Winner of the Pixie Cottage Stamp!

Thank you to everyone that left comments for me this week! I just love reading them.

The winner of last weeks Pixie Cottage stamp, chosen by Random.org is......

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 14


RUFUS! Congratulations!!

Please email me with your mailing address and I will get that right out!

For those of you that didn't win this week, keep watching, there will more drawings to come!

New releases at The Pixie Cottage and a giveaway!

There is some exciting news at the Pixie Cottage this week! Here is a sneak peek at one of the NEW RELEASES! I was so excited to see this beautiful butterfly and couldn't wait to ink it up.
Unfortunately, my mojo made like Elvis and left the building. I have no idea what was wrong with me! I colored the beautiful flowers and then didn't like the color, then I added a new color and thought it was too dark...so I added another color to brighten up. You know what I got? BROWN flowers! Nothing says thinking of you like brown wilted flowers eh! So, what is a girl to do when her coloring goes astray? Cover it with flower soft!

Between the jumbled flowers and the purple stickles gone wrong...I was less than thrilled with the outcome but the stamp really is beautiful! :) I will give it another go once the creative juices are flowing once again.

There are so many gorgeous stamps that are coming to the Pixie Cottage. Stay tuned for more to come!

This weeks challenge for Once Upon a Wednesday is a sketch and or a pocket or tag. (see comment about flowers above) I wasn't about to try a pocket :)
This weeks gorgeous sketch was provided by the wonderfully talented Bev Rochester.
I would love to see you join us this week for great prizes!
Leave me a comment and you will be entered to win this brand new rubber stamp! I will choose a winner on Monday! (Please make sure I can either find your email address on your profile or leave me one!)Challenges:
Your Next Stamp - Use a Border Punch (6/8)
Clearly iStamp - Flowers (31st)
Colour Create - green/aqua (3rd)
365 Cards - Insect frenzy (3rd)

Holy Carp it's sketch Tuesday!

Welcome to the always fun, never boring, Sketch Tuesday at Skipping Stones!. I am absolutely loving this new, hilarious set called "Holy Carp". It has so many fantastic sayings that are perfect for that guy in your life. Just look at the face on that fish!
I actually made this card for my Dad's birthday coming up this weekend. He loves to fish but rarely comes home with the "big one!" I think he and my husband just talk about the HUGE fish that barely got away, over and over again...I'm sure you know the one.

We have our last sketch by Jen Del Muro (sniff, sniff) for you to try this week. Jen has been amazing and I have had so much fun with her sketches and creative genius this month.

Don't forget to check out the other fun creations by the Stamp Tramps!
Angela Thomas
Erin Stieler Grotegut
Deb Felts - Guest Tramp
Michelle Giraud
Kandi Phillips
Amanda Sewell
Jennifer Ingle - NEW permanent Tramp!

Challenges:
OLLCB - Bright And Cheerful (31st)
Whoopsi Daisy - As you like it (31st)
The Creative Cottage - One for the Boys (27th)
Crafty Calendar - The Great Outdoors (6/03)
Stampin for the Weekend - Make someone smile (06/03)


Card Recipe:

Stamps: Holy Carp - Skipping Stones
Paper: HQ water color paper, Basis cardstock, Bazzil swiss dots cardstock, dp from my stach (sorry I can't remember!)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, TH Distress Ink (fired brick, faded blue jeans, shabby shutters, peeled paint, broken china, vintage photo, walnut stain)
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Pop Dots, Sponges, Spellbinders, twine, buttons, stickles

Winner of the Skipping Stones Blog Hop Giveaway....

Thank you to everyone that participated in the Skipping Stones Blog Hop. Don't forget to come back tomorrow and check out the new Tuesday Sketch Challenge!

The winner of this adorable stamp set, chosen by Random.org is........

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 13

LAURACOX!

Congratulations Laura. Please email me with your delivery address and I will get those out to you!

Keep checking for more candy in June!

Once Upon a Wednesday. Get ready to paper tole!

Looking for the Skipping Stones Blog Hop? Scroll Down for fun prizes!Welcome to the weekly Once Upon a Wednesday Challenge with the Pixie Cottage. This week our theme is Paper Tole. We want to see you cut out your images and pop up sections. We also have a team sketch. Like all of our challenges, you can choose the theme or the sketch or both!

Michelle has some great prizes for our winner.

Here is our fun sketch of the week!For my card this week, I used the new "Bunny with Roses" by the super talented Di Carubia. Isn't he just the cutest!
I water colored the image with my distress inks and popped up the roses with dimensionals. Of course I had to add stickles for that sparkle I love SO much.
I used a variety of spellbinders dies for the shapes and my papers are a Bronze Mica/Metallic and Cherrywood Lane DP by Heidi Grace.

Challenges:
Pixie Dust Studio - Cut it out (Thursday)
Your Next Stamp - Cut it out pop it up (25th)
Clearly iStamp - Flowers (31st)
Prairie Fairy - Flowers (Friday)
MelJens Design - Flowers and Blooms (19th)
Pollycraft - Blooms (Monday)
Practical Scrappers - Patterned Paper (Wednesday)
Papertake Weekly - Say it with flowers (Tuesday)

Blog Hoppin with Skipping Stones and a Giveaway!

Welcome to a new Skipping Stones Design's Blog Hop. Today we get to celebrate the release of two new stamp sets, Holy Carp and Home of the Brave. If you just happened upon my blog today, you will want to go back to the beginning at Skipping Stones Design.

