Cuddly Buddly #5 - Petals and Pearls

It's Friday and time for another challenge from Team Cuddly at Cuddly Buddly!
This week we want to see Petals and Pearls so it's time to go girly!
It was my week with the designs from Bits Of Ivory and I decided to go with colored clip art and a coordinating paper and sentiment.

Challenges:
Clear It Out - Anything Goes
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Creative Craft World - Anything But Birthday
Crazy Challenge - Ribbon (2 entries)
Stampin Bee's - Ribbon
Anything Goes - Pick Of The Bunch (flowers)
Paper Pretties - No Markers
Amber's Crafts - Patterned Paper (1 entry only)
Crafts and Me - Ribbon
Creative Craft Challenges - 3D or Decoupage

Card Recipe:
Image - Kitchen Garden by Bits of Ivory
Sentiment - Garden Vignettes by Bits of Ivory
Paper - Cottage Collection in Poppy by Cuddly Buddly
Doily Dies - French Pastry and English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts and Treasures by Shabby Chic
Pearls - Recollections
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - Stash

I printed two copies of the clip art and cut them both out. Then I popped up just the fruit part on the second part for more dimension. I used two different doily dies to mat them on and added flowers in a semi circle. I added pearls to the punched border and was all done!
I hope you enjoy this one and will be coming by to play with us at Cuddly Buddly this week :)
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #70 - Sketch and/or Pink and Girlie

It's time for another sketch and theme challenge over at The Pixie Cottage this week. Our optional theme is "Pink and Girlie" this week so please come along and play.

Challenges:
Emerald Fairies - Anything Goes (3 entries max)
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Penny's Challenges - Anything Goes
Clear It Out - Any Coloring Medium
Frosted Designs - Ribbon or Twine
Peartree Designs - Stamped Image (no digi's, 2 entries only)
Craft Your Passion - Cutie Patootie
Crazy Challenge - Pink and Green
Stamp With Fun - Green and Pink
Sparkles Forum - 2 Papers, I ribbon/bow and 2 embellishments
Desert Island Crafts - Pick 3 )I chose square card, patterned paper, image, pearls, die cuts, ribbon)
Anything Goes - Bingo! (I chose Die cuts/Punches, Flowers and Ribbon)
Double Dutch - Vintage
Papertake Weekly - Bloom and Grow (something floral)
Tuesday Throwdown - Card for a Baby or Child

Card Recipe:
Image - Sweet Pea in Bloom
Paper - Daisy Dear by Heidi Grace for Colorbok
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut - Spellbinders Nestabilities Eyelet Squares Die Templates
Doily Die Cut - French Pastry by Cheery Lynn Designs
Border Die - Spellbinders Nestabilities Mega - Parisian Accents
Sentiment - Joann's
Pearls - Recollections
Ribbon - Offray

You will probably remember I used the same stamp on a Baby Boy card the other week and I hope you like this one too :)
Now it's your turn to play with us at The Pixie Cottage
Katie

Pile It On - Boys and Girls Come Out To Play

It's another Sunday and so another great challenge at Pile It On!
We are sponsored by Simon Says Stamps so it's worth playing along to see if you win!
The challenge was set by yourself truly and it is "Boys and Girls Come Out To Play!". This is a title of a very old English Nursery Rhyme and we'd love to see your creation of children having fun or maybe even something to do with games!
And as we are Pile It On we'd love to see those creations where you Piled On tons of challenges!

