The Paper Nest Dolls - Zodiac Release

Good morning!

I know another nice and early one here from me - I have so much going on!

I'm here today with one of the AMAZING new release stamps from The Paper Nest Dolls !!!

Now you may have seen some of the sneaks on Facebook - but I know that Christine has done an amazing job with this set and I know you are all going to be blown away!!  

So I'm sure by now you have seen the new release is 'Zodiacs' now even I never got that from the sneaks shown!!! 

I have been lucky enough to get to colour 'Sagittarius'  for the release :) I just love how Christine has interpreted her - the bow and arrow and the horse…. just perfect  :)

I coloured her with copics, the papers are from my stash - once again an 'unknown mix' of what I thought worked!!

The 'Sagittarius' is from the SIL store, I coloured each letter on the studio and print and cut it - it fitted just perfect with the image down the side :) 

I really wanted this card to focus on the adorable image and so I decided to keep embelishments to a minimum!  Well I'm sure you want to see the rest of the amazing stamps to pop to The Paper Nest dolls blog to see more ;) 

If you have a moment I would love to know what you think of my creation :) 

See you again soon 

X

Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes

Good Morning! 

Its so long since I last blogged, time is something that seems I never have at the moment!  Anyway Im here today with my latest creation for The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge :) 

There have been some adorable new stamps released in the last few weeks that you must take a look at :) I know some of the team have used some this week so remember to check out the creations on the Blog :) 

So onto this weeks challenge - we love to see all you creations so its… 

Anything Goes

Of course we always have our Top 3 which will be chosen by our amazing design team any image can be used to be eligible for Top 3 and each of our top 3 winners will receive a digi stamp of there choice from the Paper Nest store.

Be sure to leave a direct link to your blog post and please turn off  word verification.  This makes it so much easier to leave some love for all the amazing projects

This week I have used the adorable Christmas Flower Ellie on my creation - I just love everything about her (OK the hat kinda helped!) 

Isn't she just the cutest!  She was coloured with copics, the papers are loose ones from my stash and the sentiment is from Lili of The Valley.  Im trying at the moment to cut back on the flowers that I use as so many of my creations were having more and more flowers on - but I just had to add them on here! 

I just love how this card turned out :) I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

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Thanks so much for stopping by, remember to check out the new stamps here and if you need more inspiration for the challenge take a look at what the rest of the design team have created here :) 

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon 

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Anything Goes @ Paper Nest Dolls!

Morning all, I know its been far too long since I have been here.  Lots has been happening and just hours are vanishing faster than I can keep up!  

So I'm here today with the latest challenge at The Paper Nest Dolls! 

We have the wonderful theme of anything goes! We have some wonderful prizes on off and don't forget out 500 follow candy!!! 

So my creation this week :)  

I have used the adorable Frog Catcher Owen available here :) 

He was coloured with copics and cut on my cameo.  The papers are all from my mixed stash so I have no idea what ones they are.  the happy birthday was printed and cut on my cameo.  

I just love the way he has turned out.  I would like to enter my card to the following challenges; 

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Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment you will leave me a comment! 

I promise it wont be so long next time!  Hope you will join us over at The Paper Nest Dolls! 

:) 

x

Paper nest Dolls US Team - Anything Goes

Morning all, well I do hope this one goes up on time this week, after all I'm finally ahead of myself :) 

Anyway thank you to all of you that joined in over at The Paper Nest Dolls Challenges on our last challenge, we had some really wonderful entries and I know it was very hard to pick :) 

If you joined us pop over to the blog and see if you were our lucky winner or maybe top three!! 

and if you didn't join us why not??  Well now is your opportunity! Im here today with the new challenge and as normal we have the wonderful theme of….

Anything Goes

Yep we like to keep it nice and easy for you.  So i do hope to see many many more of you join us this week :) 

So onto my creation, this has been made for a friend of ours that has recently welcomed a tiny one into the world! I have used the adorable Special Delivery - this stamp is just perfect for the new arrival :) 

The image was coloured with copics; 

B21, B32, B41

T1, T2, T3, T4, 0

YR21, YR24

The image is so easy to colour, I can't wait to do a pink one - just waiting for someone to say a pink person arrived!  The papers are form my scrap stash, and the 'welcome little one' is printed then cut on the cameo.  The lace and flowers are all from my stash.  

Well I do hope I have inspired you to join in with us for this challenge! I look forward to hopping around to see all the wonderful entries! 

