Terrifically Thrilling Thursday: Show Us What YOU Got!

WOO HOO!!!

Yep, I'm THAT happy - for so many reasons today!

Today is my Friday (because I have the REAL Friday off work =)
AND, because it's a Challenge Thursday at Shelly's Images!

What could make that BETTER???  Well, it's a Show us What YOU Got challenge day!

And what makes today's challenge even more SUPER FUN for our uber talented design girlies?

Well, today we get to use our FAVORITE Shelly's Images digis!

Yah - it's a good day all the way around!

Care to see our inspiration before you run off to your studio and send paper flying?

Lisa

 Jackie

Shelly's Images - May Flowers

Darlene

Amanda

Miranda

Gerda

Marianne

Min featuring Ladybug Afternoon (My new most favorite SI digi!)

All these FAB-U-LOUS Images can be found at the Shelly's Images Store.

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.  For this challenge it is Anything Goes.

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 June 5th, 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.

8.  In your blog post be sure to provide a link to Shelly's Images Blog and list that you are entering our challenge.

Have fun with this challenge and we hope that you are inspired by our wonderful Design Team and will come and join us!

TTT Challenge Winners - Schools out for Summer!

Whew, what a busy few weeks we have had at our house!  School is winding down for the year. My daughter Taylor is finishing up her 8th grade year so we have 8th grade promotion and all of the "end of middle school" festivities happening.  It is hard to believe she will be in high school next year!  Thanks so much to everyone who entered our Kids Themed challenge.  I was so inspired by these amazing project.  The DT and I had a hard time choosing our winners.

Our "Beary" Favorite project is #27 Dewi Lestari from Sunday Morning! Dewi, the DT and I loved your beautiful 3 dimensional shoes.  They are so pretty and all of the embellishments are wonderful.   Dewi, 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 #6 Mian Hahne from Mian's Crafty Corner and #43 Julie from Julie's Crafty Creations!

Mian this is an adorable project.  We loved the colors and this cute project that is perfect for boys.  

Julie we loved this beautiful project!  Here at Shelly's Images we are huge fans of special fold cards and this one turned out just perfectly.

Mian 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 May 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.   

Tutorial Tuesday - Making Zig Zags

Happy Tuesday!

Today I'm going to give you a crash course on making ZIG ZAGS for your projects!
This is kind of a cool way to make them if you don't have a fancy Zig Zag die or cutting machine.

So, let's get started - 

You'll need to get started:

A Paper Cutter, Paper, Adhesive & Scissors

With you paper cutter, cut a 1-inch strip of paper - we're going to make 1" x 1" squares

 Like these ones below.  =)

Take those squares and cut them in half on a diagional (like I did below) 

 Take your pile of triangles and begin laying them out in a overlapping manner like below.  You can glue down as you go if you'd like, or lay out first and then go back and stick down.

So, after attaching your triangles, you should have something that looks a little bit like this.

Thanks for visiting today and be sure to check back Thursday for our Terrifically Thrilling Thursday Challenge - you'll be glad you did! =)
Hugs & Happy Days!

TTT Challenge Theme - School's Out for SUMMER - Kid Theme Challenge

Hi Ladies, It's Jacqueline here, hosting her first  Thursday challenge. 

Our new Thursday Challenge for May is 

School's Out for SUMMER - Kid Theme Challenge
Our designers were given this awesome image called "Play Ball" digi and this so reminds me of when I used to play softball as a little kid. I'm so honored  to show off our amazing designer's  using this digi!! You can purchase this image and many, many more amazing digital images at Shelly's Images Store.


So here is what our talented designers came up with;

Marianne

Amanda

Miranda

Gerda 

Jackie

Darlene

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.  For this challenge enter any KID themed project.

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 May 15th, 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.
8.  In your blog post be sure to provide a link to Shelly's Images Blog and list that you are entering our challenge.

Have fun with this challenge and we hope that you are inspired by our wonderful Design Team and will come and join us!

TTT Challenge Winners - April showers bring May FLOWERS

Once again we had such stunning entries for our FLOWERS Challenge.  It is truly almost impossible to pick our favorite 3.  I think we had more like a favorite 100 for this challenge.