Challenges:
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Penny's Challenges - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Scrappy Frogs - Anything Goes
Divas By Design - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Word Play - Child
Karen's Doodles - Pastels
Cards For Men - Someone Special
Pollycraft - Boyz to Men
The Shabby Tearoom - Ruffles
Papertake Weekly - Fancy a Punch?(use punches or dies)
Tuesday Throwdown - Use a Die Cut (3 entries max)
Peartree Designs - Spring
My Mum's Craft Shop - To Die For (3 entries max)
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Ribbon
Frosted Designs - Ribbon or Twine
Rainbow Lady - Let's Feel It (use texture)
ECP Challenges - Pastels

Card Recipe:
Image - Candy Time by Rachelle Anne Miller
Paper - K and Co Itsy Bitsy Baby Boy
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - Offray
Die Cut - Spellbinders Labels 3 and Spellbinders S4-114 Nestabilities Large Standard Circles DieTemplate
Fabric Brad and Patterned Brads - The Paper Studio
Chipboard Heart - Colorbok

How cute is little Milo in the garden?
So sweet and so I colored him in soft pastels and I hope you like him.
So now go and create and come back and share with us at Pile It On!
Katie

Cooking It Up #52 - Punch Me Something Sweet and Sassy!

It's time for another challenge over at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog and this week we are sponsored by the super Sassy Studios Designs!

Now on to this week's recipe:
Show us some Sweet
Add a little Sassy
Finish with a Punch!

Challenges:
Alys - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - R is For Ribbon
The Crafty Pad - Ribbon
Crazy Challenge - Lovely Ladies
Fab N Funky - Make It Girly
My Time To Craft - Jewels

Card Recipe:
Image - Domestic Diva from Sassy Studios
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Stash
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Printed

It's nice to work in strong primary colors and I think they worked really well for this card.
Now just like the lady on my card it's time to put on your apron and get Cooking It Up With Katie!

Designed 2 Delight - Bears Big Birthday Gift!

The designers at Card Ideas get to work with the fabulous designs from Faith at Designed 2 Delight and today it's my turn to showcase one of the super sweet images!
Bears Big Gift is so cute and would work well for many "celebration" cards. I have done it as a Birthday Card but it works equally well for Christmas, a Baby Shower, a Bridal Shower and more!

Challenges:
Stamptacular Sunday - Whateva/Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Digi Something
Corrosive - Button It Up
Dutch Dare - Buttons
Tuesday Throwdown - Stitching
CCEE Stampers - Punches
CRAFT - Die Cuts
Paper Play - Stamp It Out (use an image)
Stamps R Us - Animals
Alys - For The Guys
The Crafty Pad - Something for The Boys
Bearly Mine - Card For A Boy
Fuzzy Wuzzy - Happy Birthday (must have animal)
Drunken Stampers - Birthday
Crazy Challenge - Happy Birthday

Card Recipe:
Image - Bears Big Gift
Paper - Fine and Dandy True Blue pad by My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Doodlebug Designs Birthday Stamps
Die Cut - Large Labels by Spellbinders
Punch - Morroco Lace Edger by EK Success
Buttons - Michaels $1 Spot
Chalk Ink - Cats Eye in Chestnut Roan
Gloss - Liquid Embossing in Clear Glass by Plaid (I got mine at Michaels)

I printed 3 copies of Bear and colored them and cut them and layered them (with the gift and arm being the only part on the top layer). I used regular white fun foam between the layers, so much cheaper than foam pads, I can cut it to size and it is a little thinner so works well when you are adding more than one layer.
I added Liquid Embossing in Clear Glass to his boots and inked around all the mats for a little extra touch.
I really love how he turned out and hope you do too:)
Be sure to check back tomorrow for a new card for Pink Gem Designs (and a very special Blog Hop too!) and then on Sunday it's Pile It On time!

Digital Delights New Releases - Billy and Rocket

It's that time again, New Releases at Digital Delights!
And for those of you who get stuck making cards for boys you are going to just love this release!
Blast Off Billy is heading your way and he is perfect for Birthday cards, invitations, party favors, scrapbook pages and much more!

