Pile It On - Operation Write Home

This is a very special challenge at Pile It On this week. We are working alongside Operation Write Home to provide handmade cards for our troops overseas to send home to their loved ones. There are guidelines that you have to follow to make these cards so this week the team won't be showing their sparkle as glitter is a big No No but we still made some fabulous samples for you!
OWH accepts all types of cards but are especially looking for Birthday, Anniversary or Christmas cards at the present time so that is what we are asking you to make this week.

Challenges:

A Crafty Little Place - Sketch
Totally Papercrafts - Go Dotty
Stamp Something - Spots and Stripes
Ooh La La - Stripes
Timbro Scrapmania - Anything Goes
Fab N Funky - Anything Goes
Gingersnaps - Punches
Paper Pretties - Brads
Lili of The Valley - One for The Boys (with a Lili image)
Karners Challenge - Card for A Boy
Going Grey - Card for a Child
Incy Wincy - Celebrate
Pennys - Birthdays
Creative Cottage - Celebrations
Paper Romance - Clean and Simple




Card Recipe:
Image - Lili of The Valley
Paper- DCWV from years ago!
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - 7 Gypsies
Border Punch - Martha Stewart





These two little guys look so happy to be sharing a quiet moment together.
We'd really like you to make a card or two for Operation Write Home too and if you send them to Dalis at Pile It On you'll get a little RAK for all your hard work.
All the details are on the challenge blog about where to send them.

Something Different from Me - A Halloween Chipboard Album

Happy Friday everyone!
In the dim and distant past before I started making cards I used to make mini albums and things to sell on eBay. It was a wonderful creative outlet and was nice as it brought in a little play money too.
When the economy took a downturn my sales fell too. I looked at other options and at that point handmade cards were still a popular item. That downturn in sales led me to try my hand at cards and I've never turned back! At first I sold those too but they too slumped but I was too hooked to stop (don't ask me how many I have in my closet). Well as it is coming up to the big Holiday shopping I thought maybe I could combine my new love of card making with my old love of mini albums and today I have the first result of that combination.
I hope you like it, it was a lot of fun to make and really got my mojo back on track ;)

Obviously I found a few challenges that it worked with too.

Sew Many Challenges - Halloween
Stampin For The Weekend - Shabby or Vintage
Gingersnaps - Punches
Paper Pretties - Brads
Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes (with a digi)
Bee Crafty - Anything Goes (with a digi)
The Shabby Tearoom - Tags
Paper Cutz - Tags
Tuesday Taggers - Books
Artful Inkables - Distressing
Stamptacular Sunday - Distress It
Totally Stampalicious - Paper Flowers




Book Recipe:
Images - Digital Delights
Paper - Midnight Spell by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Chalk Ink - Dewdrops
Flowers - Prima
Embellishments - Martha Stewart, Spare Parts
Ribbons - Michaels
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Base - Chipboard (cute to size)
Binding - Bind It All
















Remember that you click on each photo for a much larger image.
This really was a whole lot of fun, so much so that as soon as I finished it I started on a Fall album and I'm hoping to be able to have that up for you to see very soon.
I hope you've enjoyed this and maybe it will give you an idea to try something a little different too.

My BlogAversary!!! A Little Candy and a New Card too!

A year ago yesterday I first put fingers to my keyboard and made my first blog post.
I'd be holding off FOREVER as it seemed like it would be more work and not enough fun but I couldn't have been more wrong!
In just a year I've made over 400 posts, have over 250 followers and over 54000 hits!
I've met some fabulous people, seen some superb creations and hopefully brought a smile to others through sharing mine.
To say a great big thank you I have a little package to giveaway.
To be in with a chance of winning please add a link and photo to your sidebar or a quick post about it and add yourself as a follower too if you aren't already.
The candy with run for 2 weeks and I'll draw a winner over the weekend of June 12th with the winner being revealed June 14th.
You could win this little bundle!



