Pixie Cottage Sketch #50 Party Celebration

This is my last Pixie Cottage Challenge card for the year.  This is one of my favorite images.( From You to Us by Di Carubia) I was helping my friends daughter create a card for her mom and needless to say Jessie got a little carried away with the brown chalk.  I know that her mom will love it though!

Hopefully all your Christmas cards are made and sent and you are getting ready for the big day! This is our last Once Upon A Wednesday for the year and will run for two weeks. I'm sure you appreciate all the wonderful work the team has done for the year and will agree they need a week off ;)

Now on to the sketch, this one was designed by team member Tanya and I'm sure you'll love it!

In addition to the sketch we have the optional challenge of the "Party/Celebration" theme on your project. You can interpret that in many ways, maybe New Years, Birthday, Anniversary or even the birth of a New Baby!

As always 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 and the Top 3 favorites will be announced on the Friday after the challenge ends.

Challenges that I am entering are:
Bunny Zoe = Sparkle and Shine
Mad For Markers - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Alys Sunday - Anything Goes
The Crafty Pad - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew Wintery Birthday!

For my Creative Card Crew Design card for this week, I decided to use one of my snowmen paperpiecings.  I have been busy making loads of scrapbook layouts lately, for presents and friends alike.  I just love this cute little whimsical snowman.  He is a paper piece pattern from My Scrap Chick.  I centered him on a embossed background with some ink distressing.  He was especially designed for my friend who is a snowman lover!  Papers were by Bazzill and Mindseye.  Glitter was added for bling!

Creative Card Crew Foliage and or Open Challenge!

This week's challenge at Creative Card Crew is Foliage and is sponsored by One Stop Cards and  Doodle Pantry.  For my design card for this challenge I used a FREEBIE image from Doodle Pantry.  Isn't this just the cutest little bird?  She was colored with my copic markers and sponged with Tim Holtz distressed tumbled glass.  My papers are by bazzill and Minds Eye.  Sentiment is from stampin up.  Laces are from my stash.  Flowers are by Prisma.  (I added some glitter for extra bling on my flowers and image)

Why not grab your own FREEBIE (they have several to choose from at Doodle Pantry) and join in on this weeks challenge!  I am looking forward to seeing your creations! 
Thanks so much for leaving comments for me, they are very much appreciated!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Top Tip Tuesday - ribbon and or a tip. 
Bugaboo - Anything Goes
Delicious Doodles - Use a Digi
Card Making Mama's - Anything Goes
Sugar Sweet Paper Treats - Anything Goes
Digital Pantry - Use a Digital Pantry image (You even receive a New Years set just for entering!)

Midnight Madness sketches 82, 83 and 84 for the month of December!

 

For this week's design card from Midnight Madness I  used MMSC82.  My papers/card stocks are by KCCompany, and bazzill.  Flowers are by Prima.  I used loads of bridal lace purchased at Jo Ann's.  Brads are by Minds Eye.  I am looking forward to the months long post and I plan on doing each sketch through out the month!  I hope to see your wonderful creations too, so why not get those supplies out and create!
 The Midnight Madness Sketch challenges has combined three sketches in this post that will last the WHOLE MONTH. We have supplied both the FANCY and CAS sketches for you. In the true celebration of crafting, you are more than welcome to enter as many cards as you like this month. You can even do a few of each if you want to. Just have fun, gain a little inspiration from our Designers cards and get some Holiday cards created. In addition to entering your cards throughout the whole month, we would like to invite you to share with us some of your holiday cheer, memories and things that have made your holidays extra special throughout the years. Along with those wonderful cards you will be posting, we would love to see some holiday pictures (old or new). Share your yummiest holiday recipe, pictures of your pet with a bow on it's head, share your favorite holiday song, video or even a blast from the past with your dad dressed up as Santa. You name it, we want to see it!! You can leave your links in your comments or just add whatever you would like to share with us on your Midnight Madness blog posts. In true holiday spirit, the prizes this month will be the gifts of giving from your heart and from all of us (DT and Players) and simply through the joy of sharing with each other.

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between.
ENTER ALL OF THEM THIS MONTH IF YOU WANT TO!!

"YOUR CHOICE"

 

 

Winner of Blog Candy! PLUS 3 MORE

Wow I can't believe that it is already December the first and time to give a way my blog candy!  I have had so many wonderful comments left that I have decided to give a way 3 more candy winnings.  These candies will include a stamp and some wonderful embellishments. 
Please send your addresses to my email at :  mailto:www.kc242designsbydenise@yahoo.com

(Sorry this link should work now.  I had it typed wrong!  I guess that I was half asleep in the weeeee hours of the morning!)
My lucky winners chosen through the random generator are:

Main blog candy winner is Jamie from Cheyenne Wyoming
My 3 additional winners are:
The art Town: Malaysia
Tany Sol: Paper Hobby: Israel
and Auntie Em: Canada

I WILL ALSO BE STARTING ANOTHER BLOG CANDY PRIZE ON DECEMBER 16TH AND IT WILL INCLUDE 2 NEW MAGNOLIA STAMPS AS WELL AS MANY OTHER FUN ITEMS!  SO CHECK BACK SOON!

Huge Christmas Blog Candy

I have put together a wonderful array of supplies with many Christmas items. My blog candy will run until the first of December. My blog candy package is well over $100.00! In addition, I will also add some bonus winners depending upon the amount of comments I receive! Included in this huge blog candy offering is:
1. Craft and Doodle circle cutter and pamplet (Yeyyy I received it yesterday!)Valued at $20.00
2. 3 hand stamped Tilda images (stamped in Memento black, just perfect for copics)
3. 10 : 7X7 envelopes
4. 10 Assorted Christmas Charms
5. 1 dimensional boy bear (pieced by me: a Wink Wink Ink image)
6. 2 prima vine flowers (blue & purple)
7. star chipboard album
8. 1 package of 20 artist trading cards (blank)
9. Rosewood Christmas Stamp on smart foam
10. Clear Christmas Stamp set fancy swirls n' Birds
11. Clear Chrismas sayings set
12. Cornish Heritage Farms stamp set Bold Curls
13. Cornish Heritage Farms stamp set Man's Best Friend
14. Basic Grey Chip board stickers
15. Deja Views template Edgers
16. IdeaStix Tidings of Joy Designer Accents pkg of 2 sheets
17. Set of clear stamps St Patrick holiday words such as think green, pot of gold, seeing green, pinch me etc...

To enter my blog candy, all you have to do is follow me, tell everyone about my candy by a picture/link on your blog, and leave a comment.
I am ending this blog candy on the first day in December so that the winner will receive them in plenty of time to use those Holiday items! Good Luck!

Pixie Cottage Challenge 46 Sketch and or Let It Snow Theme

For my design card for this weeks Pixie Cottage Challenge I used a adorable Christmas stamp called Candy Cane Wishes by ArTish. I painted and shaded my image with my inktense watercolor pencils.  My papers were by My Minds Eyes Christmas Line.  One of my snowflake MS punches was used for the bottom border. 

After following the sketch, I kept looking at this card and thought that it was a little too plain for my taste, so I added loads of prima flowers as well as ribbons and more glitter.  So here is a picture of my finished project!


It's time for another sketch and theme challenge here on Once Upon A Wednesday!

We have a great sketch if you'd like to give it a try.

In addition to the sketch we have the optional challenge of a "Let It Snow" theme on your project.
As always 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 and the Top 3 favorites will be announced on the Friday after the challenge ends.

I am entering this card into the following 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
Stampin B's - Snowflakes
Treehouse Thursdays - Glitter
One Stitch At a Time - Season or Event