Guest Designer for Sparkles Christmas Card Challenge - Glitter

Today is my third card as a guest at Sparkles Christmas Card Challenges! This week we want to see some Glitter on your cards!

Challenges:
Aud's Sentiments - Anything Goes
Thrilling Thursday - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Ooh La La - Christmas
Totally Papercrafts - Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut - Anything Goes Christmas
Clear It Out - Glitter It!
Meljens - Sparkles, Glitter and Shine!
Totally Gorjuss - Cute and Cuddly

Card Recipe:
Image - Meljens
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - DCWV Handmade Christmas
Holly - Hobby Lobby
Sentiment - Printed
Glitter - Stickles and Glamour Dust in Crystal

When I want a more noticeable glitter effect on something I like to layer the glitter.
So I start with a glitter glue like Stickles and then add a powder glitter, this time Glamour Dust, on the top. I think it really adds to the depth of the glitter and gives me just what I was looking for.
I hope you enjoyed this little guy and remember the themes at Sparkles Christmas Card Challenges are always optional, we just want to see your Christmas Cards!
Katie

Cooking It Up #70 - Emboss a Summer Punch

It's time for a new recipe for your cards and paper craft projects at at Cooking It Up With Katie!

This weeks ingredients are:

Use some Embossing (wet or dry)
Make it for Summer
Add a little Punching (or die cutting)

We had a double sponsorship from the fabulous Digi's With Attitude and Digi Doodles Shop!

Challenges:
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Something Digi
One Stitch At A Time - Use a Digi
Frosted Designs - Coloring
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Friendship
Card and Scrap - Summer
Clear It Out - Summer
Everybody Art - Summer
Crafty Ann's - Summertime
Colour Create - Pink, Green and White
Alota Rubber Stamps - Tic Tac Toe! (I chose Glitter, Stamp and Ribbons)
Crafters Companion - Glitter and Glitz
The Friday Mash Up - Glitter
Wags N Whiskers - Sparkly
The Poodles Parlour - Round and Round The Garden (3 entries only)
Little Claire's - Things With Wings
My Time To Craft - Fairy tales or Fairies
Flutterby - Open (with a Fairy, Angel or Butterfly)
The Craftroom Door - Embossing
The Crazy Challenge - Embossing
The Crafty Pad - Gone Fruity

Card Recipe:
Image - Strawberry Fairy
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Blossom Song by DCWV
Strawberries - Jolles
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Embossing Folder - Sizzix
Sentiment - Bits of Ivory
Ribbon - The Whimsy Cottage
Glitter - Stickles

I gave this sweet fairy the glitter treatment, it comes and goes my love affair with glitter, and it's on the upward trend at the moment! LOL
I do hope you can drop by and play with us at Cooking It Up With Katie!
Katie

Digital Delights - Summer with Dilly Duck

It's another Thursday so that means some great cards from the design team over at Digital Delights!
This week I've chosen to merge two images and a sentiment to make a gentle Summer scene.

Challenges:
Clear It Out - Anything Goes
Digi's With Attitude - Anything Goes
The Craft Garden - Use a Bird
Papercutz - Something You Find In The Sky (a bird)
Crafts 4 Eternity - 3 2 1 (I used 3 images, 2 ribbons and I paper)
Fussy and Fancy - Summer
Alota Rubber Stamps - Circles
Papertake Weekly - Getting Cute
Deep Ocean - Ribbon

Card Recipe:
Images - Circular Tree Background and Dilly Duck and Ladybug
Sentiment - Ice Cream Sentiment Set
Paper - Beach Babe by Fancy Pants
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby and The Whimsey Cottage
Buttons - Stash

It was nice to use 3 digital images together on one card and these ones all seemed to go together nicely.
I hope you'll drop by Digital Delights and take a moment to see all the other wonderful creations from the Design Team.

A Spoon Full of Sugar - White + One!

It's time for another challenge at A Spoon Full Of Sugar and this week we are giving you a color challenge! We want to see you start with White and add just one more color to the card. We are sponsored by The Stamping Boutique and I chose one of their sweet images for my card.