Creating Keepsakes 2 Minute Memories
Small Wooden frame to alter
Set of Chipboard coasters (perfect for altering)
96 Chipboard letters
3 sets of Clear Stamps
7 Chipboard accents

So please make sure you join in and add your link at the bottom in the gadget :)

Of course I couldn't really make a post without having a card and some challenges too so here you are!

Lili Of The Valley - Sketch
CRAFT - Blue and Green
ABC - V is for Vintage (I thought the image worked for this theme)
Creative Inspirations - Distressed
Crafts and Me - Distressing
Craft Your Passion - Distressing
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Distressing
Creative Challenge - Blooming Charming
ECP - Buttons
Gingersnaps - Read
Inky Impressions - Choice, I chose F for Flowers, R for Ribbon and Distress and S for Stitching
Sew Many - 3 techniques and a charm (coloring, distressing, faux stitching)



Card Recipe:
Image - Little Girls Story Time by Lili of The Valley
Paper - Unknown
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Swirls - Quickutz
Sentiment - Studio G
Border Punch - Fiskars
Die Cuts - Spellbinders Label 11
Medium - Copic Markers
Ink - Memento and Chalk Ink







I thought you may like to see which Copic markers I used to color the image.

I really like how this one turned out and the chair reminds me so much of one my Nana has, even down to the throw pillow and matching antimacassar covers.
Lili Of The Valley has some fabulous stamps and there are a brand new set being released soon and they have a fabulous blog candy giveaway of all the new stamps!
You can find all the details at their blog

I hope you like this one and please join in my giveaway, the more people that play the more fun it is!
Please add your name to the gadget below and add a link/post on your blog to advertise the candy.
Thanks and Good Luck!
Katie

Hannah with Butterflies - A New Pixie Cottage Card

Happy Friday,
"Spring is here, Spring is here, It's the best time of the year"
That little song from the preschool show Little Bill has been running through my head and I think this card is a perfect compliment to it.

Truly Scrumptious - Sketch with an theme of "Fly Away"
Scrap Stamp and Doodle - Wings
Secret Crafter - How Does Your Garden Grow
Stamptacular Sunday - Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Flutterby wanted Sparkle with a Butterfly (or Fairy or Angel)
For Fun had April Showers Bring May Flowers as their theme
Gingersnaps had The Good Earth for a theme
Meljen wants Girly Colors
Pixie Dust want Things With Wings
Raise The Bar want you to Spring For It
Quixotic want The Joys of Spring
Practical Scrappers want to see markers
Stempeltraeume had a Just Girls theme



Card Recipe:
Image - Butterfly Hannah
Paper - The Paper Studio
Fabric Brad - K&Co
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Spotted Brads - The Paper Studio
Chipboard Corner - Color Bok
Medium - Copic Markers





I think this Hannah stamp is gorgeous and I hope you do too.
Katie

Mad? Who are You Calling Mad? or Alice in Digi Land!

Happy Friday,
Today is the day you've been waiting for if you are either a Johnny Depp, Tim Burton or simply an Alice in Wonderland fan! The movie opens today and to celebrateDigital Delights have a special release of Alice inspired images! You can find them all on the front page.

Also for our friends over at our groups at Papercraft Planet and SNR Card Universe we have a Freebie for you and it's the cutest grinning cat you'll ever see!



Now you know I was itching to play with the brand new images and so I have a couple of cards to show you how wonderful these images are (and a few challenges too!)


Creative Card Crew wanted a Celebration
Gingersnaps also want you to Celebrate
Sew Many Cards wanted Something For The Boys
Die Cuts R Us had a great sketch
Digital Tuesday wanted Scallops
Flourishes also wanted Scallops
No Time To Stamp wanted Punched Borders



Card Recipe:

Image - Mad Hatter Peyton
Paper - Cafe Mediterranean by DCWV (got it at Joanns but it's not online yet)
Deep border punch - Martha Stewart Garden Trellis
Medium - Copic Markers
Buttons - Jesse James





