Designed 2 Delight Design Team Challenge - Father's Day (no flowers)

It's time for another Design Team Challenge over at the Design 2 Delight blog
This week we are helping you out as we want you to procrastinate no longer, we want you to make a Fathers Day card! And please, make sure it has no flowers!LOL

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes or Your Favorite...
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Craft Your Passion - What A Guy
Fresh Brewed Monthly Challenge - It's A Guy Thing
Scrapbook Sisters - A Man's World
Auds Sentiments - For a Male
Fussy and Fancy - Card for a Man/Boy
ECP Challenges - For Dad
Karen's Doodles - Father's Day
Crafting For All Seasons - Father's Day
Lexi's - Father's Day
Simon Says Stamp - Father's Day
Craft Your Days Away - Father's Day
Here Come The Boys - Father's Day
Patties Creations - Father's Day or Wedding
The Paper Shelter - Glad for Dad
Stamping Scrapping - Masculine
Crafts and Me - Punch It Out

Card Recipe:
Image - Lakeside Shack
Paper - DCWV The Guy Stack
Medium - Copic Markers
Buttons - Stash
Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Heidi Grace

This is such a relaxing image, makes me want to drive up to Michigan and sit by a lake away from this Texas heat!
Anyway, enough of my wishes, it's now your turn to create and then come back and share with us over at the Design 2 Delight blog
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #61 - Sketch and/or Green

It's Wednesday so it means another challenge over 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 "Green" and you can choose to make that the color Green or give your card a "Green" theme by using something Recycled on it.

Challenges:
Going Grey - Anything Goes (2 entries)
Card Cupids - Green
Let's Ink It Up - Embossing (must use rubber stamp)
Sentimental Sunday's - Green and a Sentiment
ECP - Green
Shannon's Sentiments - Distressing
Card Makin Mama's - Green
Delicious Doodles - Green
Flutterby - Green and Butterfly, Fairy or Angel
Creative Craft Challenges - Lace (including Doilies)

Card Recipe:
Image - Wishing Well by ARTish
Paper - K and Co Julianne Paper Pad
Medium - Copic Markers
Butterflies - Martha Stewart stickers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Doily - Wilton
Tag - Office Max
Trim - Hobby Lobby
Sentiment - K and Co

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

I inked all the edges and the doily too to give a Shabby Chic feel to the card.
Both the sentiment sticker and the butterflies have glitter on them for a little shimmer.
I hope you like this and we'd love to see you play along with us at The Pixie Cottage!

Designed 2 Delight - A St Paddy's Day Mouse!

Lots of new releases from Faith at Designed 2 Delight over the last couple of weeks and so the team are showing them off at Card Ideas


Challenges:
Alys - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Fresh Brewed - 3 or More Patterned Papers
AI Factory - The Luck Of The Irish
Sisterhood of Crafters - St Patrick's Day
Little Red Wagon - St Patrick's Day
Fun At Fairy Knoll - St Patrick's Day
Sew Many Challenges - St Patrick's Day
If The Shoe Fits - St Patrick's Day
Patties Creations - St Patrick's Day
Crafty Emma'a - St Patrick's Day/Good Luck
Stamptacular Sunday - Lucky Duck (send Good Luck wishes)
Paperplay - Shades of Green
Reasonable Ribbon - Green
Thrilling Thursday - Green
Meljens - Green
ECP Challenges - Green
Corrosive - Green
House of Gilli - Green
Kaboodle Doodles - Green
The Shabby Tearoom - Green
Hand Stamped Sentiments - Green
Fuzzy Wuzzy - Sketch (must have an animal image)
Belli Challenge - Animals
The Crafty Pad - Ribbon
Paper Pretties - Ribbon
My Time To Craft - Jewels
Stampin B's - Bling

Card Recipe:
Image - St Pat's Mouse by Designed 2 Delight
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - SEI Chick A Doo
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Studio G
Rhinestones - Treasures by Shabby Chic
Doily - Wilton
Paint - Creative Inspirations in Sage

I added some Creative Inspirations Paint to his shamrocks and love how they sparkle!
I won 5 of these paints last month and love how easy they are to use. They come in cute little jars and I simply use a fine tipped paint brush and paint on in a thin layer, great finish!
Katie

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Anything but a card

It's Tuesday so that means another challenge at A Spoon Full Of Sugar
This week we want you to put your cards aside and show us another paper crafting skill. We know you have all the products but if you are like many other card makers it is hard to step out of that comfort zone, well today is the day!

