Guest Designer at Bling It On! - Anything Goes

This month Digital Delights are sponsoring the challenge at Bling It On! and the nice ladies asked me if I'd like to join in with them!
Of course I said yes!
It is a super easy challenge, Anything Goes as long as it has BLING!!!

Challenges:
Midnight Madness - Sketch
Stamp Something - Something Digi
4 Crafty Chicks - Stitching
Lexi's - It's A Bugs Life (Bee's)
Simply Create - Fly With Us
Crafty Calendar - Things With Wings
Truly Scrumptious - Things With Wings
There She Goes - 3 Dies or Punches (Spellbinders, McGill and Marianne D)
Bee Crafty - Summers Here (with a digi)
Bearly Mine - Summertime
Belli Challenge - G is for.... Green Rhinestones
Scrapbook Sisters - Summer Fun

Card Recipe:
Image - Bizzy Bear
Paper - Dutch Mustard Soup by Jillibean Soup
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut - Spellbinders Labels Seventeen
Border Die Cut - Marianne D
Ribbon - The Whimsey Cottage
Tag Punch - McGill Punch Multi Tag
Rhinestones - Treasures by Shabby Chic
Sentiment - Printed

This adorable bear was such a joy to color and the papers were simply perfect for a Just Because card!
I hope you've enjoyed it and will come along and play with us this month at Bling It On!
Also make sure to click on my blog header to see my 1st post for the brand new Cuddly Buddly challenge and also to join in the Celebrations Blog Hop that started yesterday at Digital Delights

Katie

Pile It On - Circles, Circles, Circles

It's time to get out those long challenge lists as we have another new challenge at Pile It On where we not only allow but actively ENCOURAGE you to combine as many challenges as you can! This week we have a super simple one for you, we want to see Circles!!
We are sponsored by the fabulous Whimsy Stamps and I broke out an image I've had for ages and took a stab at it!
I've never colored African American skin tones before so I hope you like it.

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Everybody Art - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar - Things With Wings
Bloggers Challenge - Things With Wings
The Poodles Parlour - Come Fly With Me
Bunny Zoe's - Fairies
2 Sisters - Fairies
Ruby's Rainbow - Flowers
Challenge Up Your Life - Circles
Phindy's Place - Circles
Crafty Creations - Let It Shine (used pearls and dewdrops)
Speedy the Cats Friends - Sparkle (I used Pearls and Dewdrops)
Alphabet Challenge - H is for Half Dozen (used 6 pearls)
Bee Crafty - Summers Here (with a digi)
Bearly Mine - Summertime
Alots Rubber Stamps - Summertime
Amber's Crafts - Summertime (1 entry only)
The Paper Variety - Summer
Craft Us Crazy - Summertime
Wags N Whiskers - Summertime
Papertake Weekly - Here Comes The Sun
Tuesday Taggers - Here Comes The Sun
The Paper Shelter - Fun in The Sun
Delightful Challenges - Fun in The Sun

Card Recipe:
Image - Maya Making Wishes by Whimsy Stamps
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Mix & Mend 6X6 Wee Bundle Paper Pad (Sassafras)
Doily Die - French Pastry by Cheery Lynn Designs
Die Cuts - Spellbinders Large Petite Scalloped Circles and Spellbinders Large Circles
Sentiment - Printed
Dew Drops - Robins Nest

She is such a sweet little image and I'd glad I "bit the bullet" and colored her, I hope you'll agree :)
Anyway, it's time for you to grab your circles and get creating and then come back and share with us at Pile It On
Katie

Digital Delights - Little Gingers Gift Box and Card Set

It's time for another fabulous sample from Digital Delights and I hope you are going to love this little set perfect for Holiday gift giving!

Challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers - Card and Matching Gift
ABC Challenge - H is for Holidays
Stamp and Create - Tis The Season
Scrappy Frogs - Christmas
Alota Rubber Stamps - Let's Celebrate Christmas
Totally Gorjuss - Traditional Christmas Colors
Reasonable Ribbon - Ribbon and Christmas
Crazy 4 Challenges - Christmas
Flourishes - Just Do It! Make A Christmas card :)
Bee Crafty - Christmas (with a digi)
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Christmas (with a digi)
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Drunken Stampers - Stitching (I did faux)
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Marker Madness
Stamp With Fun - Square
ECP - Red
Sassy Studios - Anything Goes
Going Grey - Inspired by a Song (Deck the Halls with boughs of Holly, Tis the Season to be Jolly)

Card Recipe:
Image - Gingerbread Holiday Set
Paper - DCWV The Christmas Combo
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbons - Stash
Sentiments - The Paper Studio
Border and Corner Punches - Martha Stewart
Flower Punch - EK Success
Bandaid Tin - Provo Craft

These images are so cute and I know I'll be using more of them soon.

Cooking It Up #38 - Punch Your Golden Family!

It's time for another recipe challenge over at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog.
This week I asked the team to create a card with the following "ingredients":
Use a Punch
Add some Gold
Make it for your Family

Challenges: (I admit to going a little over the top today!)
Character Cafe - Embossing
Critter Challenge - Texture
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Crazy 4 Challenges - Christmas
Ellephantastic - Christmas
Alota Rubber Stamps - Let's Celebrate Christmas
Thrilling Thursday - Anything Goes Christmas Theme
The Stampman - Christmas
Flourishes - Just Do It! Make A Christmas card :)
ABC Christmas - X is for Xmas
Creative Inspirations - Christmas or Winter
Bee Crafty - Christmas (with a digi)
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Christmas (with a digi)
I Did It - Christmas with Burgundy and Gold
Lexi's - Traditional Christmas
Stamp and Create - Tis The Season
Scrappy Frogs - Christmas
Crafty Calendar - Winter and Snowflakes
Die Cut Dreams Christmas Challenge - Snowflakes
Speedy The Cat's Friends - Snowflakes
Sweet Stampin - Snowflakes
Stamp It Crazy - Snow
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Marker Madness
Annabelle Stamps - Gold
The Crafty Pad - Christmas Sparkle
Polly Craft - A Glittery Christmas
The Secret Crafter - Sparkle and Shine
Crafts and Me - Glitter
Gingerloft - The Great Outdoors
Riley and Co - Outdoors
Creative Inspirations - Winter Wonderland
Karber Weekly - Card for a Family member
My Time To Craft - Window Fun
Stamp With Fun - Square
ECP - Red

Card Recipe:
Image - Winter Window a freebie from Digi Doodle Shop (I don't see it there now though :()
Paper - DCWV The Christmas Combo
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Fiskars Apron Lace
Embossing Folder - Sizzix
Sentiment - The Paper Studio
Paint - Puffy by Tulip
Glitter - Glamour Dust by Viva Decor

I love this image and it was really nice to color those rich curtains.
I added Puffy Paint to the snow in the image including making some "snow" falling. Before I heated the paint to make it puff I added Glamour Dust glitter on top.
I love how this card came out and I hope it encourages you to come along and play with us at Cooking It Up With Katie!

Digital Delights New Releases - More Christmas!

It's time for some more fabulous Christmas releases at Digital Delights and you are going to love these!
They feature some wonderful Christmas Animals and I got to work with the super cute Christmas Bongo the Dog!

Challenges:
Speedy The Cat's Friends - Holiday card
One Stitch At A Time - Christmas
Critter Challenge - Christmas
Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club - Use a Christmas Digi
Christmas Card Challenges - Candy Cane (or other sweet treat)
Charisma - With Love At Christmas
Crafty Cardmakers - Stitching
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy - Anything Goes
Lexi's - Anything Goes
Bee Crafty - Christmas
My Time To Craft - Quick and Cute
Papertake Weekly - Penny for The Guy (card for a boy)
Going Grey - Favorite Techniques (mine are coloring and using punches)
Creative Card Crew - Let's Punch It
Stamp Insanity - Punches
ABC - G is for Glitter
Little Red Wagon - Red

Card Recipe:
Image - Christmas Bongo
Paper - The Christmas Combo by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - Michaels
Glitter - Frosted Lace Stickles
Candy Canes - Target $1 Spot

How cute is this little guy?
I added Frosted Lace Stickles to his hat and also the white on the candy can embellishments are Stickles too.
I just love him and all the rest of the new release so be sure to head over to Digital Delights to check them all out and also drop by The Team Blog to see all the other creations from the fabulous Design Team!

