Pixie Cottage Saturday Tutorial

THE PIXIE COTTAGE SATURDAY TUTORIAL

Swirls of Beads

Materials used:

Cardstock

Design paper

Pixie Cottage Stamp "Hanna at the Pond"

Distress reinker colors

Coloured beads

Beading iron wire

Cutter

Flowers

Tag

Ribbon

Step One

Cut 30 cm (2 inches) of iron wire and fold in half. Now insert the bead.

Step two

Enter the other beads until you get near the end of the wire. Now fold the two wires inside the beads and let them go over to close the work. 

Step Three

Turn the wire with the beads around a pencil or a circular object to create a swirl.

Now you have created the swirls for your work.

Step Five

Insert the swirls of beads into your creation.

I incorporated mine into an easel card!

I hope you have fun with this tutorial and remember that we will return with New challenges in September.

Happy crafting.

Francy

Winner Announced for Challenge #118

And the winner of The Pixie Cottage Challenge #118  is..........

Congratulations #12  Jenni.

Happy 80th Birthday to your Mom! 

Congratulations Jenni, Please contact Michelle with your details so you can choose your stamps.

Thank you to all of the Pixie Cottage participants, the past 3 years has been wonderful, and you have truly inspired all of us.  The Pixie Cottage will be taking a Summer Hiatus but will be returning in the fall.
Keep crafting ladies.
Hugs from
The Pixie Cottage Design Team

The Pixie Cottage's Saturday Tutorial

Brown Paper Bag Wallet 

Materials Required 

Brown Paper Bag (Lunch Bag)

Design Paper

Rubber Stamps - Love you a Latte Pixie Cottage Stamp Set

Distress Ink

Memento Ink

Staz On Ink

Adhesives

Step One

Cut the Paper Bag length wise at 3 1/2"

Step Two

a) Tape the flap (bottom of the lunch bag) down

b) Tape the open end (top of the lunch bag) together

Step Three

Score the paper bag at 4" and at 8 1/2" as in photo below. Note position of bag in photo below.

Step Four

Fold the paper bag along scored lines, as in photo below. 

Step Five

Cut 6 pieces of design paper and adhere to paper bag.

2 pieces sized 3 1/4" x 3 3/4" (for outside and inside left panel)

2 pieces sized 4 1/4 x 3 1/4"  (for inside and back center panel)

2 pieces sized 3 1/4" x 1 3/4" (for outside and inside right panel)

Close up shot of inside.  Very similar to a wallet!

Step Six

Get creative!  Stamp, stick, color, punch, etc..... Once you have finished close the wallet with a paper clip, or a binder clip as I have below.  I added a nice little ribbon to mine to make it a bit more fancier.

Given the stamp theme, I am adding a Starbucks card to my wallet.  You can also put money in yours for that hard to shop for loved one.  The fact that you went out of your way to create a fancy wallet for the money really shows the recipient just how much you do care.

Happy Crafting!  

As you all know, this is the last Saturday Tutorial for the summer.  We should be gearing up for September, so be sure to pop in for tidbits of info as to what the start up date will be.  

Thank you Michelle for the amazing opportunities over the past years.  I have truly grown as a result of being on The Pixie Cottage Design Team!  Your are one amazing woman who really cares about the people in your life.  

Big hugs!

Tanya

Winner Announced for Challenge #117

And the winner of The Pixie Cottage Challenge #117  is..........

Congratulations #  Jo.

So Green, So Gorgeous! We hope you continue to play along with The Pixie Cottage challenges.

Congratulations Jo , Please contact Michelle with your details so you can choose your stamps.

Our current challenge #118 Mom or Special Lady runs until May 11th, 2012.Won't you play along?

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #118 -For Mom or a Special Lady (last challenge for a while)

It's a bittersweet day here as after close to 3 years of challenges The Pixie Cottage is taking an extended Summer vacation. I have been with the team from the beginning and have run the challenges as the team leader/coordinator for over 2 years. We have had fabulous guests, lots of tutorials and of course 100's of stunning cards! But Michelle needs to take a break from worrying over the blog and I am going to England for a family wedding and long vacation in the summer so the decision has been made to take now for a very long overdue "recharge of the batteries".
We are going to use the time to reorganize, craft when we want to rather than because we have to and work out how best to come back in September strong and with the challenges you want to see and will play along with.
But we do have one final one and we thought it was fit to end with a challenge about that very special person in your life, Mom. If you don't want to make a Mothers Day then by all means make a card for any special lady in your life or simply use our sketch, we just you to have fun and join in with this last challenge before our break.

Here is the sketch for you.

Remember you can use the sketch or the optional technique or both!
The randomly picked winner will win two stamps of their choice from the Pixie Cottage Collection. The winner and the Top 3 favorites will be announced on the Friday after the challenge ends.

Here are the fabulous creations from the Design Team this week.
Katie

Davi

Sharon

Audrey

Denise

Wendy

Tina

Mary Lou

Nancy

So now it's your turn to go and create and come back and share with us.
Please add your link to the gadget below so we can come and see your project.
No back links please, if the item was on your blog before April 25th then it will be removed. Thanks for your understanding on this matter.
The link gadget will close on May 1st at 11.59pm CST. Good luck from all the team and thanks so much for all your support over these last 3 years.

Winner Announced for Challenge #116

And the winner of The Pixie Cottage Challenge #116  is..........

Congratulations #10  Joni52.

An paper piecing delight! We hope you continue to play along with The Pixie Cottage challenges.

Congratulations Joni , Please contact Michelle with your details so you can choose your stamps.

