Cuddly Buddly #5 - Petals and Pearls

It's Friday and time for another challenge from Team Cuddly at Cuddly Buddly!
This week we want to see Petals and Pearls so it's time to go girly!
It was my week with the designs from Bits Of Ivory and I decided to go with colored clip art and a coordinating paper and sentiment.

Challenges:
Clear It Out - Anything Goes
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Creative Craft World - Anything But Birthday
Crazy Challenge - Ribbon (2 entries)
Stampin Bee's - Ribbon
Anything Goes - Pick Of The Bunch (flowers)
Paper Pretties - No Markers
Amber's Crafts - Patterned Paper (1 entry only)
Crafts and Me - Ribbon
Creative Craft Challenges - 3D or Decoupage

Card Recipe:
Image - Kitchen Garden by Bits of Ivory
Sentiment - Garden Vignettes by Bits of Ivory
Paper - Cottage Collection in Poppy by Cuddly Buddly
Doily Dies - French Pastry and English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts and Treasures by Shabby Chic
Pearls - Recollections
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - Stash

I printed two copies of the clip art and cut them both out. Then I popped up just the fruit part on the second part for more dimension. I used two different doily dies to mat them on and added flowers in a semi circle. I added pearls to the punched border and was all done!
I hope you enjoy this one and will be coming by to play with us at Cuddly Buddly this week :)
Katie

Digital Delights - Could You Bee Any Cuter?

It's time for more fabulous creations from the team over at Digital Delights!

Challenges:
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Free and Easy
Crafty Calendar - Things With Wings
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Things with Wings
Take A Word - Insect
Creative Craft World - Brads
Stamp Something - Punch Something
Lilypad - Ribbon
Karen's Doodles - Frame It
Digital Tuesday - Get Out The Gingham

Card Recipe:
Image - Bumblebee Larry
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - My Sweet Cherry Pie by Nikki Sivils
Brads - K and Co
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Edger Scallop Dot
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Glitter - Stickles and Glamour Dust

I added Stickles to Larry's wings and then added extra Glamour Dust for more sparkle.
I hope this brings you a smile!

Guest Designer for My Partner in Crafting Crime - Everything Baby!

I love the challenges over at My Partner In My Crafting Crime and so when Robin asked me to be a guest I jumped at the chance! The ladies there have started a new venture, branching into the world of digital stamps with a company called Bows and Berries, and they sent me one to play with for this card.

Challenges:
Digi Doodle Shop - Anything Goes
Bows N Berries - Anything Goes
Robyns Fetish - Anything Goes
Guylou's Inimitability - Anything Goes (5 entries)
Thrilling Thursday - Show Us What You Got (anything goes)
Totally Paper Crafts - Do It With Digi
Crafts and Me - Things With Wings
4 Crafty Chicks - Fairy, Angel or Butterfly
Creative Craft World - Use a Square
Crazy Challenge - Baby Love
Scrapbook Sisters - Baby Baby
Die Cut Dreams - It's a Baby Girl
My Sheri Crafts - Girly
Creative Cottage - Flowers
Dutch Dare - Sparkle, Glitter or Bling
Delicious Doodles - Glitz and Glam
Digital Tuesday - Use a Die Cut
Crazy 4 Challenges - Use A Die Cut
Drunken Stampers - Use a Die Cut
Wags N Whiskers - Punches
Dare To Be Sassy - Punches
2 Sisters - Embossing
Annabelle Stamps - Say It In Yellow
Card Mad Fairy - Distress It

Card Recipe:
Image - Butterfly Baby by Bows and Berries
Paper - Itsy Bitsy Baby Boy
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Making Memories
Die Cut - Spellbinders Labels 17
Embossing Folder - Sizzix
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Leaf Die Cut - Sizzlits
Border Punches - Martha Stewart Daisy Border and Blossom Double Edge
Rhinestones - Michaels $1 Spot
Bow - Martha Stewart

I printed and color 3 of the babies and then cut and layered them for extra dimension.
I seem to be making quite a few baby cards lately, I better find homes for them all!
Thanks for looking.
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #18 - Vintage/Distressing - Guest Sketch

It's Once Upon Wednesday time at The Pixie Cottage and it's time for another Special Guest Sketch Artist!
This time we have one of the Queen's of the Copic Markers, it's with great pleasure that today our sketch is designed by the very lovely Suzanne Dean from Scrapbitz!
Suzanne is a whizz with Copic's and has done many tutorials showing us mere mortals how she creates her masterpieces. She also has online classes at her Color Me Creative Classroom for those wishing to learn hands on.
This is her fabulous sketch!



As well as the sketch we'd love to see you use a Vintage or Distressed technique on your projects. Remember you can choose to play with the sketch, the technique or both!

I have a few other challenges to go along with this card:

Crafty Cardmakers - Distressed
Die Cut Dreams - Shabby Chic
Tuesday Taggers - Out of Your Comfort Zone (this is the 1st Wedding card I've ever made and I'm not usually a vintage girl so both things challenged me)
Clearly I Stamp - Flowers
One Stop Crafts - Wedding Wishes
CRAFT - Weddings
Charisma - Weddings
Creative Inspirations - Celebrations
Creative Craft World - Easel Card
Stamp Insanity - Easel Does It
Creative Cottage - Fancy Fold
Crafty Pad - Use Punches
Crafty Ann's - Anything Goes
Paper Scissors Rocks - Die Cuts
Opus Gluei - Fit to be Tied (ribbons)
ABC - U is for Unused Stash (I've had these wedding papers and stickers for ages)
The Wildflower Patch - Ribbon, Sparkles and Dimension



Card Recipe:
Image - Maisy and Matts Wedding by Di Carubia
Paper - The Paper Studio
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch and Leaf Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiments - Marcella for K&Co
Pearls - Hobby Lobby
Ink - Chalk Ink and Memento Tuxedo Black



Here is the easel from the side.



I tried to make the image look like an old sepia photo, not sure if it turned out just as I wanted it but I like it anyway and hope you do too :)
Please come and play with us over at The Pixie Cottage and show us your inky fingers!
Katie