Pile It On - It's All In the Wrapping!

It's time for another fabulous challenge at Pile It On and this time we are asking for you concentrate on "wrapping" the gifts instead of making the cards.
We had a fabulous sponsor in Stitchy Bear Stamps that made it super easy to create some fabulous projects for you.
Also as it is December we decided that the team needs a little break so this challenge will be the last of the year and run for the whole month of December!

Challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Goes
A Crafty Little Place - Anything Goes
Bugaboo - Anything Goes
Delicious Doodles - Use a Digi
Card Making Mama's - Anything Goes
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
Sugar Sweet Paper Treats - Anything Goes
The Artistic Stamper - Christmas
The Paper Players - Christmas
Creative Stamp Friends - Packaging
Creative Card Crew - Treat Box/Goodie Bag
Karber Weekly - Sparkle (must use a digi)
Creative Inspirations - Gift or Gift Bag
Crafty Creations - Gift Card Holder
Little Red Wagon - Christmas Tag or Bag
Bunny Zoe - Christmas but not a Card
Reasonable Ribbon - Anything But A Card
Little Paper Shop - Funky Edge
Paper Issues - Holiday Hookup
Diva Stamper - Photo Inspiration
Fussy and Fancy - Anything But A Card
Challenge Up Your Life - Christmas or Advent
The Secret Crafter - Christmas
Papercutz - Christmas with 2 patterned papers
Stamp Something - Christmas Colors
Speedy the Cat's Friends - Red and Green
Paper Garden - Tag Your It
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Tag
Gingerloft - Bows

Project Recipe:
Images - Annies Christmas Gift Tags and Christmas Day Tiny Tickets both by Stitchy Bear
Papers - DCWV The Christmas Combo
Medium - Copic Markers
Glitter - Glamour Dust
Ribbon - Unknown
Border Punches - Martha Stewart
Metallic Paper - American Crafts

I used a tutorial/pattern from Split Coast Stampers for the boxes and just "winged it" with the gift card holders and I really like how both turned out.
I'm be using some of these for my Christmas wrapping this year and I hope we've all inspired you to "get wrapping" and play along with us at Pile It On.
Katie

Digital Delights - Ghouls Just Want To Have Fun!

Time for more fabulous cards from the Digital Delights Team!
All of them have created some super cards using images designed by Wendy Hall for Digital Delights.

Challenges:

Paper Sundaes - At least 3 Types of Embellishment
Mojo Monday - Sketch
Going Grey - Go Digi
Little Paper Shop - Halloween color combo
Pals Paper Arts - Halloween
Sew Many Challenges - Halloween
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Real or Faux stitching
Stamping Royalty - Stitching
Simon Says Stamp - Move It




Card Recipe:
Image - Lilybelle the Witch
Paper - K&Co Spooktactular
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - 7 Gypsies
Border Punch - Martha Stewart





She sure is a cutie and I have a plan for her and some of her Halloween friends to feature in another cute project very soon!

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #35 - Furry Friends

It's time for another of Pam's sketches over at The Pixie Cottage



Along with the sketch the team were challenged to add a Furry Friend or two to their cards!

Challenges:

Moving Along With The Times - Stitching
Paper Play - In Stitches
Twisted Thursday - Animals
Pear Tree Designs - Animals
Paper Romance - Furry Friends
Stamping Vacation - Animal with a Beak (the bear doesn't have one but the birds do!)
365 Cards Day 191 - All Creatures Great and Small
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Animal Crackers
Freshed Brewed - Brown
Digi Doodles Shop - Sentiment
Drunken Stampers - Serenity Now (what do you do to relax)
Cards for Men - Long Summer Days
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Water
Secret Crafter - Clean and Simple
Paper Players - Clean and Simple
Crafty Cardmakers - Clean and Simple
Little Paper Shop - Clean and Simple
Cowgirl Sunday - Anything Goes
Gingerloft - Anything Goes
Just Cute Bears - Dots
Stamping With the Dragon - Use the letter "I" somewhere on the card
Stamp Something - Something Cute



Card Recipe:
Image - Gone Fishin’ by Di Carubia
Paper - Basic Grey Origins
Medium - Copic Markers
Trim - Hobby Lobby
Sentiment - 7 Gypsies





This is a very simple style for me but I think the cute image didn't need a lot of extras and I hope you think so too!
We'd love to see your creations for the challenge so be sure to enter over at The Pixie Cottage

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #20 - Anything But A Card - Guest Sketch

It's time for another Once Upon A Wednesday at The Pixie Cottage and another sketch from our fabulous Special Guest Sketcher Jay Jay!



