New Stamps and a New Illustrator!!

I am excited to announce the addition of another new artist to The Pixie Cottage, please welcome Lisa Schmidt! Many of you may know Lisa already, and if you do then you know how talented she is.  Lisa has been successfully running her own paper piecing pattern business for some time now.  I have always been a huge fan and knew that her piecings would make great stamps.

Here is her first image, and I just happen to have a card made with this cute little Kitchen Mouse.

Isn't he the cutest little mouse?  He will be arriving in about a week, so I will be putting him up for presale this week.

I also thought I would share some cards from Eileen Gutierrez and Alisa Ramirez.  Not only do they have adorable stamps but they make adorable cards with them too.  And making its debut is Alisa Gavin The Elf stamp, isn't he a sweetie?  He also will be arriving in approx a week, so be looking for him over at the store this week too.  The other stamps are available now and in stock!

Here are Eileen's Cards

Have a great night!

Michelle

Saturday Showcase

Hello everyone, yes it is that time again! I want to thank the design team for their patience with me this past week, it is a long story, but due to computer problems I have not been able to do everything that needed to be done. I have come to depend so heavily on technology, that is for sure. 

Well, this week our cards are made with a Christmas theme in mind.  Some of these stamps are in stock, and some are coming in, I am hoping next week.  So if they aren't up and listed in the store yet, they will be soon.  I also want to mention I have some other new images coming in that you will want to see, including one by a new stamp illustrator.  I will post more on that early next week.  Enjoy the cards!!!

Risa's Card

Anne's Card

Tammy's Card

Kristen's

Katie's Card

Peggy's Card

Renata's Card

Tara's Card

One More  Pam's Card

Everyone did such a fantastic job, didn't they?

Remember Sunday is the deadline for the challenge submissions, and a new challenge will be up on Wednesday along with the names of the winners from the present challenge.  (Oh and I plan to have a card up with the rest of the DT for the new challenge... finally had a little time to play)

Have a great weekend!

Michelle

BLOG CANDY

Well here it is The Pixie Cottage's first Blog Candy!!! I thought I would take this opportunity to give you a tiny sneak peek of yet another talented artist who has joined us here at The Pixie Cottage!

This Blog Candy includes six Pixie Cottage stamps, including one mystery stamp from a new illustrator that will soon be joining us.

To qualify for this blog candy all you have to do is post this Pixie Cottage Candy on your blog and tell us on your blog which stamp is your favorite from the five showing and why. Make sure you leave us a comment so we know you entered!
You must use a direct link back to this blog.

This candy will end November 22, and winner will be announced on November 23. Drawn randomly. MSRP of prize is $65.94

Pixie Cottage Challenge 2... celebrate!

Before we reveal our next challenge, we would like to say Thank you to all the lovely entries we had for our very first challenge! It was so exciting to see all of the cards; each and every one was a delight. So much creativity and talent!

One lucky winner was drawn out of my magic hat (actually, it was a popcorn bowl, but magic hat sounds better!) and our random winner of the stamps is....

Stephanie (Designs by Steph_1999)

Congratulations, cutie! Please contact Michelle at CASDANBEN@aol.com to get the details on how to get your prize :)
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We also have our very first TOP THREE winners :) Just look at these fabulous creations...


Denise (KC242 Designs by Denise), Barb (Stampelicious) and Faith (Delightful Inspiration) blew us away with their fabulous creations! They get to have this little button for their blogs :)
If you have trouble uploading it, just email me (queen-of-nostalgia@comcast.net)


Absolutely fabulous work! Winning a top three puts you in the running to be a guest DT, and although you can't be selected Top 3 again for 60 days you will be eligible to win the random drawing prize for each challenge. We look forward to seeing your next work of art!

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Now on to our next challenge!

Every other Wednesday we will host a challenge, and we want you to play! Prizes and fun and inspiration abound, and because you have a week and a half to get your entry in, there is plenty of time to find your creative magic...

For this challenge, use the theme of

Celebrate!

- You may combine this challenge with others
- You can use any products or stamps (you aren't restricted to just using Pixie Cottage, although we would love to see how you use our products too!)
- Post your creation on your blog with a direct link to the Pixie Cottage blog
- Leave a comment with a link to your blog post with your entry
- Create a card, scrapbook page, altered box... no limit to your creativity!
- Entries due by midnight (EST) on the November 8th
- Winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 11th, along with the next challenge!

And what will you win? I'm so glad you asked! :) One entry, drawn at random, will win a fabulous gift voucher to Michelle's Scrapbooking and more!


The Design Team will also choose our top three, each of whom will get the super cutie little button to put on their blog! But wait! There's more! The top three will also be in the running for a spot as a guest DT!

Celebrate can be incorporated in many ways.... Holidays, new baby, wedding, new job, party favors.... The only limit is your creativity! Most importantly - have fun! The Pixie Cottage Design Team had a lot of fun with this sketch... see what they came up with :) You can click on their name or the picture to be taken directly to their blogs.

Anne

Tara

Risa

Peggy

Kristen

Tammy

Renata

Katie

Pam

Good Luck! Post your comment below with the direct link to your entry :) We can't wait to see what you create!

Saturday Showcase of Cards

Good morning everyone! Hope you are enjoying your weekend. It is time again for the Saturday Showcase!! This week we decided to go with a winter theme, and you are lucky enough to see some of the brand news stamps being released very soon at The Pixie Cottage

So here we go....First is this lovely card by Risa. The Image is by Sandra Hammer and is called Hannah's Sled. It is available for preorder HERE It should be shipping in about two weeks.

Now look at this card, adorable isn't it? Tammy created this work of art! I think everyone loves this litte reindeer stamp from Alisa Ramirez. This is also available for preorder.

And one of the images from our new Illustrator Tina Akonom. Didn't Renata do a wonderful job on this? I love how she did the snow, and fur trim on the coat. And I do have a soft spot for pink Christmas cards.



And another card from Renata!
This time she used one of the cute new stamps soon to arrive by Eileen Guitierrez


And you see Katie couldn't resist little Rudolph either!





And Pam chose an adorable image from Tina Akonom.

And here Anne has shown another cute card with Alisa's reindeer stamp.



Peggy
Look at this card! I love Alisa's Fairy, and Peggy just makes her come to life and puts a whole new Christmas spin to that stamp!
And last but certainly not list is Kristen's card

I just had to add this card from Tara

Isn't it gorgeous?


Please check my store for these stamps HERE


If they are not up for presale now they will be available later this week.


And check back Wednesday for a new sketch for the Pixie Challenge, and also to find out the winner of the last challenge. There is still time to enter!


Michelle