Challenge #151 - "Spring Delights"

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, I do so hope you enjoyed taking part in our recent DT Call and that you are not to disappointed if you were not chosen this time we shall be having another Call in September you can try again then and if I were honest with you and if you really want to stand a chance of being chosen, its a good idea to start practicing on one of our images as it gives us a better idea of your ability to colour them.
Anyway this weeks Challenge is all about "Spring Delights" and hopefully it has started to bloom in your neck of the woods to we either had extremes of rain or snow this last winter and if you anything like me roll on the better dry and warmer weather, and this weekend the United Kingdom put their clocks forward by an hour so it looks as its finally on its way.
And before I go any further I know you will want to know who was the lucky winner of last weeks "More than 5 Flowers" Challenge and that person chosen by random org is :-

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

23 

Timestamp: 2014-03-25 20:37:32 GMT

Well done Peggy and congratulations and we now have a quicker method

of collecting your prize and that is by clicking on the "Contact Tab" at the

Top on the Tabs Bar it will give you a form to fill up with your choice

3 digi images and can you make sure you put Challenge #150 in the subject bar

 and please also dont forget to add your email address to make it easier

                         for Veronica to sort out your images and get them to you quickly.

Our very generous sponsors as always are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30. to spend on their website.

But of course you know that you must have used one of their products on your card, and that could be either a image, paper or printable and even if you have not they will still offer you 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really don't loose do you? I would urge you to pay a visit to their website The Paper Shelter and see for yourself what stunning and original images they have to offer, and Im sure you will find the latest image on special offer to, so please pay a visit here and see for yourself.
And now I have some very sad news this week as this is the last Challenge our very loved and talented DT member Eileen is with us, she has decided to step down to give not only another and very talented person to take her place Nikki S (who you will meet with our next Challenge on the 9th April) but to spend more time with her family and to do other things as well. So Eileen all the best for the future and please do come back and visit us again very soon as we are going to miss you.
So its time to show you what the girls have been up to this time and to say a very big thank you to them for all their support and stunning and beautiful work they create time after time.

Eileen

Patty Sue

Susan

Angela

Lydia

Anna

Shirley

Anne

Judith

Carol

Well I hope that all the girls hard work has helped to inspire you to take part in this weeks "Spring Delights" Challenge and I look forward to seeing what you come up with, dont forget that if you wish to enter more than one card, you are only allowed to enter 3 cards and one of those MUST carry one of the The Paper Shelter images on it.

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Our New Design Team Members

Good Morning Paper Shelter Followers, we have at last chosen the final five that are to be our new Design Team members, but firstly I want to thank all those that took part in our recent Design Team Call and to say if you were not chosen this time please come back again in the future for another chance of being chosen.

We were blown away by all the beautiful cards that were entered and to say that Marie, who did all the hard work organizing and making this DT Call possible and Veronica who generously gives her time and talent with the gorgeous images we use and sponsors us and many other Challenges, and myself to say we had quite a job chosing the final five was difficult is putting it mildly, as the colouring standard was stunning as was the card design and those who shone out and were eventually chosen are:-

 Nikki S

Nikki

Carolyn

Vannessa

Colette

Nikki S will join my A Team and take part in her first Challenge on April 9th and Nikki, Carolyn,Vanessa and Colette will join Marie in the B Team and their first Challenge is on April 2nd,  and so it will give them time to meet the rest of the Design Teams and also to see how it all works and to introduce themselves as well.

I do hope when they do take part in their Challenges you will give them a very warm welcome and lots of your very famous love you give us already. Thank you again for taking part and we are thrilled that your really enjoy being part of our Challenge Blogspot as we love having you.
And my very final comment is to thank Marie for all her hard work on running a very fair DT Call.

Love and hugs,

  Shirley and Marie

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DT-Call running to 20th of March

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Hi dear Paper Shelter fans, friends and crafters! It's time for a new design team call here at the "Shelter". Our term is coming to an end and sadly a few of our members are leaving. So lucky for you out there, we are looking for some new designers to join our team.