I made a piece of home decor for Valentines Day and although that was yesterday I can assure you that this cutie is not going anyway soon!

Challenges:
Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything But A Card
Ladybug Crafts - Anything But A Card
Our Creative Corner - Cut It Out
Allsorts - It's All About The Sentiment (I've plenty of those on here!)
Ooh La La - For Someone Special
Thrilling Thursday - Gift With a Love theme
ECP - Love
Totally Gorjuss - Love
Crafty Calendar - Love
KB Cute Monday - Love
Scrappy Frogs - Love
Rainbow Lady - All About Love
Dutch Dare - Love Is In The Air
One Stop Crafts - Love Is In The Air
Scrap Stamp and Doodle - Love Is In The Air
Crafty Ann's - Love Is All Around
Winter Wonderland - For The One I Love
Frosted Designs - Use The Word Love
Cupcake Crafts - I Love You
The Sisterhood of Crafters - In Love With Valentines
Crafty Sentiments - Valentines
Crafty Purple Frog - Valentines/Romance
Card Mad Fairy - Romance (with a digi)
AI Factory - Valentines
My Sheri - Valentines
CRAFT - Valentines
Sew Many Challenges - Valentines
Stampin For The Weekend - Valentines
Delcious Doodles- Valentines
Pixie Dust - Be My Valentine
Crafty Catz - Love/Valentines
Stamp Something - Something for Your Valentine
Sentimental Sundays - Red, Pink and White (and a sentiment)
Sassy Studios - Pink, Red and White
Stamp N Doodle - Red, Pink, White Plus 1
Teddy Bo and Co - In The Pink (and a Teddy Bo image)
Craft Your Passion - Pink
Lexi's - Use a Bear
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Flowers
Bunny Zoe - Flowers Everywhere
Cute Card Thursday - Hearts and Flowers
For Fun - Hearts
Stampin Royalty - Hearts
The Stamp Man - Hearts
2 Sisters - Hearts
Crazy 4 Challenges - Hearts
The Crafty Pad - Hearts
Paper Works - Hearts
Bee Crafty - Hearts (with Digi)
One Stitch At A Time - Pretty

Project Recipe:
Clothes Pin - Oriental Trading
Paper - Sugar and Spice by The Paper Studio
Image - Sitting Waiting for You by Teddy Bo
Medium - Copic Markers
Leaf Die Cut - Sizzix
Border Punches - Martha Stewart
Flower Punch - EK Success
Flower Die Cut - Big Shot
Sentiment Stickers - K and Co

I've had the giant clothespin for years, they were very popular "back in the day" and I still like them for a quirky piece of home decor.
The flowers are a mixture of punches, die cuts and rosette flowers (with punched edges for a much more frilly look).
I took the pin apart and painted it first and then added the paper on top. The flowers are on stems made of cardstock and then "arranged" and glued on to a piece of chipboard then fits just inside the closed part of the pin. This makes it so much easier to display as they flowers don't fall out of the bunch!
Anyway I hope you had a wonderful Valentines Day yesterday, keep the love in your heart!
And take a break for the norm and make something other than a card for us over at A Spoon Full Of Sugar
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

A Just Because Card - A Hug Is Worth A 1000 Words

For some reason I seemed to have a little crafting time on my hands this week and so I got the chance to make a couple of extra cards.
I love using the Hannah stamps from The Pixie Cottage and this one of Hannah on the stepping stones is such a lovely one.

Challenges:

Crafty Creations - Butterflies
Creative Inspirations - Sketch
A Crafty Little Place - Blue, Pink and Green
Charisma - Die Cuts
Crafty Catz - Buttons and Butterflies
Character Cafe - Glaze
Mad For Markers - Use Pink Copic's
ECP - Girly
Your Next Stamp - Bold, Bright Summery Colors
Alphabet Challenge - Q is for Quotes



Card Recipe:
Image - Hannah With Stepping Stones
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Cosmo Cricket DeLovely
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - KI Memories





I added Glossy Accents to her boots and the water to give a little more impression of the splashy fun I feel sure she's having!
I hope you liked this one and be sure to come back tomorrow for a cute Back to School creation.

