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

Cooking It Up #50 - I Wish for White Wings!

It's a new challenge at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog!

The ingredients this week are:

Use some White
Add some Wings
Finish with Wishes

Challenges:
Digi Doodle Shop - Anything Goes
Robyns Fetish - Anything Goes
Thrilling Thursday - Show Us What You Got (anything goes)
Totally Paper Crafts - Do It With Digi
Flutterby - Open (as long as Angel, Fairy or Butterfly)
Crafts and Me - Things With Wings
Just For Fun - Wings of A Bug
Dare To Be Sassy - Punches
Wags N Whiskers - Punches
Digital Tuesday - Punches and Digi
Challenge Up Your Life - Monochrome
Phindy's Place - Monochrome
Stampin For The Weekend - Monochrome
Stampin Bees - Monochromatic
Creative Cottage - Fabulous Florals
Desert Island Crafts - Pick 3 (I picked Monochromatic, Border Punch and Sparkle)
Lexi's - Flowers

Card Recipes:
Image - Heart Butterfly by Limited Runs
Paper - Garden Vignettes by My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Border and Corner Punch - Martha Stewart
Rhinestones - Treasures by Shabby Chic
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Sentiment - Studio G
Roses - Wild Orchid

I printed and colored two of the butterflies and cut them out. Then I spritzed them with Smooch spray and let them dry. The I folded up the wings on the top butterfly and adhered it just on the body so the wings stand up.
We'd love to see your take on this recipe so come along and play at Cooking It Up With Katie

Cooking It Up #41 - Layer Me A Red Christmas

Welcome to another recipe from my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog!

The recipe is:
Layers
Red
Christmas!

Challenges:

Paper Issues - Holiday Hookup
Challenge Up Your Life - Christmas or Advent
The Secret Crafter - Christmas
Stampin Royalty - Winter Holiday
Speedy the Cat's Friends - Red and Green
Color Throwndown - Riding Hood Red, Pear Pizazz and Chocolate Chip or Kraft
Die Cut Dreams Christmas - Santa's Sack
Delicious Doodles - Use a Digi
Bugaboo - Anything Goes
Card Making Mama's - Anything Goes
Sugar Sweet Paper Treats - Anything Goes
The Artistic Stamper - Christmas
The Paper Players - Christmas
The Crafty Pad - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paint - Be Inspired by Snowglobes (the image in the circle)
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Daisy Doodles - Festive Colors
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Christmas Card
Riley and Co - Christmas
Cutie Sunday - Red and Green
Sundays With Crissy - Christmas is Coming
Kort O Mania - Christmas
Crafty Ho's - Any Holiday
Ink On My Fingers - Christmas
Dutch Dare - Christmas
2 Sisters - Sparkly Christmas
Iris - Christmas
Belli - Christmas
Frosted Designs - Glitter
Fairy Knoll - Glitter
Gingersnaps - White Glitter
Fresh Brewed Designs - Sparkle and Shine

Card Recipe:
Image - Rupert Clause 2 by Stampin Dragon
Paper - A Homemade Christmas by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - Michaels
Sentiment - Hobby Lobby

I added Puffy Paint and Glamour Dust to is hat for a little sparkle.
I hope you are coming to the end of your big list of Christmas cards but still have one you can add to this challenge!
Katie

Mr Straw sends a Thanksgiving Message

It's time for another Fall card and this one is for Thanksgiving.
Mr Straw is one of the cutest scarecrows I've ever seen and he was such fun to colors. I used a non Fall set of papers but I think they worked perfectly on this card.

