Treehouse Stamps - Time for a Color Challenge - Yellow, Lavendar and a Neutral

Happy Thursday!
It's time for another challenge from The Treehouse!
This week the challenge is brought to you by team member Anne Harmon and she would love to see the color combo of Yellow, Lavendar and a Neutral on your creation.

Friday Sketchers - Sketch
Copic Creations - Coloring Flowers
Stampin For The Weekend - Ribbons and Bows
The Town Scrapper - Charms
Crafty Anns - Someone Special
Inky Impressions - Charms
PALS - Flowers



Card Recipe:
Image - Bouquet
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - DCWV
Border Punch - EK Success Daisy Chain and Martha Stewart Double Daisy
Sentiment - Cloud Nine
Brads - The Paper Studio
Charm - Unknown





These are a lovely bouquet and I hope they'll last longer than the real thing!
So now it's your turn, grab your favorite coloring medium, patterned papers and cardstock and get creating!
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #13 - Embossing (wet or dry)

Happy Wednesday!
At the Pixie Cottage we are changing things up a little and are now going to be offering challenges every week!
Also we are changing to a "Take Your Pick" style challenge. We will give you a sketch and a technique/product/theme and you can chose to do one, the other or both!
This week's sketch comes from Senior Team Member Pam.



Along with the sketch we have the technique of Embossing, wet or dry, your choice so please play along with the sketch, technique or both!

Of course I've added a few other challenge too:
Diva Stamper had a photo inspiration with the colors Red, Yellow and Green
ABC were at R is For Red
Praire Fairy want Texture
Raise The Bar want April Showers or not, something to do with Weather (my title fits don't you think?)
Our Creative Corner want Buttons (I hope my chipboard ones count)
No Time To Stamp want Chipboard



Card Recipe:
Image - Down On The Farm by Tina Akonom
Paper - Summer Song by My Minds Eye
Cipboard Buttons - Colorbok
Flowers - Hobby Lobby
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug Swiss Dots
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed





This is such a cute image and it was super to color, be sure to check it out at the store.
So now it's your turn, chose the sketch or chose the technique or choose both!
But be sure to come and play in The Pixie Cottage this week!
Katie

Love and Best Fishes!

Happy Tuesday!
I'm trying to build up my stash of male themed birthday cards and when I want a good man card I always turn to my Dustin Pike images first!
He is a super artist and the humor in his work always makes me smile, I hope it does for you too!

I used a few challenges to help me with this:

I Love Digi wanted 3 papers, 2 brads and 1 embellishment
Alota Rubber Stamps wanted 3 of something, 2 of something and 1 of something else!
Sweet Stampin want a Card for a Man
A Spoonfull of Sugar want One For The Boys
Cards For Men want Humor
Stampin B's want a Funny Card
CCEE want Silly Critters
Charisma want Animal Magic (anyone remember Johnny Morris?)
Magical Crafts want Animal Antics
Our Creative Corner had a Sketch
Pixie Dust want Black, White and another color
My Time To Craft were On The Spot



Card Recipe:
Image - Dustin Pike
Paper - DCWV
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - EK Success
Brads - The Paper Studio
Sentiment - Printed
Bow - Unknown





I printed and colored another image of the fish and bowl and popped it on top to give a more dimension to the card.
The sentiment is a play on the "Love and Best Dishes" that Paula Dean always says at the end of her show and I thought it added just enough humor for it to work with any one.

I hope this card gave you a smile, be back tomorrow for a new Pixie Cottage card and challenge :)
Katie

Spring and Bling with a Swiss Pixie and Kitty's Best Day!

Spring is in the Air, the birds are singing and I'm sure I'll hear the familiar roar of thunder soon in the Texas skies! LOL
No, it's not raining yet but when it does I just carry on crafting!
Spring definitely means storms here but I don't let it get me down and it gives me an excuse to stay at the crafting table a little longer.
So that's why there have been new cards on my blog everyday and why today I have two new ones for you!

Here are the challenges with the 1st card:

All That Scraps want Spring and Bling
Anyone for Anya had a Free Week as long as it was a TGF or CC Design image
Crafts and Me want Fairies or Wings
Tuesday Morning Sketches had a lovely Sketch
Lucys Cards had a Photo Inspiration
Kaboodle want a Digi Girl
Pink Elephant want Nature
Pollycraft say Anything Goes!



