La La Lands Guest DT - Pink and Green for Christmas

Happy Wednesday and my 2 post of the day!
It's time for another challenge over at LaLa Lands and this week the theme is "Pink and Green for Christmas".
It has been a great color combo amongst the paper companies for this Holiday Season so you should have no trouble joining in.
Actually I didn't use any Christmas dp on this card, I found some from a Summer stack that I loved and thought worked great for this theme.

I have a few other challenges with this card too:
Cute Card Thursday had a theme of Swirly Girly
Frosted Designs wanted to see Scallops
Saturday Spotlight wanted to see Christmas Flowers
All That Scraps wanted a Christmas Card
Corrosive Challenges had a great sketch




As I said earlier, these are Summer papers from My Minds Eye but I still hop it has a Holiday feel.
I stamped Sitting Lala and colored her with Copics and then cut her out. I made a big present for her to sit on and she looks like she's guarding it with her life, maybe it has Zhu Zhu pets in it! LOL
I used a Martha Stewart punch for the scalloped border and added gold faux stitching to the pink panel and to the swirlies.
The flowers are Prima and the sentiment is from Walmart from last year.

Inside is a message mat with more faux stitching.

I think LaLa is very lucky to have such a big present, I wonder if she can wait until Christmas to peek inside? :)
Have a great rest of your week!
Katie

My Grafico- Recipe Challenge

It's a new challenge at My Grafico and the team got to work with a set from one of the newest designers at My Grafico, Lindsay!
She gave us this fabulous recipe set and this week there was no sketch so we could do what we wanted!

Kraftin Kimmie wanted a Gift Card Holder and so did Crazy 4 Challenges
Bee Crafty wanted "Christmas Extras" and I think the gift card works.
Cuttlebug Spot wanted a Christmas Gift (I cut the Nesties with my Cuttlebug)
The Secret Crafter wanted a matching set



I used the "From My Kitchen" tag circle on both the gift card holder and the lid of the gift jar.
The dp is The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby.





I hope this shows that sets can be used for things other than you first think, so you get more for your money!
I'd love to see your cooking/recipe themed projects so get creating and enter at My GraficoKatie

Cute Daisy May - Twinkle for Christmas and Blog Candy Winner!

Happy Monday!
It's time for another challenge at Cute Daisy May and it's time to see if you won last weeks Blog Hop Candy!
Be sure to check out all the Design Team members blogs as many gave away fun stuff last week and if you entered you could have won!
My winner is:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

16
Timestamp: 2009-12-07 02:29:41 UTC



Craft Princess please email me with your details so I can get your candy on it's way!

On to the challenge, this week we want to see Christmas cards that Twinkle and Shine! You can use glitter, Stickles, rhinestones, gems, anything you like to make it Twinkle like a Christmas Tree!

Crafty Creations wanted Lace and Distressing (I think I've still made it work with the twinkle)
Pals Paper Arts had a wonderful vintage Christmas card for a photo inspiration
Lili Of The Valley had a wonderful sketch
Paper Cutz wanted a Christmas card



I used another image of th wonderful Sheet 115 this time choosing the super sweet little girl with her Poodle.
I colored her with Copic's and cut her with a Nestie circle.
The dp is Kay & Co, the flowers are Prima and the border punch is Martha Stewart.
The lace was white but I inked it with chalk inks to make it the right color for the vintage feel.



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



I don't know where she's hurrying off to but I'm sure it's somewhere fun.
I'd love to see you enter the challenge, you may be the winner!
But for everyone there is still the Buy One Get One Free Sale so you can get creating right away!
Katie

Pixie Cottage Showcase - Anything But A Card

Happy Saturday!
It's time for another showcase of cards at The Pixie Cottage and this time the team was challenged to make "Anything But Card". There is some fabulous work over there and I urge you to drop over and take a look :)
While you are there check out the "Once Upon a Wednesday" challenge that is running at the moment and it's "Get Stitchy" theme.
Making something other than a card is always fun for me as I was into scrapbooking and altering stuff way before I started making cards and it's nice to swap out the techniques.

I found a few other challenges to go with this one too.

