Cooking It Up #72 - Wet the Border with Brads!

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

The ingredients to include this week are:
Something Wet (could be something in the image or a wet technique like heat embossing or painting)
Add a Brad (or two or three)
Finish with a Border

Challenges:
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Thrilling Thursday - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
By The Cute and Girly - The Sea (1 entry only)
Fresh Brewed Monthly Challenge - Hot
Card Mad Fairy - Buttons
Sew Many Cards - Summertime
Stamp with Fun - Summer
Victorine Originals - Summer
Stampin For The Weekend - Holidays (Summer)
Anything Goes - Inspired by Film or TV (Wish You Were Here, my UK friends remember the Judith Chalmers show?)
Wags N Whiskers - Outdoor Fun
4 Crafty Chicks - Metal
Crazy 4 Challenges - Bingo! (I chose Square Card, Die Cut and 2 or more DP's)
One Stop Crafts - Bold and Bright
Card Makin Mamas - Pink
Kaboodle Doodles - Ribbon
Papertake Weekly - Die Cuts

Card Recipe:
Image - Stamping Dragon
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Beach Bum by Fancy Pants
Brads - The Paper Studio
Buttons - Stash
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Sentiment - Pink Gem

I'd really love to be sitting on a beach right now, now that school has started back I feel I need a vacation to relax after the Summer break! LOL
If you feel like Cooking Up A Card then please come and join 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.

Magnolia Monday #7! - So Pretty In Pink!

Wow I can't believe I'm on week 7 of my Magnolia Monday's!
Thanks to all who have linked in so far and I hope you'll spread the word so more come along. Remember there is never a theme, always "Anything Goes" as long as it has a Magnolia stamp and is posted on Monday! So if you schedule your posts ahead of time you can always include Magnolia Monday to your Monday post!
This week I've gone out of the card creating and I've altered a drink container with 4 lovely Tilda's!

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Everybody Art - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Anything But A Card
Totally Tilda - Anything But A Card
It's A Magnolia Challenge - Not a Square
Crafty Emma's - Not a Square
My Time To Craft - More Than One Image
Pear Tree Designs - Something Stamped
Magnolia-licious - Pink
CCEE Stampers - Pink
The Ribbon Girls - Pink and Cream
The Crafty Pad - Soft Pastels
Speedy The Cat's Friends - Make It Sparkle
Crafty Creations - Let It Shine
Alphabet Challenge - H is for Half Dozen (I used 6 flowers on the lid)
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Buttons
Totally Gorjuss - Ribbons and Lace
Dream Valley - Ribbon
House of Gilli - Ribbons and Bows
Just Magnolia - Butterflies
The Stampman - Butterflies/Dragonflies
Lexi's - It's A Bugs Life
Crafty Calendar - Things With Wings
Bloggers Challenge - Things With Wings
Simply Create - Fly With Us
Ruby's Rainbow - Flowers
Deep Ocean - Flowers
Ooh La La - Summer Flowers
By The Cute and Girly - In The Garden
The Official Magnolia Challenge - Summer
Bearly Mine - Summertime
Alots Rubber Stamps - Summertime
Wags N Whiskers - Summertime
Craft Us Crazy - Summertime
The Paper Variety - Summer
Crafting For All Seasons - Summer
Fairy Knoll - Summer
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
Stampin For The Weekend - Favorite Things (1 entry only) (Tilda is a huge favorite of mine as well as Copic coloring)
Sweet Stampin - Something Old, Something New (the stamp is new but the grass die is at least 10 years old)

Project Recipe:
Box - Held drink mixes
Images - Tilda With Water Can, Tilda With Ladybug, Tilda With Flowing Hair and Tilda With Strawberries
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Annalee 6X6 by Prima
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Doily Lace
Butterflies - Large is a Floral pick from Michaels, Small Vlinder by Prima
Lace - Wrights
Flowers - Michaels Bridal dept
Pearls - Recollections
Grass Border Die - Dayco Die Cuts (no longer in business)

I spritzed the flowers and butterflies to within an inch of their lives! LOL

Another view of the glitz and spritz!

