Guest Designer for Crafty Sentiments - Buttons

It's the second of my cards this month for Guest Designer role at Crafty Sentiments and this week we want to see you add Buttons to your creations!
Now this was a super easy challenge for me as I have 100's if not 1000's of buttons in my studio and just love to add them in :)

Challenges:
Penny's Challenges - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Scrappy Frogs - Anything Goes
Copic Creations - Sky or Clouds
Desert Islands Crafts - Pick 3 (I picked black, ink on other than on stamp and punches)
Stamping Vacation Pick 3 - Chose 3 (I chose Floral Paper, Brad and Pop Dot)
Dream Valley - Flowers
Clear it Out - Ribbon/Trim
Raise the Bar - 3 Patterned Papers and Flowers
Crafty Calendar - Teddy Bears
Papertake Weekly - Fancy a Punch?(use punches or dies)
Tuesday Throwdown - Use a Die Cut (3 entries max)
My Mum's Craft Shop - To Die For (3 entries max)
Peartree Designs - Spring
Creative Inspirations - Inside of your card (20 combined challenges max)
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Ribbon
Claudia and Co - Butterflies
Whoopsi Daisy - Things with Wings
Paper Minutes - Wings

Card Recipe:
Image - Going Camping by Crafty Sentiments
Paper - Origins by Basic Grey
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Target
Border Punch - Doily Garden Trim by Martha Stewart
Buttons - Stash
Ribbon - Unknown
Die Cut - Labels 2 by Spellbinders

This little guy is just the cutest! I colored around him in a few layers of BG10 for the sky and I really think it adds to the whole look of the image.
I have no idea where the gorgeous ribbon came from as it was in a selection I won a while ago but it was the perfect touch to this card.
The wonderful deep border punch make a lovely finish with brown brads to compliment the wooden buttons.
I hope you like this one and will come along and play with us this week at Crafty Sentiments
Katie

Guest Designer at Incy Wincy - Pink and Brown

It's time for another guest card for and this week we have a color combo challenge of Pink and Brown.
This combo is one of my favorites as it leads to a vintage, shabby chic feel to a card and it works so well for girl cards.
We are sponsored by the fabulous Di's Digi's and this image I got to work with was so cute!

Challenges:
Paper Cutz - Anything Goes
Copic Creations - Colorless blender tricks (I used burlap soaked in blender and dabbed on the bear for texture)
365 Cards Day 230 - Last but Not Least (a technique you've been putting off trying, see above!)
Our Creative Corner - More Is Better (3 of more types of embellishment) (brads, buttons, punches, sticker)
Speedy the Cat's Friends - Stitching
Totally Gorjuss - Pink
Wee Memories - Celebrate Good Times
Paper Sundaes - For Someone Little
Paper Romance - Buttons

Card Recipe:
Image - Ted's99 by Di's Digi's
Paper - My Minds Eye Loves Nest
Medium - Copic Markers
Brads - Making Memories
Buttons - Stash
Border and Corner punches - Martha Stewart
Sentiment Sticker - KI Memories

How cute is this little bear? It is images like this that remind me of "home" (4500 miles away in England) as a "99" with a Flake was my favorite treat from "Mr Whippy" :)
I hope you like her too.

So Sweet you Make Halloween a Treat!

I've had this little rubber stamp for a while and when i saw the sketch challenge at All That Scraps I knew it was time to get her inked up!

Challenges:

ABC - D is for Distressed
The Stampman - Distressing
Tuesday Throwdown - Distressing
Anoyme Scrappere - Vintage
All That Scraps - Sketch
Belli - B Themed Embellishments
Paper Pretties - Pearls, Rhinestones or Glitter
Pals Paper Arts - Halloween
Gingerloft - Happy Haunting
Copic Creations - Shading around an image
Southern Girls - Anything Goes
Stamping Vacation No No - No Sparkle
Stamping Vacation Special Month - Fall Hat Month and Sewing Month
Stamping Vacation Music - Black Magic Woman
Alphabet Challenge - U is for Unused Stash (I've had the stamp for a while and never used it and the paper is from last year, I only just got around to using it)
Darkness Inspiration - Witches
Secret Crafter - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - Stitching




Card Recipe:
Image - Witch Emma by CC Designs
Medium - Copic Markers and Airbrush System
Paper - Basic Grey Eerie
Sentiment - Crafty Secrets
Distressing tool - Tim Holtz for Ranger
Circle Cutter - Martha Stewart
Buttons - Michaels $1 spot





I airbrushed the background after coloring her and then masking her and I like the effect, I just need to do it more often to get better at it :)

Chi Chi Memories Blog Hop!

