Challenge #14 at Cooking It Up! and the Design Team revealed!

It's a super exciting time at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog today as I'm revealing my new team and their first creations!
Be sure to check out all the new members and be sure to give them a great welcome!

The "recipe" this time is:

Use something New (to welcome the New Team) - I used a Brand New EK Success border punch
Use something Old (to remember me by)- The pink dp is from 2003!
Use something Sweet (this can be a theme, an image, a color scheme, anything that makes you think Sweet)

Remember the challenge includes all of the above and anything else you want to add.

I've also found a few other challenges to go with my own to make this card:

Colour Create want Pastels with Easter/Spring as an option
Eat Sleep Stamp had a sketch
Quirky Crafts want to see flowers
Handfull Of Stamps want A Sweet One
Charisma had a Spring has Sprung theme
Corrosive want Spring



Card Recipe:
Image - Easter Egg Briley (I cut her away from her egg)
Paper - DCWV The Sweet Stack and pink plaid is Paper Pizazz
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Border Punch - EK Success Daisy Chain
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - Studio G



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



Here's a close up of sweet Briley on her flower swing.
I hope you can spend a moment a meet my new team and have a go at the challenge too!
Katie

Live Life to The Fullest - 2 New Spring Tilda Cards

Hello and Happy Tuesday!
The Easter and Spring stamps by Magnolia were so gorgeous I wanted them all but you know I had to show restraint and just get a few :)
I want to use them while they are new and it's the perfect season so today I have two new cards for you.

Card 1 has these challenges:

Magnolia Down Under wanted Stitching
Incy Wincy want Stitching too
Just Magnolia had a wonderful sketch
Color Throwdown had a combo of Baja Breeze, Garden Green and Certainly Celery
Roses on Paper want you to Punch It
The Pink Elephant want Pastels



Card Recipe:
Image - Tilda with Flowing Hair
Paper - DCWV The Linen Closet
Medium - Copic Markers
Gloss - Glossy Accents by Ranger
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Pearls - $1 Spot
Sentiment - Studio G




Card 2 has these challenges:

Friday Sketchers had a super sketch
Magnolia Stamp Lovers wanted Purple
365 Cards Day 25 wanted DIY glitter brads or glitter pearls
Crafty Cardmakers want you to Spring into Spring
Creative Card Crew want Vintage/Aged
Creative Cottage want Sparkle
Quixotic want Monochromatic
Crafty Catz want White and 1 other color
Fun With Shapes wanted Faux Stitching



Card Recipe:
Image - Tilda With Flowers
Paper - The Paper Studio
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Glitter - The Art Institute
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Pearls - Queen and Co
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Sentiment - Sticko





I hope you can see in the photo I used the technique with the Spellbinders die to cut the image so it's on the edge of the die cut.

I hope you've enjoyed these two "Springy" Tildas!
Katie

Daisy Doodles Guest Designer!

Happy Monday!
Today I'm a Guest Designer over at Daisy Doodles!
I've been playing in their challenges recently and am very pleased to have been asked to join in this week.
They have a super sketch for everyone to try.



Of course I couldn't just "do" the sketch, I had to turn it on its side and add another mat! LOL

And then there are other challenges as well ! LOL

Paper Garden wanted Embossing
Paper Make Up want you to Be Inspired by The Sun
Sew Many Challenges want you to Punch It!



Card Recipe:
Image- Freddy Hanging Out
Papers -
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Embossing folder - Sizzix
Flowers - Prima
Chipboard buttons - Colorbok
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



I hope you've liked this and I'd love to see your take on the sketch over at Daisy Doodles!

Katie

Cute As A Button, times Two! - More New Pixie Cottage Babies!

OK, I don't know anyone having a baby anytime soon but I'm a sucker for a cute baby stamp and so I had to just make a cute pair of baby cards!

They both follow the same challenges, just one is a boy and one a girl version!

Paper Take had a great Sketch
Die Cut Dreams had a New Beginnings theme
Crafty Creations had a Babies theme
Fab N Funky have an "It's All In The Technique" challenge
Crafty Angels want Paper Piecing too
Cute Card Thursday want Dimensions and both of these cards have lots of layers and "popped up parts"

Here's the Boy version



Card Recipe:
Image - Baby Blake by The Pixie Cottage
Paper - The Paper Studio
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Printed
Chipboard Flowers - Colorbok
Fabric Brad - The Paper Studio





I Paper Pieced his cute booties and rattle and the image is layered too.

