Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #64 - Paper Piecing


Chosen in Top 3 at Sentimental Sundays



It's Wednesday so it means another challenge at The Pixie Cottage!
As always there are 2 parts to the challenge and you can choose either or both to play along with.
We have a fabulous sketch and our theme this week is "Paper Piecing"

Challenges:
Digi's With Attitude! - Anything Goes
Crafty Your Passion - Anything Goes
I Did It - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Stamping Vacation Start Here - Nestabilities (used them to make my flower)
My Sheri Crafts - April Showers
Crafty Calendar - April Showers
Crafty Catz - April Showers
The Paper Variety - April Showers
Raise The Bar - April Showers
Sentimental Sunday - Let's Get Wet
Crafty Creations - Rain Showers
Creative Inspirations Paint - Inspired by Spring
Prairie Fairy - Oh So Spring
Tuesday Throwdown - Spring
Crafty Emma - Children
Karen's Doodles - Fancy and Feminine
By The Cute and Girly - Cute and Girly
Kaboodle Doodles -Let's Get Girly
Our Creative Corner - Girly (use ribbon, bling and handmade flower)
Scrappy Frogs - Flowers and Lace
Clear It Out - Handmade Flower
The Crafty Pad - Flowers
Crazy Challenge - Flowers
Magical Monday - Flowers
One Stop Crafts - Spots and Dots
Desert Island Crafts - Pick 3 or more (I chose child image, dots and ribbon)
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Layers
Anything Goes - Pearls
Going Grey - Pick 3 (I picked Ribbon, Flowers and Pearls)



Card Recipe:
Image - Hannah on Stepping Stones by ARTish
Paper - Julianne by Kay and Co
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut - Spellbinders (used to make the flower)
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearls - Recollections
Lace - Offray
Felt Ribbon - Stash


Remember you can use the sketch or the optional technique or both!



This particular stamp doesn't have the umbrella so I made one from a punch or two and I hope you like it.
The flower is made from 3 die cut flowers that were scored and then cut up one fold to the center and then accordion folded. You attached all three "fans" together to make the flower.
I hope you like this card and will join in with our Paper Piecing challenge.
Katie

42 comments:

Holly said...

Oh this is darling!!! This definitely reminds me of spring showers. :-) Thanks for playing in our challenge at Creative Inspirations Paint!

Denise Clark said...

What struck me first about this gorgeous card is the flow of the colors. They just seem to flow into one another yet each element stands on its own. Wonderful job. Absolutely sweet image. Love what you did sith the umbrella addition! Beautiful flowers, lace and great sentiment (one of my favorite old classics)!

Thanks so much for playing along with Stamping Vacation's challenges! This earns you entry in the May 1st drawing for a $25.00 gift certificate to the store of your choice!

~ Kendra ~ said...

Beautiful card Katie, as always! Love the paper piecing and how you added the umbrella in! Thanks for joining us at Fairy Fun Fridays! and Creative Inspirations Paint!

Kendra

craftyb said...

I love this wee image - the gal is so pretty/feminine (love how you added the umbrella too)! Gorgeous card - thanks for joining us at Crafty Creations Challenges! bx

Rachel B said...

Beautiful card. The little girl image is so darling! Thanks for sharing your flowers with us at Clear It Out.

Anonymous said...

So soft and pretty! I love it! Thanks for playing the Crafty Creations with us, Katie!
smiles, Deena

marilynprestonn said...

Darling image Katie. Love the soft pastel colors. Very girly card. Love the fun dp you used on your umbrella too. :)Peggy

~jan said...

I love how you added the umbrella to this wonderful image, Katie! Such a beautiful card. Thanks so much for sharing it with us at The Paper Variety!

Suzy Nurmainy said...

Lovely card! great idea adding the umbrella to the image! Love it! Thanks for playing along with us at The Paper Variety!:)

Unknown said...

ahhh what beautiful card, love it ;)
Thanks for playing with clear it Out

Saskia said...

Thanks for joining us at Crafty Creations Challenge with your lovely work!

Greetings, Saskia
(guest designer)

Jen Nelson said...

simply gorjuss

Thanks for joining us at OSCC

Jen x

Kathryn said...

I love the paper piecing you have done here and that umbrella is just genious!!Thanks for joining in with us at Anything Goes, Kx

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Hi Katie
A beautiful card,thankyou for joining us at CraftyCatz this week,
hugs Dianne xx

Debra said...

