Pixie Dust Paperie August Challenge

The August Challenge at

Pixie Dust Paperie "That's My Girl" is to create a project with the image of a girl or a lady.

My card features a photo of my granddaughter taken last year that I printed out on cardstock.

I used a combination of papers from

two Pixie Kits... "Snow Shoe" and "Picnic Basket". On a base of white cardstock, I layered Pink Paislee's Daily Junque -"Map" and Prima's Jack n' Jill - "Ode To Joy" and Annalee - "Sonnet".

Spellbinders Labels Seventeen and

Sizzix Branch w/Leaves Dies were used plus a Martha Stewart punch for the border. Antique Linen Distress Ink for the edges and TPC Studio Reel Me In Jewels for sparkle.

I can't believe how much Penny

has grown since this photo was taken. Today she started back to school... second grade. How time does fly by.

Have a wonderful day!

City Crafter Challenge #71 & Tuesday Throwdown #63

I am so happy to be the Guest Designer

this week, not at one but at two fabulous challenge blogs... City Crafter Challenge Blog and Tuesday Throwdown. If you love to do challenges... you will love these two challenge blogs!!! 

Here is my Guest Designer card for CCCB 

for week #71 that the talented Hostess Ros has set as "Best of Friends".

 Again I called on my versatile

Pixie Kits for supplies and used the Girl's Paperie Vintage Whimsy and American Crafts pink cardstock. I added a scrap of My Mind's Eye from my stash.

Embellishments include Recollections

mini roses, I Am Roses crocheted flowers and pink satin ribbon twined with pearls from Hobby Lobby.

I added a tiny Melissa Frances frame

that is holding a snippet of the GP DP and scattered a few pearls about... and of course... my image of the "Best of Friends".

Now here is my Guest Designer

card for Tuesday Throwdown #63 which is all about "Dimension and Texture"... 

I just adore the fabulous papers

from October Afternoon so I teamed a couple up with three colors of cardstock... white, green and brown.

For the image, I chose this lovely

jam of jam with strawberries from MyGrafico (ideal with this DP). I colored it with Tim Holtz Distress Inks... Worn Lipstick, Antique Linen, Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo. The die cuts are made from Spellbinders Lacey Circles and sit atop a paper doily.

I did a touch of machine stitching 

for more texture and added some ruffled brown trim from Webster's Pages, Recollections mini roses and bling...

and an I Am Roses apple blossom

with a few leaves punched with Martha Stewart's Oak Leaf Punch.

Please check out these great

challenge blogs. You'll be inspired by their Design Teams and challenged to new levels... besides having fun!!!

Happy Birthday Mini Album

First of all I must say I had no idea

how hard it would be to photograph a finished album. There is so much going on on these pages that it's hard to pick up all the detail. I made this using the October Afternoon 5 & Dime Mini Album Kit that consisted of the precut chipboard pages, double sided paper and a ring (that turned out to be too small).

I added in some of the Cosmo Cricket

Odds & Ends papers from my August Picnic Basket Kit  from Pixie Dust Paperie. Two photos of my granddaughters tuck into the pocket that was cut with a Spellbinders Labels One. I also clipped on a Tim Holtz Ideology Hanger.

I put wide eyelets on the paper backed 

photos so I could thread some thin crinkled seam binding through.

Crocheted mini flowers from I Am

Roses and tiny white flowers with rhinestone centers from Recollections add more texture to this page.

Burlap, 5 & Dime paper cut from the 8x8 

Paper Pad, a My Minds Eye brad and a Tim Holtz Memo Pin embellish this page along with two manly (a knife and a bullet) charms.

Circles cut from the 5 & Dime 8x8 Paper Pad

fit perfectly into these bottle caps. I Am Roses apple blossoms and Recollections mini roses with leaves punched with Martha Stewart's Oak Leaf and Rose Leaf punches...

and another photo tucked into the top

of this Spellbinders Labels One die cut pocket.

This page is a bit plainer with

just some Recollections pearl bling, I Am Roses skeleton leaves and a white gardenia.

Prima and Recollections flowers

teamed with punched oak leaves and TPC Studio Reel Me In Jewels on the stamped sentiment adorn this page.

I Am Roses apple blossoms, gardenia

and skeleton leaves, Recollections mini roses and bauble, Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares die cuts, more Reel Me In Jewels, a punched butterfly and a pink Maya Road Heart Trinket Pin complete this back page.

Did I mention this was a gift for my daughters 34th birthday?

Hope you have a very happy day!

Top 3 at SOS

A big THANK YOU to

Shopping Our Stash for choosing the card I entered in their "Dogs, Digis or Denim" Challenge as one of the Top 3. So thrilling!!!

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #63

The new challenge at

Truly Scrumptious is Lace It Up. The winner will receive a $25 gift certificate from the sponsor... Stamp & Create.

My entry is...

The idea is to incorporate some

lace somewhere on your project... easy peasy. Please join us!

Have a fantastic weekend!

You For Two Challenges

When I started to make a card

for the Kraft Outlet Anything Goes Challenge, I realized that my colors were just perfect for the Challenge at CR84FN36 also.

This is my card...

I used my favorite Kraft cardstock

along with Girls Paperie Kitch "Rose Bouquet" backside and Sassafrass Sweetly Smitten "Dainty Sketch" backside.

I made this floral bouquet with a base

of a skeleton leaf and a Sizzix Branch w/Leaves diecut in Kraft cardstock, assorted roses, yellow crinkled seam binding and a Metal Edge Grungy Tag stamped with my sentiment "You".

Added two tied vintage buttons, a Sassafras

Journal Tag and a Tim Holtz Salvage Sticker.

Please join me in entering these two challenges this week.

City Crafter Challenge #71

City Crafter Challenge Week #70 -

Scrap Happy!

Cheryl is back as Hostess

and has set as the challenge of using only scraps on your project... piece a cake, right! Who doesn't have tons of scraps laying around their craft space.

I first pulled out my Springtime Pixie Kit

and went through all the leftovers. I settled on the gold, black and tan shades, then hunted out a few more pieces in my general scraps bag.

The brad is from a pack of My Minds

Eye Lost and Found that is just down to a couple left. My son-in-law gave me the button.

I found a cut I Am Roses Apple 

Blossom and painted it with Folk Art Metallic Champagne. Added it with two Recollections mini roses from another kit and some punched oak leaves.

The kraft border is from a longer piece I 

had made for another project and the gold strip with the faux stitching is from OA's Modern Homemaker "Flour Sack". The Graphic 45 stickers were from my much depleted Country Farm Stand Kit.

I'm happy these scraps have found a home!