Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Pixie Cottage Challenge #101 and or For Someone Special

I am sorry that I haven't been around here very much this month!  I have been over whelmed at work and have felt really under the weather.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  I so appreciate all of your comments!
I am finally getting my energy back and hope to be around to everyone's blog soon!
For my Pixie Cottage project for this challenge, I created a birthday journal for my son's girlfriends birthday!
My cardstocks are from Canvas Corp.  I used the pixie cottage exclusive stamp Window Seat by ARTish.
As well as one of my cute little Tilda stamps.  My images were stamped in Momento ink and colored and shaded with copics.   My sentiment is from one of my birthday SU sets and the tag was die cut from a sizzex Tim Holtz set..
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 "Someone Special"
This one will run for 2 weeks so the team can have a little break over Christmas.
But be sure to come back on Friday for our blog hop winners announcement!


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Remember you can use the sketch or the optional technique or both!
The randomly picked winner will win two stamps of their choice from the Pixie Cottage Collection. The winner will be announced on the Friday after the challenge ends.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Creative Card Crew Christmas Lights


This season has been rough so far, I have been over whelmed at work and under the weather with my health, both at the same time.   I think that I am finally getting the health part back on track though!  Hopefully work will get back on track after the holidays! 
For my card for this challenge, I used a cute digital from our sponsor Robyn's Fetish. My image was printed out of my hp printer, then colored and shaded with copics. My card stock is from SU.  My ribbon is from Micheals.  (I bought quite a lot of ribbon this year, what a deal at 80% off!  Just gotta love those coupons!)

Now on to the challenge from this last challenge of the year!

This challenge our sponsor is the awesome Robyn's Fetish. Not only do they have beautiful digi stamps, they also have digi paper. If you have not tried digi paper before, it is really easy to use and Robyn's Fetish has some really pretty ones. They provided the team some of their images, as well as the paper pack Ye old Christmas paper. Rebekah, Margaret and Mari used it, so be on the look out for how beautiful the paper is.

Our Challenge for this fortnight is Christmas Lights! We want to lights of the season.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by my Blog and leave me a comment!  It is so appreciated!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Tis The Season The Creative Card Crew!


Welcome back friends to another fun challenge here with the Crew. Card Crew!  For my design card for this challenge,  I used my favorite Santa Stamp.  Santa was stamped in momento ink and colored and high lighted with my copic markers.  My ribbons were from my stash.  Card stocks are by DCWV.  I used my sizzex to emboss my brick background.  I love the idea of non traditional colors for my Christmas cards.

Christmas is almost here. How many of you have all your Christmas cards done? I haven't even started mailing my yet. But fear not, we have another fun challenge to help you create at least one more.
 his week we are sponsored by our monthly sponsor Simon Says Stamp. They have so many wonderful products. How about going there and send them some Creative Card Crew love!!!

With over 100,000 items in stock, Simon offers one stop online shopping for the best Rubber Stamp, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Card, Altered Art, Card Making, and Paper Crafting products on the market today. We offer a complete selection of products from Tim Holtz, Hero Arts, Ranger Industries, Wendy Vecchi, Magnolia Stamps, Copic Markers, Promarkers, Penny Black, Lawn Fawn, and many others!

Midnight Madness Sketches 133 &134


For my first Midnight Madness Card I used Priscilla's adorable digital!  My cardstock was from SU.  My image was colored and shaded with copics.  I had this cute little resin snowman and couldn't resist adding him to the front!  Snowmen are such a huge part of the Christmas Season!

For my next Midnight Madness Card I used a cute little paper piecing from Agnes Moorehead.  My cardstocks are from DCWV.  Ribbon was from Micheals.  My background was embossed with my cuttlebug.  Stickles was added for bling!

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.








Enter one style or both for the next two week.
You are more than  welcome to enter up to 4 cards during the next couple of weeks.
Just have fun and come play with us :)
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Our MMSC132 Gold Star Award goes to...
 11. MsPlum 
 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
 3. An  
12. karin 
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Our MMSC132 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
 18. Kathy Curry 
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THERE WILL BE TWO WINNERS RANDOMLY DRAWN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR MMSC133 & MMSC334
http://priscillastyles-store.blogspot.com/ 
$10 Gift Voucher redeemable for any digi images in the "priscillastyles" Store
Stop by and check out all the new images!!
GC redeemable for digis only


And......