Along with the sketch we have the added challenge of making "Anything But A 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 for this project:

Pixie Dust - Pretty in Pink
Paper Romance - Pink and Bling
Frosted Designs - Pick 5. Punches, Ribbon, Pink, Flowers, Buttons
Thrilling Thursday - Recipe: Ribbon, Bling and Embossing
Stamptacular Sunday - Buttons and Bows
Wee Memories - Buttons, Brads and Bling (any of them)
Digi Doodle Shop - Flowers
One Stitch At A Time - Pack A Punch
Alphabet Challenge - P is for Punches
Tanda Stamps - Beautiful Borders
Sew Many Challenges - Stitching
Pollycraft - In Stitches
Practical Scrappers - Stitching
Little Paper Shop - Sewing
Alys - Get Dotty
Wild Flower Patch - Polka Dots
Stempeltraeume - Packaging (a box)
Gingersnaps - Go 3D
Simon Says Stamp - Make a Gift
The Pink Elephant - Ribbon and Sparkles
Everybody Art - In The Garden



Recipe:
Image - Pumpkin Fairy Hannah by Sandra Hammer
Paper - Glitz and Glitter KI Memories
Medium - Copic Markers
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Flower Punch - EK Success
Chipboard Corners - Colorbok
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Scoring Tool (for box) - Martha Stewart Score Board





I love how this turned out and it was nice to make something other than a card for a change.
We'd all love to see you playing over at The Pixie Cottage so grab your supplies and get creating!

Pile It On - Give some love to your Furry Friends!

Happy Sunday!
It's time for another card with tons of challenges, that's right it's Pile It On Time!
This time we'd love to see your projects with a Furry Friend theme.
It will be worth your time as this week are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp!

Here are the challenges I found for my card:

Edited to add: I've picked lots of Spring ones but last night here we got 5" of snow ad it's still snowing so not a very Springy day in North Texas!

Stamp With Fun had a Super Sketch with tons of layers
Crazy 4 Challenges had a Spring theme
Bee Crafty had a Spring theme
Secret Crafter said Spring has Sprung
Allsorts had a Spring is in The Air theme
The Pink Elephant had a Spring theme
Crafty Catz had a Spring theme
Frosted Designs want you to Think Spring
Paper Garden want Spring too
Challenge Up Your Life want Spring Flowers
Die Cut Dreams want you to "Pack a Punch" and use more than 1 different punch
Polly Craft want Sparkly Things (and a digi)
Daisy Doodles had an Artists Choice (free week) as long as it was a Digi image
Little Paper Shop wanted you to "Make Something Old New Again". I used a very old (probably 10 years) border punch that had tiny butterflies and I used the punched out pieces instead of the border part
Handfull of Stamps wanted you to "Remove the Dust"
Simple Doodles want "A little Green" and a digi image
Simon Says Stamp want a Splash of Green
Flutterby want some Green and A Fairy, Butterfly or Angel
Papertake want Lilac and Lemon
Crafty Angels want Hearts and Lace
My Time To Craft want Lovely Lace
Jacksonbelle want you to "Show Us Your New Stuff" and I use one of the latest DCWV paper stacks
Fab N Funky want you to "Show Us Something New"
Creative Cottage wants Flowers
ABC were at Q for Quotation
Little Red Wagon want to see Copic's



Card Recipe:
Image - Olive from Digi Stamp Boutique
Paper - DCWV The Flower Shower
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Making Memories
Fabric Brads - The Paper Studio
Punches - Martha Stewart
Lace - Offray



Inside is more dp and a message mat



Here is a close up of Olive, doesn't she look happy to be out in the Spring air?
So now it's your turn, grab your favorite Furry Friends image and get Piling It On!
Katie

SURPRISE!!! Happy Birthday Wendy!!

