50K Hits so it's time to PARTY!!!

Happy Monday everyone!!
I can't believe it, at the end of this month I will have been blogging for a year and last Friday I passed the 50,000th hit here! I can't believe how many of you keep coming and looking at my work and each day I feel blessed by you all.
To celebrate I'm going to have a little candy for you :)
To be in with a chance to win all you have to do is leave your name and a link to your blog in the gadget at the end of this post.
If you'd like to add my candy and a link to your sidebar you can do, the more players we have the more fun it is :) but you'll still be entered if you don't.
This is what you could win:





4 wood mounted stamps
2 sets of chipboard letters
Sentiment stamp by The Pixie Cottage
Chipboard coasters
30 roses by Wild Orchid Crafts
Set of Tiny Type letter stickers

Now obviously I couldn't blog without a card and this one has a message for all of you that have been with me through the last year:

I Love Digi - Thank You card
ABC - T is for Thank You
Color Dare - Old Olive, Summer Sun, Certainly Celery and Very Vanilla
Lili Of The Valley - Here Comes Summer
Sweet Stampin - It's Summertime
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch
Stampin Royalty - Use Your Punches
Creative Card Crew - April Showers bring May Flowers
Cutie Stampers - Flowers
Alota Rubber Stamps - Flowers
Beary Scrap - May Flowers
Simon Says Stamp - Buttons, Bows and Bling
Handfull of Stamps - Look What I Got (new stash, the BG paper)
Alphabet Challenge - A is for Animals
Allsorts - Animals
Just Cute Bears - Buttons and Bows (and a bear)



Card Recipe:
Image - Meljens Designs Freebie
Paper - Basic Grey Origins
Border punch - Martha Stewart
Medium - Copic Markers
Rhinestones - Michaels $1 spot
Trim - Joanns
Buttons - Spare Parts by Hobby Lobby





I thought this was the perfect image to say how I feel about all the support you've all given me over the past year and please add your name and link below to be a part of my candy.
The link gadget will stay open for 2 weeks so get your entry in by May 17th for a chance to win.
Good luck!!!



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

Easter's coming - Brand New images from Digital Delights (and news on Freebie Friday too)

Hello Everyone and Welcome to Friday!!!

Usually on a Friday you see me with the Freebie from Digital Delights, well you'll still see it today but it will be the last weekly one, Freebies will be on a monthly basis now. But you won't have to wait long for the next Freebie as they'll be on the 1st Friday of the month and that's next week! LOL

Just a reminder that you can now find the freebies at our groups at Papercraft Planet and SNR Card Universe All you have to do is join one or both of our groups and the image is yours. You can find it under the subject Freebie Friday in the discussions area!!) Be sure to become a follower of the groups of your choice so you can be sure to keep up to date with our fun happenings!!

This time we are meeting Timmy Tiger and I'm sure you'll love him!



But on to more important matters.....a new card with a Brand New Addition to the Digital Delights family!

I've a few challenges that helped me along the way with this one.

Die Cut Dreams had an Easter theme
Everybody Art wanted an Easel card
Humble Pie wanted one too
Lexi's have an Anything Goes week
My Grafico want Chipboard and I used Chipboard Easter eggs
Pollycraft wanted you to Double Up and use two images
Practical Scrappers want to see Stamps
My Time To Craft had an "In The Frame" challenge
Papertake had a great sketch that a frame worked with
Colordare had the combo of Bashful Blue, Ruby Red, Kiwi Kiss and Whisper White
Crafty Creations want you to Cut It Out and Pop It Up



Card Recipe

Images - Barnaby Paints an Egg and Somebunny Loves You sentiment
Paper - DCWV Nana's Kitchen
Medium - Copic Markers
Dewdrops - Robins Nest
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Chipboard Eggs - American Crafts



Here you can see the side view of the easel, I still really like doing this style of card for a special image as it gives the recipient the perfect way to display it for all to see.



Hopefully you can see the that the frame is raised up and Barnaby is sitting on the edge with the sentiment underneath at the back of the frame.
Isn't Barnaby a cutie? I love him so much that I've asked Wendy if he could be a new member permanently and not just at Easter so we'll have to watch out for him again!
Easter is fast approaching and if want to get your handmade cards and gifts ready in time then now is the time to start creating!
There are lots of other new Easter images at Digital Delights and for those with a little Irish in you (don't we all?) then there are St Patrick's Day images too, you'll find them all on the front page.
I hope you've enjoyed this little trip down Bunny Lane and be sure to drop back tomorrow for another new card and maybe, just maybe, a little blog candy for my latest milestone!
Katie

Lily Boo Too - A Card Recipe Challenge

Happy February!
Another new month and time for another challenge over at Lily Boo Too.
This time we have a recipe for you as we want you to include 1 Tag and 1 ribbon on your project.

I have a couple of other challenges that this card fits:
Copic Buzz had a great sketch
Color Dare had a great combo of Old Olive, Not Quite Navy, Bordering Blue, Certainly Celery and Soft Suede
Fab N Funky wanted you to use a Digi Image or Sentiment

I used one of the brand new images from the Toddler Boy set.
The papers are from Best Occasions pad from Walmart.
The argyle ribbon is from a $1 bin from years ago but I love it!
The sentiment is Rusty Pickle.
The Copic's I used on this image are:
Skin E00, E02
Hair E13, E15, E17, E37
Grass G82, G94
Mud E34, E57
Worms E95
Jeans B91, B93, B95
Shovel and Pail B34, B97
Sweater and Patch G82, G94
Shoes C5, C7, C9, blended with C3
Outlined with C1





It's a super easy challenge so be sure to enter as you could be this months winner!
Katie

Happy Halloween - New Fairy Card for Cute Daisy May

Happy Monday!
I hope you had a great weekend!
Ours was busy, what's new?, and to be honest I'm glad for the extra day so I didn't have to jump up out pf bed bright and early.
I have a new card for the challenge at Cute Daisy May and this time the challenge is to use a Fairy on your project.
I got to use this fabulous Cinderella Fairy from Sheet 27 and all the image on that collection are super cute!
I've used other challenges to help me create this card.
Paper Play gave me the sketch
Color Dare had a color combo of Always Artichoke, Creamy Caramel, Elegant Eggplant and Pumpkin Pie
Pals Paper Arts had a similar combo of Pefect Plum, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie with the addition of neutrals if you needed them
Flutterby Wednesday wantd to see a Fairy
Creative Card Crew had a Celebration theme
Copic Creations wanted to see Pumpkins
Cuttlebug Challenge had a Halloween theme.
Ildi Co had a recipe of 4 layers (more than that here!), 3 embellishments (I hope ribbon, dew drops and the punched border count) and at least 1 pumpkin!




Cinderella is colored with Copic's and matted on a scalloped Nestie.
The border punch is Apron Lace from Fiskars.
The dpp is Reminisce and the sentiment is from Joanns.



The inside is more dp and a message mat trimmed by a silver Prismacolor pen.



I love her slipper, I wonder where her Prince is with the other one?
I hope you'll grab a fairy stamp and join in the fun over at Cute Daisy May
Katie