Digital Delights - Have a Magical Birthday!

It's time for another showcase of cards over at Digital Delights!
The team have a glorious selection for you this week so be sure to drop by and show them some love.

My card features a real cutie and I found a few challenges that worked for him too.

Truly Scrumptcious - Sketch (and golden oldie option)
I Did It - Cute
Stamp Something - Photo Inspiration
Your Next Stamp - Birthdays
Crafty Cardmakers - Birthdays
Allsorts - Primary Colors
Crafty Ho's - Primary Colors
Stamping With The Dragon - Yellow, Blue and Green
Whoopsi Daisy - Blue and Green
Crazy 4 Challenges - Cupcakes
Donna's Den - Something Sweet
Stamping Vacation - Pick 3, I picked "something with blue on it", "Patterned paper with yellow", "Image with a hand on it"
Alphabet Challenge - O is for Oval
One Stitch At A Time - Mystical
By The Cute and Girly - Animal Antics
Ooh La La - Spots and Dots



Card Recipe:
Image - Augustus the Dragon
Paper - K&Co Citronella
Medium - Copic Markers
Glitter - Stickles
Sentiment - Printed





I hope you like him as much as I do and I really hope you'll drop by Digital Delights to see the other creations.

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #31 - Fancy Fold

It's time for another new sketch from Pam at The Pixie Cottage and a new technique challenge to go along with it!



This is a fairly simple sketch as we'd like you to also make the card with a "Fancy Fold"! This can be an easel card, a gatefold, a z- fold, anything other than the regular one fold card. Of course you can just do the sketch but it wouldn't be a challenge without a little thinking would it! LOL
You don't have to use a Pixie Cottage Stamp to enter but if you do have why not try out!
Remember you can use the sketch, the theme or both and can combine our challenge with any others you like!

Challenges:
Digi Doodle Shop - Use Your Favorite Stamp
Craft Your Days Away - Favorite Thing
Sentiment Sundays - Anything Goes
Drunken Stampers - Masking
Pixie Dust - Buttons
Crafty Catz - Buttons and Bows
Curtain Call - Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Early Expresso, Very Vanilla
Cupcake Inspirations - Brown and Orange/Peach cupcakes
Creative Stamp Friends - Friends
Our Creative Corner - Embossing
Penny's - Anything Goes
Rosie Dees = More Than One Fold
Anything Goes - Folds
Crazy Challenge - Forest Friends/Back to Nature



Card Recipe:
Image - Apple Hannah by Sandra Hammer and Orchid Park by ALota Rubber Stamps
Paper - K&Co
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Prima
Border Punch - Martha Stewart and Fiskars



This is the card open.



There is a panel on the back for the message.



Here is a close up of the image. I masked the two images together and love how well they work together.
We'd love to see you over at The Pixie Cottage!

Prairie Kids 2nd Card - Fall Blessings

It's time for my second card from the new clear stamp set by Wendy Hall called Prairie Kids.



Card Recipe:
Image: Prairie Kids by Clear Dollar Stamps and Digital Delights
Paper: Bo Bunny
Medium : Copic Markers
Flowers - Martha Stewart





I think this will get you in the mood for some cooler days, certainly anything is better than the 100's we've been having LOL

La La Lands Blog Hop WINNER!!

Thanks to everyone who entered and left a comment.
There were 37 comments and the winning one was......drum roll please......

#16 Margreet!

Now just email me through the link on the sidebar and I'll get your details over to Irina at La La Lands Crafts for your prize!

Thanks again to everyone and be sure to check back here this week for some more new cards to see!

La La Lands Beach Bash Blog Hop!

As you may remember I was a guest for a couple of months at La La Lands Crafts and I was super excited when they asked me to join in their Anniversary blog hop!
It is a week long event and the theme of today's game is "What Toys Did LaLa take to the Beach?"
You need to follow through the hop until you find LaLa at the beach and then follow the instructions on that blog to submit your answer!
We have lots of fun cards for you to see along the way so be sure to check out all the fabulous creations.

If you came to me from Paul Ford's blog then you are on the right track, if not then hop back to La La Lands blog to start at the beginning.
Be sure to hop to ALL the blogs taking part and leave a little love as there will be a special prize drawing at the end of the week from the comments left. So the more blogs you visit and comment on the better your chance of winning!

Now on to the card, it has a few challenges added to it as usual:

Sweet Stampin - Sketch
Friends Having Fun - Sunset, Sea and Palm color combo
Incy Wincy - Summer Fun
Crafty Calendar - Summer
Crafty Ann's - Lazy Hazy Days of Summer
Getting Creative with Ann - Are You Thirsty?
My Time To Craft - Cake or Drink
Paper Sundaes - Stitching
Creative Craft - Animal Antics
Stampin B's - Use a Dog image



Card Recipe:
Image - Summer Lucky
Paper - Where the Heart Is My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Bo Bunny
Border and Corner Punch - Martha Stewart





Something else that is super exciting is a brand new member of the LaLa Lands family! Irina has put up a new digi image for release and it's very special as it's her very own image. She'll only be available as a digi during the bash so go get your hands on her and be sure to keep on the lookout for new stamps featuring the super sweet Marci!



Now you've seen my card and had a little it's time to head on over to Kim's blog and keep on the lookout for LaLa at the beach with her toys!
Have fun and good luck with the drawing.

Digital Delights New Releases - Wedding and Fairytale!

It's new release day at Digital Delights and boy do we have some fun images for you today!
We have 2 collections in one with images for Weddings and for Fairytales too (definitely go together don't you think?). I got to work with super Princess Shona and you'll see her below. Be sure to go and check out all the team's creations at the Digital Delights blog too!