And here's the cute little baby girl!



Card Recipe:
Image - Crawling Cassie by The Pixie Cottage
Paper - The Paper Studio
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Printed
Chipboard Flowers - Colorbok
Fabric Brad - The Paper Studio





I Paper Pieced her Binky and hairbow. Again I did a double image and popped one on top for dimension.

I hope if you are in the market for some new baby stamps that you take a look at these as they really are cute!
Katie

Pixie Cottage Saturday Showcase - Painting Eggs and Baking Cookies!

Wow! There are so many new stamps arriving at The Pixie Cottage that we, the Design Team, have decided to give you another showcase.
You can see all the fabulous cards at The Pixie Cottage blog.

Now I'm a bit naughty this week as not only did I do a card with a new image, I also sneaked in with one from a little while ago! LOL

Card 1 is a super new image and the following challenges go with it:

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - Sketch
Jacksonbelle - Easter
No Time To Stamp - Easter
The Town Scrapper - Easter
Fussy And Fancy - Easter
CRAFT - Easter
Paper Play - Easter
ResQ - Eggs!
Ooh La La - Button, a Bow and some Bling
Totally Stampalicious - Ribbons and Polka Dots
Creative Card Crew - Going Dotty!
Colour Q - Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip and White
Die Cuts R Us - 1 Image, 2 Die Cuts, 3 Buttons/Jewels and some Ribbon
Charisma - Spring has Sprung theme
Twisted Thursday - Spring with the addition of Buttons




Card Recipe:
Image - Got Rabbits by ArTish for the Pixie Cottage
Paper - DCWV The Flower Shower
Medium - Copic Markers
Gloss - Glossy Accents by Ranger
Buttons - The Paper Studio
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Studio G




Card 2 was born from a color challenge I saw and I immediately thought of the image so I had to play along:

Dancing In Pajamas - Poppy Red, Sunny Yellow, Olive Green and Black (just like a Pizza!)
Midnight Madness - Sketch
My Time To Craft - Make It Manly
Cupcake Crafts - Food and Drink
CCEE Stampers - Photo inspiration and I thought maybe my chef was baking up these tasty treats!



Card Recipe:
Image - Le Penguin Le Chef from The Pixie Cottage
Papers - Assorted from my stash
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbons - Offray





I hope you've enjoyed these cards, be sure to come back tomorrow for more Pixie Cottage cards and make sure to keep checking out the The Pixie Cottage blog as there'll soon be the 1st creations from our new team members!
Katie

Treehouse Stamps - Challenge #42 A New Sketch

It's time for another challenge at The Treehouse and this week it's brought to you by Ashley!
She has drawn a great sketch and challenged the team (and you) to see what they could do with it.



Now of course I added a couple of other challenges too:

Corrosive want Paper Piecing
Paper Sundaes also want Paper Piecing
Crafty Angels want Paper Piecing too (popular this week!)
One Stitch At A Time want Vintage and I think the image and the muted papers give a vintage feel.



Card Recipe:
Image - Sunflower Bouquet
Paper - K&Co
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Studio G
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Doily Lace
Die Cut - Spellbinders



Inside is more dp and a message mat cut with a matching die.



I hope you can see that I printed out the image on dp and cut out the flowers and added them on top. I highlighted some of the areas with Copic's too.

This was a great sketch to work with and I'd love to see your take on it.
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge 12 - Running Around In Circles!

Hello and Happy Hump Day!
It's time for another new challenge at The Pixie Cottage and this time we want to see you running around in circles! That's right, as long as it has a circle on it you can enter! We know there many of you out there that downloaded our free image and we'd love to see you use it in this challenge if you could although it's not a requirement.

