Friday, December 30, 2011

12 Pixie Dust Studio Favorites

I have noticed that many bloggers are posting their 12 favorite cards from the past year. I decided to join in the fun! So here they are:

 Miss Studio Priss from the Steampunk Collection

Pixie D and Prince Toto from the Pixie of Oz  Collection

 Sir Studio Punk from the Steampunk Collection

 X Rated Snowman from the 15 Days of a Pixie Christmas Collection

 Lover Boy from Cupid's Corner

 The Notebook from Cupid's Corner

 Love is in the Air from Cupid's Corner

Belle of the Ball from the Have a Ball Collection

Moonbeam the Unicorn from the Moonbeam Collection

Peter the Rabbit from the Egg Hunt Collection

 The Royal Queen from the British Invasion Collection

 Circus Princess from the Circus Collection
I hope you have enjoyed seeing some of my favorites. It was so hard to choose! If you missed out on adding any of these digis to your collection you can find them in the Pixie Dust Studio.
I've been MIA the past two weeks. My daughters who live out of state and my two grandkids have been visiting. I spent all of my time with them. We had a wonderful Christmas! I hope you did too! Wishing you a very Happy New Year! My regular challenge posts will start again next Thursday. Hugs
 This week's challenge is to create a card with NUMBERS. Enter your project HERE for a chance to win a Pixie Dust image of your choice and a Pixie Star Award Badge for your blog. For adorable digis, stop by the Pixie Dust Studio and choose your favorite image!

Thursday, December 15, 2011

It's a Stitching Challenge at Pixie Dust Studio this Week!

OK. I admit it! I am too lazy busy this week to drag out my sewing machine for this week's challenge. I did "Faux" stitching with a silver gel pen on my tag.
 I used the image "Socket the Reindeer". I think he's so cute!
What will you create for this week's challenge? For inspiration check out the blogs of our talented Pixie DT. Their links are in my sidebar.  Enter your project HERE for a chance to win a Pixie Dust image of your choice and a Pixie Star Award Badge for your blog. For adorable digis, stop by the Pixie Dust Studio and choose your favorite image!

MTMEPPS 40 Challenge

Are you ready for Christmas? It's my favorite time of year! I just had to make another Christmas card for this week's challenge.
The digital image is Mr. Claus. DP is digital from the Mrs. Candy Claus and Hot Holidays Collections.
I hope you'll join us for this week's challenge! You can link your project HERE. Sketch Keyword is MTMEPPS40. Need more inspiration? Check out the blogs of the amazingly talented DT. Their links are in my sidebar. The paper and images plus much more are available now in the My Time Made Easy Store. Check it out!

Thursday, December 8, 2011

It's a Glitter and Bling Challenge at Pixie Dust Studio this Week!

I LOVE Christmas! It has to be my favorite holiday! I couldn't resist making another Christmas card. Glitter and bling fits in perfectly for this week's challenge. The adorable image is "Sweet Santa". Stickles were added to Santa's beard and fur trim on his suit. I used glittered striped CS, a glitter button, and glitter rickrack. So cute! 
What will you create for this week's challenge? For inspiration check out the blogs of our talented Pixie DT. Their links are in my sidebar.  Enter your project HERE for a chance to win a Pixie Dust image of your choice and a Pixie Star Award Badge for your blog. For adorable digis, stop by the Pixie Dust Studio and choose your favorite image!

MTMEPPS 39 Challenge

It's a time for another sketch challenge at MTME!
I chose another image from "Dashing Through the Snow". DP is from the new "Cool Escape" collection.
Solid color CS was printed on my computer. I made it to match the DP. I hope you'll join us for this week's challenge! You can link your project HERE. Sketch Keyword is MTMEPPS39. Need more inspiration? Check out the blogs of the amazingly talented DT. Their links are in my sidebar. The paper and images plus much more are available now in the My Time Made Easy Store. Check it out!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

It's a Color Challenge at Pixie Dust Studio!

This week you have your choice of two color schemes.

Holiday Cheer

Or Shabby Chic.
I chose Holiday Cheer. The Pixie Dust image is Santa's Surprise. The sleigh is a My Time Made Easy Template, Sleigh Ride. The berries and gold leaves were purchased on clearance at an After Christmas sale at Michael's.
 See how adding an adorable Christmas images can dress up your holiday gifts! I plan to make more sleighs and add different images to each one. Pop in a bag of Lindt's Lindor Truffles, add a bow, and you have a beautiful and delicious gift!
What will you create for this week's challenge? For inspiration check out the blogs of our talented Pixie DT. Their links are in my sidebar.  Enter your project HERE for a chance to win a Pixie Dust image of your choice and a Pixie Star Award Badge for your blog. For adorable digis, stop by the Pixie Dust Studio and choose your favorite image!
CHALLENGES
Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle Saturdays- Color Challenge
Pile It On- Sugar and Spice (What could be sweeter than Santa with a sleighful of chocolates? LOL)
Make It Monday- Anything Goes

MTME Sketches in Review

This week you will have your choice of sketches 19, 21,22,23,25, or 26. Go to the My Time Made Easy Blog to make your selection.

