Another new Chi Chi card! - Getting Ready for Summer!

It's time for another guest card for Chi Chi Memories and this time it's for their latest sketch challenge!



Challenges:
Aud Sentiments - Hello Friend
Wee Memories - Stitching
Crafty Creations - It's a Stitch Up
Our Creative Corner - Corners
Just Us Girls - Going Digital
Flourishes - Embossing
Spoonfull of Sugar - Enjoy the Sunshine
Tuesday Throwdown - Celebrate Summer
Sentimental Sundays - Summer
Quirky Crafts - Summer
Stampin For The Weekend - Summer
Shabby Tearoom Summer
Diva Stamper - Photo Inspiration (the strawberries and the shape of the plate)






Card Recipe:
Image - All of my Heart
Paper - Berry Sweet by K&Co
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Die Cut - Spellbinders Labels 9
Glitter - Diamond Stickles
Embossing folder - Sizzix
Butterflies and Flowers - Papermania (I think)
Sentiment - Printed





Here's a close up.
I love how just changing your marker color can change the whole feel of an image.
Hope you liked her!

Treehouse #54 Tool Time - Show Us Your Favorite Tools

Happy Thursday!
It's another double posting day today.
It's time for another challenge at The Treehouse and this week it's brought to you by Me!
This week I'd like to see you use your favorite papercrafting tools and tell me what they are!
For my card I have my 3 favorites, my Copic Markers, my Spellbinders dies and my little scissors

Challenges:
Stamping With The Dragon - Sketch
Mad For Markers - Color something other than paper (colored the flowers and rhinestones)
Allsorts - Lace or Buttons
Crazy 4 Challenges - Light Pink, Light Purple, Light Green
Wee Memories - In Stitches
Alys - Stitching
Prairie Fairy - Glitz and Glitter
Practical Scrappers - Glitter
The Crafty Pad - Paper Piecing
Craft Your Passion - Paper Piecing
Secret Crafter - Quote (although mine is attributed to Anon)
Just Us Girls - Going Digital
Charisma - All About The Bling





Card Recipe:
Image - Teatime (brand new!)
Paper - Martha Stewart Playful Pink Paper Pad
Medium - Copic Markers
Rhinestones - Michaels $1 spot
Sentiment - Printed in Dillenia UPC font
Glitter - Diamond Stickles
Border Punch - Martha Stewart





I hope you can see the paper piecing on these teacups.
I just how they are wobbly enough to stay in one place but a breath too much will make them fall! LOL
So be sure to grab your tools and head on over to The Treehouse

Katie

Surprise it's Ashley's Birthday!

Over at Treehouse stamps it celebration day today as it is stamp artist Ashley's birthday!!!
So as a surprise we have all made her a card to make her day extra special!

Challenges:
Friday Sketchers - Sketch (turned)
Annabelle Stamps - Pink and Green
Alphabet Challenge G is for Green
Stamp Challenges - Happy Something
One Stitch At A Time - Celebration
KL Stampin Scrappin - Girly Birthday
Donna's Den - Happy Birthday (their 1st challenge!)
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes Birthday
Hand Full of Stamps - How Cute is That?
Bee Crafty - Blooming Marvelous
Stamp With Fun - Fairytales
Just Us Girls - Going Digital



Card Recipe:
Image - Happy Dragon (brand new!)
Paper - Fairytale Princess by The Paper Studio
Medium - Copic Markers
Roses - Prima (pink) and Wild Orchid Crafts (green)
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Printed in Harrington font





If you want to see some more great Treehouse cards and join in the fun be sure to check out the following team members blogs for more birthday wishes!

Neva McMullen
Kelly Hampton
Maria Levine
Anne Harmon
Yaneri Rodriquez
Gloria Morizen
Anne Harmon
Heather Prince
Kimberly Lowery
Stephanie Serrano
and then run and wish the birthday girl Ashley Happy Birthday too!

Hope you enjoyed this one, I know I did!
Katie

Happy Bird-Day with Doodle Pantry - My new addiction!

Happy Sunday!
Well the boys are off on their way to Scout Camp so it should be peaceful around here this week, oh but then there are the movie nights and sleepovers for my daughter so maybe not that quiet! LOL
I'm disappointed in that silly soft goal yesterday but Friday will be different, of that I'm sure :)
Now on to the card.
I don't remember whose blog I saw Doodle Pantry images on this week but it led me to a wonderful collection of images that I know will be finding a way home to me shortly! The artist is Laurie and she has some fabulous freebies so you try her out for size! She also has a challenge and you get a free image just for playing!