Card Recipe:
Image - Heidi among the Flowers
Paper - DCWV The Linen Closet and Nana's Nursery Baby Girl
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punches - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Studio G
Flowers - Prima
Fabric Brad - Making Memories
Rhinestones - $1 spot





I really love this image, I won it in a challenge, and am always happy to use it.
Heidi looks so sweet in those flowers and no matter what color you chose it always seems to look right.


Now on to the second one.
I've been a fan of Meljen Designs since using her designs with My Grafico.
Not that's she's branched out on her own I just had to get my hands on some of her new imges and take them for a test drive! LOL
She has a new website with instant downloads and the cutest of images.

I'm trying my hand at the following challenges with this card:
Meljens Designs have an Anything Goes theme
Drunken Stampers want No Designer Paper
Allsorts want No DP either
Crafty Cardmakers wanted you to Challenge Yourself and using no dp for me is a HUGE challenge!
Sweet Sketch Sunday had a Super Sketch
Sweet Stampin want a Card for a Man
Cards For Men want Humor
Stampin B's want a Funny Card
Sophisicats had a Raining Cats and Dogs theme
CCEE want Silly Critters
Charisma want Animal Magic (anyone remember Johnny Morris?)
Magical Crafts want Animal Antics



Card Recipe:
Image: Tom Cat goes Fishing, Meljens Designs Group Freebie
DP - NONE!
Embossing Folders - Cuttlebug
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Dewdrops - Robins Nest
Sentiment - Printed
Flower Brad - Queen and Co





I hope you enjoyed my two cards today and when the grey skies come I'll be ready with my scoring board in one hand and my glue gun in another and I'll face it like a woman! LOL
Katie

Pile It On - Easel Cards

Happy Easter,
It's Sunday so that means another chance to Pile It On!
This week we have a super sponsor, Soft Pencil


and our challenge to you is to make an Easel Card. These are very popular and super easy to make.

As this is Pile It On we want you to add more challenges to your card and these are mine this week:

Mojo Monday - Sketch
Pollycraft - Recipe of 4 x Papers, 3 x Embellishments, 2 x Ribbon/Lace and 1 x Image
Scrappy Frogs - Pick 3, Plaid, Die Cuts, Digi
Simple Doodles - Layers
Daring Cardmarkers~ Diamonds
Just Scraps - New Beginnings and Pastels
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Just Add Ink - Anything
PaperTake - Free Week
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes week
Meljens Designs - Anything Goes
For Fun - Anything Goes
Twisted Thursday - Anything Goes
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Colour Create - Pastels
The Pink Elephant - Pastels



Card Recipe:
Image - Bride and Groom from Soft Pencil
Paper - DCWV The Linen Closet
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - 7 Gypsies
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Deep Garden Lattice
Pearls - $1 Spot





I love easel cards and I think for a Wedding card they make it even more special for the couple to display.
I hope you like the card and will try an easel card too and make sure you enter it at Pile It On!
Katie

It's Time for my favorite technique - Paper Piecing of course!

Happy Saturday Everyone!
It's one of those "Just Because" cards and this one sure is a sweet one!
When I started scrapbooking almost 12 years ago there weren't very many products to be found and so it really was a technique driven hobby.
I met a scrapping buddy and through her I learnt how to paper piece. Soon I was cutting smaller and smaller pieces, glueing them and then pen stitching all around them. There was barely a page that didn't have a hand created character on it.
Then things changed, products were available everywhere, premade pages, 3D accents, all the things I'd spent hours making before were available to just "peel and stick". The art of the tiny scissors went the way of the wind.
Then I started cardmaking about a year and a half ago and I realized that the stampers were quietly keeping this technique going like a little secret society:)
It was a revelation to me and a joy!
Now I try and do a little cutting at least once a week and this is one of those weeks :)

It helped that one of my favorite blogs had this as a challenge this week amongst the others on this card:

La La Lands want Paper Piecing
Creative Cottage want Pretty Pink
Stamp Something want Pink Something
Jacksonbelle had a 123 recipe of 1 Black item, 2 Punched items and 3 Circles
Try It Out Tuesday had a Sketch
The Cuttlebug Spot want Pink and Green



Card Recipe:
Image - Sweet Lala
Paper - Imaginisce Fairest of Them All
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - Studio G
Pearls - Queen & Co
Border Punches - Martha Stewart





I hope you can see the paper piecing on Lala's dress.
She sure is sweet with her big blue eyes and I'm sending a wave over to all the Lala Girls!
Katie

A new Digital Delights card and it's Freebie Friday!