For my card I used the digital image Dashing Through the Snow. It is available in acrylic or digital and includes 22 images. I colored the image digitally. Dotted paper is Shopping Shirley's Candied Thistlestalk. The snowflake paper, 12 Days of Snowflakes, is a Freebie!The flower is a slightly altered Cut File from MTME, Pretty Poinsettia.
I hope you'll join us for this week's challenge! You can link your project HERE Need more inspiration? Check out the blogs of the amazingly talented DT. Their links are in my sidebar. The paper and images plus much more are available now in the My Time Made Easy Store. Check it out!

Thursday, November 24, 2011

It's a "Thank You Challenge" at Pixie Dust Studio this Week!

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you are enjoying the holiday and celebrating with family and friends! Did you watch the parades? That was always one of my favorite things to do on Thanksgiving when I was a child.
This week's challenge is "Thank You".

The image above is "Harvest Mouse" from the Pixie Dust Leaves Collection. It's one of my favorite images! I paper pieced the pumpkin. 
How will you interpret this week's challenge? For inspiration check out the the blogs of our Pixie DT. Their links are in my sidebar.  Enter your project HERE for a chance to win a Pixie Dust image of your choice and a Pixie Star Award Badge for your blog. For adorable digis, stop by the Pixie Dust Studio and choose your favorite image!

Blog Hop Winners!
I hope you enjoyed our Breaking Dawn/Twilight Inspired Blog Hop! For a list of lucky winners stop by HERE at the Pixie Dust Challenge Blog.
 Happy Thanksgiving!

Black Friday Sale
Friday through Sunday!!!!

MTME Pretty Pattern Sketch

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone is having a wonderful time today with family and friends! It's time for another MTME Pretty Pattern Sketch Challenge!


Thanksgiving reminded me that tomorrow is "Black Friday", so I decided to make a Christmas card for the official start of the Christmas season.
Digital paper is from The Farmhouse Fresh Collection. Isn't it delicious!
The sentiment and images are from the Beautiful Baubles Collection. The sentiment was digitally colored, and Copic markers were used for the rest. I hope you'll join us for this week's challenge! You can link your project HERE. Sketch Keyword is MTMEPPS37. Need more inspiration? Check out the blogs of the amazingly talented DT. Their links are in my sidebar. The paper and images plus much more are available now in the My Time Made Easy Store. Check it out! 
If you're shopping tomorrow, Be Careful Out There! LOL  I plan on staying home. Now is a good day to work on decorating the house. I have a good start on my shopping already thanks to some pre-Christmas sales and discount coupons. Plus everything that I bought is wrapped!
Happy holidays!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

It's a Pixie Dust Twilight Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Pixie Dust Twilight Blog Hop! If you arrived here from the talented Jess Marin's Blog then you're in the right place. If not, start at the beginning at the Pixie Dust Challenge Blog.
Kathy has done an amazing job on this set of images for "Breaking Dawn".
I chose Forever for my first project.
Every bride and groom needs a cake, so I "baked" Bella and Edward a Paper one! LOL
Close Up of the cake topper.
A side view
The back
I flipped the image, and glued them back to back before placing the topper on the cake. The back needs to look as good as the front!
I used Bazzill white textured CS to make the cake. I found some Paper Studio pink pearl frosted CS and used a MS punch to make the "icing"decorations. It doesn't show well in the photo, but sheer pink organza ribbon has been glued to the top of the border deco on each layer. Tulle and pearl stems were purchased in the bridal section of Hobby Lobby. The flowers were found at Hobby Lobby too. I cut them apart and hot glued them to the cake.

Next, I chose Bella Baby Bump.
This is another page for my "Never Ending Twilight" book. As Kathy makes new images, I make more pages.
The sentiment is from the book Breaking Dawn.
Here are Pixie's four new Breaking Dawn Stamps!! You can find them all in the STUDIO!!

I hope you are enjoying my projects and the Hop! There are some amazing prizes to be won!
 The Prizes are....
- One grand prize will be awarded to the person who plays along with our Twilight Inspired Challenge, which will end on Wednesday, 11/23rd Noon CST. The Pixies would love to have you join the us in this FUN challenge!
The GRAND Prize random winner will win their choice of a PIXIE PACK!!!

The challenge this week, is to use the color-combination of: 
Red, Black, White/Silver 
with the option to add something sparkly!
  
Enter your project HERE for a chance to win!

- Two other prizes will be awarded to Hoppers who have completed the hop and leave a comment HERE on the Pixie Dust Studio Blog!!!!
 The prize is THREE images of their choice!!!

