Pile It On - Your Favorite Technique

It's Sunday and so that means it's time to grab your challenge lists and PILE IT ON!
We have a super simple challenge for you this week, we want to see your favorite technique and be sure to tell us what it is.
We have a brand new sponsor this week and that is Wax Fruit Company who provided us with fabulous images to use.
I chose my favorite technique of paper piecing and this basket of raspberries was the perfect image to use it on :)

Challenges:
Digi's With Attitude - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Free and Easy (3 entries only)
Deep Ocean Challenge - Make a Card
The Paper Shelter - Lots of Dots
Simon Says Stamp - Stitching
Paper Play - Fruity
My Time To Craft - Food of any kind
Charisma Cardz - Flowers
Bloggers Challenge - Flowers
Creative Craft Challenges - Flowers (3 entries only)
Thrilling Thursday - Pick 3 (I chose digi image, embossing and ribbon)
Frosted Designs - Pick 2 (I chose ribbon and rhinestones)
Digital Tuesday - Bling It Up (with a digi)
Colour Create - Fuchsia, Green and White
2 Sisters - Summertime Fun
Crazy 4 Challenges - Summer
One Stop Craft - Summertime
The Stamping Boutique - Summertime
Totally Gorjuss - Summertime
Card Makin Mamas - Summer (2 entries only)
Going Grey - Summer (2 entries)
Reasonable Ribbon - Summer Fun (and ribbon)
Crafty Purple Frog - Summer Fun
Squigglefly - Summertime

Card Recipe:
Image and Sentiment - Raspberry Basket by Wax Fruit Company
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Happy Go Lucky Pad Lime Twist by My Minds Eye
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Edger Scallop Dot
Embossing Folder - Crafts Too
Ribbon - The Whimsey Cottage
Flower - Prima
Rhinestones - Treasures by Shabby Chic

So now it's time for you to get out all your challenge links, make a big list, get creating and come and share with us at PILE IT ON!

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Sketch - Wonderful You with Tilda

It's time for another challenge at A Spoon Full Of Sugar and this week we are giving you a sketch challenge!

Challenges:
Divas By Design - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Simon Say Stamp and Show - Anything Goes (vintage, distressed style)
2 Sisters - Distressed
Let's Ink It Up - Embellish It (must use rubber stamp)
Flutterby - Open (with Butterfly, Fairy or Angel)
My Mum's Craft Shop - Cute and Girly
Thrilling Thursday - Sweet or Girly
Prairie Fairy - Here Come the Girls
Incy Wincy - Girlie
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Beautiful
Lexi's - Friendship
ABC Design - Flowers
Everybody Art - Flowers
Crazy 4 Challenges - May Flowers
Simon Says Stamp - Paper Piercing or Piecing
Paperplay - Show Us Your Style (I love paper piecing, flowers, butterflies and lots of layers)
Papertake Weekly - Fancy a Punch?(use punches or dies)
Just Magnolia - Anything Goes with Stitching (real or faux)
Craft Your Passion - Check It Out
Cupcake Crafts - Gingham and Roses

Card Recipe:
Image - Tilda With Flower Pot
Paper - Daisy Dear by Heidi Grace for Colorbok
Medium - Copic Markers
Punches - Martha Stewart Large Monarch Butterfly
Martha Stewart Medium Monarch Butterfly
and Martha Stewart Deep Edger Doily Lace
Blue Flowers - Caribbean Roses Prima
Sentiment - K and Co

This was our fabulous sketch.

I paper pieced the coat and shoes on Tilda and colored the rest. This is such a cute Tilda, you may remember I used her last week too and I think there may be more!
We'd love to see your creations with our sketch so come along and play with us at A Spoon Full Of Sugar.
Be sure to check out my blog candy post from yesterday or at the link at the top of the page.
Katie

A Spoon Full of Sugar - All Creatures Great and Small

This week at A Spoon Full of Sugar we are looking for your creations featuring Animals, any Animal at all!

