Pixie Cottage #45 - Ribbons and Bows

It's time for another fabulous sketch and technique challenge over at The Pixie Cottage and this week we want to see you getting out those beautiful Ribbons and Bows on your projects!

Challenges:
CCEE Stampers - Store Bought Flowers
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Character Cafe - Embossing
Drunken Stampers - Stitching (I did faux)
ABC Design - Sew Special
Wee Memories - Patterned Paper
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Marker Madness
Reasonable Ribbon - Ribbon and Christmas
Stamp and Create - Tis The Season
Alota Rubber Stamps - Let's Celebrate Christmas
Scrappy Frogs - Christmas
Flourishes - Just Do It! Make A Christmas card :)
Paper Cupcakes - Christmas, Glitter and Ribbon
Stamp With Fun - Square
Sassy Studios - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Whatever Makes You Happy

Card Recipe:
Image - Hannah with Candle by Sandra Hammer
Paper - DCWV The Christmas Combo
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Prima
Embossing Folder - Sizzix
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - The Paper Studio
Ribbon - American Crafts
Paint - Puffy by Tulip
Glitter - Glamour Dust by Viva Decor

This is the great sketch we worked with this week.

I added Puffy Paint to the snow in the image for texture. Before I heated the paint to make it puff I added Glamour Dust glitter on top.
We'd love to see you come along and see what other wonderful creations the team made and play with us along at The Pixie Cottage.

Pixie Cottage #43 - Recycling

It's another Once Upon a Wednesday at The Pixie Cottage and we have another super sketch for you and the option challenge of "recycling". Remember you can choose to use the sketch or the theme or both!

Challenges:
Wee Memories - Anything Goes
The Paper Players - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy - Anything Goes
The Crafty Pad - Stitching
Crafty Cardmakers - Stitching
STampin Royalty - Pear Pizazz, Cajun Craze, Marina Mist and So Saffron

Card Recipe
Image - Robins Nest by ARTish
Paper - The Green Stack (70% recycled) by DCWV
Medium- Copic Markers
Flowers- Tim Holtz die for Sizzix
Sentient - K and Co

I've not used this image before but I think for a Friendship/Thinking of You card it conveys the perfect message.

Digital Delights - Rejoice with Caroling Penny

Time for more fabulous cards from the Digital Delights Team!
All of them have created some super cards using images designed by Wendy Hall for Digital Delights. On a side note did you see that Wendy's images are just $2 a piece? Most other digital companies start at $3 and go up so by choosing Digital Delights you are saving money with every image you buy!

I've finished with Halloween crafting and so I thought I'd get adding to my pile of Christmas cards by working with the super cute Caroling Penny!

Challenges:
Allsorts - Spots and Stripes
Speedy The Cat's Friends - Die Cut or Punch
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Let's Get Punchy
Simon Says Stamp - Punch Em
Sweet Stop Sketches - Sketch
Wee Memories - Cute Holiday
The Crafty Pad - Christmas
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Christmas
Southern Girls - Glitter It Up
ABC - G is for Glitter
Totally Gorjuss - Sparkle
Craft Your Passion - Glitter/Sparkles
Paper Take Weekly - Sparkly and Bright
I Did It Creations - Open week
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Crafty Purple Frog - Anything Goes
Flourishes - Anything Goes But No Buttons or Bows
Random Amusing - Pop Up Your Sentiment
Paper Pretties - Make a Square Card

Card Recipe:
Image - Caroling Penny
Paper - The Christmas Combo by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Making Memories
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Paint - Puffy by Tulip
Glitter - The Art Institute

It's hard to tell in the photo (click on it to make it big) but I used Puffy Paint on her hat and coat and before heating it I sprinkled it with glitter for extra sparkle. It goes well with the glittered stripey paper underneath I think.

These are the colors I used to color her with, I know I don't do this often but I am going to try and remember as I know how much it helps people if they want to recreate something.
Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed seeing Penny in her finest and I hope it inspires you to either get started on your Christmas cards, if you haven't already, or at least gets you singing! LOL

Guest Designer at Incy Wincy - Pink and Brown

It's time for another guest card for and this week we have a color combo challenge of Pink and Brown.
This combo is one of my favorites as it leads to a vintage, shabby chic feel to a card and it works so well for girl cards.
We are sponsored by the fabulous Di's Digi's and this image I got to work with was so cute!

Challenges:
Paper Cutz - Anything Goes
Copic Creations - Colorless blender tricks (I used burlap soaked in blender and dabbed on the bear for texture)
365 Cards Day 230 - Last but Not Least (a technique you've been putting off trying, see above!)
Our Creative Corner - More Is Better (3 of more types of embellishment) (brads, buttons, punches, sticker)
Speedy the Cat's Friends - Stitching
Totally Gorjuss - Pink
Wee Memories - Celebrate Good Times
Paper Sundaes - For Someone Little
Paper Romance - Buttons

Card Recipe:
Image - Ted's99 by Di's Digi's
Paper - My Minds Eye Loves Nest
Medium - Copic Markers
Brads - Making Memories
Buttons - Stash
Border and Corner punches - Martha Stewart
Sentiment Sticker - KI Memories

How cute is this little bear? It is images like this that remind me of "home" (4500 miles away in England) as a "99" with a Flake was my favorite treat from "Mr Whippy" :)
I hope you like her too.

