Snow Much Fun with Tilda

It's Winter but most of the time here in Texas we just have to dream of snow.
This was what prompted me to ink up Rowdy Tilda and make a fun Winter card with her!

Challenges:
Oldie But A Goodie -Sketch
Totally Stampalicious - Mix It Up (stamps from two different sets, on my card one is Magnolia the other is The Pixie Cottage)
Hand Stamp Sentiments - Blues
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Blues
Totally Tilda - Ribbon and Roses
7 Kids College Fund - Hot or Cold
Just Magnolia - Anything Goes
Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes
The Lollipop Ladies - Glitter or Bling
Fairy Knoll - All That Glitters
Crafts And Me - Paper Tearing
ABC Design Challenge - Baby It's Cold Outside
Belli - Snow
Stamp With Fun - Snow
The Pink Elephant - Winter Wonderland
Flutterby Wednesday - Open Week (must have butterfly, fairy or angel)
Phindy's Place - Distressing
Winter Wonderland - Let's Go Dotty
Basic Grey Challenges - Spots and Dots

Card Recipe:
Image - Rowdy Tilda
Paper - Basic Grey Max and Whiskers and Basic Grey Olivia
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Prima Mini Roses
Sentiment - The Pixie Cottage
Chalk Ink - Colorbox Cats Eye in Blue Lagoon

What is so ironic is that we traveled to England at Christmas and hoped to get some snow and hardly a flake was seen where we were but yesterday, here in Texas, we got a blizzard and here are some of the photos to prove it!

Yes that's me with my Covent Garden knitted hat and scarf on, who knew I'd actually need them this winter?

So just like Tilda we enjoyed a little of the white stuff!

Designed 2 Delight - A Little Winter Whine!

This is one of my last Christmas cards this year and this one is featured on Card Ideas from Designed 2 Delight today.
This is going to a friend who really isn't a Winter lover at all! LOL

Challenges:
Paper Issues - Holiday Hookup
Cards For Men - Christmas
Stamp With Fun - Christmas
Fresh Brewed Designs - Christmas
Pear Tree Designs - Christmas
Top Tip Tuesday - Christmas
Pollycraft - White Christmas
Paper Playtime - Snowman
Totally Gorjuss - Snow
Wags N Whiskers - Snowflakes
Woodware - Winter
Catch The Bug - Winter Wonderland
The Pink Elephant - Winter Wonderland
Ladybug Crafts - Winter Wonderland
Ellephantastic - Winter
Stamptacular Sunday - Winter Wishes
Cupcake Inspirations - Blue and White cupcake with a Snowflake
ABC Christmas - Z for Zero (use an old challenge I chose F for Frost with the option of Snow)
Crafts and Me - Moody Blues
Cupcake Craft - Non Traditional Christmas
Incy Wincy - Non Traditional Christmas
Digital Tuesday - Sparkling Christmas (using a digi)
Bunny Zoe = Sparkle and Shine
Karber Weekly - Use a Digi
There She Goes - Use Your Stash (paper is years old!)
Mad For Markers - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Image - Winters Cheer
Paper - Colorbok
Medium - Copic Markers
Snowflakes - Hobby Lobby
Doily - Little Yellow Bicycle

He is a super cute Snowman and the fact that he has a glass of wine in his hand makes me smile even more!
Hopefully by the time you read this I will be sipping a cup of tea in my Mum's kitchen all the way home in England!
There will be a few cards scheduled over the next couple of weeks but I'm enjoying a well deserved rest (well it won't be a rest but you know what I mean) with my family and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Katie

Digital Delights New Releases - Get Well Soon

It's new release day at Digital Delights and with our two teams we now have a super array of examples to show you!





Challenges for my card:

Alota Rubber Stamps - Inside and Out
Taylored Expressions - Sketch
Speedy The Cats Friends - Use a Die Cut
Creative Card Crew - Die Cuts
Little Red Wagon - Nestabilites
Crafty Pad - Animal Fun
Pear Tree Designs - Animals
Theme Thursday - Animals
Cupcake Inspiration - Photo - Color Inspiration
Quirky Crafts - Ribbons
Craft Your Passion - Stitching
The Pink Elephant - 3 layers, 2 Die Cuts and Ribbon
Wee Memories - Free For All
Prairie Fairy - Anything Goes
Ellephantastic - It's Up to You
Bee Crafty - 3D
Cowgirl Sunday - Scallops



Card Recipe:
Image - Ouch Lili
Paper and Letters - Crate Paper Girl Kit
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Cloud 9
Die Cuts - Spellbinders





Hopefully I won't have to send this to any one soon but if I do it will hopefully bring a smile to their faces.

Summertime and the Livin' is Easy!

