A Spoon Full of Sugar - Color Combo Pink and Brown

It's time for another challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar and this week we have a lovely color combo for you and that is Pink and Brown!
It leads to some lovely vintage themes but you can choose whichever theme you'd like for your creation.

Challenges:
Digi's With Attitude - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Free and Easy (3 entries only)
Scrap Stamp and Doodle - Cream, Brown and 1 other color
Cupcake Crafts - Pick a Favorite Challenge (I chose #110 Pink and Brown)
Emerald Faeries - All Things Girly (3 entries only)
Charisma Cardz - Flowers
Cute Card Thursday - Lace
Stamp Something - Bugs or Butterflies
Digi Doodles Shop - Butterflies
My Time To Craft - Bird Watcher
Creative Stamp Friends - Summer
Crazy Challenge - Summer (2 entries only)
Digi Design House - Summer
Daisy Doodles - Summer
Paper Playtime - Summer

Card Recipe:
Image and Sentiment - Garden Glimpses 2 by Bits of Ivory
Papers - Websters Pages Magical Wishes and A Sweet Life combo pack and Trends/Ladies & Gents by Webster's pages
Medium - Copic Markers
Doily Die - English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
Butterfly - Floral Pick
Roses - Treasures by Shabby Chic and Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearls - Recollections
Lace - Wrights

This is a lovely serene scene and was a great choice for this color combination.
We can't wait to see what you come up with so come over and play at A Spoon Full of Sugar!

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Flower Power

It's Tuesday so that means a new challenge at A Spoon Full of Sugar and this week we are looking for your creations full of "Flower Power!"

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes or Your Favorite...
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Things with Wings
Take A Word - Wings
Cupcake Crafts - Orange, Yellow, Green and White

Card Recipe:
Image - Whimsie Doodles
Paper - Basic Grey Origins
Medium - Copic Markers
Doily Die - French Pastry by Cheery Lynn Designs
Pearls - Recollections
Border Die - Spellbinders Nestabilities Mega - Parisian Accents
Butterflies - Michaels $1 Spot
Sentiment - Making Memories
Chipboard Speech Bubble - Colorbok

I printed two copies of the image and popped up a second flower on top and then mounted the whole image on foam.
This little guy is so sweet and if you play along with us this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar you will be in with a chance of winning him as we are sponsored by Whimsie Doodles!
Katie

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Let's Celebrate!!!!

Spotlight Choice at City Crafter



It's time for another challenge at A Spoon Full Of Sugar and this week we are giving you a theme challenge! We want to see projects for any Celebration you would like!
Now I'll warn you, there are lots of photos on this post as I wanted to show you as much detail as I could.
This project is the one I taught at Personal Scrapbook (a local store) a couple of weeks ago and there was a kit spare so I decided to make it again for this challenge.
I will try and explain all under each photo.

Challenges:
Aud's Sentiments - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Free and Easy
Top Tip Tuesday - Open
Get Crafty with Ann - Anything Goes and a Technique (I chose paper folding)
Craft Your Passion - You've Been Spotted
Papertake Weekly - Spots or Stripes
Tuesday Throwdown - Polka Dots
Dutch Dare - Fancy Folds
City Crafter - Gate fold Card
Woodware USA - Die Cuts or Punches
Cupcake Crafts - Lots of Layers
Frosted Designs - Handmade Embellishment
Pink Gem - Pearls and/or Swirls
Everybody Art - Pearls
Do You Stack Up? - Scallops
Pals Paper Arts - Flowers
Paper Romance - Paper Flowers
Shelly's Images - Flowers or Showers
Card Cupids - Pastels
Flutterby - Pastels (with Butterfly, Angel or Fairy)
Quirky Crafts - Sparkly, Punchy Easter or Spring
Creative Cowgirls - Spring
Sliekjes Card Challenge - Spring
Daring Cardmakers - Spring or Easter
Digi's With Attitude - Spring
Totally Papercrafts - Springtime
Rainbow Lady - Springtime

Project Recipe:
Paper - 3 Bugs in a Rug Chloe Mini Floral
Cardstock - Coredinations
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Daisy
Butterfly Punches - Martha Stewart Large Monarch and Medium Monarch
Banner and Border Dies - My Favorite Things Banner and Dizzy Border
Ribbon - Whimsy Cottage by Michaels
Brads - Target $1 spot
Pearls - Bridal Dept
Tiny Tag Die - Boss Kut

This is the card with it's decorative band.
The card is 6" square and a gatefold style.