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Papercutz - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Moving Along With The Times - Anything Goes
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Chamber Maids - Anything Goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - Flowers
ABC Design - Flowers
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Pearls
Paper Crafting Journey - Bling
CCEE Stampers - Butterfly
Charisma Cardz - April Showers Bring May Flowers
Dare To Be Sassy - Monochromatic
If The Shoe Fits - Thing With Wings
Stamp Something - Things With Wings
Wags N Whiskers - Use a die or punch
Totally Paper Crafts - Glitter
Digi Design House - Bling
Totally Gorjuss - 1, 2, 3 Your choice (I chose 1 image, 2 papers and 3 embellishments (flowers, pearls and rhinestones))
Craft Your Days Away - Music and Dance
Crafty Emma's - Photo Inspiration (I chose the red and white)
Alota Rubber Stamps - Red and White
My Time To Craft - Red and White
The Crafty Pad - Pearls and Swirls
Stamping Vacation Pick 3 - Chose 3 (I chose Red Ribbon, Fairy, Floral Paper, Square)

Card Recipe:
Image - Twirling Fairy
Paper - Stampin' Up
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut - Labels 3 by Spellbinders
Doily Die Cut - English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Pearls - Recollections
Rhinestones - Michaels $1 spot
Glitter - Glamour Dust

This is such a cute dancing fairy that I added glitter to her wings and dress to make her even more enchanting!
We hope you will join us on our "White plus One" challenge at A Spoon Full Of Sugar this week.
Katie

Pink Gem Designs - Ribbon and Lace

It's time for another challenge at A Gem of A Challenge and this time we are getting girly with the challenge of using "Ribbon and Lace" on your project. If you still haven't made your Valentine card (or cards!) then maybe you can include our challenge in your creation!

Challenges:
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Penny's - Anything Goes
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Paper Cutz - Anything Goes
Pear Tree Designs - Free For All
Fairytale Challenge - Flowers
Simply Create - Use Your Punches
Alota Rubber Stamps - Happy Spring
Corrosive - Lace and Pearls
Papertake Weekly - Ribbons and Pearls
There She Goes - Wet Embossing (used because I like Versafine ink with clear stamps but it runs with Copic's so embossing solves the problem!)
Belli Challenge - P is for... (I chose punching)
Simon Says Stamp - Bingo ( I chose Gems, Flowers and Punch/Die Cut)
Stamp Something - Something Cute
Phindy's Place - Lace and Pearls

Card Recipe:
Image - Kaya With Daffodils
Paper - Lost in Paradise by GCD Studios
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - K and Co
Roses - Wild Orchid
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Pearls and Rhinestones - Michaels $1 spot
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby

Now Kaya is not my usual choice of image (I'm not a Manga/Anime style girl at all) but I really like her and I think it's her cute outfit that really won me over :) Plus it's good to step out of your comfort zone and try new things, I'll definitely be playing with her again soon.
Anyway, I hope you like her too and if you have a chance drop by A Gem of A Challenge to see the other creations from the team and maybe play along too!

Katie

Cooking It Up #43 - Button me a Ribbon Animal

Happy New Year Everyone!
I arrived back from England on Sunday evening and am still in "home sick mode" but it is getting better with each day. We all had a fabulous time with our family, savoring every precious moment and it is always so hard to leave and travel 4500 miles back to our home.
But life goes on and picking up my crafting tools and creating helps make it all a little easier.
2011 is going to be a very busy year, more crafting opportunities than ever and I'm excited to get it off to a good start.


It's a New Year and time for a new challenge over at my Cooking It Up With Katie blog!

The easy "ingredients" for your card this week are:

Use a Button or two
Add some Ribbon
Show us an Animal!

Challenges:
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Auds Sentiments - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Fairy Knoll - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Frosted Designs - Use a Sentiment
CRAFT - Thank You
Allsorts - Thank You
Cute Card Thursday - Thank You
Phindy's Place - Thank You
Winter Wonderland - Thank You
Stamp With Fun - Sketch
Secret Crafter - Buttons and Bows
Alota Rubber Stamps - Stamp, Ribbon and Bow

Card Recipe:
Image - Pink Gem Designs
Paper - Origins by Basic Grey
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed in Typewriter font
Flowers - Prima

This is such a cute image and I'm sure it will bring a smile to recipient of this Thank You card.
Be sure to keep checking back here everyday as I have some exciting pieces of news coming up and lots of new cards to share!

Digital Delights - Oralie the Sleepy Mouse

It's my second card on this Thanksgiving Day.
It's time for another fabulous sample from Digital Delights and I hope you are going to love this little card, it's the second one I've made this year with this adorable image!

