Cupids Corner release at Pixie Dust Studio

We have a new release for you today at Pixie Dust Studio called Cupids Corner, which is just perfect for all those Valentines Day projects.



Here a couple of cards that I have made using the new images - they are just too cute.


I have followed the current sketch at Cute Card Thursday for this first card.



If you have a moment, please pop on over to the Pixie Dust blog to see what the other Pixies have created with these fab new images.

Have a great week.

Karen x

Another Baby Card

Here is the baby girl card that I have made using the same image from Digital Delights that I used on a little boy one that I made earlier in the week.


The little bow comes from an accessories set to go with the babies that is also from Digital Delights. I have used up some scrap papers from my scraps box so they are from a few different sets and I have copied the layout from a baby card that I made some time ago to save some time here. The flowers have all be cut using punches.

I am entering this card at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge where they are looking for "Whateva" this week.

I hope you are having a lovely weekend. I am busy today getting at my DT cards for the week done so that perhaps for the first time in ages I may even get a bit ahead!!

Karen x

Something a bit different

I have a couple of cards to show you today that are very different from my usual style and not a rubber stamp in sight!! Even the sentiments are rub-ons.



I was hunting through my box of old scraps for some papers for a DT card that I had planned to make today when I found a whole load die cut flowers and other bits and pieces left over from the style of cards that I used to make before I got into rubber stamping and I have had great fun this afternoon trying to recreate the type of cards that I would have made then.


They are much more simple that the cards that I make now, but I think that I really like them and will perhaps make some more like these. I also have a couple that I have also been working on with some die cut teddies on them which I think will turn out really cute and I will hopefully finish them tomorrow morning and will post them some time soon.

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend. Suppose I had better get back to what I was supposed to be doing and get a couple of DT cards done!!

Karen x

New Baby Boy

I have a card to share with you today that I eventually managed to get finished last night. I started this one around 2 weeks ago and I kept looking at it on my desk but just never managed to get the time to get it finished.

I travel to work on the train every day and one of my "train friends" had a beautiful baby boy on Christmas Day. I got a lovely outfit for the baby when on holiday in California and it is sitting all wrapped up just waiting for the card to be finished to go with it. Just as well that the outfit is a 3-6 month size otherwise he may well have outgrown it by the time I get my act together and get it to him!!


This cute little image is from Digital Delights and these gorgeous new Spring papers are just ideal with it I think. I have also coloured in a little baby girl image and will hopefully get that card finished over the weekend and that one can go into my card box so that I don't get caught out like this again.

I am entering this card into the challenge this week at Allsorts Challenge where they are looking for boy/male cards.

Have a lovely weekend.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Challenge #59 Who's the Chef

How time flies when you are enjoying yourself!! - not!! I have spent all day on an assessment for college on motivational theories and have only just remembered about the new challenge today at Pixie Dust Challenge.

This time around we are looking for you to Create a recipe card or a "cooking" related themed card/project and the DT have come up with some gorgeous samples which you can see Here


I have used my new Imaginisce Garden Party papers here along with the adorable Baker Fairy from the Goodies collection. The sketch that I have followed is the current one at Papertake Weekly

I hope that you manage to join us for the challenge this week.

Better get back to the college work now!!

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 137 - Valentine

Well, no sooner than we are finished with all the Christmas cards we are now started on the Valentine ones and we have the perfect challenge for you this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar as we are looking for all your valentine cards. We also have a great prize on offer this week from our sponsor Whimsy Stamps who are offering the lucky winner 5 digi stamps of their choice.


I have used some of the new Valentine Digi images from CC Designs on my card here and teamed it with some gorgeous papers from a new pad that I managed to pick up at the weekend. Some of them are glittered and they are just beautiful The Love letters were also cut out from a sheet from the same pad.

I have used more of the papers in the inside of the card along with another couple of images and words from CC Designs. The sketch that I have followed is the current one at The Pixie Cottage where the optional theme is valentines day.


Please do pop on over to the challenge blog Here to read more about this week's challenge and see the gorgeous creations from the DT

Karen x

True Love for Sketch Saturday

Here we are, Monday morning again and time to share a card with you today featuring one of the new images which are now availble in the Squiggle Stamps shop. This gorgeous image is called True Love and is is available in digi format Here. What a gorgeous wedding couple they make.


