Pile It On - Circles, Circles, Circles

It's time to get out those long challenge lists as we have another new challenge at Pile It On where we not only allow but actively ENCOURAGE you to combine as many challenges as you can! This week we have a super simple one for you, we want to see Circles!!
We are sponsored by the fabulous Whimsy Stamps and I broke out an image I've had for ages and took a stab at it!
I've never colored African American skin tones before so I hope you like it.

Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
Everybody Art - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar - Things With Wings
Bloggers Challenge - Things With Wings
The Poodles Parlour - Come Fly With Me
Bunny Zoe's - Fairies
2 Sisters - Fairies
Ruby's Rainbow - Flowers
Challenge Up Your Life - Circles
Phindy's Place - Circles
Crafty Creations - Let It Shine (used pearls and dewdrops)
Speedy the Cats Friends - Sparkle (I used Pearls and Dewdrops)
Alphabet Challenge - H is for Half Dozen (used 6 pearls)
Bee Crafty - Summers Here (with a digi)
Bearly Mine - Summertime
Alots Rubber Stamps - Summertime
Amber's Crafts - Summertime (1 entry only)
The Paper Variety - Summer
Craft Us Crazy - Summertime
Wags N Whiskers - Summertime
Papertake Weekly - Here Comes The Sun
Tuesday Taggers - Here Comes The Sun
The Paper Shelter - Fun in The Sun
Delightful Challenges - Fun in The Sun

Card Recipe:
Image - Maya Making Wishes by Whimsy Stamps
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Mix & Mend 6X6 Wee Bundle Paper Pad (Sassafras)
Doily Die - French Pastry by Cheery Lynn Designs
Die Cuts - Spellbinders Large Petite Scalloped Circles and Spellbinders Large Circles
Sentiment - Printed
Dew Drops - Robins Nest

She is such a sweet little image and I'd glad I "bit the bullet" and colored her, I hope you'll agree :)
Anyway, it's time for you to grab your circles and get creating and then come back and share with us at Pile It On
Katie

Cooking It Up #66 - Make Dad a Funny Button!

Just in time for Father's Day we have a great recipe for you this week over at Cooking It Up With Katie

The ingredients are:
Make it for Dad
Be sure it's Funny
Top it with a Button

And it's a big list of challenges as very many challenges were on the same wavelength this week ;)

Challenges:
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Free and Easy
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Allsorts - 1 paper, 2 punches/dies and 3 buttons and for a boy/man
House of Gilli - Buttons
Fussy and Fancy - Card for a Man
The Stampman - For A Man
The Secret Crafter - Male card
Little Claire's - Cards for Men
Crazy 4 Challenge - Masculine card
Bows N Berries - Masculine
Wags N Whiskers - One For The Boys
Cupcake Crafts - Boy Oh Boy
Stamptacular Sunday - Dads or Grads
Papertake Weekly - Dads or Lads
Celebrate Dad
Alphabet Challenge - F is for Father's Day
CRAFT - Father's Day
Craft Us Crazy - Father's Day
Paper Play - Father's Day
Stamp Insanity - Father's Day
Digi's With Attitude - Father's Day
Sew Many Challenges - Father's Day
Delicious Doodles - Father's Day
One Stop Crafts - Father's Day
Simply Create - Father's Day
Scrap Stamp and Doodle - Father's Day
Speedy The Cats Friends - Father's Day
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Father's Day
Sentimental Sundays - Father's Day
Sparkles Forum Father's Day
Dream Valley - Father's Day
Daisy Doodles - Father's Day
Incy Wincy - Father's Day
Ooh La La - Father's Day
Pear Tree Designs - Father's Day
Partytime Tuesday - Father's Day
Little Red Wagon - Father's Day

Card Recipe:
Image - Revenge of Ned the Nerd
Paper - DCWV The Guy Stack
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut - Spellbinders Large Long Rectangles
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Edger Scallop Dot
Buttons - Stash

I absolutely love the image, so full of character and just one of the sweetest nerds I've ever seen :)
I hope you enjoy this and will come along and play with us at Cooking It Up With Katie this week :)
Katie

Congratulations! - It's Magnolia Monday!

It's the start of a new week and hopefully Mr Blogger will be a good boy all week!
I've started a new little trend for myself and I'm calling it Magnolia Monday!
I tend to neglect my glorious little Maggies with all my DT obligations and so I'm going to try and make a Magnolia card for my Monday blog posts!
Now I managed it on Monday May 2nd and last week Tilda sneaked into Tuesday but it's back to Monday this week!
And to make it all the more fun I'm adding a little Inlinkz below and if you have a Magnolia card on your blog today, Monday May 16th, please link it below for us all to enjoy. But just to be fair if you link up please try and come back and send some love to at least 3 other people who have linked up. Remember you can comment even after the Inlinkz has closed.
There are no prizes, no buttons to grab, just a little fun!
The Inlinkz will be open for 48 hours BUT no back links allowed, only Maggies on Monday please.