Our "Beary" Favorite project is #36 Pamela from Pamela's Craft Spot! Pamela, we loved the beautiful layout of this project.  The gray you used really gives such a soft feeling to the entire card.  Pamela, 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 #134 Emily from Em's Many Thoughts and #115 Frea from Creafrea!

Emily, this is such a fabulous project using Shelly's Images "Field of Dream" digi stamp.  We loved your coloring and that cute flowered fence.  It just turned out perfect!

Frea, the DT and I felt that your project was absolutely perfect for this challenge.  So many beautiful flowers and embellishments.  Great job!

Emily and Frea, 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 May 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.   

Tutorial Tuesday - Coloring glitter using Copic Markers

Hi Ladies,

My name is Jacqueline Smith and this is very my first tutorial of any kind for Shelly's Images so please bare with me.

I found this tutorial from Elizabeth's Crafts using Warm Highlight Glitter and coloring it using Copic Markers. She uses her own peel - offs, Sookwang tape, Warm highlight glitter and then colors the Peel-Off image using Copics Markers. I decided to see if it would work  using a digital image. So I printed the image (Play Ball) onto shimmery white paper and then photocopied it, by running the acetate thru a photocopier machine at home. You can use a printer as well by making sure you select the right acetate for the right printer which it will say on the packaging.

Supplies needed: Acetate, Warm Highlight Glitter (by In The Making Enterprises),  Sookwang tape or double sided adhesive, Digital Image (Let's Play Ball -Shelly's Images) and various Copic Markers.

Step 1. Print image onto Acetate, cut around image and apply to double sided adhesive onto backside of image. On top of a piece of vellum, apply Warm Highlight glitter onto adhesive and brush off excess. Put back back in jar. Burnish well using your finger, it should look like this when done.

Step 2.  Decide where the Light source is coming from, in this case it's coming from the left side. Take Copic markers E11 and E15 to color skin, always start with the lightest color (E11) to color each area. Starting with the arms, base coat using E11 using bottom of the nib of a Copic marker and then apply the dark color (E15) for the shadows. Then go back to E11 to mop out the dark color so it blends (no harsh lines between dark & light colors) using the brush bottom of the copic marker never use the tip of the brush unless in real small area. Then go back and do the face using the above mention technique. Before putting the caps back on the Copic markers make sure there is no glitter on nib, this will damage the nib if left on. Tip: to get rid of glitter just use an old scrap of paper to gently brush the nib back & forth until no glitter remains. Then take a soft cloth to gently get rid of the glitter.

Step 3: Starting with B53, basecoat the boy's helmet. Then take B79 and apply the darks around the back of the helmet, the holes over the ear piece. Again go back with B53 to mop out the dark color so it blends (no harsh lines between dark & light colors). Basecoat the jersey using B53,leaving out the collar and the trim. Then add the shadows using B79 and go over with B53 to blend. 

 Step 4: Using YR68 basecoat the gloves and then use R27 to add shadows. Then go back to blend the colors using YR68. If there isn't enough contrast go back with R59 to deepen the shadows again go back to blend using YR68. Do this with his collar and trim around his jersey using the same colors.

Here is what it looks like up to now before coloring the bat and hair.

Step 5:  I used E55 and E89 for the bat. I basecoat the bat using the lighter color (E55) and went back in using the E89 for the shadows. Then I blended the colors using E55. I basecoated his hair using E100 and didn't add an highlights. It doesn't look like it but once you turn it over, you will be amazed at what the picture looks like.

Here the image is facing the right way and looks a lot better.

I really hope you like the tutorial and learned a new technique today.
Here is what the finished card looks like; 

Thanks for coming by and have a creative day!
Rubber Hugs,
Jacqueline

TTT Challenge - April Showers bring May FLOWERS

Hi ladies,

It's Thursday again and time for a new challenge.

The challenge theme this time is "April showers bring May FLOWERS".

In other words we love to see flowers on your card or project.

This time the ladies of the design team have used the "Ladybug Afternoon" digi.

And some of us have used these sentiments.

Ladybug Afternoon

Beauty Sentiment

Ladybug Hugs Sentiment

These are their cards.

 Min

 Gerda

Marianne

Amanda

Miranda

Darlene

Inside View

Jackie

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.  For this challenge use FLOWERS on your project.

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 May 1st, 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.
8.  In your blog post be sure to provide a link to Shelly's Images Blog and list that you are entering our challenge.

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