- WINNERS will be chosen through Random.org and will be announced during next Thursday's Challenge (11/24th)
Thank you for playing along on this Sparkly Hop!!
Pixie HUGS
****Next stop is creative Alison's Blog. Enjoy the Sparkly Journey!****

Exciting News!!!

While I was on vacation visiting my daughter and grandkids, I received some exciting news! I was asked to join Lauren Meader's My Time Made Easy Pretty Patterns Sketch Design Team! Whoo Hoo! 


Here is my first card as a  DT member. I chose the image "Made of Snow". This adorable snowman also comes with a stocking and a string of lights. The DP is "Mistletoe" and "Plaid" from the Cool Wind Collection. The digital image and DP are available in the MTME Store.
I used Scribbles Glittering Crystals 3D Paint for the snowflakes and snow accents. Silver snowflakes were made with a MS Snowflake punch.
Won't you join us for this week's sketch? Link your card HERE. Sketch keyword is MTMEPPS36.
For more inspiration, check out the blogs of the talented DT. Their links are in my sidebar.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

It's a Paper Piecing Challenge at Pixie Dust Studio this Week!

This week's challenge is paper piecing! I gave the little Princess a paper pieced gingham dress. The image is Princess and the Frog. This digi and many more are available in the Pixie Dust Studio now!
 Enter your project HERE for a chance to win a Pixie Dust image of your choice and a Pixie Star Award Badge for your blog. Need some inspiration? Stop by the blogs of the talented Pixies to see the images they are showcasing. Their links are in my sidebar. Stop by the Pixie Dust Studio and choose your favorite image!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Tea Time!

Don't you just love tea sets? I wasn't much into playing dolls when I was little, but I did love a tea party! I used images from Robyn's Fetish for this card. DP is Graphic 45.

CHALLENGES
MTMEPPS- Sketch
Pile It On- Keep Warm
Sew Many Challenges- Two Background Papers
Paper Crafting Journey- Use a Digi (stamp)

Saturday, October 29, 2011

"Spooky" this Week at Pixie Dust Studio!

I didn't think I could make a posting this week. But I can be spooky after all! I somehow managed to stab a safety pin into my thumb! The swelling has gone down, and it's no longer throbbing. Luckily I had most of these elements already colored and decorated, so all I had to do was glue them together. So here is my post...better late than never. This was the centerpiece for a Halloween Baby Shower.

I used My Time Made Easy templates to make the baby buggy and pumpkin: Bouncing Baby Buggy and An Apple a Day. A strip of CS was folded into a triangle and glued to the back of the witch so she could stand.

 I used "Baby Boy" from the Oh, Baby Collection to make a "Punkin Baby".
 What spooky creation will you make for this week's contest? Enter your project HERE for a chance to win a Pixie Dust image of your choice and a Pixie Star Award Badge for your blog. Need some inspiration? Stop by the blogs of the talented Pixies to see the images they are showcasing. Their links are in my sidebar. Stop by the Pixie Dust Studio and choose your favorite image!

Friday, October 28, 2011

Day 15 of a Pixie Dust Christmas!

Today is Day 15, and the final day of a Pixie Dust Christmas. Today's image is "Oh Holy Night".

I hope you have enjoyed all 15 days and images for a "Pixie Dust Christmas". I know I have! It has been so much fun working with all of these fun images! All of the images are available in the Pixie Dust Studio now. Stop by and window shop! You're sure to see some digis that are just perfect for the holiday season!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Day 14 of a Pixie Christmas!

Today is Day 14 of a Pixie Christmas! "I is for Inside the Sack".  And look what's inside! An adorable Raggedy Ann doll! I have fond memories of Raggedy Ann dolls. My favorite aunt was an excellent seamstress. Every time one of the neices or nephews welcomed a new little one into the family, my aunt would present them with a handmade Raggedy Ann or Andy doll. My aunt has since passed, so my sister carried on the tradition when my first grandson, her first great nephew, was born. Raggedy Ann and her friends are available in the Pixie Dust Studio now! Hurry on over and take a peek!
Tomorrow is the final day of a Pixie Dust Christmas :(  I'll have one more peek for you then, when "O is for......"  Stop by tomorrow to find out!

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Day 13 of a Pixie Dust Christmas!

We are now at the letter in "Studio". "D is for Dancing".
Isn't she gorgeous! I LOVE her hair! She is available now in the Pixie Dust Studio.
Stop by tomorrow when "I is for........" You'll just have to wait and see! Hee Hee!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Day 12 of a Pixie Christmas!

We are up to Day 12 of a Pixie Christmas! U is for........
"Urban Santa"!
Santa likes "Casual Fridays" too! I couldn't resist dressing him in some comfy plaid pants with a coordinating hat. CS is Bazzill. DP is The Paper Studio. The pleated flower is "Peppermint Delight" from American Crafts. Santa is in the Pixie Dust Studio now! Stop by and visit!


Tomorrow the letter "D" will be featured. Stop by and see what we'll show!