A Peachy Princess Birthday Blog Hop (and a giveaway!!!!)

Surprise!!! Happy Birthday Angelica!!! Since today is the Peachy Princess's birthday, the new Peachy Design Team, along with the alumni, and the Market Street Stamp Design team - put together this hop to celebrate! I have a little giveaway at the very bottom of this (very long...) post - so make sure and scroll down to see the details!

You should have arrived here from Jennie - but if you just happened along, please start at the Peachy Queen's Blog and follow along to join in all the fun!

Here is my card - which is in the mail and should be arriving at your house any time Angelica, if you didn't get it already! I kept it fairly flat so that I could mail it easily - without worrying about it getting damaged!

I used the cute little image, Natalee (click on the name to follow the link to the Peachy Store if you want to check it out!), stamped on some Cosmo Cricket paper, and colored with my Copics, right on the pattern paper! Added some cute freckles with my white gel pen too! 

I used some more pattern paper from the same paper stack, cut a border with a Martha Stewart border punch, and inked all the edges of everything with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo. Here is a close up of the coloring: 

Finished off with a bit of Papertrey Ink button twine to tie a cute little bow around it. 

Here is the entire line-up in case you get lost:

Kathy

Amanda

Amy

Cristina

Lauren

DoBea

Raven

Jennie

Heather  - You are Here!

Lorie

Stephanie

Erin 

Brenda

Michelle

Michele

Leanne

Tifany 

Samantha

Nikki

Heidi

Glora

Vivienne

Janice

Saundra

Julie

Lisa

Kristi

Mel

Stephanie

Kim

Emma

And last but not least - I thought it would be fun to do a little birthday giveaway! So...leave a comment below, and I will draw a winner later this week to win this:

PK - 781 Party Girl Lulee

Thanks for stopping by! And again - wishing you the Happiest Birthday EVER Angelica!!!

Moxie Fab - Map to your Heart Challenge

I have been pondering for a while what to make for Map to your Heart Challenge over on Moxie Fab World, and when this idea popped into my head, I just HAD to give it a try! Here is my take:

I used some map paper from on October Afternoon 8x8 paper stack called Thrift Shop. I used my stitched heart die from My Creative Time, and die cut the heart from the middle of my piece of map paper.

I then inked the edges of the pattern paper, and the die cut heart with Tim Holtz distress ink in Broken China and Peeled Paint, then stuck the large piece of paper directly on my card base, and pop-dotted the heart from the spot it had been cut from. 

The sentiment is from my Unity Stamp Company December 2011 Kit of the Month.I cut a strip of cardstock, stamped my sentiment, then hand trimmed the arrow shape on the side. Inked the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen, and adhered that to the card.  

Finished off with a couple of coordinating Papertrey Ink buttons, tied up with some Papertrey Ink rustic jute button twine. 

I'm pretty happy with it! I love how the heart pops out at you, which is kind of a play on the sentiment. The map represents miles, but the heart is closer than the miles! LOVE this sentiment, and LOVE this die shape! You can't see it very well in the picture, but the edges of the heart has the CUTEST little stitching on it from the die!!! SOOO much fun - will definitely be using this one a lot!!! 

Thanks for stopping by - hope you are having a great weekend!

Reach for the sky

Good morning! It's Friday, and time for Unity Friends with Flair over at Unity Stamp Company! I thought I would share a card I made for the sketch for the last Papercrafts Magazine publication call - obviously it didn't make the cut, so I can share it here!

I used a Unity Stamp Itty Bitty for the hot air balloon, and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I used a bit of Copics on the balloon, after heat embossing it with black powder. 

The clouds are cut with my Cricut using the cartridge Pooh and Friends. I also textured them with the Papertrey Ink Linen impression plate.  

All the paper is from Basic Grey's Picadilly 6x6 paper pad. The bottom starburst is a Market Street background stamp that I embossed with clear powder on the green paper. Finished off with some Jute button twine from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for stopping by! Now make sure and head over to Unity Stamps to join in the fun!

Throwback Thursday Challenge - Sport Theme

Whew! I just squeaked this one in time - but I didn't want to miss out on this months Throwback Thursday Challenge over at My Creative Time. This time the challenge is to make a sport theme project. So, I pulled out some goodies and went to work! Here is what I came up with: 

I used Boys will be Boys for the basketball hoop and the basketball. The orange papers are Papertrey Ink cardstock. The white is Bazzil Basics. The background is from an Authentique 6x6 paper pad, the plain reverse side. I assembled all the layers, and inked the white parts with Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen. Added some faux stitching, and some Peachy Keen faces from The Cornies Face Assortment. Added some hair on top of the larger face with the Peachy Keen Accessories Assortment.

I used Emma's stitched oval die, and a sentiment from My Favorite Sayings. I masked out parts of the stamp, so that I could stamp it straighter and fit it in the die cut. Punched some tiny holes and threaded some Baker's Twine through to tie it on. 

The hoop is pop-dotted from the background, and I put the basketball on an Action Wobble! Here are a couple of action shots: 

I also pop-dotted the star from the basketball. These pictures shows a little better how that basketball just pops out at you! 

There it is! And while "guy" cards are not my strong suit, I feel pretty happy with this one! 

Thanks for stopping by to take a look! I'm gonna go try and stay warm, and enjoy looking at the snow out the window!

It's your day - celebrate!

Well, this is one of those cards that didn't quite come out like I wanted, but that's okay! So, even though it isn't my favorite, I decided to share it today anyway! Here it is:

I used an October Afternoon Sidewalks collection stamp, and paper pieced it with (what else?) Sidewalks paper from the 8x8 paper pad.  

Added an outline with a gray Copic marker, And also used matching Copic colors to shade the edges of the papers for the paper piecing. 

Finished off by rounding off the bottom two corners with my Martha Stewart corner rounder, and adding some October Afternoon lace trim and twine from the Sidewalks wrap pack to the top.

Thanks for stopping by!

Design Team Call

I somehow keep forgetting to post this, but wanted to make sure and let you all know that Patches of Pink is having a Design Team Call! You can find all the info HERE - you have until January 30th to apply! Jalisa has been so much fun to work with - I'm sure you would love it! So, if you have always wanted to have the experience of being on a Design Team, here is your chance!!!

Start each day with "whee"!

Hello! Just remembered that I needed to post this card really quickly! I just LOVE this image from My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Line! Isn't it sweet? I made this for the Getting Sketch Challenge over on Splitcoast Stampers. Here is my take:

And here is the sketch: 

I used October Afternoon Sidewalks papers, and some Sidewalks trim from October Afternoon as well.  

Colored with my Copics, and inked the edges of everything with Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen. 

Thanks again for visiting! See you soon!