Here it is, it's Blog Hop Day!!!
Chi Chi Memories is holding a Blog Hop today and that's your place to start.
If you came to me from Jane then you are on the right track.
If not then please start at the beginning at Chi Chi Memories making sure to visit Lorraine along the way.
All the details are at Chi Chi Memories but what you need to do is visit all the team members blogs and leave them a little love :) After the hop is over 3 people will be chosen to receive 3 single images so the more blogs you comment on the better you chance of winning. You also have a chance by entering the challenge at the last stop on the hop.

The challenge for the team and for you is to complete a project using the following sketch.



You can play with any stamp you like but only Chi Chi image submissions will be eligible for entry for the prize, but we have a freebie you can use so there's no excuse not to play along is there? ;)

I got to use the fabulous Freddie (although I think I turned him into Freda!) and found a few challenges to help me with my creating:

Incy Wincy - For The Little Ones
The Pink Elephant - Gotta Wear Shades (bright fun colors)
My Time To Craft - Wild Thing
Copic Creations - Animals
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes Birthday
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Birthdays
Tellens Place - Two patterned papers



Card Recipe:
Image - Elephant Love by Chi Chi Memories
Papers - Cosmo Cricket DeLovely
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Flowers - Prima
Brads - The Paper Studio
Sentiment - KI Memories
Medium - Copic Markers






Now you're seen my card by sure to HOP HOP HOP along to Laura and then on the trail you go!
Be sure to comment on ALL the posts as the more people you post on the better chance you have of winning (one comment per team members blog only please).
And make sure you grab the freebie and play along with the sketch challenge too!
Have fun and KEEP ON HOPPING!!
Katie

Pile It On - The One You Must

Happy Sunday,
It's time for another challenge over at Pile It On and this time we want to see your monochromatic creations or as we are explaining it:

THE ONE YOU MUST (Use only one color and black or white or brown and cream)

I love the monochromatic look even if I don't use it very often.

We have a fabulous sponsor this week, The Stamping Boutique, and the Design Team got to work with the super cute images.

I chose one that I thought lent itself to the vintage look and I found a few challenges (just as Pile It On wants you to do) to go along with it.
I will actually admit I think I went a little over the top with my list today but the thrill of adding more to my list is what makes it more fun!

Crafty Creations had a Monochromatic theme
Stampin For The Weekend also has a Monochromatic theme
PollyCraft want Distressing (and a digi)
Lots to Do want Distressing too
The Pink Elephant want Green
Copic Creations want Green too
Inky Impressions also want Green
Cute Card Thursday also want Green
Twisted Thursday want Green as well
Opus Gluei also want Green
Catch The Bug wanted Green also
Crafty Catz want Green
Prairie Fairy want Green too
Alota Rubber Stamps have a great sketch
Crazy Challenge want you to Show Them Anything (a free week)
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle have a Free Week
Paper Play wanted a Just Because card
Saturday Spotlight had a "Hey Girlfriend" theme
Stamp Something want Something Girly
Simple Doodles want Paper Piecing (and a digi)
Frosted Designs wanted your Favorite Technique and mine is Paper Piecing
Bee Crafty want Embossing (and a digi)
The Cuttlebug Spot wanted to go Vintage (and a CB folder)
Digital Tuesday wanted Scallops
Flourishes also wanted Scallops
No Time To Stamp wanted Punched Borders
Creative Inspirations want Lace, Pins and Pearls
Dare U2 Digi wanted Pearls (and a digi)
A Spoon Full Of Sugar wanted Beads (on the hatpin)
Quixotic wanted you to Leave It Out and use Leaves on your project.