Tilda With Water Can

Tilda With Ladybug

Tilda With Flowing Hair

Tilda With Strawberries

I'm not sure yet what I'm going to use it for yet but I'm thinking white and pink candies would look cute in it, and perfect for those "munchie moments" I get when I'm crafting :)
Anyway I'd love to see your Magnolia creations so please link in the Inlinkz below if your post is dated today, Monday June 27th, and I'll come and leave some love!

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Ribbons and Bows

We have a lovely girly challenge for you this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar as we want to see your Ribbons and Bows!

Challenges:
Everybody Art - Anything Goes
Hooked On Crafts - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - Things With Wings (2 entries only)
Crafty Calendar - Things With Wings
One Stitch At A Time - Things With Wings
Lilypad - Ribbon
Ribbon Carousel - Coloring and Ribbon
A Gem of a Challenge - Blooming Charming (flowers and charms)
Charisma Cardz - Pink and Green
CRAFT - Stitching (5 entries)
Digi Doodles Shop - Stitching
Cute Card Thursday - Birthstone (mine is November which is Topaz and Pearl)
Hanna and Friends - In The Garden
Whoopsi Daisy - Pile On The Flowers
Karen's Doodles - Flower Power
Picture and Scrap - Lace and/or Ribbon
Corrosive by Janet - Ribbons and Bows
House of Gilli - Ribbons and Bows
Cupcake Craft Room - Flowers and/or Leaves (2 entries only)
Emerald Faeries - Petals (3 entries only)
Crafts 4 Eternity - Embellishments with an R (I chose round, roses, ribbon)
Stamp Something - Something with Pretty Papers
One Stop Craft - Use a Sticker

Card Recipe:
Image - Sweet Blossom by Wee Stamps at Cuddly Buddly
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Daisy Dear by Heidi Grace
Doily Die - French Pastry by Cheery Lynn Designs
Die Cut - Spellbinders Octagons
Border Die - Marianne D Creatables
Roses - Prima
Ribbon - Michaels
Sentiment Charm - Bravissimo by Making Memories
Pearls - The Paper Studio

This gorgeous image just makes me smile every time I look at it.
I added lots of nice girly touches to it and we'd love to see your take on our challenge this week over at A Spoon Full of Sugar!
Katie

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Here Comes Summer

Time for another fun challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar.
This week we are thinking of sunshine, flowers, maybe even the beach as we have the theme of "Here Comes Summer!".
My Summers revolve around keeping cool at the pool, Boy Scout camp, music lessons, backyard BBQ's, late nights and hopefully this year, my children's favorite, catching Fire Flies! (we always let them go of course).
The weather is already Summer like here in Texas with 90's every day so I went with a cooler color palette and a soft Summer image, I hope you like her.

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes or Your Favorite...
Dream Valley - Stamp Something (no digi's)
Truly Scrumptious - Summer Sparkle
Penny's - Here Comes Summer
Crafters Companion Monthly - Here Comes Summer
Sweet Stampin - Playing In The Summer Sun
Creative Cowgirls - Summertime Fun
Crafty Ho's - Summer Fun
Pear Tree Designs - Summer Delights
I Did It Creations - Hats
Charisma Cardz - Something that Flies
By The Cute and Girly - In The Garden
Speedy The Cats Friends - 3D Flower
Emerald Faeries - Lots of Bling (3 entries max)
Crafts and Me - Punch It Out
One Stop Craft - Texture
Delicious Doodles - Texture
Card Cupids - 3 or More Layers
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Something New (lots new on here, the stamp, the papers, the butterfly dies and the flower)
Happileigh Scrappin - Flowers and Stitching

Card Recipe:
Image - Zoe gazing at the Butterfly by Stampavie
Paper - The Blossom Song by DCWV (Michaels exclusive)
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Love Letter Roses by Prima
Wrinkled Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Border Punch - EK Success
Die Cut - Spellbinders Exclusive Oval Square Label
Butterflies - Marianne D Creatables
Sentiment - KI Memories

I know the flower is huge but I just loved how it went with the ribbon and the sparkle on it was just perfect. I hope you'll come on over and join in the Summer Fun with us at A Spoon Full of Sugar this week.