Happy Tuesday!
It's a big upcoming card week, this one today is the first of 7 posts in the next 3 days!
I wasn't planning on crafting today but when I saw the freebie at Crafting With Dee Dee I just had to grab it and make a quick card!

Challenges:
Crafting With Dee Dee - Summer Fresh
Daisy Doodles - Digital image, 1 ribbon, 2 patterned papers and 3 brads
Kaboodle Doodles - Celebrate Summer
Mojo Monday - Sketch
The Pink Elephant - 3 layers, 2 Die Cuts and Ribbon
Totally Stampalicious - Food
Bee Crafty - 3D
Shabby Tea Room - Make an Impression (embossing)
Stempel Magie - Friendship
Basic Grey Challenges - Photo Inspiration




Card Recipe:
Image - Crafting With Dee Dee
Paper - Basic Grey June Bug
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Embossing folder - Crafts Too
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Brads - Spare Parts





I printed and colored another image and cut it out and popped it up on top for some extra dimension.
I just loved this image and it was so much fun!

Pile It On #24 - A Sticky Situation

It's Sunday so that means another chance to Pile It On and have some super challenge fun!
This week are sponsored by AI Factory who provided the team with images to work with.
Our challenge this week is use stickers somewhere on your card.
I used little sparkly flower ones.


Challenges:
Pink Elephant - Sketch
Ooh La La - Flourishes and Pearls
Little Red Wagon - Beads
Crafty Creations - It's a Stitch Up
Tellens Place - Going to The Chapel
Creative Craft World - Weddings
Secret Crafter - Weddings
Stamp With Fun - Fairytales (shouldn't every Wedding be a Fairytale one?)
Cuttlebug Challenge - Wedding Card (with CB)
Twisted Thursday - Something Old (the buttons are old and the challenge is on Wedding week)
Paperplay - Something Old
Rosie Dees - Something Blue
Scrap It With a Song - I Could Not Ask For More (using the line "Every dream I've had's come true")
Pollycraft - Have a Sing Song (see above)
Caardvarks - Embossing
Flourishes - Embossing
Crafty Ann's - Embossing
Speedy the Cats Friends - Embossing
Three Muses - Buttons and Bows
Charisma - All About The Bling
Meljens - Fibers, Ribbon or Lace
Fun With Shapes and More - Flowery
Dare U2 Digi - Blooms and Butterflies
Crafty Calendar - Bugs and Beasties
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbons and Bows
Bunny Zoe Crafts - Nice and Girly (and their 1st challenge!)
Totally Gorjuss - Sugar and Spice
Crazy 4 Challenges - Paper Flowers
Drunken Stampers - Coloring and Bling
Wee Memories - Let's Get Sticky (use stickers)
Wednesday Stamper - I Love... (Aqua tones are my absolute favorites at the moment)
Alys - Flower Power
Cow Girl Sunday - Anything Goes
Our Daily Bread - FLOWERS (pick 3 from 7 sections), I chose Flowers, Wedding, Embossing, Ribbon and Stitching
Just Scraps - Butterflies, Flowers and Birds



Card Recipe:
Image - Ella the Flower Girl
Paper - K&Co Poppy Seed
Medium - Copic Markers
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Flourishes - Quickutz Die
Sentiment - Printed in Scriptina font
Embossing Folder - Sizzix
Glitter - Diamond Stickle
Doily - Wilton


Inside is a message mat.



I think this is just such a beautiful image and I loved working with it.
So now it's your turn to grab your stickers and play along at Pile It On.

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

Chi Chi Memories Blog Hop!

Here it is, it's Blog Hop Day!!!
Chi Chi Memories is holding a Blog Hop today and that's your place to start.
If you came to me from Jane then you are on the right track.
If not then please start at the beginning at Chi Chi Memories making sure to visit Lorraine along the way.
All the details are at Chi Chi Memories but what you need to do is visit all the team members blogs and leave them a little love :) After the hop is over 3 people will be chosen to receive 3 single images so the more blogs you comment on the better you chance of winning. You also have a chance by entering the challenge at the last stop on the hop.

The challenge for the team and for you is to complete a project using the following sketch.



You can play with any stamp you like but only Chi Chi image submissions will be eligible for entry for the prize, but we have a freebie you can use so there's no excuse not to play along is there? ;)

I got to use the fabulous Freddie (although I think I turned him into Freda!) and found a few challenges to help me with my creating:

Incy Wincy - For The Little Ones
The Pink Elephant - Gotta Wear Shades (bright fun colors)
My Time To Craft - Wild Thing
Copic Creations - Animals
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes Birthday
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Birthdays
Tellens Place - Two patterned papers



Card Recipe:
Image - Elephant Love by Chi Chi Memories
Papers - Cosmo Cricket DeLovely
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Flowers - Prima
Brads - The Paper Studio
Sentiment - KI Memories
Medium - Copic Markers






Now you're seen my card by sure to HOP HOP HOP along to Laura and then on the trail you go!
Be sure to comment on ALL the posts as the more people you post on the better chance you have of winning (one comment per team members blog only please).
And make sure you grab the freebie and play along with the sketch challenge too!
Have fun and KEEP ON HOPPING!!
Katie

Treehouse #52 - Beach Vacation

It's time for another challenge at The Treehouse and this week it's brought to you by Kelly.
She challenges the team, and you, to come up with a creation based on a "Beach Vacation" theme.