Challenges:
Clearly Delightful - Sketch
Going Grey - Birthday (with Basic Grey)
One Stitch At A Time - Celebration
Just Us Girls - Let's Get Digital
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbons and Bows
Lots To Do - Birds
Hand Full of Stamps - How Cute is That?



Card Recipe:
Image - Birdhouse Freebie
Paper - Basic Grey Mellow
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch and Corner Punch - Iron Gate by Martha Stewart
Die Cuts - Quickutz and Spellbinders
Sentiment - Printed in Harrington font



Sorry for the blurry photo :(



How cute are these little birdies?
Anyway I just love this new site and will definitely be back for more of the wonderful designs.
Have a great Sunday!

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #21 - A Little Metal Please :)

It's time for another Once Upon A Wednesday at The Pixie Cottage and this week Pam has another super sketch for us!



Along with the sketch we'd love to see a little "Metalwork". This could be metallic paper, brads, eyelets, charms, clips, anything metal at all!
Remember you can chose to do the sketch, the theme or both!


As always I found a few challenges to go with this one:

Clearly I Stamp - Flowers
Secret Crafter - Buttons and Blooms
Quirky Crafts - Girly Girl
One Stitch At a Time - Something New
Digi Doodle Shop - Anything Goes
Charisma Cards - Circles
Pixie Dust - Circles
Fun Two Stamp - Metal Accessories
Magical Crafts - Metal
Just Us Girls - Dry Embossing
One Stop Crafts - Swirls and Pearls
Oh Alice - Swirls
Totally Gorjuss - Wings
Gingersnaps - Wings
Ooh La La - Colors of Their Blog (Lilac, Green, Pink and Cream)
Scrap It With A Song - I Hope You Dance
Totally Stampalicious - TV Inspiration - Dancing With The Stars



Card Recipe:
Image - Baby Maisy by Di Carubia
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Martha Stewart Playful Pink
Butterflies - K&Co Grand Adhesions
Border punch - Martha Stewart
Embossing Folders - Sizzix
Flowers - Martha Stewart
Pearls - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - K&Co
Swirls - Quickutz







These are the Copic's I used on the image.

So now it's your turn with either the sketch or the technique, just remember to come back to The Pixie Cottage and enter your creation in our challenge!
Katie

Challenge #18 at Cooking It Up! Wing It You Pink Petal!

Welcome to the first of two posts today!
It's time for another challenge over at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog.
Each challenge I set you a "recipe" to base your card on.
The time the challenge is:
Use Wings
And Petals
And Pink!

There are other challenges that this project will be entered into as well :

Clearly I Stamp - Flowers
Repeat Impressions - Sketch (turned on its side)
Just Us Girls - Use a Template (make something 3D)
Simple Doodles - Anything But A Card
Crafts and Me - Anything But A Card
Crazy Challenge - It's A Girl Thing
Flutterby - Open Week (with a Fairy, Angel or Butterfly)
Stamptacular - Pearls and Swirls
Lots To Do - Swirls and Flourishes
Alys - Ribbons and Bows
Creative Craft Challenges - Bows and Ribbons
Pollycraft - Buttons and Butterflies
Shabby Tea - Pink Polka Dot Tea Party
Creative Card Crew - Pink and Green



Project Recipe:
Image - Clover Butterfly Wishes by Pollycraft
Papers - Martha Stewart (Pink Polka Dots), K&Co (floral) DCWV (Green Gingham)
Swirl - Sizzix
Medium - Copic Markers
Glitter - Stickles
Sentiment - Design Originals
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Pearls - Martha Stewart
Pearls and Rhinestones _ Queen and Co
Rose - Wild Orchid Crafts
Box template - My own design



Here you can see the "Pearls and Swirls"



This fairy is so gorgeous and once I'd colored her I added Stickles to give her true Fairy Finesse!
I'd seen Gable Boxes on other peoples blogs but couldn't find a scoring template so I designed my own. There were Cut files for the Cricut, Printable templates but none with just the "plans" and it took 3 attempts and lots of stamping of feet to get the right measurements but I wasn't giving up! LOL
I hope you like my project and I'd love you to check out the challenge at Cooking It Up With Katie and join in!
Katie

Red and Blue, a new card for You!

Happy Tuesday,
Last week I won a challenge at Penny's Challenges and my prize was $15 to spend at Busy Beauties on digital stamps and I just couldn't resist the little cutie I chose for today's card.
Then the owner of the store pointed me in the direction of her challenge blog and so it was the perfect time to try out my new image!