I have a big list of challenges with this card:

Sweet Stampin had a "Spring is in the Air" theme
Lots to Do had a Springtime theme
Crafty Cardmakers had a Spring into Spring theme
The Shabby Tearoom want Spring and Stitching
Incy Wincy want Easter or Spring
Lexis want Easter
Stamp With Fun want Easter
Magical Crafts have an Easter/Spring theme
Crazy 4 Challenges had a Spring theme
Secret Crafter said Spring has Sprung
Allsorts had a Spring is in The Air theme
Crafty Catz had a Spring theme
Frosted Designs want you to Think Spring
Paper Garden want Spring too
Challenge Up Your Life want Spring Flowers
My Grafico wanted 3's
The Pink Elephant had the perfect sketch
Rosie Dees wanted Spring with Green, Yellow and White



Card Recipe:
Image - Chickadee-da-dum by ArTish for The Pixie Cottage
Paper - DCWV The Flower Shower
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - American Crafts
Flower - The Paper Studio
Sentiment - Printed



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



Now tell me you can look at this silly trio without smiling!
Now it's your turn to get out your punches, die cuts and circle cutters and join in the fun!
Katie

Love at Easter - Tilda as a Shepherd

Happy Tuesday!
Easter and Spring are all about new life and rebirth and I think this new Easter Tilda stamp really brings that message home. I only got her last week and just loved her so much that I had to color her right away.

I found a few challenges to help me create the card:

Roses on Paper want you to Punch It!
Just Magnolia want an Easel Card
Magnolia Stamp Lovers want Die Cuts
Magnolia-Licious had a Sketch
Stamp With Fun want Easter
Crazy Challenge want Easter
Practical Scrappers want you to use something you've had for more than a year (the ribbon and bow are at least 2 years old)
Everybody Art had an Easter theme



Card Recipe:
Image - Tilda as Shepherd
Paper- DCWV The Linen Closet
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Deep Gareden Trellis
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - Studio G





This stamp is surely one of the cutest Tilda's you'll find don't you think?
I love her hair and dress, she was lovely to color.

I hope you like her as much as I do.
Katie

Pile It On - Give some love to your Furry Friends!

Happy Sunday!
It's time for another card with tons of challenges, that's right it's Pile It On Time!
This time we'd love to see your projects with a Furry Friend theme.
It will be worth your time as this week are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp!

Here are the challenges I found for my card:

Edited to add: I've picked lots of Spring ones but last night here we got 5" of snow ad it's still snowing so not a very Springy day in North Texas!

Stamp With Fun had a Super Sketch with tons of layers
Crazy 4 Challenges had a Spring theme
Bee Crafty had a Spring theme
Secret Crafter said Spring has Sprung
Allsorts had a Spring is in The Air theme
The Pink Elephant had a Spring theme
Crafty Catz had a Spring theme
Frosted Designs want you to Think Spring
Paper Garden want Spring too
Challenge Up Your Life want Spring Flowers
Die Cut Dreams want you to "Pack a Punch" and use more than 1 different punch
Polly Craft want Sparkly Things (and a digi)
Daisy Doodles had an Artists Choice (free week) as long as it was a Digi image
Little Paper Shop wanted you to "Make Something Old New Again". I used a very old (probably 10 years) border punch that had tiny butterflies and I used the punched out pieces instead of the border part
Handfull of Stamps wanted you to "Remove the Dust"
Simple Doodles want "A little Green" and a digi image
Simon Says Stamp want a Splash of Green
Flutterby want some Green and A Fairy, Butterfly or Angel
Papertake want Lilac and Lemon
Crafty Angels want Hearts and Lace
My Time To Craft want Lovely Lace
Jacksonbelle want you to "Show Us Your New Stuff" and I use one of the latest DCWV paper stacks
Fab N Funky want you to "Show Us Something New"
Creative Cottage wants Flowers
ABC were at Q for Quotation
Little Red Wagon want to see Copic's



Card Recipe:
Image - Olive from Digi Stamp Boutique
Paper - DCWV The Flower Shower
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Making Memories
Fabric Brads - The Paper Studio
Punches - Martha Stewart
Lace - Offray



Inside is more dp and a message mat



Here is a close up of Olive, doesn't she look happy to be out in the Spring air?
So now it's your turn, grab your favorite Furry Friends image and get Piling It On!
Katie

So Super Sweet! A New Pixie Cottage Card

Happy Saturday!
It's been Spring Break here this week so thank goodness for evenings!
I've a new Pixie Cottage card for you today and be sure to check out The Pixie blog as there is a new tutorial by team member Renata.