The papers that I have used are all by Basic Grey. These are not colours that I would normally use, but thanks for my friend Kate who picked them out for me, I am really happy with the result and I will certainly give this colour theme a go again. The flowers are all by Prima and the sketch that I have followed is the current one at Sketch Saturday.


Have a great week.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #58 - Button Up

Firstly I must apologise for the lateness of this post. I thought I had scheduled it to appear first thing this morning, but I have just got home to find out that it had still not appeared.

Our new challenge this week at Pixie Dust challenges is button-up and we are looking for you to add a button or buttons to your card or project.

I have used the gorgeous Dolly Do Little from the Toybox collection on my card here today.
The papers are from a Cosmo Cricket pad and the flowers are by prima - I managed to replenish my collection of flowers when in the United States recently (I now have lots and lots even including lots for Christmas this Year!!) and I have added little polka dot buttons for the centres of the flowers. The sketch that I have follwed is the fab one this week at Inspirational Card Sketches - thanks for another great sketch Dawn.


You can see the gorgeous cards by the rest of the DT here and I do hope that you manage to join in the fun with us this week.

Karen x

Birdie Tag Thank You Card

I have a quick little Thank You card to share with you today. I have used the Birdie Tag digi stamp which is available Here This stamp is one of the ones that was released as a Christmas image, but I am sure that you will agree that it could be used at any time of the year.


I have kept this card really simple so as to feature the image here and also because I have lots of these to get done!!

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 136 - Blue and Green

At last I have managed to get back into my craftroom and make a card and try to get back into the swing of things.

We were due to go on holiday on 17th December to Las vegas, San Francisco and Southern California for my 50th Birthday and also to spend time with my aunt and uncle who live there. We flew into heathrow from Aberdeen on the 17th - arriving 12 hours late due to the snow and then finding ourselves stranded there due to a complete shutdown at Heathrow. To cut a long story short, we ended up spending 6 days there before finally managing to get a flight out on the afternoon of the 24th December. Needless to say, by birthday had long passed (on the 20th) and we had to make all sorts of changes to our plans and we never did make it to San Francisco. Unfotunately my husband still had to fly home on our planned date of 1st January due to work commitments but I managed to extend my stay until 7th January, which was great but of course I am now playing major catch-up both at work and at home.

This card that I have done today is for the challenge at A Spoon Full of Sugar where the theme is Green and Blue. Ths image is from the new Dino-mite collection at Pixie Dust Studio which was just released last week.


The sketch that I have follwed here is the current one at Friday sketchers.

Please do take some time to pop on over to the challenge blog Here to read all about the challenge this week and also to read mor about the fab prize on offer this week from Bunny Zoe Crafts.

Have a great week

Karen x

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #52 - Let it Snow

Our new challenge this week at Pixie Dust Studio is " Let it snow". Create a Christmas/Holiday card using White and non-traditional colors.


I must admit that I do prefer to go with traditional colours on my Christmas Cards, but I think that this December Pixie works really well in her blue winter coat and hat. The papers are the last bits that I have leftover from a My Minds Eye kit from last year and the sketch that I have followed is the current one at Truly Scrumptious.

Please pop on over to the challenge blog Here to read all about the challenge this week and take a peek at the gorgeous cards from the DT team this week.

Have fun.

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 133 - Christmas Card

We have a new challenge up and running for you today at
A Spoon Full of Sugar and this time around it is a real easy one for you as we are looking for Christmas creations this week.

We have two great sponsors this week, so your chances of picking up a fab prize this week is doubled. We have Whimsy Stamps and Bunny Zoes Crafts both offering fab prizes and you can read all about this and also take a peek at the gorgeous cards from the DT this week Here


I have chosen to use some gorgeous Stampin Up papers on my card here and the image is by Bugaboo Stamps. The flowers are by prima and I have sprayed them with some Glimmer Spray just to give a little bit of sparkle to them.

I hope you all have fun with this challenge and good luck.

Karen x

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Good morning on yet another snowy Monday.

This past weekend certainly must have been the weekend when everyone thought about putting their Christmas Trees up - there are lots appearing in the windows where I live.

We are heading off to Las Vegas and California on Friday 17th December so my husband has decided that we will not be putting the tree up this year - Bah Humbug!! - but I have not given in yet, so perhaps there may just be a little tree elf arriving in my house this evening!


