The Pixie Cottage Challenge #82 - Say It With Flowers

It's another "Once Upon A Wednesday" over at The Pixie Cottage
This week we want you to get into the craftroom and create something with the theme "Say It With Flowers"

Of course we also have a wonderful sketch if you'd like to use that.

Challenges:
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Frosted Designs - Coloring
The Poodles Parlour - Round and Round The Garden (3 entries only)
2 Sisters - Color Combo (chocolate chip, regal rose, pink pirouette, certainly celery and very vanilla)
Sentimental Sundays - Flowers
Cupcake Crafts - Sewing
Incy Wincy - Something Old and Something New (the stamp is old and the paper is new)

Card Recipe:
Image - Simply The Best by ARTish
Paper - Watercolor Bouquet by K and Co
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Making Memories
Sentiment - K and Co
Doily Die - French Pastry by Cheery Lynn Designs
Pearls - The Paper Studio

This was this weeks fabulous sketch.

I've had this lovely rose stamp for ages and never used it on a card as I was afraid of coloring it correctly. But I had a go and while I know it needs a lot more work on the shading at least it's seen the light of day! LOL
We'd love to see you "Say It With Flowers" this week too at The Pixie Cottage
Katie

Cuddly Buddly #5 - Petals and Pearls

It's Friday and time for another challenge from Team Cuddly at Cuddly Buddly!
This week we want to see Petals and Pearls so it's time to go girly!
It was my week with the designs from Bits Of Ivory and I decided to go with colored clip art and a coordinating paper and sentiment.

Challenges:
Clear It Out - Anything Goes
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Creative Craft World - Anything But Birthday
Crazy Challenge - Ribbon (2 entries)
Stampin Bee's - Ribbon
Anything Goes - Pick Of The Bunch (flowers)
Paper Pretties - No Markers
Amber's Crafts - Patterned Paper (1 entry only)
Crafts and Me - Ribbon
Creative Craft Challenges - 3D or Decoupage

Card Recipe:
Image - Kitchen Garden by Bits of Ivory
Sentiment - Garden Vignettes by Bits of Ivory
Paper - Cottage Collection in Poppy by Cuddly Buddly
Doily Dies - French Pastry and English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts and Treasures by Shabby Chic
Pearls - Recollections
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - Stash

I printed two copies of the clip art and cut them both out. Then I popped up just the fruit part on the second part for more dimension. I used two different doily dies to mat them on and added flowers in a semi circle. I added pearls to the punched border and was all done!
I hope you enjoy this one and will be coming by to play with us at Cuddly Buddly this week :)
Katie

Digital Delights - Will You Be My Gnomeo?

It's time for more new cards from the super team over at Digital Delights
This week I went with the super cute Mr Gnome and made a fun romantic card.

Challenges:
Clear It Out - Anything Goes
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
Papercutz - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes (with a digi)
Crafty Emma's - Humor
Shopping Our Stash - Buttons, Blooms and Bananas! (chose 1 or more, 13 challenges max)
Creative Craft World - Anything But Birthday
My Mum's Craft Shop - Fab N Funky (well I think he's both!)
Truly Scrumptious - Buttons and Bows

Card Recipe:
Image - Mr Gnome
Paper - Hometown Summer by Pink Paislee
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Will You Be My Gnomeo?
Heart Buttons - Dress It Up
Spotted Button - The Paper Studio
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Felt Hearts and Chipboard Corner - Colorbok

I hope you like this funny little guy, I just love him!
Be sure to drop by the blog at Digital Delights to see what other wonderful creations the team have made.
Also to get a start on your Christmas cards Wendy has a sale on Christmas Images that you really should check out!
Katie

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Get Your Sewing On!

I hope all my American friends had a wonderful and safe 4th of July, we enjoyed hot Texas weather, a good brisket and of course a few cold ones!
Now the Holiday is over it's back to regular programming and as it's Tuesday that means a new card for the A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge!
This week is a super easy one, we just want to see some stitching on your card and it can be machine, hand or faux, it's up to you!

Challenges:
Allsorts - Free and Easy (3 entries only)
Digi's With Attitude - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Something Digi
One Stitch At A Time - Use a Digi
2 Sisters - Birthday
Birthday Sundaes - Anything Goes Birthday
Pollycraft - Celebrations
Emerald Faeries - All Things Girly (3 entries only)
CRAFT - Gardening
A Gem of A Challenge - Sketch
Diva's by Design - Punches or Dies
4 Crafty Chicks - Stitching
Totally Papercrafts - Bingo! (I chose Punches, flowers and Gems)
Desert Island Crafters - Pick at least 3 (I chose Copic's, Nesties and Ribbon)

