World Card Making Day and a Sneak Peek from the Pixie Cottage!

Today is world card making day so get out the paper and glue and craft something beautiful for someone special!
World Card Making day celebrates creativity and connects fellow card makers. This event recognizes the power of handcrafted goodness, and the empowering nature of creativity.
The design team at Pixie Cottage is celebrating this event by offering sneak peeks of the magical world that Pixie Cottage has to offer. Join in the fun and see if you too can find your creative magic!

To celebrate the day I made a car using the Fall Wagon wheel stamp. The stamp reminded me of taking me kids to the pumpkin patch on a beautiful fall evening.
The image is colored using watercolor pencils and an aquapainter. I used spellbinders to create the decorative elements in the card and Martha Stewart pearls for the corners. Crystal effects and stickles make the image shine!
For more inspiration and to see more stamps being released by Pixie Cottage, check out these blogs!

• *Kristen Kelsey-Lead Designer
• Kate Tate
• Peggy Russell
• Renata Elenbaas
• Risa West
• Tammy Maynard

All of these stamps and many more can be purchased from Michelles!

Cup full of Birthday Wishes!

Here is another fun image from Diane at DZ Doodles! This is called the Cupcake Coffee Cup and can be purchased HERE.
For this card I created a frame for my image using two different sizes of the Spellbinders Nestabilities. My image is watercolored using Stampin' UP! Inks and an aquapainter and then popped up with dimensionals. I dug out some of my Prima flowers and jeweled brads to complete this card.
Chocolate and teal is one of my favorite color combinations!

Card Recipe:

ALL STAMPS USED: Cupcake Coffee Cup by DZ Doodles
CARDSTOCK AND PAPERS: Bazzill and Basic Grey
INK: Stampin' UP and Versafine
MARKERS (if any): None
ACCESS. AND EMBELLISHMENTS: Crystal Effects, stickles, nestabilities, prima flowers, brads, Madeira thread
COLORING MEDIUM (if any):Distress inks and an aquapainter.
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES (if any): Paper tole

Christmas is in the air!

I saw this adorable image from DZ Doodles and just had to make another Christmas card...hey, you can never start your Christmas cards too early right!
This cute little guy can be your for FREE! Just go to the DZ Doodles group on Papercraft planet and join! There is a link in discussions that will allow you to get a freebie each week! Now that is generous! Come join us and chat or share your work. We would just love to see you.

Card Recipe:

ALL STAMPS USED: Reindeer by DZ Doodles
CARDSTOCK AND PAPERS: Bazzil cardstock, Basic Grey DP
INK: Versafine, stampin up!
MARKERS (if any): None
ACCESS. AND EMBELLISHMENTS: puffy velvet, prima flowers, Madeira thread
COLORING MEDIUM (if any): Stampin up ink pads and aquapainter
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES (if any): Paper tole

Exciting News!

The announcement has been posted so I can finally tell you all the good news!

I HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO BE ON THE PIXIE COTTAGE DESIGN TEAM!
I absolutely adore the images over at Pixie Cottage and can't wait to ink up those images!
Thank you Michelle for the opportunity!
You can check out Michelles store and the Pixie Cottage line
HERE!