Challenges:
Totally Gorjuss - As You Like It
Stamptacular Sunday - Whateva/Anything Goes
Digi's With Attitude - Digi People
Tellens Place - Make It For A Guy
Alys - For The Guys
The Crafty Pad - Something for The Boys
Bearly Mine - Card For A Boy
Drunken Stampers - Birthday
Crazy Challenge - Happy Birthday
Scrap Stamp and Doodle - Get Punchy
Corrosive - Button It Up
Dutch Dare - Buttons
Crafty Emma's _ Bold And Bright
Tuesday Throwdown - Stitching

Card Recipe:
Image - Billy Blast Off and Rocket
Paper - Oh Baby Boy by Basic Grey
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Basic Grey Letters
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Buttons - Dress It Up
Ribbon - Offray

I colored two copies of the rocket and cut it out and popped it up on foam on top of the original so it really looks like Billy is standing behind it waiting to climb aboard! I also added Glossy Accents to the windows for some shine and a trio of star shaped buttons as what it a space trip without stars!
I hope you like this and be sure to check out all the new releases at Digital Delights! and see what the rest of the team came up with for this super stamps at the Digital Delights Blog!

Katie

Cooking It Up #46 - Sketch me a Textured Punch!

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

The ingredients needed for your card this week are:

Use another challenges current Sketch
Add some Texture
Finish with a Punch

Challenges:
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Penny's - Anything Goes
Woodware USA - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Paper Cutz - Anything Goes
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Simply Create - Use Your Punches
Res Q - Dry Embossing
My Time To Craft - Embossing
2 Sisters - Sketch
Bunny Zoes - Love Is In The Air
Lexi's Creations - Valentines
Get Creative with Ann - Non Traditional Valentines Image and No Stamped Hearts
The Stampman - Distressing
Tuesday Throwdown - Distressing
Crafty Purple Frog - Distressing
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Vintage
Happileigh Scrapping - Photo Inspiration (shabby chic, pink and distressed)
Crafty Cardmakers - Flowers
Craft Your Passion - Use 2 Patterned Papers
Crazy Challenge - Dots and Stripes
Ooh La La - 3 of A Kind

Card Recipe:
Image - Time For Beauty by Gingerloft
Paper - The Lace and Linen Stack by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Embossing Folder - Dots by Sizzix
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Colorbok
Heart Punch - EK Success
Buttons - Jesse James
Chalk Ink - Dewdrop in Chestnut Roan

This is a very different image from my usual choice but it was great to work out of my comfort zone.
I hope you enjoy this and I'd love to see you over at Cooking It Up With Katie and play along with this weeks recipe!

Card Ideas Challenge - Winter with Blue and Purple

We have started weekly challenges over at Card Ideas and this week I'm joining in with a sample for you!
Each 3rd Saturday of the month we will be having a Christmas/Winter themed challenge so that you will have a great start on your Christmas crafting by the time December rolls around again!

For many January means snow, cold and/or ice. For this week's challenge create a Christmas/Winter card/project using:

1.Any Designed2Delight image
2.Blues & purples (you can also use white and/or black for your neutral)
3.Any embellishment that seems "icy" to you...glitter, glossy effects, clear coating, etc.

Challenges:
Crazy Challenge - Animals
Fuzzy Wuzzy - Anything Goes (with an Animal image)
Stamping Vacation Watch This - March of the Penguins
Ooh La La - Bling It On
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Glitter/Sparkling
Papertake Weekly - Cold and Frosty Morning
Stamp With Fun - Snow
Hanna and Friends - Snow
Belli - Snow
Hand Stamped Sentiments - Punches
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Meljen's - Square or Round Card
Paperplay - Cutie Patootie

Card Recipe:
Image - Skating Penguin
Paper - Winter Mat Stack by DCWV and Lilac Avenue by Kaisercraft
Medium - Copic Markers
Punches - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Printed in Yippy Skippy font
Rhinestones - Michaels

This is such a sweet image and will work for Christmas/Winter or simply as a fun little note to someone!
I thought the silver pattern on the paper reminded me of snow falling and the Stickles on his hat added a little snowy sparkle too!
Katie

Sweet Snowdrops - Guest Designer at Pink Gem Designs!

