Cooking It Up #25 - King of The Beach

It's time for another recipe challenge at my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge blog and this week we are sponsored by the awesome Simply Betty Stamps!
They have a fabulous prize of ALL 6 of their NEW RELEASE IMAGES!

We have a great recipe and it is:

Tie some String or Twine
Add some Water (in the technique, image or theme)
Finish with a Punch

Other challenges for this card:

Friday Sketchers - Sketch
Stempel Magie - Birthday (I actually gave this to my son for his 13th birthday which was Sunday)
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Random Amusing - Blue and Green
Tuesday Taggers - Sea, Water or Boats
Paper Pretties - Summer




Card Recipe:
Image - Christian by Simply Betty
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Poppy Seeds by K&Co
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
String - Stash
Sentiment - K&Co



I just love what a Cool Dude Christian is :)
My son loved this card for his birthday and as he turned 13 I think he'll try and use Christian as a model to what he wants to look like!

Chi Chi - 4th of July Boy!

Another day with lots of posts, I hope you make time to see them all!
Today is another of my guest cards for Chi Chi Memories.
I got to use the super 4th of July Boy that you either buy in a Patriotic Set or just by himself

Challenges:
Sew Many Challenges - Fancy Fold and 4th of July
Wildflower Patch - Fancy Fold
Friday Sketchers - Sketch
Stamp Something - Summer Something
Crafty Ann's - Embossing
Tuesday Throwdown - Dry Embossing
Creative Card Crew - Easel card
Fresh Brewed - Anything Goes



Card Recipe:
Image - 4th of July Boy Patriotic Set or just by himself
Paper - DCWV The Summer Stack (2008)
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - The Paper Studio
Border Punch - Martha Stewart





I hope you liked this little bit of America brought to you by this transplanted Brit!

Surprise it's Ashley's Birthday!

Over at Treehouse stamps it celebration day today as it is stamp artist Ashley's birthday!!!
So as a surprise we have all made her a card to make her day extra special!

Challenges:
Friday Sketchers - Sketch (turned)
Annabelle Stamps - Pink and Green
Alphabet Challenge G is for Green
Stamp Challenges - Happy Something
One Stitch At A Time - Celebration
KL Stampin Scrappin - Girly Birthday
Donna's Den - Happy Birthday (their 1st challenge!)
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes Birthday
Hand Full of Stamps - How Cute is That?
Bee Crafty - Blooming Marvelous
Stamp With Fun - Fairytales
Just Us Girls - Going Digital



Card Recipe:
Image - Happy Dragon (brand new!)
Paper - Fairytale Princess by The Paper Studio
Medium - Copic Markers
Roses - Prima (pink) and Wild Orchid Crafts (green)
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Printed in Harrington font





If you want to see some more great Treehouse cards and join in the fun be sure to check out the following team members blogs for more birthday wishes!

Neva McMullen
Kelly Hampton
Maria Levine
Anne Harmon
Yaneri Rodriquez
Gloria Morizen
Anne Harmon
Heather Prince
Kimberly Lowery
Stephanie Serrano
and then run and wish the birthday girl Ashley Happy Birthday too!

Hope you enjoyed this one, I know I did!
Katie

Life is Uncertain...Eat Dessert First :) Another Tilda card

Happy Monday!!
What a way to start a week, ice cream with Tilda!
I found this ice cream punch on clearance and knew I had to use it as soon as I got home! I hadn't used this Tilda on a card yet and so it was the perfect choice of image.
And there were a few challenges around to help me:

Friday Sketchers - Sketch
Creative Cottage - Food and Drink
Rosie Dees - So Yummy
Just Magnolia - It Takes Two
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Dimension
Your Next Stamp - Going Dotty
Hand Full of Stamps - Just a Little Dotty
Cupcake Inspirations - Pink, Green, Orange flowery cupcakes!
Stempel Magie - Summer
Crafty Angels - One for The Girls (what girl doesn't like dessert? LOL)



Card Recipe:
Images - Tilda with Ice Cream and Shabby Chic Fence
Paper - Sugar and Spice stack by The Paper Studio
Ice Cream punch - Martha Stewart
Border punch - Scandanavian Lace by EK Success
Ribbon - Michaels
Sentiment - Printed in Harrington font





It was so hard to take a photo without the sparkles being all you could see so I tried one without a flash.
Oh well, she is really cute in real life even if I can't make it translate into a decent photo! LOL
Katie

Delightful Sketches and Challenges - A New Theme Challenge

Two cards in this post so please make sure you see them both :)
It's time for a new challenge at Delightful Sketches and Challenges!