The DT call will run from today, 7th of March till 20th of March, midnight UK time. So you will have about 14 days to apply to the team. One entry per applicants only. We will find our way around your blog. 

Also please write DT after your application in the inlinkz.   

SORRY 

BUT ALL ENTRIES TO THE DT CALL THAT DOESN'T HAVE "DT" WRITTEN AFTER IT'S NAME WILL BE DELETED.

Please note that it takes up a lot of time to run a DT call so it's up to you to make sure that you are entering the right link, either for the DT call or the challenge or both. (If you wish to enter the DT-call and our challenge you need to link at both places).  If you by any reason forget the DT after your name, leave a comment and I fix it for you if you can't do it yourself.

This will be checked at least once per day and those that is incorrect will be removed.

Note that we will 

NOT ACCEPT ANY STAMPED IMAGES

in our DT call. 

We are a digital company and want to see what you can do with your digital images and papers. (It's not necessary to use digital papers in the call, only digital image). Of course we'll be looking at your creations with stamped images as well, but we want a short cut to the digital ones.

You also need to be able to communicate in English as it's the only language we use on the DT blog. 

Our new term starts of 1st of April and will last until the end of September 2014. You are of course required to be able to start working with us right away. You will NOT be able to choose what team you join.

Any questions after you have read this post, just put them in the commenting box and we try to answers as soon as we can, ok?

What you need to do to apply to the team

•  As we are a digital company and work with digital images you need to use a digi for your application. It doesn't have to be new, and it doesn't even have to be a TPS image, but we do would love to see you use them.
•  Your colouring skills needs to be really good, and that is one of the main things we are looking for when we pick our new members. We are looking for high quality crafters of all kind. We are also looking at your photos as they need to be good enough to show of your work really well.
•  Do  show your style in your creation. We want to see your style of crafting being it vintage, CAS, colourful, pastels etc. You can apply with any kind of project you want to card, LO, altered project etc but it does have to have a digital image on it that you have coloured yourself.
•   Make sure there is come way we can get the hold of your e-mail address on your blog. Would hate not being able to contact you if you are one of the chosen ones. (We will NOT leave a comment telling you that you are one of the lucky ones).

Tip of the day!

The newer your creation is the better your chances will be. You might not see it but it will be a big difference between the card you made today and the one you made 6 month ago. You will have gotten more experience in your colouring and decorating style. 

It does show!

This is what you need to be do regularly for the Paper Shelter

•    Of course you need to be able to work with digital images as we are a digital company. We have both digital images and paper packs.
•   Do your commenting on a regular basis base out of our commenting rota (two numbers per dt-member).
•   Have your creation ready IN TIME for us. All creations should be ready at the latest Monday eve, UK time.
•   You need to post your card with a link to your blog in time on our design team blog, and on your own blog.
•  The Paper Shelter does also provide pre coloured images so it would be nice if you would be able to use one of those every now and then.
•  If you of some reason isn't able to take part in one of our challenges, you have to tell your team leader in PLENTY of time. We have all our challenges planned early so you should be able to plan for having a card made in time even if you are going away.
•  If feeling like it, you are more than welcome to provide creations for both the A and B team. But you always need to take part in your "own" team's challenges. And comment during that week.
• Taking part in blog hops (we have at least one every year) and other adventures we might do here at the Shelter. From time to time we might ask you to make an extra card. You need to be able to do it.
•  Post banners for sales, blog hops and DT calls on your personal blog when required. 
•  Even if we have two teams on the Paper Shelter we help each other out when needed with cards, commenting help etc. We expect all of you to help out when we need you. 
• Good photos of your work is required as you will be promoting images for the Paper Shelter, we want to be able to show what a brilliant job you do for us.

