My Good Boy -- for The Paper Shelter

 Hello, crafty friends.  Thanks for visiting my blog today!

A new challenge starts today on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog.  The challenge will last for a week, and has the theme of '3 of something'.  The Paper Shelter has so many darling images and coloring pages.  Grab one, color it up, and join us! 

For my card for this challenge, I colored up the image, My Good Boy. I used the black & white .png stamp to create this: 

I used 3 circles and 3 die cut dog bones to meet the criteria for the challenge theme. 

I colored the image with Copic markers, used a set of circle dies from Hero Arts to cut out the circles.  The designer paper is from Newton's Nook.  The dog bone dies are from Cheery Lynn.  The sentiment is a stamp and die set from Taylored Expressions. 

I hope you can join us this week At The Paper Shelter for our '3 of something' challenge.  I'd love to see what you crate! 

Enchanted Roses -- For The Paper Shelter

 Hello, crafty friends, and welcome to this week's challenge at The Paper Shelter!  This week's theme is 'Add Flowers'.  I love flowers, so this was a fun challenge for me.  

Usually I choose to color flowers with Copic markers.  This time, I used a preprinted flower that I found in the Paper Shelter Store. It's called Enchanted Nature- Romantic. I used one of the rose images, but there are many pretty flowers in this design resource.

Here's the card I created with the preprinted Enchanted Nature image:

The dies and sentiment are from Pink and Main. 

This set from The Paper Shelter would really help you develop shading skills in your coloring! 

I hope you can join us for our 'Add Flowers' challenge.  You can use a flower in your image, like I did, or you can add them with dies, diecuts, bling, or whatever pleases you.  The above graphic explains the prize structure for wins at The Paper Shelter challenges. I hope to see your pretty creations this week!

Apple Picker -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

 It's September !  Hurray!  I love September!  The temperatures are starting to cool down, the sun isn't quite so intense, and the leaves are starting to turn.  These are all sign of Autumn, which I love.

September first also means a new challenge is underway in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. The challenge runs all month and this month's theme is CAS or Layers.  There are many, many digis in the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop that will work perfectly for this challenge. 

I used the darling image, Apple Picker for the challenge:

I colored Apple Picker with Copic markers, then started designing the card.  I had a CAS card in my head, but as I started designing it, It ended up with more than one layer, and then a frame and some die cut apples.  So, I guess I followed the 'Layers' portion of the challenge.

The frame is a die from Taylored Expressions.  The apples are cut out with a die from Spellbinders Paper Arts.  The sentiment stamp and coordinating die are from Brutus Monroe.  

I hope you can join us this month for the CAS or Layers challenge at All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group. I'd love to see what you create!