Card Recipe:
Image - Gardening Kaela
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Webster's Pages Collection
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Deep Edge Garden Trellis
Die Cut - Oval Square Label
Ribbon - The Whimsey Cottage
Gems - Treasures by Shabby Chic
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - Birthday Wishes by Karen Foster Design

I think this little image of Kaela is so sweet and to finish it off I drew in a little wall for her to be sitting on.
Gardening was (and still is) such a big part of my life, learning all about the seeds and plants and trees from my Nana and it's nice to have such a cute card to remember those moments by.
And another reminder of Nana is this challenge, stitching, as she was a super seamstress in her day so Nana, this one's for you!
Please come along and share your stitched creation with us this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar.
Katie

Super News!!! Cuddly Buddly has a Digi Challenge!! #1 - "A Brand New..."

You'll remember a few weeks ago I announced that I was part of the new challenge team at Cuddly Buddly and today is the day of the 1st challenge!
Challenges will be each Friday but we are two teams, Cuddly and Buddly!, and so you'll see a card from me every other week.
You need to use a Cuddly Buddly digital project to enter but there are tons of FREEBIES so there is no reason not to play :)
We will have winners each week, all the details are on the Cuddly Buddly blog
Now to this very 1st challenge, I had the honor of choosing the theme and in the spirit of the new challenge and team members I've chosen the theme of "A Brand New ...". You can make a card for a new baby, new home, new start (graduation), wedding or maybe just using brand new products or a technique that is brand new to you!
Plenty of ideas for this one and we really want to see you play along.

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Forever Friends - Birthday's (with an animal)
Fresh Brewed - Birthday or Party
Crafts and Me - Birthdays
Truly Scrumptious - Things With Wings
Bunny Zoe's - Fairies
2 Sisters - Fairies
Flutterby - Open (with a Fairy, Angel or Butterfly)
Stamps R Us - There Was A Little Girl...
4 Crafty Chicks - Stitching
Craft Your Passion - Use Red
Scrappy Frogs - Red
Creative Stamp Friends - Dots
Hooked On Crafts - Flowers
Digital Tuesday - Flowers
KB Cute Monday - Flowers
Ooh La La - Summer Flowers
My Mum's Craft Shop - Something Old, Something New (punch and brads are old, the image, papers and team are new!)
Stamp With Sarah Kay - More than 3 layers
Scrapbook Sisters - Summer Fun

Card Recipe:
Image - Twinkly Fairies Strawberry Sweet by Cuddly Buddly
Papers - Cottage Garden by Cuddly Buddly and Toby Tumbles Hearts and Flowers by Pachela Studios for Cuddly Buddly
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Edge Punch Daisy
Ribbon - The Whimsey Cottage
Fabric Brads - K and Co
Sentiment - Printed in Black Boyz on Mopeds

I'm the first to admit that I shied away from digital papers for a long while as we in US have such an easily available selection of tangible papers that I didn't feel the need.
But many of my favorite digital stamp companies have matching papers that I was slowly but surely pulled in :)
It is so nice to be able to print just as much as you need, make the image on the paper smaller or larger to suit your needs and even change colors if you need to!
I used papers from two different sets on this card and I really love the results.
This was such a easy card to pull together as the image is so sweet that it didn't need much to finish it off.
I hope you like it and go grab a freebie if you like and come along and play with us at Cuddly Buddly!

Digital Delights - New Releases - Jungle Buddies!

It's new release day over at Digital Delights and this month we are Going Wild!!!
Our new images feature Dylan and Daisy and their new "Jungle Buddies"!

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes or Your Favorite...
Partytime Tuesday - Anything Goes (2 entries max)
Do It With Digi's - One For The Boys
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Stamptacular Sunday - Boys or Bugs
Craft Your Passion - What A Guy
Fresh Brewed Monthly Challenge - It's A Guy Thing
Ooh La La - Happy Birthday
Birthday Sundaes - Masculine Birthday
Scrappy Frogs - Happy Birthday
Digital Tuesday - Animal Friends
Claudia and Co - Fancy Folds
Stamp With Sarah Kay - More than One Fold

Card Recipe:
Images - Safari Dylan and Dillon the Lion
Sentiment - Jungle Buddies and Ticket Sentiment
Paper - Jungle by Marcella for K and Co
Medium - Copic Markers
Stickers - Doodlebug Designs Safari

I decided to go with a Side Stair Step fold, it is a cute look, especially for a child's birthday card. I will admit that I add a little stand under my card to help it stay up as this style card likes to lay down when it's not told to, naughty card!
Anyway we hope you'll Go Wild with us and be sure to check out all the other fabulous creations over at the Digital Delights Blog!
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #72 - Sketch and/or Anything But A Card

It's another Once Upon A Wednesday at The Pixie Cottage and this week you have the option of the great sketch or you can go with our theme which is "Anything But A Card".
I decided to go with the theme this week and make a birdhouse.