Our current challenge #117 Green and Gorgeous runs until April 23th, 2012.Won't you play along?

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #117 - Green and Gorgeous

It's Wednesday so it means another challenge here at The Pixie Cottage!
As always we have 2 parts to the challenge and you can choose either or both to play along with.
We have a fabulous sketch and our theme this week is in honor of Earth Day and it is "Green And Gorgeous"

Remember you can use the sketch or the optional technique or both!
The randomly picked winner will win two stamps of their choice from the Pixie Cottage Collection. The winner will be announced on the Friday after the challenge ends.

Here are the fabulous creations from the Design Team this week.
Katie

Davi

Nancy

Sharon

Audrey

Denise

Wendy

Tina

Mary Lou

So now it's your turn to go and create and come back and share with us.
Please add your link to the gadget below so we can come and see your project.
No back links please, if the item was on your blog before April 18th then it will be removed. Thanks for your understanding on this matter.
The link gadget will close on April 23rd at 11.59pm CST.

We are taking a vacation!

Just a quick post to let everyone know at the end of April we will be taking a hiatus from The Pixie Cottage Challenge.   The plan is to resume the challenge in September.  This will give us all time to enjoy the summer, and time with our families.

 

I personally have been feeling overwhelmed by all my responsibilities, and also feeling bad about not being able to participate and help in the challenges.  Katie Tate is an awesome DT leader, and I have to say I would be lost without her.  She is so organized and creative.  And those two traits are hard to find in one person.  I want to say THANK YOU to her for taking on the bulk of this challenge and the work involved.  I also have to say thank you to Tanya along with Francy for heading up the tutorials and doing such a great job at it.  And of course the rest of the team who continue to amaze me with all their beautiful cards and projects.

I have met some wonderful friends here, and of course they are all invited to come back when we resume in the fall.   I will try to update the blog occasionally, and I really hope that all you come back to "play" with us next September.  In the meantime, we have a couple of challenges left so please don't miss them.  I am sure the DT will go out with a bang!!

Michelle

The Pixie Cottage's Saturday Tutorial

Favour Card Tutorial

Materials used

Cardstock

Design Paper

Pixie Cottage Stamp - Smiles the Bear with his Cupcake

Watercolours pencils

Ribbon

Ruler

Tag

Flowers

Step One

Cut one strip of cardstock 25 cm x 11 cm (9.8"x4.3")

Fold the strip at  11cm and 14cm (4.3"x5.5")

Step two

Cut a square of cardstock 13cm x  13cm (5.1"x5.1")

Fold the square at 3cm and 10cm (1.2"x3.9")(dashed line on the picture)

Cut at 3cm (1.2") (black line on the picture) Now you have two tabs to glue in order to  make the box.

Step Three

Glue the tabs to form a box, like in the picture.

Step Four

Cut the cardstock in another colour for the base

4 pieces 10.6cm x 10.6cm (4.2"x4.2") (for the card)

2 pieces 10.6cm x 2.6cm (4.2"x1.0") (for the card)

4 pieces 6.6cm x 2.6cm (2.6"x1.0") (for the box)

Cut the design paper

4 pieces 10.2cm x 10.2cm (4.0"x4.0") (for the card)

2 pieces 10.2cm x 2.2cm (4.0"x0.9")(for the card)

4 pieces 6.2cm x 2.2cm (2.4"x0.9")(for the box)

 

Step five

Glue the ribbon for the closure (on the exterior of the card and in the middle) Do this before you glue the design paper.

Step six

Glue the design paper.

Step seven

In the center of the interior base of the card, glue the box.

Step eight

Now you can decorate your favour card inside and outside, as you please.



We hope you enjoy this tutorial and don't  forget to come back on the 28th of April. We will have another tutorial for you at that time.  Be sure to join us for the current Pixie Cottage Sweet Treat Challenge #115.

Happy crafting girls

Francy

Winner Announced for Challenge # 115

And the winner of The Pixie Cottage Challenge #115  is..........

Congratulations #2  Meighan Wheller.

Super Sweet a definite Treat! We hope you continue to play along with The Pixie Cottage challenges.

Congratulations Meighan , Please contact Michelle with your details so you can choose your stamps.

Our current challenge #116 Paper Piecing runs until April 17th, 2012.Won't you play along?

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #116 - Paper Piecing

It's Wednesday so it means another challenge here at The Pixie Cottage!
As always we have 2 parts to the challenge and you can choose either or both to play along with.
We have a fabulous sketch and our theme this week is "Paper Piecing"

Remember you can use the sketch or the optional technique or both!
The randomly picked winner will win two stamps of their choice from the Pixie Cottage Collection. The winner will be announced on the Friday after the challenge ends.

Here are the fabulous creations from the Design Team this week.

Katie
Using Cupcake Set by ARTish

Francy
Using Maisy and Matts Wedding by Di Carubia

Davi
Using Hannah with Umbrella by Sandra Hammer

Sharon
Using Ten Feet Tall by Tricia Moore

Audrey
Using South End Girls by Andrea T. Seiler

Denise
Using Chickadee-da-dum by ARTish

Tina
Using Sweet Pea In Bloom (sadly out of stock)

Mary Lou
Using Spring Time Hannah With Butterflies by Sandra Hammer

So now it's your turn to go and create and come back and share with us.
Please add your link to the gadget below so we can come and see your project.
No back links please, if the item was on your blog before April 11th then it will be removed. Thanks for your understanding on this matter.
The link gadget will close on April 17th at 11.59pm CST.