“Digistamps 4 Joy was born in July 2010. What began as a “brainwave” developed into a rather successful journey…  Started by Mel M, and with the help of talented artists and fellow South Africans JenLee, Margy, Sam, Laura and Mel herself, Digistamps 4 Joy was soon reaching an international audience.  Digistamps was a rather unheard of and new craft to many South Africans with most only having access to them if they had a credit card.  Mel and Jen started brainstorming and soon came up with the idea of starting an online store entirely accessible to all South Africans.  Mel having the experience in web and graphic design, and Jen being a wonderful illustrator work together as a team and produce most of the images many people around the world have come to know and love.  Among the many images, you’re sure to find something you like… from fun and whimsical to cute and funny right through to serious and beautiful. Every month a new freebie is available on the website.
The winner will get her choice of 6 images from the store

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Pixie Cottage Challenge #98 Decor No Cards or Card with Sketch




For my Pixie Cottage project for this week, I used the Pixie Cottage exclusive stamp Cupcake Set by ARTish.  My giftbag was created using Bo Bunny and Bazzill cardstocks.  My cupcake image was colored and shaded with copics and popped up for dimension. 
It's Wednesday so that means another super challenge at The Pixie Cottage
This weeks challenge is a little different. We'd like to see your Holiday Decor items such as ornaments, banners, table arrangements etc or we'd like a card using the sketch. If you submit a card instead of the decor item then it must follow the sketch.


This is the sketch should you choose the card option.

Remember you can use the sketch or the optional technique.
The randomly picked winner will win two stamps of their choice from the Pixie Cottage Collection. The winner will be announced on the Friday after the challenge ends.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Midnight Madness Sketch # 132


 Instead of a card for this week's challenge, I did a mini paper bag album.   My niece really loves snowmen and this is the theme throughout the album.  (I am in the process of doing one for each of my nieces for Christmas!.  My image was stamped with momento ink and colored with copics.  Stickles was used for bling and to highlight some of the colors.  My image is from SU called Flakey Friends.  It is one of my favorite older sets. My cardstocks are from DCWV and My Minds Eye Lost and Found 2. 

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.
"YOUR CHOICE"


Enter one style or both this week.
Just have fun and come play with us :)
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Our MMSC131 Gold Star Award goes to...
 5. Sarah T 
 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
 3. Gro Tjeltveit  
 19. riliska  
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Our MMSC131 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
 29. Nancy Williams 
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Our MMSC132 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is..
House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge is a site filled with wonderful projects and techniques using House-Mouse & Friends Stamps that include House-Mouse, Happy Hoppers, and Gruffies Images!.  We are not affiliated with HMD. We are just a super enthusiastic group of Stampers who LOVE creating with these Stamps.  We post a NEW challenge every other week on Mondays. We offer great prizes to those who enter projects into our challenges using these stamps. So come visit us to join the FUN and get inspired by the beautiful samples from the TALENTED Design Team here: http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/
One lucky winner will these brand NEW House-Mouse & Friends Stamps!!!!
Thank you for your sponsorship America. It is so cool to see a challenge that has such a warm, giving and family feeling to it. Be sure to stop by and check out there challenges each week. The are wonderful group of crafters :) Now to our players... break out those House Mouse stamps, dust them off and show us your lovely creations. All images are welcome, but we would love to see these cute  images flood our inlinkz this week!! Have fun with whatever you create for our challenge!!

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment for me!  It is sooooo appreciated! 

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #131


For my Midnight Madness card for this week, I had this adorable House Mouse stamp that I have never used.  My image was stamped with Momento and colored with copics.  My cardstocks are by Bo Bunny and Bazzill.   I really dislike cold weather and am really looking forward to spring and summer and those cold lemonades!     Why not join us this week and enter our challenge.  You could be the lucky winner of new House Mouse stamps!  I would love to see what you come up with!
 
