right side of our blog to see lots of categories for our projects and tutorials.  Or click our "Tutorial Library".  

TTT Challenge Winners - Show us what you got!

Happy Thursday everyone.  WOW!!!!  237 amazing entries for our "Show us what you got!" challenge.  It is nearly impossible to pick winners with so many amazing and inspirational projects.  Thanks so, so much to everyone who entered.  The DT and I really had to work hard to agree on only 3 top choices for this week.  After much deliberation we are happy to  announce this weeks winners....

The Gold Medal Award winner is Cheryl from She Stamps.

Cheryl, I know I have said it before, but your projects always inspire me.  Your project this week is so warm and welcoming.  We love the details you chose to add.   Everything is perfectly balanced and soooo pretty put together on your projects.  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 Rina from Scrapbook Fashionista.

Rina we loved this pretty project.  The pink and black works so nicely together.  And the sentiment on the inside tag is very moving.    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 Cara from Sassy Sisters. 

 Cara (8 years old) and Cortlynn (10) have an amazing blog.  These two young sisters are such amazing crafters already.  Cara, your project is beautiful.  Pink and green are two of my favorite colors to combine.  And I love the shaped mat you added behind the image.  Great work girls.  Keep crafting!  Please be sure to grab the bronze medal badge to display at your blog.  You can find your badge here.

Thanks once again to everyone who entered.  The DT and I have such fun travelling around blogland to visit you and see the amazing projects you enter in our challenges.  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 September giveaway.  Be sure to enter once each month for your chance to win.  

Our new challenge has already begun.  We can't wait to see what you create.

TERRIFICALLY THRILLING THURSDAY

Hello ladies, it's Thursday again, I bet you can't wait to see what the new challenge is......It's so good and exciting, today we have the first creations from our New DT-ladies, and I can say from the bottom of my heart, they did such an awesome job, thanks girls! And of course slowly we are going into Autumn, and then it's time for Halloween, so you have to get your cards and creations ready in a few weeks, we thought we should help you a bit, with this challenge: Show us your Shape, make your card or project a shape other than a square or rectangle! To inspire you, here are the cards and creations of the team we all used Full Moon Flight, and how diverse the projects turned out:  

Darlene

Jackie

Marianne

Miranda

Priscilla

Sammi

Amanda (made a project according to the tutorial from Tuesday)

I should say with this you should be able to work something out, from here you're on your own, surprise us! We look forward to seeing what you have made, but first there are a few simple rules that we have here at Shelly's Images but our most important rule is that you HAVE FUN!!!

TTT Challenge - Show us your shape.  Make a project in a shape other than a square or rectangle.

 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 the Wednesday before our new challenge begins. This Challenge ends on October 3 at 12:00 Noon (CST).

TUTORIAL TUESDAY

Hi girls, it's me Amanda again, hope you're all are doing fine! Today I'm gonna share an oldie, but a goodie, a criss-cross card, and you don't need a bunch of stuff. So let's begin: You Need:

a piece of cardstock side 12 x 4 inch, a scoringtool, tape, knife.

Score at 4 and 8 inch and fold it.

Cut diagonal at the left and the right stroke, as shown.

Put some tape left and right at the bottom, after that fold the card together. A little tip, if you want to decorate the inside, you first have to do, before closing the card with the tape.

For finishing it, you need an extra piece of papier, just a little smaller than 4 x 4 to put into it. Now you can decorate it as you please. This criss-cross-card is 4 x 4 inch, you can adjust the size easy, only you need more paper, for a 6 x 6 you need to cut two strokes 6 x 12, socre at 6 and glue the 2 strokes together, the middle piece would be a double then.

I hope you like it, and if you're curious how mine turned out, you just have to come back on Thursday, we have an awesome new challenge for you, and the team made some real great and gorgeous creations to share with you, really spectacular!!!

Greetings Amanda for Shelly's Images DT