Challenges:
CRAFT - Animals/Pets
Paperplay - Critters
Kaboodle Doodles - Cute and Cuddly Animals
Totally Gorjuss - Fluffy
Sentimental Sundays - Treasured Memories
Digital Tuesday - Little Women (use a female digital image)
Stamptacular Sunday - Girls and Swirls
Aud's Sentiments - Card For a Child
Fussy and Fancy - Card for a Child
Crafty Ann - Smile
My Time To Craft - On The Spot (use something with spots on it)
Creative Inspirations - Punches or Dies
Fresh Brewed Monthly Challenge - Flowers
CCEE Stampers - Doily or Lace
Frosted Designs - Brads
Card Cupids - Just Two Colors (I chose pink and green)
I Did It - Sing A Song (Perfect Day by Lou Reed)

Card Recipe:
Image - Little Girl Bear Hugs by Meljen's Designs
Paper - Dots Martha Stewart Pink KI Memories
Medium - Copic Markers
Doily - Wilton
Flowers - Prima
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Border and Corner Punch - Eyelet Lace by Martha Stewart
Sentiment - The Paper Studio
Patterned Brad - Making Memories

I know Teddies are only toy animals but this image was too cute not to use!
It is such a happy image and sure to bring a big smile to whomever sees it :)
I hope it made you smile and that you'll come along and play with us this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar!

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #63 - Stitching

It's Wednesday so it means another challenge here at The Pixie Cottage!
As always we have 2 parts to the challenge and you can choose either or both to play along with.
We have a fabulous sketch and our theme this week is "Stitching", you do machine, hand or even faux stitching, all work!
I decided to do a little altering this week instead of a card and so I decorated a box.
I took the hinges and lock off before covering it with paper and then added the embellishments. All the edges are inked and I used Creative Inspirations Paint in Fairy Dust for sparkle.

Challenges:
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Sugar Creek Hollow - Stitching
Crop Stop - Lace
Meljen's - Punches
Paperplay - Distressing
Just Magnolia - Bingo (I chose Paper Piecing, flowers and distressing)
Magnolia Down Under - Shabby Chic
Make It Colorful - Color a Background
Allsorts - For A Special Lady
Crafty Pad - For Mum
My Time To Craft - For Mum
ECP - For Mum
Cupcake Crafts - Flowers for Mum
Quirky Crafts - Mothers Day Gift
Creative Inspirations - Mothers Day/Mum
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Ribbon
Creative Inspirations Paint - Flowers
Let's Ink It Up - Dies or Punches (must use Rubber stamp)
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Paper Piecing
House of Gilli - Ribbons and Pearls
Stamping Scrapping Challenge - Sparkle
The Shabby Tearoom - Photo Inspiration and Flowers
Lexi's - Ribbon (but no bows or knots)
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Hat (Tilda is holding one)
Scrappy Frogs - Flowers and Lace
Delicious Doodles - Flowers
Tuesday Throwdown - Florals
Ladybug Crafts - Handmade Flowers
The Stamping Boutique - Handmade Flowers
Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes with a Handmade Flower
Anything Goes - Make You Own Embellishments

Card Recipe:
Image - At The Corner Of by ARTish and Tilda With Hat
Paper - - K and Co McKenna
Medium - Copic Markers
Fabric Brad - Heidi Grace
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart
Pearls - The Paper Studio
Trim - Hobby Lobby
Lace - Offray
Ribbon - Offray
Roses - Wild Orchid
Box - Darice

Remember you can use the sketch or the optional technique or both!

I paper pieced Tilda's dress and added paint to her wings.
I made the rosette flower and then spritzed it with Smooch Spritz in Spun Sugar, I added Spritz to the Butterflies too.
This would make a great Mother's Day gift or for a special birthday.
I hope you've enjoyed this :)
Katie

A Spoon Full of Sugar - A Little Vintage, A Little Shabby!

It's time for another challenge at A Spoon Full Of Sugar and this week we are giving you a theme challenge!
We want you to get a little inky, take a look back at the past and show us your best Shabby Chic or Vintage creations.

