Pile It On - Down On The Farm

Another week has rolled around and that means it's time for a new challenge at Pile It On!
Remember that our aim is have as many challenges as we can on each entry so it's time to combine those challenges! We have a very fun challenge for you, we want to see you Down On The Farm!

This week we have the super sponsorship of

and not only did they provide the team with super cute images to use but they are giving away this super prize to our winner!

Challenges:
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Kelley Kids - Anything Goes (1 entry only)
Happileigh Scrappin - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Woodware USA - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes (with ribbon, lace, twine etc)
Speedy the Cats Friends - Anything but a 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" card
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Little Red Wagon - Critter
Stampin For The Weekend - Spots and Dots (1 entry only)
Your Next Stamp - Beautiful Borders (use punch or die)

Card Recipe:
Image - Harry The Horse by Digital Delights
Sentiment - Down On The Farm Set
Paper - Dutch Mustard Soup by Jillibean Soup
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Fence and Grass Dies - Accucut
Sunflowers - Jolee's Boutique
Ribbon - Michaels

How cute is this horse? He just makes me smile and I hope he makes you smile too!
Now it's your turn to create so go and play and then come back and share with us at
Pile It On!
Katie

Guest Designer for Sparkles Christmas Card Challenge - Recycle!

This month I'm a guest designer over at Sparkles Christmas Card Challenges and with the 100F+ temps it has been a little cooling relief :)
Each week the team challenge you to make a Christmas card to add to your stash. They have a challenge you can play along with but it's always optional, as long as you make a Christmas/Holiday/Winter card then you are good to enter!
The challenge for this week is "Recycle". Now this is always a hard challenge for me as I don't tend to recycle items for use in my crafts but I found a piece of trim from a gift box and I think it worked out great.

Challenges:
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Happileigh Scrappin - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Woodware USA - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes (with ribbon, lace, twine etc)
Speedy the Cats Friends - Anything but a 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" card
Frosted Designs - Coloring
Fussy and Fancy - Christmas
Paper Play - Christmas in August
Simon Says Stamp - Christmas in August
Crafty Sentiments - Christmas
Totally Papercrafts - Holidays
Stamping With The Dragon - Green, Red and White
Crafters Companion - Glitter and Glitz
Digital Tuesday - Doilies
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Image of a Child

Card Recipe:
Image - Ollie and Gingerbread Man by Pink Gem
Ticket Sentiment - Christmas Time Calendar by Pink Gem
Paper - DCWV The Christmas Combo Stack
Medium - Copic Markers
Doilies - Wilton
Trim - Recycled from a gift box
Ribbon - American Crafts
Letters - Craft Essentials and Joann's
Santa Hat - Unknown
Rhinestones - Treasures by Shabby Chic

The Christmas envelope image was a journaling spot in the paper pad and I thought it was the perfect spot for Ollie to sit.
I hope you've liked this card and looks for more over the month that I'm guesting.
Be sure to drop by with your Christmas creations Sparkles Christmas Card Challenges!
Katie

Digital Delights - Fall Kids New Release

It's new release day at Digital Delights and we are looking ahead to the cooler days with our Fall Kids and Prairie Kids images.

Challenges:
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Happileigh Scrappin - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Come and Get It - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Allsorts - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes (with ribbon, lace, twine etc)
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Card with an image of a Child on it
Patties Creations - Stitching (2 entries only)
Phindys Place - Die Cuts
Going Grey - Buttons or Bows

Card Recipe:
Image and Sentiment - Fall Kids
Paper - DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Wooden Fence - Provocraft
Grass Die - Accucut
Wooden Crow - Unknown
Ribbon - Michaels

I've had this wooden fence for many years, cutting off pieces as I want and I'm nearly all used up, I'll be sad to see it go.
I'm yearning for those cooler days, as I'm sure many of you are, 32 days of 100F+ in a row kinda gets to you.
Anyway be sure to drop by the Digital Delights blog and see all the other wonderful creations by the team :)
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #81 - A Time To Learn

It's another "Once Upon A Wednesday" over at The Pixie Cottage
This week we want you to get into the craftroom and show us your favorite technique in what we call "A Time To Learn".
If you have a tutorial showing your special technique then we'd love to see it and even if it's just coloring, paper piecing, punching etc please mention it in your post.
Of course we also have a wonderful sketch if you'd like to use that.