Something Different from Me - A Halloween Chipboard Album

Happy Friday everyone!
In the dim and distant past before I started making cards I used to make mini albums and things to sell on eBay. It was a wonderful creative outlet and was nice as it brought in a little play money too.
When the economy took a downturn my sales fell too. I looked at other options and at that point handmade cards were still a popular item. That downturn in sales led me to try my hand at cards and I've never turned back! At first I sold those too but they too slumped but I was too hooked to stop (don't ask me how many I have in my closet). Well as it is coming up to the big Holiday shopping I thought maybe I could combine my new love of card making with my old love of mini albums and today I have the first result of that combination.
I hope you like it, it was a lot of fun to make and really got my mojo back on track ;)

Obviously I found a few challenges that it worked with too.

Sew Many Challenges - Halloween
Stampin For The Weekend - Shabby or Vintage
Gingersnaps - Punches
Paper Pretties - Brads
Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes (with a digi)
Bee Crafty - Anything Goes (with a digi)
The Shabby Tearoom - Tags
Paper Cutz - Tags
Tuesday Taggers - Books
Artful Inkables - Distressing
Stamptacular Sunday - Distress It
Totally Stampalicious - Paper Flowers




Book Recipe:
Images - Digital Delights
Paper - Midnight Spell by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Chalk Ink - Dewdrops
Flowers - Prima
Embellishments - Martha Stewart, Spare Parts
Ribbons - Michaels
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Base - Chipboard (cute to size)
Binding - Bind It All
















Remember that you click on each photo for a much larger image.
This really was a whole lot of fun, so much so that as soon as I finished it I started on a Fall album and I'm hoping to be able to have that up for you to see very soon.
I hope you've enjoyed this and maybe it will give you an idea to try something a little different too.

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!

Digital Delights New Releases - Boo From Wizard Toby!

It's new release day over at Digital Delights and Wendy has come up with the fabulous new images for Halloween!
The team has created some fabulous samples for them and you can see them all at the Digital Delights Blog
I got to work with the super cute Wizard Toby and just think how cute he'd be on your invitations to a Halloween party!

Challenges:
Sweet Sketch Sunday - Sketch
Corrosive - For The Guys (Toby is a guy cat!)
Copic Oz - For a Man
Cupcake Craft - Digital
Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes (digital)
Bee Crafty - Anything Goes
Haunted Design House - Creepy Cute
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Add some Metal (little metal bat brads)
Papercutz - Metal (brads)
Kah Wink E Dink - Travel (Toby is on a broom!)
Going Grey - Halloween
City Creations - Let Your Light Shine (Moon)
Christmas Stampin - Anything Other than Christmas




Card Recipe:
Image - Wizard Toby
Paper - DCWV Midnight Spell
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - American Crafts
Circle Cutter - Martha Stewart
Bat Brads - Making Memories
Flowers - Prima
Letters - Reminisce





This little guy was so great to work with and I hope it gets you in the mood for the upcoming Halloween season!

Digital Delights - Thinking of You

It's time for another showcase of cards over at Digital Delights!
The team have a glorious selection for you this week so be sure to drop by and show them some love.

Challenges for this card:

Dare U2 Digi - Blooms and Charms
Fab N Funky - Flower Power
Fussy and Fancy - Sketch
Stamp Something - Fairytale
Craftalicious - Pearls and Swirls
Crafts and Me - Petals and Pearls
The Crafty Pad - Glitz and Glitter
Sentimental Sundays - Ribbon or Lace (plus a sentiment)
Bee Crafty - Ribbons and Bows
If The Shoe Fits - Die Cuts
Creative Card Crew - Sparkle and Shine
My Time To Craft - Glitter and Glitz
City Crafter - Isn't She Lovely
Penny's - Pink and Green
Lollipop Ladies - Pink Cupcake Inspiration



Card Recipe:
Image - Madison the Bride
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Glitz and Glitter KI Memories
Sentiment - Hero Arts
Flowers - Prima and Colorbok
Pearls - Queen and Co





I know that Madison is really a bride but I love to make more of an image than it was originally designed for and in Pink I think she looks the perfect Princess!