30 May 2012

Challenge #66 Vintage or Shabby Chic

Good morning and hello! Marie is here again to provide you with a new wonderful Paper Shelter challenge. I hope you find the time to play with us again this week. Your stunning creations never fails to amaze us all. We love all the wonderful projects you enter to our challenges even if we have a very soft spot for those of you that uses TPS images. LoL

On to this weeks challenge: Vintage or Shabby Chic. How is that for a challenge? I was certainly challenge but that is what is all about isn't it? We enter the challenges to be better at what we do and to move our crafting a bit further.

So with this said, it's time to see who the lucky winner is of the bling challenge that was given to you last week. That lucky number is 17, Lisa!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:
17
Timestamp: 2012-05-29 19:07:35 UTC

Congratulations sweetie! It's a really cute and lovely card you have made. Just click the e-mail elf to the left and he takes you to the Paper Shelter store where Veronica and Pedro is waiting to help you out. You have three images of your choice to pick out from the store. Have fun with your winnings!


Next week this could be you! Just make a card that fits our challenge for the week and you are in the draw. If you play with our beloved Paper Shelter images you have a chance of winning a gift voucher worth $20. Playing with another brand gives you the chance to win three digis of your choice. Pretty good that to! You know with almost every TPS image there is a designer paper included that matches the image so it's good value for money here. You really need to try them out, OK? LoL

Here comes the fabbytastic cards made by my team for this challenge. As always there is amazing cards to be inspired by. I love them all! All the best to you out there and come on and join us for this week's challenge.

Love n hugs
Marie and the B team






23 May 2012

Challenge #65 - "Bling it On"

Good Morning All, I hope that you are all enjoying the weather, it was so hot yesterday that even our dog couldnt stay out in it long, but Im sure hope it stays like that for next week as we are of to Looe in Cornwall for a few days and meeting up with some friends so we really do need nice weather if we are to enjoy ourselves to the best. Anyway back to this weeks Challenge its all about "Bling" and I know a lot of you have lots of it in your stash so its time to bring it out and plaster it all over your cards.
But before I start Im sure you will want to know who won last weeks "Birthday Card with Sentiment" and that lucky person is:-

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

23

Timestamp: 2012-05-22 19:00:22 UTC

Well done and congratulations Hazel if you'd like to click
 on the email elf in the left hand sidebar,
it will give you the email address you need to contact
 to claim your prize of 3 images of your own choice.

And now back to the sponsers for this weeks Challenge and they are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering you a prize of $20.


to spend on their website but this is providing you have used one of their gorgeous and good value products on your card, but even if you havent they will still give you three images of your own choice, so its a win win situation you just carnt loose with this Challenge.
And before I start to show what stunning cards my extremely talented design team have created for you, I have some very sad news, our team member Ellen has decided to leave us as she has family problems that she needs to deal with and doesnt feel that she can give all the attention to the Team, so Im really sorry to see her go and wish her all the best for the future and that things hopefully will get better for her.
Now here are the gorgeous cards my girls have created for you.


 


























Beautiful Cards girls, Im so very lucky to have such a talented team and I do hope they have inspired you to take part in this weeks "Bling it On" Challenge.

16 May 2012

Challenge #64 Birthday cards with sentiment

Hello dear Shelter fans! Hope you are doing fine and are looking forward to our new challenge here at the Paper Shelter. This weeks theme is Birthday cards with sentiments. That means we have to see a birthday related sentiment on your card. Nice and easy, right? Good! Then we will have a busy week here. That will be fun!

Maybe not as busy as then A team has been this week with over 250 enries. WoW! So you really need to be lucky to win this challenge don't you? Is anyone feeling it? Lucky I mean. Cause we have a winner this week as well and that is no 101, Claire!

Here are your random numbers:
101
Timestamp: 2012-05-15 19:06:44 UTC



Well done and congrats to you. It's a lovely creation. Just click the e-mail elf in the left side bar and he takes you to the Paper Shelter. They help sort your winnings out. Enjoy!


As always we have the $20 gift voucher up for grabs for a lucky winner that has used our images on their creation. If you play with another brand you can win the three images of your choice. That's nice too right? Veronica and Pedro has been busy and created some new wonderful digi stamps for us so be sure to check them out in the store. So much to choose from.

My team never fails to amaze me and I hope they inspire you to do some fabby creations that we can look at later this week. We do love to come and visit you all. Please turn the word verification of and make our life a bit easier. With many entries it takes alot of time to leave you all comments when that is on, so please...

With this I leave you to look at my fabby team's creations. They do rock, don't they?

Love n hugs
Marie and the B team

9 May 2012

Challenge #63 - "Anything Goes"

I want to thank all those that took part in last weeks "Sketch" Challenge, as it was my design it looks as if it caused you problems as we only had a few entrants, anyway this week we shall be making up for that as its a favourite for all of you, its "Anything Goes" and I know we shall be getting lots of you taking part in this one. But before I start showing what my fabulous and talented design team have for your delight you will want to know who won last weeks "Sketch" Challenge, and that lucky person picked by random org is:-

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
6
Timestamp: 2012-05-08 19:00:27 UTC

Well done GI and congratulations if you like to click on the email
elf on the left hand side, it will give your the email address you
need to contact for The Paper Shelter for your prize of 3 digi Images.
As normal we are very lucky to be sponsered by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter, and they are offering you a prize of


of $20. to spend on their website, that is providing you have used one of their products on your card, this can be either a image, papers or printed accessories, and there are a lots to chose from, but dont despair even if you havent they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really carnt loose with this Challenge.
And now I want to show you what not only my wonderful "A" team have created for you but also our two guest designers who have been brilliant in stepping into the gap for the last month, thank you so much Ann Marie and Eva, its been a joy to work with you, and I sincerely hope that we will be able to invite you back again to do a similar thing. And we are lucky to have our dear team mate Paola back from a nasty illness that has kept her away. I do hope you are now feeling a lot better and we all want to welcome you back. Unfortunately Marcea has had a really upsetting week so feels unable to take part in this weeks Challenge, but Im hoping that she will be back with us for our next one in a fortnight.
































Wow Girls, your cards are just stunning and I know you will agree, so I do hope they will inspire you to take part in this weeks "Anything Goes" Challenge.



2 May 2012

Challenge #62 - Sketchy time

Hello and happy May! I hope you have a wonderful day today and maybe you have some time left over to join us in our new challenge. This week we have a lovely sketch for you to work with. It's my dear friend and the team leader for the A team that has put together the sketch. I really hope you will enjoy working with it. We sure did! Feel free to rotate and resize it. Just as long as we can see the sketch in your creation.


We do have a winner from last weeks wonderful entries. And the lucky winner is number 13

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:
13
Timestamp: 2012-05-01 20:17:27 UTC

Just click the e-mail elf and he takes you to Veronica and Pedro over at the Paper Shelter shop. You have three digis of your choice to collect there. Have fun playing with them! Congratulations!



Just as last week we have a gift voucher up for grabs. It's worth a wooping $20. It's yours if you are drawn by Mr Random and you have used a Paper Shelter image. If you are the lucky winner and have played with another brand of stamps you have won tree digis of your choice. Pretty good that too!

So this is what my lovely team has come up with this time. They always make me so proud! You gals rock and so all of you that plays with us every week. It's such a joy to see what you all come up with. Thank you for playing with us and good luck!