Card Recipe:
Image - Chloe and Paris Digital Stamp by ARTish
Paper - Watercolor Bouquet by K and Co
Medium - Copic Markers
Lace - Wrights
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Flowers - Prima
Sentiment - Watercolor Bouquet by K and Co
Pearls and Rhinestones - Michaels $1 Spot
Ribbon - Stash

This was the fabulous sketch this week.

Challenges:
Allsorts - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Happileigh Scrappin - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes (with ribbon, lace, twine etc)
Anything Goes - Pick Of The Bunch (flowers)
Crop Stop - Lace (3 entries only)
Emerald Faeries - Lace (3 entries only)
Sparkles Forum - One For The Girls
Stampin Sisters In Christ - All Creatures Great and Small
Forever Friends - Pastel Colors (must have an animal)
CR84FN - Lavender, Celery and Grey

My favorite thing is coloring but I'm also a punch addict and so this card let me do both!
I hope you'll come over and play at The Pixie Cottage this week :)
Katie

Guest at Desert Island Crafters - Little Things Bring Joy!

A few weeks ago I was picked in the winning list at the Desert Island Crafters challenge.
If you haven't played there before then you should give it a go as it is a fun concept.
The whole idea is that you are given a list of 10 items and you must include at least 3 of them on your project, easy eh?
So as a winner I got to host a challenge and my crafting itinerary is:

1.Color Your Image (any coloring medium) (check!)
2.Stitching (check!)
3.Use a quote for a sentiment (check!)
4.Something with Wings (check!)
5.Make it Pop Up (check!)
6.Use 3 different shapes (check!)
7.Make it Manly (fail)
8.Use felt/fabric (not ribbon) (fail)
9.Give it Life (use an image of something alive) (check!)
10.Use 3 different colors only (apart from skin/hair) (check!)

So to play you have to include at least 3 of them, should be fun don't you think?

Challenges:
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Meljen's - Frame It!
Frosted Designs - Circles
Do It With Digi's - Girly
Patties Creations - Stitching (2 entries only)
Ribbon Carousel - Stitching (and ribbon)
Stampin Bee's - Ribbon
Thrilling Thursday - Summertime
Crafty Ann's - Summertime
If The Shoe Fits - Summer
Stampin Sisters In Christ - All Creatures Great and Small
Digital Tuesday - Garden and Wings
Everybody Art - Garden
Paper Play - In The Garden
Papertake Weekly - Sketch
Creative Craft World - Anything But Birthday

Card Recipe:
Image - Meljen's
Sentiment - Bits of Ivory
Paper - K and Co Watercolor Bouquet
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - The Whimsy Cottage
Pearls - Recollections
Roses - Treasures by Shabby Chic

I hope you liked this and will come along and play with my itinerary at Desert Island Crafters, remember just choose 3 of more from my list and you're in!
Katie

Cooking It Up #64 - Make a Romantic Embossed Ribbon

EDITED TO ADD - Made the Top 3 at Creative Inspirations Paint. Thanks!!!!!
and
Second place at Happileigh Scrappin. Thanks!!!!

It's a new recipe challenge over at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog.
We have a super sponsor in Designed 2 Delight and the team got some super images to work with.

The ingredients this week are:
Make it Romantic
Include some Embossing
Finish with some Ribbon

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes or Your Favorite...
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Partytime Tuesday - Anything Goes (2 entries max)
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes (with ribbon etc)
Creative Inspirations Paint - Friends
Happileigh Scrapping - Lots of Embellishments
ABC - V is for Variety (use at least 3 different embellishments, I used pearls, rhinestones, flowers and ribbon)
Papertake Weekly - Sketch
House of Gilli - Flowers
Crafty Emma's - Embossing
Stamp Something - Use a Sentiment

Card Recipe:
Image - Beautiful Blessings by D2D
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - The Blossom Song Stack by DCWV (at Michaels)
Flowers - Prima Trellis Rose in Fontaine
Ribbon - The Whimsy Cottage and Hobby Lobby
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug
Spritz - Homemade
Pearls - The Paper Studio
Rhinestones - Treasures by Shabby Chic

This is such a gorgeous image, different from my usual choices but I absolutely love how the card turned out.
I hope you'll come over and join in at Cooking It Up With Katie and share your latest creation!

Katie