Something new and exciting is coming this way!

I am so excited to share some news that I have known for a while now! I have the honor of being on the Digital Delights DT!
Wendy, aka Louby Loo honored me with her invitation and I eagerly accepted! She wanted to announce some HUGE changes. You see, Wendy is a very talented artist and when she starts something, she goes all the way!
Here is some exciting news from Digital Delights.
Firstly DIGITAL DELIGHTS AND THE DT ARE COMING TO YOU EVERY WEEK WITH FABULOUS SAMPLES AND MONTHLY RELEASES

Here is the new and fabulous DT for DIGITAL DELIGHTS

Wendy - Illustrator

Cindy - Senior Designer

Lisa F - Senior Designer

Katie - Senior Designer and Sponsor Coordinator

Emma - Designer

Kate - Designer

Lisa C - Designer

Marlene - Designer

Nathalie - Designer

Peggy - Designer

Sarah - Designer

TUTORIAL DT

DeNetra

Jo

Nathalie

AND THATS NOT ALL...........

I want to tell you all about Delightful Sketches!! WE ARE GOING WEEKLY!!!!!!Delightful Sketches will now be know as DELIGHTFUL CHALLENGES!!So starting on the 8th July we will have a brand new challenge and some great sponsors EVERY WEEK

We also have a brand new DT just for our challenge site

Lisa V - Senior Designer and Challenge Coordinator

Rachel - Senior Designer and Challenge Coordinator

Anita - Designer

Cec - Designer

Corry - Designer

Becky - Designer

Dianne - Designer

Gini - Designer

Karen - Designer

Rosalien - Designer

I can't wait to see you all join the challenges and I hope you will all browse the DIGI SHOP and admire Wendys talent!

Pretty Pixies and paper piecing!

Welcome to the Once Upon a Wednesday challenge with the Pixie Cottage. This week we have an awesome team sketch and our theme is paper piecing. You can choose to use our theme or sketch or both! Michelle has a wonderful prize for our winner so make sure to enter your creations!

For my card this week I used Alisa Ramirez' Ballerina Fairy Taking a Ride. I paper pieced her dress and shoes with Scenic Route papers and her wings using a super high shimmer paper I had in my stash. I used Wild Orchid flowers and this beautiful ruffled ribbon from The Paper Temptress.
Make sure to see the other stunning creations from the Design Team.
Katie - Design Team Leader
Pam - Senior Designer
Risa - Senior Designer
Anne - Senior Designer
ArTish - Senior Designer
Denise - Senior Designer
Sharon - Senior Designer
Tanya - Senior Designer
Katarina - Senior Designer
Denise - Junior Designer
Davi - Junior Designer
Erin - Junior Designer
Tracey - Junior Designer
Cheryl - Junior Designer
Adrina - Junior Designer

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations - Paper Piecing 7/10
Digi Doodle Shop - Anything Goes 6/30
Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes 7/1
Creative Craft Challenges - Stamp It Up 7/6
Other Lovelies - Flowers 7/1
Speedy the Cats Friends - Flowers 7/3
Corrosive - Flowers 8/1
Magical Crafts - Flower Power 7/11
Quirky Crafts - Ribbon 7/11
Allsorts - Embossing 7/3
The Crafty Pad - Embossing 7/4

Blog Hoppin with Skipping Stones and a special release!

Welcome to Skipping Stones Design’s special Blog Hop to celebrate the release of two new stamp sets, "Fangs or Fur" and Chocolate Vol. 2. This is our "sweetest" release yet, whether you're a Twilight fan or a chocolate lover, we have something for you!! If you just happened upon my blog today, you’ll want to go back to the beginning at Skipping Stones Design. You should have arrived from the fabulous Erin Grotegut's blog.

Combined with the blog hop today, it's also Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday which means the Design Team is showcasing another great creation from Teri Anderson. We'd love for you to play along with the sketch. Just remember to use the keywords SSD031 if you are uploading to any online galleries or link your card at the Skipping Stones Blog. We'll be looking soon for Guest Designers so you never know....

I used the brand new Fangs and Fur set this week and I am just in LOVE with both the Edward (above) and the Jacob (HERE) stamps. This is such a fun set. I cut out the circles for my top layer using spellbinders and embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder. I popped up the top layer to make a window and used a spectacular shimmery ribbon for my bow. Isn't that sentiment hilarious!

