For Mom or a Special Lady at The Pixie Cottage

This is the last Pixie Cottage challenge before we take a break for summer.  With Mother's Day coming up in a few weeks, this week's challenge is Mom or Someone Special.   As always, there is a great sketch to go along with the theme.  You can follow the sketch or the theme, or do both.

I used Valentine Hannah, available at Michelle's Scrapbooking, and I covered hearts in her hand and basket  with Flower Soft, drew in some stems.  Hannah is colored with Copics, and background was colored with Pebbles Chalks.  She was cut/embossed with Spellbinders Labels 17.  All DP is from Prima Fairy Flora pad.  The background DP was embossed with CB folder.  Sentiment from Flourishes, cut and embossed with Spellbinders Labels 10.  All edges inked with Distress Ink. 

Stamps:  Valentine Hannah from Michelle's Scrapbooking; Flourishes Spring Bouquets.
Paper:  Flourishes Classic White, Prima Fairy Flora pad, The Paper Studio.
Ink:  Memento, Distress Ink.
Accessories:  Spellbinders Labels 10 and Labels 17, Flower Soft, flat-back pearls, Cuttlebug Geometric Rings EF, Pebbles chalks.

Anything But a Card at The Pixie Cottage

This week at The Pixie Cottage, the challenge is Anything But a Card.  There is also a sketch to follow should you choose.  Use the sketch or the them or both, but come join us for this week's challenge!
I saw one of these cute baskets back before Christmas somewhere in blogland, then I ran across it again here with this great tutorial.  I thought it looked like one of those "fortune teller" paper fold up things we used to make and play with as a kid, and that's what it is!!  How cute is that?!?  A friend asked me to make some baskets for the tables at a bridal shower, with pink, brown and green as the colors, and she wanted it "funky but elegant".  Ooooooookay.  Not sure this fits into that description, but I got the colors right.  All DP is My Mind's Eye, sponged with Distress Inks.  I used the beautiful Faith Sentiments stamp from Michelle's Scrapbooking.  The pink roses and top flower were handmade by  me, and the other flowers at the base are from Michael's, spritzed with Glimmer Mist.  Sorry about the poor picture quality, but my camera has gone MIA and I now have to use my cell phone, and no matter how I tried it would not focus on the sentiment.

Stamps:  Pixie Cottage "Faith Sentiments" from Michelle's Scrapbooking.
Paper: The Paper Studio, My Mind's Eye.
Ink: Distress Inks, Memento.
Accessories:  Martha Stewart punch, Spellbinders Labels Fourteen and Fleur-de-Lis Squares, handmade and purchased flowers.


Challenges
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes
Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes
If The Shoe Fits Scrap It - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes

Love and Kisses at The Pixie Cottage

How did another week go by so quickly?!  I finished my daughter's veil and headpiece; plan to post pictures of both in next couple of days. I will also post a picture of the invitation, and eventually get each of the different favor boxes posted; there are 22 different ones, and I posted one way back here. Just need to get the rest up here.  

Wednesday means another great challenge at The Pixie Cottage!  This week's theme is "Love and Kisses".  There is also the great sketch you can follow.  Go with the theme or the sketch, or do both!  I used this gorgeous digi image from the Pixie Cottage, called "A Bloom and Her Trio" by , available at Michelle's Scrapbooking.  I was in a tinkering mood, so printed the image onto regular copy paper, then quick colored it with Prismacolor pencils.  I spritzed the image with water and then smeared it around with my fingers.  When it was almost dry, I sponged on some Distress Ink all around the image.  I layered a piece of vellum over the image to give it a soft focus look, and cut both layers with Spellbinders Twelve.  I cut the doily and inked the edges with Distress Ink. Put all the layers down, added the butterflies and the lady silhouette cutout.

Stamps:  "A Bloom and Her Trio" by Artish, from The Pixie Cottage.
Paper:  "Fairy Flora" by Prima, The Paper Studio CS and vellum. 
Ink:  Distress Ink.
Accessories:  Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry Doily die, Marianne D LR0139 Elegant Lady die, Spellbinders Big Scalloped Circles and Labels Twelve, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Stickles, flat back pearls.

