The Pixie Cottage Challenge #15 - Mothers Day or To A Special Lady

It's Once Upon Wednesday time at The Pixie Cottage and for this challenge we'd love to see your cards for Mothers Day or for a very Special Lady in your life.
We also have a fabulous sketch from Pam and you can use either the sketch, the theme or both to enter!



I have a few other challenges to add to this one:
Crafty Catz - Red and Green and a Punch
Pixie Dust - Green as the main color
Creative Cottage - Going Green
Papercutz - Tags
Paperplay - Stickers
Handfull of Stamps - You're Special to Me
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Your Next Stamp - Stitching
Crafty Pad - Stitching
Allsorts - In Stitches
Sweet Stampin - In Stitches
Magical Crafts - Something for the Girls
Pennys - Open week
Creative Belli - Die Cut Shapes
Alota Rubber Stamps - Mothers Day
Practical Scappers - Floss, Fibers or Ribbons



Card Recipe:
Image - Hannah with Hearts
Papers - My Minds Eye Summer Song
Medium - Copic Markers
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Sentiment - Wordsworth Vellum sticker
Brads - The Paper Studio
Border Punch - Martha Stewart



Inside is more dp and a faux stitched message mat.



Close up of the super cute Hannah.



Here you can see the words of the poem.
I hope you've liked this card and we'd love to see you playing with either the sketch, the theme of both over at The Pixie Cottage!
Katie

Special Guest Designer at Crafty Card Makers

Happy Monday Everyone!
I was surprised and very pleased to be asked to do a Special Guest Spot at Crafty Card Makers. As well as my card you'll get to know a little more about me in my "interview".
Their theme this week is "Desert Island Craft Supplies" and they want you to make a card with supplies you just can't live without.
My supplies are my Copic's (of course :)), my Wild Orchid flowers, my Martha Stewart border punches and my Nesties.

Of course I couldn't do JUST their challenge could I?

Creative Card Crew - Happy Birthday
Tuesday Taggers - Happy Birthday
AI Factory - Happy Birthday
Lord Have Mercy - Sketch
Paper Take - Cutie Pie
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Recipe, Soft Hues, Flowers and Ribbon
Crafts and Me - Color combo of Brown, Pink and Yellow
Annabelle Stamps - Pink and Brown
All That Scraps - Distressing (and a stamp they sell)
Flutterby - Open Week (Butterfly, Angel or Fairy)
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Butterflies
Our Creative Corner - Butterflies
One Stop Craft - Things With Wings
Creative Cottage - Things With Wings
Bizzy Becs - Flowers and Wings
Cute Card Thursday - Touchy Feely
Stamping Vacation Pick 3 - Make something glitter, Something with a leaf on it and Die Cut machine
Meljens - 3D elements
Sundays With Crissy - Make Mine a Combo
Practical Scappers - Floss, Fibers or Ribbons



Card Recipe:
Image - Mimosa with Tulip
Papers - DCVW
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Medium - Copic Markers
Butterfly punches - Marvy
Border punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Printed





I think Mimosa looks super happy and I'd love that flower as a birthday gift!
Drop on by to Crafty Cardmakers and tell us your "Desert Island Craft Supplies".
Katie

Pile It On - Is Spring Finally Here?

Happy Sunday!
It's time for a card with a lot of challenges, yes it's Pile It On time!
This week we are sponsored by Sew Many Cards, home of the Sewn Together animals!
Our theme is Spring, anything that makes you think of Spring, the colors, the weather, the flowers, anything!

Of course at Pile It On we want you to add as many challenges as you can to do your creation!

ABC - Sparkle
KL Stampin N Scrappin - Bling It On
Little Red Wagon - Dry Embossing
Quixotic - Heavy Metal
Dare U2 Digi - Metal
Your Next Stamp - Stitching
Crafty Pad - Stitching
Allsorts - In Stitches
Sweet Stampin - In Stitches
Crafty Angels - Favorite Things
Pennys - Open week
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch
Creative Belli - Die Cut Shapes
Doodle Palace - Funny Animals
Dancing in Pajamas- Photo Inspiration (I chose the dots)
Everybody Art - Paper Patchwork
Cute Card Thursday - Touchy Feely
Stamp Something - Something Layered
Stamping Vacation Pick 3 - Faux stitching, Dry Embossing and Die Cut machine
Sundays With Crissy - Make Mine a Combo
Scrappy Frogs - Pick 3, die cut, embossing, use a digi



Card Recipe:
Image - Sew Many Cards
Paper - My Minds Eye Home collection
Ribbon - Michaels
Brads - The Paper Studio
Embossing folders - Cuttlebug
Shine - Glossy Acccents by Ranger
Sentiment - Printed
Border punch - Martha Stewart



Inside is more dp and a faux stitched message mat.



I think this owl looks very wise and we should all takes his words as gospel! LOL
So get out your Springy supplies, add a few more challenges and come back and Pile It On!
Katie

Digital Delights New Releases and a New Sketch at Delightful Sketches!

Second post of the day and you'll love this one!
It's time for a new release at Digital Delights and this time we are taking you on an Undersea Journey!
These are super cute images, perfect for all those kids cards and scrapbook pages.
We also have a new sketch for you at Delightful Sketches and challenges.



This time we are sponsored by Pink Hedgehog Crafts who are offering a great prize, see the challenge blog for all the details.

I found a few challenges to go with this:
Crafty Calendar - Humorous card
Paper Sundaes - Create a Scene
Stamptacular Sunday - Spots and Dots
Doodle Palace - Funny Animals
Dancing in Pajamas- Photo Inspiration (I chose the dots)



Card Recipe:
Image - Crab by Digital Delights
CS and Papers - DCWV
Markers - Copic
Oregon Raindrops in Denim - The Pink Hedgehog
Buttons - The Paper Studio
Special Techniques - Paper tearing and use of Glossy Accents





This is such a cute image and I hope you love him too!
Katie

Treehouse - 3D or Decoupage/Paper Tole

It's time for another challenge in The Treehouse and this week the challenge is brought to you by ME!
I've a technique challenge for you and I'd like to see the Paper Tole/Decoupage technique on your card.