I know you don't usually see Digital Delights cards on a Saturday but today is a very special day.
Our fine and fearless leader (and artist of all the wonderful images) is having a Birthday!!! Yes Wendy is another year older, but of course doesn't look it ;)
So to celebrate the Design Team has pulled out all the stops and each has made her a card to show how much she means to all of us :)
We'd love you to see them all so we've made a little route for you to HOP, HOP, HOP along!
When you get to the end you will be at Wendy's blog where you can wish her a Happy Birthday too!
The blogs with cards go in this order (if you get lost along the way)
Katie YOU ARE HERE
Cindy
Lisa F
Rosalien
Rachel
Anne
Lisa V
Wendy, the Birthday girl so be sure you wish her well!


Now even though this is to celebrate Wendy's birthday no card of mine would be complete without a few challenges too!


Little Paper Shop had a great color combo of Turquoise, White and Purple
Kaboodle Doodles want a Happy Birthday card
Fun With Shapes also want a Happy Birthday card
Polkadoodle want a Special Birthday card and I think it's pretty special if you get a Surprise Blog Hop for your Birthday!
Flourishes want a card for a Celebration
Cute Card Thursday also want a Celebration
Corrosive had a Sketch that I tweaked a little to make my image fit!



Card Recipe:
Image - Sydney the Rabbit by Digital Delights in Wonderland Collection
Paper - Flower Shower by DCWV
Border punch - Martha Stewart
Medium - Copic Markers
Brads - The Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby





So I wish Wendy a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! And from one Brit to another I promise not to give you the bumps! LOL

Now you've seen my card HOP along to Cindy and see what she has for Wendy and then follow along to see them all!
Have a wonderful Saturday and be sure to wish Wendy a Very Happy Birthday when you get to her blog at the end of the line.
Katie

Pile It On - Get Well Soon with Magnolia

Happy Sunday,
Another week has gone by and it's time for another challenge at Pile It On and this week we'd like you to create a Get Well Card or gift.
The design team were asked to use a Magnolia image if they had one as this weeks sponsor is Diana from Magnolia Stamps! Of course that wasn't a problem for me as I love me a little Tilda and I hope you like this one.

Obviously at Pile It On we add as many challenges as we can to our creations and this is the list that goes with this card:

Challenge Up Your Life had a sketch and the colors Green and Yellow
Your Next Stamp want Spring colors
Inky Impressions want you to Think Spring
Gingersnaps wanted 3 Colors you like and right now I need some Spring so the Green, Yellow and White combo me likey :)
Die Cut Dreams had a recipe of 3 papers, 2 ribbons, 2 flowers and the added option of gems. 1 dp is the background, 1 on the mat and the other on the punched flowers.
Incy Wincy want you to Punch It Out
Belli wanted Butterflies
The Pink Elephant wanted Ribbon
Lil Red Wagon wanted Ribbon too
Crafty Angels wanted Fantastic Flowers
Little Paper Shop wanted Distressing
Copic Creations wanted you to color your embellishments with Copic's
Creative Card Crew had a Get Well Soon theme
Stamp With Sarah Kay had a Get Well Soon theme too (must be all the colds and flu going around!)
Paper Cutz was another with a Get Well Soon theme
Flourishes wanted "All About Me" with you using your favorite technique, product or color
One Stitch at A Time had their 1st challenge and they want, surprise suprise, Stitching on your card! (I did faux)
Crafty Creations want Stitching too
Sophisticats wanted Stitching too
Flutterby wanted Hearts with the Angel, Butterfly or Fairy image
Cute Card Thursday had a Metal Mania theme
Handfull Of Stamps were Sending You Wishes



Card Recipe:

Image - Tilda in Spring Rain
Paper - Basic Grey Mellow
Border punch (under image) - Martha Stewart
Flower Punch - EK Success
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Butterfly and Heart Brads - Provo Craft
Pearls - Michaels $1 spot
Medium - Copic Markers

I colored the buttons on the flowers, the pearls, the heart brads and the ribbon all with Copic markers to match the image.
The paper roses have been distressed with chalk ink and a little marker added too.




More of the cute dp inside with a message mat.