100th Challenge Blog Hop at The Pixie Cottage!!!!

It's a very special challenge at ThE PixiE  CottagE this week as we are celebrating our 100th challenge!

To mark this special occasion we are having an "Anything Goes Christmas" challenge and also a blog hop for some very special prizes!

You should have come to me from Davi Long Reid and if not, then please go back to ThE PixiE  CottagE so that you don't miss a spot on the hop.

You'll need to collect letters from all the blogs on the hop to be in with a chance of winning.

Also, you must leave a comment at all the blogs as each one is giving away a PixiE CottagE Digital Image so plenty of prizes to be had.  The winner from my blog will be chosen from the comments, and will win a digital image of their choice!

Finally, when you get back to the ThE PixiE CottagE leave your name and link to your blog in the Inlinkz box for a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate to Michelle's Scrapbooking!  We'd love for you to enter with a Christmas card/project but if you are only entering the blog hop, please add BH after your name. Only one "Blog Hop Only" entry per person.

So now you just need to leave me a comment and then hop along to Tanya Johnson to carry on with the fun!

For this 100th challenge, I made this little banner. 

I cut the backdrops and letters with my Cricut, embossed each backdrop with a Sizzix folder then edged each one with a gold DecoColor pen.  The letters were cut from a thick gold metallic cardstock.  I threaded each little pennant onto thin gold wire with a sparkly bead between each one.   I colored the cute "Not Even a Mouse" Pixie Cottage image with Copics, cut it out and mounted it on Spellbinders Holly Motifs.  I then suspended it with fine wire from the Merry banner.   The poinsettias were made with Spellbinders Poinsettia Creations, with sparkly beads added to the centers.  Below are close ups of the image and one of the poinsettias.

Stamps:  Not Even a Mouse, by The Pixie Cottage.

Paper:  The Paper Studio, not sure who made the gold CS.

Ink: DecoColor pen.

Accessories:  Cricut, Spellbinders Holly Motifs and Poinsettia Creations, Stickles, wire, beads, Sizzix Snow Globe EF.

Pixie Cottage Challenge #97

Happy Wednesday all!  Time for another challenge at  The Pixie Cottage challenge blog.  This week's theme is Make a Set.  That could be something like a card and matching box, a set of tags or set of cards.  There is also the sketch to follow, so you could choose to do the sketch as well. 

My daughter is getting married in March, and I made this set of tags for each of the five bridesmaid's gifts.  I know, I'm way early with these, but there is a LOT still to be done.  I used the Faith Sentiments stamp available at Michelle's Scrapbooking, cut and embossed with Spellbinders Scalloped Rectangle, and inked with Distress Ink.  The tag was cut with my Cricut, using some metallic cardstock from Hobby Lobby.  I made all the flowers (I'm getting better and quicker at making them) , except for the white one at the upper right.  The leaves are from Marianne D dies.  Added scraps of lace, some pearls, and crinkled seam binding. 

Hope you join us this week for a fun challenge! 

Stamps:  Faith Sentiments by The Pixie Cottage.
Paper:  Metallic paper from DCWV, Neenah  Solar White.
Ink:  Memento, Distress Ink.
Accessories:  Cricut, seam binding, flat-back pearls, Marianne D die, Spellbinders die, lace, handmade flowers.


Challenges:
Craft Your Days Away - Embellisment bingo (pearls, flowers, ribbons).
Gingerloft - Lace, fabric or felt.
One Stitch at a Time - Anything goes.
Simon Says Stamp - Tag, You're It!
Cooking With Cricut - Bible verse or quote

Pixie Cottage Challenge #95

This week at The Pixie Cottage challenge blog, the theme is Blue For a Boy.  There's also a great sketch to follow, as always.   I just go this new Pixie Cottage image by Alisa Ramirez called Not Even a Mouse, available here at Michelle's Scrapbooking.  How CUTE is that little bear with the mice sleeping all over him!!  I decided to follow the sketch this time, flipped it on its side.