Happy 1st Friday of the Month!!!
You know what that means? It's Freebie Friday time at Digital Delights!
This month we have this super cute image for you :)



Just a reminder that you can now find the freebies at our groups at Papercraft Planet and SNR Card Universe All you have to do is join one or both of our groups and the image is yours. You can find it under the subject Freebie Friday in the discussions area!!) Be sure to become a follower of the groups of your choice so you can be sure to keep up to date with our fun happenings!!

Now if you've been following the Freebies for a while you may remember the image I used in the next card, it's Party Pippin and he was the New Year Freebie!

I used him along with the following challenges:


Bee Crafty wanted a Birthday card (with a digi)
Digital Tuesday wanted you to Scrap It
The Wildflower Patch wanted A Birthday Wish
Colour Q had the combo of Certainly Celery, Bermuda Blue, Lavendar Lace and Lovely Lilac
Doodle Palace want you to use Black
IC Sketches had a Sketch



Card Recipe:
Image - Party Pippin
Paper - DCWV Nana's Nursery and Nana'a Kids
Medium - Copic Markers
Rhinestones - $1 spot
Sentiment - Studio G
Gloss - Glossy Accents by Ranger





Now isn't Pippin a cutie? He's perfect for all sorts of Happy Occasion cards and I hope you've enjoyed this one.
So remember to join the group and grab the freebie and get creating with Digital Delights!
Remember too that our Buttons and Bling challenge is still running at Delightful Sketches and Challenges.
Have a great day and be sure to check my blog daily as there are new cards posted everyday, why not become a follower so you don't miss out on a thing!
Katie

Buttons and Bling! - New Digital Delights Challenge

I said there'd be three and I wasn't fooling!!!LOL
It's time for another challenge at Delightful Sketches and Challenges and this week we'd like to see your Buttons and your Bling!

This week we are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp so make sure you join in for a chance to win!

As usual I found a couple of other challenges to help me with this card:

Corrosive wanted Easter or Spring
Everybody Art wanted Spring
Totally Gorjuss want Hearts
One Stop Craft were Feeling Fruity
Basic Grey were Tutti Fruity
Our Creative Corner had the perfect sketch




Card Recipe:
Image - Briley
Paper - Basic Grey Nook and Pantry
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Prima
Border punches - Martha Stewart
Chipboard Button - Unknown
Rhinestones - Unknown
Ribbon - Michaels
Sentiment - Studio G



Inside is a message mat with coordinating punched border.



Doesn't Briley look sweet in her overalls?
So now it's your turn, grab your buttons and bling and enter the challenge, you could be our winner!
Katie

Treehouse Stamps - Get into the Spotlight!

Here is the second card for today.
This time we are in The Treehouse and our challenge was set by the wonderful Kelly
She wanted us to try the Spotlight technique.

This was a new technique for me and if you'd like to see a tutorial there is one at Split Coast Stampers that really helped me.

I had another couple of challenges to help me make this card:

Cupcake Inspirations had Sweet Flowery Cupcakes
The Crafty Pad want Yellow, Orange and Green
Sweet Stampin had a great sketch
Raise The Bar had an April Fool theme and wanted to see a technique/project you usually shy away from, well this is certainly one of those cards!
Copic Colour wanted R17, Y13 and YG21



Card Recipe:
Image - Sea Turtle Friend
Paper - The Paper Studio Gabi's Garden
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts





Here you can see where I "spotlit" the shell on the turtle.
So I'd love to see you give this a try!
Katie

Lily Boo Too Challenge - Spring has Sprung

Happy April 1st!
I'm not fooling about today as I have 3 posts to come so I better get started!
Over at Lily Boo we have a super new challenge for you. We'd like to see your creations with the Springy colors of yellows, light greens and add a little blossom!!

Here are the other challenges that go with this card:

Sassy Susie wants a Spring Garden
Rosie Dees want you to Think Spring
Corrosive want Spring
Tuesday Throwdown want Spring too
Glue Scissors Paper say Spring is in The Air and want Handmade flowers too
Fab N Funky have a Spring theme too
Everybody Art wanted Spring too




Card Recipe:
Image - Toddler Boys Collection
Paper - Martha Stewart
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - Offray
Flower Punch - EK Success
Metal circle tag - Making Memories
Sentiment - Printed



Inside is more dp and a faux stitched message mat.



Don't you wish you were here?
I'd love to see your cheery Spring projects so be sure to enter at Lily Boo Too!

Katie