Other challenges:

Busy Beauties Creations - Red or Blue or Both
CCEE Stampers - Nursery Rhymes (Ladybird, Ladybird, Fly Away Home)
Cuttlebug Challenge - For The Kids
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch
Totally Gorjuss - Round and Round
Sew Many Challenges - Easel Card
Corrosive - Easel Card
Hand Full Of Stamps - Get Your Shine On
Stamping Vacation Pick 3 - My picks are; Make an Easel card, Blue Embellishment and Image to do with Gardening (my little Ladybug)
Quixotic Paper - How Does Your Garden Grow? (Handmade flowers)
Just Us Girls - Red, White and Blue
Crazy Challenge - Something New (new image)
Ooh La La - Bright and Cheerful
Alota Rubber Stamps - Bugs or Bees



Card Recipe:
Image - Sweet Ladybug by Busy Beauties
Paper - DCWV The Summer Stack 2009
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Cloud Nine for Fiskars
Embossing folder - Cuttlebug Flower Circles
Flower Punch - EK Success
Ladybug button - Dress it Up
Shine - Glossy Accents (on her hat, shoes and shell)
Border punch - Fiskars Apron Lace
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby



I love how the easel card stands.



I hope the photo shows the shiny parts, the are so cool in real life.
I thought this little girl looked like she was about to do a recital and so I used an encouragement sentiment.

This was such a fun card to make and I hope you like it too.
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge - Green

Happy Wednesday!
It's almost St Patrick's Day so to celebrate the team over at The Pixie Cottage are challenging you to use a little Green in your creations this week!
Also we have a very special surprise for you, we have a FREE digital image by our super artist and team member ArTish that we would love to see you use on your card!
I've used it and it sure is a cute image!
This is the first time we've offered a digital image and it will go in the store after the challenge is over in case you miss it.
Are we looking at going all digi on you? No, of course not, rubber is our first love but customer feedback has led us to know that some of you want the instant gratification and versitility of a digital image. But remember that the image is for your use only, sharing and copying files is stealing so please respect the artists time and skill by keeping the image for yourself. Feel free to post the link back to here for others to get the image but do not post it on your own blog.

I have a few other challenges with this card:

Just Us Girls had a great Sketch
Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger had a wonderful photo of Gingham Green chairs
Tuesday Taggers have a St Patrick's Day theme
Tellens Place wanted St Pat's too
Pennys want Green for St Patrick's Day
Busy Beauties had St Patrick's Day theme too
Stampin Royalty want only Green
Copic Creations want Green too
Inky Impressions also want Green
For Fun more Green needed here
Cute Card Thursday also want Green
Twisted Thursday want Green as well
Prairie Fairy want Green too
Paper Cutz want St Patrick's Day
Crafty Catz Green with an option of St Patrick's Day
Opus Gluei also want Green
Stampin For The Weekend also has a Monochromatic theme
Alphabet Challenge were at S for Stamping
One Stop want you to Sew Simple
The Crafty Pad want to see a Charm
Creative Inspirations want Charms too
Paper Jewels had a Gotta Have Bling theme (inspired by This Piece
Die Cut Dreams have No Flowers Allowed
Handfull of Stamps wanted Shine!
Gingersnaps wanted Frosted and they included Diamond Glaze so I think my "wet spots" count :)



Card Recipe:
Image - Digital image by Artish for The Pixie Cottage
Papers - DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - Michaels
Shine - Glossy Accents
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Pearls and Rhinestones - $1 spot



Inside is more dp and a faux stitched message mat.



In the words of my husband (who is 1/2 Irish) it looks like St Pat has "been on the Guinness" with his red shiny nose!
I hope you've enjoyed this, be sure to snag the freebie and come back and show us what you did with him/her!
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #7 - A New Sketch for you to try

It's another Wish Upon a Wednesday at The Pixie Cottage and this time it's a fabulous sketch from super talented Design Team member Renata

It was a little different from the regular sketch but I knew what I wanted to do with it as soon as I saw it.
It reminded me of a frame on one of those oil painting you see in a big mansion and I tried to create a similar look on my card.
Obviously I couldn't make a card without adding a few other challenges to it ;)
Crazy 4 Challenges wanted a Birthday card
The Pink Elephant also wanted a Birthday card
Just Us Girls wanted Stitching
Cupcake Crafts had a "Going Girly" theme
Die Cut Dreams had an inspiration challenge of "Coffee and Cream" and I decided to use it for my color scheme
Corrosive wanted to see Distressing
and so did Creative Card Crew
Crafty Angels asked "Can You Feel It?" and wanted to see texture on your card so I used textured cardstock, popped up the image and added 3D ribbon roses.



