PIXIE COTTAGE CHALLENGE

Its Pixie Cottage Challenge today.

Are you ready for the new "TAG IT" theme and/or the sketch.
Stop by and see the talented teams great creations and then show us yours.

I decided to make a shaped card and a flower pot sounded good. The flowers were made with red and yellow SU paper. I added red beads to the yellow ones for centers. The bottom of the pot was embossed and then distressed and creates the pocket for the tag.


The Pixie image is Hannah on the Bench by . She was water colored and cut out then added to the Spellbinder scalloped oval. The removable tag has the Big red flower on it with some of the leaves. I used buttons to attach the little tag with the sentiment. I love to make flowers and this project was great fun. I dyed some ribbon to match Hannah's dress and attached with
little red button. I really like how cheery the red and yellow look.

Entering Challenges:
Bloggers Challenge: Nature
Crafty Ann's: Happy Birthday
Floweret :Spring/green
Phindy's Place: Embossing
Raise the bar: Flower Power
Card Creations & More: Embossing
Crazy 4 Challenges: Lots of Flowers
Ellephantastic: Birthdays
Word Play Weekend: Flowers
Card Cupids: Flowers
Dream Valley: Flowers
Stampin Sisters in Christ: Ecclesiastes 3:11 All things beautiful
Get Hippity with Ippity: Flowers
Squigglefly: Shaped Cards
The Ribbon Reel: Use one or more...Red, Yellow, Green or Blue
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday: Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday: Flower Frenzy
Everybody Art: Flowers

Passionately Artistic

Passionately Artistry is featuring lace this month. So look in your stash and find some lace. We want to see what you have created with it . I decided to do a round card today. I used a MS punch for the daisy border. Next I gathered the lace and attached then added the Cricket print DP center cut with a Spellbinder flower 2. My friend Martha sent me a little package of beautiful lace trim. I have used one attaching it with brads diagonally across the card. Next I dyed some ribbon, made the flower, leaves, butterfly and cut the tag with a Spellbinder Beaded Circle.

A quick little card for that special friend.

Entering Challenges:
Lexi's Creations: Friendship
Make it Monday: Anything Goes
Squigglefly: Shaped Cards
Aly's Sunday: Shaped Cards

Wee Memories: Use one or more I chose... Ribbon, Color & Floral
Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Lace
Clear it Out: Ribbon and trim
Going Grey with Scrap Creations: Circles
Claudia & Company: Butterflies
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps: Shaped Cards
Sweet Stamps: Butterflies

TUESDAY THROWDOWN CHALLENGE

Hope your week is going well. Mine has started off a bit rough. The water on my washer didnt shut off and ran for over a hour. Two room flooded one being my craft area. I store some things in cardboard storage boxes so some stuff ruined and a huge mess to clean up!! Well enough of that... Today the sponsor for our Use Die Cuts Challenge is Bugaboo Stamps. They have a ton of wonderful images to choose from. I chose this cute cowboy because it brought back a flood of memories. My husband team roped and my oldest daughter rodeoed from a young age. She can ride like the wind and although the image is a boy it still reminded me of all the rodeos, gymkhanas, ropings, drill team practices and parades we attended as she was growing up so just had to use it!!

I used two dps for the base stitched on. Then I water colored the image, cut out a second hat and pieced for a little added dimension. The image was cut out with a Spellbinder Scalloped rectangle and attached with star brads. The stars were cut with Spellbinder stars out of cardboard and some gesso slopped on them. They were foam dotted on top of one another. I had the perfect star button that I attached with some twine.Used a punch for the little tag. Cowboys always need a rope so there is one hanging there ready to throw :)

Entering Challenges:
Catch the Bug: Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge: Anything Goes
Kaboodle Doodle: Lots of Layers
PollyCraft Monday: Boyz to Men
Stamps R Us: For the Men in our Lives
Scrappy Frogs: Anything Goes
Creative Cowgirls:Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Anything goes
Divas by Design: Anything goes
Make it Monday: Anything goes
Papertake Weekly: Fancy a Punch..punches & dies

Passionately Artistic

We are looking for lace here at Passionately Artistic this week. Stop by and join us.