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #64 - Paper Piecing

Chosen in Top 3 at Sentimental Sundays



It's Wednesday so it means another challenge at The Pixie Cottage!
As always there are 2 parts to the challenge and you can choose either or both to play along with.
We have a fabulous sketch and our theme this week is "Paper Piecing"

Challenges:
Digi's With Attitude! - Anything Goes
Crafty Your Passion - Anything Goes
I Did It - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Stamping Vacation Start Here - Nestabilities (used them to make my flower)
My Sheri Crafts - April Showers
Crafty Calendar - April Showers
Crafty Catz - April Showers
The Paper Variety - April Showers
Raise The Bar - April Showers
Sentimental Sunday - Let's Get Wet
Crafty Creations - Rain Showers
Creative Inspirations Paint - Inspired by Spring
Prairie Fairy - Oh So Spring
Tuesday Throwdown - Spring
Crafty Emma - Children
Karen's Doodles - Fancy and Feminine
By The Cute and Girly - Cute and Girly
Kaboodle Doodles -Let's Get Girly
Our Creative Corner - Girly (use ribbon, bling and handmade flower)
Scrappy Frogs - Flowers and Lace
Clear It Out - Handmade Flower
The Crafty Pad - Flowers
Crazy Challenge - Flowers
Magical Monday - Flowers
One Stop Crafts - Spots and Dots
Desert Island Crafts - Pick 3 or more (I chose child image, dots and ribbon)
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Layers
Anything Goes - Pearls
Going Grey - Pick 3 (I picked Ribbon, Flowers and Pearls)

Card Recipe:
Image - Hannah on Stepping Stones by ARTish
Paper - Julianne by Kay and Co
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut - Spellbinders (used to make the flower)
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearls - Recollections
Lace - Offray
Felt Ribbon - Stash

Remember you can use the sketch or the optional technique or both!

This particular stamp doesn't have the umbrella so I made one from a punch or two and I hope you like it.
The flower is made from 3 die cut flowers that were scored and then cut up one fold to the center and then accordion folded. You attached all three "fans" together to make the flower.
I hope you like this card and will join in with our Paper Piecing challenge.
Katie

Designed 2 Delight - I Love Ewe!

It's time for a new Freebie at Faith's blog and it is a cutie!
As it is a new month it means everyone can grab the image and if you make something with it and link it back to Faith's blog you will get the next freebie too!
It is a lovely image and I just had to play along with it too :)

Challenges:
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Fab N Funky - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Free and Easy
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Paper Playtime - Faces
Creative Inspirations Paint - Circles
Get Creative With Ann - Something New
Sparkles - New Things
Sweet Sunday Sketch - Sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges - Celebrate Something
Shannon's Sentiments - Blue
By The Cute and Girly - Bling It On
Auds Sentiments - Two Word Sentiment
Paperplay - Clean and Simple

Card Recipe:
Image - Love Ewe by Designed 2 Delight
Paper - Cherry Delicious by Sassafrass
Medium - Copic Markers
Punch - Martha Stewart

It is a very cute image perfect for the upcoming Valentines Day cards you'll be needing so be sure to go and get it and check out all the other super images from Faith at Designed 2 Delight.

Digital Delights - Little Dumpling with Bunny Slippers

It's time for another fabulous sample from Digital Delights and I got to use the super cute Little Dumpling with Bunny Slippers

Challenges:
Craft Your Days Away - Punch It Out
Frosted Designs - Ribbons
Prairie Fairy - Use a Star
Creative Inspirations Paint - Inspired by Stars
Bunny Zoe = Sparkle and Shine
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Karber Weekly - Use a Digi
Crafts and Me - Moody Blues
By The Cute and Girly - Children
Creative Cowgirls - Anything Goes
Lothian Crafts - For Someone Special
Fun With Shapes and More - Scallops
Stamp Scrap and Doodle - Monochromatic
Mad For Markers - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Cutie Sunday - Anything but Christmas
Crafty Emma - Anything But Christmas

Card Recipe:
Image - Little Dumpling in Bunny Slippers
Paper - K and Co Itsy Bitsy
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - Michaels
Sentiment - Sticko

This would be a cute card for a Baby Shower, a birth or even a 1st Birthday Card!
I hope you like this as much as I do!

Katie

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!

It's a Parrot's Life For Me!

