By The Cute and Girly Challenge #2!

Happy November!
Another month has passed and it's time for a new challenge at By The Cute and Girly!
This months theme is Winter Wonderland which gives you the opportunity to get out all the sparkly stuff, snowflakes, ribbons and more.

I found another challenge that these projects worked for too.
Use Your Stash wanted something old and I've had this Snowman for two years just waiting to be dressed up!
Scrap, Stamp and Doodle wanted "Anything But a Card"
Challenge Up Your Life wanted you to "Pimp It Up" which in their defintion was make something prettier than it was originally.



This started life as a plain chipboard album in the shape of a snowman.
I used the supr new Basic Grey papers called Eskimo Kisses and then I found lots of embellishments from my over flowing Christmas/Winter colelction.



This is the other side of the album.
Some of the products are Mary Engelbriet 3D stickers, Prima flowers, printed brads and more.



Next comes a wooden snowman that I've had for a couple of years now.
He was really simple to do. I painted his head and hands and added more Basic Grey paper to his body. I added Basic Grey buttons with twine and finally I used faux stitching all around him for a little homemade style.

You can enter any type of craft you like at By The Cute and Girly! so please go and raid you stash, get creating and go share it with all of us, who know's you may win a great prize!
Katie

Halloween Card for Pile It On and 17 other challenges too!

Happy Sunday Everyone!
It's time for a new challenge at Pile It On and it's a current one, we want to see your Halloween projects!
The design team got to play with wonderful designs by Simple Doodles and I chose this super spooky cocktail!
Of course the idea behind Pile It On is to try and get lots of challenges that work together and this time I got 17 in the mix!
PaperTake Weekly wanted us to go to "The Dark Side" and create a Halloween project and so did Corrosive Challenges
Use Your Stash wanted Purple, Polka Dots and Paint
Midnight Madness gave me the sketch
Digital Tuesday had a Halloween theme too and so did Stampin B's and Creative Friday did too!, and guess what? Stampartic wanted Halloween as well and surprise, surprise so did One Stop Craft
Cute Card Thursday had a Spook Fest!
Trimmies Craft Challenge have a recipe of 1 ribbon, 2 buttons and 3 paper
IldiCo were "In Stitches" and wanted to see sewing whether real or fake.
Cupcake Craft wanteed Buttons and Stitching
If The Shoe Fits wanted you to Bling It Up and so did Handfull of Stamps as long as the Bling was colored, and Stamp Somthing wanted more Bling!
Paper Cutz wanted to see Tags



I printed 3 copies of the image on Georgia Pacific cardstock and colored each with Copic's. I cut one with a Label nestie and use it for my base. Then I cut another complete one and popped it up on top. Finally I cut just the bowl of the glass and spider and added it as a final layer. I used a vellum tag that I painted and added alphabet beads for the sentiment. I tied it around the stem of the glass to look like a wine charm (I hope it worked! LOL)
The dp are just from my scrap box. The rhinestones are from the $1 spot at Michaels and the ribbon is American Crafts.



Inside is another nestie for the message mat and matching ribbon.


I hope you can see the layers from this angle.
So I'm sure you still have plenty of Halloween projects to make so go and create and enter the challenge at Pile It On this week!
Katie

Tilda sends Christmas Greetings - Challenge #1 for The Pixie Cottage!

Happy Wednesday!
The Pixie Cottage are starting bi-weekly challenges and the 1st one is today!
Challenge #1 is a sketch challenge and it's such a great sketch!

Of course it wouldn't be me if I did a card with only one challenge so here are 15 more that I found that I used to help me create it.
Magnolia-licious Highlites have a monthly challenge and for October they wanted you to do an easel style card which was so much fun to do!
Fab's Big Christmas wanted something round and I think the big round mat from the sketch works here (plus the pearls and the brads are round!Hee Hee!)
La La Lands had a Christmas/Winter theme so this works too.
Stamp With Sarah Kay had the Christmas theme too.
Die Cuts R Us wanted Handmade Embellishments, well I made the flowers and the hatpin too!
Charisma Cardz had a recipe of 1 ribbon, 3 papers, 3 flowers and a charm
Cute Card Thursday wanted you to be So Charming and include a charm
Gingersnaps had a new supply challenge and this time it was Brads
Caardvarks wanted to see Ribbon used in a wonderful way
Crafty Creations wanted to see Blue
Dutch Dare had a recipe of 2 colors of cardstock (I have metallic green for the base and smoky blue matting the squares), 2 patterned papers, 2 flowers, 2 brads and 2 genstones/buttons, I'm hoping the pearls on the hatpin count as gemstones!
Creative Card Crew wanted to see Scallops and I used a scalloped border punch as my "stop" on the bottom layer of the easel.
Everybody Art wanted us to use Shapes or Punches
Use Your Stash wanted you to use OCT in your project. So I chose O for "Out of the Ordinary" fr the fold style of the card, C for Christmas and T for Tilda
Flutterby Wednesday has a free month as long as the project has a butterfly or fairy. Well I know Tilda is an angel but she has wings and you can see them in this image so I hope she'll do! LOL
Lili of The Valley wanted a Christmas card for a child.

The dp are from Basic Grey from last years Dasher collection
I used the fabulous door stamp by Sandra Hammer that is available for preorder at Michelles Scrapbooking.
The little Tilda waiting patiently by the door is called "Barefoot Tilda with Lantern" and I have to say she is so cute and I loved the fact that the door is proportioned perfectly for the Tilda and Edwin stamps. I searched and searched for a link for you and finally found her at Magnolia in Sweden and she's from the 2007 Winter/Christmas collection but I can't find a US source right now.
Both Tilda and the door are colored with a combination of Copic's and Promarkers. The flowers were made with two sizes of EK Success punches with Making Memories Button Brads in the center and inked for dimension.
The sentiment is from Crafty Secrets and the hat pin was made with a selection of beads from Hobby Lobby and Walmart. The ribbons are from Michaels from last years Christmas selection.
You can find the template for the easel card at the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog and there are dimensions for different size cards, mine has a 6" square front.

I used a punched border made with a Martha Stewart punch and topped by ribbon as the "stop" to help the easel stay upright.

I love the fact that this card folds down flat to go in an envelope but looks so great when standing up!

Be sure to drop on over to The Pixie Cottage and try your hand at the sketch. You have two weeks to enter so create and link back so we can see your wonderful work!
Katie

For You, New Tilda Card

Happy Hump Day Everyone!
I'm been so busy with Design Team projects that my poor Magnolia stamps are feeling left out and sad.
So I decided it was time for a Tilda and of course I picked out my very favorite! Don't ask me why as I just can't answer but there is something about Well Dressed Tilda that makes me smile, and perching her on the book pile makes if even better!
I combined 7 challenges to create this card which doesn't feel like very many for me! LOL
Mojo Monday gave me the sketch
Just Magnolia gave me the color scheme of Pink, Grey with the option of Black
Roses On Paper wanted to see Stitching so I got out my pen for some faux stitching
Magnolia Down Under wanted to see Buttons
Die Cut Dreams wanted to see Ribbon and Trim
One Stop Craft Challenge wanted to see die cuts
and finally
Use Your Stash had a free choice as long as it was old! Well the dp on this card is from Keeping Memories Alive and they've not produced their own brand of paper for at least 5 years! In fact I think these pieces are closer to 10 years and no yellowing at all so it must be good stuff! LOL







Anyway I hope you like her!
Katie