Cooking It Up #29 - A little Autumn Tilda

It's time for a new recipe at Cooking It Up With Katie!

We are sponsored by Fairy Knoll this week.

The recipe is:

Embossing
Autumn
Fancy Fold


Challenges:

Prairie Fairy - Embossing
Daring Card Makers - Masking
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Real or Faux stitching
365 Cards Day 195 - This or That (a card that can be used for more than one specific occasion)
Our Creative Corner - Fun with Folds
Everybody Art - Other Cardform (presuming that means not a regular shaped/folded card)
Stempeltraume - Inside your Card
Pockerful of Posies - Floral Fantasy
Totally Gorjuss - Flowers
Totally Tilda - Handmade Flowers
Paper Make Up - Autumn
Theme Thursday - Autumn
Paperplay - Autumn Colors
Incy Wincy - Autumn Colors
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Colors of Autumn
Wee Memories - Fall into Autumn
Stempel Magie - Fall Colors
Allsorts - Colors of Autumn
Raise the Bar - Orange, Brown and Green
Delightful Challenges - Colors of Autumn and Ribbons




Card Recipe:
Image - Stylish Tilda and Front Door Steps Background
Paper - Amber Autumn by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Flower Punch - EK Success
Flowers - Wild Orchid







I just love this Tilda and thought the background stamp went well.
I hope you like it and we'd love to see you get your "fancy fold on" over at Cooking It Up With Katie!

Digital Delights - Boo!

Time for more fabulous cards from the Digital Delights Team!
All of them have created some super cards using images designed by Wendy Hall for Digital Delights.

Challenges:

Mojo Monday - Sketch
Basic Grey Challenges - Paper Piecing
Stamp Something - Something Cute
Paper Jewels - Night Time
Wee Memories - Wee Ones (card for a child)
Cowgirl Sunday - Anything Goes
Gingerloft - Anything Goes
Your Next Stamp - Anything Goes
Bee Crafty - Anything Goes (and a Digi)
Stamptacular Sunday - Distressing
Artful Inkables - Distressing
Res Q - Use Scissors (couldn't paper piece without them!)
Stars and Stamps - Halloween
Gingersnaps - Punches



Card Recipe:
Image - Sitting Mummy
Paper - Eerie by Basic Grey
Ink - Chalk Ink Dew Drops in Dark Moss and Coal
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Rub On





I love how perfect the paper in the pack was for me to use to Paper Piece the Mummy. I also added ink to the edges of the image and to mats and edges of the card to add to the distressed look the papers already had.
I adore the new Martha Stewart spooky fence punch and I'm sure you'll see it on quite a few more cards before this year's Halloween crafting season is over.
I hope you'll go over to see the fabulous work of the rest of the team!

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #20 - Anything But A Card - Guest Sketch

It's time for another Once Upon A Wednesday at The Pixie Cottage and another sketch from our fabulous Special Guest Sketcher Jay Jay!



Along with the sketch we have the added challenge of making "Anything But A Card"
You don't have to use a Pixie Cottage Stamp to enter but if you do have why not try out!
Remember you can use the sketch, the theme or both and can combine our challenge with any others you like!



Challenges for this project:

Pixie Dust - Pretty in Pink
Paper Romance - Pink and Bling
Frosted Designs - Pick 5. Punches, Ribbon, Pink, Flowers, Buttons
Thrilling Thursday - Recipe: Ribbon, Bling and Embossing
Stamptacular Sunday - Buttons and Bows
Wee Memories - Buttons, Brads and Bling (any of them)
Digi Doodle Shop - Flowers
One Stitch At A Time - Pack A Punch
Alphabet Challenge - P is for Punches
Tanda Stamps - Beautiful Borders
Sew Many Challenges - Stitching
Pollycraft - In Stitches
Practical Scrappers - Stitching
Little Paper Shop - Sewing
Alys - Get Dotty
Wild Flower Patch - Polka Dots
Stempeltraeume - Packaging (a box)
Gingersnaps - Go 3D
Simon Says Stamp - Make a Gift
The Pink Elephant - Ribbon and Sparkles
Everybody Art - In The Garden



Recipe:
Image - Pumpkin Fairy Hannah by Sandra Hammer
Paper - Glitz and Glitter KI Memories
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Flower Punch - EK Success
Chipboard Corners - Colorbok
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Scoring Tool (for box) - Martha Stewart Score Board





I love how this turned out and it was nice to make something other than a card for a change.
We'd all love to see you playing over at The Pixie Cottage so grab your supplies and get creating!

