SUPER EXCITING NEWS!

My fabulously talented friend, Roberta, the owner and creator of Prairie Fairy Designs has

 decided to add a brand new branch to the Prairie Fairy Team.  A few of the super talented existing teamies have decided to move over to our brand new
TUTORIAL DESIGN TEAM
That's right, there will be weekly tutorials at the stamp blog.  The very first video is there now for you to check out.

Keep an eye out every week as there will be all kinds of tutorials from stamping, digital scrapbooking and blogging.  The next video will be on Wednesday February 15th, so check back in.

There is still one more open spot on the tutorial team and if you:

-have an active blog

-are able to create a tutorial, either written or video, one every 5 weeks.

-would be willing to share your tutorial on the Prairie Fairy blog, your own blog and possibly on facebook or any other forum.

-want to hang out in the fairy meadow with a bunch of talented and fun fairy princesses.

......enter your name and a link to your blog on the Prairie Fairy Blog

There is just a couple more days left to enter and in the meantime check out Roberta's awesome tutorial 

A Little Vintage

I found this stamped image in my pile and highlighted it with some copic markers.  I've used some homemade ribbon which I dyed with Distress Ink.

I'm entering in these challenges:

Everybody Art- Love

Lexis Creations-Love

Little Miss Muffet-Valentine's/Love

Paper Play-Love Letters

My Mums Craft Shop-It Must be Love
Fussy and Fancy-With All My Heart
Our Craft Lounge-Vintage Love

Let me call you sweetheart

 

Our Terrific hostess Beverly is hosting this challenge at Prairie Fairy Fridays

and she has chosen "LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART",

very appropriate for February.

I was thrilled to be able to use one of the new images from Prairie Fairy Designs.  Isn't she darling! She is called "Fairy Rosie" and there are a few more new and adorable "characters" over at the fairy shop, so go have a peek.

Here are the challenges I'm entering this card for:

Lady Bug Craft-Loves Me, Loves Me Not

Charisma Cardz-Things with wings

Cute Card Thursday-Pink Valentine's/Love

Delightful Challenges-Love

Do You Stack Up-Love

Paper Crafting Journey-Fairies

Rainbow Lady's-Have a Heart

Diva's By Design-Love is in the Air

Fab N Funky-Love is in the Air

The Paper Shelter-Be My Valentine

Some Bunny Loves You

 

This is my ultimate favorite bunny.  Too darn cute with those floppy ears.  He's from 

Prairie Fairy Designs and perfect for Valentine's.  I colored with Copics and kept it fairly simple.

I'm entering in the following great challenges:

Craft Room-Cute and Cuddly

My Time to Craft-A is for Adorable

Crafty Boots-Valentine's

Forever Friends-Shades of Blue

Crafty Spot-Valentine's

4 Crafty Chicks-Valentine's/Love

CRAFT-Valentine's Day

Do You Stack Up-Love

Dream to Dance

I adore this Tilda stamp and haven't used it nearly enough. 

So I finally dug it out and colored her up.  I've used quite a bit of pink and red lately so time for a splash of blue.  I am entering for these challenges:

Crafty Sentiments-Let's Get Girly

Papertake Weekly-Anything Goes

Scrappy Frogs-Die Cuts

Stamp Scrap and Doodle-Use a Diecut

ATCS with Attitude-Flowers or Anything Goes

Crafty Purple Frog-Flower Power

Tracey's Candy

 

Tracey has some pretty awesome candy to celebrate her followers

Enter until March 2

Hazel's Candy

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Here's another of my teamies blogaversary Candy--head over to Hazel's blog for this to enter before the end of Feb.

Marjo's Awesome Candy

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Marjo is celebrating her Blogaversay with a $50 gift certificate to

the crafting shop of your choice.  Head over to her blog to enter before March 17th

Love Bites

 

This little cutie always cracks me up.  I think I made a card with her last year too.  She's from Stitchy at Stitchy Bear Stamps and I think just perfect for Valentine's Day.

I'm entering these great challenges:

Come and Get It- Love

Corrosive Challenges-Love Bites

Dream Valley-Valentine

Gingerloft-Love is in the Air

2 Sisters-Color challenge-Red, pink and white

Allsorts-Free and Easy February

Basic Grey-Love/Valentine

Secret Crafter-Hugs and Kisses

Simply Stampin-Heartfelt

Card Makin Mama's-Valentine

The Stamp man-Embellish It

With Love

Another awesome image from Claire at Hope Jacare.  Check out the Stitchy Bear Stamps shop for many more.  Of course, I have to do it in pink--one of my fav's but I think this heart set would look really great in red too.  