This week we are sponsored by Digital Delights who have offered the winner 3 of their images and I used one from their collection for my card.
It was a little more difficult to turn "cute" into "vintage" than I first thought but I hope you think I achieved it :)

Challenges:
Alys - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Paperplay - Shabby Chic/Vintage
Alphabet Challenge - R is For Ribbon
The Crafty Pad - Ribbon
Totally Papercrafts - Pearls and Lace
Sentimental Sundays - Pearls and Lace
Gingerloft - Flowers
Digi's by Phooka - Photo Inspiration (soft pink, flowing fabric, girly)

Card Recipe:
Image - Digital Delights
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Linen and Lace by DCWV
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Lace - Offray
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - Karen Foster
Pearls - Bridal Collection by David Tutera

This is such a happy image that it surely must make you smile.
If you are into Shabby Chic or Vintage styles or just want to step out of your comfort zone a little then be sure to go and create and come back and share with us at A Spoon Full Of Sugar this week.
Katie

Guest Designer at Inspirational Card Sketches for The Pixie Cottage

Today Michelle from The Pixie Cottage is sponsoring the challenge over at Inspirational Card Sketches.
I was asked if I'd like to design a card based on their sketch and of course said yes :)

Challenges:
Alys - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Paperplay - Shabby Chic/Vintage
Crazy Challenge - Lovely Ladies
Little Miss Muffet - Designer Paper (1 entry)
Card Makin Mama's - Something Green
Do You Stack Up? - Green
Dare 2 Be Sassy - Green
Corrosive - Green
House of Gilli - Green
Kaboodle Doodles - Green
The Shabby Tearoom - Green
Crafty Creations - Feminine Birthday in Blue and Green
Crafty Ann's - Birthday
Auds Sentiments - Birthday
Crafty Sentiments - Birthday
Fun With Shapes and More - Birthday
Rubber Cafe - Real or Faux Stitching
4 Crafty Chicks - Real or Faux Stitching
Totally Papercrafts - Pearls and Lace
Sentimental Sundays - Pearls and Lace
Alphabet Challenge - R is For Ribbon
The Crafty Pad - Ribbon
Gingerloft - Flowers
Crafty Calendar - Spring
Cute Card Thursday - Signs of Spring
Die Cut Dreams - Spring Garden Scene

Card Recipe:
Image - Spring Hannah with Butterflies
Paper - Cafe Mediterranean
Medium - Copic Markers
Butterfly Punches - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - Michaels
Lace - Offray
Pearls - Recollections
Sentiment - Karen Foster

This was the sketch that the team worked with.

It was a great sketch to work with and I hope you can play along with it too.
Be sure to check out the other post today for a new card for A Spoon Full Of Sugar.
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #56 - Sketch and/or Ribbon

It's Wednesday so it means another challenge at The Pixie Cottage!
As always we have 2 parts to the challenge and you can choose either or both to play along with.
We have a fabulous sketch and our theme this week is "Ribbon" and we know how much card makers love their ribbon!!

Challenges:
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Pear Tree Designs - Anything Goes
CCEE Stampers - Punches
Paper Play - Stamp It Out (use an image)
Kaboodle Doodles - Ribbon
Woodware - Ribbon

Card Recipe:
Image - Hoo Loves You
Paper - Cosmo Cricket Delovely
Medium - Copic Markers
Pearls - Michaels $1 spot
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon - Michaels
Die Cut - Spellbinders

This is the sketch that is one of your challenge options.

These cuties would certainly brighten up anyone's day.
We hope to see you come along with your ribbons and play at The Pixie Cottage!

Cooking It Up #48 - Show me your Red Ribbon Corners!

It's a new challenge at my Cooking It Up With Katie
Also we are looking for a few new members to add to our merry band and all the details can be found over at the challenge. We are looking for full time members and Guest too so why not give it a shot!
On to the challenge, we are sponsored by the fabulous Digi's With Attitude this week and had some fun images to play with.

The ingredients this week are:
Use some Red
Add a little Ribbon
And don't forget the Corners!

Challenges:
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Digi Something
CRAFT - Die Cuts
Cute Card Thursday - Banish the Blues (use a funny image or sentiment)
Paper Play - Stamp It Out (use an image)
Phindy's Place - Embossing
One Stitch at A Time - Do It With a Digi
Kaboodle Doodles - Ribbon
Woodware - Ribbon

Card Recipe:
Image - Texting Tween by Digi's with Attitude
Sentiment - Sentiment Set 1 by Digi's with Attitude
Paper - My Sweet Cherry Pie by Nikki Sivils
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cuts - Spellbinders and Quickutz
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Embossing Folder - Sizzix

This sassy girl certainly made me smile and I hope she will do the same for you too.
Be sure to check out the challenge and if you would like to be a part of our team, either as a full time member or as a Guest Designer then be sure to get all the details on our Design Team Call.