Card Recipe:

Image - Emma in the Candy Store from our sponsor The Stamping Boutique
Papers - Just from my stash :)
Border punch - Apron Lace by Fiskars
Medium - Copic Markers and Chalk Ink
Embossing folder - Swiss Dots
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Lace - Offray at Joann's
Sentiment - Printed
Die Cut - Spellbinders



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



I paper pieced her dress, hat, shoes and the apples too then I added a little shadow with my Copic'c.
I just love this sweet image. It feels very vintage and gentle and I hope you like it too!

So we'd love to see your Monochromatic projects, enter and you could be our winner!
Katie

Happy Thanksgiving! Sketch #12 for Delightful Sketches

Happy Turkey Day Everyone!!
I hope you have time between the veggies and the pies to come and take a look at all the new creations from the Digital Delights Team!
I can't believe we are at Delightful Sketches Sketch #12 already!



This time I chose the adorable Kitty In Santa Hat and I hope it helps wih the Holiday Mood!

I have a few other challenges along with this one.

PollyCraft wanted a Christmas Card
The Pink Elephant had a recipe of Something Plaid, Any number of Brads and No Ribbon
Incy Wincy had a theme of "Anything Goes!"
Sparkle Creations wanted a Christmas Card
Daring Cardmakers want to see things that begin with the "1st Letter of your Name" so for me that would be "K"
Copic Creations want to see Gold so I colored the bows Gold

I chose Basic Grey for my dp but this time it's the Fruitcake Collection.
I colored the cute Kitty with Copic's and added Tulip Puffy Paint to the hat trim and pom pom.
I used the Deco Fan border punch by Martha Stewart for the trim.
The sentiment is an American Crafts vellum sticker.

The inside is more dp with a message mat with the coordinating punched border.

Sshhh don't wake her up!

I hope you've enjoyed this card and I hope you'll have fun with the sketch at Delightful Sketches.
Katie

Happy Birthday - New Card for My Grafico

Happy Wednesday!
This week at My Grafico we got to work with a fabulous set called Arabian Paradise

PaperPlay had a theme of Parlez Vous, any langugage but English on your cards so I used the French for Happy Birthday
Paper Cutz wanted to see Stars
Copic Creations wanted to see Red Hair
Crafty Cardmakers wanted to see you "Stamp Something" whether it was rubber or digital
Digi Kitty wanted to see a Frame
The Pink Elephant had a color challenge of Brown, Yellow, Neutral and a color of your choice.
2 Red Bananas also had a color combo of Red, Orange, Yellow and Brown and you had to use 3 of them.
365 Cards Day 247 had an AD inspiration photo
Basic Grey Challenges also had a photo inspiration



I realized now I've added the photo that the color combo's didn't include green but I hope they'll still let me in!LOL
I used the fabulous "Scarlets Letter" dp from Basic Grey which I thought was a little Arabian in theme and worked well with the image. I printed the dancer on Kraft paper to give a coordinating look with the dp. The "Happy Birthday" title is in French as I thought the dancer looked a little Moroccan and they speak French (as well as Arabic) in Morocco. I used a new border punch from Martha Stewart called Eyelet Lace and I love the delicate look it gives.
The butterflies are from a set I bought last Christmas in England.


The dp inside was slit to allow the message mat to slip in.



So run over to My Grafico to see the sketch and give it a go yourself!
Katie

Happy Halloween - New Fairy Card for Cute Daisy May

Happy Monday!
I hope you had a great weekend!
Ours was busy, what's new?, and to be honest I'm glad for the extra day so I didn't have to jump up out pf bed bright and early.
I have a new card for the challenge at Cute Daisy May and this time the challenge is to use a Fairy on your project.
I got to use this fabulous Cinderella Fairy from Sheet 27 and all the image on that collection are super cute!
I've used other challenges to help me create this card.
Paper Play gave me the sketch
Color Dare had a color combo of Always Artichoke, Creamy Caramel, Elegant Eggplant and Pumpkin Pie
Pals Paper Arts had a similar combo of Pefect Plum, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie with the addition of neutrals if you needed them
Flutterby Wednesday wantd to see a Fairy
Creative Card Crew had a Celebration theme
Copic Creations wanted to see Pumpkins
Cuttlebug Challenge had a Halloween theme.
Ildi Co had a recipe of 4 layers (more than that here!), 3 embellishments (I hope ribbon, dew drops and the punched border count) and at least 1 pumpkin!