I am also getting into a bit of a panic about getting all my Christmas cards finished this week as I need to get them all posted at the beginiing of next week at the latest. This is a card that I have made using the gorgeous Tree of Joy digi stamp. This has to be one of my favourite Christmas images this year and is just so quick and easy to colour and using the digi stamp works well as you can just size it to fit into nestabilities etc. The sketch that I have used is the current one at Friday Sketchers.

Have a great week

Karen x

New Release Today at Pixie Dust Studio

We have a new release of images today at Pixie Dust Studios to celebrate the release of the Eclipse DVD. These are just gorgeous and just perfect for Christmas cards for all those Twilight fans (I have still not read any of these or watched any of the films - perhaps over the Christmas break!!)


These images are all now available in the Studio Here

Have a great weekend.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Challenge #51 - Lets Get Married

The theme this week is at Pixie Dust Studio Challenges is " Let's get Married " so a nice change from all the Christmas Cards that we have probably been making over the past few weeks.


I have used the gorgeous Forever Love from the Paradise Collection on my card here and teamed it with some K&Co papers. The sketch that I have used is the one this week at Sketch Saturday.

Please do pop on by the challenge blog Here to read all about this week's challenge and also to see what the rest of the DT have created this week.

Karen x

Challenge 132 - Recipie

Our Challenge this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar is chosen by our own Debbie and she has chosen a nice easy recipe for you to play along with, she would like to see 3 pattern papers, 3 buttons or flowers and three gems. I have used papers by My Minds Eye and this gorgeous little image by Whimsy Doodles on my card and I have taken the flowers option and added three tiny gems to the corner of the image.


We are sponsored this week by Digital Delights and you can read all about this and also take a look at the gorgeous samples by the DT this week Here.

I am working from home today rather than spending hours on end trying to get to and fro work so I am lovely and cosy today and have no intention of leaving the house at all today!

Karen x

What a day of snow!!

I am really late with this post today - what a day. It took me 3 hours to get to work this morning (a 40 mile train journey) and then the best part of 3 hours to get back home again. Needless to say, I now have the office laptop home with me and do not intend even leaving the house tomorrow.

Just to help us forget about all this snow, I have a somewhat cheerier card to share with you today using one of the Miss Evie stamps from Squiggle Stamps. This one could be used for a Birthday, Thank-you or really any occasion. I have used Miss Evie Frills and Flowers on this card and the papers are all by Papermania.


Don't forget, you still have a couple of days to enter our monthly challenge at Squiggle Stamps which you can read all about Here we are looking for lots of Sparkle on your cards and projects, so just perfect for getting some more of those Christmas Cards done.

Have a great week and keep warm!!

Karen x

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #50 - Sketch with a Theme

We now have a new challenge up and running for you at Pixie Dust Studio and this time around we have a sketch with a theme.
Create a card/project with a Thanksgiving or Thankful or Thank You theme.


I have used Lets Play Dress Up on my card here and the papers are all by Stampin Up. This card also fits in well with the challenge this week at Papertake Weekly where the theme is Cut it Out and I have cut out the main image, punched the flowers and also the border along the middle of the card.



Please do pop on over to the challenge blog Here to read more about the challenge this week and also to take a look at the fabulous cards from the DT this week.

Karen x

Cheeky Little 50th Birthday card for Friday Sketchers

I mentioned yesterday that I have been busy with orders for cards and here is another one that I have just finished and given to the customer. I was so pleased with this one and delighted when the customer was thrilled to bits with it.


These super cute images are from Bugaboo Stamps and I just love them - I have also now purchased some of their Christmas ones and will share them at a later time.

The layout that I have used is the current sketch at Friday Sketchers and the papers are by Making Memories. The 50th Birthday circle is from TLC Creations.


This card also fits in with the theme this week at papertake weekly which is cut it out and they are looking for die cutting, punching of cutting out of images, so I think that the inside of this card would qualifly.

Karen x

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Anything Goes

We have a nice easy challenge for you this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar where the theme is "Anything Goes".


I have had a few cards to do to order over the past few weeks and here is one of the ones that I was working on at the Weekend. This one was a real challenge for me as I really don't do men cards! And this one came with the brief that this gentleman now lives in England but has Scottish roots, so I needed to incorporate tartan into the card.
The image is from Digi Stamp Boutique and I have used the current sketch at Truly Scrumptious where the added option is to make a Birthday Card.

Karen x