This week we want you to "use your punches" and we are sponsored by the wonderful online store Simon Says Stamp!

Of course I have a few other challenges too :)

Dare U2 Digi - Flowers
Friday Sketchers - Sketch
Totally Papercrafts - 4 embellishments (I used 4 brads), 3 dp, 2 ribbons and 1 image
Lexi's - 3 dp, 2 embellishments (I used brads and ribbon) and 1 image
Alys Sunday Challenge - Animals



Card Recipe:
Image - Potted Plant Myrtle
Paper - My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Fiskars
Border Punch - Fiskars
Brads - The Paper Studio





So grab any punch you have, use it on a project and come back and show us at Delightful Sketches and Challenges!

Now for card number two :)
You are used to me using the fabulous digital images by Wendy Hall from Digital Delights but today marks a new journey for me as I'm now on her team for her clear stamps produced by Clear Dollar Stamps! She's been designing these for quite a while and I was super happy when I got to be a part of the creating team!
The first set I got to work with is released on May 1st and it's called Pirate Ahoy!
And we now have coordinating digital stamps to go with the set so you get both experiences in one card!
These are the fabulous clear stamps;



And these are the digi's!



I made a card using both and I hope you like it :)







I printed 3 of the ships and used them as a border. I also stamped the pirate twice and popped him up for dimension.
Then I added glossy accents to his boots, buckle and the water and windows on the boats.

This sure is a super fun set.
Thanks for looking at both cards today :)
Katie

The Business of Life is to Enjoy It - New Pixie Cottage card

Happy Sunday!
Michelle as such great artists designing stamps for The Pixie Cottage stamp line that it is hard to chose which one to work with next!
This is one of the latest creations from Alisa Ramirez and it really is a cutie.

There were so many great challenges around this week that it was easy to find some to help me create this card:

Crafty Creations - Paper Piecing
TSG - Color combo of Lemon Yellow, Grass Green and Aqua
Friday Sketchers - Sketch
Stamp Something - Stitch Something
Sew Many Challenges - Stitching
Our Creative Corner - Bows
Sundays With Crissy - Make Mine a Combo



Card Recipe:
Image - Give Me a Hug by Alisa Ramirez for The Pixie Cottage
Pape - DCWV The Citrus Stack
Medium - Copic Markers
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment quote - Printed
Punches - The Punch Bunch



Inside is more dp and a faux stitched message mat.



Although I'm more of a cat person that a dog person I really think this is a cute image :)
Katie

Happy Birthday from Mother Goose!

Hello and Welcome to another Friday!
My post is a little later today as I didn't get a chance to finish up my card yesterday as it's Spring Break and my house seems to be full of children! LOL
In fact I didn't even get to start it! LOL
So this morning I set to do it and saw a wonderful new sketch so my plans changed a little but I really like that they did.
The photos are not good this morning but I think you'll get the idea.

The challenges with this card are:

Friday Sketchers had a great Sketch
Twisted Thursdays want Pastel Colors
Play Date Cafe want Medium Pink, Pale Pink and Pale Yellow
Poppy Paperie wanted Buttons, Polka Dots and Light Moss
CRAFT wanted Nursery Rhymes
Charisma want Something for the Kids
Cottage Studio wanted a Quick Birthday card using a digi image
Daring Cardmakers wanted a card with a Bird on it



Card Recipe:
Image - Mother Goose by Digital Delights
Paper - DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Girl
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Medium - Copic Markers
Buttons - Dress Em Up by Jesse James
Sentiment - Studio G




This is a better photo of Mother Goose, she certainly is cute!
Anyway, I finally got it finished and be sure to check back tomorrow and Sunday for more new cards.
Katie

Challenge #13 at Cooking It Up!

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

This weeks recipe is:

Use some fabric (ribbon doesn't count)
Add your favorite technique and tell us what it is
Tear an edge or use deco scissors

Remember the challenge includes all of the above and anything else you want to add.