Inside the card.

This decorative band goes around the card and is designed to stay up when the card is slightly open. I made a rosette flower using my Daisy border punch first and then scoring in between each scallop and then in the center of each scallop and then fan folding.

This is the box. It is an "All In One" box with the "lid" actually being attached to the bottom of the box. I saw the design on Split Coast Stampers and altered it a little to make a larger box.

To match the band on the card I made a band to go around the box with a coordinating rosette flower on the top.

Here you can see the box as you start to pull the lid up. It looks a little like a Christmas Cracker to me and it can fit 3 Ferrero Rocher chocolates in it! (I tried :))

This opening gets larger the more you pull the lid upwards so you can easily drop in a few goodies.

Anyway if you made it to the end I hope you liked it and I'd love it if you played along with our "Let's Celebrate" challenge at A Spoon Full Of Sugar this week!
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #63 - Stitching

It's Wednesday so it means another challenge here 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 "Stitching", you do machine, hand or even faux stitching, all work!
I decided to do a little altering this week instead of a card and so I decorated a box.
I took the hinges and lock off before covering it with paper and then added the embellishments. All the edges are inked and I used Creative Inspirations Paint in Fairy Dust for sparkle.

Challenges:
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Sugar Creek Hollow - Stitching
Crop Stop - Lace
Meljen's - Punches
Paperplay - Distressing
Just Magnolia - Bingo (I chose Paper Piecing, flowers and distressing)
Magnolia Down Under - Shabby Chic
Make It Colorful - Color a Background
Allsorts - For A Special Lady
Crafty Pad - For Mum
My Time To Craft - For Mum
ECP - For Mum
Cupcake Crafts - Flowers for Mum
Quirky Crafts - Mothers Day Gift
Creative Inspirations - Mothers Day/Mum
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Ribbon
Creative Inspirations Paint - Flowers
Let's Ink It Up - Dies or Punches (must use Rubber stamp)
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Paper Piecing
House of Gilli - Ribbons and Pearls
Stamping Scrapping Challenge - Sparkle
The Shabby Tearoom - Photo Inspiration and Flowers
Lexi's - Ribbon (but no bows or knots)
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Hat (Tilda is holding one)
Scrappy Frogs - Flowers and Lace
Delicious Doodles - Flowers
Tuesday Throwdown - Florals
Ladybug Crafts - Handmade Flowers
The Stamping Boutique - Handmade Flowers
Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes with a Handmade Flower
Anything Goes - Make You Own Embellishments

Card Recipe:
Image - At The Corner Of by ARTish and Tilda With Hat
Paper - - K and Co McKenna
Medium - Copic Markers
Fabric Brad - Heidi Grace
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart
Pearls - The Paper Studio
Trim - Hobby Lobby
Lace - Offray
Ribbon - Offray
Roses - Wild Orchid
Box - Darice

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

I paper pieced Tilda's dress and added paint to her wings.
I made the rosette flower and then spritzed it with Smooch Spritz in Spun Sugar, I added Spritz to the Butterflies too.
This would make a great Mother's Day gift or for a special birthday.
I hope you've enjoyed this :)
Katie

Pile It On - Bright and Breezy

Many of you have been witnessing Mother Nature in abundance recently with tons of snow, ice and just general freezing weather!
Well over at Pile It On we have decided that this week we are going to bring in a little sunshine into those grey days we our super new challenge!
The title of the challenge is "Bright and Breezy" and we want you to forget about the cold Winter weather and show us your colors!
So you can do anything theme you like as long as the colors need a pair of sunglasses for you to look at them!

