Simply Elegant

Egad! I have lost an entire day. Has that ever happened to you? You have things planned ahead of time (like blog posts) and then, before you notice, the day is gone and you realize you are late. So lets just pretend this posted on Tuesday ok! :)
This card is for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #103. I used PriscillaStyles Flower Trio image for my card (as you can see I only used one of the trio!)
I layered K&Company paper, used 3 ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon and one sweet flower from Wild Orchids Crafts and voila; done deal. Well of course I had to add sparkle, that is just the kind of girl I am.

Challenges:
MMSC #103
Scrappy Frogs - Anything Goes
Let's Ink It Up - Embellish It (must use rubber stamp)
ABC Design - Flowers
Crazy 4 Challenges - May Flowers
Paper Romance - Favorite Die (Spellbinders)
Phindy's Place - Embossing
Papertake Weekly - Fancy a Punch? (used spellbinders die)

Serenity

Today I have another new image to share from PriscillaStyles Store! This is called "Ballerina Resting" and it so gorgeous! I cropped the wall and the flowering vines out to accommodate this weeks Midnight Madness sketch but I still think the image is gorgeous.
I have seen other artists separate their images into different sections and loved the way it looked. I was quite happy with the result.
I actually recycled a label to make the background. I ordered some paper from The Paper Temptress and the label had a beautiful black swirl background. After some cropping, it made a great background for my ballerina! If anyone knows who makes this die, let me know!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Resting Ballerina Digital stamp - PriscillaStyles
Paper: K&Company DP, The Paper Temptress Sparkle Noir
Coloring Medium: Promarkers
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Basic Grey Pearls, Stickles

Challenges:
Aud's Sentiments - Anything Goes
Going Grey - Go Digital
Sparkles Forum - Anything Goes
Delicious Doodles - Anything Goes
Thrilling Thursday - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Bling it On
Cute Card Thursday - No Text
Theme Thursday - Girls
Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge

Here comes Peter Cottontail...

With Easter just around the corner, Priscilla over at PriscillaStyles has created with darling Easter bunny! I love the patchwork feel to the image and had a blast coloring it with my Promarkers.
I popped up the flower with dimensionals and added some stickles for bling. The flowers are from my fave flower shop, Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon is from the Really Reasonable Ribbon of the month club!
I used the new Midnight Madness sketch this week for inspiration!

I'm back!

Good morning everyone! Long time no post, eh. It has been a long time since I have had a chance to sit down and make a card but I finally finished one and want to share it with you today. Today is my first card for the new term with Priscilla Styles Store Design team.
This card features the Sweet Pea image from Priscilla Styles. I colored the image with my Promarkers, popped up a few of the flowers and distressed the edges. I used this weeks Midnight Madness Sketch, MMSC98.

Winner of the Blog Candy Drawing is....

Chosen via Random.org, the winner of my blog candy is #7.....NIKKI! Congratulations Nikki I will be in contact for your shipping information.

Thanks to you all for leaving me such sweet comments. I am starting to feel better and am in week two of my 6 week recovery. Every day gets better!

Blog Candy!!

Good morning to all of my fabulous readers :) I have nothing new (cardwise) to share with you today. I just wanted to let you all know that I will be back to posting around the 1st of March. I have had a couple of health issues and am having Surgery this Tuesday to fix them up! I am looking forward to being better than new and want to celebrate my recovery with

BLOG CANDY!
Drawing will be held on March 1st

Entering to win this fabulous drawing is easy.

1. Leave me a comment and a way to contact you if you win.
2. Post A picture on your sidebar linking to this post.

That's it!

Here is what you will get:

10 Stardream A2 cards
10 envelopes
10 sheets of Basic Grey Paper
Over 20 Yards of ribbon!
35 Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearl sprays
Dew drops in 7 colors
1 Sheet of self adhesive pearls
3 brand new rubber stamps from The Pixie Cottage
1 Brand new stamp from Whiff of Joy
Silver Frost Paint
1 journal to alter with your goodies!

I will ship anywhere!

I can't wait to hear from you.

All Aflutter

This super gorgeous butterfly is a digi image from PriscillaStyles Store.
I colored the image with my Promarkers and accented some of the sections with Stickles. I cute the image out and popped it up with Dimensionals from Stampin' UP!
The antennae were made by curling wire and securing with Glue Dots.
I used DCWV cardstock and My Minds Eye DP from the Bohemia collection. Ribbon is from the Really Reasonable Ribbon of the month club!

Challenges:
Really Reasonable Ribon - Hearts
City Crafter - Sewing
Paper Pretties - Sewing
Craft Your Days Away - Love
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Love
Aud's Sentiments - Love Theme
Bunny Zoes - Love Is In The Air
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

Better late than never I say!

Hello everyone! My has January flown by. I am so far behind on my posts this month because I haven't been feeling well. My apologies to all :)

Today I want to share two new Valentine images by Digital Delights by Louby Loo. My first card uses Peek-A-Boo Ridley. I have colored him using my new Promarkers. I am still practicing! The papers are Basic Grey Lime Ricky .My second card shows the ever adorable, Cupid Ridley. I used a gorgeous Lustre paper from the Paper Temptress to make the frame and border (Spellbinders) My patterned papers are a mixture of Scenic Route and Basic Grey. Ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon of the month club!
I hope you enjoy these cute images.

Challenges
Card 2 - Really Reasonable Ribbon - Heart Theme

Love is in the air

This week at the Pixie Cottage we are celebrating love! As always, we also have a sketch to play with and you can choose to use both theme and sketch or choose one.

My project this week was this fun box! I took an unfinished wood box, inked the edges, layered papers and then finished it off with Modge Podge and lots of flowers. Once dry I cut out my water colored bunny and was done! I think nothing says I love you like a beautiful bunch of flowers!

I can't wait to see what you enter in the Pixie Cottage Challenge this week!

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

Caroling Delight!

Happy Thursday all! Today I get to show you this adorable new holiday image from Digital Delights by Louby Loo. Meet Caroling Penny! I also used a DD sentiment and this fabulous digital tree.
I decided to use some non-traditional colors on my card like purples and oranges but they matched my DP :) I really like the way this little cutie turned out. Makes sure to check out all the new images at Digital Delights!

Card Recipe:
Image by Digital Delights: Caroling Penny, Tree, Sentiment
CS and papers: DCWV DP, Greenbriar Felt Cardstock from Paper Temptress
Coloring: Prismacolor pencils and OMS
Accessories and Embellishments: Ribbon, Madeira Thread, Sewing Machine, Spellbinders Die, EK Success Border Punch

Challenges:
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Let's Get Punchy
Simon Says Stamp - Punch Em
Wee Memories - Cute Holiday
The Crafty Pad - Christmas
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Christmas
Southern Girls - Glitter It Up
Totally Gorjuss - Sparkle
Craft Your Passion - Glitter/Sparkles
Paper Take Weekly - Sparkly and Bright
Paper Pretties - Make a Square Card