Pixie Cottage #53 - Who Do You Love?

It's Wednesday so it means another challenge at The Pixie Cottage!
As always we have 2 parts to the challenge and you can choose either or both to play along with.
We have a fabulous sketch and our theme this week is "Who Do You Love?" which is perfect for your upcoming Valentines Day cards!

Challenges:
Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Meljen's - Square or Round Card
Paperplay - Cutie Patootie
Totally Gorjuss - Cuddly
Oldie But A Goodie - Bright and Cheerful
2 Sisters - Flowers
Fairytale Challenge - Flowers
Creative Inspirations Paint - Bling
Phindy's Place - Valentines/For a Loved One
Tuesday Throwdown - Valentine
Wags N Whiskers - With Love
Secret Crafter - With Love
Paper Playtime - Use the Word Love on Your Project
Winter Wonderland - Paws For Thought
Speedy The Cats Friends - Use A Heart
I Did It Creations - Brr I'm Turning Blue (use some blue in your project)
ECP - Use Old Stash
Incy Wincy - Bears, Bears, Bears
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Heavy Metal (used brads)

Card Recipe:
Image - I love you Beary Much by ARTish
Paper - Lovesong by My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Cloud Nine
Roses - Prima
Gem Brads - Recollections

This is this week's super sketch!

I colored the bear and then cut him out before popping him on top of this cute heart shaped doily.
I wonder who he is giving his heart to?
If you have a special someone that still needs a card making for them use our challenge as the excuse to get it made, you may our winner!
Drop by The Pixie Cottage and play along with us.
See you there!
Katie

Cooking It Up #45 - Use some Cute Green Brads!

It's a new challenge at my Cooking It Up With Katie blog and it's one of my very favorite sponsors, Meljen's Designs!
I simply adore the cute and whimsical designs and myself and the team got to play along with some and we had so much fun!

The ingredients needed for your card this week are:

Make it Cute
Use some Green
Add a few Brads

Challenges:
Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Pear Tree Designs - Free For All
Meljen's - Square or Round Card
Paper Crafting Journey - Go Digital
Paperplay - Cutie Patootie
Totally Gorjuss - Cuddly
Stamp N Doodle - Winter in The Woods
Sentimental Sundays - Winter
Stempel Magie - Winter
Creative Stamp Friends - Winter
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Winter Blast
Everybody Art - Snow
Phindy's Place - Valentines/For a Loved One
Tuesday Throwdown - Valentine
Southern Girls - All Loved Up
Wags N Whiskers - With Love
Secret Crafter - With Love
Beary Scrap - Friendship or Love
Paper Playtime - Use the Word Love on Your Project
Creatalicious - Ribbon and Love
Wee Memories - Ribbon
Tellen's Place - Ribbon
Creative Inspirations Paint - Bling
Simply Create - Use Your Punches
My Time To Craft - Spots and Dots
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Heavy Metal (used brads)
Crafty Creations - Birds, Polka Dots and Green
Stampin Royalty - Anything With Wings

Card Recipe:
Image - Cozy Winter Owl
Paper - The Guy Stack by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Jeweled Brads - Recollections by Michaels
Ribbon - Stash
Border Punch - French Scroll by Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Printed in LD Cute Curlz font
Glitter - Glamour Dust in Crystal

I printed two of the cute owl image and cut out the owl and snow part and popped it up on top of the bottom layer. I added Glamour Dust glitter to the snow and his hat and I just love how cute he is. It is a little different from a usual Valentine color scheme but perfect for a man I think.
I hope you will grab your crafting ingredients and come along and join us at Cooking It Up With Katie this week!

Card Ideas Challenge - Winter with Blue and Purple

We have started weekly challenges over at Card Ideas and this week I'm joining in with a sample for you!
Each 3rd Saturday of the month we will be having a Christmas/Winter themed challenge so that you will have a great start on your Christmas crafting by the time December rolls around again!

For many January means snow, cold and/or ice. For this week's challenge create a Christmas/Winter card/project using:

1.Any Designed2Delight image
2.Blues & purples (you can also use white and/or black for your neutral)
3.Any embellishment that seems "icy" to you...glitter, glossy effects, clear coating, etc.

