Pixie Dust Studio - School's Out release and new challenge

Huge apologies for the fact that I am a day late with this post - long story, but let's just say - thank goodness it is Friday!!

I mentioned earlier in the week that there would be a new release this week at Pixie Dust Studio and here it is - School's Out. These images are just perfect for all your graduation cards and teacher cards for end of term - or just a thank you to a special teacher at any time.

It is also time for a new challenge at Take the Pixie Challenge and this week we are looking for flowers somewhere on your card or project. I have just managed to fit in with this challenge with this new image from the new collection called "Royal Teacher" as she has a vase with flowers sitting on her desk! The papers are all from a collection by NitWit designs.


Here are all the images in the new collection.


Have a great weekend. It is a bank holiday weekend here in the UK (Although I am working on Monday!!) so if you have the weekend off, I hope that you have a good one.

Karen x

Sneek Peek of new School's Out collection at Pixie Dust Studio

I have a sneek peek card to share with you today from the School's Out collection that will be released at Pixie Dust Studio tomorrow.


These new images will be just perfect for all your graduation and teacher cards. Do check back with me tomorrow when I will have another card to share and also the new challenge for this week.

Karen x

Ahoy release at Pixie Dust Studios and new challenge

We have a big day over at Pixie Dust Studio today. Firstly we have the release of the new "Ahoy" collection which is now available in the shop here


And secondly we have our new challenge up and running at Pixie Dust Challenges where this time around we are looking to see ribbon somewhere on your cards or projects.

I have chosen to use one of the new release images on my card for the challenge - meet Li'l Miss Sailor - isn't she cute. The papers are by Nitwitts and the sketch is the current one at Mojo Monday



I hope you have fund with this new challenge and I also hope that you love the new images as much as I do.

Karen x

Sneek Peek of Pixie Dust Studios "Ahoy" release

I have a card to share with you today featuring one of the images from the "Ahoy" collection which will be released in the Studio tomorrow.


Isn't she just the cutest little mermaid ever. The papers are all from a Nitwitts downloaded collection.

I will be back tomorrow with another card from the new release and also show you the rest of the images.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Challenge 121 - Clouds, Sky and Rainbows

Thursday already and time for another challenge at Pixie Dust Challenge and this week we are challenging you to make a card or project featuring one of the following: sky, clouds or rainbows - anything that can be seen in the sky! They can be in your image, part of your patterned paper, die cuts, part of your sentiment, or on your embellishments!


I have used another of the images from the newly released "7" collection and this adorable little chap is Doc and he is available in the shop Here now. The papers are all from a First Edition Pad and I hope that you can just about spot the clouds on the DP on the left-hand side.

Well I am now off work until Tuesday morning for the Easter break and I plan to have a nice lazy time.

Have a lovely Easter.

Karen x

Squiggle Stamps Easter Giveaway

We are having a little break from the challenge over the Easter Holidays at Squiggle Stamps, but intead we will be having a little Easter stamps giveaway. Please head over to the blog Here to read all about it and get your comment in by 9th April to be in with a chance of winning something.


I have this little Easter project to share with you today and I have used Hoppy Easter from the lilliputs range.

Have a great Easter.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Studio Release day and new challenge

Well, today is the release day for the adorable new 7 collection at Pixie Dust Studio and these adorable little characters are available Here now. You may already have worked out that they are based on the seven dwarfs.


We also have a new challenge for you today over at Pixie Dust Studio Challenge where we are looking for a number or numbers on your card.

I have used "Happy" from the new collection for my card for the new challenge today and combined him with some paper with numbers on it. I thought this would be an ideal card for a little boy's birthday.

Here are the images of all the little characters in this new collection which I just know that you will adore as much as I do.


Have fun

Karen x

Pixie Dust Studio - "7" collection sneek peek

I have a sneek peek to share with today from the new collection at Pixie Dust Studio which will be released on Thursday.


This little cutie is called Bashful and he is just one of "7" adorable little characters that you will see in full on Thursday. If you can't wait until Thursday, check out the rest of the Pixies over on the right hand side of my blog and you will perhaps see some more of them.


Please check back with me on Thursday to see them all and also read all about this week's Pixie Dust Challenge.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge 119 - Favourite things

It's Thursday and time for another challenge at Pixie Dust Studio and this time we have a challenge that I am sure you will love. We are looking for you to use at least 3 of your favourite things on your card or project. You can read all about the challenge Here and also take a peek at the gorgeous cards from the DT this week.


I have used the bride from the Royal Wedding image which you can get here and teamed her with some lovely pastel K&Co papers. The favourite things that I have used are pastel colours, glitter, ribbon, flowers and gemstones. The sketch that I have followed is the current one at Sketch Saturday.

I hope that you get some time to join in with us this week.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Sketch Challenge and Bunny Tales Release

Today I have two things to share with you - the release of the Bunny Tales collection which is available in the shop Here today, and also our challenge for this week at Pixie Dust Challenge where we have a fab sketch for you to follow this week.