I colored the image with Copics and added Liquid Pearls to the fluffy parts of the hats.  Cut and embossed the image with Spellbinders Labels Fourteen, edged it with a gold leaf pen.  The little poinsettia and frilly diecut in the back are Spellbinders Holly Accents and Motifs.  Used Cheery Lynn French Doily die on the green damask paper.  Traced around the die and cut free hand for the matt, sponged the edges of both.  All DP is The Paper Studio.  Added the Dew Drops.

Stamps:  Not Even a Mouse from The Pixie Cottage.
Paper:  The Paper Studio.
Ink:  Copics, Distress Inks.
Accessories:  Dew Drops, gold lead pen, Spellbinders Labels Fourteen, Holly Accents and Motifs, Liquid Pearls.

This week's sketch

A Pixie Cottage Christmas Card

Time to start adding more Christmas cards to you stash, and this week's theme at The Pixie Cottage is Christmas card.  There is also a wonderful sketch to follow.  So create a card using the theme or the sketch, or both, but come join us for this week's challenge! 

There are lots of wonderful Pixie Cottage stamps available at Michelle's Scrapbooking.  For the Christmas card theme, I used the Winter Window image by Sandra Hammer.  I colored it with Copics, sponged lightly around the edge with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink, and added some Stickles to the snow and tree.  I stamped and cut out an additional tree, colored the same at the first one, and mounted it on foam dots.  I followed the sketch and used DP from The Paper Studio. Sentiment was printed from my computer, cut/embossed with Spellbinders Double-Ended Tag and added the acrylic snowflakes. 

Stamp:  "Winter Window" from The Pixie Cottage.
Paper:  The Paper Studio  DP and  CS.
Ink:  Copics, Distress Ink.
Accessories:  Stickles, foam dots, acrylic snowflakes.


Challenges
One Stitch at a Time:  Christmas
Papertake Weekly: Anything goes
ABC Christmas Challenge: V for vintage.

Going For Gold at The Pixie Cottage!

It's another Wednesday challenge at The Pixie Cottage. This week's theme is Going for Gold.  There's also this wonderful sketch to follow.  As always, you can choose the theme, follow the sketch, or do both!  Hope you join us!
This week I decided to follow both theme and sketch.  I used Hannah at a Fence, by Sandra Hammer, available at Michelle's Scrapbooking.  Still need lots of practice, but I chose to color the image with Copics again.  It is layered on cardstock and gold vellum.  The background strips were embossed with a CB folder and layered over gold vellum background.  The flowers I made, and the leaves are from a Crealies die.  Added some gold Liquid Pearls to the corners of two of the panels. 

Stamps:  Hannah at a Fence from the Pixie Cottage.
Paper:  Sand CS (scrap from my daughter's wedding invitation), vellum, SU! CS.
Ink:  Memento, Copics, Colorbox Queues.
Accessories:  Handmade "Prima" style roses, Crealies CL CS 11 leaf die, Cuttlebug EF from Oriental pack, Liquid Pearls. 

Sweet as Candy, Pixie Cottage #92

Time for another challenge at The Pixie Cottage!  As always we have two parts to the challenge and you can choose either or both to play along with.  We have a fabulous sketch and our theme this week is Sweet as Candy.  I finally figured out how to merge digital images, and couldn't wait to use Mystical Mushroom digital image by ARTish, available at Michelle's Scrapbooking. 

Isn't that a cute image?!? It is a great background for the little fairy. The scene was colored with Copics. Added some Stickles to the swirlies.  I cut/embossed the scene with Spellbinders Big Scalloped Circles, layered on top of In Spades Penant.  DP is from Bearly Mine Designs.  Flowers and leaves are Marianne D dies.

Stamps:  Mystical Mushroom, The Pixie Cottage; Summary Fairy, The Greeting Farm.
Paper:  SU! CS, Bearly Mine Designs DP.
Ink:  Copics, Colorbox Queues.
Extras:  Stickles, Spellbinders Big Scalloped Circles and In Spades Penant, Marianne D LR0111 and LR0150, flat back pearls.

Dark and Spooky at The Pixie Cottage

It's another Wednesday (yay, two more days till the weekend!), and that means another challenge at The Pixie Cottage.  Halloween is only a couple weeks away, and this week's challenge is Dark and Spooky.  There's also another great sketch  you can follow, or you can combine the sketch and the theme.  I chose to go with a simple card layout again this time.

