Cute Daisy May - Lavender and Lace

Happy Monday,
It's time for another theme at Cute Daisy May Challenge and this time it was chosen by Design Team member Wendy.
You can see her wonderful work at her blog, Crafty Butterfly.

I found a couple of challenges to go along with this one.

Design Dollies wanted Vintage
Everybody Art wanted a Thank You card
Moving Along With the Times had a sketch and a Childhood Memories theme
Sweet Stamping had a Floral Fantasy!
Daring Cardmakers had a theme of Feburary's Birthstone; Amethyst
Cupcake Inspiration helped with the colors
Paper Jewels had their 1st challenge and it is "Cute and Girly"
Pinkle Art wanted Roses
Crafty Cardmakers wanted Digital Delights


I chose this image of Daisy gardening from Sheet 167 and colored her with Copic's, the list of colors is below. I cut her with a Label Nestie.
I used a selection of dp and inked all the edges to enhance the Vintage feel.
I also used the new Paper Lace Martha Stewart punch along with her Doily Lace border punch.
The flowers came from the fantastic Wild Orchid Crafts.I'd seen the UK ladies using these in adundance and just had to give them a try. They are super flowers and were shipped really fast, less than one week from ordering to receiving, can't get better!
The sentiment is from a Studio G $1 set.

Inside is more dp and a message mat.

Here is Daisy and the colors I used.
Skin: R00, R01, E93
Hair: E13, E15, E17
Tree: G40, G82, G94
Leaves : G94
Bow: BV0000, BV01, BV04
Overalls: BV00, BV01, BV04
Gloves: G21, G99
Flowerpot: E35, E37
Dirt: E29, E59
Watering Can and Shovel: C1, C3, C5
Flowers: BV08, V17
Hearts and Butterflies: V01
Other pot: YR00, YR01, YR02
Outlined in C00

I'd love to see your take on the Lavender and Lace theme at the Cute Daisy May Challenge, you may be our winner!
Katie

Pile It On - To The One You Love

Happy Superbowl Sunday!
I'm sure you are getting in the mood for love with Valentines Day just around the corner.
Along with many other challenges the team at Pile It On would love to see your creations with the theme of "To The One You Love".
As you know the Pile It On philosophy is to add as many challenges as you can in the creation of your project and I've added the following (30!) to this card:

Cards for Men had a sketch I wanted to try with an option of Valentine/Love
Easy Craft Projects wanted a Valentine for a Man
Our Creative Corner wanted a Masculine Valentine
Rosie Dees had a Just For Men theme
Charisma said I Love You
Crazy 4 Challenges had a Be My Valentine theme
Craft wanted Love/Valentines
Double Dutch wanted Valentines
Creative Card Crew wanted Valentines
Stampin For The Weekend wanted Valentines
Dare U 2 Digi wants Hearts/Valentines (and a digi)
Pennys wanted Valentines/Love
Gingersnaps had a Romance theme
Bee Crafty wanted Romance
Stamp Something had a Love Something theme
Crafty Calendar wanted Love/Friendship with an option of Hearts
Raise The Bar wanted a Heart to Heart
Fun With Shapes want Hearts and Stripes
Digital Tuesday wanted a Different Fold
Tuesday Throwdown wanted Paper Piecing
Papertake had a "Love Actually" theme
The Tanda Teaser was to make something for a Loved One
Paper Play wanted Love Notes
Challenge Up Your Life wanted Valentines and Hearts
Fussy and Fancy wanted Hearts
Creative Craft had a Roses are Red theme
Simon Says has a photo inspiration of a Red Rose
Pixie Dust want a Decorative Border
Tellens Place wanted Tic Tac Toe and I chose Flowers, Punch and Bling
LaLa Lands wanted Hearts

I decided to make this card just for my hubby and chose this hilarious image from The Digi Shack who are having a super sale right now. I colored the image with a combo of Copic's and paper piecing (made super easy as you can print the image directly on to the paper).
The dp is Scrapworks "Love in Bloom" Stripes.
Hearts border punch is by Martha Stewart and the pearls are Queen and Co.

I made this into an easel card as it will stand up perfectly on my hubby's desk at work and everyone can see what a wonderful wife he has! LOL

I hope you've liked this one and I'd love to see you "Pile It On" this week with the challenge.
Katie

Freebie Friday At Digital Delights!

Happy Friday!
(if you are looking for my Tilda winner be sure to go to the post below)
It's time for another Freebie and you are not going to want to miss this one!
You can see it being used at the Freebie Friday page.




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. You 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!!

There is no way I could miss playing with this cutie and I used a few challenge to help me.