It looks like it will be a very busy year for me crafting wise and I can't wait!
Just before I left for England I got a very nice email from Janet at Pink Gem Designs asking me if I'd like to join them as a Guest Designer for 3 months.
I was super excited when Janet asked me to join in as I love their designs! I discovered Pink Gem Designs 2 years ago in a British card magazine and was hooked from the start! The images are so cute and I hope you enjoy my cards for them this 1st quarter of the new year.
Today is my first card as a Guest Designer and this card is part of their A Gem of A Challenge!. From today the challenge goes to every two weeks so more chances to play and win!

Plus we have a fabulous prize to start off 2011 from our generous sponsors...

who have given us this super set of Promarkers to award to our winner!

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Fab N Funky - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Free and Easy
Simon Says Stamp - New Beginnings
Get Creative With Ann - Something New
Sparkles - New Things
Crazy Challenge - All Things New
Woodware USA - Something New
Creative Cottage - Something New
Opus Gluei - New Year Baby (any of those 3)
Quirky Crafts - New Beginnings
2 Sisters - Getting Girly

Card Recipe:
Image - Ellie and Snowdrops
Paper - Martha Stewart and Basic Grey Lemonade
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut - Spellbinders Beaded Circles
Pearls - Basic Grey Opalines
Lace - Offray
Sentiment - KI Memories
Glitter - Icicle Stickles

I popped the scalloped circle up on a piece of foam for a little extra dimension.
I also added Icicle Stickles to the Snowdrops, as snow on the ground, on her boots and even in her hair band!
I hope to see you over at A Gem of A Challenge!

Also Janet has released a brand new set of Digital Papers

and they are so cute! They are called Oh Boy! and are available right now, I'm sure they'll be making an appearance on my cards very soon :)
Katie

Digital Delights - Little Dumpling Boy

A New Year brings New Beginnings and what can be nicer than a New Baby!
It's time for another fabulous sample from Digital Delights and I got to work with another of Wendy's super sweet baby images, this time Little Dumpling Boy! He is so cute and reminds me of my little Carter when he was a baby, chubby cheeks, big eyes and very little hair!

Challenges:
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Fairy Knoll - Anything Goes
Frosted Designs - Use a Sentiment
Drunken Stampers - New
Sew Many Challenges - New Things
Sparkles - New Things
Crazy Challenge - All Things New
Woodware USA - Something New
Speedy The Cats Friends - Something New
Creative Cottage - Something New
Creative Inspirations Challenge - Something New
Opus Gluei - New Year Baby (any of those 3)
Prairie Fairy - New Beginnings
Quirky Crafts - New Beginnings
One Stop Crafts - New Beginnings
Do It With Digi's - New Beginnings
Dutch Dare - New Beginnings
Simon Says Stamp - New Beginnings
AI Factory - New Beginnings
Tuesday Taggers - New Beginnings
Crafty Ho's - Babies
Alphabet Challenge - I is for Infant
Paper Playtime - Faces
Creative Inspirations Paint - Circles
Sketch and Stash - Sketch
Auds Sentiments - Two Word Sentiment

Card Recipe:
Image - Little Dumpling Boy
Sentiment - Welcome Baby
Paper - Fine and Dandy True Blue by My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - Michaels

I hope you like this little cutie as much as I do and that he makes you smile :)
Katie

Pixie Cottage #41 - Something Sweet - Hoppy Halloween!

It's another Once Upon a Wednesday at The Pixie Cottage and we have a great sketch for you to work with.





Along with the sketch we have the option of Something Sweet.

