Wacky Wednesday at More Than Favors

 

Hello Friends,

 

This week over at More Than Favors with Paula, She is hosting her bi-weekly challenge. These challenges are super fun, and she has awesome prizes.

 

This week the challenge is Birthday themed. Now this can be a card, a altered item, anything birthday related. Here is my design team project for inspiration.

 

 

I got the card shape from the Silhouette store, as well as the birthday hat, and sentiment tag.  Sentiment is from Pink By Designs " Birthday, Birthday " stamp set. I added some stickles to the stars on the hat so it would match the card stock. Designer card stock is MME " Party time " stack. Perfect for Birthday's!  The hat looked bare at the bottom so I added some Divine Twine and bling to the sentiment tag.

 

I hope you will join us this week over at More Than Favors. I can't wait to see all your projects! Have a great Wednesday friends.

 

Little Prince Blog Hop

Hello Friends,

 

Welcome to the Little Prince Blog Hop, we're celebrating Jessica's little prince's 2nd birthday with a 3 day hop! Happy Birthday Mason!

There is a lot of boy themed projects and blog candy along the way so make sure you stop and visit every blog along the 3 day hop.

 

If you have arrived here from Julie's Blog :http://3girljam.blogspot.com/

then you are in the right spot. But if you stumbled upon my post and would like to start from the beginning, then head on over to Jessica's blog.

www.homespunelegance.blogspot.com

 

I went pretty simple on my boy projects, I had a card that matched the baby booties, but misplaced it somewhere in my crafty corner. So I made a adorable paper car to take it's place.

 

 

I bought the file for these ADORABLE baby shoes from the Silhouette store. They are pretty easy to assemble, and are perfect for baby shower gifts and or treat holders. With as many people as I know having baby's I thought this file would come in handy for years to come.  Dressing up these little shoes was a bit of a struggle as I do not have much boy embellishments. I went ahead and added my own seam binding for the shoe strings, and I am Roses in blue and white for a simple finishing touch. The white trim for the sole of shoe I purchased at Joanne's.  Designer paper is MME " Follow your Heart ".

 

For my second project I wanted to make something that would be appropriate for a 2 year old birthday party. This car is actually a favor box.

 

 

 

I also purchased this car favor box from Silhouette store. It was pretty easy to assemble and fun to embellish. I ran the tires through my Tim Holtz embossing folder Retro Circles, then added the cute little screw brads. I applied glossy accents to the windows, then sprinkled Martha Stewart Course glitter to finish them off. The lights and licence plate are just plain card stock stickled up. I went around the edges of the car with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink. Designer paper is from MME Party time stack.  These little cars hold Hershey nuggets and a whole array of different candies.

 

So those are my projects, something for a baby prince, and something for a toddler prince.

Unity Stamp Company has been so generous and is letting me give away a stamp set with a retail value of 26.00!  All you have to do is Please "like" Unity Stamps on Facebook ( HERE ) and let them know you are stopping by from the Little Prince blog hop. Please leave a comment on my blog letting me know you did so, to be entered to win! US residents only.

 

Here is the stamp set up for grabs...

 

 

 

I do not require that you follow my blog, but I would love it if you " like " my facebook page ( HERE ) and/or sign up for my blog emails.

 

Now off to Laurie's Blog where I am sure she has a incredible project for you to see. Have a wonderful day and Monday! And Thank You for stopping by!

 

 

Spring Blog Hop ~ Pink by Design and Lovebug Creations



Hello Friends,

 

I want to welcome you to my blog, and to the Pink By Design/Lovebug Creations Co-Blog Hop!

Im number 14 on the stop.

 

You should be arriving here from the ever so talented Martha from http://beautifulcreationsmp.blogspot.com/ , But if you just happened to stumble across this post, I would love it if you would start at the beginning of the hop at the

Lovebug Creations Blog:http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

 

Today you will get to see some awesome Pink By Design stamps and delicious colors of Lovebug Rumple Ribbon. Not to mention some fab blog candy along the way.

I must admit I got a little carried away when I saw how deep and rich Lovebug's Rumple ribbon was. I just couldn't stop creating. So I made 3 cards, each showcasing a lovely color. This ribbon and Pink By Design sentiments go perfect together.

 

 

For my first card I used Pink By Design Stamp of the Month for Jan 2013~You are my Happy

Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon in Green Leaves

Designer paper is from Websters Pages

I am Roses

Swirlz background from Birds Cards and Label from Silhouette store

 

 

 

For card #2, I used Pink By Design Stamp of the Month for August 2012~ Illuminate

Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon in Rosebud

Designer paper from My Minds Eye

Background Heart - Birds Cards

Label Shape from the Silhouette Store

I am Roses

 

 

 

For this last card, I used Pink By Designs Stamp of the Month for April 2012~ My Favorite Kind

Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon in Sunflower

Designer paper from Websters Pages

My Minds Eye brad

Honeycomb background from Birds Cards

and Label shape from the Silhouette store

 

Well I hope I didn't bore you to much :)

You're next stop on the hop is the crafty talented Stephanie at www.stephanie-eaken.blogspot.com

 

No blog candy at this stop, and no follower button either, but I would love it if you followed me on facebook and subscribed to my email. Enjoy the rest of the hop! And have a wonderful weekend, And a very happy Easter!