This is the great prize from our sponsor

a set of 3 die cuts (winners choice)

Try it out for the "WITH LOVE" Challenge this week at One Stitch at a Time

Here's some fun challenges I'm entering this week

One Stop Craft-For the one I love

Sweet Stampin-The one I love

Squiggle Stamps-All Loved Up

Crafty Ann's-Love is in the Air

Crafty Catz-pink and White

Delicious Doodles-All Loved Up

Polka Doodle-Show some love with hearts

Sweet n Sassy-Valentine's Day

Card and Scrap-Shabby Chic

Pink, Red and a Heart

Sadly this is my last design team card for the Die Cut Dreams Challenge Blog.  Suzie has decided to close it down---sniff, sniff.  This was the first ever design team that I was on and have really enjoyed my time here with such a fabulous and talented group of gals from across the globe.  I think I started in September, 2010 so it's been a little while now.

Anyways, I wish everyone all the very best and to all the wonderfully creative crafters out there that have entered the challenges, I really have enjoyed all the inspiration and eye candy thrown my way--so thank you to you all and I know I will continue to see so many of you in blogland so it's really not good bye.

Well, here's our last challenge

PINK, RED AND A HEART

We have an awesome prize this challenge

from this great sponsor

It will run for the next two weeks, so I'm looking forward to seeing what you create

I'm using this adorable Meljen's Image and entering for these challenges:

Sweet Stampin-Animals

Meljens Designs-Hearts

Di's Digi Designs-Valentines

The Crafty Pad-Show some Valentine's/Anniversary Love

Dream Valley-Animals

Corrosive Challenges-I Heart You

Truly Madly Crafty-Anything Goes

Stamps R Us-Valentine's/ Love

Daisy Doodles-Romantic/Valentines

Paper Pretties-Love

Use a Digi

I love elephants and this is one from Claire at Hope Jacare--she has some really unique digi images and you can check them out at Stitchy Bear Stamps.  

  It's an easy one this week at the One Stitch at a Time challenge blog

"USE A DIGI"

One lucky winner will win the whole colab set #3

These are the challenges I'm entering:

Alphabet Challenge-Zoo Animals

Pixie Dust-Let's go to the Zoo

Card Mad Fairy-Ribbons and Bows

Stamping with Dragon-Anything Goes

Stamp n Doodle-Use an Animal

It's a Bookmark

 

I found the idea for this wonderful bookmark from Barbara

Thanks so much for the inspiration, I had a great time creating it.  This challenge at 

Prairie Fairy Fridays is hosted by Kelly and she has chosen: 

ANYTHING BUT A CARD

I have used the image "Honey Beary" from Prairie Fairy Designs and the cute little beehive goes with it so perfectly.  The weather is so cold here in Manitoba that I wouldn't mind seeing a bee or a bear at the moment.

Can't wait to see what you create as I'm always at a bit of a loss when it comes to anything non card like.

The prize for this fortnights challenge is from the shop:

Random:  Any three single images

Top Spot:  Any three single images

Top 3: Any one single image

Here`s some great challenges I`m entering:

Alphabet Challenge-Zoo Animals

Crafts 4 Eternity-Clean and Simple

Pixie Dust- Let`s go to the Zoo

That's Amore

 

This is my first ever Tilda stamp that I bought, I love it, it's still one of my favorites.  I haven't used a Tilda image in absolutely ages so I just had to color this one up in red for my Valentines creation.

Here's some challenges I'm entering:

Wags n Whiskers-Valentines/Love

The Poodles Parlour-Valentines/Love

Sweet Stamps- Love

Oldie but a Goodie-Have a Heart (The "Love" letters I bought at least 1 year ago)

Craft Room-Valentines

Rubys Rainbow-Something for Valentines/or red and black

Craft Us Crazy-Valentines and Love

Crafty Ribbons-Love is red and black

Crafty Purple Frog-Show us some Love

Aud Sentiments-With Love

Glitz

 

It's a gorgeous 0 Degrees here in Manitoba this morning.  Thank goodness we have a break from that crazy cold snap.  Too bad I'm feeling Yuk and can't really enjoy it.  I did have  some time during my "mini winter hibernation' lol! to go through a whole box full of images that I had either stamped or printed out.  Honestly, there are a ton of lovely ones that I really don't recall ever coloring up.  So here is a Sweet Pea stamp that I added quite a bit of glitz to.  Wishing everyone a beautiful day.

