My Pink Stamper Design Team - February

Welcome!  Thanks for stopping by today for this month's My Pink Stamper design team post.  The challenge that I and my fellow designers were given today was to make a project that used as many My Pink Stamper Stamps as we could.  As luck would have it, at the moment I am working with the ladies in my church congregation to put together some recipe books for the graduating senior girls in our neighborhood.  A number of ladies in our women's organization submitted recipes, and we are compiling them in 8 x 8 albums where each page has been decorated by someone different.

I am a real foodie, so this was the perfect project for me.  And it just so happens that Robyn has the CUTEST, most perfect stamps to go in a recipe book.  The sets that I used for this project are Yummylicious:

 and Sweetest Cupcakes:

Here is what I made:

The recipe that I included on the page is for Amish Baked Oatmeal (a recipe I found online), so naturally I thought of the Country Life Cricut Cartridge.  And I just love this paper from Pebbles from their Fresh Goods line.  You'll see in the top left hand corner I used the "From the kitchen of" stamp from Yummylicious.  Then where the scallop border is I used the "yum!" and "mmmmm..." stamps from Sweetest Cupcakes, and "Scrumptious!" from Yummylicious.  All the perfect sentiments for a really yummy recipe.  If you want to mix up your morning breakfast routine a little, try this one - it's super yummy.

Stamps:  My Pink Stamper Yummylicious and Sweetest Cupcakes
Cricut Cartridge:  Country Life
Paper:  Pebbles Inc, AC Cardstock, DCWV
Border Punch:  American Crafts Knock-Outs Scallop and Notebook
Accessories:  Baker's twine, misc. buttons

Thanks for stopping by.  If you haven't already, be sure to swing over to My Pink Stamper so you can see all the wonderful projects that my fellow designers have made.  Have a wonderful day!

My Pink Stamper DT - August

Happy August everyone!  And why are we happy?  Because today is the first day of school here!  LOL!  Seriously though, this summer flew by for me and I think this is the first time that I'm kind of sad it's time for the kids to go back to school. 

Another reason to be happy?  Because it's time for another My Pink Stamper Design Team post!  I am still having a blast playing with the stamps from Robyn's recent release.  As I mentioned in my previous post, I love apples!  And Robyn has the perfect stamp in her set School Days:

Stamps:  My Pink Stamper School Days
Cricut Cartridge:  Country Life (tree, apples, Home Grown), Plantin Schoolbook (ovals)
Paper:  DCWV (Nantucket), Me & My Big Ideas (stripes), AC Cardstock
Edge Punch:  Martha Stewart Scallop Dot
Embellishments:  Diamond Glaze, assorted buttons, ribbon (Michaels)

If you haven't already, be sure to stop by My Pink Stamper to see all the other wonderful Design Team submissions.  Thanks for stopping by!

What's for dinner?

Even though it is hot as Hades outside right now, at this time of the year my mind inevitably starts thinking of Autumn.  It's my favorite time of the year for so many reasons, not the least of which being that I love apples.  They were my inspiration for my most recent Cricut Creations class project at my local Joann.  They had these really cute Darice chalk boards, so I picked one up and embellished it using the Country Life Cricut cartridge.

These are the colors that I have in my kitchen, so eventually this will be sitting on my kitchen counter (or maybe hanging on the wall), so I can leave messages for my kids, write what we're having for dinner, and who knows what else.  I'm sure the kids will get in on the fun too, so hopefully whatever is written on here stays polite!  ;-)

Cricut Cartridge:  Country Life (apples, pie, Get Cookin'), Plantin Schoolbook (ovals and scallop trim)
Paper:  Me & My Big Ideas (stripes), DCWV (red gingham), AC Cardstock
Accessories:  Diamond Glaze, DCWV (buttons)

Banner Up!

Now that I have my oh-so-fabulous Peachy Keen Stamps I thought I would try my hand at their Let's Face It Friday Challenge - only I'm a day late and a dollar short!  Oh well, another time.  The theme for this challenge is Banner Up - use your Peachy Keen Face stamps in a project that contains pennants.  As much as it makes me feel really old to say this, I have a niece that is expecting her first baby any day now so I thought I would make her a card to celebrate the occasion.  I am also excited because this is the first time I've been able to use my My Pink Stamper Sweet Baby stamps!

Stamp:  My Pink Stamper Sweet Baby, Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids Assortment
Cricut Cartridges:  Simply Charmed (baby carriage), Country Life (pennants), Simply Sweet (letters in pennants), Gypsy
Paper:  Doodlebug Design (baby girl stripe), AC Cardstock, Georgia Pacific, Stampin Up
Edge Punch:  Martha Stewart Scallop Dot
Embellishments:  Stampin Up (buttons), Stickles, safety pin, white gel pen

More My Pink Stamper New Releases!

And the fun continues with another new set from My Pink Stamper called Biggie Punnies!  I love all of Robyn's "punny" sets - they're just so fun and work so well with Cricut cartridges.  This set is one of her larger 6 x 8 sets.

Biggie Punnies

Don't you just love the expression on my son's face?  What can I say?  He's four...

Stamps:  My Pink Stamper Biggie Punnies

Cricut Cartridges:  Country Life (carrots), Winter Frolic (tag - enlarged and elements removed with the Gypsy)

Paper:  American Crafts (City Park line), AC Cardstock, Provo Craft

Edge Punch:  Martha Stewart Apron Lace

Embellishments:  DCWV (buttons), American Crafts (ribbon), linen thread

One of the many really great things you can do with these stamps is bend them a little as you are mounting them on your acrylic block.

