Pink By Design June Stamp Release Blog Hop

Hey everybody.... I'm sooo excited right now. Today is Pink By Design's June stamp release Blog Hop.






There will be a UStream that starts at 8 CST and Sarah will be there to answer any questions you have.

You don't want to miss out on all the blog fun plus they are going to announce the winner of the Cameo!!!

So go now and hop around and have some fun, I know I will.

You can start the hop at:

PBD http://www.pinkbydesignstamps.com

Sarah http://www.pinkcricut.com  

Sabrina http://sabrinaalery.blogspot.com/

Elizabeth http://www.217creations.com

Kathy http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/

Melisa http://melisascraftycreations.blogspot.com/

Rebekah http://craftyteachermom.blogspot.com/

Julie http://jk-littlebitofbling.blogspot.com/

Gloria http://gloriasgoofycraftspot.blogspot.com/

Anna http://stampanna.typepad.com/

Jessica http://www.homespunelegance.blogspot.com/

http://www.pinkbydesignstore.com

Leap and rise above

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for a fellow co-worker.

She is departing for another job opportunity and was nervous about it. I thought I might give her a little reassurance.... that sometimes we just have to go for it!

She is a strong woman and I know she can do anything she sets her heart and mind to.

The base is Bazzill cardstock, I also used a Momenta Pyramid pack, which I can't remember the name...sorry.

I love embossing, I think it looks so good.

The sentiment is from Pink By Design's The Life You Imagined.
The Butterfly is an Inkadinkado stamp set called Butterflies.
Recollections Party Pink and Stampendous Sunny Yellow Pastel embossing powder.

I added a leftover strip of the butterflies and the sentiment is from Pink By Design's Rise Above it All.

Hope you're all having a great day.

Camping under the stars

 Oh what fun..... at the end of the week my friend's daughter is going to Girl Guide Camp. I can remember going to girl guide camp as a young girl and having the time of my life.

So to wish her the time of her life with lots of great adventures, making new friends and earning badges I made her this card.

Isn't it cute? I used Recollections and Bazzill Cardstock for the base and the background I cut from a 12x12. The fire is a sticker embellishment from
Michaels.

This is part of the Bo Bunny Camp A Lot paper and embellishment collection. I matted a cardstock sticker  from the Fireside Fun Sticker Sheet...... I love, love, love this collection. I love the little sign by the tents that says  "Welcome Campers".

I made a 3" girl guide from the Paper Doll Dress Up and the Everyday Paper Dolls Cartridges. To make the guide tie I used the smallest maple leaf stamp I had and used Memento Bahama Blue ink.

And if you're like me .... you can't draw, so I used Peachy Keen's PK490 Everyday Character Faces Assortment. I gave her some pink cheeks and used my Sukura White Gelly Roll pen for the eyes.

I used DecoArt Snow Writer to make the marshmallows and then used chalk to make them "roasted"... heeeheee.

 I used the Spellbinders Grommet Tags and the Peony Dies, stamped and colored with asstorted Tombows and Copics. The sentiment is Happy Camper from  Imaginisce.

I added a couple of buttons... the tree and the blue tent as "grommets".

Well I sure hope she has the best time at camp and brings home lots of great memories. I know I did.

I will be Linking Up to Sarah Hamer's Link Up Tuesday... you should head on over and check out what everybody has been up to.

I will also be linking up to the Peachy Keen Stamp Challenge - Peachy Challenge #23 - Anything goes. Stop by and check out all the great entries.

Red, White and Blue

Pink By Design's Ink it Pink Challenge (PbD03) 

Hello all this week's Ink it Pink Challenge is Red, White and Blue. So for this challenge I made a Red, White and Blue Tent Topper card.

I watched this great tutorial by Mary at Cardz Tv on making a Tent topper card. I loved the idea and the card just came together. She has tons of great tutorials on all kinds of amazing cards. 

So here is the card that I am entering into the challenge.

All the cardstock is Recollections, I took White cardstock and stamped the Cars background stamp by Hero Arts and then embossed in American Crafts Rouge embossing powder.

I then added some Pink By Design Air Mail Divine Twine and a few buttons.

Both the car on the inside and the one on the front is a stamp called Vroom by Imaginisce.

You still have time to link your crafty project to the Red, White and Blue Challenge here, you should stop by and check it out.

Just a couple little notes of Thanks!!

Little notes of Thanks to a couple of friend's of mine and some chocolate too :D

Today I wanted to show you the 3x3 thank you cards that I made.

