The Pixie Cottage Challenge #96 - Family Thankfulness

It's Wednesday so that means another super challenge at The Pixie Cottage
This week we have a sketch and the theme is "Family Thankfulness!"
Remember you can use the sketch or the theme or both!


Challenges:
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Embossing
Frosted Designs - Embossing
The Pink Elephant - Embossing
Card Making Mama's - Give Thanks
Fussy and Fancy - Give Thanks
Patties Creations - Birthday or Thanksgiving
Phindys Place - Thankful
Pennys Paper Crafty - Give Thanks
Sentimental Sundays - Thanksgiving
Kaboodle Doodles - Thanksgiving
Going Grey - Thanksgiving
Victorine Originals - Thanks
My Time To Craft - It Takes Two (two bears)

Card Recipe:
Image - You Give the Best Hugs by Alisa Ramirez
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Garden Botanical by The Paper Studio
Stars Embossing Folder - The Paper Studio
Heart Punch - Marvy
Fabric Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Rub On Sentiment - K and Co

This was this weeks great sketch.

I think these two lovely bears look like they are happy to be together in the same family :)
I hope you have enjoyed this and will drop by The Pixie Cottage to see the other wonderful cards and play along with us this week.

Katie

Cooking It Up #84 - Die Cut a Tag for Christmas

Get out your aprons and come along and play with us at Cooking It Up With Katie

This weeks ingredients are:
Use a Die Cut
Add a Tag
Give it a Christmas theme

Challenges:
The Beary Scrap - Your Beary Best (10 entries max)
Everybody Art - Little Present
Especially for You - Make an Exploding Box
Karens Doodles - Anything But A Card
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
The Shabby Tearoom - Shabby Pastel Christmas
Glitter Fairies - Christmas with No Red, Green or Gold
The Craft Garden - Christmas with No Red or Green
Jellypark - Non Traditional Christmas Colors
Crimbo Crackers - Christmas and Make it Sparkle
Wags N Whiskers - Christmas
Floweret Stamplar - Christmas
Digital Tuesday - Christmas with a Digi (the sentiments are digi)
Craft Your Passion - Let It Snow (snowmen, snowflakes etc)
Stamptacular Sunday - Punches/Die Cut
Top Tip Tuesday - Tags (the sentiments are on tags)

Project Recipe:
Sentiments - Digital Delights
Paper - French Country by DCWV
Lace - Wrights
Trim - Unknown
Tag Die Cut - Accucut
Snowflake Punches - Marvy and Emagination Crafts
Snowflake border Punch - Martha Stewart
Snowflake Brads - Making Memories

These explosion boxes are so super to make with the Scor-Pal and look really effective.
It was a nice change too to not have any coloring and to go with sentiments only.
I hope you liked it too and will come along and play with us at Cooking It Up With Katie this week :)
Katie

Magnolia Monday #27 - Merry Christmas Tilda

It's time for another Magnolia Monday and today we have a Non-traditional Christmas color theme.

Challenges:
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Simply Magnolia - Anything Goes
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Christmas
Top Tip Tuesday - Christmas
Floweret Stamplar - Christmas
Stamping Scrapping - Christmas
Papertake Weekly - Christmas
Wags N Whiskers - Christmas
Crimbo Crackers - Christmas and Make it Sparkle
Totally Tilda - Christmas with No Red, Green or Blue
Glitter Fairies - Christmas with No Red, Green or Gold
The Craft Garden - Christmas with No Red or Green
Jellypark - Non Traditional Christmas Colors
CRAFT - Cute (5 entries only)
Stamptacular Sunday - Punches/Die Cut
Craft Your Passion - Let It Snow (snowmen, snowflakes etc)

Card Recipe:
Image - Tilda with Lantern
Paper - The Paper Studio
Trim - Michaels
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Studio G
Window Die - Cheery Lynn Designs
Snowflake Punch - Martha Stewart
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts

Short post and I hope you enjoyed the card!
Katie

Guest Designer for Ooh La La Creations - Bingo!

A few months ago my very talented friend Anne asked me if I would like to be the guest designer at Ooh La La Creations for the month of November.
Now I'm usually a "color with Copics" gal so to use pre-colored images is well outside my comfort zone. But the Ooh La La Creations artwork is so beautiful I decided to give it a try :)
From the Bingo board I chose Flowers, Pearls and Lace as my choice.

Challenges:
Freshly Brewed Monthly - Anything Goes (5 entries only)
Digital Tuesday - Anything Goes (must have something digital)
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Stamptacular Sunday - Punches/Die Cut

Card Recipe:
Image - Ooh La La
Paper - Unkown
Roses - Michaels $1 Spot
Pearls - Recollections
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Silver Cardstock - American Crafts
Doily Die - English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
Sentiment - Cloud 9

This is the Bingo board that you get to choose your line from.

This is such a dreamy and beautiful image that I don't know if I did it justice but I hope you like it :)
Katie

Pile It On - Traditional Christmas

It's time for another super challenge over at Pile It On where we encourage you to add as many challenges as you can to you cards and creations!
This year is speeding by and so this challenge will help you with one of the jobs on your long list as we want to see your cards in the theme of "Traditional Christmas".
Think Carolers, Christmas trees, Stockings and you'll be on the right track.