I've had this wonderful Hannah stamp for a while know but this is my first time coloring it and I love how it turned out. I colored her with Copic's and even colored the sky as background even though it's really light on the screen.
The dp is K@Co and the sentiment is a sticker but I can't remember from who.
I inked all edges with Chalk Ink and pen stitched with a fine Prismacolor marker.

I used more of the wonderful dp inside and a message mat.

I just wanted a close up of the beautiful Hannah.
Don't let the sketch put you off, try it and you'll like it, just like they say on Yo Gabba Gabba!! (Mom's of preschoolers will know what I mean :))
I'd love to see what you can do with the sketch.
Katie

2 Cards for you to enjoy!

Happy Wednesday!
I may no longer be on the team at LaLa Lands but these new images were so cute that I wanted to join in with one last card :)
I used the fabulous sketch at Just Us Girls and Incy Wincy wanted you to Bling It Up!

I colored Maya with Copic's and I thnk she may have been out in the sun too much but at least she's in the Valentines "Moo"d!
The papers are Basic Grey from the Infuse Collection.



There are fabulous new Valentines images on their way to the La La Lands store and you won't want to miss them!
To celebrate these new images the team are having a Blog Hop and you can catch all the fun over there.

I also have news on my own challenge blog Cooking It Up With Katie. Last year we did challenges on Thursdays but I've taken on a new DT position and left another and it now works so much better to have the challenges on Wednesdays.
So this week is the 1st challenge on the new day.

The new recipe is:
Not Your Usual Valentine image
Try a technique you've not done before
Add a color challenge from another blog

And of course I'm using some more challenges with this card too!
365 Cards Day 309 had a super sketch
and Day 308 had a great challenge of stamping on ribbon
Rosie Dees had a Free Choice week
The Pink Elephant had a recipe of 2 Designer papers, 3 Buttons and Snowflakes
A Spoon Full of Sugar wanted to see Hearts
Colour Q had a color combo of Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence, Regal Rose, Kiwi Kiss and White
Creative Card Crew wanted to see Distrssing
Digital Tuesday wanted a Valentines card for a loved one

This fantastic image is Blessed Snow Angel and comes from this challenges sponsor, Faith of Designed to Delight. I colored him/her with Copic's.
I used Basic Grey Sultry and Lollipop Shoppe dp.
I used green grosgrain ribbon and Stamps by Judiths stamps and Memento ink.

Inside is more dp and a message mat.

Here is a close up of the image out of the pocket.

I hope you can join in my challenge atCooking It Up With Katie.
Katie

Challenge #2 at The Pixie Cottage

Sorry for the triple post day but it's worth it!
Also remember to click on my photo banner at the top for details of my 20000th hit blog candy!
It's time for another challenge at The Pixie Cottage and this time it's a theme challenge of "Celebrate!"
This means a birthday card, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Wedding, New Baby, really any great occasion fits this!

I used some more current challenges to help me in the creation.
Three Clovers gave me the sketch this week.
Charisma Cardz wanted Delightful Daisies
Scrap Masters Finally Friday wanted Embossing and Layering
Frosted Designs wanted to see you Pop It Up with layers/pop dots etc
Crafty Catz wanted Buttons or Brads
365 Cards Day 240 wanted a decorated pin
Creatalicious had a recipe of scraps of dp (I have tons of those!), new cardstock, and handmade flowers (I wonder who made those daisies! Hee Hee!)
Just Us Girlswanted 3D Flowers
One Stop Craft also had a Celebration theme
Allsortswanted a Furry Friend and I don't know if a cow is really furry but she certainly is cute enough!



I used the super cute cow designed by Alisa Ramirez that you can get at Michelle's Scrapbooking
I colored her with Copic's and matted her on green. Then I embossed a piece of Coredinations cardstock with a Daisy embossing folder and sanded it so the color showed through. Then I added another green mat.
I used the new Martha Stewart Daisy border punch to create a double border and then topped it with ribbon.
I printed the sentiment out and double matted it too. Then I added it to the card with Pop Dots.
Finally I created the pin from a heart jewelry finding from Hobby Lobby and a selection of glass and pearl beads and a premade bow from Offray.
The flowers were punched, sanded and fastened with a brad. Then I folded the petals upwards to add more depth.
The dp is from some DCWV scraps from an old stack.



The inside is more dp with a message mat.



I know she's not really very furry but she sure looks cute and friendly!



The Copic's I used for this card are:
Y11 - Pale Yellow
Y15 - Cadmium Yellow
Y17 - Golden Yellow
C1 - Cool Grey #1
C3 - Cool Grey #3
E93 - Tea Rose

I'd love to see your Celebration cards so please go and create and then post them for us all to see at The Pixie Cottage, you maybe the winner of a new stamp so it's worth a try!
Katie