LaLa Lands wanted Hearts
Fussy and Fancy wanted Hearts
The Secret Crafter wanted Hearts
365 Cards Day 340 had a Shape Up day and the shape was a Heart
Diedrich Dare had a great sketch by Jack
Creative Inspirations had a color combo of Pink and Cream
The Pink Elephant was All About Pink
ABC was at N for New and Cupid is brand new today!
Crafty Creations want Wings
Flutterby want a Fairy, Butterfly or an Angel
My Time To Craft had a Fairy Folk theme
Quixotic wanted Fairies too (I know it's a stretch to say Cupid is a fairy but he does have wings!)
Pollycraft had a Things With Wings theme
Your Next Stamp wanted Charms
Inky Impressions wanted Charms too
CCEE wanted Hearts and Charms
Tellens Place wanted you to play Tic Tac Toe and I chose Charms, Punches and Stitching
Fab N Funky wanted Embossing
Doodle Palace wanted you to "Show Me Some Texture"
Sophisticats wanted to see a little Love
Gingersnaps wanted Romance
Bee Crafty wanted Romance
Papertake had a "Love Actually" theme
Stampin For The Weekend wanted Valentines
Stamp Something had a Love Something theme
Crafty Calendar" wanted Love/Friendship with an option of Hearts
ABC Designs had an "I Love You Sweetheart" theme



I colored this cutie with Copic's, the list is below the bottom photo.
The dp is from my stash. The border punch is Martha Stewart, the love charm from the Bridal department and the doilies are from Hobby Lobby.
The sentiment is P.etc




The inside is more dp and a message mat.



The colors I used were:
Face R00, R01, E93
Hair Y21, Y26, Y28, E35
Wings R0000, R11, R20
Heart R39, R59
Bow E37, E29
Cloud R0000, R81, Colorless Blender

I really hope you run over and join one of the groups so you can grab this cutie, he was so much fun to color and I just love the expression on his face.
Be sure to come back on Sunday for another new card.
Katie

Want to know the answers? And were YOU the winner?

Happy Friday,
I hope you enjoyed the little contest I had with my "House that Tilda Built".
The answers are (with links to as many as I could find)
1.Tilda In Spring Rain
2.Love Tilda
3.Tilda With Wine and Basket
4.Stylish Tilda
5.Tilda With Watering Can
6.Patches Tilda (also known as Tilda with Heart Jumper)
7.Peachy Tilda
8.Jam Tilda
9.Standing Fall Tilda
10.Kitchen Tilda
11.Easter Tilda
12.Giggling Tilda
13.Tilda With Ice Cream
14.Unwrapped Tilda
15.Tilda With Balloons

I only linked so you can see what the whole stamp looks like, I'm not suggesting any of the sites above are better than each other, I just found ones that had the stamp on their site right now.
Diana at Magnolialicious can usually get any of the stamps, she's the largest selection in the US.

And the winner of the candy is Sheng!.
Be sure to email me with your address and I'll get your package out to you.
Thanks for joining in and be sure to come back later today for a card featuring the cutest Cupid I've ever seen!
Katie

Treehouse- Red, Pink and White

It's Thursday and time for a new challenge at Treehouse Stamps.
Our featured team member this week is none other than Anne Harmon and you'll see from her blog title that she was the perfect one for this challenge!

Allsorts had a super sketch
365 Cards Day 336 had the 3 S's, Stripes, Square and Spring
Lexi's wanted Valentines and I designed this to be a Valentine for a friend
Magical Crafts wanted Valentines too
Paper Sundaes wanted a Valentine too
Alota Rubber Stamps wanted Red, Pink and Vanilla
No Time To Stamp had a Bleeding Hearts them where they wanted to see Red and Hearts



I know I used the Tulips last week but I couldn't resist coloring them again, this time in vibrant red.
I see the set is on sale this week so it would be a great time to buy.
I used my Copic's and then airbrushed around the image to soften the white background.
The dp is just from my stash and the border punch is Martha Stewart.



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



Don't they make you think of Spring? Soon the warmer days will be here.
I hope you enjoyed this breath of Spring Air.
Katie

For The Love of The Game - Challenge 16 for Delightful Sketches

There's a fabulous new challenge at Delightful Sketches at this time we want to see your projects all above Love! I took mine in a little different direction and I'm sure you all know a little boy (or a big boy ;)) who has a "love" for his favorite sport.

I used a few challenges to help me with this one.

Fun With Shapes had the perfect sketch as I knew the circles could be Soccer balls
Paper Make Up had a photo inspiration from which I pulled the colors blue, black and white
Pile It On had a theme of "Enough of the Winter Colors"
365 Cards Day339 had a "Love" theme where they wanted Love in the title of your card
Crafty Anns wanted to see Metallics
My Grafico wanted Metals
Practical Scrappers wanted Die Cuts
Stamping Vacation had their Pick 3 challenge. I chose 1.Image that reminds you of childhood, 2.2 different colored brads, 3. Ribbon to match brad color
ABC were at N is for New and Jamie is a from Wendy's latest release so he's super new



I used the fabulous Soccer Jamie and colored him with Copic's to match the inspiration photo. I really love his long hair! I cut him with a label Nestie.
The dp is from an old DCVW stack.
The border punch is a new design from EK Success and the soccer balls are puffy stickers from Michaels. The patterned brads are Paper Studio.



