Cindy Loo ... My New Favorite Cartridge

This paper is from K &  Company and it inspired this card. The flower is from the Cindy Loo cartridge ... I inked and pop dotted all the layers to give it dimension ... then added some self-adhesive pearls. The patterned paper was punched using a Martha Steward punch and the sentiment stamp is from Verve Stamps.

Three Birds Birthday

This is one of my favorite cards and was actually quick and easy. The card base and scalloped squares (cut using the Storybook cartridge) are kraft paper. The images and sentiment were stamped using Chocolate Chip ink from Stampin Up. The scalloped squares are layered over a little gingham ribbon and placed on top of a rectangle of crimped red cardstock. I finished it with a little doodling and some bronze self-adhesive pearls.

The cardstock, image stamps and sentiment stamp are all from PaperTrey Ink.

Golfer's Birthday Card

I used my Gypsy and the George and Basic Shapes cartidge to create the golf club and ball. I used Cuttlebug folders to dry emboss the golf ball and the golf club head & handle. I also embossed the golf club head with UTEE.

The grass was made using a Martha Stewart punch and the sentiments are from Verve Stamps.

A Card for Calvin

Oh, this summer has been brutal ... I really think they were trying to kill me at work ... anyway, I've had a chance to catch my breath and have lots of projects to share. To start, this is a card I made for my neighbor Calvin who lost his best friend Butch ... a very sweet chocolate lab.

The image is from Whipper Snappers, colored with Prismas and OMS. The border punch is from EK Success and the sentiment is computer generated.

Blog Candy Winner

Thank you to everyone who visited my blog during the "It's Not Easy Being Pink" blog hop and welcome to all my new followers. It was a lot of fun to participate in this blog hop for Robyn and I truly appreciate all your kind comments.


I used random.org to select the winner of my blog candy. The  comment chosen was number 153:

 faithnme said...

amazing work.. Robyn is going to love it.. the DT did an anazing job with this HOP

Sharette

July 24, 2010 6:45 PM

Congratulations Sharette!!

It's Not Easy Being Pink Blog Hop!

Welcome to the My Pink Stamper's retiring design team's blog hop. We're taking this time to thank Robyn for the wonderful opportunity of being part of her first design team. If you've arrived here from Emma's blog, you're doing fine. If you just wandered into the blog hop, here's a list of everyone participating ... I don't want you to miss out on anything.

Julie

Agnes

Emma

Jo (that's me)

Karla

Pam

Rowena

I'm very happy to be part of this blog hop. Because of my association with Robyn, I've had lots of 'firsts' over the last four months: my first time as a Design Team member, filmed my first video, made my first scrapbook layout, and now, participating in my first blog hop. Thanks, Robyn, it's been a fun ride.

For my 'Thank You' gift to Robyn, I decided to make  an altered box. I chose this project for a couple of reasons. One, I found a special little gift and I thought it would be fun to put it in a decorated box that she can keep and use as a memory box. Two, the project I submitted for her Design Team call was my Altered Baby Gift Box and I thought this would a fitting way to end.

So here are the details on my project: It's a 10" x 10" square paper mache box ... about 5" deep. I painted the inside white, the base pale pink, and the lid bright pink using acrylic paints. The printed papers and cardstock are from Stampin' Up. The flower was cut at 6.5" using the Cindy Loo cartridge.

I used the Lyrical Letters cartridge and my Gypsy to cut the 'My Pink' ...

and 'Memories' is from the Graphically Speaking cartridge.

                                                                                                                          To complete the box, I added a 'skirt' to the lid using a Martha Stewart border punch and finished it with a little satin ribbon.

Now, on to the fun stuff. This is what I'm offering for my blog candy:

There's a K & Company 'Black & Ivory Fusion' paper pack, 10 sheets of cardstock, 4 rolls of ribbon, some pearl trim and an Inkadinkado clear stamp set called ' Circles and Dots'.

All you need to do to be entered for a chance to win is leave a comment and a way to contact you (I'll ship to anywhere in the world!). How easy is that? I'll keep entries open until midnight CST on Sunday, July 25th and post the winner on Monday morning. So, don't be shy ... let me know what you think of my project.

Thanks for visiting! Now, hop on over to see the awesome project Karla has to show you.

Saturday is Blog Hop Day!

Happy Friday evening everyone! Just want to let you know that the retiring My Pink Stamper design team members are have a blog hop starting at 8:00am PST, tomorrow, July 24th. There will be lots of great projects and plenty of blog candy. Hope to see you then ...

My Pink Stamper Color Challenge

There's a challenge today at My Pink Stamper. Robyn has asked us to create a project using the colors Brown, Orange, Pink and Green.

This is what I came up with:

Recipe:

Size - 5.25" x 5.25"

Card stock & Paper - brown, Papertrey Ink; all other, Stampin' Up

Cricut - Owl from Cindy Loo, cut at 2.75"

Sentiments - My Pink Stamper "Tweetie Hoo Puns" stamp set

Extras - Satin ribbon, self adhesive pearls, Stampin' Up border punch, Whisper White craft ink and dimensionals

Don't forget to visit Robyn's blog to see what the other Design Team members have created ... I'm sure you'll love them all!!

My Pink Stamper Design Team: Summer Fun

Okay, so this is a little out of my comfort zone. I'm a cardmaker, not a scrapbooker. In fact, this is the first layout I've ever done ... but the idea popped into my head and I had to go with it. This is my buddy Jake playing in his pool filled with water and brightly colored balls. Yes, Jake has his own pool ... which is just one of the reason we're known in our neighborhood as the crazy people with all those dogs!

I cut the dog, collar, buckle and tag from Paper Pups. The dog was cut with my Gypsy using the Hide/Contour feature ... which is my new favorite thing. I was able to cut the ducky floatie in three different colors without any waste. I couldn't find paper I liked for the floatie, so I used a hole punch to make polka dots from scraps of card stock and then adhered them to the white base. This was a real test of my patience ... but I like the end result.

I love how the collar, buckle and tag turned out! I used my Cuttlebug and the Herringbone folder to dry emboss the collar. The buckle and tag were cut from the cardboard from a paper stack. I inked them with silver ink and embossed them with Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE). I attached the tag to the buckle using a couple of jewelry finds so it actually dangles ... yeah ... very proud of myself!!

The circles were cut using "George and Basic Shapes" and I used the center point key when I cut the pictures. The journaling is computer generated because it would make me crazy to try and do that by hand! Here you can also see the cute border ... it's a EK Success border punch.


 The splash is from "Create 
a Critter". I embossed the water drops with UTEE. I 
cut a few more, snipped off the water drops and embossed them to use as embellishments. 

I added sentiments using the My Pink Stamper's "Family & Friends" set and a little doodling. And, since I don't have an album for this, I framed my layout in a 12" x 12" shadow box. 

Now, hop on over to My Pink Stamper to see the other Design Team "Summer Fun" projects!!