I don't know if you can see but Tilda has shiny boots and umbrella and glossy accents on the raindrops too.
You never know when you might need a Get Well Soon card so this is the perfect time to make one for your stash and join in with our challenge at Pile It On.
Katie

Hippity Hoppity Easter's On Its Way! - Another Sassy Cheryl card

Happy Saturday,
This is my second try out card for the Design Team at Sassy Cheryl's.
Even if I don't make the team I'm so glad to have found her designs as they have a fun combination of childhood playfulness and a little attitiude :)

I found a few challenges to help me with my task:

Crafts 4 Eternity had a recipe of a Sketch, Chipboard and Polka Dots
Crafty Anns had "If Music Be The Food of Love" as their theme and I chose the sentiment from the "Peter Cottontail" song
Stamping Vacation had their Pick 3 and I chose; 3 of same embellishment, glitter, use a Quote (I hope part of a song, very well known, works for this)
Staceys Curtain Call Color Combo was So Saffron, Going Gray, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, and More Mustard.
A Spoon Full of Sugar had a Springtime theme
Creative Inspirations want you to "Say It In Sepia"
Little Paper Shop wanted Distressing
Tuesday Throwdown wanted Distressing too
Saturday Spotlight wanted Distressing too
Alota Stamps also wanted you to Distress it!




Card Recipe:

Image - Butterfly Bunny from Sassy Cheryls
Paper - K&Co
Border Punch - Fiskars Threading Water
Chipboard Eggs - American Crafts
Glitter - Scattered Straw Distress Stickles
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - Offray
Sentiment - Printed, Poor Richard font



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



I printed the bunny on Vanilla Bazzil cardstock which helped give a different look and worked well with the distressed feel.
I hope you've liked this little guy, run over to Cheryl's store and see what she has, there are bound to be a few image just ready to jump in your cart! LOL
Katie

Challenge #11 at Cooking It Up! and a Design Team Call Out for You!

Happy Wednesday!
It's time for another challenge over at my Cooking It Up With Katie card recipe blog.

The recipe for this challenge is:
Something girly
Paper Piecing
At least 2 designer/patterned papers

I have a list of challenges that helped me with this

One Stop Craft had a sketch
Our Creative Corner wanted Something Old that's New Again, I used my Threading Water punch that's almost 2 years old but I still use it at least once a week.
Secret Crafter wanted a Multifold and I made one up as I went along, no template! LOL
Jacksonbelle wanted a New Fold too
Paper Play want a Birthday for someone Special
Alphabet Challenge were at P is for Pink
Bee Crafty wanted Stitching (I used Faux) and a digi image
Corrosive wanted Stitching too
Sophisticats wanted Stitching too
Die Cut Dreams had a recipe of 3 papers, 2 ribbons, 2 flowers and the added option of gems
Incy Wincy want you to Punch It Out
Practical Scrappers wanted Flowers
Crafty Angels wanted Fantastic Flowers
Little Paper Shop wanted Distressing
Tuesday Throwdown wanted Distressing too
Digital Tuesday wanted All Things Girly
Flourishes wanted "All About Me" with you using your favorite technique, product or color, I used all 3!



Image - Short Petal Flower digital image. Ann is sponsoring this challenge so you have a chance of a prize for entering.
Paper - My Minds Eye Laundry Line
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - Joanns Craft Essentials



The card fastens with two brads and a ribbon



Hopefully you can see that the flowers are paper pieced in two colors of pink, distressed with chalk ink and a rose added to the center.



The flower panel opens up to reveal the place for a message.

I hope you liked this card and I'd love to see your take on my challenge over at Cooking It Up With Katie.
Also I'm looking for a little help in the creations for the challenge and so I'm putting out a call for a small Design Team. All the details can be found on the challenge blog :)
Katie

What's New Pussy Cat? - Challenge #9 at Cooking It Up!

Happy Wednesday!
It's time for another challenge over at my Cooking It Up With Katie card recipe blog.

This time the recipe is:
1. Use a "non human" image
2. Add some texture
3. Use a product you've never used before.