I used this cute little Hannah Witch stamp, available at Michelle's Scrapbooking and More.  She is colored with Copics.  I drew the moon around the witch, which is from Inkadinkado, and then added PearlEx in splotches.  The background was sponged with Distress Ink.  Background DP is a freebie from Bearly Mine Designs.  Sentiment I printed from my computer. 

Stamps:  Hannah Witch from The Pixie Cottage, Halloween Trails by Inkadinkado.

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, digital paper from Bearly Mine Designs.

Ink:  Memento, Distress Inks.

Accessories:  PearlEx.

Fall Fun With The Pixie Cottage

Okay, I'm back in gear now, have my Pixie Cottage DT card ready.  This week's challenge at The Pixie Cottage is Fall Fun.  There's also a great sketch to follow, or you can do both theme and sketch. 

Isn't this a fun image!  It's a digital image by the wonderfully talented ArTish called Barnie's Fall Ride, available at Michelle's Scrapbooking and More.  I colored it with Copics and cut the octagon shape by hand, sponged the edges with Colorbox Queues.  All the DP is from Prima First Blush collection.  The sentiment was printed off my computer, cut out with SU tag punch and attached on foam tape.  I followed this week's sketch and kept this pretty simple.

Stamps:  Barnie's Fall Ride digital image.

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Prima First Blush, The Paper Studio.

Ink:  Colorbox Queues, Copic markers, Memento.

Accessories:  Foam tape, round studs. :)

Pop It Up For The Pixie Cottage Challenge #89

It's Wednesday again, and that means it's time for another challenge at The Pixie Cottage!  I did not get back in time from Vermont to get my card created to go live for the challenge, but will get it posted hopefully this evening here on my blog. 

 

This week's theme is "Pop It Up!"  You can interpret this in lots of ways, you could make a Pop Up Card, use foam dots to pop up areas, make an easel card, anything just as long as it pops! As always, there is also a second part to our challenges, which is a sketch.  Here is this week's great sketch you can follow. 

 

Follow the theme, the sketch, or get wild and follow both! Either way, come join us at The Pixie Cottage!

 

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Pixie Cottage Challenge #87

It's Wednesday...that means two more day till Friday!  :)  It also means time for another challenge at The Pixie Cottage.  This week's challenge theme is Fussy and Fancy, and there's also a great sketch to follow.  You can choose theme or sketch, or both!  I was going to do both, but not sure I came out so well with the fussy and fancy, but I flipped the sketch on its side and followed it.  I used the digital image "Feather" from Michelle's Scrapbooking, colored with Copics, then cut/embossed with Spellbinders Labels Six die.  That was layered onto Spellbinders Scalloped Square which I embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.  I printed the sentiment from my computer, cut/embossed it with Spellbinders Oval die.  The roses are from Wild Orchid.  Added a couple curly ques and some rhinestones.

Stamps:  "Feather" digi image by Artish.

Paper:  SU! CS, unknown DP from stash.
Ink:  Memento, Copics, Colorbox Queues.
Accessories:  Spellbinders Labels Six, Scalloped Squares and oval dies, Wild Orchid roses, rhinestones, CB embossing folder, Stickles.

Mellow Yellow at Pixie Cottage

It's time for another challenge at The Pixie Cottage. The week's challenge is "Mellow Yellow".  As always, there are two parts to the challenge...a great sketch and/or the theme.  You can do either or both.  This week I again chose to go with the theme, and again I used this adorable Hannah on Bench stamp available at Michelle's Scrapbooking.  I just love this image.  I colored her with Copics, cut/embossed the image with Spellbinders Labels Small.  I followed the sketch at Midnight Madness.  The background DP is HOTP, scraps from my stash.  The upper portion was embossed with a new folder from The Paper Studio.  Added some yellow Stickles and a few flowers and all finished with this cutie. 

Challenges

Midnight Madness - Sketch

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Mark's Finest Papers - Bring on the Bling

Stamps:  Hannah on Bench from The Pixie Cottage

Paper:  HOTP, SU!