Here's the great challenges I'm entering:

Cute Card Thursday- You're a Gem

Deep Ocean- Sparkling/Glitter

My Time to Craft-Favorite Embellishment (Flowers for sure)

Simon Says Stamps-Anything Goes

My Mums Craft Shop-Flowers

Critter Challenge-3 Embellishments (Flowers, Ribbon Slide, Gems)

Stamp and Create-Anything Goes

Truly Madly Crafty-Anything Goes

Round and Round

This is such a great a versatile image from Jess at Floppy Latte, you can find all her images at the Stitchy Bear Stamps Shop.  I made it fairly simple as I had someone in mind to give it to and she doesn't like a lot of "fuss and bother" so to speak.  So here you have it.  I love doing round cards and that's our challenge this week at One Stitch at a Time.  

"ROUND AND ROUND"

There are some great prizes from our sponsors:

a 10 Pound certificate from the store

and

3 Pro Markers from

SOME GREAT CHALLENGES:

Phindys Place-Shaped cards

Raise the Bar- Circles

Stamping with Dragon-Anything Goes

Crafty Purple Frog-Anything Goes

Crop Stop- Distressed, vintage or Shabby Chic

Cupcake Craft room -Anything Goes

Desert Island Crafts-Choose 3:  Sentiment, Distressing and No Design/Patterned Paper

Thinking of You

Well, we all need sympathy cards at some point or another, very sad, but true. 

So with this fortnights challenge at Die Cut Dreams, it's your chance to make a few.  You guessed it, the challenge is "SYMPATHY"

and the prize is:

A MYSTERY PACK OF DIE CUT DREAMS DIE CUTS
(Kindly donated by the lovely Susie Sugar)

Hangin In There

 

This is a super cute (although a little stressed) raccoon from some of the awesome images of Gert at Digi Blessings.  I thought I'd use it as a get well card for someone.  You can find all of Gert's creations at Stitchy Bear Stamps.  Our challenge is week at One Stitch at a Time is "ANYTHING GOES"

We have some great prizes:

 and

Can't wait to see what you've come up with 

Don't forget with a $7 purchase at the store you can get this collaboration for free until January 21st

Here's some challenges I'm entering:

Sentimental Sundays-Ribbon

Dream Valley-Anything goes

Pan Pastel Uk-Anything Goes

Pile It On-Fuzzy Friends

I Did it Creations (Robyn's Fetish)-Animals

The Squirrel and the Fox-Critters

California Dreaming

 

This fortnight at Prairie Fairy Fridays our fabulous hostess

has chosen "California Dreaming" as the challenge.  

This is my first time using this lovely image from Prairie Fairy Designs and I thought it 

was perfect for the challenge.

The Prize this week is:

Random:   Any three single images

Top Spot:  Any three single images

Top Three:  Any one single image

3 Embellishments Challenge

I love anything with an asian theme and this is a "Geisha" image from Sylvie's Stamps.  I printed out the paper from an image I found on line and the flower stamp (yes, I actually inked something up--amazing I know--as I do so love Digi stamps) anyways, the flower stamp is from Stampin Up called "Embrace Life" I think.

It's a 3 Embellishments challenge at One Stitch at a Time this week

so grab your favorite image from the Stitchy Bear Stamps shop and get creating.

Can't wait to see what you come up with.

The prize this week is the winner's choice of 3 sets of die cuts from

Crimson Cloud

Here's some great challenges to enter:

Crafty Emma-Anything Goes

Designed 2 Delight-Winter Flowers

Fab n Funky-Something New (ribbon and metal embell)

Inky Impressions-Anything Goes

Digi Stamps 4 Joy-Something old, something New- Old-flowers, New-Ribbon and metal embell

Bearly Mine-Anything Goes

Scrap Creations-Something Old, Something New-Old-Flowers, New-ribbon and metal embell

Party Time Tuesdays-Something New-Ribbon and metal embell

Here's some more news from One Stitch at a Time

It's a DT CALL

 We are looking for a few new design team members to join us here at One Stitch At a Time....... If you feel that you have something that we need' then let us know !

We are looking for 4 ladies to join us on  bi weekly . So 2 creations a month. There will be a chance for you to go weekly if you wish..

To apply : Contact  Choccy.oona@gmail.com   Telling us a little about you and a link to your blog..... We promise to get back to each and everyone of you.

The DT  call will end in 2 weeks time with the lucky DT  members joining us mid Feb...