Will Work for Carrots

 Hey there bloggers!

Today's inspiration post is

from me, Leslie.

For the card, I used the 

most adorable image,

Will Work for Carrots.

I hope you all like it. 

I had fun creating it. 

It is hard to believe it 

Is almost time for Easter...

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, 

Leslie

Summer is Sweet

Hello everyone, DT Jammie here.  It's FINALLY summer, the kids are all out of school, and the evenings are warm.  This is the time of year when I thrive! Gosh I love the warm weather and being outside.... well other than the bugs! ha ha ha I HATE the summertime bugs! You know one of my favorite things about summer..... fresh fruit poured into home made ice cream! (Yeah, did your really think I was THAT healthy? Ha ha ha!) When I saw this sweet little Ice Cream Ellie I knew she was the perfect image to use for a sweet summertime card.

Copics used: 

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20

Hair: E29, E25, E21, RV66, RV34, RV55

Bathing Suit/Sandals: BG78, BG49, BG45, G00, YG06

Ice Cream: EE13, E23, E55, E31, E77, R83, R81, RV52, G94, G93, G00, BG90

Buttons: Recollections, SU!

Papers: Echo Park, SU!

Clips: Tim Holtz

Twine: Recollections

Distress Ink: Tim Holtz Vintage Photo

I hope that you all have a super sweet summer, take time to enjoy everything!  Happy Crafting Friends!

August Challenge #08

Challenge #08

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of The Paper Nest Dolls Anything Goes Challenge! This month is a special month because we are being sponsored by a wonderful company:  May Arts!  How sweet is that?! One lucky winner will get 3 full spools of May Art ribbon in addition to 7 free digis of your choice. Now how exciting right?!!

Here is a photo of your prize:

So to recap this month one lucky winner will receive 7 digis from The Paper Nest Dolls store and the May Arts Ribbon prize pack and our Top 3 DT Picks will receive one free digi of your choice.  Be sure to send a message to "papernest.challenges@gmail.com"and indicate in the subject line whether you're the Monthly Winner or a Top 3.  If you need a digi to work with you can send an email to the email above and we will send you one to work with for the challenge.

Remember, the challenge here is always Anything Goes :)

And here are your DT girls with their challenge inspiration creations:

Leah

Using Prom Avery

Leslie

Jane

Using Artist Emma

Vannessa

Using Mrs. Claus

Noelle

Using Watermelon Ellie

Beautifully done ladies, as always!  I love the summer colors :)  Don't forget to come and find us on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram for more awesome inspiration!

The winners from last month's challenge, boy were they hard to pick!  So, here they are, the first being the overall winner:

42. Lillian A.

Top 3 Picks:

56. J Atterbury

 

Naz Smith

24. Libbets

Come and join in the fun this month!  Here's the doohickey to join us!

An InLinkz Link-up

July Challenge #07

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of The Paper Nest Dolls Anything Goes Challenge! This month is a special month because we are being sponsored by a wonderful company:  May Arts!  How sweet is that?! One lucky winner will get 3 full spools of May Art ribbon in addition to 7 free digis of your choice. Now how exciting right?!!

But, be sure you join us next month to see all the wonderful projects our team created with May Arts Ribbon.  There will also be another May Arts Ribbon prize pack up for grabs again too!! 

Here is a photo of your prize:

So to recap this month one lucky winner will receive 7 digis from The Paper Nest Dolls store and the May Arts Ribbon prize pack and our Top 3 DT Picks will receive one free digi of your choice.  Be sure to send a message to "papernest.challenges@gmail.com"and indicate in the subject line whether you're the Monthly Winner or a Top 3.  If you need a digi to work with you can send an email to the email above and we will send you one to work with for the challenge.

Remember, the challenge here is always Anything Goes :)

And here are your DT girls with their challenge inspiration creations:

Leslie
Using Frog Princess from the Fairytale Collection

Jane

Using Princess Sweet Pea from the Fairytale Collection

Heidi
Using Watermelon Ellie

Vannessa
Using Let Down Your Hair from the Fairytale Collection

Leah

using Blowing Bubbles Avery

Shell

Using Ballgown Ella from the Fairytale Collection

Noelle

Using Fairy Ellie with Mushroom

And our Guest Designer for July's Challenge, is Eileen Fields!

Using Island Girl Amara

Wow!  That's some fabulous inspiration!  Great job ladies!

June's Challenge winner were tough to decide....wow!  That's all I can say!

The overall winner from June is

 #25, Bonnie Taylor!