I used some paper and ribbon from my stash with my corner punch. The sentiment comes from Pink By Design's Jan Stamp of the Month set entitled Small Things.

The inside sentiment is from Pink By Design's Oct 2011 Stamp of the Month: Friends to the End.

The bird stamp is by Inkadinkado called True Friends.

I just love how the birds turned out, I embossed them in black on the yellow paper and then cut them out. Then just attached to the front of the envelope with a AdTech dot runner. (love it)

I wrapped a Purdy's Dark Chocolate Bar in some metallic red foil paper ...yummmmm

The second card is also made with paper and ribbon from my stash.

Both the inside and outside sentiments are also from Pink By Design's Oct Stamp of the Month: Friends to the End.

I embossed a Sea Star for the envelope in black embossing powder on green paper and used my circle punch to cut it out.

The Sea Star is from the On the Beach Mini set by Inkadinkado.

I love making 3x3 cards they are quick and simple to make.

Happy Father's Day !!!!

Hi there today I wanted to share the card that I made for my Dad for Father's Day.

He lives in Ontario and we don't get to see each other very often, but we do keep in touch. I miss him and wish he could be closer. Happy Father's Day Dad ... I love you. Hope you have a great day.

I used  both sides of Reel Me In Dad paper from TPC Studio and some Bazzill cardstock for the base. I love the way that Embossed sentiments look, so I did this one in Stampendous Emerald embossing powder. The sentiment is Best Dad from Stampendous.

I just love these ties, I added dimension with some popdots. I recently won the Memory Box Family Ties Die from entering a card in the Pink Cricut Link Up Tuesday and I'm going to enter this card in the 2nd Ink It Pink Challenge - PbD02 . This week's Ink it Pink Challenge is a Masculine card or project, so I think that this fits right in.

I used the other part of the Family Ties Die for the inside and the sentiment comes from Studio G.. I think.

To all the great fathers out there...

Happy Father's Day !

Bacon and Egg Birthday!!!!

Hello all! Today I have a very special card to show you. This fabulous (5x7) card was made by my better half for my birthday this past week....

He asked me what I wanted for my Birthday and I said, "I want YOU to make me Bacon and Eggs!!!!"

I do most of the cooking but he makes the best Bacon and eggs ever... He always says, "timing is everything" and he is right. Yum yum!

So before I received my bacon and eggs, he gave me this great card.... I just love it.

 The yellow ribbon and 4 black brads fit right in.

Hey wait a minute those aren't real bacon and eggs!!
I laughed so hard I was crying. 

To make this card, he made me a Bacon and Eggs SVG File and also an MTC File.

For awhile now he has been trying to talk me in to trying to use digital images and paper patterns so he took the opportunity to show me just how good they can turn out. The options for color and design really are endless.

For this card he used a couple different programs, our HP printer and Make the Cut.

For the patterned paper, Gimp, what a great piece of free software.

To make the SVG file, Inkscape (this program is very similar to Adobe Illustrator) then import to Make the Cut to cut it out.

Didn't he do such a great job? I'm so impressed!

Thank you Babe for the best bacon and eggs ever!!

XOXOXO

Here's the SVG he made...

I've added links to the (free!) files so you can make your own set of bacon and eggs... without the calories... enjoy.!

Download - Bacon and Eggs - Make the Cut File

Download - Bacon and Eggs - SVG File

Birthday Wishes ... for me!!

Hi everyone, today I wanted to share with you the Birthday card my Mother made for me. 

My birthday is in a couple of days but my Mother came down this past week for an early visit. We had such a great time together, we attended two scrapbooking garage sales and had a blast.

She ran a piece of Lilac cardstock with the Swiss Dots folder through her Cuttlebug for the background.

She then stamped the main image on white cardstock and used her Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Ovals Large and Classic Oval Large along with some popdots and attached it to the card.

Thanks Mom you're the best and what a great job you did on my card.... truly made with love.

Strawberry Delight

Hi there, just wanted to share with you a card that I made for the LPN on my unit.

She is a great gardener and likes to share her wonderful bounty. This year she gave a bunch of Strawberry plants to a couple of the girls and I.

When I say a bunch of plants.... I really mean about 100+ plants......crazy! So needless to say I'm going to have a huge strawberry patch this year.

So I wanted to make her a Thank you card for a seasons worth of yummy strawberries. This is the card I made using the Cricut Craft Room and the Country Life Cricut cartridge.

