"Luck Of The Irish" Blog Hop

"Luck of the Irish" Blog Hop 2/22 - 2/25

How are all of our Pretty Little Peacocks Today? 

Welcome to Pinque Peacock’s

“Luck of the Irish”

BLOG HOP

Showcasing some of

the Newly Appointed

Pinque Peacock Artists and Creators:

“The Pinquettes”

This is the First Ever Blog Hop hosted by Pinque Peacock and presenting the Talented Works of The Pinquettes.  We hope you will sit back, enjoy your time as you hop, and maybe even learn a new trick or technique to try out yourself, too.

This hop will share projects created with St. Patrick’s Day and the “Luck of the Irish” in mind.

Now, you don’t have to be Irish to be the Lucky Winner of the Pinque Peacock Sponsored Prize. 
One winner, who has hopped all 3 days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) will win this . . . .

Do YOU want to WIN?

            Here is How*:

1 – Hop to ALL of the stops over the course of the 3 Day Hop and comment at each Pinquette Blog (Lineup for all 3 Days is below)

2 – Follow the Pinque Peacock Blog and Facebook Page  and Shop

3 – Follow EACH of the Pinquettes’ Personal Blogs who are participating as Hop Stops this weekend.

*You MUST do ALL of the steps above to be included in the random drawing for the prize

The Hop will remain open until Monday, February 25^th,  8:00 a.m. EST. 

The random drawing will be held during that week and announced by Friday, March 1^st.

Now, if you find yourself Hopping off the Path on any of the three days, you can use this Lineup to get back on the Right Track . . .

                                                                       

DAY 1:

Jennifer ~ http://www.jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Marji ~ http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com/

Rhonda: http://flowersbyrhonda.blogspot.com

Janet ~ http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/

Heather F ~  http://www.papercrafteranonymous.com/
Mary ~ http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com

DAY 2:

Kristin ~ http://www.scrappingmamahen.blogspot.com/

An’Jenic aka AJ ~ http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/

Donna ~ http://createdbydonnak.blogspot.com/

Jessie M ~ http://edoggsugarlipsandprincessbuttercup.blogspot.com

Nupur-http://downthememorylane9008.blogspot.com/

DAY 3:

Shelley ~ http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com/

Robin ~ http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com/

Rebecca ~ http://bloomingpink.blogspot.com/

Paula ~ http://ScrapYourWorld1.blogspot.com/

Tracy ~ http://lovesbuggin.blogspot.com/
Kim G. ~ http://theartisansattic.blogspot.com/

     Hello Ladies and Top Of The Mornin" to you! May I give you a warm welcome to this first ever Blog Hop hosted by the Pinque Peacocks. We are truly a colorful group don't you think? Any ways, if you just happened upon my blog I hope you will enjoy my little corner of the crafting world. If you just came from Heather's  then you are in the right place. If not, then you want to start @ the beginning with Jennifer so you don't miss any of this inspiration, lol.
     Okay so now on to my project for today. I decided to join this Hop even though I haven't any PP products (yet, lol) because my son is married to an Irish girl, Muirgheal, and this summer they hope to return to her homeland for a visit and for him to see where she was brought up. I decided to make a card for them to wish them luck.

My Irish Fairy

          I used the stamp from Fairyopolis Spring Collection to make my Irish Fairy. I colored it with my Copic markers to "dress" her in her Irish dress. This was hard to photograph since the paper is bright white from X-Press It. I'll leave a list of the colors I used at the end of this post. I used my Gypsy to design my card base and layers. I used Paper Lace and cut label layer @ 4.25" and Lace 1 with the image on page 26 of your booklet.
     After coloring my image I used Spellbinders Standard circles and Fancy Tags for my die cuts.

     I love dimension so I used Liquid Pearls Bisque for her Head piece and, of course, Stickles for the wings. Boy it makes the wings look like she is fluttering, lol. Note that she has nothing in her hand. I plan on using a Pinque Peacock stick pin there so my DIL has a momento to "hold" on to. You can see the fabulous PP stick pins I'm talking about HERE.

         I cut the label out of both chipboard and cardstock. The chip board was painted with a gold pen and the top layer was inked with distress ink Bundled Sage. The stamp is a Studio G. I am not thrilled with the flowers but these are all I had on hand. Hmmm maybe I should also order some of THESE .

     I did embellish this card with 2 different colored rhinestones. I used the lighter green nearest the image. This way your eye is drawn to the fairy and I used the darker green ones for the lower right hand corner so it will throw your eye back to the image. Hey, I spent a long time coloring this and wanted to make sure you took a good long look, lol. Lastly , I used my gypsy to also edited out the corner cuts on the base card to add some color behind it. The inside card was cut from Velum and, as you know, it is sometimes hard to hide glue marks. To avoid this, I used a piece of twine to tie the 2 layers together.

     There you have it. Please join us over the next 2 days to get your Irish on! The designers have been working really hard to preview some great projects with PP and to inspire some luck for you as well.

     As promised I have included the colors I used for this stamp so, get your Copics out!!!!

Irish Fairy

Face: E00, E11,BV00 R20 (for blush)

Hair: E13, E17,E18 and E19

Petal Dress: G20,G21,G24,G28

Wings: BG 11,BG13,BG15

 

Thank You for hopping along and we hope you had Loads of Fun!

Peacock Hugs

~jessica

A New Beginning As a Pinquette!

Today's Deals on Cricut.com

     Good morning ladies and fellow crafters. