Last post as Guest Designer for Quirky Craft Challenges

Hi All!!!

It's time for a reminder post for the Quirky Craft Challenge #12  - It's a Quirky Fairy World (Recipe Challenge)

I have thoroughly enjoyed being a Guest Designer for the last four challenges at Quirky Craft Challenges!  I will miss it!  Thanks for the fantastic opportunity!

I chose Sleeping Fairy Dreama as my final fairy image!  She has been spreading her fairy dust all night and she is taking a well-deserved nap in the warm sunshine, under the Happy Sun.

These awesome digital images are from our wonderful sponsor, Crackerbox Palace!  I designed the scene and printed in on colored cardstock.  Then, I printed the images on Xpress paper.  Dreama and Happy Sun were colored with Copics and for Dreama's wings I used G00 and covered them with Crystal Stickles.  The sentiment was printed using the free font, The Blue Cabin.

I used Sun, Sentiment, and Sparkles from the Fairy Ring to complete my card!  We invite you to leave the real world and invent you own Fairy World. Build up your own enchanted world, using at least three of the following items from the fairy ring (and a fairy of course). We want to know your dreams!

I hope you enjoy my card!  Don't forget to enter in the Quirky Crafts Challenge #12-Fairies-It's a Quirky Fairy World...you still have time!  The challenge runs until midday on Saturday, June 21st - UK time or 6:00 am CDT.  

You could win a fantastic prize from our sponsor,

Crackerbox Palace Stamps

1st Prize is 4 digital images of your choice Crackerbox Palace

2nd Prize is 3 digital images of your choice from Crackerbox Palace

3rd Prize is 2 digital images of your choice from Crackerbox Palace

You can just choose from the rubber stamps and 

they will be made into digital images for you.

In addition to the prizes - every person who enters can have 10% off anything from the Crackerbox Palace website, just contact Cazzy (at the Quirky Crafts blog )via the email link in the sidebar, or comment to say you would like 10% off. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenge:

Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenge #12-Something With Wings  6/21
Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge~For the Girls  6/20  
Come And Get It Challenges~Fairy Fantasy  6/20
Crafting Desert Diva's Linky Party~Favorite Color : Aqua  6/22

Thanks for visiting and leaving comments!
Karen

Happy Birthday Card-Drunken Stampers: Anything Goes!

Hi All!

We're back......!  I bet you thought you got rid of us.  Well, no, we're back after a month break with the first of the Drunken Stampers challenges of the year.  Our Challenge #157 is Anything Goes!  Have fun designing whatever you want and become our next Life of the Party!

I designed this birthday card for a friend...she likes traditional cards and I felt the cupcake out of the Birthday Blueprint stamp set from Tim Holtz was the way to go!  Black Core'dination's card stock was dry embossed and sanded.  I used Distress Stains to color the watercolor paper.  I then stamped the cupcake twice, fussy cut the frosting, and colored it with Copics.  It was embellished with some Stickles  - Orange Peel, Yellow, and Distress Rock Candy, ribbon, and jewels.

I hope you enjoyed this card.  Don't forget to enter the Drunken Stampers Anything Goes - Challenge #157.  You have until 11:59 PST on Friday, February 7th to post your project and vie for the title of The Life of the Party!  We're always looking for someone to drink with us!

I'm entering this in the following challenges:
Eureka Stamps Challenge #74 -Anything Goes

See you soon,
Karen

Thanks for your comments!  I truly appreciate them!

All That Stickles Sweet and Sparkly Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Sweet & Sparkly Blog Hop brought to you by the All that Stickles design team!

The holidays are just around the corner, and the ATS design team has put together some fabulous, sparkly projects to help get in the holiday spirit!

If you're looking to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit All that Stickles. If you've come from Laura's blog, you're in the right place. 

Every year I make some homemade gift for all my family members.  This year it is going to be Cappuccino mix.  I am trying to perfect a Gingerbread Cookie Cappuccino to go along with these cute cans I picked up on clearance at Joann's a year or two ago.  They were so inexpensive I just had to get them!  The Gingerbread Cookie Cappuccino recipe is almost there so if you're interested in the recipe when I am finished, please leave me your e-mail below.  

This is the finished tin on which I used Christmas Red, Yellow, Champagne, True Blue, Frosted Lace, and Fired Brick Red Distress Stickles.

 

     

These photos are of the original tin with no Stickles. Cute, but not very sparkly!


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Top of the decorated tin.

 





We have blog candy for those who are a follower of All that Stickles and leave a comment on every stop of the hop! Winners will be announced Wednesday December 18th at All that Stickles.

The Paper Parade

$25 Gift Certificate

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons

$15 Gift Certificate

Bugaboo Stamps

10 Digital Stamps of Winner's Choice

Fresh Brewed Designs

$15 Gift Certificate

Your next stop is Ann's blog. 

Here's the complete lineup:

All that Stickles

Tonya
Laura

Karen S. 

Ann

Cathie

Karen N.

Angeline

Cathy

Thanks for hopping! :) Don't forget to check out our Happy Holidays Linky Party!

Happy Holidays Linky Party!-All That Stickles!

 Hi All!

I updated an angel sign for our All That Stickles Linky Party.  Our theme is Happy Holidays!

I added Mercury Stickles to cover the white painted stars. I outlined the halo and brushed the wings with Rock Candy Distress Stickles.  The wings show much more sparkle than they do in the photo...it's been really dark here, so my photos are off.  I covered the copper stars with Antiqued Linen Distress Sickles. I dotted the snowflakes with Frosted Lace Stickles.

Make sure to go over to the All That Stickles Blog and join our Happy Holiday Linky Party!  You have until Friday, December 20 at 11:00 pm CST to link up your project or card!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!