Benefits for our team members

•  As a starting point you'll get a very generous gift certificate so that you can purchanse the items you need to get you started your designs for the Paper Shelter.
• You will receive all the new products that is produced during your time in the design team.
•  Your own show case page on the challenge blog during the time you are a part of the team.
• You get a whole bunch of new friends in our teams.
•  Help and inspiration from our senior crafters.
• We do have all our challenges up on the design team blog in plenty of time, so you know what you should be doing for coming challenges. 

This is it! I hope I have covered what needs to be covered here. But if there is any questions at all, just ask. Nothing is too stupid to ask about. You don't have to have any DT experience before. Don't be shy, give it your best and try. We will only contact the ones who has made it to the team. The new teams will be presented here on the challenge blog 23d of March. 

We are looking forward to see your entries for our DT call, please tell your friends about the DT-call on your blog, and please do take part in our look out for new members and friends.

Crafting hugs

Marie and the rest of the TPS gang

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Challenge # 150 - More than 5 flowers

Hello and welcome back to us here over at the Paper Shelter. Have you seen? We have reached 150 challenges! WoW what a great effort that is! It's thanks to all of you that takes part and play with us each and every week. Thanks to all of you! Time to give you the theme of the week!

Add more than 5 flowers to your creation
Optional add a sentiment too

(Image or flowers on dp's does NOT count)

For those who are interested we still have about one and half day left on our DT-call. It ends 23:55 tomorrow night (Thursday 20/3-14). Don't miss out on the chance to become one of our designers.

Well a lot of time is spent working with the DT- call at the moment and looking out for sick kids. Luckly for me it's not that bad this time, only a cold. But it takes the best of us especially now when spring starts to arrive and you want to be outside. So to get into the spring feel I needed some flowers to enjoy...

Then we need our weekly winner of the TPS challenge and this weeks lucky winner is actually a former dt-temie of mine from Crafty Card Makers. 

Number 23, Josephines Rainbow is our lucky winner this week. 

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

23

Timestamp: 2014-03-18 20:27:27 UTC

Congratulations! You have won 3 digi's of your choice.  Use the contact tab above to get in touch with  the Paper Shelter and Veronica will help sort your winnings out. Please write that you are the winner of  "TPS challenge 149" somewhere in your mail. You have until Saturday to claim your prize. 

As always we have a gift voucher worth $30 up for grabs if you play with any TPS product. Playing with another brand gives you the chance of winning three (3) digis of your choice. Don't miss out on this! 

Well, as you already know a few of my teamies has already left the team and today we are saying good bye to yet another one. Joey is now leaving us for new adventures. I send my biggest thanks for all you have done Joey. All the help I've gotten with extra commenting and so on has been a real blessing. Can't thank you enough for that.  All your wonderful creations will also be dearly missed. Best of luck in your new adventures!

So here comes the inspriational creations from the rest of the team. Please do give them some love as they do put it a lot of work to their creations. They are  the best!

Love n hugs
Marie and the B-team gals

Gail

Merkkari

Eva Gro

Lena

Pat K

Marie

Rosie

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Challenge #149 - "Away with the Fairies"

Good Morning Fellow Paper Shelter Followers, I do hope that you are taking advantage of our DT Call and if you are interested you still have another week to apply and don't forget to add DT behind your name so we know you really do want to join us.
We have certainly had quite a few lovely days here in the United Kingdom and I hope you have to where you are and the daffodils are starting to come out in the gardens, and here in Gloucestershire and we have loads of wild daffodils on the road verges and they look so bright and sunny and make you feel that at last Spring is on its way, lets hope we are not fooled to much and we start to slip back into wet and cold weather, its been so awful hasn't it. 
Anyway Im digressing and you will want to know what our theme is for this week and its "Away with the Fairies" so we want to see lots of Fairy Cards please with a Fairy image on it and nothing else, we really want you to show us your interpretation of this theme, and I know there are lots of images out there so do have a go.
And now its time to let you know who won last weeks "Anything Goes" Challenge and with such a popular theme we had a lot on entries and the lucky person chosen by Random Org is:-