As always I couldn't stop at just one challenge and had to add just a couple (20!) more! LOL
Friday Sketchers had a super sketch
Corrosive wanted you to "Go Digi"
Cute Card Thursday had a color combo of Pink and Grey
Bee Crafty wanted your Favorite Color combo and a digi image
Incy Wincy wanted your favorite coloring medium
Paperplay had a "Furry Friends" theme
Crafty Pad also had an Animals theme
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle had a Girly theme and so did Scrap and Stamp Saturday
Secret Saturday Crafter had a "Musical" theme and I think the sentiment on this card works for that ;)
Raise The Bar is a brand new challenge and they wanted you to "Debut" something and this image is super new and it's definitely making its Debut!
Dare U 2 Digi wanted to see Buttons and so did Little Paper Shop. I used my Buttons border embossing folder and I hope that counts!
Daring Cardmakers had a Hole In One theme
Crafty Ann wanted to see some Embossing
and so did Practical Scrappers
A Spoon Full Of Sugar wanted to see "Lots of Layering"
Creative Card Crew want you to "Punch It!" and so do Simon Says Stamp
Belli wanted Hearts



As a cat love I just couldn't resist using one the fabulous new images from Lily Boo's Cat Collection
I colored her with Copic's and gave her a very regal bow to go with her regal look! LOL
The dp is Imaginisce "Fairest of the All" which I thought was fitting for the Princess ;)
I used Martha Stewarts Valentines Lace border punch to create "Paper Lace" in two different widths to fit with the sketch. I added a row of embossed Buttons from the Cuttlebug border folder and added silver to the "holes" on the buttons. Then I added a few pink rhinestones for an even more "girly" feel.
Finally I printed out the sentiment and cut and nested it with a scalloped circle Nestie.
I added a few more touches of silver with my Prismacolor pen.



Inside is more of the super sweet dp and a message mat.



Here's a close up of "Her Royal Highness"! LOL
Be sure to go and play in my challenge at Cooking It Up With Katie as you'll have a chance to win the image set this kitty came from or your choice of any set that you can see at Lily Boo's Boutique!
Katie

Pixie Cottage Showcase

Hi and Happy Weekend!
It's time for another showcase at The Pixie Cottage and the Design Team have come up with some super ideas for the new stamps.
Stamps are arriving almost daily at Michelle's Scrapbooking so be sure to go over and check to see if your favorite is there.
This time the team could decide to use whichever theme they liked for their project but as I'm in the Holiday Mood I kept with the Christmas theme.
There are a few challenges this fits as well:
The Crafty Pad had a recipe of 1 circle, 2 ribbons, 3 papers, 4 gems and some sparkle
Corrosive Challenges wanted to see some Embossing
Little Paper Shop wanted a Die Cut and I used Spellbinders to make my hang tag
Colour Create had the combo of Green, Red and White with the option of Christmas
Whimsy Stamps wanted "Anything But A Card" and the same challenge was at Crafty Angels
Challenge Up Your Life wanted a Festive Box/Package
Die Cut Dreams want to see Santa!
Stamp With Fun had a Christmas theme
Creatalicious wanted "Something for Christmas and some Sparkle!"
2 Red Bananas had a sketch that worked for the front of my tin.
Kaboodle Doodles wanted Buttons, Bows and Bling
Creative Inspirations wants some "Sparkle"



This time I chose The Jolly Old Elf by Alisa Ramirez and he was so much fun to work with!
I decided not to make a card but instead did an altered lunchbox that could be used for all sorts of things at this time of year. You could leave cookies in it for Santa on Christmas Eve, save cards, notes, receipts etc in it or fill it with treats to give as a gift.
I colored him with Copic's and then gave him the "Puffy Paint Treatment" all over his "fluffy bits".

I covered the handle with fabulous Christmas ribbons (wired ones work best) and tied one in a bow right in the middle of the handle.

Here you can see a close of Santa in all his fluffy fineness! LOL

I added an embossed image as a "hangtag" and I love how the white core of the cardstock shows through on the image. It is mounted on an Inverted Scallop circle Nestie and also has star buttons on it's "tail".

On the lid I added a floral pick from last year, it's got fake candy on it too to add a sweet touch! When creating projects remember there are many places you can find things that may work for you.

I hope you've enjoyed my little project and be sure to check out all the fabulous work of the designers at The Pixie Cottage today!
Katie