Challenges:
Alota Rubber Stamps - Let's Celebrate Christmas
Scrappy Frogs - Merry Christmas
Fresh Brewed Designs - Winter or Christmas
Sweet Stampin - Sketch
Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club - Anything Goes Christmas
Crafty Creations - Christmas is Coming
Fuzzy Wuzzy - Seasonal (with an animal)
One Stitch At a Time - Season or Event
Digi Doodle Shop - Red and Green
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Anything Goes
For Fun - Anything Goes
Fab N Funky - Go With The Flow (anything goes)
Papertake Weekly - Cut It Out (use die cuts or punches)
Anything Challenge - Animals
Whoopsi Daisy - Holidays

Card Recipe:
Image- Oralie the Sleepy Mouse
Medium- Copic Markers
Paper- Homemade Christmas Stack DCWV
Metallic Paper- American Crafts
Boarder Punch- Martha Stewart
Sentiment- Wal-Mart

This little guy is so cute, he just makes me smile.
The papers I used are embossed and glittered and so I kept the rest of the embellishments to a minimum to show off the depth of these.
I hope you've liked my cards today, now it's time for Turkey!!

Think Ink Guest Challenge - Punching!

A few weeks ago I won a challenge at Think Ink and the prize was to be a guest designer for a challenge and to set the challenge too!
So today's the day and my challenge to you all is a super simple one, I want to see you using Punches! Now there are so many fabulous ones out there (I'm a little addicted to the Martha Stewart ones myself) that I know you don't need an excuse to play along do you?

Challenges:
Moving Along With the Times - Sketch
One Stitch At a Time - Season or Event
Alota Rubber Stamps - Let's Celebrate Christmas
Scrappy Frogs - Merry Christmas
Lexi's - Traditional Christmas Colors
Crafty Pad - Red and Green
Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club - Anything Goes Christmas
Papercutz - Christmas with lots of Bling
Stamps R Us - Sparkles and Scallops
Meljens - Sparkle and Shine
Oldie But Goodie - Glitter (old image and NO digi)
Treehouse Thursdays - Glitter
Simon Say Stamp - Sparkle
Crafts and Me - Glitter
If The Shoe Fits - Tickle me With Tinsel (make it sparkle and shine)
Fresh Brewed - Show Your Own Style (more is more and lots of sparkle!)
Paper Romance - Favorite Things (at the moment my are anything glittery and shiny)
Anything Challenge - Let It Snow
Crafty Calendar - Winter/Snowflakes
2 Sisters - Snowflakes
Totally Papercrafts - Snow or Snowflakes
Paper Play - Let It Snow
Stampin B's - Snowflakes
ECP - Snow
Stamping Vacation Music in You - Winter Wonderland
Rainbow Lady - Edge It
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Hodge Podge Shop - Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Image - Post A Note by Artful Inkables
Paper - A Homemade Christmas by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Paint - Puffy by Tulip
Glitter - Glamour Dust by Viva Decor
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Snowflake punch - Emagination Crafts
Ribbon - Michaels
Sentiment - Hobby Lobby

I again used one of my favorite Christmas card technique which is to use Puffy Paint for the snow and while it is still wet I sprinkle it with super fine glitter and then heat it to pop it up. This is so easy, really inexpensive and I think it adds a great dimension to your project. It looks wonderful on the fur on Santa's suit too :)
I hope to see lots of you playing along this week so be sure to add your entry at Think Ink
Katie

Designed 2 Delight - Joy To The World

This new image of Kaela as An Angel is just so adorable and she was so wonderful to color.
I added Liquid Embossing to her wings for a glass finish as I thought glitter may not work as well with the distressed look I was going for.


Challenges:
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Marker Madness
The Paper Players - Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke and a Neutral (mine are muted versions but I think they still work)
Stamping Vacation Very Vintage - Rose, Moss and Cream
ABC Design - Sew Special
Stamp With Fun - Square
Digital Tuesday - Anything With Wings
Flutterby - Fairy, Butterfly or Angel
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Distressing
Frosted Designs - Distressing
Flourishes - Just Do It! Make A Christmas card :)
ABC Christmas - X is For Xmas
Alota Rubber Stamps - Let's Celebrate Christmas
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Christmas (with a digi)
2 Sisters - Christmas
Karber Christmas - Use a Digi
Midnight Madness - Sketch
Tuesday Taggers - Peace, Love and Joy (use one of those words)
Crafty Creations - Beautiful Insides
Top Tip Tuesday - Buttons
Tuesday Throwdown - Buttons and Bows
City Crafter - Little Children
CCEE Stampers - Buttons
Daring Cardmakers - We Three...(things in 3's, I did 2 lots of 3 buttons)
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Hodge Podge Shop - Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Image - Kaela As An Angel
Paper - K and Co Classic K McKenna
Medium - Copic Markers
Gloss (on wings and stars)- All Night Media Liquid Embossing in Sepia Glass Finish (can't find it online but I bought it at Michaels)
Lace - Walmart
Buttons - Stash
Embossing Folder - Basic Grey for Sizzix