See you again soon

:) 

Paper Nest Dolls Norway

Its me again… I promise next time I will be on-time! or at least I hope I will 

Anyway I'm here this time with the next challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls Norway!! We had some wonderful entries to the last challenge, thank you to everyone that joined us, you can see the winner and top three on the blog! 

So this week we have the theme of 

Confirmation/Celebration

I have cosen to use the beautiful Bride Ellie for this challenge as i felt she fitted rather well with the theme of confirmation. 

The image was coloured with copics; 

E000, E00, E21, E93

R20, R22

T1, T2, 0 

E41, E43, E44

The papers are from the last of a 6x6 pad of 'Fairy Belle' - one of my much loved stacks!  The flowers, charm and pin are all from my stash.  The wording was done on my SIL studio! 

Well I do hope I have inspired you to join us this week! I can't wait to see some of your creations! 

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon 

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The Paper Nest Dolls US

 Morning all, so sorry I'm running late once again, the weeks are flying by and I didn't realise it was time again for a post on my blog…. I'm sure last time I looked I had another week to get all this done!!

Anyway I'm here today with the next challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls US, I can't quite believe how the weeks are flying by! We had some wonderful entries last week, thank you to everyone that joined us, please pop to the blog to see the winner and top three, I know the team had a tough time choosing!!! 

So this week we have the new challenge staring and its the theme you all love….  

'Anything Goes' 

This week I have made a card using an older PND image, Kite Flying Ellie. 

I wanted to do something a bit more C&S than my normal and so I decided to print her as just a basic card front to then colour and stick her. 

Skin and Hair;

E50, E51, E21, E11, E93

E40, E41, E42, E43

Dress and Kite; 

Y17, Y19, V06, V09

RV17, RV19, T2, T3, 0

Shadow; 

T0, T1, T2

I designed the front on my studio and then just printed her out!  Well I hope I have inspired you to join us this week! remember to pop over to the blog for more inspiration :) 

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Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes

 Morning all, so sorry I'm running late once again, the weeks are flying by, I'm sure last time I looked I had another week to get all this done!!

Anyway I'm here today with the next challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls US, I can't quite believe how the weeks are flying by! We had some wonderful entries last week, thank you to everyone that joined us, please pop to the blog to see the winner and top three, I know the team had a tough time choosing!!! 

So this week we have the new challenge staring and its the theme you all love….  

'Anything Goes' 

This week I have made a card using an image from the latest release - I just love Ball gown Ellie, she looks so sophisticated and perfect for so many occasions, you can find her here in the store.

Now when i coloured her for some reason I decided that I would use one of the lovely frames from the SIL store - I have always wanted to attempt using one but never know what for until now.  The image was coloured with copics; 

Skin and Hair;

E50, E51, E21, E11, E93

E40, E41, E42, E43

Dress; 

BG45, BG53, BG57

RV17, RV19

Shadow; 

T0, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5

The papers are from MME Follow your Heart, I now have to find another one as I just LOVE that pad!   The ribbon and rhinestones are from my stash.  I love how she stands out from the rest of the card with the brown frame :)  Well I hope if you have a moment you will leave me a comment, I do love reading through!!  Thanks so much for stopping by, remember to pop to the blog for more fantastic inspiration from the DT :) 

Paper Nest Dolls - Norway

Morning all, so sorry I'm a  bit late today, the DVD of Frozen arrived and a certain Miss N made me sit down with her! 

Anyway I'm here this time with the next challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls Norway!! We had some wonderful entries to the last challenge, thank you to everyone that joined us, you can see the winner and top three on the blog! 

So this week we have the theme of 

Easter/Spring Colours

I have cosen to use the sweet Easter Owen available here in the store  thought he is just so adorable I had to use him!! 

The image was coloured with copics and the papers are from MME Follow your Heart - I know I have said it before but this pack is so versatile!  The 'Happy Easter' was cut on my cameo and the ribbon is from my stash!! 

Well I do hope I have inspired you to join us this week! I can't wait to see some of your creations! 

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon 

x

Paper Nest Dolls US - Anything Goes

Morning all, so sorry I'm running a bit late today, been one of those days with the clocks changing!! I can't believe how the weeks are flying past at the moment, Miss N turns four on Saturday!!  

Anyway I'm here today with the next challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls US, I can't quite believe how the weeks are flying by! We had some wonderful entries last week, thank you to everyone that joined us, please pop to the blog to see the winner and top three, I know the team had a tough time choosing!!! 

So this week we have the new challenge staring and its the theme you all love….  