I added another soccer ball to the mat inside the card.



Here's Jamie, I wonder if he'll score a goal today? LOL

So no matter what your take on Love is be sure to make a card and enter our challenge.

We have a great sponsor Stamp and Create who are offering a $15 gift certificate for the winner.
Come along and join the fun!
Katie

Challenge #10 at Cooking It Up!

Happy Wednesday!
It's time for another challenge over at my Cooking It Up With Katie card recipe blog.

This time the recipe is:
Home or Family theme
Punch something
Use a sticker

I used the following challenges:
For the banner:

Raise the Bar had an Older the Better theme and wanted old papers
Res Q wanted you to have an "Inventory Check Up" and use some things you've had for ages (I think the 7+ year old papers work)
Frosted Designs wanted Embossing
Just Us Girls had a Wildcard of making a Banner
Crafty Angels wanted Buttons
Jacksonbelle want Buttons, Bows or Brads
Little Red Wagon wanted Chipboard
Sweet Stampin wanted Scallops
Creatalicious wanted No Stamped or Digi images
Created By Hand wanted anything but a Square or Rectangle
Paper Minutes wanted Triangles

For the matching card:

Stamp Something had a theme of "Delightfully Delicious"
Polly Craft wanted "Things with Wings" and Tilda is an Angel so she definitely has wings.
Lord Have Mercy had a super simple sketch that worked perfectly for this set
Crafty Angels wanted Buttons
Jacksonbelle want Buttons, Bows or Brads
Sweet Stampin wanted Scallops
Creative Belli wanted Ribbons
Magnolia Lovers wanted Buttons or Bows or both

I really like using my paper crafts in my home and thought the idea of a "Home" banner would be a fun concept.



I used really old papers, they are Color by Design from 2001, but they went so well with the new Mary Engelbreit accents from Michaels $1 spot.
The chipboard letters were spray painted with Krylon, much quicker and even than painting by hand.
I used my trusty Threading Water punch by Fiskars and the border at the top is embossed too with the Swiss Dots folder.
The flowers are Prima and the brads in the center from Target.







On the card I used Baking Tilda and colored her with Copic's.



I carried on all the embellishments inside on to the message mat.



Here's a close up of Tilda and her Cookies!
I'd love to see your creations from this challenge over at Cooking It Up With Katie.
Katie

By The Cute and Girly Challenge - Love - And blog candy as well!

Happy Monday and February too!
It's a new month and that means a new challenge at By The Cute and Girly and this month we are helping St Valentine spread Love to all!
Now my project is not the traditional Love you expect in February but it is a very special kind of Love.
When I started making cards in September 2008 I was a complete novice and didn't own any image stamps.
As my journey continued I discovered the world of card maker blogs and soon after saw people using these wonderful images they loving called "Maggies".
Of course it was all downhill from there, only joking, and I was collecting these super stamps whenever I could.
I loved all the challenges people played along with and so in May 2009 I started a blog so I could join in the fun too.
My first card on there starred Tilda and today she's starring in the biggest Magnolia project I've done to date.
I was inspired by the Christmas Countdown made by the fabulous Barb Hardeman where she used a different Tilda every day.
Now I didn't have as many spaces to fill but my project features 15 super cute Tilda faces for you to enjoy.
When you've seen the project be sure to continue reading as there is a little contest with a Tilda blog candy for the prize!

Obviously I had some other challenges that helped me create this little beauty.

The Secret Crafter wanted Hearts
Etsy Inspired had a hat store for inspiration and it was easy to find inspiration in this piece as it looks like something Tilda herself would wear!
Incy Wincy wanted you to "Put Your Hat On" and Tilda definitely likes hats!
One Stop Craft wanted you to "Make It Personal", and there's nothing more personal than my love for these cute stamps!
Saturday Spotlight had a "Bigger is Better" theme and what's bigger than one image on a card?, 15 on a house!LOL
Fussy and Fancy wanted Hearts
Lil Red Wagon wanted to see Hearts
Just Magnolia wanted Hearts and Flowers
Paper Popsicles had a Love theme
The Paper Garden wanted Love and Ribbon (there's a bow on the top of the house ;))
The Pink Elephant was "All About Pink"
Inky Impressions want Pink and Hearts (lots of that! LOL)
Pixie Dust wanted a 3D project



I bought the house at Hobby Lobby in the unfinished state.
I spray painted it with Krylon.
I used the Martha Stewart Valentines Lace border to extremem and then added strings of pearls from Hobby Lobby too.
Each Tilda was colored with Copics and then they each have a little "stand" on the back of them so they stand up like a photo.
There is dp in the top "shelf" part but you can't really see it in the photos.