Wendy Hall is the fabulous artist of Digital Delights and she also has a line of clear stamps sold at Clear Dollar Stamps!
The latest set is Pirate Ahoy! and this is my second card using the designs.

I decided to go with a little spin on the title and I hope you like it!

I have a few challenges here as well:

By The Cute and Girly - Celebrations
Critter Challenge - Critter Birthday
Wild Flower Patch - Clean and Simple Birthday
Lexi's - Animals
One Stitch at a Time - Going Dotty
Hand Full of Stamps - Just a Little Dotty
Paper Scissors Rocks - Die Cuts
Crafty Pad - Use Punches
Fab N Funky - Show Us Your Fancy Edge




Card Recipe:
Image - Clear Dollar Stamps Pirate Ahoy!
Paper - Fiskars
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Border Punch - EK Success
Sentiment - Printed





I think he sure is a cutie and would be perfect on all sorts of cards.
Hope you've liked him.

I also want to remind you that we are having a Digi Day over at SNR on Thursday evening and we'd love you to join in.



They'll be fun and prizes so if you have some free time we'd love to see you over there!

Katie

Just Because - Relax with Mr Mouse :)

Happy Saturday Everyone!
I hope you are having lovely Spring weather, we are here in Texas, the usual storms have not yet arrived so we are enjoying sunshine and warmer temps. One thing that is not so good though are the dreaded weeds, I feel we are fighting a loosing battle and we've had to resort to spraying them as they just popped up too fast to pull them out.
After an afternoon of yard work I feel the need for a little R & R, just like the little character on my card today.
He is a new image from Meljens Design and he sure is a cutie!

I found a few challenges to go along with him:

Stamp With Fun - 3 Papers, 3 Flowers and 2 Buttons
Mojo Monday - Sketch
The Pink Elephant - Nature
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Green
Creative Cottage - Buttons and Bows
CRAFT - Buttons
By The Cute and Girly - Fairytales (I definitely think a mouse under toadstool would be reading a fairy tale :))
Practical Scrappers want to see markers
Simon Says Stamp want a Card for A Child
Handfull Of Stamps want you to Digi It
Papercutz want 3 patterned papers




Card Recipe:
Image - Mushroom Mouse by Meljens Designs
Paper - My Minds Eye Home collection
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Colorbok
Buttons - Dress It Up by Jesse James



Inside is more of the gorgeous glittered dp and a message mat.



I just love cute this little guy is, he certainly looks like he's enjoying his book.
I hope you can find some "me time" this weekend and do a little of what you really want to do :)
Katie

By The Cute and Girly Challenge - Spring is in the Air

Another month has gone by and a new challenge is up at By The Cute and Girly.
There are big changes around there so keep checking in!

The challenge this time was set by Brenda and she wanted us to forget Winter and think about Spring!
I made a couple of items this time.

I made an Easter decoration with the following challenges

Flourishes want Flowers
Jacksonbelle want Flowers too!
Creatalicious wanted you to Create a Little Something
Flutterby had an Open Week as long as it had a Butterfly, Fairy or Angel on it
Crafty Catz want a Fancy Edge and Ribbon
Clearly Delightful wanted Ducks!



Recipe

Wooden word - Hobby Lobby
Paint - Krylon
Images - Spring Things digital stamps by Pollycraft
Ribbon - American Crafts
Felt flowers and eggs and chipboard butterflies- American Crafts
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Making Memories





And a card with challenges too

Gingersnaps want a Birthday Card
Peachy Keen had a recipe of Yellow and Green, a 3D embellishment and must be Stamped
La La Lands had a sketch
Bildy Blog wanted you to Bling It, mine has shiny Dewdrops and the dp is glittered so I hope that counts!
Paper Garden wanted to say Farewell to Winter
Copic Creations wanted your coloring with Green


Recipe



Image - Mimosa with Umbrella
Paper - DCWV The Citrus Stack
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Dewdrops - Robins Nest
Medium - Copic Markers
Embossing folders - Swiss Dots by Cuttlebug and Daisy by Crafts Too
Die Cuts - Spellbinders





This is such a sweet image and with the bright Spring colors it makes me almost wish for the showers to come! LOL
So brighten up your day a little, get creating for Spring and shows us all you've got over at By The Cute and Girly.
Katie