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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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

Pixie Dust Challenge 104 - Glitter and Bling

We now have out latest challenge up and running at Pixie Dust Studio and this time around our theme is glitter and bling - just perfect for Christmas I think.


I have used the gorgeous Socket the Reindeer on my card here along with some more of these delicious Sugar Plum papers by Recollections. I am not sure how well it shows up in the photo, but the holly paper is all glittered as is just gorgeous. I have also added some little gems to the antlers and also the collar for an extra bit of bling. The sketch that I have followed is the current one at Mojo Monday.

Have a great weekend.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge - Colour Themed Challenge

We have a new challenge up and running at Pixie Dust Studio Challenge and this time around we have two different colour themes for you to chooses from:

Holiday Cheer


Shabby Chic Holiday


As you can see, I have gone with the Holiday Cheer option. I have tried using different colours on my Christmas Cards, but I have to admit that I really am a traditional red and green girl at Christmas time. Ths image that I have used is the super cute Pixie Claus and the sketch that I have followed is the current one at Sweet Sunday Sketch


I hope that you get some time to play along with us this week and get another of your Christmas cards done!. You can read all about the challenge and take a peek at what the Pixies have come up with this week Here

Pixie Dust Challenge Thank You Card

Time for a new challenge at Pixie Dust Challenge and this week we are looking for Thank You cards or projects.


I have used another of the fabulous new images that were launched just recently and this one is called Renesemee. The gorgeous glitter papers ate by Heidi Grace and I have been desperate to cut into them - the photo does not do them justice - they are delicious.

Hope you have fun with this challenge.

Karen x

Belated Pixie Dust Studio Challenge - Is it a Boy or Is It a Girl?

As I said in my last post, I have battling with a miserable cold this week and therefore apologise for being so late with my DT post letting you know at the Pixie Dust Challenge this week where the theme is baby cards.

I have used one of the older Pixie Dust images on my little baby boy card this week and this one is called Zeeba the Zebra and he is available Here.


The papers are from a Nitwit Collections download and the sketch that I have followed is the current one at Sweet Sunday Sketch

Have a great weekend.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge - Tween Teen's Dream

This weeks challenge at Pixie Dust Challenge is " A Tween Teen's Dream!" and we are looking for you to create a project for a teen/tween.


I have followed the fab sketch this week at Sweet Sunday Sketches and the papers are all by Making Memories.

There will be a new release tomorrow at Pixie Dust Studio of the fab new Candy Jar collection and if you pop back tomorrow I will have a couple of cards to show you featuring some of these gorgeous new images.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Challenge - One for the Boys

It's Thursday so it is time for a new challenge at Pixie Dust Challenge and this time our theme is "One for the Boys" and we have the added challenge if you like of add buttons and brads.

I have used one of the new Winter release images on my card this week and this one is called Ski Dude and the papers and trees are all from a NitWit designs download.


I hope you get some time to join in the fun with us this week and you can see what the rest of the Pixies have been up to and read more about this week's challenge Here.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Challenge and Release Day

We have a busy day at Pixie Dust Studios today as we have a new release and also a new challenge up and running today.

Our new release which is now available in the shop Here now is the Winter collection. A gorgeous release of Winter and Christmas inspired images to get you started early with all those Christmas cards.


We also have this week's challenge up and running and this week it is a real easy one as the theme is "anything goes" the only stipulation is that you must use a Pixie Dust image somewhere on your card or project. If you don't have any please do pop on over to the shop Here where you can feast your eyes on a huge range of gorgeous digi images which you can purchase and download straight to your computer.


I have chosen to use the super cute Socket the Reindeer from the new collection on my card for the challenge this week. The papers are all from a Nitwit designs download and the sketch that I have followed is the current one at Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Have fun.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Challenge #84 - A new sketch

We have a new challenge up and running today at Pixie Dust Studio challenge and this time we have something a bit different - a sketch for you to follow created by our Pixie Queen Kathy, I hope that you will enjoy playing with it.


I have a sneek peek to show you today featuring one of the new images from the Oh Baby collection that will be released tomorrow at Pixie Dust Studio tomorrow - I just know that you are going to love this release and I will be back tomrrow to share another card featuring another of the images from this release.


The papers that I have used here are all from digi download collection as are the cute little building blocks.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #79 - Don't forget school

Our new challenge this week at Pixie Dust Studio is Don't forget school and we are looking for school related tags or bookmarks.


As you can see, I have gone with the bookmark option and this great Pocket of Love image was just perfect. The papers are all from a Nitwit designs download.


You can read all about this week's challenge and take a look at the brilliant projects from the rest of the DT Here.


Well I won't be around for a couple of weeks as we are heading off this afternoon for a couple of weeks in the sun in Spain (well actually Spain and France in my case, as I am travelling to France for a few days next week so see my sister and brother in law's new home there. They only moved just over a week ago and I can't wait to see their new place.

Karen x

Pixie Dust Challenge #77 - Homemade Sweet Homemade

Sorry to be so late in the day with this post - but better late than never I suppose. We have a new challenge up and running today at Pixie Dust Challenge and this week we are looking for you to make all the embellishments that you use by hand. You can read all about the challenge this week and take a little peek at the gorgeous projects from the DT Here.


I have chosen to use one of the new images from the Playpen Pets Collection that will be released by Pixie Dust Studios tomorrow and I will be back again tomorrow to let you see the whole collection along with another card featuring one of these gorgeous new images. I have used NitWit papers on this card and I have cut out the various embellishments such as the clouds, fences and flowers. I am also entering this card at Cute Card Thursday where they are looking for you to embellish your main image. I have used glossy accents, glitter and a white pen to make dots on the canopy, so I hope that this meets the criteria.

We have had the most gorgeous weather here today and looks like it will be the same tomorrow, so I do hope that the sun is also shining for you where ever you are.

Karen x