Happy Saturday Evening!
Tonight it's a super event over at The Crafters Cafe where they are holding a "Digi Days" celebration!
The theme for the challenge is "Wrap It Up" where they want to see your gift bags and boxes!
I went with a favorite of mine, the bag in a box, and made these ones in a mini size, perfect for little favors.
I decorated them with the brand new "Wise Men" from Digital Delights in the great precolored version which is perfect for super quick crafting.
Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (bling as an option)
Dream Valley - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Allsorts - Anything But Square
Crazy 4 Challenges - Wrap It Up (gift box or bag)
Scrap, Stamp and Doodle - Wrap it Up
Paper Crafting Journey - Use a Digi
2 Sisters - Ribbon
One Stop Crafts - 3 of Something (3 bags, 3 Kings)
Project recipe:
Image - Wise Men Pre-colored version
Paper - Cherry Limeade by DCWV
Ribbon - Unknown
Silver Cardstock - American Crafts
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Die Cut - Spellbinders
We'd love to see you over at The Crafters Cafe for the chatting and fun so be sure to drop by!
Katie
It's the 1st Thursday of the month and that means new releases for Digital Delights!
Challenges:
Come and Get It - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (bling as an option)
Raise The Bar - Sew What (real or faux stitching)
Christmas Card Challenges - Christmas (option of liquid applique)
One Stitch At A Time - Christmas
Anything Goes - Stitching (real or faux)
Card Recipe:
Image - Santa and Poppet
Sentiment - Christmas Set
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - A Homemade Christmas by DCWV
Doily Die - English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
This image so reminds me of Christmas's past with visits to see Jolly Old St Nick.
I hope you like it too.
Katie
It's Wednesday so that means another super challenge at The Pixie Cottage
This week we have a sketch and the theme is "Get Started, Make a Christmas Card!"
Remember you can use the sketch or the theme or both!
Challenges:
Come and Get It - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (bling as an option)
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes (with trim, twine, ribbon etc)
Meljens - Christmas
Christmas Card Challenges - Christmas (option of liquid applique)
One Stitch At A Time - Christmas
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Christmas (must use ribbon)
Allsorts - Christmas Easel
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - For Someone Special
Our Creative Corner - Fancy Folds
Craft Your Passion - Bingo! (I chose Pearls, Free and Ribbon)
Anything Goes - Stitching (real or faux)
Card Recipe:
Image - Hannah with Candle
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - A Homemade Christmas by DCWV
Tree Die Cut - Accucut
Embossing Folder - Snowflakes by Basic Grey for Sizzix
Metallic Cardstock - American Crafts
Sentiment - Hobby Lobby
Pearls - The Paper Studio
Ribbon - Michaels
Puffy Paint - Tulip
This is this weeks great sketch!
I thought the sketch translated very well to an easel style card (one of my team mates did too so it must be try! LOL).
As it is Christmas card season that means time to get out the Puffy Paint, one of my favorite ways to add dimension for snow, fur etc.
I hope you enjoyed it and will be coming over to play with us at The Pixie Cottage this week.
Katie
Get out your aprons and come along and play with us at Cooking It Up With Katie
Our ingredients to include this week are:
Anything
But a
Card!
Challenges:
Hiding In My Craftroom - Anything Goes
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Come and Get It - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (bling as an option)
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes (with trim, twine, ribbon etc)
Bunny Zoe - Lace
My Grafico - Come Out Of The Box (I think they want you to make a box, a little unclear wording)
Scrappekammeret/Chamber Maids - Make or Alter a Box
Bearly Mine - Anything But A Card (2 entries only)
Dream Valley - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Crop Stop - Unique Fold
One Stop Craft - No Sentiments
Unstampabelles - Fall/Autumn (no stamping)
Craft Your Days Away - Autumn
Cutie Sunday - Autumn Colors
The Shabby Tearoom - Homespun Fall (photo inspiration)
Cupcake Inspirations - Photo Inspiration (fall colors, pumpkins, leaves)
Going Grey - Pumpkins
Celebrate the Occasion - Fall (must have a Pumpkin)
Desert Island Crafts - Pick at least 3 from 10 (I picked Fall, Lace, Pumpkins, Punches)
Belli - 1,2,3,4 (I chose 1 type of ribbon, 2 types of trim, 3 different punches and 4 tags)
Simon Say Stamp - Buttons
Crafting For All Seasons - Texture
Box Recipe:
Paper - Countryside Villa and Natural Botanical stacks by The Paper Studio
Images - We R Memory Keepers Die Cuts
Wooden Accents - Michaels
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Border Punches - Martha Stewart
Trim and Lace - Wrights
Ribbon - Offray
Buttons - Unknown
This was a super simple box to construct, I got out my trusty Scor-Pal, scored a few lines and was done, all that was left to do was decorate. It felt different not to do any stamping or coloring but I had had these die cuts for so long that I thought it was finally time to get them used :)
I really like how it turned out and hope you do to.
We'd really like you to step away from cards this week and come and show us a different project this week at Cooking It Up With Katie!
Katie
This week Scor-Pal are teaming up with Bo Bunny to showcase a wonderful selection of projects using the gorgeous new paper and embellishment collections.
You know how much I love my Scor-Pal and use it almost every time I craft.
Well I also have a new love and that is the Welcome Home Collection from Bo Bunny.
It is one of my favorite color palettes, green and aqua, and the soft subtle patterns and the homespun feel make it a sure fire winner for me.
I decided to make my version of an Explosion Box but started with a 12" by 12" sheet of cardstock scoring at 4" and 8" and then rotating a 1/4 turn and scoring again at 4" and 8".
I then removed the 4 outer squares for the base. The lid was a piece of cardstock 6 1/8" square and all 4 sides scored at 1".
Be sure to check out the Scor-Pal blog and Bo Bunny blog for creations every day this week.
Project Recipe:
Papers and all Embellishments - Welcome Home Collection by Bo Bunny
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
The lid has a rosette made using 12" by 1 1/2" strips of patterned paper. The strips were punched with the heart border punch and scored between each heart. I love the different look each different border punch gives to this simple rosette.
Each side is adorned with a different chipboard sentiment.
Here is the inside view. I made a mini album to match the box and it fits great in the box.
The album pages are all 4" square and held together with a mini binder ring.
The paper lent itself very well to a mini album with different accents on the paper working great in the mini size.
Here are the different pages, ready for your family photos and memories.
The back page has the perfect sentiment, don't you think.
I love how this turned out and I can't wait to add photos to it.
I hope you have enjoyed this and be sure to check out all the other wonderful projects from both the Scor-Pal and Bo Bunny design teams :)
I'm entering it in the following challenges:
My Grafico - Come Out Of The Box (I think they want you to make a box, a little unclear wording)
Bearly Mine - Anything But A Card (2 entries only)
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Come and Get It - Anything Goes
Hiding In My Craftroom - Anything Goes
Katie