Stamp:  My Pink Stamper Biggie Punnies

Cricut Cartridge:  Create a Critter

Embossing:  Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl, Sizzix Zebra

Paper:  AC Cardstock, Stampin Up

Accessories:  Eyelet Outlet (frog eyelets), Stickles

My Pink Design Team - March!

Welcome!  Are you feeling scrappy?  I hope so because this month my fellow My Pink Design Team members and I have all done some scrapbooking for your inspiration and viewing pleasure!  I'm happy to say that I may have found the secret for me to even do scrapbooking - make the layouts in advance!  I know this isn't a new idea necessarily, but it's new for me!  I was an avid scrapbooker for the first two years of my oldest daughter's life - then #2 was born, and well, it just hasn't happened since...

Guess where I'm going next week?  You guessed it  - Hawaii!  I'm so excited because I've never been there before, and because it means precious alone time with my husband.  And what makes it even better is I'm being paid to go!  Definitely something to scrap about.  I just hope that I don't end up journaling the time that I caused a car accident with the glare from my lily white skin, or the wonderful cold that I caught while there (that's an Andrea classic!).

Cricut Cartridges:  Preserves (pineapple & pineapple rings), Country Life (font)
Stamps:  My Pink Stamper Love-Alicious
Paper:  DCWV (Citrus Stack), AC Cardstock, Provo Craft
Edge Punch:  Martha Stewart Arch Lattice
Embellishments:  DCWV (buttons), pearls (Recollections), misc gems, Offray (ribbon)

Don't  forget to head back over to My Pink Stamper to check out the beautiful work from all my fellow designers.  Have a great day!

RRR Challenge #19 - Green

I have purchased ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon in the past, so imagine my excitement when I saw that they now have a blog and have weekly challenges!  The challenge for this week is to make a project using the color green, and of coarse, using some beautiful ribbon as well.

I think it's safe to say that I never thought I would make a card that had peas on it!  But I'm really happy with how this turned out!

Cricut Cartridge:  Country Life
Stamps:  My Pink Stamper Fruit & Veggie Puns
Embossing:  Cuttlebug Victoria
Paper:  AC Cardstock, Stampin Up, Georgia Pacific, Colorbok (stripes)
Edge Punch:  Fiskars Apron Lace
Embellishments:  Recollections pearls, DCWV (buttons), American Crafts (ribbon), Stickles

FCCB Challenge #48 - Emboss It!

I had so much fun with this week's challenge at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!  The challenge is to make a project using some form of embossing, whether it be wet, dry, using a stencil, or with embossing folders.  How fun is that?  I think embossing is one of the best techniques for adding interest to your project.  And so easy - especially if you have a Cuttlebug or a comparable product.

One of my favorite things about paper crafts is combining different colors, patterns, and textures and finding a way to make them all work together.  My sister on the other hand, is a master quilter, so she works the same magic in fabric.  If anyone in the Akron/Canton area in Ohio needs a long-arm quilter to do some work for them, I can hook you up!  When I was given this challenge I wanted to find a way of incorporating a number of different embossed textures into my project.  What better way to do that than with a quilt!  Take some super adorable paper from Doodlebug Design, embossing folders, and the Country Life cartridge, put them together and voila!

You will find embossing in a number of places on this card.  I used a Quickutz embossing folder called Stripes Label to create the look of thread on the spool.  I used the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder for some of the "patches" on the quilt.  And I used one of the Cricut Companion Preserves folders with all the berries for the background, and for my strawberries in the center of the quilt.

Cricut Cartridge:  Country Life
Embossing:  Cuttlebug Swiss Dots & Preserves Cricut Companion, Quickutz Stripes Label
Stamps:  My Pink Stamper Fruit and Veggie Puns
Paper:  Paper Pizazz (gingham), Doodlebug Design (Berry Blue & Ladybug Picnic), Stampin Up and AC Cardstock
Edge Punch:  Martha Stewart Scallop Dot
Embellishments: Doodlebug Design Tutti Fruitti Boutique Brads, DCWV (button), Michaels (ribbon)

New Cartridge Fun - Country Life!

Country Life has been out for a few months now, but I didn't really discover all the fun things it had on it until recently.  You have probably noticed from my other posts that I love all things handmade and am a bit of a foody - so I love the fact that this cartridge has the fruits and veggies, pies, the sewing machine, etc.  They're all just warm-fuzzy, homey cuts.  But do you want to know why I just had to have it?

For the chicken - I love chickens!  I can't wait until I am in a place where I can have my own chickens, I decorate with chickens in my kitchen, and since I got the My Pink Stamper set Even More Punny-licious I've been dying to use the, "Just chicken in!" stamp.  It also just so happens that red is my favorite color.  I made this card for a swap that I am participating in, so I'm going to be making lots of them!

Cricut Cartridge:  Country Life
Stamps:  My Pink Stamper Even More Punny-licious
Embossing:  Cuttlebug Victoria
Paper:  Stampin Up, DCWV, AC Cardstock, Me & My Big Ideas (I'm getting some mileage out of this paper - love it!)
Ribbon - Offray
Punch:  Fiskars Apron Lace