The Pixie Cottage Challenge #73

Hi folks, I'm back this week with another card for my stint as a Guest DT for the Pixie Cottage Stamps for the month of June.

Here's a photo of this week's sketch.

and the optional theme this week is "Shape it Up".  I stuck with just the sketch again this week as I had this adorable stamp from the Pixie Cottage that I was just itching to ink up. I MAY be back later this week with something for the theme....we'll see.

Anyways, here's my card!

See what I mean about a cute image? How can you resist? A kitteh AND a teddy? Cute overload!


card details:

• finished size: 6x6 inches
• stamped image: Cookie and Caboodles with Roses from the Pixie Cottage Stamps. Coloured with Copic Markers (RV32, RV34, G24, G28, E30, E31, E33, E34, E35, E37, E39, E47, E49)
• sentiment: CTMH Say it in Style
• patterned papers: CTMH Cherry-O
• chocolate satin ribbon, gathered by hand (for anyone who is curious, on a 6x6 card, I use an 18 inch piece of ribbon to get the amount of gather I like).

Additional challenges for this card:

• Tuesday throwdown #52: Use an animal on your card (I think my cute kitteh qualifies!)
• Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes!

Anyways, be sure to pop back to the Pixie Cottage blog to see the creations from the DT and to link up YOUR creation for this week's challenge. Remember, you can choose to do the sketch, the theme or both! And you don't have to use Pixie Cottage stamps - but if you've got them why not?

Thanks for stopping by!

WOYWW - June 8th

Hi folks!

Phew wasn't that an awesome WOYWW last week? I finally got my PIF into the post yesterday - the postal service here in Canada is currently taking job action so I was reluctant at first to drop it into the mail system. But, turns out to be a rotating strike, from city to city and so far, Ottawa has not been hit. Fingers crossed my PIF gets to its intended recipient in the UK in the time that CanadaPost promised - two to three weeks!!! Don't get me started on "standards of delivery"! Really? Two to three WEEKS? I was thinking a week at the MOST!

Anyways, here's a shot of my desk as I finished up last night (yes, I was crafting on a week-night and NO you can't see what it was until next Wednesday's post for the Pixie Cottage!)

What you CAN see are the papers, Spellbinders dies and Copics I was using on my project!....oh, and the usual mess.

Not sure how observant you might be but my stash of Copics has grown since last week's post - there's another 27 markers in that tote. By my calculations, I have another 100 to go and I will have them all (except for the Fluorescents and Spicas). I'm going to need a bigger container. ETA - some you have asked what the container is...Boy I WISH it was an empty ice cream container as it is 40 degrees Celsius here today and I would have enjoyed emptying it! It is actually an "Art Bin" tipped up on edge, with the insert tray and lid removed for easy access. When I go to crops or play dates, I just pop the lid back on and my Copics are instantly portable.

Anyways, thanks for stopping by my crafty spot for this week's edition of WOYWW. To see the master list of participants, do drop by Julia's blog, the Stamping Ground. It's fun to have a sneaky peek at everyone's desk, don't you think?

Be sure to drop back in a little bit to see my second post for today for this week's challenge over at the Pixie Cottage! I'm guest DTing again this week!

What's on Tap Tuesday - June SFYTT!

Hi folks,

well it looks like not doing booty camp during these hot summer months is getting me into the craft room on weeknights!

Here's what my desk looked like after last night's crafty time

I was playing along with the June Sketch For You To Try over at iheart2stamp. You can see my printout of it with my notes about the cards I made with it down front.

Here's the actual sketch...

and here is one of the cards I made (I'm saving the other to go with another post that has to wait until the recipient receives the card and the gift it accompanies).

Even my other half commented that he liked this card!

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches
• patterned papers: My Mind's Eye "Home" Glitter Stack
• stamps: Verve "Big Wish"
• Spellbinders: Petite Circles

additional challenges for this card:

• Daring Cardmakers: June Flowers (I used paper roses as an embellishment)
• Paper Sundaes #72: Let's Get Sentimental

So if you would like to see who else is playing along with What's on Tap Tuesday, be sure to stop by Cindy's blog "The Crafty Frugalista". And join in why don't you? Your post doesn't have to have a pic of your crafty space - just share your blog post from today so we can all see what you have been working on lately.

ta ta for now! Be sure to drop by tomorrow to see my project for this week's challenge from the Pixie Cottage!

Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge #26

Hi folks!

Wow, for someone who thought the card-making mojo was starting to go into hiding, I've done very well this week. I've actually been in the craft room Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night! Totally out of character for me. I guess I have to fill my time somehow now that I've finished with Booty Camp for the summer.

Today I have my cards for this week's challenge (#26) over at Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge blog. This week we are being challenged to create a Christmas Card with snowflakes.

Easy Peasy!

