The Pixie Cottage Challenge #37 - Fun and Games

This week we have fabulous sketch from former team member Pam over at The Pixie Cottage and it's so versatile that I know you are going to want to use it.



We have the additional theme of "Fun and Games" so if you picked up the free digital image from last week's challenge then you have no excuses, you have to come and play with us! You can interpret the theme however you like, I chose to go with a birthday card for a child, they always have fun and play games don't they? LOL

Challenges:

Sisterhood of Crafters - Birthdays
Creative Cottage - Birthday Boy
AI Factory - Card for a Boy
Simple Doodles - Color Me With Dots
Tanda Stamps - Blue and Green
Fairy Fun - Embossing
Sew Many Challenges - Embossing
Crafty Pad - Embossing
Totally Papercrafts - Happy Birthday
Daring Cardmakers - Come Fly With Me (the balloons)
Secret Crafter - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - Stitching
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Anything Goes
Tuesday Taggers - It Takes All Sorts (open challenge)
Flourishes - Celebration



Card Recipe:
Image - Birthday Boy by Eileen Gutierrez
Paper - Basic Grey Oliver and Origins
Medium - Copic Markers
Embossing folder - Sizzix
Ribbon - Michaels
Sentiment - The Paper Studio
Dew Drops - Robins Nest





I had fun with the extras on this one. I airbrushed the background and then added a little paper piecing with the embossed balloons, I thought it looked cute :)
He certainly looks like he is having a good time and I hope you'll join in and have fun with us too this week!

It's Your Turn for the Remote - Card for my Dad

Happy Saturday Everyone!
We have a very busy day ahead with a special "Meet the players, have some fun and some food" event at the Frisco Roughriders Baseball that our daughter was invited to after being recognized as an "Educational MVP" at her school.
Then as soon as that is done we'll be whizzing back home for the England V US game, with lots of loud shouting and maybe a few beers too! Then tomorrow morning hubby and our oldest son go off to Scout Camp for a week so there will be all the last minute stuff to finish for that, I'll be in need of a break too!
So yesterday I managed to make the card that is now winging its way "across the pond" to my Dad in England (don't worry he doesn't check my blog)
It is a lot more simple than my usual cards as postage is so expensive for the square, lumpy, bumpy cards especially Air Mail. And also every time I send a square card home it takes weeks instead of days.

Challenges:
The Shabby Tea Room - Just For Dad
Cards For Men - Fathers Day
Double Dutch - Fathers Day
Tellens Place - Fathers Day
Tanda Stamps - Fathers Day
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Fathers Day
Simple Doodles - Just for You Dad
One Stitch at a Time - Boys to Men
Creative Craft Challenges - For The Man in Your Life
Always Playing With Paper - Fathers Day (their very first challenge!)
Paper Cutz - Fathers Day
Drunken Stampers - Fathers Day
Incy Wincy - Paper Piecing a digi
Just For Fun - Olive, Light Blue and Tan




Card Recipe:
Image - Dad's Remote from The Digi Shack
Paper - DCWV The Guy Stack
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed in Harrington font



I thought I'd add a little special surprise inside :)



Here is a close up of the paper piecing.
I actually used the same image last year for the card for my hubby so I think I better find a different one for him this year ;)
Have a wonderful weekend!