Cinderella is colored with Copic's and matted on a scalloped Nestie.
The border punch is Apron Lace from Fiskars.
The dpp is Reminisce and the sentiment is from Joanns.



The inside is more dp and a message mat trimmed by a silver Prismacolor pen.



I love her slipper, I wonder where her Prince is with the other one?
I hope you'll grab a fairy stamp and join in the fun over at Cute Daisy May
Katie

Double, Double Toil and Trouble! New Pixie Cottage card

Happy Thursday Everyone!
Today's card uses a brand new stamp by Sandra Hammer for The Pixie Cottage and it is available to buy right now!
Sandra is such a talented artist and it is wonderful to be able to work with her fabulous images.
The card covers a few challenges too :)

Clean and Simple Stamping gave me the sketch
The Pink Elephant had the color combo of Black, Orange, Purple and White
Die Cuts R Us wanted to see Copic coloring
Copic Creations wanted Pumpkins and so did Stampin B's
A Spoon Full Of Sugar and 2 Red Banana's both had a Halloween theme
And finally Scrap and Stamp Saturday wanted you to use a quote and I thought this one from William Shakespeare was perfect.



Sandra's witch is called Hannah and she's so cute and her cloak/dress was so great to color. I used about 5 different markers to get the effect I wanted.
The purple dp is KMA and the word dp is DCWV.
The pumpkins are from a Studio G $1 set from Michaels. The quote is from 7 Gypsies.



The inside is more dp and a message mat topped with coordinating ribbon.



I hope you liked her and I'm sure she'd look cute gracing your Halloween cards and scrapbook pages.
Katie

Fabulous Design Team News!

Happy Sunday!
I'm sure after 4 months of my blog you've noticed that I love to combine challenges.
And you may have seen that I was invited to be a Guest Designer at Pile It On for October.
Well I got super news this week, Vicki and Dalis asked me to join the team full time!
So today is my first project as a team member and I'm so excited to share it with you all!
As you may know Pile It On was designed as a challenge blog with a difference. Each Sunday they give you a challenge and to enter your project you have to combine it with at least one other challenge from another blog. This is absolutely perfect for me as combining is getting to be an obsession that I don't want a cure from!

Today the Pile It On challenge is Birthdays and the team got to work with the wonderful digital images from the talented Tim Hambo at Hambo Stamps
As well as the PIO challenge I added few more.
The sketch came from Just Christmas and Birthday Cards
Creative Card Crew have a color combo of Pink, Black and White, If the Shoe Fits Scrap it! had the same color combo with the addition of hearts andCopic Creations wanted your favorite color combo so that was easy!
The Pink Elephant had a recipe of 1 ribbon, 2 squares and something that sparkles and LaLa Land Crafts wanted Bling so more sparkle!
Finally The Cuttlebug Spot are celebrating their birthday this month so all month they want Birthday themed projects.

I colored this wonderful image with Copic's and it is called And then I woke up and I thought would be great for a girlfriends birthday as who doesn't like cupcakes on their birthday?
The dp is The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby, the border punch is Threading Water from Fiskars and the ribbon is Offray. The circle sentiment is 7 Gypsies. I can't remember where the heart rhinestones came from.

The inside is more of the super dp and an additional sentiment along with a message block.

I added Diamond Stickles to the cupcakes and they look almost too good to eat!
I'm so happy to be able to share this great news with you and be sure to check out Pile it On each Sunday and join the fun!
I'll be doing projects with them every other week but I'm sure on my "off" weeks I'll be playing along like the rest of you!
Have a great rest of your weekend.
Katie

7 Challenges in one (and don't you love it when something goes right?)

Happy Monday everyone!
Back to work for hubby after the long weekend but at least I got another card while he was in charge of the 3 rugrats! LOL
This time the card covers 7 challenges and it feels really good to have it completed (plus I think it's a cutie so that's another bonus :))
The challenges it covers are:
Charisma Cardz - use buttons
Magnolia-licious - Sketch
Dannis Dreams - Flutterby Wednesdays, I used a butterfly bead on my hatpin.
Creative Inspirations - Masking, I love this technique and used it twice to make Tilda look like she was looking out of a window over a window box.
Just Magnolia - Simply Charming, use a charm on your card.
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Summer.
Copic Creations - Brunette hair, this was hard for me as I have the colors for blonde but struggle on the browns even though I'm a brunette myself!