Challenges:

Just Magnolia - Make it Lacy
Bunny Zoe - Lace
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Congratulations
Magnolia-licious Highlites - Sketch
Magnolia-licious Challenge - Black, White and One Other Color
Totally Stampalicious - Black, White and Wow!
Magnolia Down Under - Favorite Things
7 Kids Challenge - Circles ( the doily is a circle and there are circles on the dp)
All That Scraps Wednesday - Paper Piecing
What If Wednesday - Paper Piecing
Prairie Fairy - Here Come The Girls
Crafty Catz - Pink, Black and White
Happileigh Scrappin - Sewing (real or faux)
Alphabet Challenge - B is for Brads and Bling
Fairytale Challenge - Choose 4 (I chose 3 papers, metal embellishment (flower brad),lace and flowers)
Oldie But a Goodie - Say it With Flowers
Little Claires - Sparkle
Paper Minutes - Wings
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Image - Tilda With Balloons
Papers - Garden Vignettes by DCWV and Fine and Dandy Tickled Pink by My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Doily Die - English Tea by Cheery Lynn Designs
Lace - Offray
Sentiment - Studio G
Flowers - The Paper Studio and Michaels $1 Spot
Flower Brad - Recollections

I paper pieced Tilda's balloons, boots and dress and just gave a hint of color to the other parts of her.
Now if you have a Monday Maggie to share just link up below and we can all come and look!





Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #60 - Sketch and/or Easter

It's Wednesday so it means another challenge over 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 "Easter" so it's time to break out the baskets, bunnies and Easter Eggs!

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

Challenges:
Alys - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Belli Challenge - Animals
Alphabet Challenge - R is For Ribbon
The Crafty Pad - Ribbon
Lexi's - Easter
Catered Crop - Card Inspiration (pastels, Easter, ribbon, scallops)
Incy Wincy - Pastel Colors
Ladybug Crafts - Spring Colors
Gingerloft - Flowers
Cupcake Inspirations - Photo (cupcake with Spring flowers in green, lilac, pink, yellow and white)
Lets Ink It Up - Embossing (must use a rubber stamp)

Card Recipe:
Image - Buffy The Bunny by Alisa Ramirez
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Stash
Border Sticker - Martha Stewart
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Small roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Large Flower - Prima
Embossing Folder - Crafts Too
Sentiment - Studio G

This was the great sketch we started with.

I used sheer dotted ribbon to weave around the die cut, I've seen this done before but this was the first time I tried it, and I really like how it turned out.
I added a little paint and topped it with Glamour Dust on the hair bow for a little extra sparkle.
I hope you'll get "Hopping Along" to The Pixie Cottage and show us your Easter creations too!

Cooking It Up #52 - Punch Me Something Sweet and Sassy!

It's time for another challenge over at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog and this week we are sponsored by the super Sassy Studios Designs!

Now on to this week's recipe:
Show us some Sweet
Add a little Sassy
Finish with a Punch!

Challenges:
Alys - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - R is For Ribbon
The Crafty Pad - Ribbon
Crazy Challenge - Lovely Ladies
Fab N Funky - Make It Girly
My Time To Craft - Jewels

Card Recipe:
Image - Domestic Diva from Sassy Studios
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Stash
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Printed

It's nice to work in strong primary colors and I think they worked really well for this card.
Now just like the lady on my card it's time to put on your apron and get Cooking It Up With 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

Digital Delights - Little Dumpling Boy

A New Year brings New Beginnings and what can be nicer than a New Baby!
It's time for another fabulous sample from Digital Delights and I got to work with another of Wendy's super sweet baby images, this time Little Dumpling Boy! He is so cute and reminds me of my little Carter when he was a baby, chubby cheeks, big eyes and very little hair!

Challenges:
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Fairy Knoll - Anything Goes
Frosted Designs - Use a Sentiment
Drunken Stampers - New
Sew Many Challenges - New Things
Sparkles - New Things
Crazy Challenge - All Things New
Woodware USA - Something New
Speedy The Cats Friends - Something New
Creative Cottage - Something New
Creative Inspirations Challenge - Something New
Opus Gluei - New Year Baby (any of those 3)
Prairie Fairy - New Beginnings
Quirky Crafts - New Beginnings
One Stop Crafts - New Beginnings
Do It With Digi's - New Beginnings
Dutch Dare - New Beginnings
Simon Says Stamp - New Beginnings
AI Factory - New Beginnings
Tuesday Taggers - New Beginnings
Crafty Ho's - Babies
Alphabet Challenge - I is for Infant
Paper Playtime - Faces
Creative Inspirations Paint - Circles
Sketch and Stash - Sketch
Auds Sentiments - Two Word Sentiment

Card Recipe:
Image - Little Dumpling Boy
Sentiment - Welcome Baby
Paper - Fine and Dandy True Blue by My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Ribbon - Michaels

I hope you like this little cutie as much as I do and that he makes you smile :)
Katie

Christmas Greetings from Tilda

I was so happy when Michelle at Scrapbooking and More asked to be a part of her store design team and help promote all the fabulous products she has in the store!
She stocks all my favorite brands and brings in new goodies all the while.
If you sign up for her newsletter you get to have the news on new products and promotions right away (and she sends out great coupon codes too!)
I made this super Tilda card using a stamp from last years Holiday Collection to tide me over until Michelle gets in the new ones!