A great challenge for the start of Summer and I found a few others that worked with it too:

Fussy and Fancy - Recipe, 3 Images (one can be a sentiment), 3 papers and 3 embellishments
Taylored Expressions - Sketch
Auds Sentiments - It's Your Day
Stamptacular Sunday - Life's A Beach
Creative Inspirations - Beach theme
The Pink Elephant - Gotta Wear Shades (bright fun colors)
Diedrich Dare - Photo Inspiration
Everybody Art - Summer
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Summer
Kah Wink E Dink - 6 of one (I used 6 buttons)
Tuesday Throwdown - Trees or Nature



Card Recipe:
Image - Fun in The Sun by Treehouse Digitals
Paper - K&Co Citronella
Medium - Copic Markers
Border punch - Martha Stewart
Buttons - Unknown





All 3 images came from the same digital set and it's a great value with 8 images and 11 sentiments for just $5!
So grab your markers and paper (or should that be bucket and spade or shovel and pail (covering both sides of the Atlantic today)) and get in the Summer mood and show us your bright and sunny projects!
Remember to drop back and link them at The Treehouse and Good Luck!
Katie

"Giraffe" A Good Time? - Treehouse Challenge #49 - Masculine Cards

It's time for another challenge at The Treehouse and this week it's brought to you by the wonderful Neva!
She'd like you to stretch your creativity a little and make a card for a man or boy in your life!
There are so many new digital stamps at The Treehouse Store that it was hard to choose the perfect image but I think you'll like this one!

I needed a few challenges to help me create mine:

Allsorts - Sketch
Papercutz - Child's Zoo Birthday
Critter Challenge - Critter Birthday
Stampin For The Weekend - Card for a Male
Crazy 4 Challenges - Boy Card
Curtain Call - Summer Sun, Bordering Blue, Whisper White and Tangerine Tango
The Pink Elephant - Yellow, Designer Paper and Buttons
Cupcake Craft - Buttons
A Spoon Full of Sugar - 3 papers and 3 buttons
Digital Tuesday - Make Me Laugh (well I thought the sentiment was funny :))
Sisterhood of Crafters - You Crack Me Up (something funny)



Card Recipe:
Image - Giraffe from Zoofari Friends
Paper - My Minds Eye and DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed
Buttons - Dress it Up by Jesse James





This is such a cute digi set and could be used for a lot of different occasions.
We all know how hard it is to do cards for the men in our lives, maybe this challenge will spur you on! We'd love to see what you can create, come and show us at The Treehouse
Katie

Pile It On - Cute and Cuddly

Happy Mothers Day!!!
I hope you all got a special treat to start your day. I'm scheduling this post so I hope I get my cup of tea in bed at the very least! LOL
It's Pile It On time and this week we have a fabulous sponsor, Meljens Designs!
The team got to work with her wonderful images and it was so much fun.
We had the challenge to create a "Cute and Cuddly" project and as always add as many other challenges as we could.

Pollycraft - Here Comes The Sun
Sketch and Stash - Sketch
The Pink Elephant - Mommy I Love You
For Fun - Card for a Mom
Raise The Bar - For Mom
If The Shoe Fits - For Mom
CCEE Stampers - Mothers Day
Cowgirl Sunday - Mothers Day
No Time To Stamp - Mothers Day
A Spoon full of Sugar - Furry Friends
Fab N Funky - Fancy edges
Paperplay - Digi and Bling
Creatalicious - Flowers and Wings
Wee Memories - Stitching
Dare U2 Digi - Anything Goes (and a digi)
Whoopsi Daisy - As You Like it
Incy Wincy - Anything Goes



Card Recipe:
Image - Mother Hen by Meljens Designs
Papers - My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Rhinestones - $1 spot at Michaels
Sentiment - Printed
Die Cuts - Quickutz
Glitter - Stickles in Cotton Candy and Smooch Spritz in Vanilla Shimmer



Here you can see how the card opens.



Inside I repeat the basic elements of the sketch for the message mat.