'Anything Goes' 

This week I have a card I have made for Mothers Day that we celebrated yesterday here in the UK - this was the card I made for my mother in law and she loved it!!  please allow me to introduce to you Wishing Well Ellie available here in the store 

Isn't she adorable!! Just loved all the detail in this one, although she looked difficult at first to colour she was very very easy!!  The papers are from MME Follow your Heart, I just LOVE this stack!!  The swirls are cut from a MB die and the flowers are from my stash :)  The image is coloured with Copics; 

Skin and Hair;

E50, E51, E21, E93

E40, E41, E43

Hat and Dress and Shoes;

E31, E33

R20, R22, R24

G40, G43

Bag and Shading

T1, T2, T3, T4, T5

I do hope you like her - I know I do!  Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope I have inspired you to join us, I know the rest of the team have some amazing creations on the blog so why not pop over and take a look :) 

Hope to see you again soon :) 

xx

The Paper Nest Dolls - Norway

Morning all, so sorry I'm a  bit late today, non stop morning! Lots being done and the list still growing!!  

Anyway I'm here this time with the next challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls Norway!! We had some wonderful entries to the last challenge, thank you to everyone that joined us, you can see the winner and top three on the blog! 

So this week we have the theme of 

Celebration/Birthday

I have cosen to use the sweet Love Grows Ellie available here in the store and as Mothers Day here in the UK is only a short while away I have chosen to make a Mothers Day Card. 

Ellie was coloured with Copics; 

Skin and Hair;

E50, E51, E21, E93

E40, E41, E43

Dress and Flowers

R20, R22, R24, R47, R46

Grass, Leaves and Pot

YG03, YG17, YG63, YG67

The paper is from Prima Fairy Belle Collection, one of my all time favourite pads!  The flowers are from my stash and the butterflies were punches using my MS Trio of Butterflies punch.  The 'Happy Mothers Day' is a print and cut on the cameo :) I love how sweet she looks, I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

Marker Pop - Anything Goes

Cards Galore Encore - Stamp or Digi 

The Cupboard Trilogy - Mothers

A Gem of A Challenge - Mothers Day

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment you will leave me a comment, I do hope I have inspired you to join us over at The Paper Nest Dolls Norway

See you again soon 

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Paper Nest Dolls - US Team

Morning all, so sorry its been so quiet, we still on the 'lead up' to the wedding!! Not long now!

Anyway I'm here today with the next challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls US, I can't quite believe how the weeks are flying by! We had some wonderful entries last week, thank you to everyone that joined us, please pop to the blog to see the winner and top three, I know the team had a tough time choosing!!! 

So this week we have the new challenge staring and its the theme you all love….  

'Anything Goes' 

This week I have a card I have made for Miss A to take to a party next week - the little one that its going to is very very in love with her Disney Princesses, and so this image was just perfect.  please allow me to introduce to you Genie Avery available here in the store 

Now I coloured her up a few days ago and in all the 'wedding stuff' I appear to have 'disposed' of my notes from colouring her.  The 'Just for You' is a stamp from LOTV and the Name is cut on the cameo. The roses are from a die I have, I have rolled them very tightly.  The swirls are also a Die,  All in all I do love the finish on this card! 

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes (optional 2d or 3d flowers

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment you will leave me a comment 

Well I do hope I have inspired you to join us this week over at The Paper Nest Dolls 

Hope to see you again soon :) 

So Lucky!

Evening, well I have to say I really didn't think I would be on this much of a roll today, It appears that taking some time out to blog is making me much more productive! I dread to think how many creations I haven't shared with you :( 

Anyway I'm back today with a bit of a different creation for me, well its still a card, but its a bit 'green'….

When linking up to some challenges yesterday I saw that there are many 'green' themes out there at the moment, and so I thought it would do me some good to make a card with lots of green! I have used the adorable Shamrock Ellie Rubber Stamp from The Paper Nest Dolls

Sh was coloured with Copics; 

Skin and Hair;

E50, E51, E21, E93

E33, E35, E37

Greens and Greys;

G40, G43, G46, 

YG03, YG17, YG67

T1, T2, T3

I didn't really know what sort of green to go with and so I chose to colour with lighter colours and then take the matting paper to the darker green.  The flowers are from my stash, mostly Wild Orchid Crafts, the shamrock banner, the tiny shamrocks in the flowers and the 'Lucky' were cut on my cameo.  I added a little bit of ribbon from my stash around one of the layers - If I'm right I think it was an SU one!