The Pink Elephant had the theme of "Color Me Wonderful" and wanted your favorite method of coloring
Stamp With Fun had a Christmas theme
Rosie and Dees wanted Red and Green and a Bit of Bling!
Incy Wincy also wanted Red and Green
Sophisticat wanted Snowflakes and Sparkle
Stamp With Sarah Kay had a Christmas theme
Creative Card Crew had a Christmas theme
Gingersnaps had a Winter Wonderland theme and so did Cuttlebug Spot
3 Clovers wanted Gifts (no cards)
My Time To Craft had a theme of "Winter Pals"
Crafty Calendar had a theme of Winter Sparkle
Lots to Do had a Snow theme



I used a wooden plaque for this Christmas Decoration and the image fitted perfectly with it!
I colored this fantastic image by Artish with Copic's and added Puffy Paint for the snow on the tree and the snowballs. This stamp is on it's way to Michelle right now so be sure to check back to order it.
I embossed the snowflake circle onto American Crafts wonderful foil cardstock, the Cuttlebug works great on this.
I then matted the circles on Pinking Circle Nesties.
The rhinestones are Michaels $1 spot and the letters are Spare Parts from Hobby Lobby.

Here is a close up of the super cute group of Snow Buddies!
Be sure to check out all the wonderful work of the rest of the team at The Pixie Cottage!
Katie

Digital Delights Freebie Friday!

Happy Freebie Friday!
Just in time for those last minute Christmas cards Wendy has provided a super cute Freebie!



Just a reminder that you can now find the freebies at our groups at Papercraft Planet and SNR Card Universe All you have to do is join one or both of our groups and the image is yours. Your can find it under the subject Freebie Friday in the discussions area!!) Be sure to become a follower of the groups of your choice so you can be sure to keep up to date with our fun happenings!!

As I had Ridley in my hot hands a few days before you could grab him I thought I'd make a card too!
I used a few challenges along the way.

Paper Take had a fabulous sketch
Creative Inspirations wanted a Card and Tag set
Polly Craft wanted "Anything Christmas"
Polkadoodle wanted 3 papers and a Rubber Stamp (used one for the sentiment)
2 Red Bananas wanted a Christmas or Winter card
Stamping Vacation had a "Pick 3" and I chose Patterned Paper with Glittered Images, Red Glitter and Color and Image with Glitter
Creatalicious wanted Christmas, Snowflakes, Sparkle and Glitter (got all of those here!)
Digital Tuesday wanted Christmas Sparkle (and a digi of course)
Scrap Stamp and Doodle had a Christmas theme
Dare U2 Digi had a color combo of Red and Green and a Neutral



The great thing about Digital Images (apart from how cute they are!) is that you can size them just how you want, different sizes for different projects!
So I printed out Ridley in both card size and tag size for this cute pair.
I colored Ridley with Copic's and added Candy Cane Stickles to his hat and coat and Puffy Paint to his beard and hat.
I also added Diamond Stickles to the snowflakes for some added glitter.
The dp are from a stack from last year at Hobby Lobby.
The sentiment is Studio G and I matted it on a Pinking Circle Nestie.









I certainly had fun creating this set and I highly encourage you to run over to either Papercraft Planet or SNR Card Universe, join either (or both) groups and grab this Fantastic Friday Freebie!
Have fun with him!
Katie

So much FUN from Digital Delights!

I can't believe all the fun things that Wendy and the team are up to these days!
What with the sketches and fabulous new images I need an extra part of my brain to keep up with it all!

The first thing today is to mark on your calender that Digital Delights is having a Digi Day at our group at SNR Card Universe next Thursday (December 10th) from 7:00p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (CST)
This fabulous image will be available over there for you to join in with the challenge!

The challenge is to create a simple Christmas ornament, gift tag or anything you can dream up using Christmas Bells Charlie. Everyone who participates in the challenge should upload their cards to the gallery using the code "digitaldelightschristmas". There will be a random drawing of all challenge entries on Saturday 12th December and the prize will be the complete new December release (and I've seen this release, you don't want to miss it!!!!)
Be sure to be over there as there are other ....ssshhhhhh.....SURPRISES.......in store too!
And remember that's where all the Freebie Fridays are posted too and you don't want to miss a single one of those!

