Love comes Softly

I hope you have all had a wonderful holiday break...I know I have!
Today I am back with a gorgeous new image from PriscillaStyles. This image is from her love collection and is called Heart Wreath.
I colored this image with my brand new Promarkers :) I have been playing around with them during the Christmas break, and while I still have a ways to go, I have been having fun.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: PriscillaStyles - Heart Wreath
Paper: My Minds Eye DP, The paper temptress Iridescent paper in Morphing mauve and Silver Lustre
Ink: Distress ink, Promarkers
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Sponges, Stickles, Dimensionals, Pearls,

Challenges:
Midnight Madness SC85

Celebrating with the Pixie Cottage.

Hopefully all your Christmas cards have been mailed, your cookies baked and your tree trimmed! It is almost Christmas and I am nearly ready! Thanks to all of my readers for a wonderful year. This is my last post until 2011 and I hope to see you all then!
This is also our last Once Upon A Wednesday for the year and will run for two weeks. You can choose to use the fun sketch by Tanya and/or the theme of celebration!
A winner will be chosen after the new year and there are prizes to be won! Hope to see your entry.

This week I used the adorable image Rudolph Decorated by ArTish.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Delightful Holiday wishes

Egad! I had this post scheduled for midnight and it did not post. I am very sorry for the delay! :)
Welcome to another Thursday showcase at Digital Delights by Louby Loo! Today I get to show you another fun card using Christmas Bongo. The wonderful thing about Bongo...he is only $1.00 right now! That's right, Wendy has marked down her Christmas stamps 50% for a short time!

Card Recipe:
Image by Digital Delights: Chrismtas Bongo
CS and papers: DCWV DP, The Paper Temptress Mica/Metallic CS
Coloring: Prismacolor pencils and OMS
Accessories and Embellishments: Sheer ribbon, Madeira Thread, Sewing Machine, Fun Flock, MM pearls, stickles

New Beginnings

The December new releases have arrived at Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This months releases are designed for new beginnings; homes, babies, cars and even the New Year!
I have used the new Happy House digi. This sweet stamp is great for housewarmings or even a welcome home card.
Be sure to check out the rest of the cards from the design team, they are full of inspiration this week!

Reindeer Games

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my friends Stateside, everyone else just have a fabulous day :)
Here is another Delightful image from Digital Delights by Looby Lou! All of Wendy's images are so darn cute! This one is called Tangled Lights Reindeer and is only $2.
That is all for now, I'm off to stuff my face with turkey and pumpkin pie. :)

Challenges:
Alota Rubber Stamps - Let's Celebrate Christmas
Scrappy Frogs - Merry Christmas
Fresh Brewed Designs - Winter or Christmas
Fuzzy Wuzzy - Seasonal (with an animal)
One Stitch At a Time - Season or Event
Papertake Weekly - Cut It Out (use die cuts or punches)
Whoopsi Daisy - Holidays

Letter to Santa

Wowzers, it has been one crazy week here. We have had windstorms (plural), snowstorms, 10 degree temps and many, many hours without power. I actually colored this image by candlelight! Now things are getting back to normal and I am hoping for a very uneventful holiday!
This little cutie is a brand new Hannah stamp by Sandra Hammer! Isn't she adorable. It really reminds me of my kids sending their letters to Santa. You can find Hannah and many more adorable images at The Pixie Cottage.
This week at the Pixie Cottage we have a brand new sketch for you to play with and our theme this week is Let it SNOW! Very fitting I thought!
Good luck with the draw and I can't wait to see what you create!

Challenges:
Alota Rubber Stamps - Let's Celebrate Christmas
Scrappy Frogs - Merry Christmas
Crafty Creations - Christmas is Coming
Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes (but you must a Daisy Doodles or Pixie Cottage image)
Paper Play - Let It Snow
Simon Says Stamp - Let It Snow
Stampin B's - Snowflakes
Crafts and Me - Snow
Treehouse Thursdays - Glitter
One Stitch At a Time - Season or Event
Scrap It With A Song - Winter Wonderland

Delightful Angels

Today I get to show you another card I made using the Musical Angels set from Digital Delights. This actually wasn't the card I was supposed to post today but we had a little accident between the card and my daughters root beer :) Luckily I had this image colored up for a beginners Copic class so it the disaster was quickly avoided! Make sure to check out the Digital Delights blog for other wonderful samples from the DT!

Pixies, ribbons and bows, oh my!

This week at the Pixie Cottage we have a wonderful sketch for you to play with and a fun theme of ribbons and bows. As always, you can use the sketch OR the theme OR both! Have fun with it and good luck with the draw for prizes!
I chose this gorgeous new image by arTish called Humingbird.

Card Recipe:
The Pixie Cottage - Humingbird
CS and papers: Basic Grey , Bazzill CS
Coloring: Tombow Markers and waterbrush
Accessories and Embellishments: Ribbon from RRR, distress inks, Spellbinders dies, Martha Stewart pearls, Pop dots, Madeira thread

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Character Cafe - Embossing
Drunken Stampers - Stitching
ABC Design - Sew Special
Stamp With Fun - Square
Sassy Studios - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Whatever Makes You Happy

Angels Among us

I am so excited to share this special release from Digital Delights! One of Wendy's customers requested some angel images and Wendy did not disappoint! I think she is just the sweetest image!

I paired her with some wonderful paper from Making Memories and gorgeous cardstock from the Paper Temptress. This mica/metallic is one of the prettiest shades of ice blue I have seen.
Please check out the other wonderful Angels in the collection!

Hoppin with the Pixie Cottage for Prizes!

Today at the Pixie Cottage we are having a little fall fun by showcasing our new line of digital images! There are a ton of adorable images so make sure to pop in and take a look...who knows, maybe you could win some of the images you see!

You should have arrived here from Denise's blog but if not, go back to the Pixie Cottage Blog and start from the beginning!

How to win:

1. Stop by each blog in the hop and become a follower.

2. Make a comment on the post and don't forget your contact info!

What are we giving away?

Lots of Digital Images to celebrate our new collection!

1st Place--Pick any 5 digital images from The Pixie Cottage

2nd Place Pick any 3 digital images from The Pixie Cottage

3rd Place Pick any 1 digital image from The Pixie Cottage

Your next stop on the hop is the lovely and talented illustrator of all of these wonderful digis...Artish!

Remember to leave a comment/and follow each blog to qualify for the prizes!

Card Recipe:
The Pixie Cottage - Blanco
CS and papers: Basic Grey "Junebug", Bazzill CS
Coloring: Prismacolor pencils and OMS
Accessories and Embellishments: Ribbon from RRR, distress inks, Spellbinders dies, MM charm, JOlees pumpkin sticker, Madeira thread

Challenges:

Paper Playtime - Halloween

Crafty Creations - Halloween or Autumn
Lil Red Wagon - Halloween
Wild Flower Patch - Halloween
Reasonable Ribbon - Halloween and Ribbon
Dutch Dare - Halloween
AI Factory - Halloween
Create With Connie and Mary - Halloween
Paper Play - Halloween
Pixie Dust - Halloween
Treehouse Stamps - Halloween
Crafty Catz - Halloween