The Pixie Cottage Challenge #73 - Sketch and/or Shape It Up

It's another Once Upon a Wednesday at The Pixie Cottage and this week we have the theme of "Shape It Up" where we want to see your shaped cards. We also have a wonderful sketch if you want to use it.

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes or Your Favorite...
Crafts and Me - Stamp Something
Scrapbook Sisters - An English Country Garden
Diva's by Design - Florals (2 entries only)
Speedy the Cats Friends - 3D Flower
Happileigh Scrappin - Flowers and Stitching
Basic Grey - Shabby Chic
Card Cupids - 3 or More Layers
One Stop Craft - Texture
Delicious Doodles - Texture
My Mum's Craft Shop - Punch It
Your Next Stamp - Shaped Cards
Card Creations by C - Shaped Cards
Little Claire's - Shaped Cards

Card Recipe:
Image - Hannah at a Fence
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Basic Grey Curio
Doily Die - French Pastry by Cheery Lynn Designs
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Garden Trellis
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts, Prima and Love Letter Roses
Pearls - The Paper Studio
Sentiment - Heidi Grace
Lace - Wrights

I did this card pretty much freehand, just hoping it worked out as I went along! I started with a 6" square base from which I used a lid from one of my ribbon jars to cut a semi circle into the top leaving and uncut piece for the fold to hold the card together. Then I picked out a border punch, trimmed the base to the right depth and punched. Then I cut out a whole circle, edged it with lace, add the the patterned paper and then completed like a regular card. What I like is that I can make an envelope for a 6" square on my Scor-Pal and mail it easily!
I really enjoyed making something a little different and I hope you will spend time and show us your shaped cards over at The Pixie Cottage this week

Cooking It Up #65 - Make a Blue Splashy Circle!

Time for you to grab your aprons and get creating with another recipe at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog!

This week the ingredients are:

Use some Blue
Add a Splash
Finish with a Circle

We are sponsored by Digi's With Attitude and I got to work with a super cute image!

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes or Your Favorite...
Crafty Catz - Circles
My Mum's Craft Shop - Punch It
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Card Cupids - 3 or More Layers
Crafty Calendar - Things With Wings

Card Recipe:
Image - Bubblebath Tween
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Lime Twist Fly A Kite by My Minds Eye
Gloss - Liquid Embossing
Buttons - Stash
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Double Loops
Ribbon - The Whimsy Cottage
Die Cut - Spellbinders Scalloped Circles
Sentiment - K and Co
Butterflies - Recollections

I add liquid embossing to the bubbles in the bath tub for a little extra oomph!
I hope you like this and will come along and play with us at Cooking It Up With Katie this week

It's Magnolia Monday #4! - Summer Fun!

EDITED TO ADD Placed in the Top 3 at Dream Valley Challenges. Thanks so much!!!!


It's Monday so that means another Magnolia card from my and another Magnolia Monday for you to link to!
This weeks we have gone with a Summer theme and if you have a Magnolia card on your blog today then please link it up and we will share the love!

Challenges:
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes (with ribbon etc)
All That Scraps - Anything Goes (with a stamp sold in the store)
Just Magnolia - Anything Goes (with Lace as an optional extra)
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Anything Goes
7 Kids College Fund - Sketch
Dutch Magnolia Chickies - Summer
ABC - V is for Variety (use at least 3 different embellishments)
Emerald Faeries - Lots of Bling (3 entries max)
Anything Goes - Masking
Basic Grey - Shabby Chic
The Shabby Tearoom - Embossing
One Stop Craft - Texture
Crafts and Me - Punch It Out
Card Cupids - 3 or More Layers
Dream Valley - Stamp Something (no digi's)
Chamber Maids - 2 different Ribbons or Laces
Diva's by Design - Florals (2 entries only)
Creations by Gill M - Pink and Green and Flowers
Dutch Dare - Pink and Green
Jay Gees Nook - Photo Inspiration (pink, green, flowers, girly, sewing)
CR84FN - Color Combo (light pink, medium green and a neutral)

Card Recipe:
Images - Stump and Bench by Sandra Hammer and Giggling Tilda
Paper - Basic Grey Sugared
Medium - Copic Markers
Pearl Brads - Martha Stewart Brides
Sentiment - Printed
Rhinestones - Michaels
Lace - Offray
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Doily Lace
Ribbon - Stash

I've had this Tilda for a long while but never inked her her up.
I think this is a good use for her and I hope you think she is having some Summer Fun and will come along and link up to share in the love!



Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #61 - Sketch and/or Green

It's Wednesday so it means another challenge over at The Pixie Cottage!
As always we have 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 "Green" and you can choose to make that the color Green or give your card a "Green" theme by using something Recycled on it.

Challenges:
Going Grey - Anything Goes (2 entries)
Card Cupids - Green
Let's Ink It Up - Embossing (must use rubber stamp)
Sentimental Sunday's - Green and a Sentiment
ECP - Green
Shannon's Sentiments - Distressing
Card Makin Mama's - Green
Delicious Doodles - Green
Flutterby - Green and Butterfly, Fairy or Angel
Creative Craft Challenges - Lace (including Doilies)

Card Recipe:
Image - Wishing Well by ARTish
Paper - K and Co Julianne Paper Pad
Medium - Copic Markers
Butterflies - Martha Stewart stickers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Doily - Wilton
Tag - Office Max
Trim - Hobby Lobby
Sentiment - K and Co

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

I inked all the edges and the doily too to give a Shabby Chic feel to the card.
Both the sentiment sticker and the butterflies have glitter on them for a little shimmer.
I hope you like this and we'd love to see you play along with us at The Pixie Cottage!