Sweet Snowdrops - Guest Designer at Pink Gem Designs!

It looks like it will be a very busy year for me crafting wise and I can't wait!
Just before I left for England I got a very nice email from Janet at Pink Gem Designs asking me if I'd like to join them as a Guest Designer for 3 months.
I was super excited when Janet asked me to join in as I love their designs! I discovered Pink Gem Designs 2 years ago in a British card magazine and was hooked from the start! The images are so cute and I hope you enjoy my cards for them this 1st quarter of the new year.
Today is my first card as a Guest Designer and this card is part of their A Gem of A Challenge!. From today the challenge goes to every two weeks so more chances to play and win!

Plus we have a fabulous prize to start off 2011 from our generous sponsors...

who have given us this super set of Promarkers to award to our winner!

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Fab N Funky - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Free and Easy
Simon Says Stamp - New Beginnings
Get Creative With Ann - Something New
Sparkles - New Things
Crazy Challenge - All Things New
Woodware USA - Something New
Creative Cottage - Something New
Opus Gluei - New Year Baby (any of those 3)
Quirky Crafts - New Beginnings
2 Sisters - Getting Girly

Card Recipe:
Image - Ellie and Snowdrops
Paper - Martha Stewart and Basic Grey Lemonade
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut - Spellbinders Beaded Circles
Pearls - Basic Grey Opalines
Lace - Offray
Sentiment - KI Memories
Glitter - Icicle Stickles

I popped the scalloped circle up on a piece of foam for a little extra dimension.
I also added Icicle Stickles to the Snowdrops, as snow on the ground, on her boots and even in her hair band!
I hope to see you over at A Gem of A Challenge!

Also Janet has released a brand new set of Digital Papers

and they are so cute! They are called Oh Boy! and are available right now, I'm sure they'll be making an appearance on my cards very soon :)
Katie

Digital Delights - Little Dumpling Boy

A New Year brings New Beginnings and what can be nicer than a New Baby!
It's time for another fabulous sample from Digital Delights and I got to work with another of Wendy's super sweet baby images, this time Little Dumpling Boy! He is so cute and reminds me of my little Carter when he was a baby, chubby cheeks, big eyes and very little hair!

Challenges:
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Fairy Knoll - Anything Goes
Frosted Designs - Use a Sentiment
Drunken Stampers - New
Sew Many Challenges - New Things
Sparkles - New Things
Crazy Challenge - All Things New
Woodware USA - Something New
Speedy The Cats Friends - Something New
Creative Cottage - Something New
Creative Inspirations Challenge - Something New
Opus Gluei - New Year Baby (any of those 3)
Prairie Fairy - New Beginnings
Quirky Crafts - New Beginnings
One Stop Crafts - New Beginnings
Do It With Digi's - New Beginnings
Dutch Dare - New Beginnings
Simon Says Stamp - New Beginnings
AI Factory - New Beginnings
Tuesday Taggers - New Beginnings
Crafty Ho's - Babies
Alphabet Challenge - I is for Infant
Paper Playtime - Faces
Creative Inspirations Paint - Circles
Sketch and Stash - Sketch
Auds Sentiments - Two Word Sentiment

Card Recipe:
Image - Little Dumpling Boy
Sentiment - Welcome Baby
Paper - Fine and Dandy True Blue by My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - Michaels

I hope you like this little cutie as much as I do and that he makes you smile :)
Katie

Designed 2 Delight - Giving Thanks

We are getting close to Thanksgiving so I'm sure Family and Friends are in the fore front of your thoughts.
So today's card for Designed 2 Delight is a perfect treat for someone special.

Challenges:
Scrap Stamp and Doodle - Fall
Our Creative Corner - Something to be Grateful For
Opus Gluei - Thanks
Twisted Thursday - Thanks with a Pumpkin
Lots To Do - Autumnal Colors
Crafty Emma - Forever Autumn
Digtial Tuesday - Bought But Never Used (had this sentiment on a set of Thanksgiving stickers from at least two years ago)
Passionately Artistic - Linky Party (link any and all your projects)
Fresh Brewed - 2 of More Patterned Papers
Dutch Dare - Clean and Simple
Meljen's - Food
Top Tip Tuesday - Use an Image

Card Recipe:
Image - Harvest Basket by Designed 2 Delight
Paper - DCWV Autumn Splendor
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - 7 Gypsies
Ribbon - Michaels $1 spot

This would be a great image for a Thanksgiving place card on that big dinner table too!
I hope you enjoy it and be sure to drop back again soon as I have something very special to show you very soon!

Treehouse #53 Red, black, white

It's time for another challenge at The Treehouse and this week it's brought to you by Anne.
She has challenged the team to use the colors Red, Black and White and we'd love all of you to join in the challenge too!