Ink:  Memento, Copics

Accessories:  Spellbinders Labels Small, Wild Orchid roses, Kort and Godt flowers, Stickles, "intricate swirl" embossing folder from The Paper Studio.

Are My Colors Giving Me Away?

Can you tell I want fall to get here and bring cooler temperatures!?  We had 107 and 110 degrees here this past weekend.  This is crazy.  But here we are with another Wednesday coming around, which means it's time for another challenge at The Pixie Cottage!  This week's theme is back to school, and there's also this wonderful sketch to follow.  Do one or the other, or do both.  I followed the sketch, using "Pumpkin Bench" by Sandra Hammer, available at Michelle's Scrapbooking.  I colored it with Copics, cut/embossed with Spellbinders Deckled Oval die.  The little pots and flowers are a Rubber Stamp Tapestry set.  All paper is MME. 

Challenges: 
Crazy 4 Challenges: Male themed card.
One Stitch At a Time:  Halloween or fall theme.
Cards For Men:  "G"...Goodbye summer. Thank you Mandy!  :)
Creative Card Crew:  Anything goes

Stamps:  "Pumpkin Bench" from The Pixie Cottage, Rubber Stamp Tapestry "Pottery Garden".
Paper:  My Mind's Eye "Home" pack,  The Paper Studio.
Ink:  Copics, Colorbox Queues. 
Accessories:  Spellbinders Deckled Oval, seam binding, leaf charms.

Summer Nights at The Pixie Cottage

Summer nights is the theme at The Pixie Cottage this week.  We also have a great sketch to follow too.  Either/or, it's up to you...come join us!I usually follow both theme and sketch, but this week I chose the theme.  I used Hannah on Bench, available at Michelle's Scrapbooking.  Even though it's blazing hot here and she's wearing long sleeves, I'm imagining Hannah in a Vermont summer night setting.  My daughter is about to start her senior year of college up there, and she said the nights have been in the 50's already.  I colored Hannah with Copics; still need lots more practice with them.  Cut the image with Spellbinders oval dies and added the sunset "glow" with Distress Ink.  All DP is Graphics 45.  The flower was made using Spellbinders Rose Creations, then glitzed up with German Glass Glitter. 

Challenges:
Midnight Madness:  Sketch 118
Paper Sundaes:  Sundae bar
One Stitch at a Time: Bling
Shabby Tea Room:  Sweet Days of Summer

Stamps:  The Pixie Cottage "Hannah on Bench".
Paper: Graphics 45 "Once Upon a Springtime", The Paper Studio.
Ink:  Memento, Copics.
Accessories:  Spellbinders Ovals and Rose Creations, deckle edge scissors, buttons, handmade flower, German glass glitter, twine

Big on Birthdays at The Pixie Cottage!

This week's theme for The Pixie Cottage challenge is Big on Birthdays.  There's also a great sketch to follow, and as always you can follow the sketch, the theme, or both.  I went with both.  Again.  :) This card was made for a friend's daughter, who loves ballet. I used the cute digi stamp Bellini (love the bows on her trunk!) by Artish, available at Michelle's Scrapbooking.  I colored the image with Copics, rounded the corners and inked with Colorbox Queues.  The little "presents" were made with scraps and the "ribbon" is a skinny strip cut with deckle edge scissors and covered with glitter.  The bows were cut with my Cricut and glittered as well.  My friend is French, so I thought the birthday sentiment in French was fitting.  She said to use lots of pinks, purples and blues.  Definitely got all that covered.  Can't help but think of Dr. Suess when I look at this card. :)

 

Challenges
Papertake Weekly - Bingo (pearls, ribbon, bling for my free spot)
Simon Says Stamps and Show - Bling
My Time to Craft - G is for...(mine is gift and girlie)
Everybody Art - Gifts.

Stamps:  Bellini digi stamps from The Pixie Cottage, "Bonjour Merci" from Crafty Secrets.
Paper:  DCWV Pocket Full of Posies, The Paper Studio.
Ink: Colorbox Queues.
Accessories: Corner rounder, Cricut, glitter, Stickles, ribbon, SU! punch, pearls.