Tilda's 1 through 5.



Tilda's 6 through 15.



All of them together.



I don't know if you can read it but the sentiment says "I could not bear to be without you" and I'm sure if you're a Maggie Lover you'll know that's a very apt one.

Now on to the fun stuff.
I have a little prize for anyone that's interested....do you want to play?
If you are a Magnolia fan this will be easy (or maybe not so easy).
I just need you to send me the stamp names of all the Tilda's in this project.
From left to right, top row is #1 through 5, 2nd row is 6 through 10 and the bottom row is 11 through 15.
When you've got the answers leave me a comment including "I've emailed you the answers" (or words like that) and then send me your answers using the email link at the top of the right sidebar.
Don't leave your answers in the comments but do leave a comment so I can keep track of who to expect an email from.
On Friday I'll draw from all the right answers and post the winner and answer for all to see.
Now what do you get for all this hard work?
Well, you'll get this!
(I don't know why Blogger turned the image, I've kept trying again and it just turns it so you'll have to turn your head to see! LOL)


Tilda With Strawberries stamp (hint she's NOT one in the house)
Clear stamp set
4 large flower brads
1 yard of pearls
5 paper roses
2 handmade flowers

Even if you have the stamp and don't want to be entered for the drawing I hope you'll play along for fun as it will prove whether you're a Maggie Expert or not! LOL
I hope you'll join in and I hope you have a wonderful week!
Katie

Cute Daisy May - Valentines with Pink and a Neutral

Happy Monday Everyone!
It's time for another challenge over at Cute Daisy May and this week we'd like to see your Valentines card with Pink and Neutral color.
This challenge was set by team member Michelle and she has a fabulous blog at Magical Creative Inspiration and I recommend you check it out :)

I found a few challenges to go with this card.

Lord Have Mercy had a super sketch
AI Factory wanted you to use a sketch from any other site
Peachy Keen wanted Vintage and Stamped (rubber or digi)
If The Shoe Fits wanted Vintage
Stamp With Sarah Kay had a Valentines theme
Bee Crafty wanted Romance
Corrosive wanted Love
Lil Red Wagon wanted to see Hearts
Fussy and Fancy wanted Hearts
Dare U 2 Digi wanted Valentines/Hearts
The Secret Crafter wanted Hearts
Fab N Funky wanted you to use a Digi Image or Sentiment
Creative Inspirations had a theme of Feminine

For the 2nd week in a row I used an image from Sheet 166 I love all the images in this set and think they would work for lots of different cards not just Valentines.
I suppose my colors could be a little more red than pink but there are pink shades in the papers and Daisy is definitely in the Pink! I colored her in Copic's int he following colors:
Skin E00, E02, E93
Hair E37
Jeans and Hat RV91, RV93, RV95
Hat Ribbon R81, R86, R85
Shirt E40, E41, E42, E53
Birds E70, E93
Mailbox W00, W3, W5
Leaves G82
The dp is K&Co.
The flowers are Prima and the corner is a Cuttlebug die.
The heart border punch is Martha Stewart.
The pearls are Hobby Lobby.
The sentiment is Heidi Grace and I thought it was perfect for the image.

Inside is more dp and a message mat.

Here is Daisy sending her love.
I love these 70's retro feel images, reminds me a lot of being a child.
I hope to see you over at the challenge!
Katie

Lily Boo Too - A Card Recipe Challenge

Happy February!
Another new month and time for another challenge over at Lily Boo Too.
This time we have a recipe for you as we want you to include 1 Tag and 1 ribbon on your project.

I have a couple of other challenges that this card fits:
Copic Buzz had a great sketch
Color Dare had a great combo of Old Olive, Not Quite Navy, Bordering Blue, Certainly Celery and Soft Suede
Fab N Funky wanted you to use a Digi Image or Sentiment

I used one of the brand new images from the Toddler Boy set.
The papers are from Best Occasions pad from Walmart.
The argyle ribbon is from a $1 bin from years ago but I love it!
The sentiment is Rusty Pickle.
The Copic's I used on this image are:
Skin E00, E02
Hair E13, E15, E17, E37
Grass G82, G94
Mud E34, E57
Worms E95
Jeans B91, B93, B95
Shovel and Pail B34, B97
Sweater and Patch G82, G94
Shoes C5, C7, C9, blended with C3
Outlined with C1





It's a super easy challenge so be sure to enter as you could be this months winner!
Katie