Challenges:
Heartsong Inspirations - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday - Anything Goes (must have something digital)
Papertake Weekly - Christmas
Wags N Whiskers - Christmas
Floweret Stamplar - Christmas
Mami Doodles - Christmas
Top Tip Tuesday - Christmas
Totally Gorjuss - Christmas Traditions
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Whatever Lights Your Candle

Card Recipe:
Image - Lamp Post by Digital Delights
Paper - Handmade Christmas by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - Michaels
Trim - Unknown

Be sure to get on with your Christmas cards soon, the time will be upon us before you know it! So get crafting and join in the fun at Pile It On
Katie

Pink Gem #34 - Sketch and Stitching

It's time for another A Gem of a Challenge featuring the cute designs from Janet at Pink Gem Designs!
This time we have a super sketch and we want you to include stitching too, it can real or faux, your choice :)

Challenges:
Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes
Heartsong Inspirations - Anything Goes
Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes With A Digi (2 entries only)
Digital Tuesday - Anything Goes (must have something digital)
Crafty Catz - Use a Digi (one entry only)
CRAFT - Cute (5 entries only)
Crimbo Crackers - Christmas and Make it Sparkle
Wags N Whiskers - Christmas
Truly Scrumptious - Bingo! (I chose Glitter/Glimmer, Die Cut and Ribbon)

Card Recipe:
Image - Ellie With Gift
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - The Paper Studio
Sentiment - Unknown
Ribbon - Michaels
Die Cut - Picot Cut Circle by Spellbinders
Puffy Paint - Tulip
Glitter - Diamond Stickles



This was Christine's super sketch!

I really love how this one turned out, sometimes red can be a difficult color to get right but it worked out great!
I used some Puffy Paint for the snow and Stickles for the snowflakes, a perfect little Christmas card.
I hope you can come along to A Gem of a Challenge and see all the other wonderful samples from the team and maybe play along with us!
Katie

Digital Delights - Thanksgiving

It's Thursday and that means a new card for Digital Delights!

Challenges:
Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes
Heartsong Inspirations - Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday - Anything Goes (must have something digital)
Fussy and Fancy - Be Thankful
Lollipop Crafts - Thanksgiving
Pennys Paper Crafty - Thanksgiving
Aud's Sentiments - Thanks or Thanksgiving
Creative Card Crew - Thankful
Die Cuttin Divas - Thankful
Speedy The Cats Friends - Fall or Winter
Sparkles Forum - Autumn
Come and Get It - Autumn Blessings
Digi Darla - Holiday Harvest (must use a digi)
Cupcake Inspirations - Photo Inspiration (Fall cupcakes)
Kaboodle Doodles - Colors of Fall
2 Sisters - Ribbon

Card Recipe
Image - Apple Basket and Grateful Sentiment
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Autumn Splendor by DCWV
Die Cut - Labels 22 by Spellbinders
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon and Trim - Unknown

This is a very bright Fall card, perfect for those glorious orange and red leaves.
I hope you like and have a wonderful day!
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #95 - Blue for a Boy

It's Wednesday so that means another super challenge at The Pixie Cottage
This week we have a sketch and the theme is "Blue for a Boy!"
Remember you can use the sketch or the theme or both!

Challenges:
Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes
Heartsong Inspirations - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - For The Boys
2 Sisters - Ribbon
Papertake Weekly - Christmas
Shopping Our Stash - Stickers, Rub On's or Chipboard (13 combined challenges max)

Card Recipe:
Image - Sebastian The Snowman by Alisa Ramirez
Paper - Festive and Frost by My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut - Labels 22 by Spellbinders

This is the super sketch we have this week. Remember you can switch out shapes just as long as we can see the basic sketch in your card.

This cute little Snowman is one of the latest releases and I know I'll be using him again.
I hope you can come over and play with us this week at The Pixie Cottage

Cooking It Up #83 - Fold Some Fancy Flowers

Get out your aprons and come along and play with us at Cooking It Up With Katie

Our ingredients to include this week are:
Use a different Fold
Make it Fancy
Add some Flowers

Challenges:
Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes
Heartsong Inspirations - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Use A Digi
Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes With A Digi (2 entries only)
Digital Tuesday - Anything Goes (must have something digital)
2 Sisters - Ribbon
Papertake Weekly - Christmas
Shopping Our Stash - Stickers, Rub On's or Chipboard (13 combined challenges max)

Card Recipe:
Image - Robyn's Fetish
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Festive and Frost by My Minds Eye
Sentiment - Tiny Tales
Wreath - Walmart
Flowers and Leaves - Prima

I decided to go with a graduated Z Fold again as I really like how they look and are great for smaller images.
I hope you're inspired and will come over and play with us at Cooking It Up With Katie this week.
Katie

Magnolia Monday 26 meets Scor-Pal Designer Challenge #3 - Give Thanks

Happy Monday!
I have a collaboration for you today with my Magnolia Monday and Scor-Pal Designers Challenge coming together for a great Thanksgiving project!

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (bling as an option)
Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (1 entry only)
Just Magnolia - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Anything But Square
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes (with trim, twine, ribbon etc)
Bunny Zoe - Lace
Fussy and Fancy - Be Thankful
The Friday Mash Up - Gratitude/Thankful
Lollipop Crafts - Thanksgiving
Speedy The Cats Friends - Fall or Winter
Come and Get It - Autumn Blessings
Cupcake Inspirations - Photo Inspiration (Fall cupcakes)

Project Recipe:
Images - Standing Fall Tilda, Tilda and Hanging Bunny, Scarecrow Tilda and Love Sweater Tilda
Paper - Garden Botanical by The Paper Studio
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut Fence - Cheery Lynn Designs
Grass Die - Cheery Lynn Designs
Frame Die - Cheery Lynn Designs
Flower - Stash
Lace - Wrights
Sentiment - K and Co

Each side is 6" wide by 7" high
Score the 7" sides at 1/2" and the 6" side at the 1" mark.

Using the die cut window frame mark on the back at the top corners of the inside window panes.

Using the marks cut out a panel so the frame can fit on the front of each side of the box.

I hope you like this one and will come over to Scor-Pal Designers Challenge and share your "Giving Thanks" project using your Scor-Pal
Katie