With a Spring in My Step I present 2 "Just Because" Cards!

Happy Saturday,
I've two new cards that I'd love you to see and hope you'll scroll down to see both of them.
Each have their own little list of challenges.

Card 1 Challenges

One Stitch at a Time had a geat sketch sponsored by Karens Doodles
Tellens Place wanted you to Bling It On
Sweet Pea want Spring with Flowers, Green, Pink and Yellow
Totally Papercrafts wanted something for Mothers Day or a A Special Lady
Tuesday Taggers wanted Swirls and Curls



Card Recipe:

Image - Sweet Pea - Bamboo Serenade
Paper - My Minds Eye Summer Song
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Die Cut - Sizzix
Sentiment - K&Co
Medium - Copic Markers





Card 2 Challenges

Paper Sundaes had a great sketch too (that's why I made two cards as I loved both sketches!)
Copic's Colour want BG15 Aqua, B93 Light Crockery Blue and Y21 Buttercup Yellow
Your Next Stamp wanted a Big Bow
Just Magnolia wanted a Tent Card
Alphabet Challenge were at S for Stamping
Polkadoodle want Wings
Get Sketchy want a Spring card
Daring Cardmakers want Aquamarine as it is March's birthstone
The Town Scrapper want Spring
Flutterby had a photo inspiration (and a fairy, angel or butterfly)

(Who's hiding behind the gate?)



Card Recipe:
Image - Tilda as a Butterfly
Image 2 - Gate from Flower Soft and they are on a fabulous deal right now :)
Paper - DCWV Flower Shower Stack
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - SEI

Why it's Tilda!





I hope you've enjoyed these two cards and if you get a chance to be creative this weekend break out the Spring colors and have a little fun!
Katie

A New Tutorial at The Pixie Cottage and a New Card from me too :)

It's time for another fabulous tutorial from The Pixie Cottage team and this one was created by the very talented Peggy of Beautiful Greetings!
She's showing us all how to watercolor with Distress Inks and I for one will be getting out my paintbrushes this afternoon to give it a go!

Also on The Pixie Cottage news, Michelle has recived so many new stamps in the last couple of weeks and they are all so super cute! You've seen 2 of my cards using them already this week and here's the trifecta!

Cupcake Crafts want Friends/Friendship
Crafty Calendar want Love/Friendship
Rosie Dees had a Friendsip theme too
Cuttlebug Spot wanted to see the Double Embossing technique (they have a great video showing how to do this over there)
Lord Have Mercy had a sketch that worked great with the embossing technique
Sophisicats wanted Embossing
Incy Wincy want Touchy Feely!
Peachy Keen had a recipe. Must contain Green and Yellow, a 3D object/embellishment and a stamped image
Copics Colour Challenge had the combo of YG03 Yellow Green, Y17 Golden Yellow and C7 Cool Grey #7
Paper Garden wanted to say Farewell to Winter



Card Recipe

Image - Spring Friends at The Pixie Cottage
Paper - DCWV The Citrus Stack
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Paper Lace Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - The Paper Studio for Hobby Lobby
Die Cuts - Nestabilites by Spellbinders
Medium - Copic Markers



Inside is more of the wonderful dp and a message mat.



Here is a close up showing that double embossing technique. You can see the video tutorial for this Here.
It's hard to show in the photo as the mat is white but I hope you can see both the Swiss Dots embossing and the edge embossing from the Nestability.
I nearly gave up on this technique as I couldn't get it right and then I spotted my mistake and it worked wonderfully!
Be sure to check out all the wonderful new designs that Michelle has in the store right now, perfect for your Spring crafting!
And also remember the latest challenge (a new sketch) is still going on over at The Pixie Cottage and we'd love to see your entry over there!


Katie

Cute Daisy May - Flower Power

Happy Monday!
Another week has come and gone and it's time for another challenge from Cute Daisy May
This week the challenge is a "Flower Power" theme and it has been set by Design Team member Lorraine. I love flowers so this was a great one for me to do.

I had help from a few other challenges:

Totally Gorjuss had a Flower Power theme too
Copic Colour Challenge had a color combo of C3 Cool Grey, R11 Pale Cherry Pink and G21 Lime Green (this really isn't Lime at all, a soft muted green)
Midnight Madness had a great sketch
Paper Jewels wanted Cute and Girly
Digital Tuesday want All Things Girly
Simon Says Stamp wants 3 types of embellishment, 2 dp and 1 image
Pixie Dust wanted Charms
Scrap, Stamp and Doodle want Charms too
Spoonfull want Springtime
Stamp Challenges want a Touch of Spring
Artful Inkables want Naughty or Nice, this one is definitely nice
Allsorts want a Tag, Ticket or Label
Opus Gluei wanted Ruffles or Flourishes



Card Recipe:
Image - Sheet 6 at Cute Daisy May
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Pink/Green Sugared by Basic Grey, Grey check - KMA
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Chipboard flourishes - Joanns
Sentiment - Studio G
Tag - Making Memories
Charm - Hobby Lobby
Ribbon - American Crafts



Inside is a message mat.



Here is the ever cute Daisy and I just love her grey dress, I love coloring with grey.
So grab some flowers, or make some, and brighten up your day with a little creating!
Hope to see your projects at Cute Daisy May
Katie

Sassy Cheryls DT Call - Mother and Child

Happy Tuesday,
I know I'm already on lots of teams but I couldn't resist trying out for another.
Cheryl draws such wonderful images,I love them, so cute and sassy, just perfect for coloring.
So I treated myself to a few of these images and here is my try out card, wish me well!

Obviously I couldn't do it without the help of a few challenges!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday gave me a sketch
Copic Colour Challenge wanted R29, RV23 and B12 or in English (:)), Red, Pink and Blue
Sweet Stampin had a similar combo of Tempting Turquoise, Cameo Coral, Summer Sun, Real Red (use at least 3)
ABC is at N is for New and this is definitely a new image to me
Creative Inspirations wanted Leftovers
Crafty Creations wanted Friends
Allsorts had a your choice 3,2,1 recipe so I have 3 colors of flowers, 2 dp and 1 ribbon
Sassy Susie wanted Hearts and Flowers
Craft wanted Digital Coloring
Dare U2 Digi wanted Punches and a digi image
Ooh La La wanted Love and this time I did the love between and mother and her child
Lots to Do had a "Love is in the Air" theme
Pile It On had a "Let Us See Your Flowers" theme
Practical Scrappers wanted Flowers too
Crafty Angels wanted Fantastic Flowers
Incy Wincy want you to Punch It Out
The Pink Elephant wanted Ribbon
Digital Tuesday wanted All Things Girly



Card Recipe:

Image - Mother and Child
Paper - Garden Party - DCWV
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Valentines Lace
Sentiment - KI Memories
Ribbon - American Crafts
Rhinestones - Stash (LOL)



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



Such a sweet image! There are so many great images at Cheryls Store I know I'll be back for more.
Keep your fingers crossed for me on the DT call :)
Katie

Let's get Stitchy! - A new Pixie Cottage Challenge

Here is the 3rd and final post for today.
This time at The Pixie Cottage it's a technique challenge and we want to see you Get Stitchy! It doesn't matter whether you get out your machine, thread a needle, grab a pen, stamp a line or even use a rub on, as long as it's a stitch it counts!

Obviously there are a few other challenges that I added along the way :)
Mojo Monday was where I chose the sketch
Artful Inkables want to see Chipboard and so do Belli
Colour Q had a color combo of Bravo Burgundy, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Always Artichoke and a Neutral. The colors are based on the Figgy Pudding paper by Basic Grey.
Copic's Colour had a combo of E29 Burnt Umber, YR16 Apricot and G99 Olive all of which I used to color the image.
Creative Card Crew wants Favorite Things and one of mine is definitely Basic Grey paper! LOL
Flourishes also had a Christmas theme
PaperTake also had a "Christmas Crackers" theme.



I chose to use the brand new Winter Window by Sandra Hammer that coordinates with the wonderful door you've seen me use before. It is the perfect size for the Holiday Tilda's to stand by but I love the image so much that I wanted to use it on its own.
I color it with Copic's using wnat I learned in class and the fabulous Shadow Tutorial by Marianne Walker to help me with the shading/shadows.
The color scheme was taken from the Figgy Pudding collection by Basic Grey but I don't have any of that and their Dasher collection works just as well :)
The two border punches for the scallops are EK Success and the chipboard letters are We R Memory Keepers.


The inside is more coordinating dp and a ribbon topped message mat.



Here is a close up of the window. I tried to color it to look like there was a light on inside the building and it was casting warm shadows on both the window and the tree outside.

I'd love to see how "Stitchy" you can get so go and create and enter the challenge at
The Pixie Cottage
Katie

Halloween - A New Cute Daisy May Card

Happy Monday,
It's another new week and it's Halloween time at Cute Daisy May!
I decided to use a non Halloween image from Sheet 27 and this is a great advantage of digital stamps.
The original image said "Tooth Fairy" on the bag but with a little work in my editing program I removed the words and replaced them with "Trick or Treat".
As usual I used other challenges to help me create this card and with it being the last week in October there were a lot with very similar themes. I managed to find 22!

Tuesday Taggers had "Things that go Bump in the Night!"
Crafty Creations had "All Hallows Eve" as their theme
Stampin For The Weekend wanted a "Haunting Good Time"
Everybody Art
Incy Wincy
Kaboodle Doodles
Creative Inspirations
Stamp with Sarah Kay
Penny's Challenge
Rainbow Lady
Sunflowers and Dragonflies
all had Halloween as their theme
Stamp Something had a Halloween theme too and Linnie from Cute Daisy May is sponsoring there this week so enter both challenges and you have even more of a chance of winning!
Digital Tuesday wanted "Things With Wings"
Cute Card Thursday wanted Candy Corns or any candy/sweet treat theme.
Cuttlebug Challenge had a Halloween theme too and you have to ue their product so I got out my trusty embossing folders!
Handfull of Stamps wanted Layers, with 3 of the same thing layered.
A Spoon Full of Sugar gave me the sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges was getting Geometrical wanting 3 or more of the same shape
Flutterby Wednesday still has an open month as long as your creation has a Fairy or Butterfly on it.
Creative Card Crew wanted Babies or Children
Copic's Colour Challenge wanted us to use G99 Olive, V17 Amethyst and YR68 Orange
My Time To Craft wanted to see Halloween colors too.



I used the fabulous new dp from Basic Grey called Eerie. I cut the block with a labels Nestie.
I embossed some Coredinations cardstock with the Swiss Dots embossing folder and cut it into strips to sit behind the image.
The flowers are from Prima and patterned brads are from the Target $1 spot.


Inside is a poem I wrote a few years ago and I left a space at the bottom for a personal message.



She certainly is a Halloween Cutie!
I'd love to see you join in this weeks challenge at Cute Daisy May!
And be sure to click on my banner at the top of the page to bring up my BLOG CANDY post for a chance to enter!
Katie