A few challenges helped me too:

Friday Sketchers had a great Sketch
Paper Cutz had an Anything Goes theme
Fussy and Fancy want Green
Incy Wincy want at least 1/3rd Green
Cuttlebug Blog want Green and use of CB (I used mine to cut my Nestie)
Magnolia Stamp Lovers want to see a Die Cut
Cleary I Stamp want you to Think Green
Stamp Something want Green and Cream
Raise The Bar want you to Go Green
Colour Create had the combo of Mint, Chocolate and Cream
No Time To Stamp wanted Green, Pink and Brown
Crafty Calendar wanted Flowers
Creative Cottage also wants Flowers



Card Recipe:
Image - Tilda with Teddy Bear from Magnolia-licious
Paper - K & Co
Medium - Copic Markers
Fabric - Unknown
Brads - The Paper Studio
Sentiment - Studio G for Michaels






I tore the background strip behind Tilda, sewed the fabric flowers (my new favorite thing) and I slightly distressed and inked the edges which is a favorite technique of mine.
I tried to do the Distress Ink coloring look with my Copic's ala Suzanne Dean and although I followed her You Tube video I think I'll need to practise a little more but I really like how this Tilda turned out.

I hope you've liked my little Tilda and that you'll join me over at Cooking It Up With Katie
Katie

All About Kids at Delightful Sketches and Challenges

There's a fabulous new challenge at Delightful Sketches and Challenges and this time we want to see your kid cards!
The Design Team got to chose an image they wanted for this challenge and I chose the super cute Little Bo Peep


Friday Sketchers had a wonderful Sketch
Dare U2 Digi wanted Pearls and a digi stamp
Drunken Stampers want Glitter and Lace
Gingersnaps want Lace too
Scrap, Stamp and Doodle want you to Sparkle
Raise the Bar wanted things in 3's so I have 3 DP, 3 Cardstocks and 3 different borders
Res Q wanted Digital and Spring colors
Embellish Magazine had a color combo of Green, Yellow, Pink and Peach and as always a border



Card Recipe:

Image - Bo Peep Set from Digital Delights
Papers - DCWV Flower Shower Stack
Lace - Offray at Joann's
Medium - Copic Markers
Glitter - Stickles Diamond
Glitter brads - Recollections at Michaels
Border punches - Martha Stewart
Die Cut - Spellbinders



Inside is Bo Peep's naughty sheep!



I just love the look on Bo Peep's face and I hope you do too.
We'd love to see your creations for children or celebrating the ones in your life over at Delightful Sketches and Challenges!
Katie

Just For You Mum! - Adapting a Fall Stamp for Spring

Happy Tuesday!
It's snowing here in TX!!! (well it is a little South of us and it should be with us soon)
And to celebrate I'm doing a card just because I can :)
There are lots of challenges I wanted to work with this week so I made another card to go in the box of "someday I'll send it"

These are the ones this one covers:

Friday Sketchers had a fabulous sketch
Cutie Stampers wanted Yellow and Birthday
Pennys wanted Birthday
Quixotic wanted Something for Mum
Magical Crafts wanted Something for Mum too
Secret Crafter had a Mum theme too
Cuttlebug Challenges wanted Stitching (I did faux) (and a CB product)
Inky Impressions want you to Think Spring
Belli wanted Butterflies (one on the hatpin)
ABC Design had a Birthday theme
Stamp With Fun want Stitching
Practical Scrappers want to see Stamps
Flourishes want Flowers
Jacksonbelle want Flowers too!



Card Recipe

Image - Fall Friends (I had to do a very delicate "ink job" on the stamp so that the Pumpkin part didn't stamp so I could replace it with flowers)
Paper - K&Co
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Embossing folder - Cuttlebug Happy Birthday




Inside is more dp and a faux stitched message mat.



I hope this shows that this super cute Scarecrow stamp from Fall can be adapted to fit another season.
Try the technique for yourself, it opens up a whole new use for your seasonal stamps!
Katie

I Love Spring with Tilda!

Happy Valentines Day!
I hope you are having a wonderful romantic day!
Today I have a "Love" card but not a Valentines card.