I used a few challenges to help me with this:

Color Dare had the combo of Real Red, More Mustard, Gable Green and Tempting Turquoise
Moxie Fab had a Chair with a Pillow with similar colors and patterns to the dp I chose
Sweet Sketch Wednesday had a great sketch
365 Cards Day 13 A Whole New Dimension
Crafty Cardmakers want a Feminine Celebration
Charisma wants Something for The Kids
Paper Cutz want 1 Ribbon and 3 Buttons



Card Recipe:
Image - Sweet Molly from The Pixie Cottage
Paper - The Citrus Stack by DCWV
Buttons - The Paper Studio
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Studio G
Border Punch - Martha Stewart



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



Hopefully you can see that I popped up the cupcake and flowers in Molly's hair and I replaced the top of her lollipop with a button!
I hope she brought a little sweetness into your day and be sure to check back tomorrow for a Pile It On card with a ton of challenges!
Katie

Happy Birthday from Mother Goose!

Hello and Welcome to another Friday!
My post is a little later today as I didn't get a chance to finish up my card yesterday as it's Spring Break and my house seems to be full of children! LOL
In fact I didn't even get to start it! LOL
So this morning I set to do it and saw a wonderful new sketch so my plans changed a little but I really like that they did.
The photos are not good this morning but I think you'll get the idea.

The challenges with this card are:

Friday Sketchers had a great Sketch
Twisted Thursdays want Pastel Colors
Play Date Cafe want Medium Pink, Pale Pink and Pale Yellow
Poppy Paperie wanted Buttons, Polka Dots and Light Moss
CRAFT wanted Nursery Rhymes
Charisma want Something for the Kids
Cottage Studio wanted a Quick Birthday card using a digi image
Daring Cardmakers wanted a card with a Bird on it



Card Recipe:
Image - Mother Goose by Digital Delights
Paper - DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Girl
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Medium - Copic Markers
Buttons - Dress Em Up by Jesse James
Sentiment - Studio G




This is a better photo of Mother Goose, she certainly is cute!
Anyway, I finally got it finished and be sure to check back tomorrow and Sunday for more new cards.
Katie

Delightful Sketches and Challenges - A New Sketch with Digital Delights New Releases!

Can you believe another month has passed and it's release time at Digital Delights again? The Design Team each worked with a new release image and were challenged to us the latest sketch.



And I got to work with Easter Egg Peyton!
There are other Easter images too and more from the International Children collection, you can find them all at Digital Delights and all with our newly lowered prices!

I did find a few challenges to help me:

Sew Many Cards had an Easter theme
Sassy Susie wanted Easter too
I Love Digi want Easter too
The Town Scrapper had a 3 Button challenge
Pixie Dust had The Power of 3 as a theme
Creative Card Crew are Going Dotty!
Crafty Creations want Spots and Dots
Paper Popsicles had an Easter theme
A Spoonfull of Sugar want Easter too
Paper Minutes had the theme of Egg, Egg, Egg!



Card Recipe:
Image - Easter Egg Peyton
Paper - DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Studio G
Dewdrops - Robins Nest
Buttons - The Paper Studio for Hobby Lobby






I hope Peyton is going to share some of that Easter Egg or else he'll end up with a big belly ache!
Katie

Treehouse Stamps - Challenge #41 Thank You

Time for another Treehouse Challenge and this week our featured Team Member is the super sweet Yaneri from Scrapy Crafter Creations
This week she challenged all of us to make "Thank You" cards, something we can all do with having a small stash of.
So we'd love to see what you can do with this theme too!

Paper Garden had a Sketch which I turned a 1/4 turn and I dropped it on top of the sketch from Kl Stampin Scrappin. I never combine sketches but these two worked so I gave it a try.
One Stop wanted Spots and Dots
Paper Play had a Thank You theme
Saturday Spotlight wanted something Slick and I used Glossy Accents on the Umbrella, the Puddle and the Boots
Stampotique have a Spring has Sprung theme
The Cuttlebug Spot were going Digi (and some CB too)



Card Recipe:
Image - Stars and Showers digital collection from Treehouse Stamps
Paper - DCWV Flower Shower and My Minds Eye Summer Song
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Around the Page
Ribbon - American Crafts
Medium - Copic Markers
Shine - Glossy Accents
Sentiment - Printed in CK Diva font





Hopefully you can see his "shiny bits" on this close up.
Now we all need to remember to write more Thank You notes so use our challenge as an excuse to get one ready for that time you'll need it next.
Katie