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes or Your Favorite...
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity - Alter Something
Fairytale Challenge - Anything But a Card
Allsorts - Things with Wings
My Mum's Craft Shop - Things With Wings
Take A Word - Wings
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Wings
Sentimental Sunday - Anything But a Card (and a sentiment)
Incy Wincy - Nature
Stamp With Fun - In The Garden
Totally Stampalicious - 3D project
Crafts and Me - Punch It Out

Project Recipe:
Image - Finch by ARTish
Paper - DCWV The Guy Stack
Birdhouse - Joann's (just $1!!!)
Medium - Copic Markers
Paint - Anita's in Mocha Java
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearls - Recollections
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Lace Heart
Sentiment - Heidi Grace

This was the sketch but I chose the theme this week.

I simply painted the unfinished birdhouse with the brown paint. Then I punched strips of two different patterned papers with the heart border punch to make the "tiles".
I added just a few embellishments to the top and a flag with the sentiment.
I think it turned out cute and a great little project with the base birdhouse costing just $1.
We'd love to see you come along and play with us at The Pixie Cottage this week!
Katie

Cooking It Up #64 - Make a Romantic Embossed Ribbon

EDITED TO ADD - Made the Top 3 at Creative Inspirations Paint. Thanks!!!!!
and
Second place at Happileigh Scrappin. Thanks!!!!

It's a new recipe challenge over at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog.
We have a super sponsor in Designed 2 Delight and the team got some super images to work with.

The ingredients this week are:
Make it Romantic
Include some Embossing
Finish with some Ribbon

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes or Your Favorite...
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Partytime Tuesday - Anything Goes (2 entries max)
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes (with ribbon etc)
Creative Inspirations Paint - Friends
Happileigh Scrapping - Lots of Embellishments
ABC - V is for Variety (use at least 3 different embellishments, I used pearls, rhinestones, flowers and ribbon)
Papertake Weekly - Sketch
House of Gilli - Flowers
Crafty Emma's - Embossing
Stamp Something - Use a Sentiment

Card Recipe:
Image - Beautiful Blessings by D2D
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - The Blossom Song Stack by DCWV (at Michaels)
Flowers - Prima Trellis Rose in Fontaine
Ribbon - The Whimsy Cottage and Hobby Lobby
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug
Spritz - Homemade
Pearls - The Paper Studio
Rhinestones - Treasures by Shabby Chic

This is such a gorgeous image, different from my usual choices but I absolutely love how the card turned out.
I hope you'll come over and join in at Cooking It Up With Katie and share your latest creation!

Katie

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Flower Power

It's Tuesday so that means a new challenge at A Spoon Full of Sugar and this week we are looking for your creations full of "Flower Power!"

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes or Your Favorite...
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Things with Wings
Take A Word - Wings
Cupcake Crafts - Orange, Yellow, Green and White

Card Recipe:
Image - Whimsie Doodles
Paper - Basic Grey Origins
Medium - Copic Markers
Doily Die - French Pastry by Cheery Lynn Designs
Pearls - Recollections
Border Die - Spellbinders Nestabilities Mega - Parisian Accents
Butterflies - Michaels $1 Spot
Sentiment - Making Memories
Chipboard Speech Bubble - Colorbok

I printed two copies of the image and popped up a second flower on top and then mounted the whole image on foam.
This little guy is so sweet and if you play along with us this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar you will be in with a chance of winning him as we are sponsored by Whimsie Doodles!
Katie

Guest at Top Tip Tuesday - All Wrapped Up With Ribbon

EDITED TO ADD - Winner at Creations by Gill M. Thanks so much!!!!

This week at Top Tip Tuesday they are sponsored by Digital Delights and they asked me to be a guest.
When I heard the challenge there was no way I could say no as it is one of my favorites, Ribbon!!!!
I decided to fly by the seat of my pants and make a card with no pattern or template, just make it as I went along, I hope you like it :)

Challenges:
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Stamping With the Dragon - Easel Card
There's Magic In The Air - Any Kind of Easel Card
Sugar Creek Hollow - Shaped Cards
Little Claire's - Shaped Cards
Prairie Fairy - More Than One Fold
AI Factory - Pretty in Pink
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Pink
Creations by Gill M - Pink and Green and Flowers
Crafty Catz - Pink and Green
Totally Papercrafts - Pink and Girlie
Our Creative Corner - Beautiful Baby
Card Cupids - Ribbon

Card Recipe:
Image - Flowerpot Baby from DVD II
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Annalee Paper Pad
Sentiment - Bo Bunny Hush Little Baby
Flower - Bronte Blooms Strawberry
Ribbon - Ribbon Trends
Baby Pin and Buttons - Unknown
Pearls - Recollections

I started with a basic easel style but with the cute flowerpot the baby is in I thought it would cute to make it into a flowerpot card! Once I had the image colored and cut out I planned the rest of the card around it. I used a wide organdy ribbon for the bow and the flower was a perfect match.
This is such a fun little card and I hope you like it.
Be sure to go and link your cards featuring ribbon over at Top Tip Tuesday and you could be the winner!
Katie

It's Magnolia Monday #3! - A Trio of Tilda's!