There were still a lot of Valentines challenges floating around on the web but I found a few non-Valentines that worked for this one:

Just Magnolia had a Love theme
Friday Sketchers had a sketch
Clearly I Stamp want you to Glam It Up
Fussy and Fancy want you to Dazzle them
Raise The Bar had a Be Mine Forever challenge where they wanted you to use a product/stamp/item that you'd never give up
Sassy Susie wants Hearts and Flowers
Fun With Shapes want Lilac, Green and White
Humblepie want to see you use your Dies
No Time to Stamp wanted Purple and Green
Allsorts had a your choice 3,2,1 recipe so I have a 3 part sentiment, 2 dp and 1 image
Pile It On had a "Let Us See Your Flowers" theme
Magnolia Down Under wanted Buttons, Bows and Flowers, Tilda has buttons on her shirt, bows in her hair and there are flowers on the card!



Card recipe:

Image - Tilda with Watering Can colored with Copic's and Glossy Accnts added to her boots and watering can
Papers - Nana's Nursery Baby Boy Stack
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Dies - Nestabilities Oval and Scalloped Oval
Spring Sticker - Doodlebug Tags and Tabs
Rhinestones and Pearls - Michaels $1 spot
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Valentines Lace



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



Tilda has "Green Wings" as well as "Green Thumbs" in this image and I hope it brings a little Spring into your Winter day.
Have a wonderful rest of your Valentines Day.
Katie

Treehouse Stamps- Say It With Love- Featured Stamper

Happy Thursday,
Another week has rolled around and it's time for another challenge at Treehouse Stamps
Each week we have a featured stamper from the design team and this time it's ME!

The challenge was "Say It With Love" and I've already made enough Valentines cards this year so I took the theme in another direction.
I decided to use one of the new release digital stamps ( Little Miracles out TODAY!) and make a "Baby Love" card. Also if you've been following my cards for a while you'll know that I LOVE Paper Piecing and I use that technique in this card so it's LOVE times two!

I did use a few other challenges to help me out.

Die Cut Dreams wanted you to Have a Heart
Polkadoodles wanted Paper Piecing
Fun With Shapes want Hearts and Stripes
Kaboodle Doodle wanted Spots and Stripes
Lexi's want Spots or Stripes
Friday Sketchers had a great sketch
Humble Pie had a Love theme
Just Cute Bears wanted Hearts along with a Teddy Bear
Crafty Cardmakers wanted Digital Delights
Stamp With Sarah Kay wanted a Baby Card



This cute little girl was from the Little Miracles set and was printed on to 4 different colored cardstocks and then paper pieced. Afterwards I added highlights with my Copic's for good measure.
I cut and matted her with Quickutz Nesting Circle dies.
The papers are all K&Co from the Itsy Bitsy Baby Girl pad and the sentiment is K&Co too.
The heart border punch is Martha Stewart and I double punched it to make a heart paper lace. Then I added Queen and Co pearls in alternating sizes along it.



Inside is more dp and a message mat.



I hope you can see the paper piecing on this little girl.
I'd love you to join in the challenge at Treehouse Stamps this week!
Katie

Treehouse Stamps Challenge- Flowers and Butterflies

Happy Thursday everyone!
It's time for another challenge at Treehouse Stamps.
This weeks featured Design Team member is Kelly and you can see her wonderful creations at Kelly's Stampin Habit. She's a little "creatively challenged" at the moment as her right arm is in a cast but she still made a wonderful card for the challenge this week!
This weeks challenge was to included both Flowers and a Butterfly (or two) on your project and it was nice to get in the mood for the upcoming Spring season.

I found a few other challenges that helped me create this card.

Mojo Monday gave me the sketch
Frosted Designs want to see Chipboard
Cute Card Thursday had a "Blooming Gorgeous" theme
Die Cuts R Us wanted to see Ribbon
Saturday Spotlight had a Sunshine theme
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle had a Spring theme
Corrosive wanted Fancy Folds
Cupcake Crafts wanted a Matching Set
Practical Scrappers wanted Patterned Paper
Flutterby Wednesdays had an Open theme as long as it has an Angel, Fairy or Butterfly on it
Quixotic had a challenge of Flutterby



I made an easel card with a matching bookmark using the Tulips from the Spring Blessings digital stamp set
I printed two of the images in a large form for the card and 3 smaller ones for the bookmark. I colored the images and cut out one of the large ones and popped it up on to the one on the card.
The Copic colors I used are G82, G94, Y11, Y15, Y21, Y35, Y38 and YR65. I outlined the images with W1.
The green dp is Love Elsie and the yellow polka dots is K&Co.
The sentiment is K&Co too.
The chipboard butterflies are American Crafts.
The border punch is Martha Stewart.

