Guest Designer at ABC Christmas Challenge - Let's get Krafty for Kids!

Over at ABC Christmas Challenge they have a new challenge and are being sponsored by Digital Delights. They kindly asked me to make a card for them to which I gladly accepted :)
The challenge is "K is for Kids and Kraft" and it was a challenge for me as I'm not a huge Kraft fan, even though it is very popular right now.

Challenges:
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
I Did It - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Let's Get Krafty
Digi Doodle Shop - Embossing
Christmas Card Challenges - Christmas with the option of
Christmas Inspirations - Christmas Card for a Child
Basic Grey Challenges - Mix It Up (I used BG papers and BG embossing folder)
Phindys Place - Christmas in May
Winter Wonderland - P is for...Punches (anything beginning with P)
Christmas Stampin - Very Vintage (although the image is not Vintage the style of papers, Kraft paper and inking are)
2 Sisters - Use a Digi
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Scallops
Digital Tuesday - Texture
Ladybug Crafts - Animals
My Time To Craft - Use a Die Cut

Card Recipe:
Image - Tango The Skating Bird
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Basic Grey Fruitcake (discontinued)
Gloss - Liquid Embossing by All Night Media
Embossing Folder - Basic Grey Diamonds by Sizzix
Die Cut - Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Seventeen Die Templatesand Spellbinders Nestabilities Eyelet Squares Die Templates
Border Punch - Snowflake Border by Martha Stewart

I thought this little guy was so sweet and to make him just a little sweeter I added Liquid Embossing to his skates for some extra shine!
It was nice to make a Christmas card for a change and I highly recommend you visiting and adding ABC Christmas Challenge to your blog roll!
Katie

A Sneak Peak of a new Pixie Cottage Winter Stamp

Happy Saturday!
I'm all of a tizzy today not because of my new card but because I get to go to a Copic class this afternoon!! I've been "playing" with my markers since February this year but have been mainly self taught apart from video's I found on You Tube!
But my local scrapbook store is holding a set of 3 classes and the 1st is this afternoon! So hopefully you'll see a little better coloring soon! Hee Hee!

Now on to the card :) This is a sneak peak of a fabulous new stamp coming from Alisa Ramirez for The Pixie Cottage. This fabulous little reindeer is called Rudolph and he'll be available for preorder really soon!
I chose a few challenges to help me with this card.
Basic Grey Challenges had a color combo of Blue, Green and Red (and use one of their products) so I chose papers from the brand new Eskimo Kisses collection.
Christmas Stampin had a Tag challenge so I placed the cute image on a tag on the card.
2 Red Banana's gave me the sketch
La La Lands wanted to see some Sparkle
Whimsy Stamps wanted to see the "Emboss-abilites" and Treehouse Stamps wanted embossing too
Gingersnaps GC26 wanted to see Brads

I used dp from the Eskimo Kisses collection with coordinating brads and Ornaments from the Chip Stickers selection.
The sentiment is from 7 Gypsies.
I made the mat for the image into a tag and embossed the Coredinations cardstock with an embossing folder all the way from the UK that you can find at The Craft Barn, they have super quick shipping as well. I then sanded it so the flowers would stand out and I hope you think they look a little "snowflaky" like I did! LOL
The border punch is Valentines Lace from Martha Stewart.

The inside is more of the super Eskimo Kisses dp and a message mat with coordinating ribbon.

I added Diamond Stickles to his hat and topped that with Art Institute Ultra Fine glitter in Crystal for extra sparkle!
So I hope he's put you in a Holiday creating mood as it's getting closer and closer to Christmas you know! Hee Hee!
Katie

Happy World Card Making Day! New card with an Unreleased stamp!

Happy Saturday and Happy World Cardmaking Day!
I hope you get a little time to craft today, I know I will as hubby is away for the weekend! Hee Hee!
Today I have a new card for you to see and it's the world premiere of a Brand New Stamp that all you Magnolia fans are just going to have!
As I mentioned earlier in the week I am now on the new Design Team for The Pixie Cottage and I get a chance to play with the unreleased stamps before they go on general sale.
Well when I saw this wonderful door I just had to have it and I know you'll want to have it to for your upcoming Christmas cards.
You can see all the upcoming stamps at Michelle's Scrapbooking and More and I know you'll see some that will have to make their way to you!
This fantastic door is designed by Sandra Hammer and the details on it are just superb. I know that you'll agree it is perfect for your Christmas Edwin's and Tilda's and many others too! And it's due into the store around the end of the month so you'll have it in time for your Christmas projects. You can preorder it directly just here and your Tilda's and Edwin's will be sure to thank you!
Of course it wouldn't be me if there weren't some challenges involved so here goes.
Stamp With Fun started on off with a fabulous sketch
Simon Says Stamp had a color combo of Red and Green so it was obvious that I could use it for a Christmas card
A Spoon Full Of Sugar had the theme of Christmas
Christmas Stampin wanted to see 2 stamps used to make a scene
Storage Units Ink and More also wanted you to Create A Scene
ABC Challenge were at E for Embossing and I used a new Sizzix embossing folder with super snowflakes on it
Creative Card Crew had "All That Sparkles" as their theme and I made the snow extra sparkly!
My Time To Craft wanted Snow Buddies and I think Edwin looks a like the kind of buddy I'd like to have!



I used Edwin with Lantern and I love the fact that the door stamp has been made to match the Magnolia's in size.
The dp is Basic Grey from the both the Dasher and Fruitcake collections. I love the way that Basic Grey brings out a new Christmas line each year and that they coordinate with previous years!
I colored Edwin and the door with a selection of Copic's, Promarkers and Prismacolors. I colored him twice and popped up the second image for more dimension.
The snow is a combination of Diamond Stickles as a base and The Art Institute Ultra Fine glitter sprinkled on top.
The snowflakes and Believe are buttons from Jesse James.
I used an Emaginations patterned corner punch on all the corners.



I added an extra Edwin inside to the message mat.



Here's a close up of Edwin waiting by the fabulous door!
Anyway I'll be over at Paper Craft Planet for the Group Blog Hop later as I'll be playing along with the My Grafico gang! I'll be there from 7 - 8 EST so be sure to pop over and join in the fun!
Happy Creating!
Katie