For this challenge we are sponsored by the fabulous Meljen's Designs!



Challenges:
Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Little Claire's Designs - Anything Goes
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Digi Something
Paper Play - Stamp It Out (use an image)
Cupcake Crafts - Old MacDonald Had A Farm
Belli Challenge - Jewelry (I used Gems and Pearls)
CCEE Stampers - Punches
For Fun - Pick Spring or Winter (from Groundhog Day)
Creative Craft World - Love
Simon Says Stamp - Love
Paper Crafting Journey - Love
Thrilling Thursday - Love
Allsorts - Love Love Love
Pennys - Hearts a Flutter
Raise The Bar - Hearts
Simply Create - Hearts
Digi Doodle Shop - Valentines
Card Makin Mama's - Valentines
Stampin For The Weekend - Valentines
Crazy 4 Challenges - Valentines
Secret Crafter - Valentines
Prairie Fairy - For A Sweetheart
The Paper Variety - Photo Inspiration (I picked the hearts and colors)
Auds Sentiments - Corny Valentines Sentiment
Cute Card Thursday - Banish the Blues (use a funny image or sentiment)
Stamping Vacation Pick 3 - Love, Heart and Border Punch
Stamping Vacation Music In You - Love Of My Life
Stamping Vacation Occasion Oasis - Valentines Day
Stamping Vacation Extra Extra - Sweethearts
Stamping Vacation No No - No Tags
Stamping Vacation Home Sweet Home - Romance

Card Recipe:
Image - Bird's Spring Trinkets
Paper - Fine and Dandy Tickled Pink by My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed in Harrington Font
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Circle Cutter - Martha Stewart
Rhinestone - Treasures by Shabby Chic
Pearls - Queen and Co

I added Liquid Embossing to his boots and his banner to give a little shine :)
I hope he can banish the winter blues away from you for at least a short while today and that you'll come along and play with us at Pile It On!
Katie

Designed 2 Delight - A Little Winter Whine!

This is one of my last Christmas cards this year and this one is featured on Card Ideas from Designed 2 Delight today.
This is going to a friend who really isn't a Winter lover at all! LOL

Challenges:
Paper Issues - Holiday Hookup
Cards For Men - Christmas
Stamp With Fun - Christmas
Fresh Brewed Designs - Christmas
Pear Tree Designs - Christmas
Top Tip Tuesday - Christmas
Pollycraft - White Christmas
Paper Playtime - Snowman
Totally Gorjuss - Snow
Wags N Whiskers - Snowflakes
Woodware - Winter
Catch The Bug - Winter Wonderland
The Pink Elephant - Winter Wonderland
Ladybug Crafts - Winter Wonderland
Ellephantastic - Winter
Stamptacular Sunday - Winter Wishes
Cupcake Inspirations - Blue and White cupcake with a Snowflake
ABC Christmas - Z for Zero (use an old challenge I chose F for Frost with the option of Snow)
Crafts and Me - Moody Blues
Cupcake Craft - Non Traditional Christmas
Incy Wincy - Non Traditional Christmas
Digital Tuesday - Sparkling Christmas (using a digi)
Bunny Zoe = Sparkle and Shine
Karber Weekly - Use a Digi
There She Goes - Use Your Stash (paper is years old!)
Mad For Markers - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Image - Winters Cheer
Paper - Colorbok
Medium - Copic Markers
Snowflakes - Hobby Lobby
Doily - Little Yellow Bicycle

He is a super cute Snowman and the fact that he has a glass of wine in his hand makes me smile even more!
Hopefully by the time you read this I will be sipping a cup of tea in my Mum's kitchen all the way home in England!
There will be a few cards scheduled over the next couple of weeks but I'm enjoying a well deserved rest (well it won't be a rest but you know what I mean) with my family and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Katie

Cooking It Up #42 - Show Me Your Favorite Ribbons and Brads

It's time for the final challenge of the year at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge.

The recipe this time is:
Your favorite technique
Some ribbons
and
Some brads!