I used dewdrops on the top of the message mat to make the card "stopper".

Here you can see the depth on the flowers.

I put the bookmark in a bookmark cover and added a ribbon to the top.

So dust off your Spring supplies, find a blue sky for inspiration and create a design for us all to see!
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

La La Lands Guest DT - We're going on a Blog Hop!!!!

Happy Wednesday,
There's a new face in town and she's Princess Rosie!
To celebrate her release all the Design Team at LaLa Lands got to make a card with the fabulous new image.
Also to help make it even more fun we're having a Blog Hop with fun and prizes along the way!

Here are all the fun facts you need to know!
Welcome to La-La Land Crafts' Fairy Tale Release Blog Hop. To celebrate the release of our new Princess Rosie stamp, we are giving her the royal treatment that she deserves. Every member of our Design Team and the Guest Designers have made their cards with Princess Rosie which they are now showing on their blogs. To make the Blog Hop even more fun, along with the cards you will find some clues (a secret word or two) on every blog. When you follow the order of the Blog Hop and get to the end, you will have collected all of the words and will be able to put them together into a sentence. When you are done, you will need to come back to La-La Land Crafts Blog and leave your entry into the Blog Candy with Mr Linky.

What's in it for you???

Besides seeing all the gorgeous cards from our Design Team? The winner of the Blog Hop will receive the newly released Princess Rosie stamp along with super goodies that you can see here!

- Art Warehouse BORDERS Clear Stamp Set
- Hero Arts FROGGY Clear Stamp Set
- two spools of Sweet & Sassy RIBBON
- twelve large Prima FLOWERS
What's even more? While on your treasure hunt for secret words, you might even find some more treats offered by our designers!!! And!! Best of all, I have some great news for you!! Princess Rosie stamp is already available for purchase in our online store!!!

What do you have to do to join our Blog Hop????

* Start your Blog Hop at the La-La Land Crafts' blog

* Each DT Member will guide you to the next Blog during the Blog Hop

* Collect all of the secret words and put them together into a sentence

* Final stop is back at La-La Land Crafts Blog where you have to leave your entry in the comments under the main post. IMPORTANT!!! Do not reveal your answer in your comment!! We will contact the winner for the answer. If the answer is incorrect we will draw the winning number again..

One entry per person please. We will draw the winning number from all the entries next Wednesday, December 23rd, around 10 am PST. Everyone is welcome to participate. We will ship internationally!!

We would really appreciate it if you could help spread the word about our Blog Hop on your blog or just by the word of mouth if you don't have a blog :-)

Now if you started at La La Lands and got to me from Kim's blog then you're on the right track, if not please go back to the start so you don't miss a thing!

I'm making you look at my card first before giving the secret word!
And of course there are more challenges in this card!

Paper Play had a "Movies and Books" theme and my card was inspired the movie "Snow White"
Saturday Spotlight had a "Music in your Soul" theme and "Some Day My Prince Will Come" is the song Snow White sings in the movie
Friday Sketchers gave me the fabulous sketch
Daring Cardmakers wanted to see Polka Dots and No Christmas
Basic Grey had a color combo of Cream, Pink and Blue and their product
Allsorts wanted "Pearls and Swirls", you can see the pearls and the dp has swirls on it and the font was swirly too.
Kraftin Kimmie want you to "Sparkle Baby"
Totally Gorjuss had a free week as long as the image was Cute and Rosie sure is Cute!



Princess Rosie is colored with Copics and I added tiny gold pearls to her crown.
The dp is Basic Grey from the Blush Collection.
The pink and gold embossed paper is from The Paper Company.
The flowers are Prima with Martha Stewart pearl brads in their centers.
I printed the sentiment myself.



Inside is more of the wonderful dp.



After me you need to hop along to Maureens blog for the next clue!

My clue is "HAVE".
Remember to gather them all for a chance to win.
Have fun!
Katie