Also there are lots of other chances to win Wendy fabulous designs with other challengs too.
Wendy is a big sponsor and in the following weeks they'll be chances to win at lots of other blogs so be sure to watch out for the Digital Delights logo and enter and maybe you'll be the winner!
Also remember that the latest sketch challenge at Delightful Sketches runs for another week and there is a fabulous prize sponsored by Riley and Company of 3 , yes 3, wood mounted stamps of your choice! I love Riley and wish I could enter myself!
Be sure to check back here tomorrow to for details of the latest Freebie Friday!

Katie

Santa, Don't be mad! - A new Christmas Card and tag from a brand new Artist!

Happy Thursday!
I'm honored to show you a new from a wonderful new designer!
Faith has been a friend of mine for a couple of years now and I've always admired her cards not matter which stamp company design she used. She can make a classic card, a funny card, a religious card, it doesn't seem to matter, I love them all!
Recently she decided to take her art to the next level and she's now designing her own digital images!
Designed 2 Delight is only just getting started but already the images are so good I know I'll want them all!
When Faith asked me to make a card using one of the new images I jumped at the chance and I hope you like the result.
Here is the gorgeous stamp I chose to use.

Be sure to read all the way to bottom of the post for a great discount just for being here!
I used a few challenges (17!) along the way to help me :)
I chose the sketch at Mojo Monday as my starting point.
365 Cards Day 273 want you to use Damask so I embossed the border strips with a Damask style embossing folder.
Color Throwndown had a color combo of Olive, Red, Brown/Cream and Pink
Rosie Dees wanted Red and Green and a bit of Bling!
Incy Wincy wanted Red and Green too
Opus Gluei had the theme of Holiday Bliss with anything relating to the Holiday Season
Creative Card Crew had a Christmas theme and so did Digital Tuesday and Stamp With Fun
Everybody Art wants to see Stitching
Jacksonbelle wanted a Christmas card so did Practical Scrappers and Paper Make Up as well
Creative Inspirations wanted a Christmas Card with matching tag
Paper Cutz had an open theme
Ok, now I'm really pushing it with this challenge Flutterby Wednesday had an open theme as long as the image is a Fairy, Butterfly or Angel. Well as this little guy has a halo he must be angel really, mustn't he? LOL And if he is then he fits with the challenge of Angels at Crafty Catz too!



This is one of the great things about digital stamps, you can print them in any size you like so if you want a card and matching tag you do this easily!
I colored the images with Copic's.
The dp are Basic Grey.
The Holly accents are from Hobby Lobby and the rhinestones are from Michaels $1 spot.


Here is the card on it's own.

Inside I added an additional sentiment, I hope it makes you smile :)

This matching gift card turned out so cute!

Don't you feel sorry for Teddy gettingcaught red handed? LOL

This was a "one off", I'm not on another team ;) but I hope you enjoyed this card.
If you'd like to purchase the image for yourself Faith has offered a discount to anyone coming from this blog. You simply use the coupon code "katiesfriend " for a Buy One Get One Free discount!
Designed 2 Delight
This code will work for just the first 50 times and expires on December 10th at 11.59pm so hurry and get your stamps while the discount is available.
Also with it being digital stamps there's no waiting for them to be shipped, you can start playing as soon as they arrive in your inbox!
Katie

La La Lands Guest DT - Buttons, Buttons, Buttons!

Here's todays 2nd post!
The challenge over at La La Lands this week is to use Buttons! If you are anything like me then you have lots floating around in your room/supply so you have no excuse not to join in this week!
I've kept with the Christmas theme but you can chose whatever theme you like and you could be a lucky winner!

I added a few other challenges along the way.