Once again I made two cards, just slightly different from one another using this week's square sketch for Mojo Monday 193

card details:

• finished size: 6x6 inches
• stamps: CTMH Snow Friends and Snow Flurries. Snow men were coloured with Copic Markers (BG10, R35, R37, R39, Y38). With a little sparkle added to the snow flakes with my Sakura Clear Star gel pen.
• patterned papers: CTMH Jingle (with the snowflakes!)
• ribbons and buttons: CTMH
• Spellbinders: Labels One (Small and Large) - who else is glad to FINALLY get a small size for a label die so you can mat your images properly?

additional challenges for these cards:

• Corrosive Challenge #118: Oh Christmas Tree: Make a Christmas Card

thanks for stopping by - hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Viva la Verve - May Week 2

Hi folks (if you are here for my Pixie Cottage post, please scroll down to the previous post or click through here)

so for those of you who saw my WOYWW post yesterday, you got a sneak peek at today's cards as they were sitting, almost finished, in my crafty space (I finished the inside last night).

I used the Week 2 Sketch from the Viva La Verve Challenges

and did something a little more "femme" than the other cards I made for the May sketches.

Yes! I pulled out my sewing machine and stitched on my cards!!! And I did leave out one element of the sketch as I thought adding anything else to these cards would be a bit overdone.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches
• stamps: Verve Amazing Wishes, stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa
• patterned papers: My Mind's Eye Pretty Please
• Spellbinders: Petite Circles, Labels Seventeen
• extras: paper doily, CTMH velvet ribbon, buttons, embroidery floss

Additional challenges for these cards:

• Practical Scrappers Challenge Me Tuesday: Doilies
• Really Reasonable Ribbon: Pink and Brown (pink papers in two shades, dark pink ribbon and buttons, brown ink, kraft card base)
• The Sisterhood of Crafters: Button Box

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a great day.

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #72 - June 1st

Hi folks,

guess who has the honour of being a guest DT for "The Pixie Cottage Stamps" this month? That's right - little old me!!!

So, for the next four Wednesdays, I'll be featuring my take on the current challenge over the The Pixie Cottage Blog.

Here is a close-up view of this week's sketch 

The optional theme this week is "anything but a card".

I opted to go with just the sketch for my project this week.

Doesn't Sparkles look ready for summer to start? This fun, summery image from the Pixie Cottage is one of many images created by Artish. I thought it would be great paired with these cheerful papers from Echo Park Paper Co. And, to mimic the sparklers that are twinkling away in her hands, I decided to make a couple of paper pinwheels for my embellishment pieces.


card details:

• finished size: 6x6 inches
• image: digi Sparkles by Artish from The Pixie Cottage Stamps, coloured with Copic markers (E000, E00, E93, E04, YG63, YG67, YG17, BG11, BG13, BG45, BG49, Y06, YR04, YR18, E34, E57)
• patterned papers: Echo Park Sweet Summertime
• card stock: CTMH Ocean (textured)
• buttons from my stash

Additional challenges for this card:

• Tuesday Throwdown #51: DIY Embellishments. I made my matching pinwheels (just google paper pinwheels - there's lots of "how to" instructions out there)

Be sure to pop over to the Pixie Cottage Blog to see what the rest of the regular DT have created for you this week - and to link up your own creation! Remember, you can use either the sketch, the theme or both! And, you don't have to use Pixie Cottage images - but if you've got them, why not?

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to come back next Wednesday to see my next project as a guest DT for the Pixie Cottage Stamps.

WOYWW #104 - June 1st

Hi folks!

It's the big day - the second anniversary of What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday! So just need to get a couple of things out of the way first

• yes I am playing along with the PIF so......for whoever is playing along with the PIF and is next after me, I hope there's a way to reach you via your blog! If not, you can email ME via the link in my sidebar on the left.
• and for my PIF partner, I'm in Canada and right now we are under threat of a looming postal strike. We will know for sure in the next day. So, I'm going to wait until the strike deadline passes tomorrow before posting my package. If there is no strike, I'll go via Canadapost. If there IS a strike, then I will UPS my WOYWW PIF creation to you. Never fear! You will get your PIF!!!
• and...no sneaks of my PIF project! As Julia said in the PIF rules, no posting it until you know that your PIF partner has received the package. No spoiling the surprise!

So.....my WOYWW post is all about the mess on my desk after I finished up the cards I started on Monday and completed last night.

The finished cards (which will be posted on my blog tomorrow) are in the centre, the papers I was using on the left, along with the sketch and one of my quilting squares. On the right there are a couple of glue guns. I didn't feel like reloading my ATG in the middle of finishing my cards so I pulled out my Glue Glider Pro. My trusty Cuttlebug has a new location on the corner of my desk. Saves me the trouble of picking it up off the floor half a dozen times while making a card!

Anyways, that's it for me. Be sure to stop by Julia's blog, the Stamping Ground, to wish her a happy 2nd anniversary for What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday and to see who else is playing along!

Oh ... and pop back in a little while. I have a special surprise for my regular readers for the next four weeks in June!