Oh Alice had a great sketch
Simple Doodles also want Paper Piecing (and a digi)
ABC were at P is for Paper Piecing
Frosted Designs wanted your Favorite Technique and mine is Paper Piecing
Tuesday Taggers wanted Swirls and Curls
Challenge Up Your Life wants Stripes and at least 3 buttons
Dare U2 Digi wanted Pearls (and a digi)



Card Recipe:

Image - Wonderland Briley
Paper - Cafe Mediterranean by DCWV
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Half Daisy
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Buttons - Jesse James
Die Cut - Cuttlebug
Pearls - Queen & Co







So whether you go down the Rabbit Hole, attend the Tea Party or meet the Queen of Hearts you are sure to want these fabulous new images!
Katie

All About Kids at Delightful Sketches and Challenges

There's a fabulous new challenge at Delightful Sketches and Challenges and this time we want to see your kid cards!
The Design Team got to chose an image they wanted for this challenge and I chose the super cute Little Bo Peep


Friday Sketchers had a wonderful Sketch
Dare U2 Digi wanted Pearls and a digi stamp
Drunken Stampers want Glitter and Lace
Gingersnaps want Lace too
Scrap, Stamp and Doodle want you to Sparkle
Raise the Bar wanted things in 3's so I have 3 DP, 3 Cardstocks and 3 different borders
Res Q wanted Digital and Spring colors
Embellish Magazine had a color combo of Green, Yellow, Pink and Peach and as always a border



Card Recipe:

Image - Bo Peep Set from Digital Delights
Papers - DCWV Flower Shower Stack
Lace - Offray at Joann's
Medium - Copic Markers
Glitter - Stickles Diamond
Glitter brads - Recollections at Michaels
Border punches - Martha Stewart
Die Cut - Spellbinders



Inside is Bo Peep's naughty sheep!



I just love the look on Bo Peep's face and I hope you do too.
We'd love to see your creations for children or celebrating the ones in your life over at Delightful Sketches and Challenges!
Katie

Challenge #12 at Cooking It Up!

Happy Wednesday!
It's time for another challenge over at my Cooking It Up With Katie card recipe blog.

This weeks recipe is:

Use the Decoupage/3D/Paper Tole technique (this is where you color more than one copy of the image and cut out and pop up certain parts to form a 3D image, for my English viewers you can use the preprinted sheets for this too)
Use some metal
Add the current challenge from your favorite blog

Remember the challenge includes all of the above and anything else you want to add.

Here are the other challenges I used along with the recipe:

Get Sketchy had a sketch
Stamp Something had a recipe of Designer Paper, Button(s) and Ribbon
Cupcake Crafts had a Round and Round theme
Crazy 4 Challenges had "It's All About Texture" has their theme and wanted at least 3 different textures. I used textured glittered paper, paper flowers and rippled buttons
Drunken Stampers want Glitter and Lace
Gingersnaps want Lace too
The Secret Crafter wanted Stitching
Clearly I Stamp said It's Hip To Be Square and wanted a square card (and they are sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps who are giving away a great prize!)
Sassy Susie has a color combo of Lilac and Aqua
PaperTake wanted Buttons, Bows, Brads and Bling
Pixie Dust wanted you to Think Birthday
Tellens Place want Bling
CRAFT want Ribbons and Sparkle



Card Recipe:

Image - Flower Cart from Pixie Dust Studios
Paper - Flower Shower stack by DCWV
Flowers - Mini Roses by Prima
Lace - Offray
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - K&Co
Brads - The Paper Studio by Hobby Lobby
Glitter - Diamond Stickles



Inside is more dp and a faux stitched message mat.



I hope you can see the layers on the decoupaged image.
I'd love to see you over at Cooking It Up With Katie and hope you try out the recipe for this challenge.
Katie

Cute Daisy May - Sketch

Happy Monday,
It's new challenge day at Cute Daisy May and this time we have a sketch from the very talented Pinky!




I've added a few other challenges to this one too.