This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.
"YOUR CHOICE"
Enter one style or both this week.
Just have fun and come play with us :)
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Our MMSC130 Gold Star Award goes to...
  21. Nancy Brown  
 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
 2. An  & 7. An2  
Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)
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Our MMSC130 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
  11. Marlene (cards4u)   
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Our MMSC131 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is..
House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge is a site filled with wonderful projects and techniques using House-Mouse & Friends Stamps that include House-Mouse, Happy Hoppers, and Gruffies Images!.  We are not affiliated with HMD. We are just a super enthusiastic group of Stampers who LOVE creating with these Stamps.  We post a NEW challenge every other week on Mondays. We offer great prizes to those who enter projects into our challenges using these stamps. So come visit us to join the FUN and get inspired by the beautiful samples from the TALENTED Design Team here: http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/
One lucky winner will these brand NEW House-Mouse & Friends Stamps!!!!

Thank you for your sponsorship America. It is so cool to see a challenge that has such a warm, giving and family feeling to it. Be sure to stop by and check out there challenges each week. The are wonderful group of crafters :) Now to our players... break out those House Mouse stamps, dust them off and show us your lovely creations. All images are welcome, but we would love to see these cute  images flood our inlinkz this week!! Have fun with whatever you create for our challenge!!

Creative Card Crew Monocromatic

For my Creative Card Crew card I used this adorable Paper Pretties dog! Isn't he sooooo cute! My cardstocks are by bazzill and my minds eye. I have a hard time doing monocromatic cards because I really LOVE color. My dog image was colored and shaded using Prisma colored pencils.

 We are sponsored by the fabulous Paper Pretties for this challenge.  They have such sweet images and some are quite funny. How can you not laugh with an image called Holy Mackerel!

One lucky crafter will win 6 images of their choice from Paper Pretties.

Why not enter our challenge!  I would love to see your creations!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Pixie Cottage Challenge #96 and or Sketch!

Isn't this just the most adorable Christmas stamp?  For my Pixie card for this week I used,  an exclusive to Pixie Cottage stamp called,Not Even A Mouse by Alisa Ramirez,  as well as the sketch.
My cardstocks were from recollections, rhinestones were from my stash and sentiment was from SU.
Why not join in this weeks challenge!  You don't have to use a Pixie stamp or image, and you could win any 2 pixie stamps of your choice!  There are soooooo many wonderful stamps to choose from!

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 "Family Thankfulness"



Remember you can use the sketch or the optional technique or both!
The randomly picked winner will win two stamps of their choice from the Pixie Cottage Collection. The winner will be announced on the Friday after the challenge ends.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Midnight Madness Sketch #130

For my Midnight Madness card for this week, I used this adorable snow-scene paper piecing. I just fell in love with those cute little faces!  My image was handcut and layered 3-4 times.  My cardstocks are from Recollections.  Flowers are by Prima and rhinestones are from my stash!

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.
"YOUR CHOICE"


                                                       Enter one style or both this week.
Just have fun and come play with us :)
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Our MMSC129 Gold Star Award goes to...
 8. Sandee 
 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
  7. Gro Tjeltveit 
 15. Sue Drees  
 27. April 
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Our MMSC129 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
 9. Annette 
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Our MMSC130 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is..
House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge is a site filled with wonderful projects and techniques using House-Mouse & Friends Stamps that include House-Mouse, Happy Hoppers, and Gruffies Images!.  We are not affiliated with HMD. We are just a super enthusiastic group of Stampers who LOVE creating with these Stamps.  We post a NEW challenge every other week on Mondays. We offer great prizes to those who enter projects into our challenges using these stamps. So come visit us to join the FUN and get inspired by the beautiful samples from the TALENTED Design Team here: http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/
One lucky winner will these brand NEW House-Mouse & Friends Stamps!!!!
Thank you for your sponsorship America and a special thank you to Sue Drees for donating these wonderful stamps. It is so cool to see a challenge that has such a warm, giving and family feeling to it. Be sure to stop by and check out there challenges each week. The are wonderful group of crafters :)
Now to our players... break out those House Mouse stamps, dust them off and show us your lovely creations. All images are welcome, but we would love to see these cute  images flood our inlinkz this week!! Have fun with whatever you create for our challenge!!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #129