You should have arrived from Deb Felts blog.

Today is also Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday which means the Design Team is showcasing another great creation from Jen del Muro. We'd love for you to play along with the sketch. Just remember to use the keywords SSD025 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....

Here is Jen's awesome sketch

I was so excited to use the Home of the Brave set for todays card. I stamped the fireworks with red ink and then heat embossed. I then sponged a night sky and added stickles for my stars. I used a couple of beautiful papers from the Paper Temptress. Jupiter Mica/metallic, White diamond and sky blue crepe.

GIVEAWAY!
Leave me a comment about the new stamps and I will draw a winner on Monday the 24th for this adorable stamp set!

Your next stop is Michelle Girauds blog!.

Order of Participants:
Skipping Stones Blog

Jen del Muro

Erin Grotegut

Kandi Phillips

Deb Felts

Peggy Russell (you're here!)

Michelle Giraud

Jennifer Ingle

Amanda Sewell

Angela Thomas

Challenges:
Just Us Girls - Red, White and Blue
The Shabby Tea Room - Stars and Stripes

Recycled Creations

Good morning and Happy Monday! I just wanted to share this card with you all because I did a lot of crafting this weekend. A wonderful Etsy customer of mine asked me to re-create some of my past works for her and I agreed. I like to keep my creations one of a kind so I changed the colors and the papers but kept the layout the same. I was really happy with how it turned out.
Patricia at The Paper Temptress sent me a new water color paper to try. It is called HQ Water color paper. At first I was a little skeptical because it is thinner than my normal WC paper but the texture was really beautiful. Once I stamped on it, I was hooked. The image came out much darker and clearer than my Strathmore and Canson WC papers. When I painted, it absorbed just as fast as the others as well. I am hooked.
I finished my card with a Cappucino Mica/Metallic and Basis burgundy cardstock. My DP is DCWV Once Upon a Time collection.

Challenges:
Clearly iStamp - Flowers
Your Next Stamp - Cut it out and pop it up!
MelJens Designs - Flowers and Blooms
Pixie Dust Studio - Cut it out
Easy Craft Projects - Spring

The Paper Temptress DT!

I hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend as much as I am. We finally have a little sunshine so it is time to go crazy in my flower beds! Unfortunately for me, I do not have a green thumb so my flowers do not enjoy a long life. I have no idea what I do wrong...maybe love them a little too much! :)
Gardening aside...I want to share my excitement with you. I was picked to be on the Paper Temptress DT! Some of my good blogosphere friends are also on the team so it is doubly exciting. The papers that are sold at the Paper Temptress are absolutely stunning. Everything either gleams, sparkles or feels amazing. My friend True has a wonderful paper pack special for the month of May. It is called "True's Favorites" and right now, she is offering it for 20% off! You get 20 sheets (2 of a couple of colors) for $13.19! reg. $16.49!
If you want a little more shopping inspiration, I snatched this picture from True's blog :)


On my card I used the White pearl linen cardstock aroudn the edges and I used the Azalea Mica/Metallic for the butterfly. The papers just added the right amount of shimmer!

Challenges:
Crafty Ann's - Anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Shiny sparkly and special
Order of the Opus Gluei - Fit to be tied (ribbon)

Once Upon a Wednesday...Distress it!

Welcome to the new Once Upon a Wednesday challenge with the Pixie Cottage! This week we are all honored to work with the fabulous Suzanne Dean from Scrap Bitz. Suzanne has provided us with an inspiring sketch and our theme this week is Vintage/Distressed.

I was so excited for this week because it was the perfect theme for using my new Prima floral ribbon! I bought this on clearance at Joann's crafts...can you believe it, two of my favorite words in one paragraph...clearance and Prima! :)

I used the beautiful Simply the Best rose by the very talented ArTish. I simply sponged 3 shades of brown and one pale green and it was done! My papers are La Creme' by DCWV. I stitched that fabulous ribbon in place.

I would love to see what you create this week so make sure to enter our challenge. Michelle always has wonderful prizes!
Challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers - Distressed
Clearly I Stamp - Flowers
Crafty Ann's - Anything Goes
Opus Gluei - Fit to be Tied (ribbons)
ABC - U is for Unused Stash (I've had this ribbon trim for awhile)
Creative Card Crew - sketch

Tuesday at Skipping Stones Design!

This week at Skipping Stones Design we have another gorgeous sketch from Jen Del Muro. I have to admit, this sketch really made me think. I wanted each layer to stand out without being too busy. I thought that this long skinny journal would be perfect!

I used the beautiful star stamp from the Christmas Swirls set and doubled it to make a flower shape. The sentiment is from the Healing Wings set. I embossed the stars with a gorgeous vibrant blue powder and topped it with an ivory button and this new GORGEOUS ribbon I ordered from Really Reasonable Ribbon. I really love shiny things and this ribbon makes me happy:) I guess I have a lot in common with the raccoons that frequent my neighborhood (minus the garbage of course!)

Make sure to check back because next week I get to show you the wonderful new releases from Skipping Stones. You won't want to miss it because there will also be a chance to win a free stamp set!

Here is our lovely sketch this week, I do hope you can join us!
Jen del Muro, Deb Felts and Jennifer Ingle all were fabulous last week so don't forget to check out their blogs again this week! We are so lucky to have you ladies on board with us this month.

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Shiny, sparkly and special.
Clearly iStamp - flower
Crafty Anns - anything goes
Order of the Opus Gluei - fit to be tied (ribbon)