Challenges:

Challenge Up Your Life - Easel Card
Lots To Do - Easel card
Creative Inspirations - Fall/Halloween
Speedy The Cat's Friends - Punches or Die Cuts (I used both)
Simon Says Stamp - Punch Em
ECP - Autumn/Fall
Crafty Creations - Autumn
Stamping Vacation Occasion Oasis - Thanksgiving
Stampin B's - Thanksgiving with a Pumpkin
Aud's Sentiments - Thanks
Diva Coffee Break - Poppy Parade, So Saffron and Baja Breeze
Inky Impressions - Flowers
The Paper Variety - Photo Inspiration (colors)
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Moving Along With the Times - Card For A Child

Card Recipe:
Image - Mr Straw
Paper - The Guy Stack by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Border and Corner Punches - Martha Stewart
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - O Scrap

This is a close up of the image, isn't he the cutest?

These are the Copic's used on this card.
I hope you like this and wish you a very Happy Halloween this weekend!
KAtie

Designed 2 Delight - Teddy as A Scarecrow :)

I'm so loving this fabulous Fall weather and hope it's nice where you are too :)
Today's card features a BRAND NEW IMAGE just released TODAY and I know you're going to absolute love him!
He was an absolute joy to color and in fact as a practice sheet (a girl can never stop practicing you know) I printed out 9 of him to check out some color combo;s, I may even share those combos tomorrow if anyone would be interested ;)

Challenges:

Stampin For The Weekend - Fall or Halloween
Challenge Up Your Life - Autumn
Crazy 4 Challenges - Autumn
Riley and Co - Colors of Autumn
Inspiration Avenue - Harvest
Thoughtful Thursdays - H is for.....Harvest
Baby Bud - Halloween or Fall
Creative Inspirations - Halloween or Fall
Belli - Pumpkins
Paper Playtime - Pumpkins or Spiderwebs
The Hybrid Chick - Fall with a Digi
Pear Tree Designs - Free For All
Stampin Royalty - Ribbons
Stamp Something - Something Digi

Card Recipe:
Image - Scarecrow Teddy Set
Paper - DCWV Autumn Splendor
Medium - Copic Markers
Rub On Sentiment - Daisy Hill
Buttons - Michaels $1 spot
Ribbon - American Crafts

Didn't I tell you that you'd love him?
He is so super sweet and guess what? if you play in Faith's challenges you be pleased that he is this weeks freebie!!! (just the bear not the background).
So if you played last time you'll be making a card with him this week!

Mad? Who are You Calling Mad? or Alice in Digi Land!

Happy Friday,
Today is the day you've been waiting for if you are either a Johnny Depp, Tim Burton or simply an Alice in Wonderland fan! The movie opens today and to celebrateDigital Delights have a special release of Alice inspired images! You can find them all on the front page.

Also for our friends over at our groups at Papercraft Planet and SNR Card Universe we have a Freebie for you and it's the cutest grinning cat you'll ever see!



Now you know I was itching to play with the brand new images and so I have a couple of cards to show you how wonderful these images are (and a few challenges too!)


Creative Card Crew wanted a Celebration
Gingersnaps also want you to Celebrate
Sew Many Cards wanted Something For The Boys
Die Cuts R Us had a great sketch
Digital Tuesday wanted Scallops
Flourishes also wanted Scallops
No Time To Stamp wanted Punched Borders



Card Recipe:

Image - Mad Hatter Peyton
Paper - Cafe Mediterranean by DCWV (got it at Joanns but it's not online yet)
Deep border punch - Martha Stewart Garden Trellis
Medium - Copic Markers
Buttons - Jesse James





Oh Alice had a great sketch
Simple Doodles also want Paper Piecing (and a digi)
ABC were at P is for Paper Piecing
Frosted Designs wanted your Favorite Technique and mine is Paper Piecing
Tuesday Taggers wanted Swirls and Curls
Challenge Up Your Life wants Stripes and at least 3 buttons
Dare U2 Digi wanted Pearls (and a digi)



Card Recipe:

Image - Wonderland Briley
Paper - Cafe Mediterranean by DCWV
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Half Daisy
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Buttons - Jesse James
Die Cut - Cuttlebug
Pearls - Queen & Co







So whether you go down the Rabbit Hole, attend the Tea Party or meet the Queen of Hearts you are sure to want these fabulous new images!
Katie

Pile It On - Get Well Soon with Magnolia

Happy Sunday,
Another week has gone by and it's time for another challenge at Pile It On and this week we'd like you to create a Get Well Card or gift.
The design team were asked to use a Magnolia image if they had one as this weeks sponsor is Diana from Magnolia Stamps! Of course that wasn't a problem for me as I love me a little Tilda and I hope you like this one.