Challenges:
Paper Cutz - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes
Inky Impressions - Anything Goes
Beary Scrap - Mist It Up
Allsorts - Bingo (Brads, Buttons and Punch)
Speedy the Cat's Friends - Stitching
Sweet Stampin - Ribbon
Lets Ink It Up - Halloween Colors
Paper Pretties - Green, Purple and Orange
Craft Your Passion - Orange, Purple and Black
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Boo
Creative Inspirations - Spooky
Sisterhood of Crafters - Halloween
Fab N Funky - Halloween
Baby Bud - Halloween
Double Dutch - Halloween
Stamping Vacation Occasion Oasis - Halloween
Creative Cottage - Halloween
Moving Along With The Times - Halloween
Reasonable Ribbon - Halloween
My Time To Craft - Halloween
Creative Inspirations - Halloween
2 Sisters - Halloween
ECP - Halloween
Crazy Challenge - Halloween
One Stop Crafts - Halloween
Stamp With Fun - Halloween
Stamp Something - Halloween
Frosted Designs - Halloween
Tellens Place - Trick or Treat
Paper Playtime - Pumpkins or Spiderwebs
Belli - Pumpkins
One Stitch At A Time - Embellish It
Craftalicious - Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Image - Hoppy Halloween by Eileen Gutierrez
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - K and Co Spooktacular
Buttons - Dress It Up
Sentiment - Printed in Burton's Nightmare font
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - American Crafts
Brad - Spare Parts
Shimmer Spritz - Sparkle by Tsukineko

I think you can see the shimmer that the mist gives the image (hard to capture on a photo). This one is very subtle and I sprayed two coats (letting one dry completely before the second) to give the amount of shimmer I needed. There are many on the market and it's worth getting a few different kinds as they all look different when dry.
I hope you liked this cute this Halloween froggy and be sure to be back tomorrow for a super girly card!

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #31 - Fancy Fold

It's time for another new sketch from Pam at The Pixie Cottage and a new technique challenge to go along with it!



This is a fairly simple sketch as we'd like you to also make the card with a "Fancy Fold"! This can be an easel card, a gatefold, a z- fold, anything other than the regular one fold card. Of course you can just do the sketch but it wouldn't be a challenge without a little thinking would it! LOL
You don't have to use a Pixie Cottage Stamp to enter but if you do have why not try out!
Remember you can use the sketch, the theme or both and can combine our challenge with any others you like!

Challenges:
Digi Doodle Shop - Use Your Favorite Stamp
Craft Your Days Away - Favorite Thing
Sentiment Sundays - Anything Goes
Drunken Stampers - Masking
Pixie Dust - Buttons
Crafty Catz - Buttons and Bows
Curtain Call - Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Early Expresso, Very Vanilla
Cupcake Inspirations - Brown and Orange/Peach cupcakes
Creative Stamp Friends - Friends
Our Creative Corner - Embossing
Penny's - Anything Goes
Rosie Dees = More Than One Fold
Anything Goes - Folds
Crazy Challenge - Forest Friends/Back to Nature



Card Recipe:
Image - Apple Hannah by Sandra Hammer and Orchid Park by ALota Rubber Stamps
Paper - K&Co
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Prima
Border Punch - Martha Stewart and Fiskars



This is the card open.



There is a panel on the back for the message.



Here is a close up of the image. I masked the two images together and love how well they work together.
We'd love to see you over at The Pixie Cottage!

Pile It On - Butterflies, Bugs and Bees

It's another challenge at Pile It On and this week we have the fabulous sponsor by Digital Delights.
We have a great Summer theme and it's really something that buzzes and flies! LOL
We want to see your Butterflies, Bugs and Bees on your projects.

Challenges:

Stamp and Create - Stitching
Anything Goes - Punches
Digi Doodle Shop - Punches or Die Cuts
Crazy Challenge - Birthdays
Ooh La La - Birthday
Partytime Tuesday - Anything Goes Birthdays
Stampin Bees - Birthday Card
Paper Romance - Birthday
Totally Stampalicious - Birthday
PearTree Designs - Birthdays
Caardvarks - Birthdays
Cowgirl Sunday - Bugs or Animals
Paper Pretties - Glitter
Meljens - Sketch
Challenge Up Your Life - Celebrations
One Stop Crafts - Patterns
Creative Inspirations - Animals
Alphabet Challenge - N for Nature




Card Recipe:
Image - Digital Delights
Paper - Target $1 spot (last year or the year before!)and DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed
Punches - Martha Stewart





Hopefully you can see how I colored another basket and popped it on top for dimension.