Saturday, December 5, 2009

Pixie Cottage Showcase - Anything But A Card

Happy Saturday!
It's time for another showcase of cards at The Pixie Cottage and this time the team was challenged to make "Anything But Card". There is some fabulous work over there and I urge you to drop over and take a look :)
While you are there check out the "Once Upon a Wednesday" challenge that is running at the moment and it's "Get Stitchy" theme.
Making something other than a card is always fun for me as I was into scrapbooking and altering stuff way before I started making cards and it's nice to swap out the techniques.

I found a few other challenges to go with this one too.

The Pink Elephant had the theme of "Color Me Wonderful" and wanted your favorite method of coloring
Stamp With Fun had a Christmas theme
Rosie and Dees wanted Red and Green and a Bit of Bling!
Incy Wincy also wanted Red and Green
Sophisticat wanted Snowflakes and Sparkle
Stamp With Sarah Kay had a Christmas theme
Creative Card Crew had a Christmas theme
Gingersnaps had a Winter Wonderland theme and so did Cuttlebug Spot
3 Clovers wanted Gifts (no cards)
My Time To Craft had a theme of "Winter Pals"
Crafty Calendar had a theme of Winter Sparkle
Lots to Do had a Snow theme



I used a wooden plaque for this Christmas Decoration and the image fitted perfectly with it!
I colored this fantastic image by Artish with Copic's and added Puffy Paint for the snow on the tree and the snowballs. This stamp is on it's way to Michelle right now so be sure to check back to order it.
I embossed the snowflake circle onto American Crafts wonderful foil cardstock, the Cuttlebug works great on this.
I then matted the circles on Pinking Circle Nesties.
The rhinestones are Michaels $1 spot and the letters are Spare Parts from Hobby Lobby.

Here is a close up of the super cute group of Snow Buddies!
Be sure to check out all the wonderful work of the rest of the team at The Pixie Cottage!
Katie

27 comments:

sam21ski said...

Fab plaque, love the snow effect on the tree and those images are fun

Thanks for playing along with Lotstodo this week - Sam xxx

Risa said...

Hello Katie,
Your decorate plaque is beautiful!!! Your image is so fun and cute and the detailing is fabulous!!! Awesome job!
hugs
Risa:)

Annie said...

So much fun and what a great decoration - love it. Thanks so much for sharing it with us at The Pink Elephant.

Ann xxx

Anne H. said...

I love your Christmas-card!
An adorable image and beautiful colors!
Thanks for joining us this week at Stampavie and More.
Anne :-)

Spyder said...

What a fun image! I love your plaque
(Lyn)

LORi said...

Oh Katie Girl...This is just fabulous!!
So happy you joined us at TPE this week!!!

Big Hugs - LORi BOYD

Chrissie said...

Super card! Thanks for joining in the challenge at MTTC this week.
Chrissie

Tammy said...

This is soooo darling Katie!!! You did a fabulous job with this and it is very creative!

Random Acts of Krafting said...

How adorable, I love the snow, simply wonderful.
Hugs
Tanya

Sandra H. said...

Very, very nice Katie!!

Unknown said...

Great Plaque, Katie, love it, great colours and image, good luck with your challenges and thank you so much for joining us at Sophisticats this week. Hugs Avril xxxx

cheryl said...

another great card love the snow effect thanks for joining us at incy designs this week love cheryl xxxx

blackdragon said...

Smashing christmas dec... thanks for playing with us at sophisticats this week.
hugs lynx

Ali Dantre said...

Great stuff! Thanks for joining us over at sophisticats this week.
Good Luck
Hugs
Lisa.x
DT/Owner

Nilla said...

Oh, it's a fabulous image, love all about this! Fun! Thanks for joining the Christmas challenge this week! Hugs Nilla SWF team

Karen said...

Stunning decoration .What a fantastic idea !
Good luck with all the challenges.
Thanks for joining us over at Sophisticats.
Love Karen x

Unknown said...

Oh this is wonderful & I just love the image!

Thanks so much for taking part in my challenge & playing along with us at Sophisticats this week

Jan xx

Saskia said...

Lovely to see your work at Rosie-D's Challenge! So beautiful and elegant!! Good luck!

Saskia :)

brenda said...

Hi Katie

Another fabuolous card, so much work and attentions to detail, lovely.

Thank you for sharing it with us at Rosie D's.

B x

Unknown said...

Katie, this is such a cute image and beautifully coloured too. I love the snow textured tree!

Thanks for joining us at Rosie D's this week.

See you soon!

Rosie
x

crafty creations said...

Stunning work Katie - love it

Thank you so much for joining in the Lotstodo Challenge x Hilda

made by fifi said...

love it - thanks for joining in MTTC challenge this week x

Georgia said...

Wow, this is gorgeous! I love the texture you've added to the tree and these colours look fab together! Thanks for joining us at the Crafty Calendar Challenge! :)
Georgia xx

Lesley said...

Gorgeous work! The image is lovely, thanks for taking part in the MTTC challenge xx

Anonymous said...

Totally sweet! Thanks for playing the Gingersnap Creations Winter Wonderland Challenge!

Neet said...

What a lovely idea. A gorgeous piece of work which you can use year after year.

Valérie Goldenschue said...

Très jolie carte, merci de ta participation à stampavie and more