Cooking It Up #67 - A Yellow Birthday Sketch!

It's time for another recipe for your cards at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog.
This week's ingredients are:

Start with a current Sketch
Make it for a Birthday
Use a little Yellow

Challenges:
Everybody Art - Anything Goes
Hooked On Crafts - Anything Goes
Lilypad - Ribbon
Ribbon Carousel - Coloring and Ribbon
Sketch and Stash - Sketch
CRAFT - Stitching (5 entries)
Digi Doodles Shop - Stitching
Creative Stamp Friends - Happy Birthday
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Male Birthday
2 Sisters - For A Guy
Mami Doodles - For a Man/Boy
My Mum's Craft Shop - For The Boys
Aly's - All About Kids
Card Makin Mama's - For A Child
Creative Inspirations Paint - Bright Colors
One Stitch At A Time - Things With Wings
Sweet Stampin - Things With Wings
Speedy The Cat's Friends - Buttons
One Stop Crafts - Stickers
Word Play - Blue
CR84FN - Aqua, Green and Yellow

Card Recipe:
Image - Rupert's Party
Paper - Spotted Owl Soup by Jillibean Soup
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - Whimsy Cottage
Sentiment - The Paper Studio
Buttons - Dress It Up
Dewdrops - Robins Nest

I printed an additional image and colored and cut the balloons to give it a little POP! I bought these papers at the Great American Scrapbook Convention a few weeks ago and they were absolutely perfect for the color challenge! And of course they are a 6" by 6" pad and you know how obsessed I am with them :)
I hope this one brings you a smile and we'd love to see you playing over at Cooking It Up With Katie 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 at Decorate To Celebrate - 4th of July Celebrations!

EDITED TO ADD - Picked in the Top 5 at Stamp Something Thanks so much!!!!!


A few weeks ago I made a set of napkin rings with some Digital Delights images and the ladies over at Decorate to Celebrate spotted them and asked me if I'd like to be a Guest Designer for them! It just goes to show, sometimes things just drop in your lap when you aren't expecting them :)
It is a brand new blog and it's designed around paper crafters, and any other crafters, using their skills to make decorations.
This time the challenge is for the upcoming 4th of July celebrations here in the USA and even though I'm an Englishwoman I was happy to be a guest!

Challenges:
Decorate to Celebrate 4th of July
Going Grey - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Free and Easy
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Anything Goes - Summer
Aud's Sentiments - Summertime (and a sentiment)
Prairie Fairy - Summertime Fun
Totally Papercrafts - Summer
Moving Along With the Times - Anything But A Card
Diva's by Design - Anything But A Card
Stamp Something - Punch Something
Lilypad - Ribbon

Project Recipe:
Mini Watering Can - Hobby Lobby (on clearance at $1.23!)
Paper - DCWV (from years ago)
Ribbon - Michaels
Sentiments - Karen Foster Design Patriotic Words and Karen Foster Design American Phrases
4th of July Sticker - The Paper Studio
Firework Stickers - Hobby Lobby
Punches - Martha Stewart Deco Shells and Martha Stewart Lace Heart

I made the rosettes by first of all punching a strip of paper with a decorative edger punch. Then using the punch design as a guide I scored in between each guide, made a fan fold and made the rosette. I used wooden skewers for the sticks and added sticker sentiments to the center of the rosettes, finally I added a red, white and blue plaid ribbon tied into bows on each stick. Then I added a piece of oasis cut to fit the can and stuck in the sticks. I finished it with colored tissue paper, a sticker sentiment and coordinating ribbon.
I'm sure many of my paper crafting followers have supplies like this in their stash and sometimes we need to "think outside of the box" when crafting and this would be the perfect time!
Come along and see all the creations and join in the fun at Decorate to Celebrate!
Katie