To make the base for this card I welded two strawberry shadows together, then cut one extra shadow piece in black to adhere to the front of the card as the shadow for the first layer

I stamped my sentiment on a piece of white cardstock and attached it with a piece of Cherry Divine Twine tied in a bow tucked in behind the stem.

The sentiment is from the Pink By Design Country Living stamp set. It's a must have stamp set that compliments the Country Life Cricut cartridge beautifully.

For the inside of the card I cut the first layer out again but in white and trimmed a bit of it off. Then used VersaFine Satin Red ink and the Say it Sweet stamp set by Pink By Design for my inside sentiment.

I hope she enjoys the card as much as I had fun making it.

I'm also going to post this to Link Up Tuesday at Pinkcricut.com. You should head over there and take a good look at all the great projects that people have been up to this past week.

Crafty Capers Garage Sale !!!!

I'm so excited and I can't wait for the 9th annual Crafty Capers Garage Sale.

YAY YAY YAY

Over the last few years I have had the pleasure of attending this garage sale.

I always find so many great deals and could fill 10 baskets if Victoria would let no one else to the sale.

This is a picture of me (clear bin in hand) at last years' sale waiting with all the patience in the world as I wanted to tear down the rope and start shopping !!!

It's a great opportunity to find something you've been looking for or wanting and haven't been able to find because it's retired or very popular.

Don't forget to bring lots of cash, as all garage sale items must be paid for in cash.

You can also sell any craft items that you no longer use or are willing to part with. For any items sold you will receive a store credit...win win for everyone.

Check out the Crafty Capers site for all the important details.

So don't forget to mark your calendar for Crafty Capers Garage Sale.

Thursday May 24th
5:30 - 8pm

2137C Bowen Rd
Nanaimo BC, Canada
250-585-0022

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON ALL THE GREAT DEALS WAITING FOR A NEW HOME


SEE YOU THERE !!!

Sweet Birthday Wishes !!!!

Today I wanted to share with you a birthday card I made for one of the ladies that I work with.

Yesterday was her birthday and we always celebrate by giving each other a card and of course .......... any excuse to eat cake.

I started by running a piece of teal cardstock through my Cuttlebug using the Seeing Spots folder and attached it to the pink card base. I just love this pink and teal cardstock from Recollections.

The main image is a stamp from Great Impressions Stamps called Dessert Piled High.... yummmmm

I colored the image in with my Copics and a few Bic Markers. For an extra little bling I used Glossy Accents for the cherry on top, as well as some Stickles in Crystal.

I put two thin layers behind the main image and then used some popdots for dimension but only for the top half.

"Sweet birthday wishes" comes from the Say It Sweet stamp set from Pink By Design. I have a sweet tooth and this stamp set has a lot of great sentiments for anyone who does.

I used the Cuttlebug and the Spellbinders Grommet Tag Die set to cut out and then stamp the sentiment on. I then attached it with some Flower Brads from Recollections that I picked up from Michaels.

I think that everyone should take this advice on their birthday too. I know I do...heeeheee

I used two different stamp sets for the inside of the card. I used the Pink by Design Simply Everything stamp set for the "It's Your Birthday !" and the Inkadinkado Eat Cupcakes set.

I will be posting some more birthday cards soon... May is such a busy birthday month.

I will also be LINKING UP to Pink Cricut this week.

Link Up Tuesday gives you the chance to link a project that you've been working on and see what everyone has been up to in the past week.

You should stop by and take a look, get some inspiration and there's even a chance to win a Memory Box Family Ties Die.

Thanks to Sarah Hamer (from Pink Cricut) for the chance to win such a great prize.

Birthday Wishes

Today I want to share with you a card I made for my Father for his upcoming birthday.

When I was younger, my father and I used to go fishing. I always loved getting my hands in the minnow bucket, I would open it up and stare at all the little minnows swimming around. I have lots of great memories of fishing.

I used grey Recollections Cardstock for the base, added a layer of lime green paper, topped with a blue layer. The blue piece of cardstock is from Momenta Great Outdoors Paper pad and is embossed with fish.

The Sentiment comes from the Pink By Design Simply Everything Stamp set.

The main image of this card is the Wide Mouth Bass by Inkadinkado. I colored the fish in with my Copics and went over the fins with a Sakura Stardust Clear Gelly Roll pen.

I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Weathered Wood for the water and to ink around the edges. Then used my Cuttlebug and Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large to cut out the image and green layer.

The inside sentiment comes from the Pink By Design  Spring Has Sprung Stamp set.

The little fish is also from the PBD Simply Everything Stamp set.... isn't he cute.

So here's Fishing my Father a Happy Birthday.