I really like how she turned out, I'm sure you'll be seeing her again here before Christmas ;)
Katie

Cooking It Up #28 - You Can Be My Hero

We have another super challenge at my blog Cooking It Up With Katieand this week we are sponsored by Whimsy Stamps



The recipe is:
3 papers
Something Clear
Music/Song


Challenges:

Charisma - Inspired by a Song
The Stampman - Music
Our Creative Corner Sketch - Sketch
Stampin B's - Use a Charm
ABC Challenge - C is for Charms
Totally Papercrafts - Charming
Just Inspirational - Use a Digi
Meljens - Stripes
Ooh La La - Stripes
Digital Tuesday - Dots and Stripes
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Photo Insporation (I chose the spots, stripes and red)
Paper Playtime - Knights, Castles and Damsels in Distress
Alota Rubber Stamps - Fairytales
Going Grey - Children
Speedy The Cat's Friends - 5 of Something (used 5 dewdrops)
Cowgirl Sunday - Anything Goes
Gingerloft - Anything Goes




Card Recipe:
Image - Knight Connor
Paper - Basic Grey Oliver
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed
Dewdrops - Robins Nest
Charm - Hobby Lobby





This is such a cute little guy, perfect for a birthday card or a Good Luck card.
I hope you like him and that you'll come along and play with me and the team at Cooking It Up With Katie this week!

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

Cooking It Up #21 - Sketch some Yellow Stitching!

It's a very special day at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog as today has the first creations by my new Design Team!
They have made some fabulous cards and I'm so lucky to have them working along side me.

Today we have a new recipe for you to try:

Choose a Sketch from another challenge
Add a little Yellow
Do some Stitching, can be real or faux

We are sponsored by the fabulous Meljens and got to work with some of their gorgeous images!
You can win some too by entering the challenge, just remember you have to include ALL the ingredients to be eligible for the prize.

Challenges for this card:

Donna's Den - Sketch
Alota Rubber Stamps - Inside and Out
Twisted Thursday - Sparkles
Bee Crafty - 3D
365 Cards Day 123 - Shades of Yellow
ResQ - Sunny
Whoopsi Daisy - Bright Vibrant Colors
By The Cute and Girly - Warm Summer Days
Pick 3 - Summer Theme, Yellow cardstock and a Sticker
Drunken Stampers - Summer
KL Stampin Scrappin - Summer
ECP - Summer
Crafty Ho's - Fun in The Sun
Crafty Calendar - Summer (and yellow if you like)
Stempel Magie - Friendship
Alphabet Challenge - J is for Jewels
Craft Your Passion - Stitching
Stamp and Create - Stitching
Artful Inkables - Stitching
Speedy The Cats Friends - Use a Die Cut
Creative Card Crew - Die Cuts
Little Red Wagon - Nestabilites
Wee Memories - Free For All
Prairie Fairy - Anything Goes
Pocket Full of Posies - One For The Girls
If The Shoe Fits - Wings
Crazy Challenge - Up in The Air




Card Recipe:
Image - Woodland Princess by Meljen's
Paper - Songbird by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Felt Flowers - Hobby Lobby
Sentiment - Clear Sticker





This was such a fun challenge and my team all made wonderful creations and we want to see yours too so be sure to visit Cooking It Up With Katie and get Cooking too!

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #17 - Make Your Own Charms

It's Once Upon Wednesday time at The Pixie Cottage and for this challenge we'd love to see you use your skill to "Make Your Own Charm"! This could be out of Polymer clay, Shrink Plastic, Beads and Jewelery findings, anything you can think of!
And along with the technique part we have another fabulous sketch from our very own team member Pam.



More challenges:
Charisma - Girly Card with Flowers
Alota Rubber Stamps - Flowers
Cute Card Thursday - Make Your Own anything
Pixie Dust - Photo Inspiration
No Time To Stamp - 3D Flowers
Annabelle Stamps - Pearls
Alphabet Challenge - A is for Animals
Allsorts - Animals
Totally Gorjuss - In Stitches
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Stitching
KL Stampin Scrappin - Inside Out (decorate inside as well as out)
Cupcake Inspirations - Colors pink, green and white and flowers
Sentimental Sundays - For That Someone Special
Stamp With Fun - Friends



Card Recipe:
Image - Little Chick and Little Lamb by Alisa Ramirez
Paper - The Paper Studio and Making Memories
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearls - $1 spot
Border punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Melissa Frances





These two look so cute together and I think they'd be perfect baby cards, friendship cards and birthdays too.
I made my charm from beads and jewelry findings and I'd love to see what you can come up with.
Please join in and share with us at The Pixie Cottage this week.
Katie