Prairie Kids Reveal Day! - Harvest Time

It's time for another new set of clear stamps by Wendy Hall at Clear Dollar Stamps!
And this time it is called Prairie Kids with a Harvest theme.
There is also a digital background set that goes with it and I used the sunflowers in the original form and flipped to make a background for the girl.
I managed to find a few challenges to go with the card and I hope you like it :)

Challenges:
Simon Says - Going Dotty
Treehouse Stamps - Dots
Wee Memories - Stamping
Cowgirl Sunday - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Paper Play - Anything Goes




Card Recipe:
Image - Clear Dollar Stamps (Girl) and Digital Delights (Sunflower background)
Paper - Bo Bunny
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Sentiment - Paper Studio





Look for another card from this fabulous set later this month.

Chi Chi Memories - Happy Birthday Girl!

It's time for another guest card for Chi Chi Memories.
This time I got to use the super sweet Birthday Girl and teamed her up with some of my most favorite current papers.

Challenges:

Craftalicious - Cute
Annabelle Stamps - Sketch and Bling
Prairie Fairy - Anything Goes
Speedy The Cats Friends - Use a Die Cut
Creative Card Crew - Die Cuts
Meljen's - Circles Galore
Sentimental Sundays - Celebration
Partytime Tuesday - Outside In & Birthday
Rosie Dees - Summer Birthday
Craft Your Passion - Stitching
Artful Inkables - Stitching
Wee Memories - Free For All
Little Red Wagon - Nestabilites



Card Recipe:
Image - Birthday Girl
Paper - Cosmo Cricket DeLovely
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Sandy Lion
Cake sticker - KI Memories
Die Cuts - Spellbinders





I added some Stickles to the image to give a little Birthday Sparkle!
This is such a cute image and fabulous papers and I really love how it all turned out and I hope you do too.

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.

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #26 - Aperture Card - Guest Sketch

It's time for another Once Upon A Wednesday at The Pixie Cottage with another fabulous Special Guest Sketch Artist and this time it's Dawny P from The Pink Piggy!
Dawny is a super card maker and her sketches are so popular that they not only appear on her Papertake Weekly challenge but she's also a DT member on fabulous challenges such as Just Magnolia, Lili of The Valley, Dies to Die For, Anyone for Anya and more!



Challenges:

Alota Rubber Stamps - Inside and Out
Paper Make Up - Window Card
Stamptacular Sunday - Aperture Creations
Craftalicious - Cute
Alphabet Challenge - J is for Jewels
Pocket Full of Posies - One For The Girls
Wee Memories - Free For All
Prairie Fairy - Anything Goes



Card Recipe:
Image - What a Doll by Alisa Ramirez
Paper and Letters - Crate Paper Girl Kit and Cosmo Cricket De Lovely
Medium - Copic Markers
Butterflies - Papermania
Flowers - Prima
Brads - Making Memories





This is the image inside the card.



Here you can see the window in the card, it makes a nice change to a regular card and would be perfect for a card with a photo inside.
So grab your exacto knife, dies or anything else to cut your window and come along and play with us at The Pixie Cottage

Guest designer at Crafty Creations - Make Your Own Button

I was super excited to be asked to be a part of Crafty Creations for a month and today is my first card for them!
We were asked to "Make your own button" which was something I'd never done before.
I wasn't sure whether I was doing it right but in the end I punched 4 circles of white card stock, glued them together in a pile, added a blue card stock circle on the top and used my Crop-O-Dile to make the holes. Then I added some red, white and blue ribbon through the holes and I think they turned out pretty good (if I do say so myself! LOL).
So now it's your turn to go and try the challenge!

Challenges:

Alota Rubber Stamps - Inside and Out
CCEE - Sketch
Cute Card Thursday - Let's Get Fruity
Handfull of Stamps - Life's A Picnic (what picnic doesn't have ants?)
Drunken Stampers - Summer
KL Stampin Scrappin - Summer
ECP - Summer
Crafty Ho's - Fun in The Sun
Stempel Magie - Friendship
Speedy The Cats Friends - Use a Die Cut
Creative Card Crew - Die Cuts
Little Red Wagon - Nestabilites
Incy Wincy - Punches
Clearly Delightful - Buttons
Wee Memories - Free For All
Prairie Fairy - Anything Goes
Shabby Tea Room - Make an Impression (embossing)
Diva Stamper - Photo Inspiration (Red, White and Blue)
AI Factory - Red, White and Blue
Meljens - Red, White and Blue
Pixie Dust - Red, White and Blue
Paper Romance - Red, White and Blue
I Did It Creations - Red, White and Blue
Bildmalarna - Red, White and Blue
Stamp Insanity - Red, White and Blue
Oh Alice - Red, White and Blue
Alys - Red, White and Blue
Stampin Sisters In Christ - Red, White and Blue
Digital Tuesday - Red, White and Blue
Joans Gardens - Red, White and Blue and embossing folder
Raise The Bar - Colors of Your Flag (whether it's The Union Jack for the UK or The Stars and Stripes for my adopted USA it's still Red, White and Blue!)
Stamp Something - Colors of Your Flag
Riley and Co - Colors of Your Flag



Card Recipe:
Image: Lemon Ants by Doodle Pantry
Paper: DCWV
Medium : Copic Markers
Embossing Folder - Crafts Too
Border Punch - Martha Stewart





These ants are so cute, I think I'd even lay them a spot at the picnic so they didn't have to steal! LOL
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