EDITED TO ADD Won a Top 3 Spot at Crop Stop!. Thanks so much!!!


Happy Memorial Day everyone!!
It's week 3 of my Magnolia Mondays and this week I have a Trio of Tilda's for you!
I was a little wary of the challenge at Totally Tilda but I decided to give it go anyway :)
Each tag features a different Tilda and one of them is a "new to me" and that one is Tilda on The Loose which I just got on Friday.
If you have a project featuring a Magnolia stamp on your blog today then be sure to add it to my InLinkz below and go and visit and leave some love for your fellow Maggie Lovers!

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes or Your Favorite...
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Magnoli-licious Challenge - Photo Inpsiration (soft yellow and purple with flowers)
Crop Stop - Complimentary Colors (Purple and Yellow are opposite on the color wheel)
Make It Colorful - Yellow and Purple
Just Magnolia - Friends
Creative Inspirations Paint - Friends
Totally Tilda - Tilda on 3 Tags
Fairytale Challenge - Anything But a Card
Patties Creations - Anything But A Card
Sentiment Sunday's - Anything But A Card (must have a sentiment)
Going Grey - 3 Patterned Papers
My Time To Craft - Use a Die Cut
Bearly Mine - Die Cuts and Lace
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbon and Lace
Hanna and Friends - Lace and Pearls
Dare To Be Sassy - Pearls and Lace
Delicious Doodles - Lovely Lace
Bunny Zoe's - Lace
Paper Play - Blossoms and Blooms
House of Gilli - Flowers
Use It Tuesday - Flowers and a Stamp Not Inked Before
Creative Craft World - 3 or more Flowers
Paper Romance - Distressing
Thrilling Thursday - Let It All Hang Out (something off the edge of your project)
Allsorts - Things with Wings
Crafty Pad - 3 Papers, 2 Ribbons and 1 Flower (each tag has this)
Addicted to Stamps - Bingo! (I chose Cute Image, Pearls and Ribbon)
Card Cupids - Ribbon
Top Tip Tuesday - 2 or More Stamps on your project
Dream Valley - Stamp Something (no digi's)
Word Play - Scallops
Just Add Ink - Fussy Cutting (each of the Tilda's are cut out)
Crafty Purple Frog - Things of Beauty

Card Recipe:
Images - Tilda on The Loose, Tilda with Flowerpot and Tilda with Flowers
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Stash
Sentiment - K and Co
Lace - Offray
Border Die - Marianne D Creatables
Doliy Die - English Tea by Cheery Lynn Designs
Butterflies - Jolees
Flowers - Prima
Pearls - The Paper Studio
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby

Although I was daunted with the task at first once I got going I loved creating these tags and I hope you do too!
Be sure to link up below if you have a Magnolia creation today, May 30th, and join in with the fun here on Magnolia Monday!


Katie

Pile It On - You're the sprinkle to my life

Happy Sunday!
I hope you are all well and enjoying the long Memorial Day weekend.
It's time for another challenge at Pile It On and this week we want to see what is the "Sprinkle" in your life!
Our sponsors are Squigglefly and they provided some images will "sprinkles" for us to play with!

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes or Your Favorite...
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Crafting For All Seasons - Anything Goes
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
Stamps R Us - Going Digital
Clear It Out - Any Coloring Medium
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Sketch
Penny's - Here Comes Summer
Pixie Dust - Tooty Fruity
Digital Tuesday - Texture
Crafty Emma's - Embossing
My Time To Craft - Use a Die Cut
Going Grey - 3 Patterned Papers
Bloggers Challenge - Make It Shimmer
Fun With Shapes and More - Everything Must Sparkle

Card Recipe:
Image - Sundae Sweet Treats
Paper - My Minds Eye Fine and Dandy Tickled Pink
Medium - Copic Markers
Embossing - Cuttlebug Bloom Dots
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Diamond Fence Trim
Glitter - Stickles Fruit Punch and Stickles Copper
Die Cut - Spellbinders Labels One
Chipboard Flowers - Colorbok
Cherry Accents - Mary Englebreit
Sentiment - Heidi Grace

I added Stickles in two colors to the ice cream and cherries for a little extra shine and I can say that in this hot Texas weather I sure could do with a Sundae this Sunday!
Katie