Anything Goes! 2 new Busy Beauties Cards!

Happy Friday!
There is a story behind these cards:)
It started with a challenge win at Penny's Challenge that introduced me to the wonderful creations at Busy Beauties! I got 5 new images from them and just had to give one a try right away. With that card I entered their challenge and low and behold I won! So I got more of the wonderful images!
Then move on to another challenge that I'm a team member on. We had a challenge but the images we needed to use were held up and I really needed to get my card finished. So I made the card with all but the image and I colored in two substitute images in case the original didn't turn up in time. Well just as I'd finished the two images the original popped up in my inbox! So I was left with two cute colored images and no cards to put them on.
I didn't put them away though, I left them on my desk as I so wanted to do something with them.
I had a day away from crafting on Wednesday to do a very late (and very needed) Spring Clean but yesterday I was determined to create a couple of dazzlers to share with y'all (said in my very best Texas accent ;))


Challenges for Card 1:
Busy Beauties - Anything Goes
Design Dollies - Sketch (I know it was meant for a scrapbook page but I wanted to make it work)
Flourishes - Black and White plus One
Create 4 Fun - Black, White and another color
Creative Cottage - Going Pink
Twisted Thursday - Pink
Timbroscrapmania - Fashion Pink
The Burtonesque Dolls - Sweeney Todd (Use distressing tools or deco scissors)
Think Ink - Outside of Your Comfort Zone (this is so outside of mine that I actually had a racing heart making it! LOL)
Res Q - Top 3 (use 3 of something, I used 3 ribbons, 3 brads and 3 colors)




Card Recipe:
Image - Victorian Marionette by Busy Beauties
Paper - Very old DCWV and other unknown
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed in Burton's Nightmare
Deco Scissors - Fiskars Victorian Long
Fabric Brads - Spare Parts
Ribbons - Offray






Challenges for Card 2:
Busy Beauties - Anything Goes
Flourishes - Black and White plus One
Create 4 Fun - Black, White and another color
Creative Cottage - Going Pink
Twisted Thursday - Pink
Doodle Palace - Berry Sweet
Charisma Cardz - Spots and Stripes
Crafty Catz - Embossing
Fresh Brewed 2 papers, 1 ribbon, 2 flowers and 1 other item (I chose the image)
Drunken Stampers - Birthdays
For Fun - Birthdays
Cleary Inspired - Birthday Bash
Little Red Wagon - Sketch
Frosted Designs - Glitter
Cupcake Craft - Dazzle Us
Pollycraft - Ribbon and Bling
Meljens - Sparkle, Glitter and Bling
Shellys Images - All That Glitters (glitter paper, bling and glittery ribbon )
Cupcake Inspirations - Photo - Pink, White and Girly
Crafty Ho's - Anything Goes
Iris's Challenge - Flowers



Card Recipe:
Image - Eat Cake by Busy Beauties
Paper - Very old DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed in Harrington font
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Embossing Folder - Sizzix
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Flowers - From a trip to the UK (maybe Papermania)





I hope you've enjoyed these two cards, I certainly liked making them :)
Have a great weekend!
Katie

Pile It On - Quirky

Happy Sunday!
I'm super excited as today I go to the class to get Copic Certified!
I've been collecting and using these markers for over a year now but there has never been a class near enough for me to go. I'm really happy that Marianne Walker, head of Copic education, will be teaching the class and that I'll soon be able to add the Certified banner to my blog!
Anyway enough of my excitement and on to today's card.
As it is indeed Sunday it means another chance to Pile It On and have some super challenge fun!
The team at Pile It On were this week challenged to create something a little Quirky and we were helped along by the wonderful images from our super sponsor Bug A Boo Stamps!!

As always we had to add more challenges to our cards and we hope you will too:

Papertake Weekly - Fun Fun Fun!
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch
Stamp Something - Stamp Something Digi
Busy Beauties Creation Station - Anything Goes
Tuesday Taggers - Touchy Feely Texture. Sponsored this week by Tanda Stamps
Meljens - Dry Embossing
Crazy Challenge - Black, White and Pink
Create 4 Fun - Black, White and another color
AI Factory - Anything Goes with a Punch
Pixie Dust - Punch It Out
Wee Memories - Punch It
Your Next Stamp - Border Punch
Charisma - Flowers
Alphabet Challenge - F is for Flowers
Stempel-Magie - Flowers
Paper Make Up - Flowers
Paperplay - Flowers and Sparkle
Digi Doodle Shop - Buttons
Frosted Designs - Buttons
ResQ - Close It Up, use Stitching, Buttons etc
Creative Inspirations Challenge - Stitching/Faux Stitching
Alys - Stiching (real or faux)
Digital Tuesday - Let's Get Trendy (fashion trend)
Oh Alice - Show Us Your Muchness (your signature style). Mine is definitely a "more is more" style
Rainbow Lady - Faces



Card Recipe:
Image - Overdrawn Ruby by Bug a Boo Stamps
Paper - Papermania
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Spare Parts
Buttons - Spare Parts and Dress It Up
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Trim - Joanns





This is such a fun image and I love the sentiment.
Perfect for your best girlfriend on any occasion!
Katie

Oh Baby! Here comes the Boy! Another Sneak Peek from The Pixie Cottage

Sorry for the second post of the day. I had planned this for another day but I realised I'd miss some challenges so I had to bring it to you today :)
Earlier in the week you may have seen my Baby Girl card.
Well I couldn't resist another one and so here is her Baby Brother!

Just a few challenges with this one:

Basic Grey Challenges had a Photo Inspiration of a nursery
Creative Cottage were at their 1st challenge and the theme was "New"
Crafty Catz want Something For the Boys
Create 4 Fun had a Fabulous sketch with tons of layers
Crazy 4 Challenges wanted Paper Piercing, which I did around the image layer
One Stop want you to Sew Simple
The Crafty Pad want to see a Charm
Creative Inspirations want Charms too



Card Recipe:
Image - Baby Blake preorder from The Pixie Cottage
Paper - Basic Grey Oh Baby Boy and Eskimo Kisses
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts but Prima make some very similar
Charm - Walmart
Sentiment - Making Memories
Dewdrops - Robins Nest
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cuts - Quickutz Nesting dies





How cute is this little guy?
I was trying to do a card without flowers but then I thought, who usually receives a Baby card?, yes I know it's the parents but the Mum usually is the one that looks at them the most and what new Mum doesn't want flowers too? And these need no loonking after :)
I hope you've enjoyed my second baby card of the week :)
Katie