Challenges:
Paper Issues - Holiday Hookup
AI Factory - Happy Holidays
Stamp With Fun - Christmas
Digital Tuesday - Sparkling Christmas (using a digi)
Top Tip Tuesday - Christmas
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes Christmas
Twisted Thursday - Holidays with Glitter and Bling
Cupcake Craft - Non Traditional Christmas
Incy Wincy - Non Traditional Christmas
Pollycraft - White Christmas
Cupcake Inspirations - Blue and White cupcake with a Snowflake
Crafts and Me - Moody Blues
Pixie Dust - Let It Snow
Totally Gorjuss - Snow
Fairy Knoll - Frost
Paper Cutz - Snowman
Paper Playtime - Snowman
Daring Cardmakers - Snow Much Fun!
Wags N Whiskers - Snowflakes
Woodware - Winter
Catch The Bug - Winter Wonderland
The Pink Elephant - Winter Wonderland
Stamptacular Sunday - Winter Wishes
Craft Your Days Away - Punch It Out
I Did It - Creative Folds
Bunny Zoe - Sparkle and Shine
Character Cafe - Glitter
Frosted Designs - Ribbons
If The Shoe Fits - Texture
Paper Romance - Heavy Metal
Stamp Something - Something Digi
There She Goes - Use Your Stash (paper is years old!)
Mad For Markers - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Image - There's No Place Like a Snow Home by Robyn's Fetish
Paper - Colorbok
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - Michaels
Metal letters and brads - Making Memories
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Glitter - Stickles

I cut out the second snowman image and added foam underneath him before sticking him on top of the original.
I colored him first and then added Stickles in 3 colors to give him some Sparkle for Christmas!
We'd love to see you play along with my recipe!
Katie

Cooking It Up #36 - Give Me Some Swirly Black Texture please! And a Design Team Call!

We have another super recipe for you at Cooking It Up With Katie and we are sponsored by one of my favorites Meljens Designs!

The recipe is:

Give it some Texture
Add a few Swirls
Include a little Black


Challenges:
Curtain Call - More Mustard, Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze and Pumpkin Pie
Creative Inspirations Paint - Inspired by The Pumpkin Patch
Cupcake Craft - Thank You with Autumnal Colors
Tuesday Throwdown - Give Thanks
Crafty Cardmakers - Stitching
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Lexi's - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Something Shabby
Stamp With Fun - Things that can Fly

Card Recipe:
Image - Thomas Turkey by Meljens
Paper - Daisy D's
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - 7 Gypsies
Embossing Folder - Basic Grey for Sizzix
Mesh - Unknown

This little guy is so cute and I plan on using this image for my place settings on Thanksgiving, don't you think that would be adorable!
I hope you've enjoyed him and be sure to check out my other card today and more for tomorrow and Friday.

A Little Red Cupcake - Designed 2 Delight

Today I have a little tasty treat for you!
It's too easy to just color a cupcake in the usual pastel colors so today I decided to try it with a little more dramatic color combo.
This is one of the fabulous Dollar Delight's from Designed 2 Delight


Challenges:
Cupcake Craft - Sweet Treats
Fresh Brewed Designs - Sweet Treats
Lexi's - Birthdays
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Crafty Purple Frog - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz- Black, White and 1 other color
Everybody Art - Photo Inspiration (a red rose on a black background)

Card Recipe:
Image - Cuppy Cake
Paper - Garden Vignettes
Medium - Copic Markers
Doily - Little Yellow Bicycle
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

I colored another cupcake and popped it on top for dimension.
I think would be a super birthday card for a special girlfriend, do you?
Be sure to drop back tomorrow for two more new cards.

Digital Delights - Eeek with Joshua the Vampire!