I used the wonderful Tilda Standing with Hairbow Stone Wall and the window box (sorry I couldn't find a link). The dp are Nana's Nursery Baby Boy by DCWV. The border punch is Martha Stewart. The flowers are my favortite part of the card. The paper flowers are Bazzill Basics and I didn't have a larger flower to make the trio look right in the right color. So I went to my jar of white "silk" flowers and found these wonderful polka dotted ones. I grabbed my Copic BV00 Mauve Shadow and colored the petals, it was the perfect color and I was so happy I almost jumped off my chair :) The sentiment is K & Co and I added Diamond stickles to Tilda's wings, bows and flowers to match the glitter on the sentiment. I embossed the green panel with my trusty Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder.
The hatpin was made with items from Walmart and Michaels.



The inside is simple, just a small additional sentiment below the journaling space.



I wanted to give a close up of cute Tilda so you could see the glitter (sorry for the lighting)
I hope you like her and have a great rest of your Monday.
Katie

6 Challenges in 1 card!

Happy Hump Day!
There are so many cool challenge blogs around these days that I don't have time to do a card for each one that takes my eye. Well I noticed that many allow you to combine challenges with those from other blogs so today's card makes the most of that.
In fact there is a new blog that actually wants you to combine!
Pile It On gives you a challenge but wants you to use it with as many others as you can :)
So today's card fills the following challenges;
Pile It On - Use 2 Ribbons
Just Magnolia - Paper Piecing
Charisma Cardz - Something Yummy
Copic Creations - Wood
Three Clovers - Paper Piecing
Sketch Saturday - Sketch

It feels so good to have some many crossed off my list!LOL



It was fun to do all the challenges at once and I hope I pulled it off OK.
I used Tilda with Cowberry Muffin and colored her with Copic's and paper pieced her dress and muffin.
The papers are DCMV Nana's Kitchen.



I used some coordinating papers for the inside.
I hope you like her and I hope it inspires you to try and combine some of the wonderful challenges out there in blog land :)
I also wanted to give you a heads up that I sell my cards on eBay and you can see the ones I have right now HERE
Over the Summer I will be listing every Tuesday evening and even if you aren't a buyer it's always fun to take a look as there are cards there that you won't have seen here on my blog as I don't have time to share them all.
Have a happy day!
Katie

Happy Go Lucky, another challenge card!

It's a short creating day today with end of school stuff but at least I have a card for the latest challenge at Copic Creations
The challenge this time is for coloring clear or white objects. It was great for me as I had just spent the weekend "You Tubing" and had watched the wonderful Suzanne J Dean and her great tutorials including one of whites!
Since getting my I-Pod Touch I'm logging on to You Tube and watching stuff all the time and for a crafter like me that's just wonderful!


I used Suzanne's techniques to help color the clouds on this cute scene. I used the Picnic Tilda and the Butterfly background. I stamped the images on to the Nestie label and got to coloring. I used B000 for the sky and a combo of B000 and BG10 for the edges of the clouds. My favorite part of this Tilda is the hair, I love coloring the long locks :)

The inside is plain but I loved the papers so much that I just had to add them inside.
The dp is Making Memories Chloes Closet, the flowers are Prima and the sentiment is Pebbles.
Have a happy hump day!
Katie

Entering my first challenge!

I've been following challenge blogs for a while now and while I get ideas from them I haven't submitted anything yet.
Well now I have my own blog I have no excuses anymore for not joining in.
So I'm throwing my card in the ring for the Blonde Hair challenge at Copic Creations


I love these Sarah Kay images and this one was fun to color and I hope you like her too. I used one of my favorite punches, Apron Lace, and tried my hand at a hatpin too!
Hope you have a wonderful SUnday!
Katie