Get Sunny With Lily Boo!

Happy Saturday!
It's another cute Summer card for you today and this one stars a cute image by Lily Boo at Cuddly Buddly.
There are so many cute ones to choose from and if you'd like to "try before you buy" there are 3 pages of FREEBIES! for you to try that will keep you in cards for a while! LOL


Challenges:

A Crafty Little Place - Sketch
Colour Q - Melon Mambo, Cameo Coarl, Bermuda Bay, Barely Banana, White
Glitterbabe - Orange, Pink and Turquoise
Creative Card Crew - Die Cuts
Speedy The Cats Friends - Punch It!
Scrap It With A Song - America the Beautiful, "From sea to shining sea"
Pick 3 - Summer Theme, Yellow cardstock and a Sticker
My Sheri - Summer
ECP - Summer
Crafty Calendar - Summer
Fresh Brewed - Summertime
Crafty Ho's - Fun in The Sun
Stampin Sanity - Water
If The Shoe Fits - Vacation
Thoughtful Thursdays - Beach
Craft Your Passion - Stitching
Stamp and Create - Stitching
Artful Inkables - Stitching
Lucy's Cards - Buttons
Alphabet Challenge - K is for Kids




Card Recipe:
Image - Lily Boo Teen Girl at the Beach (not available right now but keep checking back!)
Paper - Cosmo Cricket De Lovely
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - K&Co






I'm really "feeling" this card as in just a short while I'll be on the beach in Mexico for the 1st vacation I've had in 10, yes 10, years!!!!
I'll be building sandcastles with my children, drinking a few "frozen concoctions" and generally having a great time!
But before then keep checking back as there are plenty more fun cards to come!

Here's The Scoop! Dairy Delights Card

It's time to cool off again with another Ice Cream Dream of a card!!! LOL
This is a combo of both Clear and Digital stamps, I love using both together.
The cart is the digi and the sundae and two sentiments are acrylic.

Challenges:

Quirky Crafts - Ribbons
Pile It On - Favorite Things (who doesn't like Ice Cream?)
Cowgirl Sunday - Scallops
Ooh La La - Simply Summer
Drunken Stampers - Summer
KL Stampin Scrappin - Summer
ECP - Summer
Crafty Ho's - Fun in The Sun
Totally Stampalicious - Food
Cute Card Thursday - Let's Get Fruity



Card Recipe:

Clear Dollar Stamps : Dairy Delights by Wendy Hall
Digital Delights Stamps :
Paper : Nana's Nursery Baby Girl by DCWV
Copic Markers: R30, R32, R11, R12, YG11, Y23, W00, W1
Extras : Border Punch by Martha Stewart, Ribbon by Offray, Brads by Basic Grey





This was such a cute card to make and I hope you like the ice cream colors I chose to complete this one with.

Challenge #19 at Cooking It Up! and a New CDS Card!

Happy Wednesday!
Not only is it double posting day BUT I've killed two birds with one stone too!
It's the day to reveal my second card using the fabulous stamps that Wendy Hall designed for Clear Dollar Stamps.
And also it is the latest challenge over at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog and the card works perfectly for that challenge! LOL

The recipe is:

Embossing (I heat embossed the images before coloring)
Ribbon
and Green

And as a huge bonus (and a great reason for entering) the challenge is sponsored this time by the always fabulous Wendy from Digital Delights!

I did find a few other challenges to fit as well:

Raise The Bar - Celebrate Summer
Stampin For The Weekend - Summer
Stampin With Dragon - Summer
Paper Sundaes - Summer Fun
Our Creative Corner - What does Summer Mean To You?
ECP - Green
Craftalicious - New



Card Recipe:
Image - Backyard Barbeque - Clear and Digital Stamps
Paper - K&Co Citronella
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart






This doggy sure looks like he's having some Summer Fun! I thought he was waiting for dropped food but my 3 year old son is convinced he has his ears pricked up listening to the music! LOL
Whatever it is, he sure looks happy and I hope I brought a smile to your face with this one too.
Katie