I t was pretty slim pickings in the trim box. This was my only piece of lace trim. I would have liked to make a lace flower but no such luck :) The periwinkle paper was embossed, the bottom edge punched and then and stitched on. First I stamped a little flower image lightly on the paper then stamped the sentiment over them.Next I cut the scripture out with a Spellbinder label #20. Used some salvaged white corregated paper for the flower and added a little tulle in with it. Made a couple leaves and a bow and added the pearl flourish.


Entering Challenges:
Stampin' Sisters in Christ: No dp must start with solid paper
Clear it Out: Ribbon/trim
Papertake Weekly: Anything goes
Stamp with Fun: Ribbon and lace
Stamping Scrapping: Anything goes
The Crafty Pad: Pearls and Swirls

PIXIE COTTAGE CHALLENGE

Our Challenge this week is One for the Boys and/or the sketch.

Sooooo dive into your stash and find some of those manly things then come show us your creation! Be sure to stop by and see the Great creations from the team.
This card is for my Grandson. His birthday is Sunday and I can hardly believe he will be 12. Seems like it was just yesterday they put him in my arms and I finally understood what all those grammas were always going on about LOL Well anyways enough rambling. Chase loves to fish and his daddy is in Afghanistan right now so he hasn't been fishing lately. I thought I would make him a fun fishing card with the cute Pixie Image Gone Fishin by Di Carubia. Ths water colored image is cut out with a Spellbinder label #3 and added brads to the corners then foam dotted onto the blue. I used some hemp to tie on the button and the fishing hook that my sweetie so kindly let me snag from his tackle box. The sentiment was cut out with at Spellbinder label#17.
Entering Challenges:
Timeless Tuesday: For Children 13 or younger
Tip Top0 Tuesday: Anything goes
Use it Tuesday: Brads, fasteners, eyelets and buttons
Bunny Zoe's Crafts: One for the boys
Scrappy Frogs: Anything goes
Ellephantatsic: Birthday/Party

City Crafter Challenge

Good Morning, I'm so honored to be a guest at Kirsty's City Crafter Challenge. She has a beautiful Color Inspiration Challenge for you this week. Be sure to stop by and see the teams Fabulous Creations for some inspiration!



Since I love flowers and the inspiration pic is flowers I ran with it. I used some creme Bazill paper for the base of my card. I didn't have any dp to match the colors so I made the striped paper for the top and stamped the flowers on it. The top was cut out with a Spellbinder
label #20, stitched on and some buttons added. My niece loaned my the pretty embossing folder for the top section of the easel. I made a variety of flowers. The small ones have stickled centers for some bling and the large ones have brads. Some of the leaves are Spellbinder foliage and some I cut out and embossed them all with the dotted swiss folder.
The ribbon is dyed to match the blue flowers. The sentiment is cut out with Spellbinders label 20
some blingy jewels added and foam dotted on.


The base is embossed with the dotted swiss folder and stripes added to the sides. A piece of the coral is stitched down each side and the dots added. The flowers and ribbon added and a button stop finish the base of the card.

Entering Challenges:

Get Hippity with Ippity: Flowers, flowers and more flowers
Kaboodle Doodles: It's the B's knees
There she Goes: 3D Flowers
Dream Valley: Flowers
Catch the Bug: May Flowers Pastel Colors
Shannon's Sentiment: Handmade flowers
Fairy Fun Fridays: April Showers Bring May flowers
Just Add Ink: Add a Flower
Sew Many Cards: An easel card
Squigglefly: April showers bring May flowers

TUESDAY THROWDOWN CHALLENGE

Its time for a new Challenge at Tuesday Throwdown. The theme is Mothers Day and our sponsor great Robyn's Fetish sent us images to use.

After embossing the green I stitched it down and foam dotted on the water colored image. Used a MS daisy punch for the white and purple border then stitched down the center. I made big flower by making a pin wheel, then added the inside petals and center with a brad and made a couple leaves to go with it. The sentiment is cut out with a Spellbinder and foam dotted on. Lastly made the three little flowers to go down the side


Entering Challenges:
Kreative Friends: Mother's Day
Happileigh Scrappin: Mother's Day
Stamp N Doodle: Mother's Day project
Creative Cowgirls: Mother's Day
Creative Inspiration:Mother's Day or special lady
I Did it Creations: Mother's Day
Sentimental Sundays: For the Special Women in your life
Stamptacular Sunday: Mums the Word..must use mom mum mother
One Stitch at a Time: Embossing

Passionately Artistic

My sweet daughter sent me money to buy myself some crafting goodies and I am so excited to have gotten some of the new Spellbinders. I have used them on my project.