Here is the order of the HOP!

Skipping Stones Design
Teri Anderson
Erin Grotegut
Peggy Russell
Kandi Phillips
Michelle Giraud
Jennifer Ingle
Amanda Sewell
Chelsea Van Wyk
Angela Thomas

Challenges:
Drunken Stampers: Twilight 7/2
One Stop Crafts: Pink and Brown7/3
Crafty Cardmakers: 7/12
Magical Crafts: Flower Power 7/10
Raise the bar: Evening Theme (Eclipse) 7/2
Allsorts - Embossing
The Crafty Pad - Embossing

Inside out with the Pixie Cottage!

It's time for another Once Upon A Wednesday and we have another fabulous Special Guest Sketch Artist, the super talented Jay Jay! Make sure you visit her blog and see the beautiful card she did for us this week!
We also have a theme this week, inside out. We would like to see you decorate the inside and the outside of your card. Remember, each week you can choose to use the sketch or the theme or both!
Here is the inside of my cardI used the awesome CreaSeans Grillman Digital Stamp for my card. My papers are by Scenic Route and The Paper Temptress. The DAD brads I have had in my stash for years! I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils and Odorless mineral spirits using a blending stump.

Here is this weeks sketch and as always Michelle has provided wonderful prizes for our winner!

Challenges:
Truly Scrumptious: Sketch 7/6
Cow Girl Sunday: Anything Goes 6/27
Drunken Stampers: Coloring and Bling (bling=Stickles, crystal effects, metal brads, shimmer ribbon) 6/25
One Stop Crafts: One for the boys 6/25
Crafty Cardmaker: Cards for men 6/28
Magical Crafts: Something for a male 6/26
Raise the Bar: What a special Guy 6/25

Total Eclipse at Skipping Stones

This week I get to introduce the new Fangs and Fur set from Skipping Stones Design. This set will be released next week, just in time for the Eclipse premiere! I know all you Twilight lovers will agree that Jacob is just yummy!

This whole set is fabulous and has so many fun sayings to go with it. Watch for it!

Now on to our sketch for this week. We have the honor of another sketch from Teri at A bit of this. A bit of that.

I had so much fun playing with this sketch, Teri is just awesome!

Ok...back to Jacob *tee hee* I stamped him on water color paper and heat embossed with a clear (slightly glittered) embossing powder. I used Tim Holtz distress inks to add some color and then mounted him (blush) on Basis Brown cardstock. I used Cosmo Cricket DP and spellbinders dies for the tag and fun flower shapes. I kinda went crazy with the stitching on this card too. I added three different stitches with Madeira rayon thread in gold. I hope you like it and can join us this week.
WE HAVE PRIZES FOR OUR WINNER!

Challenges:
Caardvarks: Embossing 7/1
Crafty Creations: Stitching 6/23
Crafty Ann's: Embossing 7/1
Wednesday Stamper: I love...
La La Land: Embossing
Paper play: Something Old (spellbinders die) 6/24
Cowgirls Sunday: Anything Goes 6/26

Patriotic with the Pixie Cottage

Welcome to today's Once Upon a Wednesday challenge with the Pixie Cottage. This week our theme is Patriotic. This can be anything that reminds you of your country. Flags, celebrations, colors...be creative! We also have a wonderful sketch for you from our very own Pam. You can choose to do our them or the sketch or both! As always, Michelle has a terrific prize for our winner so I hope to see you this week!
Here is this weeks sketch:

I flipped the sketch for my card this week and made an American flag for my background. My image background was sponged with distress inks and then accented with stickles for the stars. My firework was embossed with a red pearl powder.
My image this week is one of the mini Hannah on the Bench stamps. I thought this would be perfect for watching fireworks. I used a slim ribbon, Jupiter Mica/Metallic paper, Neenah solar white and HQ water color papers from The Paper Temptress.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Mini Hannah on the Bench
Paper: Jupiter Mica/Metallic paper, Neenah solar white and HQ water color papers from The Paper Temptress.
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, TH Shabby Shutters, TH Peeled Paint, Bliss Blue, Baroque Blue, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug Embossing Folders, Pop Dots, Sponges, Ribbon

Challenges:

Paper Playtime - Flag Day (choose any combo of red, white and blue)
Daring Cardmakers - The World is Your Oyster
Crafty Ann's - Fly the Flag
Wee Memories - In Stitches
Alys - Stitching
Flourishes - Embossing
Charismacardz - Spots and Stripes 6/16

Vampires and chocolate!