Obviously at Pile It On we add as many challenges as we can to our creations and this is the list that goes with this card:

Challenge Up Your Life had a sketch and the colors Green and Yellow
Your Next Stamp want Spring colors
Inky Impressions want you to Think Spring
Gingersnaps wanted 3 Colors you like and right now I need some Spring so the Green, Yellow and White combo me likey :)
Die Cut Dreams had a recipe of 3 papers, 2 ribbons, 2 flowers and the added option of gems. 1 dp is the background, 1 on the mat and the other on the punched flowers.
Incy Wincy want you to Punch It Out
Belli wanted Butterflies
The Pink Elephant wanted Ribbon
Lil Red Wagon wanted Ribbon too
Crafty Angels wanted Fantastic Flowers
Little Paper Shop wanted Distressing
Copic Creations wanted you to color your embellishments with Copic's
Creative Card Crew had a Get Well Soon theme
Stamp With Sarah Kay had a Get Well Soon theme too (must be all the colds and flu going around!)
Paper Cutz was another with a Get Well Soon theme
Flourishes wanted "All About Me" with you using your favorite technique, product or color
One Stitch at A Time had their 1st challenge and they want, surprise suprise, Stitching on your card! (I did faux)
Crafty Creations want Stitching too
Sophisticats wanted Stitching too
Flutterby wanted Hearts with the Angel, Butterfly or Fairy image
Cute Card Thursday had a Metal Mania theme
Handfull Of Stamps were Sending You Wishes



Card Recipe:

Image - Tilda in Spring Rain
Paper - Basic Grey Mellow
Border punch (under image) - Martha Stewart
Flower Punch - EK Success
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Butterfly and Heart Brads - Provo Craft
Pearls - Michaels $1 spot
Medium - Copic Markers

I colored the buttons on the flowers, the pearls, the heart brads and the ribbon all with Copic markers to match the image.
The paper roses have been distressed with chalk ink and a little marker added too.




More of the cute dp inside with a message mat.




I don't know if you can see but Tilda has shiny boots and umbrella and glossy accents on the raindrops too.
You never know when you might need a Get Well Soon card so this is the perfect time to make one for your stash and join in with our challenge at Pile It On.
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

By The Cute and Girly Challenge #2!

Happy November!
Another month has passed and it's time for a new challenge at By The Cute and Girly!
This months theme is Winter Wonderland which gives you the opportunity to get out all the sparkly stuff, snowflakes, ribbons and more.

I found another challenge that these projects worked for too.
Use Your Stash wanted something old and I've had this Snowman for two years just waiting to be dressed up!
Scrap, Stamp and Doodle wanted "Anything But a Card"
Challenge Up Your Life wanted you to "Pimp It Up" which in their defintion was make something prettier than it was originally.



This started life as a plain chipboard album in the shape of a snowman.
I used the supr new Basic Grey papers called Eskimo Kisses and then I found lots of embellishments from my over flowing Christmas/Winter colelction.



This is the other side of the album.
Some of the products are Mary Engelbriet 3D stickers, Prima flowers, printed brads and more.



Next comes a wooden snowman that I've had for a couple of years now.
He was really simple to do. I painted his head and hands and added more Basic Grey paper to his body. I added Basic Grey buttons with twine and finally I used faux stitching all around him for a little homemade style.

You can enter any type of craft you like at By The Cute and Girly! so please go and raid you stash, get creating and go share it with all of us, who know's you may win a great prize!
Katie