For our challenge today Passionately Artistic's the theme is home decor or gift set

My little sis wanted a banner so this is for her. She came for Easter this past weekend
so this was her little gift.I used the Spellbinder Scalloped pennant die for two of the layers and dotted swiss embossing folder. I made flowers in her favorite color to decorate plus some greenery, buttons, butterflies and bows. I used the MS punch to make the loops for the ribbon to hang them on.



Entering Challenges:
Incy Wincy Designs: Buttons and Bows
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Some buttons
Stamping Scrapping Central: Anything goes
Crafty Calendar: April Showers bring May flowers
Ellephantastic: Anything but square or rectangle
Going Grey with Scrap Creations: Flowers
The Stamping Boutique: Winged things
My Mum's Craft Shop: Flowers

PIXIE COTTAGE CHALLENGE

Yippie...It's Wednesday half way thru the work week:) Our challenge here at The Pixie Cottage is The Royal Wedding. Now its really easy... lots of wiggle room Use red, wt & blue, wedding, castle, crown , love and/ or the sketch.


I started with our new castle image by Artish as a background water colored, some stickles to the turret roofs and added some clouds. The wedding couple is also by Artish. I also lightly water colored and added some iridescent stickles. I stamped the white ribbon with a little crown image. The heart layers are made with a MS punch. Punched out the sentiment and foam dotted on.

Entering Challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers: The Royal Wedding
Die Cut Dreams: Wedding
Kaboodle Doodles: Here comes the Bride
Card Cupids: Use punches
A Spoonful of Sugar: A right royal knees up
Stampin' for the Weekend: Wedding
Totally Paper Crafts: Wedding

TUESDAY THROWDOWN CHALLENGE

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. My little sis and niece came for the weekend and that was a real blessing since we only see each other a couple times a year!

Our challenge this week at Tuesday Throwdown is Brads and Eyelets.... Our sponsor is My Grafico and they sent us the great pre colored images. I started a card with all the images in layers and as I looked at them they looked like tags soooo tags to use as a bookmark they became! I also made a card to match.
My Card is layered with white aqua and coral. I used the Grafico leaf image to create the dp and stitched on then added the eyelets. There is a brad in the center of the image. It was layered with the Spellbinder scalloped rectangle. I dyed aqua ribbon to match.

The tag/bookmarkers were all embossed with different folders and then the images matted stitched and added. I put an eyelet in each hole before tying on the aqua and coral ribbons dyed to match. A brad attaches each sentiment cut out with various Spellbinders.

This past month has been difficult and I was thinking there are most likely others who have had difficult days or weeks and just don't say anything so I decided to make all these little tag/bookmarkers to give to some ladies for a little encouraging lift to their day.

Entering Challenges:

Challenge You Life: Bookmarks
Stamping Vacation: Lots of white and something attached with a brad
Make it Monday: Anything goes
House of Gilli: Layers and stitching
Craft your Passion: Show us your Layers
Lexi's Creations: Anything but a card
Creative Inspirations: Use a digi
Stamptacular Sunday: At least 5 layers

The Pixie Cottage Challenge

Wednesday means a new Challenge over at The Pixie Cottage and we are looking for Happy Birthday and/ or the sketch.This is one of the new images by Artish called Tea for Two.The image is watercolored and mounted on the dotted embossed layer then stitched. The floral image is also stitched on.The flower is made of layers of scrunched paper and tulle with some leaves added. Some giant ric rac added across the bottom and the sentiment has some jewels and stickles added to it and foam dotted on. Come and play along with us.



Entering Challenges:
Make it Monday: Anything goes
Card Cupids: Spring/pastel colors
Delicious Doodles: All stitched UP
Totally Paper Crafts: Springtime
Ladybug Crafts Ink: Anything goes
A Spoon Full of Sugar: Celebrate
KB Cute Monday: Birthday
Stamp with Fun: Birthday