Time for more fabulous cards from the Digital Delights Team!
All of them have created some super cards using images designed by Wendy Hall for Digital Delights.
With it only being a couple of weeks until Halloween you can bet I found a "few" challenges that this one fitted with ;)

Challenges:

Fussy and Fancy - Halloween
Moving Along With The Times - Halloween
Stamping Vacation Occasion Oasis - Halloween
Crafts and Me - Halloween
Stampin Royalty - Halloween
Creative Cottage - Halloween
Wee Memories - Halloween
Alys - Halloween
I Did It - Halloween
Karber Weekly - Halloween (and a digi)
Bee Crafty - Halloween (and a digi)
Stempel Magie - Halloween
Everybody Art - Halloween
Card of The Week - Halloween
Inktegrity - Halloween
Penny's - As Long As It Flies (Vampires fly don't they?)
City Crafter - Wings
Cupcake Craft - Scary Creatures
Haunted Design House - Simply Sinister
Lexi's - Spooky
Fresh Brewed - Purple and Black
One Stitch At A Time - Use Your Digi's
Create 4 Fun - Use a Digi
Ooh La La - Nothing Floral
Sisterhood of Crafters - Bling
Sweet Stampin - Bling

Card Recipe:
Image - Joshua The Vampire (I draw in the wall)
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Midnight Spell by DCWV
Border and Corner punches - Martha Stewart Spiderweb
Rhinestones - Michaels $1 spot
Sentiment - Midnight Spell by DCWV

I drew in the wall for Joshua to sit on first in pencil and then went over it with my Copic Multiliner and then colored over it.
I colored his face as if he had vampire make up on so it looks it little white/grey rather than skin toned.
I'm not sure whether he has a tummy ache from too much candy to whether he is trying to look scary but whatever it is I think he's cute and hope you do too :)

Digital Delights New Releases - Boo From Wizard Toby!

It's new release day over at Digital Delights and Wendy has come up with the fabulous new images for Halloween!
The team has created some fabulous samples for them and you can see them all at the Digital Delights Blog
I got to work with the super cute Wizard Toby and just think how cute he'd be on your invitations to a Halloween party!

Challenges:
Sweet Sketch Sunday - Sketch
Corrosive - For The Guys (Toby is a guy cat!)
Copic Oz - For a Man
Cupcake Craft - Digital
Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes (digital)
Bee Crafty - Anything Goes
Haunted Design House - Creepy Cute
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Add some Metal (little metal bat brads)
Papercutz - Metal (brads)
Kah Wink E Dink - Travel (Toby is on a broom!)
Going Grey - Halloween
City Creations - Let Your Light Shine (Moon)
Christmas Stampin - Anything Other than Christmas




Card Recipe:
Image - Wizard Toby
Paper - DCWV Midnight Spell
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - American Crafts
Circle Cutter - Martha Stewart
Bat Brads - Making Memories
Flowers - Prima
Letters - Reminisce





This little guy was so great to work with and I hope it gets you in the mood for the upcoming Halloween season!

Digital Delights - Back To School with Mr Bookworm

Time for more fabulous cards from the Digital Delights Team!
All of them have created some super cards using images designed by Wendy Hall for Digital Delights.

Challenges:

Stamp Something - Digital Something
Frosted Designs - Back To School
Lil Red Wagon - Back to School
Paper Pretties - Back to School
ABC Design - Back to School
Crafty Ho's - Photo Inspiration (I did Back to School with it)
Paper Cutz - Anything Goes
Annabelle Stamps - Say It With A Bow
Cupcake Crafts - Blue and Green
Whoopsi Daisy - Blue and Green
Raise The Bar - Sketch
Paper Make Up - Image in a Circle and 4 of the same Embellishment
One Stitch at a Time - Say it With Shapes
Papertake - 3,2,1 (I used 3 papers, 2 shapes and 1 image)
Fab and Funky - 3 papers, 2 embellishemnts (mine are buttons and ribbon) and 1 image




Card Recipe:
Image - Bookworm
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Glitter and Glitz by KI Memories
Ribbon - American Crafts
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Sentiment - Doodlebug Designs





I just love this guy and I think I should of added a "Hitting The Books" sentiment but you know what they say about hindsight! LOL
I hope you like him too and please take a moment to see what my Digital Delights Sisters have been up to as well!