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.
"YOUR CHOICE"
Enter one style or both this week.
Just have fun and come play with us :)
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Our MMSC128 Gold Star Award goes to...
 12. An 
 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
 28. Merkku 
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Our MMSC128 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
 36. Olga 
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Our MMSC129 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is..
House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge is a site filled with wonderful projects and techniques using House-Mouse & Friends Stamps that include House-Mouse, Happy Hoppers, and Gruffies Images!.  We are not affiliated with HMD. We are just a super enthusiastic group of Stampers who LOVE creating with these Stamps.  We post a NEW challenge every other week on Mondays. We offer great prizes to those who enter projects into our challenges using these stamps. So come visit us to join the FUN and get inspired by the beautiful samples from the TALENTED Design Team here: http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/
One lucky winner will these brand NEW House-Mouse & Friends Stamps!!!!
Thank you for your sponsorship America :)
Now to our players... break out those House Mouse stamps, dust them off and show us your lovely creations. All images are welcome, but we would love to see these cute  images flood our inlinkz this week!! Have fun with whatever you create for our challenge!!


For my Midnight Madness card for this week I used this Tilda on Christmas Cardstock. Tilda was stamped with stazon and colored with prisma colored pencils.
My rhinestones & ribbons were colored with copic markers.  Glitter was added to parts of Tilda and her packages for sparkle.
Why not enter our challenge!  I would love to see your creations!

Creative Crew Simon Says Stamps

This fortnightly challenge is Thankful and is sponsored by our monthly sponsor Simon Says Stamp. They have the most delightful things in their store. Be sure to visit them and show them how Thankful we are for them sponsoring us, and for stocking the most wonderful crafting supplies.

With over 100,000 items in stock, Simon offers one stop online shopping for the best Rubber Stamp, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Card, Altered Art, Card Making, and Paper Crafting products on the market today. We offer a complete selection of products from Tim Holtz, Hero Arts, Ranger Industries, Wendy Vecchi, Magnolia Stamps, Copic Markers, Promarkers, Penny Black, Lawn Fawn, and many others!

 For my design card for the Creative Card Crew I made a cute little thank-you card for a good friend.  My Tilda image was stamped with stazon and colored with my prisma colored pencils.  My cardstocks are from My Minds Eye Lost and Found 2.  Sentiments are from SU Many Thanks set.  (I sure have used them a lot over the years!)

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Pixie Cottage Sketch #94 and Get Started on Christmas!!


For my design card for the Pixie Cottage, I used a Pixie exclusive stamp called Hannah with a Candle by Sandra Hammer.  She was stamped with Momento ink and colored and shaded with copics and Prisma colored pencils. My cardstocks are from Mindseye Lost and Found 2 collection.



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 "Get Started, Make a Christmas Card"

Remember you can use the sketch or the optional technique or both!
The randomly picked winner will win two stamps of their choice from the Pixie Cottage Collection. The winner will be announced on the Friday after the challenge ends.
Why not join us and enter!  You could be the lucky winner of some incredible Pixie Stamps!

Monday, October 31, 2011

Midnight Madness Sketch #128


 For my Midnight Madness Sketch Card for this week, I decided to use another of my adorable Tilda images.  Tilda and her flowers were stamped with stazon and colored with my prima pencils.  Tilda was then cut out and layered on the front.  Ribbons were colored with my copic markers.  Cardstock is by Bo Bunny
Trims and embellishments were from my stash!
This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.
"YOUR CHOICE"
Enter one style or both this week.
Just have fun and come play with us :)
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Our MMSC127 Gold Star Award goes to...
 1. Sue Drees 
 Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
 2. Loz    19. Christine Craig  
 56. Mickaela Sundkvist  
 61. PaperDaisies 
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Our MMSC127 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
  36. Ildiko 
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Our MMSC128 Weekly Bonus Sponsor is..
House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge is a site filled with wonderful projects and techniques using House-Mouse & Friends Stamps that include House-Mouse, Happy Hoppers, and Gruffies Images!.  We are not affiliated with HMD. We are just a super enthusiastic group of Stampers who LOVE creating with these Stamps.  We post a NEW challenge every other week on Mondays. We offer great prizes to those who enter projects into our challenges using these stamps. So come visit us to join the FUN and get inspired by the beautiful samples from the TALENTED Design Team here: http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/
One lucky winner will these brand NEW House-Mouse & Friends Stamps!!!!
Thank you for your sponsorship America :)