 

 

1. Main Lovebug Creations Blog:http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
2. Main Pink by Design Blog http://www.pinkbydesignstamps.com/
3. Christine: http://www.scarletcalliope.wordpress.com/
... 4. Sarah: http://www.pinkcricut.com/
5. Dawn Mercedes: http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/
6. Elizabeth: http://www.217creations.com/
7. Dawn Rene http://designsbydawnrene.com/
8. Paula: http://www.morethanfavors.blogspot.com/
9. Dorcas: http://www.craftycardangel.com/
10. Lisa: http://www.prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/
11. Ellen: http://cardmonkeyspaperjungle.com/
12. Rebekah: http://www.craftyteachermom.blogspot.com/
13. Martha: http://beautifulcreationsmp.blogspot.com/
14. Meriah: http://www.twoscraptasticgals.blogspot.com
15. Stephanie: www.stephanie-eaken.blogspot.com
16. Bryan: http://www.scrapguy.blogspot.com/
17. Tanya: http://scrappinkymomma.blogspot.com/
18. Sabrina: http://www.sabrinaalery.blogspot.com/
19. Zeni: http://www.scrappyzeni.com/
20. Gloria: http://gloriasgoofycraftspot.blogspot.com/

 

Spring Watering Can



Hello Friends,

I wanted to share with you my project that is posted over at  the Pink By Design blog. Paula, Gloria, and I all made non-card projects. We would love it if you would come on over and take a look.

Here is my watering can.

 

 

For this 3-D watering can, I bought the shape from the Silhouette store. Designer paper is MME Alphabet Soup. ( Oldie but a Goodie ) Prima Calypso flowers. Pink By Design " Life's a Garden " sentiment, Recollection bling, Divine Twine, sentiment spot from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbon's svg shop, hearts are also from the Silhouette store. This watering can did not turn out the way I visioned it in my head, but either way it came out cute.

 

Well friends, I want to wish you a happy Friday, And I will be back tomorrow for a fun blog hop. Pink By Design is pairing up with Lovebug Creations for a awesome blog hop featuring Pink By Design Stamps and Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon. I'm sure it will be loads of fun with lots of great projects and blog candy :)

 

Have a good day.

Thanks A Bunch



 

Hello Friends,

 

As promised I have two posts for you today. Like I said before I can't seem to remember what day is which and when I need to post. Blame those pregnancy hormones.  Today's post is a feature that we have over at the Pink By Design blog. Every Wednesday we share a trick or tip with you. There have been lots of good ones so be sure to come by and take a look. This week our tip was how to rumple your ribbon. Now I'm not going to share all the details with you here, because I want you to stop by Pink By Design blog so you can see Paula and Gloria's projects using this tip. But here is my card using the rumple ribbon tip.

 

 

For this card I used designer paper from MME " Alphabet Soup " , I used my 1 inch punch to create the flowers. The twine is a mix of Divine twine and Trendy Twine. To get the stems of my flowers to stay I used Scotch quick dry. Sentiment is from Pink By Design March 2011 Stamp of the Month " Grow ". Ribbon and Buttons are from my stash.

 

So come on over to the Pink By Design blog and take a look at the other creations. If you use this tip we would love to see your projects. You can post them on the Pink By Design Facebook page.

 

Pink By Design Challenge: Spring

 

Hello Friends,

 

Seems I have fallen a little behind on my postings..So I have two to share with you today. And I'll have another one for ya'll tomorrow. So first of all, I want to show you a card I made for the challenge going on at the Pink By Design blog. This week the challenge is anything Spring related. For example...flowers, birds, bee's, Easter, rain if you live in the pacific northwest :)

 

For me, seeing all the baby sheep, and baby farm animals being born is Spring. So I created this cute little sheep tag.

 

 

For this tag I found a journal shape from the Silhouette store and just layered it 3 times, to give it more dimension.

 

 

Sheep shape is from the Silhouette store as well, I embossed his wool using the Tim Holtz swirlz embossing folder. I applied glossy accents to the swirlz and then sprinkled glitter. He shimmers! Designer paper is Websters Pages and the bling is from Recollections. Seam binding is my own. Sentiment is from Pink By Design " Hoppy Easter ", a button and divine twine finish this little tag off.

 

I hope that you will join us this week for this challenge, there is even a prize up for grabs :) You can either go to the Pink By Design Blog, or link up your spring projects here! Have a Fab day Friends.

 

Lucky Me Southwest Card

Hello Friends,

Today I wanted to share a quick card I made for Wacky Wednesday over at More Than Favors. The challenge is " Something Green ". You're project can be anything, as long as it has something green on it. Pretty simple right? So head on over to More Than Favors and join the challenge.

I am also entering this card into the Cricut Southwest Designer Contest. I think this cartridge is my new favorite. I love the Southwest, and anything Western. I can see many home decor projects being made with this cartridge. I decided to make a SW card to give to my horsey friend, who is letting me lease her horse with option to buy. We are pretty lucky to have the option of buying this amazing horse for my daughter. The county in which I live decided to bring back 4-H YAHOO!!!!!! I think this is a great program and it teaches our children so much! So her horsey Lennox is going to be in 4-H with her. All thanks to our amazing friend. Jolene has been taking riding lessons for over 5 years now in Hunt seat, she has shown dedication and promise. It's not just a faze with her, so I think it's time for her own horse.

Here is my card, and you can find the directions to it in the Cricut Project Center.

Products used:

Pink By Design Luck O The Irish Stamp Set

Cricut Cartridge Southwest

Cosmo Cricket Wanted Paper Stack

Cricut Cartridge Art Philosophy

Cuttlebug Folder from Oriental Weave set

Here is my daughter on Lennox. He has not been riden in over a year, so we're working on getting him back in tip top condition.

Alright my friends, I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday and please do not forget about the challenge going on over at More Than Favors! Have a great day!