Challenges:
Crazy Challenge - Animals
Fuzzy Wuzzy - Anything Goes (with an Animal image)
Stamping Vacation Watch This - March of the Penguins
Ooh La La - Bling It On
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Glitter/Sparkling
Papertake Weekly - Cold and Frosty Morning
Stamp With Fun - Snow
Hanna and Friends - Snow
Belli - Snow
Hand Stamped Sentiments - Punches
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Meljen's - Square or Round Card
Paperplay - Cutie Patootie

Card Recipe:
Image - Skating Penguin
Paper - Winter Mat Stack by DCWV and Lilac Avenue by Kaisercraft
Medium - Copic Markers
Punches - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Printed in Yippy Skippy font
Rhinestones - Michaels

This is such a sweet image and will work for Christmas/Winter or simply as a fun little note to someone!
I thought the silver pattern on the paper reminded me of snow falling and the Stickles on his hat added a little snowy sparkle too!
Katie

Pixie Cottage #47 - Paper Piecing

It's time for another super sketch and challenge at The Pixie Cottage and we'd love to see you give it a try.
It is one of my favorite techniques and that is Paper Piecing!

Challenges:

Charisma Cardz - One for The Girls
Whoopsi Daisy - Girlie
Speedy the Cats Friends - Bows
Gingerloft - Bows
Sweet Stampin - Buttons and Bows
Praire Fairy - Buttons and Bows
Meljens - Buttons and Bows
Paper Play - Stars
Sentimental Sundays - 3 papers, 3 buttons and some ribbon (and a sentiment)
Craft Your Days Away - Texture
Alphabet Challenge - E for Embossing
Lots to Do - Embossing
Sketches in Thyme - Open Sketch week (any card as long as you use a sketch)
Crafty Sentiments - Christmas
Stampin B's - Holiday Card
Christmas Stampin All Year Long - Anything Goes Christmas
Crafty Catz - Christmas
One Stop Craft - Christmas Cuties
Totally Gorjuss - Oh Christmas Tree
Stamp It Crazy - Christmas
Stempeltraeume - Red and Green
Paper Cutz - Anything Goes
Woodware USA - Anything Goes
Paper Cupcakes - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Goes
I Did It Creations - Surprise Me (open week)
Tuesday Throwdown - Embellish It

Card Recipe:
Image - Hannah with Hearts
Paper - Homemade Christmas by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Embossing Folder - Basic Grey for Sizzix
Tree - Sizzix
Ribbon - Stash
Rose - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - Printed in Santa's Sleigh Font
Buttons - Dress It Up

This was the great sketch we got to work with (I turned it to fit the image)

I paper pieced the dress, boots, hearts and hair tie and I just love the extra touch this adds to the image.
This was a sketch that when I first saw I thought I couldn't use but when I turned it on it's side I thought I'd give it a go and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

Katie

Pixie Cottage #46 - Let It Snow

It's time for another sketch and theme challenge over at The Pixie Cottage.
With the cold weather coming to visit us here in Texas and snow forecast for most of my homeland of the UK (and lots of Europe too) you'll be glad to see the theme fits perfectly!

Challenges:
Alota Rubber Stamps - Let's Celebrate Christmas
Scrappy Frogs - Merry Christmas
Crafty Creations - Christmas is Coming
Cards For Men - Christmas for a Man/Boy
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
Hodge Podge Shop - Anything Goes
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Anything Goes
Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes (but you must a Daisy Doodles or Pixie Cottage image)
Paper Play - Let It Snow
Simon Says Stamp - Let It Snow
Stampin B's - Snowflakes
Crafts and Me - Snow
Treehouse Thursdays - Glitter
One Stitch At a Time - Season or Event
Scrap It With A Song - Winter Wonderland

Card Recipe:
Image- Winter Window by Sandra Hammer
Paper- Homemade Christmas Stack DCWV
Medium- Copic Markers
Sentiment- 7 Gypsies
Glitter- Stickles Icicle
Shine- Liquid Embossing Sepia Gloss Finish

This is the sketch you can choose to work with this week.

I added lots of Stickles for the snow on this one, took 2 thick coats to get it as sparkly as I wanted!
I really like this image, nice to make a classic looking card instead of cutesy for a change and I hope you like it too.
Katie