 Now although the card is very 'St Patricks Day' I'm sending it to someone that has done so much to help someone in my life recently as I am lucky for all they have done :)

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

Marker Pop - CH #38 - Lucky Green

Di's Digi Designs - Make it Green

Open Minded Challenges - Something Green

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Green and Ribbon 

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment you will leave me a comment :) Hope to see you again soon 

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The Paper Nest Dolls - Norway :)

Ohhh well I told you that you were in for a treat…. I meant it didn't I - Two posts in one day!! 

As many of you know I'm on The Paper Nest Dolls US Challenge Team, I have been asked if I will join The Paper Nest Dolls Norway team as well! Im so over the moon, you all know that I love my dolls and so I just had to jump strait in there!

Whats so nice is that I'm getting to work with so many new rubber stamps too :) 

So the challenge this week is 

Ribbon/Lace

We have a wonderful prize up for grabs for this challenge

 who are giving prizes to the DT`s top 3 choices;

1. prize: 3 pcs The Paper Nest Doll digistamps of your choice. / (3 valgfrie digistamps)

2. prize: 2 pcs The Paper Nest Doll digistamps of your choice. / (2 valgfrie digistamps)

3. prize: 1 pcs The Paper Nest Doll digistamp of your choice. / (1 valgfri digistamp)

So over to my creation, I'm so excited that I'm now able to work with some of the new releases over at The Paper Nest Dolls, This week I have chosen to work with the adorable Easter Bonnet Avery for my creation this week.

I know your all thinking that Easter is a way off but really its not! She was so lovely to colour, I chose to use some bright colours on her using my copics; 

Skin and Hair; 

E50, E51, E21, E11, E93

E40, E41, E42, E43

Hat and Basket

E31, E33, E35

Flower, Dress and Shoes

R20, R22, R24, R27

Coat, Sky and Grass

B0000, B01, B02

YG03, YG17, YG67

Now I know you can't see much of it, but I have added some lace behind my image - I wish I had been a bit braver and added some more! The papers are from Bazzill Basics and its called Vintage Marketplace, i have to say its one of my favourite paper stacks! 

The sentiments are a mix of Lili of the Valley and Whiff of Joy all stamped onto kraft card stock to match the matting of my other papers.  The flowers are from my stash, mainly Wild Orchid Crafts, I did get a bit brave and tried to mix my flowers up a bit with the help of one of the girls on the team :)  

I had to add some butterflies to this one too, I used some of the odds of paper left over with my Martha Stewart punch, I then added some gems behind them to add some sparkle :) Now I'm so in love with this spring like card that I would like to enter it into the following challenges; 

Fashionable Stamping Challenges - Anything Goes

Sunday Stamper - All things bright and Beautiful

Allsorts - Spring is Coming

Fantasy Stampers - Spring Colours

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Well I do hope I may have inspired you to join us this week - if not then pop over to the blog and take a look at the inspiration from the rest of the team - I know each and every creation is just amazing!!! 

Looking forward to seeing your creations 

:) 

The Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes

Good Morning, I know its been far too long since I have blogged - I'm think I may have mentioned to you that I have myself a little job, so with that I had to take my leave from a lot of my DT work, not only that but my sister gets married in a few weeks so I'm up to my eyes with all of that too!!! 

But I promise you are in for a bit of a treat from me today! 

Anyway back to what I'm here for!  So today marks the beginning of a new challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls - Thank you to everyone that joined in with out last challenge, we had some wonderful entries - pop over to the blog to see if you were a lucky winner!!

So over to the theme, we have the normal 'anything goes', but this time we have a little twist on it for you :) Although the main theme is anything goes, we would love it if we could see some creations with some 

'Fancy Folds'

Yep anything that has a bit more than your normal card fold, we would LOVE to see it. 

Now I will be honest and admit that I forgot the folds thing - however I do still have a creation for you this week!!  And if the weather here is anything to go by, I hope she will cheer you up! 

I have used the adorable Posh Princess available here in the store - I really wanted to make her stand out from the crowd on this occasion - so I used lots of reds - even her hair is red!  I had so much fun colouring her up that I forgot to write down the combo's :( 

The papers are from one of my favourite stacks - so favourite that I used every sheet in the stack and have no more :( I decided to keep the red thing going by using that as my matt colour.  The flowers are all from my stash, mainly a mix of Wild Orchid Crafts, the sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.  

I would like to enter this bright and cheery card into the following challenges;

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Colour Me Creative - Flaming Red

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope I may have inspired you to join us over at The Paper nest Dolls :) 

Hugs 

x

Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes

Morning all! Well here we are agin, these weeks are just flying by! Thank you to everyone that joined in with the last challenge - pop over to the Paper Nest Dolls blog to see if you were our lucky winner!! 