Challenges:
Crafty Catz - Tilda
Just Magnolia - 2's (I used 2 dp's, 2 types of flowers, 2 sets of dewdrops)
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Sparkling
Totally Tilda - Red and Green Christmas
Magnolia Down Under - Tag It (there is a tag on the image :))
Bah Humbug - Cuties
If The Shoe Fits - Distressing
The Town Scrapper - Distressing
Secret Crafter - Distressing
Flourishes - Inka nd Distress
Stamp Something - Something Punchy
Alphabet Challenge - X is for Xmas
Thoughtful Thursday - F is for....Flowers, Festive
Cowgirl Sunday - Girls and Pearls (I hope my red dew drop style pearls work)

Card Recipe:
Image - Unwrapped Tilda
Paper - Making Memories Noel
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Button
Flowers - Prima Roses
Doily - Little Yellow Bicycle
Around the Page Punches - Martha Stewart
Dewdrops - Robins Nest (I have the clear ones and colored them to match with a Copic marker)

I adore this image and hope you do to.
Be sure to check back tomorrow for two new cards from me :)

A Just Because Card - A Hug Is Worth A 1000 Words

For some reason I seemed to have a little crafting time on my hands this week and so I got the chance to make a couple of extra cards.
I love using the Hannah stamps from The Pixie Cottage and this one of Hannah on the stepping stones is such a lovely one.

Challenges:

Crafty Creations - Butterflies
Creative Inspirations - Sketch
A Crafty Little Place - Blue, Pink and Green
Charisma - Die Cuts
Crafty Catz - Buttons and Butterflies
Character Cafe - Glaze
Mad For Markers - Use Pink Copic's
ECP - Girly
Your Next Stamp - Bold, Bright Summery Colors
Alphabet Challenge - Q is for Quotes



Card Recipe:
Image - Hannah With Stepping Stones
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Cosmo Cricket DeLovely
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - KI Memories





I added Glossy Accents to her boots and the water to give a little more impression of the splashy fun I feel sure she's having!
I hope you liked this one and be sure to come back tomorrow for a cute Back to School creation.

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!

Digital Delights - Have a Magical Birthday!

It's time for another showcase of cards over at Digital Delights!
The team have a glorious selection for you this week so be sure to drop by and show them some love.

My card features a real cutie and I found a few challenges that worked for him too.

Truly Scrumptcious - Sketch (and golden oldie option)
I Did It - Cute
Stamp Something - Photo Inspiration
Your Next Stamp - Birthdays
Crafty Cardmakers - Birthdays
Allsorts - Primary Colors
Crafty Ho's - Primary Colors
Stamping With The Dragon - Yellow, Blue and Green
Whoopsi Daisy - Blue and Green
Crazy 4 Challenges - Cupcakes
Donna's Den - Something Sweet
Stamping Vacation - Pick 3, I picked "something with blue on it", "Patterned paper with yellow", "Image with a hand on it"
Alphabet Challenge - O is for Oval
One Stitch At A Time - Mystical
By The Cute and Girly - Animal Antics
Ooh La La - Spots and Dots



Card Recipe:
Image - Augustus the Dragon
Paper - K&Co Citronella
Medium - Copic Markers
Glitter - Stickles
Sentiment - Printed





I hope you like him as much as I do and I really hope you'll drop by Digital Delights to see the other creations.

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #26 - Aperture Card - Guest Sketch

It's time for another Once Upon A Wednesday at The Pixie Cottage with another fabulous Special Guest Sketch Artist and this time it's Dawny P from The Pink Piggy!
Dawny is a super card maker and her sketches are so popular that they not only appear on her Papertake Weekly challenge but she's also a DT member on fabulous challenges such as Just Magnolia, Lili of The Valley, Dies to Die For, Anyone for Anya and more!



Challenges:

Alota Rubber Stamps - Inside and Out
Paper Make Up - Window Card
Stamptacular Sunday - Aperture Creations
Craftalicious - Cute
Alphabet Challenge - J is for Jewels
Pocket Full of Posies - One For The Girls
Wee Memories - Free For All
Prairie Fairy - Anything Goes



Card Recipe:
Image - What a Doll by Alisa Ramirez
Paper and Letters - Crate Paper Girl Kit and Cosmo Cricket De Lovely
Medium - Copic Markers
Butterflies - Papermania
Flowers - Prima
Brads - Making Memories





This is the image inside the card.



Here you can see the window in the card, it makes a nice change to a regular card and would be perfect for a card with a photo inside.
So grab your exacto knife, dies or anything else to cut your window and come along and play with us at The Pixie Cottage