Winner of Precious Stamps by Lisa Blog Candy

Thank you ladies for all the cute and funny stories about children.  I drew at random today our winner:

From Australia

Karen

Karen you can email me at CASDANBEN@AOL.COM  with your address,and I will send you the stamps!

Thanks so much to everyone for entering, and don't forget to sign up for our new candy on the right sidebar.

Michelle

New Stamps by ArTish! & Blog Candy! Yes MORE!

The Pixie Cottage just received their latest rubber!!  As you see I presently have blog candy up in the right hand sidebar that ends on the 18th of March, so I am adding this candy.... all three new stamps by ArTish....plus more!  All you have to do is leave a comment and post the candy on your own blog with a link back to this post.  We would love to have you sign up to follow our blog also so you can keep track of all our new releases and blog candy, as well as our challenges and tutorials.

I will choose randomly one winner on March 30th who will win all three of these stamps plus all the other goodies.

If you would like to get these now they are available for sale now HERE

and since March 30th is a very special day to me... my daughter's birthday, I am going to make this some very yummy blog candy.

Including also :

6x6 NEW Basic Grey Kioshi Paper Pad

One cuttlebug embossing folder of my choice

Jenni Bowlins Stick Pins

Donna Salazar Crafty Chronicle

Prima Flowers roses color of my choice

3 Pixie Cottage stamps

You can click on any of the above to learn more about these products or to purchase them.
IF WE HIT 300  FOLLOWERS DURING THIS TIME I WILL ADD A 10.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO MY STORE ALSO!! SO TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

Thanks so much for checking our blog. We appreciate it!

Michelle

(The new design team will be announced within the next week or two, so hold tight)

Some Inspiration!

Artish has done it again!  She comes up with the most unique creations! Just look at what she has done now. The project is using the digital image we are offering for free in our Challenge post.

Michelle

Super Envelope Card Tutorial from Anne

It's time for another tutorial here at The Pixie Cottage and this week our super talented Design Team member Anne from Anne's Hobby Blog is going to show you how to make an envelope card from a single sheet of 12" by 12" paper.
I'll turn you over to Anne now.
All you need is a 12" x 12" double sided design paper and a double sided tape. You can use a sewing machine if you don't want to use tape, and to make pretty folds you can use a bone folder.


Step 1
Fold the paper in the middle, and open it again.

Step 2

Turn it 90 degrees and fold it in the middle again. (Now you have folds who marks the center of

the paper.)

Step 3
Fold all four corners into the center of the paper.

Your card should look like this at this point.....

Step 4

Turn around the paper so the folds are downward.

Step 5

Make a new fold in the middle.

Step 6

You are now ready to glue it together or do as I prefere, use a sewing machine.

Step 7

Are you going to use a sewing machine it's smart to start sewing at the top of the tip. If you do it that way you can hide the tread from the start and ending under the tape. See the next picture.
(It's not needed to sew the bottom, but I prefere to sew all the way around the envelope.)

After you have added double sided tape or done the sewing it is finished, and ready for decorating.

Step 8

I use double sided tape to add a ribbon/lace on the middle for clousure. (And the tread on the tip is hidden under the tape.)

You can write text direct into the envelope card or make a extra card to put inside.

My card measure 4" x 8 "

Some like to cover the back with another piece of paper. I think it's pretty as it is.

Here is my envelope card when I have finished the decorating.

Hope this tutorial triggs your creativeness. Have fun!

Hugs from Anne

Sweet Little Babies!

Good morning everyone!! Just popping in to show you some of the lovely cards made recently by my friends Janny and Katie. (Just click on their names to visit their blogs.... so much inspiration there!)

These two stamps are from the Precious Stamps by Lisa Schmidt line.

(The stamp are up as BLOG CANDY right now!!)

Presently on preorder, they are expected to arrive by the end of the month! Just in time for baby shower cards and invites.

Lisa also has another super cute line of stamps coming out.... Girls of The World! The Pixie Cottage will soon be releasing the first three stamps in this line! More to come on that.

Thanks for stopping by!

Michelle