Hi again Katie :)

This is simply stunning. The paper piecing is perfect and I love the detail on your umbrella!

Thanks for joining us at the Digi's With Attitude! Anything Goes Challenge. I hope you join us again next challenge, and good luck!

Debra
Digi's With Attitude! Design Team

Dorcas said...

This is such a pretty card, Katie! I’m so glad you could play with us at Sentimental Sundays Challenge!
Hugs,
Dorcas

Gloria Westerman said...

Oh this is so beautiful.....awesome job...and I love you flower and lace ....just beautiful....thank you so much for playing with us at PCC :)....

Julie said...

So adorable, what a sweet little image. Thanks so much for joining us at Raise the Bar this week.

Shelby Goolsby said...

This is beautiful!! I love that the colors are so refreshingly different and the flowers flow perfectly. Great job on the umbrella too. Thanks for playing with us at PCC.
Hugs,Shelby

Tamara Morton said...

Hi Katie, I adore all the embellies and the added details just gorgeous Thank you for joining in at Anything Goes
Hugs
Tamara
PS love that flower

debby4000 said...

Love your gorgeous card Katie.
luv
Debby

Sadilla said...

HI Katie
this is a totally adorable card... and I love the detail of the paper pieced unbrella, with pearls... great idea!! =)
hugs
Sadia

Krista said...

Thanks for joing us at the Digi's With Attitude Anything Goes Challenge this week!

Krista
Digi's With Attitude Design Team

Anne said...

Kate this little beauty is quite simply adorable. Love your colour choice, beautifully coloured and great papers too.
Thanks for joining us this week on Karen's Doodles
Anne x

Wanda Cullen said...

Your card is beautiful and you've combined so many wonderful elements! Thanks for playing along with us at RTB!

kaylou said...

super gorgeous work, thank you for joining our child challenge at CES.
Hugs Kaylou xx

~♥~The Navy Wife~♥~ said...

WoW! I so love the colors in this card and the image is lush but the sentiment and all the details just makes me smile from ear to ear! Love it! Thanks for joining us at The Crafty Pad Flowers Challenge this week & good luck in the draw!

AJ Blanton said...

A very charming card.

My Sheri CRAFTS said...

Perfect for our challenge this week! Your work is always amazing! The image is so adorable and the coloring is fantastic! Thanks for joining us this week!

Tracey said...

Beautiful card Katie, I love everything about it especially the big flower :)
Thanks for joining us at Sentimental Sundays & Good Luck!
Hugs
Tracey
x

Julie said...

Beautiful card Kate!! Thanks for joining us at CES challenges this week, Juliexx

Unknown said...

Oh your card is beautiful! I love the coloring and the flower really finishes it!

Thank you for joining us this week at Paper Cupcakes! Hope to see you back this next week.

Jenn
DT member

Jackie Randolph said...

Hi Katie, another absolutely gorgeous card!! Love all the details with your embellishments. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations!

Hugs'
Jackie - GGSC DT

Unknown said...

Gorgoeus card and the inside is gorgeous too, thanks playing along with Paper Cupcakes this week
hugs
Ildiko

Hristovica said...

Very beautiful flowers and fresh image. Thank you for participating in The Crazy Challenge. Hugs

Anonymous said...

So beautiful and lovely. Love the colors and such a sweet image.
Thank you for joining the fun at Karens Doodles this week.
Good luck.
Dorte aka dot-scrap

Anonymous said...

Absolutely stunning card!I love the umbrella! Thanks for sharing it with us at PTW this week. x

Sharon Wheet said...

Your card is gorgeous! I love all the little accents and the colors. thank you for playing along with us @ OCC. I hope that we get to see more of your beautiful work again!

sammi said...

Another stunning creation from the talented Katie Tate! Thank you for sharing with us at Craft Your Passion in our Anything Goes challenge!

sparklygirl-Tina said...

Hi Katie

What a fab card love the image and the gorgeous lace. Thanks for joining us over at Kaboodle Doodles and good luck.

Tina

Suzi McKenzie said...

What a delight for image, such a beautiful card, I love it:)

Thanks for joining us at Desert Islands Crafters (again) :)
Suzi
xxx

Robin said...

Love the new blog background! Thanks so much for playing along with My Partner in Crafting Crime's 'layer it up' challenge! Good luck with the extra draws!
Robin