Truly Scrumptious gave me the sketch with an option of a "Sparkly Flourish"
Paper Cutz had an "Anything Goes" theme
Handfull of Stamps wanted "No Plain Jane Ribbon"
Paper Maniac wanted you to use a fancy cardstock so I chose the metallicas by American Crafts
Allsorts wanted to see Buttons and so did Anns Creative Nook
Crazy 4 Challenges want to see you get "Punch Happy"
Saturday Spotlight want to see Hats!
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle had an open Christmas theme as did Creative Card Crew and Practical Scrappers too.
Corrosive wanted a Red and Green Christmas card
365 Cards Day 275 wanted Red and Green too and so did Cupcake Craft


I chose to use Winter LaLa this week and to make her extra Festive I added a pom pom to her hat!
I colored her with Copic's and added Prismacolor gold pen for her buttons.
I used Jess James mini button to edge the scalloped oval Nestie that she is popped up on.
I used American Crafts foil cardstock for her mat and the side panel, I love this cardstock and think it adds so much to a Holiday card.
The dp is from the Peppermint Forest Stack from Joanns.
The border punch is Deco Fan by Martha Stewart.
I made the rosette from ribbon from Michaels "Celebrate It" ribbon from this years selection. The sentiment is from this years "Christmas Crafts" selection at Hobby Lobby.

The inside is a decorated message mat.

Here I hope you can see I cut out Lala after coloring her and popped her up for dimension. I love how these stamps are designed to have enough design to make them fun and interesting to color but they are easy to cut out giving you more options for your card.

So please go and grab and a button or 5 and join in this weeks challenge at La La Lands
Katie

Very Berry Christmas! A new card for My Grafico

Happy Hump Day!
This week at My Grafico we got to work with a fabulous set called Tutti Fruiti!.
I decided to keep with my Christmas theme and I hope it will give you a smile :)

We worked with a super sketch that I tweaked a little to work with a square card.



I found a few challenges along the way.
2 Red Bananas wanted a Christmas/Winter card
Sparkle Creations wanted any Christmas card as did Creative Card Crew
Crafty Cardmakers wanted an "Alternative" Christmas card, I think this one counts! LOL
Ooh La La wanted a Childs Christmas card
ResQ wanted Polka Dots (Alka Seltzer), Circles (Rolaids), Pink (Pepto) and a food elemenet
Digital Tuesday wanted to see Christmas Sparkle
Sunflowers and Dragonflies wanted Polka Dots



I printed out the Strawberry from the set 6 times and colored them. Then I cut them all out put pop dots on them. Once they were on the card (5 on the front and 1 inside) I added Stickles to their cheeks and stem/leaves to match the glttered papers.
The dp is from the Peppermint Forest Stack from Joanns.
The ribbon is Michaels, the buttons are The Paper Studio and the border punch is Martha Stewart Douple Loops.


The inside is more dp with a message mat and another cute Strawberry!



So another "different" Christmas card, I hope it shows you can adapt stamps/images that you already have to fit with lots of occasions, more bang for your buck!
Be sure to check back later for another new card as today is a double posting day.
Katie

By The Cute and Girly Challenge #3- At The Movies

It's a double posting day today!
There is a fabulous new challenge at By The Cute and Girly and this time it's "At The Movies".
You can find so many things that this will work with. Maybe chose a favorite movie and be inspired by its Title or Theme. Or chose a favorite Actor to base your project on. Or make a super awesome Popcorn holder!
Whatever project you make be sure to link it back to the blog and drop the link at Mr Linky so we can all see it!

I added a few challenges to go with mine.

Friday Sketchers is where I chose the sketch from
Die Cut Dreams had the theme of "Hot Chocolate"
In The Cottage Studio had a theme of "Digital Stamp"
365 Cards Day 271 had a "Give Thanks" theme
3 Clovers had Thanksgiving/Thank You card theme
Crafty Angels also had a Thanks theme
Kraftin Kimmie had a "Touchy Feely" theme

The inspiration for my card this time is the movie "Chocolat". I chose this super image from this months sponsor Digi Sparkle who are offering a FABULOUS prize of a "Months Free Downloads"! That means you can have as many images as you can download in a month, the best prize I've seen around in ages!
I decided to Paper Piece the Hot Chocolate mug and then I popped it up.

Inside is more dp and a message mat.

Don't you just fancy a cup?

So be inspired by your favorite movie and join in the challenge this month!
Be sure to check out all the other fabulous examples at By The Cute and Girly
Katie