I have a few other challenges that this one fits:

Crafty Catz - Black and Red
Flourishes - Black and White plus One
Mojo Monday - Sketch
Pink Elephant - Scallops, Red and a Bow
Speedy The Cat's Friends - Buttons and Bow
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbon and Bow
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Dots
Corrosive - Die Cuts
Opus Gluei - Life's A Beach (maybe I'm stretching this one to fit ;))
Tuesday Throwdown - Nautical or Water theme
Stampin B's - Seashore Card



Card Recipe:
Image - Beacon of Hope by Treehouse Digitals
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Stash
Sentiment - Beacon of Hope by Treehouse Digitals
Border Punch - Fiskars Threading Water
Corners - Making Memories





It is a great color combo perfect for the upcoming Father's Day and Graduation projects that you have so I'd love to see your take on it.
Katie

A Lily Boo for You!

Happy Tuesday!
It's a beautiful sunny morning here in Texas and I have a "Just Because" card to share with you.
This was a week with some great challenges around and I so I combined a few to create this card.

Sketch Saturday - Sketch
Dutch Dare - Easel card and a repeat
Design Dollies - Bright Colors
Scrap It With A Song - Once Upon a Dream
Anns Creative Nook - What's Your Inspiration?. I have a big window in my craft studio and each day I take a moment to look out and see what the world has to show me today. This image was inspired by those moments.
His Holy Name Scripture Challenge - Quiet
Opus Gluei - Make Something (free week)
Stamptacular Sunday - "Sew" Special
Crafty Catz - Stitching
Crazy 4 Challenges - CASE a card, I chose Joycelyn Turner



Card Recipe:
Image - Window collection by Lily Boo
Paper - DCWV Nana's Kitchen
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Heidi Grace
Border Punch - Martha Stewart





I wonder what she is thinking about?
I can't decide whether she is happy or sad but I still like her :)
I hope you do too.
Katie

Freebie Friday At Digital Delights!

Happy Friday!
It's time for another Freebie from Wendy at Digital Delights and this time it's super cute Carla the Caterpillar!



You can see what the team came up with this image at the Digital Delights blog


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!!

I couldn't resist playing with Carla and using a few challenges along the way

Christmas and Birthday Cards had a super sketch that was perfect for the long image
Crafty Card Makers wanted to see something New and Carla is very new!
365 Cards Day 317 had a theme of "Crazy 8's" and wanted 8 different colors on the card
Opus Gluei wanted to see Stars
My Grafico wanted you to include Yellow
Lil Red Wagon wanted to see Polka Dots

I printed Carla out and colored her with a rainbow of Copic colors!
The dp is Nana's Kids by DCWV
The punches are Family Treasures and the sentiment is Doodlebug.
The buttons are The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby.

The inside is more dp and a message mat.

Here's a close up of Carla.
There is a mistake in her coloring (I went out the line) but I've run out of Colorless Blender so I couldn't push it back in, oh well we're all human! LOL

Anyway I hope you go over and grab her as she really is super cute and as you can see she is perfect for Birthday Cards!
Katie

Santa, Don't be mad! - A new Christmas Card and tag from a brand new Artist!

Happy Thursday!
I'm honored to show you a new from a wonderful new designer!
Faith has been a friend of mine for a couple of years now and I've always admired her cards not matter which stamp company design she used. She can make a classic card, a funny card, a religious card, it doesn't seem to matter, I love them all!
Recently she decided to take her art to the next level and she's now designing her own digital images!
Designed 2 Delight is only just getting started but already the images are so good I know I'll want them all!
When Faith asked me to make a card using one of the new images I jumped at the chance and I hope you like the result.
Here is the gorgeous stamp I chose to use.

Be sure to read all the way to bottom of the post for a great discount just for being here!
I used a few challenges (17!) along the way to help me :)
I chose the sketch at Mojo Monday as my starting point.
365 Cards Day 273 want you to use Damask so I embossed the border strips with a Damask style embossing folder.
Color Throwndown had a color combo of Olive, Red, Brown/Cream and Pink
Rosie Dees wanted Red and Green and a bit of Bling!
Incy Wincy wanted Red and Green too
Opus Gluei had the theme of Holiday Bliss with anything relating to the Holiday Season
Creative Card Crew had a Christmas theme and so did Digital Tuesday and Stamp With Fun
Everybody Art wants to see Stitching
Jacksonbelle wanted a Christmas card so did Practical Scrappers and Paper Make Up as well
Creative Inspirations wanted a Christmas Card with matching tag
Paper Cutz had an open theme
Ok, now I'm really pushing it with this challenge Flutterby Wednesday had an open theme as long as the image is a Fairy, Butterfly or Angel. Well as this little guy has a halo he must be angel really, mustn't he? LOL And if he is then he fits with the challenge of Angels at Crafty Catz too!