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

22 

Timestamp: 2014-03-11 20:24:32 UTC

Well done Jenny and congratulations and we now have a quicker method

of collecting your prize and that is by clicking on the "Contact Tab" at the

Top on the Tabs Bar it will give you a form to fill up with your choice

of  $30 worth of products as you used a TPS image on your card
and can you make sure you put Challenge #148 in the subject bar

 and please also dont forget to add your email address to make it easier

                         for Veronica to sort out your images and get them to you quickly.

For this weeks Challenge we are being sponsored as always by Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter, they really are the most generous people I know and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

Of course this is providing you have used one of their beautiful products on your card and that could be a image, paper or printable, and even if you haven't they will offer you 3 digi images of your own choice. Their images are really fabulous value and you will find them here on The Paper Shelter website and do please pay them a visit and browse for yourself.
And I have some special news for you to, Veronica and Pedro are hosting a very special Challenge to celebrate the forthcoming World Cup

and if you would like to take part you will find all the details here and here and it looks a wonderful chance yet again to win $30 to spend on their website.
My girls have really don't a fabulous job with the theme this week and I want to thank them all for all their hard work, and do please pay them a visit and let them know how much you appreciate this.

Patty Sue

Susan

Carol

Angela

Anna

Lydia

  

Shirley 

Eileen

Anne

Judith

Im sure you will agree what a beautiful selection of Fairies the girls have played with and I hope they have given you inspiration to take part in this weeks "Away with the Fairies" theme and I look forward to seeing what you create for this Challenge. And please don't forget that you are only allowed three entries and one of those must have a Paper Shelter image on it, if you do add it without the image it will be eliminated from the draw.



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Challenge # 148 - Anything goes

Morning everyone! Hope you had a great week and are ready for a new challenge with us here at the Paper Shelter. Here in my corner of the world we actually had a little sneak peak of spring yesterday. A little sun shine that fools you enough to think it's warm and when you get out, the winds are freezing. And still you are enjoying it all to bits because soon, soon... spring will be here. :)

Ok, what you all are waiting for. The theme of the week

Anything goes!

Note that you are only allowed to enter three creations in the challenge, and ONE have to have a Paper Shelter image on it. It's always sad having to remove entries because they are not following the rules or the themes. So make sure that you are meeting up to both the rules and the theme set.

What more is there to say? Well, we need a winner from last weeks Animal challenge which is great success just as always. It was also good to see that most of you are following the theme set this week. Our friend Mr Random has picked entry number

# 68, Jennyfer Creates

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

68

Timestamp: 2014-03-04 20:36:55 UTC

Congratulations! You have won 3 digi's of your choice.  Use the contact tab above to get in touch with  the Paper Shelter and Veronica will help sort your winnings out. Please write that you are the winner of  "TPS challenge 147" somewhere in your mail. You have until Saturday to claim your prize. 

As always we have a gift voucher worth $30 up for grabs if you play with any TPS product. Playing with another brand gives you the chance of winning three (3) digis of your choice.Don't miss out on this! You have plenty of stunning images to chose from and last night there was a new image released called "Spring Enchantment!" A super cute and girly image perfect for your spring creations. 

Today I'm saying good bye to two of my dear team members Lorraine and Sheryl who both are leaving the team due to personal reasons. I will miss you both. You are two very special persons, wonderful team members and great crafters. I hope to see you around when things settle for both of you.

Do you know what month it is? Of course you do, March you say. And that's true. It also means that it's time for a DT-call here at the Paper Shelter. Stay tuned for that, and lets say, visit the Paper Shelter again on Friday to find out more...

Love n hugs
Marie and the (little smaller) B-team

Joey

Marie

Gail

Merkkari

Lena

Eva Gro

Pat K

Rosie

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