I have used "Bunny Walter" from the new collection on my card this week and the gorgeous Easter inspired papers are from a Nitwit Designs collection of digi papers, the flowers are by prima and the sentiment from Craftwork Cards.


Here are all the new images from the new release today.

Please pop on over to the blog Here to read all about the challenge and take a little peek at the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pixies this week.

Have fun.

Karen x

Bunny Tales Sneek Peek

I have a little sneak peek to share with you today from the Bunny Tales collection which is due to be released at Pixie Dust Studio tomorrow. These images are all just perfect for easter and I have featured "Miss Easter" on my card here and have teamed her with some cute papers from Nitwit Designs.


As well as the new release tomorrow we will also have a new challenge for you, so please do pop on by here tomorrow for another card featuring another image from this fab new collection as well as details on the challenge for the week.

Karen x

Squiggle Stamps Challenge - Birthday Bash

I must apologise for this post being 2 days late, but I have had internet problems all weekend and have had no connection at all. But, this morning, all appears to be well again and I am able to get this post up about the new challenge at Squigggle stamps. This time around the theme is Birthday Bash - so we are looking for all theses birthday cards - either for a male or a female.

I have chosen to use one of the older Squiggle stamps here and this card would be just perfect for any little boy I think. The image is from the Monster Mash collection which you can get here, the papers are from a Nitwits collection and the sketch that I have followed is the current one at Tuesday Morning Sketches.



Please pop on over to the blog Here to read all about this week's challenge - there may even be a freebie available for you to use! and there is also some exciting news about a new collection of images which I know you will just love.

I hope that you get some time to join us in this fun challenge.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Studio challenge 117 - Show us your Irish

We have a new challenge up and running for you today at Pixie Dust Studio challenges and this time around our theme is "Show us your Irish" - Just in time for St Patrick's Day and we are looking for anything that makes you think "Irish"....colors, images, embellishments, sentiments, patterned paper....there is no wrong way!



On my card I have used Lucky Pixie from the new Breeze collection which you can find Here, the papers are by Nitwitt Designs and the sketch that I have followed is the current one at Sweet Sunday Sketch.

You can check out the challenge and have a peek at the gorgeous cards this week from the rest of the Pixies Here.

Karen x

Release Day for Breeze Collection and a new challenge

Today is the release day for the gorgeous new Breeze collection at Pixie Dust Studios and these images are available in the shop Here now. They are just perfect for getting thoses spring cards done now that the weather is getting a bit better and there is a bit more light during the day at last!


I have also taken the opportunity to use one of these new images - Woof Spring Training on my card for the new challenge this week at Pixie Dust Challenge where the theme is Button, Buttons.


I hope you enjoy this new release and perhaps get a little time to join in the challenge fun with us this week.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Sneek Peek

It's nearly time for another great release of images at Pixie Dust Studio and I have a sneek peek of card to share with you today.


This gorgeous image is called Catch a Smile and she is just super cute. The whole release will be available on Thursday, but if you can't wait until then to see some more of these images please visit the Pixie store Here.

I will be back on Thursday with another great image from this collection and this week'c challenge at Pixie Dust Challenges.

Have fun

Karen x

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge - CASE an old card

We have a really fun challenge for you this week at Pixie Dust Challenges and this week we are looking for you to CASE either an old card of your own or a card belonging to someone else. All that we ask is that youn show us both the cards and if the old one is not your own, can you please link it to the original owner.

The card that I have chosen to CASE is one of my own Pixie Dust cards and the original one if the pastel one. I have chosen to go with completely different colours for the new one but have used the same image. I usually use pastel colours, but I am really happy with the results from the near monochrome version.


The image that I have used is Forever from the twighlight collection and the papers are by Papermania.



Please pop on over to the blog Here to read all about the challenge this week and take a peek at what the other pixies have been up to.

I hope you have time to join with us and have fun with this great challenge.

Karen x

Squiggle Stamps challenge - White Space

We have a new challenge for you today at Squiggle Stamps and this time around we are looking for some "White Space" on your cards. So clean and simple are the words - and this can be a lot more tricky than it sounds! So difficult to resist putting just another piece of ribbon or little gem stone here and there!!


We would love to see a Squiggle Stamps image on your card so if you pop on over to the blog Here you will see that for a limited time only Tracy is offering a free image to get you on your way.

I hope that you get time to join in the fun with our new challenge and enjoy the challenge of keeping it clean and simple.

Have a great weekend.

Karen x

A New Pixie Dust Challenge and a New Release

We have an exciting day for you at Pixie Dust Studio where we have the release of the gorgeous Lovestruck collection and also the new Pixie Dust Challege where the theme is hearts, so we are looking for hearts somewhere on your project - either in the image, on the DP or in your embellishments, so a nice easy one to get all those valentine cards started.

The image that I have used on my card here is called Heart Garden and you can get her in the shop Here now. The sketch that I have followed is the current one at Sketch Saturday.


Here are the rest of the gorgeous collection for you to have a look at

Have fun

Karen x