Happy 4th of July America!

 

Happy 4th of July Friends!

 

I am a composite being of all the people of America.
I am the union if you are united.
I am one and indivisible if you are undivided.
I am as strong as the weakest link.
I am an emblem of your country.
I am a symbol of the shadow of the real.
I am a sign pointing to past achievements.
I am a promise of greater things for the future.
I am what you make me.
I am purity if you are pure.
I am bravery if you are brave.
I am loyalty if you are loyal.

 

I am honor if you are honorable.
I am goodness if you are good.
I am hope if you are hopeful.
I am truth if you are true.

 

I am the Constitution.
I am law and order.
I am tolerance or intolerance as you force me to be.
I am liberty as you understand liberty.
I am as a pillar of fire by night,
but you must provide the fuel.

 

I march at the head of the column,
but you must carry me on.

 

I stand for greater and more glorious
achievement than can be found in recorded
history, but you must be my inspiration.

 

I AM THE FLAG.

 

 

Recipe:

Pink By Design My Type stamp set

Ranger Tag

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Broken China and Barn Door

White Gelly Roll Pen

Hemp Twine and Star Button

My own hand colored seam binding

 

Enjoy your 4th of July and be safe!

 

Update and Project.

 

Hello Friends and Happy Monday!

 

I was adding a new way to follow my blog since Blogger decided to do away with Blog reader today :(.  If you look to the right of my blog you will see I added the fun new way to stay up to date on my postings-----------------> I'd love it if you would click on the box and follow my blog. Anyways I was adding that and realized I am a couple projects behind on posting. So this week I need to play catch up and get those posted.

 

 

For this card I used Pink By Design's Red, White, & Blue stamp set, Bo Bunny Liberty Designer paper, and my Making Memories paper distresser.  Just in time for the 4th of July! This card is 4.25x5.5. Well Friends, Have a great Monday and I'll be back tomorrow with another project.

 

Red, White, & Blue Challenge

 

Hello Friends and Happy Monday!

 

We have a fun new challenge going on over at the Pink By Design Blog. You can link up your projects HERE!  This week it's time for you to come link up your Red, White, & Blue projects in honor of 4th of July!  You have until Saturday June 22nd, 2013 to play along with us and for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to Pink by Design. You do not have to use Pink By Design Stamps for the challenge (but we’d love it if you did).

 

Here is my project for some inspiration.

 

 

Recipe:

Pink By Design Red, White, & Blue stamp set

Bo Bunny Designer Paper

Card is 4.25 x 5.5

 

I hope that you will come join us for this challenge. Can't wait to see all your projects. Have a great Monday friends!

 

Anything but a card Friday!

 

Hello Friends,

 

Happy Friday! Today complete's my posting week over at the Pink By Design Team Blog. And today our post is all about non-card Father's Day projects. Goes along with our challenge theme this week. All about Father's. Be sure to link up your Father's Day projects if you haven't already. You can do so by clicking HERE.

 

For today's project I made this adorable lil brief case. You can find the cut file for this project in the Silhouette store, along with the mustache. It was a super easy holder to make and I think it is perfect for any man considering they don't care much about the bling and flashiness. And if they throw it away my feelings won't be hurt to bad.

 

 

Recipe:

Silhouette Store for Mustache and Briefcase gift card holder.

True Hemp Crafting Cord

Pink By Design Our Father's stamp set

Pink By Design Mustache's stamp set

 

Here is a picture of all my Father's Day projects I made for the week.

 

 

 

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend,

Grandpa

 

Hello Friends,

 

 Today I would like to share a project I made for the Pink By Design Tip/Technique day.
For the tip we would like to share with you how to use crayons with your Cuttlebug folder's. Make sure to head on over to the Pink By Design blog for all the info.

 

Here is my card for Tip/Technique day.

 

 

Recipe:

Pink By Design " Grandparents " stamp set

Charles Cuttlebug folder

Silhouette store for mustache and sentiment tag

Recollections cream and black cardstock

Button, hemp twine, black crayon

 

Don't forget about the Pink By Design Father's Day challenge going on now HERE.  You have until Saturday June 1st, 2013 to play along with us and for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to Pink by Design. You do not have to use Pink By Design Stamps for the challenge (but we’d love it if you did).

 

Have a wonderful Wednesday and see you again back here on Friday!

 

PBD Father's Day Challenge

 

Happy Memorial Day!

 

We have a fun new challenge going on over at the Pink By Design Blog this week. The challenge is anything " Father " related. 

 

Link up your Father projects HERE, for a chance to win a $10.00 gift certificate to the Pink By Design store.

 

I made this fun Father's Day card.

 

 

Recipe:

Pink By Design Vintage Holidays stamp set

Silhouette store for mustaches

Cuttlebug  embossing folders Charles, Swiss Dots, and Forest Branches

Recollections kraft, black, and cream cardstock

 

Have a great day!

 

Two Projects...

 

Hello Friends and Happy Friday!