Lil Red Wagon want Black and White
Fab N Funky want Black and White too
Totally Stampalicious want Black and White (and Wow which was another color, I hope my grey counts)
Gingersnaps want a Birthday Card
Flutterby had an Open Week as long as it had a Butterfly, Fairy or Angel on it
Saturday Spotlight wanted you to Clean It Up with clean lines and no distressing/inking on edges




Card Recipe

Image - Sheet 115 Cute Daisy May
Paper - DCWV
Flower - The Paper Studio for Hobby Lobby
Brad - The Paper Studio for Hobby Lobby
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed
Butterfly Bead - Walmart



More cute dp and a message mat.



Although I think she's not too sure about the rain I do think she makes for a cute birthday card image :)
Give the sketch a try for yourself and enter over at Cute Daisy May and you could be the winner.
Katie

By The Cute and Girly Challenge - Spring is in the Air

Another month has gone by and a new challenge is up at By The Cute and Girly.
There are big changes around there so keep checking in!

The challenge this time was set by Brenda and she wanted us to forget Winter and think about Spring!
I made a couple of items this time.

I made an Easter decoration with the following challenges

Flourishes want Flowers
Jacksonbelle want Flowers too!
Creatalicious wanted you to Create a Little Something
Flutterby had an Open Week as long as it had a Butterfly, Fairy or Angel on it
Crafty Catz want a Fancy Edge and Ribbon
Clearly Delightful wanted Ducks!



Recipe

Wooden word - Hobby Lobby
Paint - Krylon
Images - Spring Things digital stamps by Pollycraft
Ribbon - American Crafts
Felt flowers and eggs and chipboard butterflies- American Crafts
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Making Memories





And a card with challenges too

Gingersnaps want a Birthday Card
Peachy Keen had a recipe of Yellow and Green, a 3D embellishment and must be Stamped
La La Lands had a sketch
Bildy Blog wanted you to Bling It, mine has shiny Dewdrops and the dp is glittered so I hope that counts!
Paper Garden wanted to say Farewell to Winter
Copic Creations wanted your coloring with Green


Recipe



Image - Mimosa with Umbrella
Paper - DCWV The Citrus Stack
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Dewdrops - Robins Nest
Medium - Copic Markers
Embossing folders - Swiss Dots by Cuttlebug and Daisy by Crafts Too
Die Cuts - Spellbinders





This is such a sweet image and with the bright Spring colors it makes me almost wish for the showers to come! LOL
So brighten up your day a little, get creating for Spring and shows us all you've got over at By The Cute and Girly.
Katie

Have an Awesome Birthday Dude! - Oh those teen years!

Happy Sunday everyone,
It's the last day of February and time for a "Just Because" card.
A few weeks ago I won a challenge at Tellens Place and along with my prize pack of goodies I had my choice of 2 of their digital stamps!
Well I can't let a good image sit still for long so I printed it out and got to work on a card.

Obviously it wouldn't be a Katie Card without a list of challenges too!

Tellens Place had an open week as long as you used one of their images
Gingersnaps want a Birthday Card
ABC Design also had a Birthday theme
Quixotic wanted One For The Boys
Pixie Dust want you to Think Birthday
Tuesday Morning Sketches had a color combo of Light Orange, Dark Brown & Ivory
Design Dollies want Orange, Brown and a Neutral
Midnight Madness had your choice of Simple or Fancy sketch
Clearly I Stamp said It's Hip To Be Square and wanted a square card (and they are sponsored by Clear Dollar Stamps who are giving away a great prize!)



Card Recipe

Image - Earphones Edward
Paper - DCWV (some of it really old! LOL)
Ribbon - Little Davis
Brads - The Paper Studio for Hobby Lobby
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Medium - Copic Markers
Border punch - Bubbles by EK Success



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



I checked with my "soon to be a teen" son if this was too girly and he said "no, if boys can wear pink they can wear peach", oh the wisdom of youth! LOL
I'm so not a boy card maker but have recently been called on to create some more manly cards and you know what? I kinda like the challenge :)
I hope you've liked looking at him too and have a great rest of your Sunday.
Be sure to drop back tomorrow for 3, yes 3 posts, with lots of new creations.
Katie