Challenges:

Repeat Impressions - Sketch
Daring Cardmakers - Girl Thing
Creative Card Crew - Cute and Girly
Pollycraft - Fit For A Princess
Allsorts - Dressing Up
Riase the Bar - Sticker
Crafty Cardmakers - Punches



Card Recipe:
Image - Princess Shona Digital Delights
Paper - Kaiser Craft Devonshire
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - K&Co
Chipboard Corners - Colorbok
Border Punch - Threading Water by Fiskars






I love this image and hope you do too!
Be sure to check out the whole new release at Digital Delights!

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #30 - Feeling Blue - Guest Sketch

It's time for another Once Upon A Wednesday at The Pixie Cottage and another sketch from a fabulous Special Guest Sketcher. This time it is the mega talented Jacqui Dennis! . Jacqui is a super busy lady working on fabulous teams like Whiff of Joy, Lili of the Valley, Crafter's Companion, Wild Orchid Crafts, Just Magnolia, A Spoon Full of Sugar and Penny Black! I don't know how she does it all.
Well she found time in that schedule to create a sketch just for us here at The Pixie Cottage.




Along with the sketch we have the added option of "Feeling Blue" where we'd simply like to see you use the color blue somewhere on your card!
You don't have to use a Pixie Cottage Stamp to enter but if you do have why not try out!
Remember you can use the sketch, the theme or both and can combine our challenge with any others you like!

Challenges:
Dutch Dare - Anything Goes
Riase the Bar - Sticker
Basic Grey - Stitching (and BG)
Paper Sundaes - Stitching
The Shabby Tea Room - Photo Inspiration (I chose the colors)
Totally Stampalicious - Inside Out
Practical Scrappers - Favorite Product (patterned paper)



Card Recipe:
Image - Whispering Maisy and Matt
Paper - Basic Grey Two Scoops
Medium - Copic Markers
Glitter Flowers - Colorbok
Fabric Brads - Spare Parts
Sentiment - Cloud 9





This is such a cute image and I love the blue and green tones to the papers.
I hope to seeing getting a little "blue" and playing along with us at The Pixie Cottage!

Cooking It Up #23 - Paper Piece A Fruity Circle!

It's time for another challenge at Cooking It Up With Katie and this week we are sponsored by the fabulous Robyn's Fetish!

The recipe for the challenge is:

Get Fruity
Circles
Paper Piecing

And I added a few more to my card too:

Dutch Dare - Anything Goes
Paper Play - Anything Goes
Our Creative Corner - Sketch
Lexi's - Paper Piecing
Bee Crafty - All About The Image (do something other than just color the image)
One Stop Crafts - Patterns
Die Cut Dreams - Gingham
Teddy Stampers - More than 1 shape (square, rectangle and circles (the brads))
Stepel Magie - Circles (the brads)
One Stitch At A Time - Pink
Creative Card Crew - Cute and Girly
Stempeltraeume - Photo Inspiration



Card Recipe:
Image - Cutie Patootie Bear
Paper - K&Co Berry Sweet
Medium - Copic Markers
Brads - Target $1 spot
Flowers - Prima
Sentiment - KI Memories





I paper pieced her dress, pockets and flowers.
I hope you like her and I'd love to see you have a go at the challenge too!
We are starting with weekly challenges so there are many more chances to win!

Lily Boo Too - Anything Goes!

It's time for another monthly challenge at Lily Boo Too and this month it's easy as the theme is ANYTHING GOES!!!
You MUST use a Lily Boo image to play so grab your favorite at Cuddly Buddy or there are TONS of FREEBIES to found just by clicking HERE

Challenges:

AI Factory - Christmas
Tuesday Taggers - Christmas
Tuesday Throwdown - Christmas
Tellens Place - Christmas
Lil Red Wagon - Christmas
Stamp Something - Christmas
Our Creative Corner - Christmas
Auds Sentiments - Christmas Sentiment
Cupcake Craft - Pastel Christmas
Pixie Dust - Blue, Grey/Silver and White
Kah Wink E Dink - Anything Goes as long as it's Cool (what's cooler than a snowman?)
Thoughtful Thursdays - Weather
Just Inspirational - Sketch



Card Recipe:
Image - Lily Boo
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Walmart
Flowers - Colorbok





So grab your favorite Lily Boo image (or grab a freebie to play with) and comes and join in!

Pile It On - Butterflies, Bugs and Bees

It's another challenge at Pile It On and this week we have the fabulous sponsor by Digital Delights.
We have a great Summer theme and it's really something that buzzes and flies! LOL
We want to see your Butterflies, Bugs and Bees on your projects.

Challenges:

Stamp and Create - Stitching
Anything Goes - Punches
Digi Doodle Shop - Punches or Die Cuts
Crazy Challenge - Birthdays
Ooh La La - Birthday
Partytime Tuesday - Anything Goes Birthdays
Stampin Bees - Birthday Card
Paper Romance - Birthday
Totally Stampalicious - Birthday
PearTree Designs - Birthdays
Caardvarks - Birthdays
Cowgirl Sunday - Bugs or Animals
Paper Pretties - Glitter
Meljens - Sketch
Challenge Up Your Life - Celebrations
One Stop Crafts - Patterns
Creative Inspirations - Animals
Alphabet Challenge - N for Nature




Card Recipe:
Image - Digital Delights
Paper - Target $1 spot (last year or the year before!)and DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Printed
Punches - Martha Stewart





Hopefully you can see how I colored another basket and popped it on top for dimension.