King Of The Grill - New Clear Dollar Stamps from Wendy Hall

Happy Sunday!
Just in time for the Memorial Day cook out I have a super cute card for all the Dad's/Uncles/Grandpas etc out there!
Wendy Hall of Digital Delights has a brand new set of acrylic stamps put out by Clear Dollar Stamps. These will be available to buy on June 1st (I'll update the link as soon as they go on sale) and are great for a card for your King Of The Grill!
Also to go along with them Wendy has a fabulous set of Digital Delights images too! I got to use both the clear and the digi's on this card.

I have a few challenges that this one will fit too:

Tuesday Taggers - It's a Man's World
Digital Tuesday - Cute People
Dare U2 Digi - One For The Boys
Crafty Catz - The Boyz are Back!
I Love Digi - For My Dad
Twisted Thursday - Hip Hip Hooray for Dads
Crafty Pad - Card for Dad
One Stitch At a Time - Something New (the stamp and the papers)
Corrosive - Cooking
Cupcake Craft - Black and Grey + One other color
Jacksonbelle - Black and 1 other Color
Allsorts - Black, White and another Color
Quixotic - Embossing (I heat embossed the images before coloring)



Clear Dollar Stamps - Backyard Barbeque (available June 1st)
Digital Delights Stamps - Outdoor Grill set
Paper - DCWV The Natural Stack,
Ink: Versafine heat set and embossed
Medium - Copic Markers Y15, Y17, Y35, YR14, YR18, E50, E08, R00, R01, C00, C5, C7
Punch - Martha Stewart Border punch




I cut out the grill and the steak and popped them up above Dear Ole Dad (who was also cut out).
This is such a cute set for Fathers Day cards, summer scrapbook pages, even invitations to a real Backyard BBQ!!
I hope you liked him and that he gave you a smile.
Katie

Red and Blue, a new card for You!

Happy Tuesday,
Last week I won a challenge at Penny's Challenges and my prize was $15 to spend at Busy Beauties on digital stamps and I just couldn't resist the little cutie I chose for today's card.
Then the owner of the store pointed me in the direction of her challenge blog and so it was the perfect time to try out my new image!

Other challenges:

Busy Beauties Creations - Red or Blue or Both
CCEE Stampers - Nursery Rhymes (Ladybird, Ladybird, Fly Away Home)
Cuttlebug Challenge - For The Kids
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch
Totally Gorjuss - Round and Round
Sew Many Challenges - Easel Card
Corrosive - Easel Card
Hand Full Of Stamps - Get Your Shine On
Stamping Vacation Pick 3 - My picks are; Make an Easel card, Blue Embellishment and Image to do with Gardening (my little Ladybug)
Quixotic Paper - How Does Your Garden Grow? (Handmade flowers)
Just Us Girls - Red, White and Blue
Crazy Challenge - Something New (new image)
Ooh La La - Bright and Cheerful
Alota Rubber Stamps - Bugs or Bees



Card Recipe:
Image - Sweet Ladybug by Busy Beauties
Paper - DCWV The Summer Stack 2009
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Cloud Nine for Fiskars
Embossing folder - Cuttlebug Flower Circles
Flower Punch - EK Success
Ladybug button - Dress it Up
Shine - Glossy Accents (on her hat, shoes and shell)
Border punch - Fiskars Apron Lace
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby



I love how the easel card stands.



I hope the photo shows the shiny parts, the are so cool in real life.
I thought this little girl looked like she was about to do a recital and so I used an encouragement sentiment.

This was such a fun card to make and I hope you like it too.
Katie

Hannah with Butterflies - A New Pixie Cottage Card

Happy Friday,
"Spring is here, Spring is here, It's the best time of the year"
That little song from the preschool show Little Bill has been running through my head and I think this card is a perfect compliment to it.

Truly Scrumptious - Sketch with an theme of "Fly Away"
Scrap Stamp and Doodle - Wings
Secret Crafter - How Does Your Garden Grow
Stamptacular Sunday - Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Flutterby wanted Sparkle with a Butterfly (or Fairy or Angel)
For Fun had April Showers Bring May Flowers as their theme
Gingersnaps had The Good Earth for a theme
Meljen wants Girly Colors
Pixie Dust want Things With Wings
Raise The Bar want you to Spring For It
Quixotic want The Joys of Spring
Practical Scrappers want to see markers
Stempeltraeume had a Just Girls theme



Card Recipe:
Image - Butterfly Hannah
Paper - The Paper Studio
Fabric Brad - K&Co
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Spotted Brads - The Paper Studio
Chipboard Corner - Color Bok
Medium - Copic Markers





I think this Hannah stamp is gorgeous and I hope you do too.
Katie

Have an Awesome Birthday Dude! - Oh those teen years!

Happy Sunday everyone,
It's the last day of February and time for a "Just Because" card.
A few weeks ago I won a challenge at Tellens Place and along with my prize pack of goodies I had my choice of 2 of their digital stamps!
Well I can't let a good image sit still for long so I printed it out and got to work on a card.

Obviously it wouldn't be a Katie Card without a list of challenges too!

Tellens Place had an open week as long as you used one of their images
Gingersnaps want a Birthday Card
ABC Design also had a Birthday theme
Quixotic wanted One For The Boys
Pixie Dust want you to Think Birthday
Tuesday Morning Sketches had a color combo of Light Orange, Dark Brown & Ivory
Design Dollies want Orange, Brown and a Neutral
Midnight Madness had your choice of Simple or Fancy sketch
Clearly I Stamp said It's Hip To Be Square and wanted a square card (and they are sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps who are giving away a great prize!)



Card Recipe

Image - Earphones Edward
Paper - DCWV (some of it really old! LOL)
Ribbon - Little Davis
Brads - The Paper Studio for Hobby Lobby
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Medium - Copic Markers
Border punch - Bubbles by EK Success



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



I checked with my "soon to be a teen" son if this was too girly and he said "no, if boys can wear pink they can wear peach", oh the wisdom of youth! LOL
I'm so not a boy card maker but have recently been called on to create some more manly cards and you know what? I kinda like the challenge :)
I hope you've liked looking at him too and have a great rest of your Sunday.
Be sure to drop back tomorrow for 3, yes 3 posts, with lots of new creations.
Katie

Just For You Mum! - Adapting a Fall Stamp for Spring

Happy Tuesday!
It's snowing here in TX!!! (well it is a little South of us and it should be with us soon)
And to celebrate I'm doing a card just because I can :)
There are lots of challenges I wanted to work with this week so I made another card to go in the box of "someday I'll send it"

These are the ones this one covers:

Friday Sketchers had a fabulous sketch
Cutie Stampers wanted Yellow and Birthday
Pennys wanted Birthday
Quixotic wanted Something for Mum
Magical Crafts wanted Something for Mum too
Secret Crafter had a Mum theme too
Cuttlebug Challenges wanted Stitching (I did faux) (and a CB product)
Inky Impressions want you to Think Spring
Belli wanted Butterflies (one on the hatpin)
ABC Design had a Birthday theme
Stamp With Fun want Stitching
Practical Scrappers want to see Stamps
Flourishes want Flowers
Jacksonbelle want Flowers too!



Card Recipe

Image - Fall Friends (I had to do a very delicate "ink job" on the stamp so that the Pumpkin part didn't stamp so I could replace it with flowers)
Paper - K&Co
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Embossing folder - Cuttlebug Happy Birthday




Inside is more dp and a faux stitched message mat.



I hope this shows that this super cute Scarecrow stamp from Fall can be adapted to fit another season.
Try the technique for yourself, it opens up a whole new use for your seasonal stamps!
Katie