Lets start with the chocolate here! This weeks sketch at Skipping stones was a real challenge for me but I had a chance to give you a sneak peek at this brand new set! Don't you just want to lick it! (Ok, maybe that was just me!)

This whole set is fabulous and has so many fun sayings to go with it. Watch for it coming soon!
Speaking of swoon, I mean soon, there is another wonderful set being released just in time for Eclipse! That's right all of you Twilight lovers....this one will have you wiping the drool from your chins...ok, maybe that is just me too :) Hey, us dirty old ladies have to stick together!
Look at the bottom of this post for a fun peek at what is coming!
Now on to our sketch for this week. We have the honor of another sketch from Teri at A bit of this. A bit of that.
Like I said before I lost myself in chocolaty vampire bliss, I had a tough time with this sketch so I decided to make 3 mini notecards. Each is 3"x3". I can't wait to see what you come up with so make sure to join us!

Now for the Eclipse peek I promised!

Challenges:
Meljens Designs - Sparkle Glitter Bling (glitter and pearls) 6/17
The Creative Cottage - Pink 6/18
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbons and bows 7/1
Hand full of Stamps - How Cute is This 6/18
Flourishes - Embossing 6/28

Garage Sale Time!

It is time for our annual city wide garage sale and I decided it was time to clean out my stamps and make room for new. As I was going through my goodies, I came across a couple of Stampin Up! stamps that haven't seen ink in a year or more. Of course I couldn't get rid of them! I decided to play around and created this and another card that I will post later! I did end up coming up with quite the pile of stamps that I should part with along with a massive pile of paper to sell. (Yes I am a paper hoarder and I own it!)
Sometimes it is good to dust off the oldies and remember why you bought them in the first place!

Challenges
Stempel: Flowers (6/16)
Creative Inspirations: Sewing (6/12)
Aly's Sunday Challenge: Sewing (6/12)
Whoopsi Daisy: Ribbons and Bows (7/1)

Once Upon a Wednesday - Lets celebrate Fathers day!

It's time for another Pixie Cottage Once Upon A Wednesday and another super Special Guest Sketch Designer.
This time we have the fabulously talented Donalda from Enjoying The Journey.

Along with our sketch this week we are celebrating Fathers Day...don't forget dear ol' Dad!

I used this fun new digi image from Sean Busking Big Buck.
Don't forget to check out the wonderful creations from our design team and remember to leave them some love!
As always, Michelle has great prizes for the winner of this weeks challenge. I hope to see you there!

Challenges:
The Shabby Tea Room - Just For Dad
> Cards For Men - Fathers Day
> Double Dutch - Fathers Day
> Simple Doodles - Just for You Dad
> One Stitch at a Time - Boys to Men
> Creative Craft Challenges - For The Man in Your Life
> Cuttlebug Spot - Dads and Grads (and embossing)
Pile it On - Quirky
Frosted Designs - Buttons

Sketch Tuesday and Whispering Wings

Welcome to this weeks Sketch Tuesday with Skipping Stones!

This Month we Have the AMAZING Terri Anderson doing our sketches so I really hope you can come and play along with us. Also, we are going to be announcing another new release blog hop with lots of fun prizes...keep checking back!

Here is todays sketch from Terri. This sketch really challenged me! I can't wait to see what you do with it.

My card features the gorgeous butterfly and sentiment from the Whispering Wings set. I am sure you can tell by now that this is one of my favorites! I added a Basic Gray Rub on and used new papers from The Scenic Route Paper Company. Fun stuff I tell ya!

Challenges:
The Corrosive Challenge - Die Cuts (6/13)
Etsy Inspired (How beadyful) - Awesome spring is here (6/11)
Our Creative Corner - Summer (6/12)
Cupcake crafts - Dazzle us (6/14)
Daring Cardmakers -Pearl (6/11)
Creative Inspirations - stitching (6/12)
Aly's Sunday challenge - stitching (6/13)