So I'm back today with another challenge - as you may have guessed its 'Anything Goes' - yep we all know how you love that theme!!!  We have some wonderful prizes on offer :) 

$20 gift Voucher to the store and 2 reels of ribbon from 

Wonderful prizes, remember to be in for the running of winning the prize you must use an image from The Paper Nest Dolls :) 

So over to my creation this week, I had lots of fun with this one, with Valentines day having just gone this was perfect timing! The image I have used for my creation this week is Chemist Avery - when I saw her I knew she was perfect for what I wanted to create :) 

The papers are from MME 'Be Amazing' pad, I just love the colours in this set.  The image was coloured with copics; 

Skin and Hair; 

E50, E51, E53, E21, E11, E93

Clothes, Shoes and Shading; 

T1, T2, T3. T4

B21, B14, B12

R27

E33, E35

The sentiment was created using my Design Studio for my Silhouette and the arrow was cut with a file from the SIL store :) 

I do hope you like my creation and I how you will join us this challenge, 

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon 

:) 

x

Sunday Sketch & Stamp

Sunday Sketch & Stamp

Good Morning - well life has been crazy round here this week, Miss A has been ill and I started my new job - Its going to take a bit of getting used to, thats for sure!! Love what I do though and I'm looking forward to going in again next week!!! So I'm here this morning with the latest challenge at Sunday Sketch and Stamp - this week it was my turn to draw the sketch for you and here it is…. 

So this week I have used one of the gorgeous images from Saturated Canary on my creation.  With Valentines day less than a week away I decided to go with the 'love' theme!! 

Most of the papers are from my scraps from last year, I wanted to keep the 'hearts' in there as much as possible! The bunting cut was cut on my cameo - I think I have finally finished Mr B's card for this year  :)  Well I do hope that you like my creation this week and that you will join us over at Sunday Sketch & Stamp :) 

Papernest Dolls - Anything Goes

Morning all - well thank you to each and every one of you that joined us on the last challenge! We had some wonderful entries and I know the DT LOVED seeing all your creations!!! So I'm here again today with the new challenge for The Paper Nest Dolls - were still keeping it nice and simple for you so we have the wonderful theme of 

'Anything Goes'

Yep - I know how we all love that theme!! So this week we have some wonderful prizes for you we have the $20 certificate up for grab (if you submit an entry using a PND image) and we also have xxxx

Thank you XXXX for sponsoring us… we also have something new up our sleeve… we will be offering a GDT spot!! Yep so you can have the opportunity to work with some special dolls too… Pop to the blog for more information on how to apply.  

So this week I have something a bit special to share with you - as it is today this creation has been popped in the post to go and live with someone that I feel needs a reason to smile :) Please allow me to introduce to you 'Love Strung Ellie'  now as a rule she is a 'Rubber Stamp' but there is a limited number of her available as a 'Digital Version' now the only person that knows how may are left is the head Doll - I know a few of my friends have purchased her as the special since she has been up - but I have no idea how many are left….. 

The image was coloured with copics and the papers and flowers are from my stash.  I love how bright and colourful she has turned out :)  The rhinestone flourish is from the Hobby House, I cut the edges from it to make it fit.  I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

That Craft Place - Valentines/Love

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment you will leave me a comment! Looking forward to seeing your creations for this challenge :) 

Sunday Sketch & Stamp

Morning all - ohhh its one of those weeks that I'm so far behind with everything trying to catch up is proving impossible!!! 

Anyway I'm here this morning with the latest sketch over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp :) Thank you to everyone that joined in with the last challenge - you can see who was our lucky winner by taking a look at the new look blog!!! 

So over to this weeks sketch drawn by Anne-Marie - its a grab one for you this week! 

So over to my creation - I have used the gorgeous Dressy Mae from Some Odd Girl 

The image was coloured with copics;

Skin and Hair;

E50, E51, E21, E93, E31, E33, E53

Dress

V20, V22, V25

The papers are from Craftwork Cards, Time Flies collection, I do LOVE this pad (I have managed to locate a 2nd one now!)  The always and Forever is from my sentiment basket - I have no idea what company it is!!!  I do love how this card has turned out, I would like to enter this into the following challenges; 

Digi Galore - Valentines

Doodle Pantry - Any Digi Goes

Fairies Challenge Blog - Love is in the Air

If you have a moment I would love to know what you think! Thanks so much for stopping by and I do hope you will stop by again soon 

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