Pixie Cottage #80 - Emboss it

This week at The Pixie Cottage our theme is one of my favorite techniques - embossing.  Can be wet or dry embossing.  Adrina has also provided this wonderful sketch to follow.  Can emboss, follow the sketch, or do both.  Have fun with it!

I doubled up and followed sketch and theme.  I chose this pretty Pixie Cottage digi image called A Bloom and Her Trio by Artish, available at Michelle's Scrap.   I colored the image with Copics then cut and embossed it with Spellbinders Beaded Ovals die, also coloring the little ovals with Copics.  All DP is from Prima Fairy Floral pack.  The pink panel was embossed with a Sizzix folder and I ran Tattered Rose Distress Ink pad over the elevations.  The image is attached on foam tape.  Sentiment cut/embossed with Spellbinders Labels Six.

Stamps:  Pixie Cottage "A Bloom and Her Trio" digi image by Artish, Flourishes "Many Sentiments".
Paper:  Prima Fairy Flora, Neenah Solar White.
Ink:  Colorbox Queues.
Accessories:  Spellbinders Beaded Ovals and Labels Six dies, foam tape, Sizzix embossing folder, Dew Drops.

The Pixie Cottage #79

It's time for another sketch/theme challenge at The Pixie Cottage.  This week's theme is Fun With Food.  As always, there is an optional sketch to follow.  You can choose the theme, the sketch, or combine the two.  I chose the Pumpkin Carvers digital image available from Michelle's Scrapbooking.  The image is colored with Copics then cut out with Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles.  The swirls are from Spellbinders Floral Flourishes dies.   I made this a joy fold card.  The panel on the left was embossed using Spellbinders Paisley Impressabilities.  The glittery DP is from MME Home pack. 

Challenges: 
Crazy 4 Challenges: Joy fold card.
Simon Says Stamp and Show: Embossing.
My Time to Craft:  Citrus colors.
Papertake Weekly:  Getting cute.

Stamps:  Pumpkin Carvers digi stamp.
Paper:  My Mind's Eye Home Glitter Pack, SU! CS.
Ink:  Colorbox Queues.
Accessories:  Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles, Floral Flourishes, Paisley Impressabilities.

Pixie Cottage Challenge #78

Happy Wednesday!  That means only two more days till Friday, then it's the weekend.  Woohoo!  That also means it's time for another sketch/theme challenge at The Pixie Cottage.  This week's theme is wrap it with ribbon.  As always, you can follow the sketch, go with the theme, or combine the two.  Have fun with it!  This week I went with one of the new digital images by ArTish, called Feathers. 

This image reminds me of a very good friend who lives in Miami.  One of her  neighbors has lots of plastic flamingos in her yard, and when I was visiting out there, my friend and I snuck over (at night of course)  and hung some Mardi Gras beads around the birds.  Next morning one of the flamingos was in my friend's front yard.  Turns out the neighbor was watching us from her balcony the whole time;  we gave ourselves away because we were giggling too loudly.  Oh, those carefree days from...three years ago.  LOL!   I decided to fancy up this image a bit. I printed the image three times, twice on DP and cut out the body, "bloomers", wings and flower from the DP, and colored the rest of the image with Copics.  Added a bunch of sparkle with Stickles.  Thought the sentiment was perfect.  Double layered some ribbons and added these gorgeous little butterflies cut with dies from Cheery Lynn Designs.  The doily was also cut from a Cheery Lynn doily die.  The DP is Basic Grey Lemonade pack.  Lemonade and flamingos...couldn't get much more summery!

Come play along with our sketch/theme challenge.  The randomly picked winner will win two stamps of their choice from The Pixie Cottage College collection. 


Other challenges:
Basic Grey:  Doilies and ribbon.
Crazy4Challenges:  Summer theme.
Gingerloft:  Make it sparkle.
Paper Sundaes:  Paper piecing.


Stamps:  Feathers digi image from The Pixie Cottage; sentiment from Verve.
Paper:  Basic Grey Lemonade.
Ink:  Copics, Colorbox Queues.
Accessories:  Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterflies and French Pastry Doily die, Spellbinders Circle die, Stickles, ribbon, foam tape.