 

I completly forgot to do my post on Wednesday, so I'm gonna catch you up on that posting and my Not A Card Friday posting too. Kinda like a little re-cap. To see all the projects  I did this week you can head over to the Pink By Design Blog. Don't forget the May Flowers Floral Theme challenge is still going on. You can link up your projects at the PBD blog.

 

Wednesday's tip of the day was a good one. For the video on our tip you can find it HERE!

 

Here is my card featuring the Distress Flower tip.

 

 

Recipe:

Lori Whitlock card shape from the Silhouette store

Pink By Design " Our Mother's " stamp set

October Afternoon Clothesline Designer Paper

Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon in Simply Blue

Punched flowers in various shapes

Tim Holtz Broken China Distress Ink

Tattered Angels " Glacier " spray

Recollections pearls and kraft cardstock.

 

And for my Not A Card Friday project:

 

 

Recipe:

Svg Cuts Birdhouse file

Pink By Design " Go Green " stamp set

Cosmo Cricket designer paper

Prima Flowers in Island Pastels

 

Alright my Friends, That is all for today! I hope you have a wonderful Friday and a even better weekend!  

 

May Flowers Challenge

 

 

Hello Friends,

 

This week over at the Pink By Design, design team blog we have a fun new challenge for you. Starting today through Saturday we are challenging you to show us your May Flower projects. So basically anything floral goes this week. So come on over and link up your projects for a chance to win a $10.00 Gift Certificate to the Pink By Design store.

 

For my design team project, I made these cute little A2 card holders. These files can be found at the Silhouette online store. I am making these for my Mother-In-Law for Mother's Day. Each holder will hold it's own theme card so she can just grab and go.

 

 

Recipe:

Pink by Design Artisian Tag stamp set

Pink By Design Fresh Goodies stamp set

DCWV Playtime paper stack

Lori Whitlock A2 card holder Silhouette file

 

Come on over and link up your projects by clicking HERE.

 

See you all Wednesday for a project and a tip.

 

April Showers Challenge

 

 

Hello Friends and Happy Monday!

 

Today over at the Pink By Design Blog we have another fantastic challenge for you! This week its all about April Showers. This could be anything " shower " related. For example…Baby Shower, Bridal Shower, April Showers, Rain, Umbrella’s, Rain boots, bathtub with a shower, or clouds with rain. You get the idea. When you hear April Showers what do you think of? You can link up any project containing anything that relates to showers of any sorts or April Showers.

 

Here is my inspirational project to get you motivated for the challenge.

 

 

For this card I used the Lori Whitlock bracket shaped card, along with a couple under umbrella shape from the Silhouette store. Designer paper is from MME Moments 6x6 paper stack. Sentiment is from PBD Spring has Sprung stamp set. I inked around the edges with Tim Holtz vintage photo distress ink.

 

I hope that you will join us this week for this challenge. You can link up your projects here on my blog, or on the Pink By Design blog HERE!

 

I hope you will come by the PBD blog and see the other design team member's projects. They sure are cute.

Have a great Monday! 

 

 

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.

 

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!

Pink By Design New Stamp Release Blog Hop

 

Hello Friends,

 

 You should be arriving here from the ever so talented Miss Elizabeth from 217 Creations!

But if you just happened to stumble across this posting, then you may want to start at Sarah's blog www.pinkcricut.com !

I have had such a fun time sneaking these adorable stamps, and I know you will have a blast going through the hop and then watching the ustream later this evening. You know there is always fun chats and prizes!

 

Today's project is a cute little treat holder.

 

 

I purchased this cute little treat holder from the Silhouette store, I added some twine from Devine Twine, and finally finished it off with a awesome sentiment from the new stamp set Hunny Bunny! OH, paper is from MME.

 

I am also going to do a quick little recap of the sneaks I have made the past two weeks, if you would like more detailed info on the project just go back in my posts.

 

 

Sentiment from Pink By Design Hunny Bunny

 

 

Sentiment from Pink By Design Hunny Bunny

 

 

Sentiment from Pink By Design Blog Love

 

and last but not least

 

 

Sentiment from Pink By Design Blog Love

 

Well paper lovers, I hope you enjoyed all the projects! And I hope to chat with you all tonight at the ustream!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pink-by-design-stamp-release

 

You're next stop on the hop is my Bloggy BFF Miss Paula from More Than Favors!

 

Have a great Friday and a even better weekend!  

 

Pink By Design Sneak Peek!

Hello Friends,

 

Today I have one last Pink By Design Sneak Peek for you before the big reveal this Friday! I am really looking forward to the Blog Hop and the release.

 

 

I got this step card shape from Lori Whitlocks library on the Silhouette store, same as the cheveron hearts. Paper is from MME and the sentiment stamp is from the new stamp set coming out on Friday " Pink by Design Blog Love " ...

I really hope you call can join us for the release and blog hop on Friday. As you know, Sarah's ustreams are always filled with fun and prizes and awesome stamps.

See you Friday,