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Thursday, July 8, 2010

New Releases at Digital Delights by Loo!

Hey everyone, it's new release time at Digital Delights by Louby Loo. Check out these adorable images Wendy created for us this month! I've used Scrubbie Sue and Floatie. How cute is she?

For my card I printed Scrubbie Sue out on Neenah Solar White and colored her with my Prismacolor pencils and Turpenoid (OMS). I layered her to create a paper tole effect and accented the image with crystal effects and Stickles. The pale blue paper I used is from the Ruche line at the Paper Temptress. It is an awesome textured paper, with a good weight behind it. It almost looks embossed without lifting a finger :) I also used the cappucino Mica/metallic paper that I LOVE. It is just so sparkly and I do love my sparkle!

Come and check out the other new releases at Digital Delights!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Scrubbie Sue and Floatie - Digital Delights by Louby Loo
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest in Solar White, Mica Metallic in Cappucino, and blue Ruche by the Paper Temptress
Ink: Primsacolor Pencils and OMS
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Spellbinders dies, Pop Dots, Ribbon, dew drops. stickles, crystal effects

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Make an aperature card with The Pixie Cottage!

It's time for another Once Upon A Wednesday with the Pixie Cottage and we have another fabulous Special Guest Sketch Artist and this time it's Dawny P from The Pink Piggy!

Along with the sketch we have the added option of making an Aperture card.
If you don't know what that means, it is simply a window on the front of your card looking in.
The team samples should give you some ideas if you want to try the technique as well (or instead of) the sketch.

You don't have to use a Pixie Cottage Stamp to enter but if you do have why not try out!
Remember you can use the sketch, the theme or both and can combine our challenge with any others you like!

One randomly picked winner will get their choice of 2 Pixie Cottage Stamps and the Design Teams Top Three entries will get to display the winners badge on their blog.
Winners will be announced on the Friday following the end of the challenge.

Our guest designer for both July and August will be Lisa and Tracy! Make sure to take a look at all the samples this week and leave them some love!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Forever by ArTish - The Pixie Cottage
Paper: DCWV La Creme, Black CS, Water Colour, Mica Metallic in Opal by the Paper Temptress
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Tombow markers
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Spellbinders dies, Pop Dots, Ribbon, Basic Grey Bling. stickles, crystal effects

Challenges:
Alota Rubber Stamps - Inside and Out 7/17
Paper Make Up - Window Card 7/8
Stamptacular Sunday - Aperture Creations 7/11
Alphabet Challenge - J is for Jewels 7/9
Pocket Full of Posies - One For The Girls 7/12
Wee Memories - Free For All 7/10
Prairie Fairy - Anything Goes 7/11

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Sketch Tuesday with Skipping Stones Design

Happy July everyone! It's the first Tuesday of the month so we all know what that means! It's Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday We have a new sketch artist and guest designer this month, please help me welcome the amazing Kim Kesti of Papercrafts as our Sketch Artist and the wonderful Dina Kowal as our Guest Designer. Make sure to spread some love! :)

Kim created such a fun sketch for us to use this week and I took the opportunity to play with two of my older stamp sets, Dandelion Dreams and Healing Wings. I used quite a few spellbinders dies and some gorgeous Mica/Metallic paper from the Paper Temptress, Amethyst and Quartz to really make the card shine.

Prizes!
The winner of this weeks challenge gets a $10 gift certificate to Skipping Stones! Make sure to add your card to Inlinkz and play along!
If you are posting it to an online gallery remember to use the keywords ssd032. Check back next week for another great sketch.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Skipping Stones Design- Dandelion Dreams, Healing Wings
Paper: DCWV DP, Black CS, Water Colour, Mica/Metallic amethyst and Quartz
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Tompow markers
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, spellbinders dies, Pop Dots, Ribbon

Challenges:
Creative Card Crew: Die Cuts 7/20
Pile it on: Favorite things (purple and spellbinders!) 7/11
The Shabby Tea Room: embossing 7/11
Papertake weekly: sketch 7/13
Quirky Crafts: Ribbons 7/10
Stampavie: Sparkle 7/7
Prairie Fairy: Anything Goes 7/9

Thursday, July 1, 2010

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

TUTORIAL DT

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

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!

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

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 card

I 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

Monday, June 21, 2010

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

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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!