This is one of the great things about digital stamps, you can print them in any size you like so if you want a card and matching tag you do this easily!
I colored the images with Copic's.
The dp are Basic Grey.
The Holly accents are from Hobby Lobby and the rhinestones are from Michaels $1 spot.


Here is the card on it's own.

Inside I added an additional sentiment, I hope it makes you smile :)

This matching gift card turned out so cute!

Don't you feel sorry for Teddy gettingcaught red handed? LOL

This was a "one off", I'm not on another team ;) but I hope you enjoyed this card.
If you'd like to purchase the image for yourself Faith has offered a discount to anyone coming from this blog. You simply use the coupon code "katiesfriend " for a Buy One Get One Free discount!
Designed 2 Delight
This code will work for just the first 50 times and expires on December 10th at 11.59pm so hurry and get your stamps while the discount is available.
Also with it being digital stamps there's no waiting for them to be shipped, you can start playing as soon as they arrive in your inbox!
Katie

Challenge #6 at Cooking It Up! - New Christmas Tilda

Happy Turkey Day!
I don't know if you'll read this today or tomorrow but I wish you and yours all the best and hug them and be Thankful for what you have as you never know when it will change.
It's time for another challenge at my Cooking It Up With Katie blog!
This weeks recipe is a simple one;

Use a brad
Use something in 3's (as in 3 flowers, 3 ribbons, 3 words etc)
Use Red

See I told you it was easy!
Obviously I don't do cards with just one challenge so here are a few more this works for:

Sketch and Stash gave me the sketch
Paper Play want you to "Read All About It" and use paper with text
Pile It On wants to see Rub On's
Opus Gluei had a theme of Sweetie Pie
Paper Maniac wants you to "Use Those Flowers"
Magnolia Down Under wants a Christmas Card
Whimsy Stamps also want a Christmas Card
Creative Friday had a recipe of (if my German serves me correct!) 2 different papers, 3 flowers, 1 embellishment, ribbon and the color Red
Everybody Art had a Christmas Theme

I am super excited to use one of the brand new Holiday Tilda stamps by Magnolia. I ordered 5 from the new collection and for this card I chose Christmas Party Tilda and I think if she was colored in different colors she'd work for birthdays too so she's a great buy!
I stamped her twice and colored her with Copic's. Then I cut one out and popped her on top for extra dimension.
The dp are from the Jolly Holiday paper stack from Hobby Lobby.
The flowers are from Brides and the spotted brads are The Paper Studio.
I don't remember where the Happy Holidays rub on came from I'm afraid.
The border punch is the Deco Fan from Martha Stewart and the Holly ribbon is from Michaels.

Inside is more of the Happy Holidays dp and a ribbon topped message mat.

I hope you can the see the depth on Tilda now she's popped up :)

I hope you like this one and I'd love to see you join in at my Cooking It Up With Katie Challenge!
Katie

Woo Hoo! I'm guesting at La La Lands!!

Hi Everyone!
I've been holding in a secret for a while now and now I can let out the news!
For the months of November and December I'll be joining the Design Team as a guest over at La La Lands!
I've been playing with their challenges for a while now and even been winning a few and now I can play along with the team and have my projects up for you all to see!
There are 3 other wonderful ladies joining the team for the same term as me and you can see their work at the links below.
Elena Joldersman The Red Headed Girl
Kristine Breach Ink Something
Moon Hulsman Scrapjes Van Moon

To showcase my new appointment I thought I'd make a new project with the super cute Sitting Lalaand I hope you'll like her!

Of course there are a few challenges that I used to help me with this.

Mojo Monday gave me the sketch
Corrosive Challenges wanted "Anything But A Card"
Creative Inspirations wanted a decorated bag
Double Dutch wanted a decorated purse
The Crafty Pad had a color combo of Green, Red and Gold
Opus Gluei had an "Apple Of My Eye" theme
Die Cut Dreams had a Food/Drink theme
My Creative Clutter wanted you to base your color scheme on your Favorite Candy Wrapper and I chose Starburst candies.


Although I used a card sketch I decided to use it on a gift bag.
The dp is from the Summer Song stack by My Minds Eye that I got at Hobby Lobby.
Lala is colored with Copic's and she's sitting on a hand cut apple.
I used the wonderful Eyelet Lace "Around the Edge" punch set as a background to the dp.
I replaced the raffia handles on the gift bag with ribbon and added a "silk" rose to the top.


Here's a close up of cute Lala!
Be sure to check back tomorrow when I'll have my 1st card for the La La Landschallenge!
Katie