Crazy Challenge - Don't Call Me Flat
Friends Having Fun - Sketch (turned it a 1/4 turn)
For Fun - Encouraging card
Creative Cottage - Things with Wings



Card Recipe:
Image and Sentiment - Tweety by Treehouse Digitals
Paper - The Paper Studio
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punches - Martha Stewart





In this photo you should be able to see the layers in the image.
It is easy to do this technique with both rubber stamps and digital and I urge you to give it a try :)
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #14 - Buttons - Guest Sketch

Happy Wednesday!
It certainly is a time for change at The Pixie Cottage as we add another dimension to our challenges.
Starting this week we will be having a Special Guest Sketch Artist every other week to share a sketch with you! These are some of the most popular skechers in the card blogging world and you will be amazed at the work they have created for The Pixie Cottage

Starting us off is the artist from the uber (as my DS would say) popular challenge site Midnight Madness, yes it's Priscilla!
She has made this super sketch for us and if you run over to The Pixie Cottage you will see the fabulous card she made with the sketch using the super new Hannah With Butterflies by Sandra Hammer stamp which is one of my favorites!

Here is the exclusive sketch she created for us.



The additional thing we'd like to see this week is Buttons on your card.
Remember you can chose to do the Sketch, the product or both!

I found a few challenges to go with my card:

CRAFT - Buttons
Crafty Anns - Let The Sun Shine In
Teddy Stampers - Spring
Fun 2 Stamp - Flowers
ResQ - Pick at least 2 clues from a puzzle. I chose flowers, square, punch, buttons, pattern, Spring
Just Cute Bears - Flowers
Magical Crafts - Animal Antics
Paper Jewels - Sewing and Buttons
Simple Doodles - Inspire Someone
Raise the Bar - Spring for It
The Pink Elephant - 1 image, 2 dies and 3 of your favorite embellishment (I've actually got 4!)
Wild Flower Patch - Punch It Up and Be Bold



Card Recipe:
Image - Barnie in Spring by ArTish from The Pixie Cottage
Papers - My Minds Eye Summer Song
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cuts - Spellbinders
Buttons - The Paper Studio
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Color Oasis



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



I just hope a bee doesn't come out and sting Barnie on the nose! LOL
I hope you've enjoyed the card, if you have be sure to check out all the other Design Team member creations and maybe have a try at the sketch (or the buttons!) yourself.
Katie

Challenge #15 at Cooking It Up!

It's time for a new challenge over at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog.
Our recipe for this challenge is:

Use a digital image
Add a little Purple (any shade from Lilac to Plum and it only has to be a little splash to count)
Use something 3 times (that could be 3 flowers, 3 different dp's, a 3 word sentiment, your choice as long as it's 3)

I found a few challenges to go along with my own :)

Handfull Of Stamps want you to Digi It
Hanna and Friends want a card with a Scene on it
Papercutz want 3 patterened papers



Card Recipe:
Image - Glitterbabe at Etsy
Paper - The Paper Studio
Flowers - Martha Stewart
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - K&Co

The Business of Life is to Enjoy It - New Pixie Cottage card

Happy Sunday!
Michelle as such great artists designing stamps for The Pixie Cottage stamp line that it is hard to chose which one to work with next!
This is one of the latest creations from Alisa Ramirez and it really is a cutie.

There were so many great challenges around this week that it was easy to find some to help me create this card:

Crafty Creations - Paper Piecing
TSG - Color combo of Lemon Yellow, Grass Green and Aqua
Friday Sketchers - Sketch
Stamp Something - Stitch Something
Sew Many Challenges - Stitching
Our Creative Corner - Bows
Sundays With Crissy - Make Mine a Combo



Card Recipe:
Image - Give Me a Hug by Alisa Ramirez for The Pixie Cottage
Pape - DCWV The Citrus Stack
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment quote - Printed
Punches - The Punch Bunch



Inside is more dp and a faux stitched message mat.



Although I'm more of a cat person that a dog person I really think this is a cute image :)
Katie

Just Because - Relax with Mr Mouse :)

Happy Saturday Everyone!
I hope you are having lovely Spring weather, we are here in Texas, the usual storms have not yet arrived so we are enjoying sunshine and warmer temps. One thing that is not so good though are the dreaded weeds, I feel we are fighting a loosing battle and we've had to resort to spraying them as they just popped up too fast to pull them out.
After an afternoon of yard work I feel the need for a little R & R, just like the little character on my card today.
He is a new image from Meljens Design and he sure is a cutie!

I found a few challenges to go along with him:

Stamp With Fun - 3 Papers, 3 Flowers and 2 Buttons
Mojo Monday - Sketch
The Pink Elephant - Nature
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Green
Creative Cottage - Buttons and Bows
CRAFT - Buttons
By The Cute and Girly - Fairytales (I definitely think a mouse under toadstool would be reading a fairy tale :))
Practical Scrappers want to see markers
Simon Says Stamp want a Card for A Child
Handfull Of Stamps want you to Digi It
Papercutz want 3 patterned papers




Card Recipe:
Image - Mushroom Mouse by Meljens Designs
Paper - My Minds Eye Home collection
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Colorbok
Buttons - Dress It Up by Jesse James



Inside is more of the gorgeous glittered dp and a message mat.



I just love cute this little guy is, he certainly looks like he's enjoying his book.
I hope you can find some "me time" this weekend and do a little of what you really want to do :)
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