And the Top 3 projects are as follows:

# 65, Cebeliea

#46, Gail

And #33, Sue Taylor Hill

Congratulations ladies!  You have two weeks to contact us to claim your winnings please email us at: papernest.challenges@gmail.com and in the subject please put whether you are the Top Monthly Pick or the Top 3 Pick for the month.

Don't forget to link up your challenge creation specific blog post using the Inlinkz tool below.  We look forward to seeing all your wonderful creations!

An InLinkz Link-up

June Challenge #6

Hi everyone welcome to our next monthly challenge #05 here at The Paper Nest Dolls challenge blog.  The theme is Anything Goes and next month we have special sponsor May Arts Ribbon will be offering a gift certificate to the May Arts Ribbon store!! and the theme for next month will be to use "ribbon" of course now who would not have figured that right?!!

This month one lucky winner will receive 7 digis from The Paper Nest Dolls store and our Top 3 DT Picks will receive one free digi.  Be sure to send a message to "papernest.challenges@gmail.com"and indicate in the subject line whether your the Monthly Winner or a Top 3.  If you need a digi to work with you can send email to the email above and we will send you one to work with for the challenge.

Now on to this months challenge and some amazing design team inspiration!!

                                                                               Jane

Melanie

Vannessa

Leslie

Heidi

Leah

Guest Designer Noelle Martin

And our winners from the May Challenge:

Monthly Challenge Winner:

#76.  AJ

Top Three DT Picks:

#20  My Creative Place

#50 Elena V

 #67 Anita Byrne

We have an extra winner, this week as well!

#59  Gail

Beautiful creations!

Ladies, congratulations :)  Don't forget to email us with your choice of digis, and include which type of winner you are in the subject line of your email :)

An InLinkz Link-up

Guest Designer Noelle Martin using Ellie with Kittens

Guest Designer Noelle Martin has made two wonderful cards using the same stamp, Ellie with Kittens!  This is such a sweet image, and I know Noelle is a big fan of kittens; she has two of her own :)

This rubber stamp can be found in the online shop here.  If you're looking for darling images that are great for all ages and walks of life, you can find them in the The Paper Nest Dolls Shop.  Christine's images get cuter and cuter all the time.

Thank to Noelle for sharing these great creations with us, we hope you can find something on the blog or in the shop to inspire you!  Don't forget to join in with the Anything Goes Challenges every month here on the challenge blog.  If you use a PND image, you can be eligible for the top prize.

Check back often for loads more inspiration from our fantabulous challenge team members :)

Ballgown Inspiration with Leah :)

Hi!  I have some Spring inspiration for you using Ballgown Ella from the Fairytale Collection of The Paper Nest Dolls.

I have been following sketches for my cards lately, and have given myself a challenge.  To find out more about this card, and the challenge I gave myself, please visit my blog and leave some love :)

The Paper Nest Dolls online store has some awesome rubber stamps for you to choose from, and the new releases get cuter and cuter every month!

And don't forget to come and join our monthly challenges, where it's always Anything Goes and you may even win a prize!

Some Maddy Inspiration with Leah

One of my most favorite new images from The Paper Nest Dolls is Maddy with Glasses :)  She is just so real, so cute, and so perfect!

If you would like to see more information about this piece, please visit my blog and leave me some love :)

Don't forget to join in on the monthly challenges on the challenge blog to enter your "Anything Goes" project for a chance to win!  You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram as well as on Pinterest!

If you're looking for some sweet images to create with, please visit the online store and look through the many awesome rubber stamps :)  See you next month!

Miss Hollywood, by Leah Tees

My inspiration piece this week for The Paper Nest Dolls features Miss Hollywood, an adorable rubber stamp image that you can find in the online store.

Miss Hollywood by The Paper Nest Dolls

I  followed a sketch from Mojo Monday :) and you can see more details on my blog:  Ode to Paper.

Interested in purchasing this rubber stamp please visit us here at: The Paper Nest Dolls online store.  

Come and join us at the beginning of every month for the challenge is Anything Goes!

Princess Rose by Leah Tees

My inspiration piece this week features Princess Rose from The Paper Nest Dolls.  I followed a sketch for this project and if you would like to see more details, please visit my blog:  Ode to Paper :)

Princess Rose by The Paper Nest Dolls

This sweet image from the Fairy Tale Collection can be found in the online store for The Paper Nest Dolls, here.

 Don't forget to join in the monthly challenges this month here:

 Anything Goes!  You can also find The paper Nest Dolls on Instagram and Facebook!