A Mothers Love at its best :)
We'd love to get all Cute and Cuddly with you at Pile It On this week so please get creating and join in!
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #16 - Floral Fantasy - Guest Sketch

It's Once Upon a Wednesday again at The Pixie Cottage and we have a super Special Guest Sketcher for you today.
It is the fabulous Jacque from Jacques Magnolias and she came up with this fantastic sketch for us.


Please drop over and leave her some love, she is genuinely one of the nicest crafters I've ever met.
Also todays card features some of the fabric flowers I showed you in Saturdays tutorial, if you missed it you can see all the details HERE

Of course I added a few other challenges along the way to help:

Crafty Catz - Stitching
Stamptacular Sunday - "Sew" Special
Daring Cardmakers - Die Cuts
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Our Creative Corner - Blooming Blossoms
Creative Craft Challenges - Blooming Marvellous
One Stitch At A Time - Flowers
Wee Memories - Flowers
Tellens Place - Flowers
Die Cut Dreams - Make Your Own Flowers
Pollycraft - Make Your Own Flowers
Stempeltraeume - Animals
The Pink Elephant - Aqua



Card Recipe:
Image - Buffy the Bunny and Little Chick by Alisa Ramirez for The Pixie Cottage
Paper - DCVW Nanas Nursery Baby Boy
Medium - Copic Markers
Border punches - Martha Stewart Iron Gate and Daisy Dot
Fabric - Walmart
Brads - K&Co
Sentiment - Fiskars
Die Cut - Spellbinders Label 11
Embossing Folder - Sizzix



Inside is more dp and a faux stitched message mat



Here you can see I popped up the flower on Buffys headband and tried to coordinate the colors with the fabric for the flowers.
I hope you like this and we'd love to have you join in with the challenge over at The Pixie Cottage
Katie

Guest Designer at Raise the Bar

I was so excited to be picked in the Top Three at Raise the Bar last week and super happy to be asked to make a card as a Guest for them this week.
Their theme this week is "Color Me Happy" and they'd love to see a monochromatic card featuring your favorite color.

Obviously I couldn't just do one challenge :)

Just Magnolia - Anything Goes
Scrap Stamp and Doodle - Buttons, Bows and Bling
The Pink Elephant - Sketch
Totally Gorjuss - Charming
Kaboodle Doodles - Embossing
Stamp Something - Charms
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Flowers
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Happy Birthday
Creative Card Crew - Happy Birthday
Pixie Dust - Tag You're It



Card Recipe :
Image - Unwrapped Tilda
Paper - DCWV The Linen Closet
Flowers - Brides
Border Punch - Iron Gate by Martha Stewart
Embossing folder - Cuttlebug Border
Sentiment - K I Memories
Medium - Copic Markers



Inside is more dp and a faux stitched message mat.



Doesn't Tilda look cute? This was from a Christmas collection but I bought it knowing it would work for many other happy occasions.
I've loved making this card for Raise the Bar and I hope to see your monochromatic creations over there too!
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #14 - Buttons - Guest Sketch

Happy Wednesday!
It certainly is a time for change at The Pixie Cottage as we add another dimension to our challenges.
Starting this week we will be having a Special Guest Sketch Artist every other week to share a sketch with you! These are some of the most popular skechers in the card blogging world and you will be amazed at the work they have created for The Pixie Cottage

Starting us off is the artist from the uber (as my DS would say) popular challenge site Midnight Madness, yes it's Priscilla!
She has made this super sketch for us and if you run over to The Pixie Cottage you will see the fabulous card she made with the sketch using the super new Hannah With Butterflies by Sandra Hammer stamp which is one of my favorites!

Here is the exclusive sketch she created for us.



The additional thing we'd like to see this week is Buttons on your card.
Remember you can chose to do the Sketch, the product or both!

I found a few challenges to go with my card:

CRAFT - Buttons
Crafty Anns - Let The Sun Shine In
Teddy Stampers - Spring
Fun 2 Stamp - Flowers
ResQ - Pick at least 2 clues from a puzzle. I chose flowers, square, punch, buttons, pattern, Spring
Just Cute Bears - Flowers
Magical Crafts - Animal Antics
Paper Jewels - Sewing and Buttons
Simple Doodles - Inspire Someone
Raise the Bar - Spring for It
The Pink Elephant - 1 image, 2 dies and 3 of your favorite embellishment (I've actually got 4!)
Wild Flower Patch - Punch It Up and Be Bold



Card Recipe:
Image - Barnie in Spring by ArTish from The Pixie Cottage
Papers - My Minds Eye Summer Song
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Buttons - The Paper Studio
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Color Oasis



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



I just hope a bee doesn't come out and sting Barnie on the nose! LOL
I hope you've enjoyed the card, if you have be sure to check out all the other Design Team member creations and maybe have a try at the sketch (or the buttons!) yourself.
Katie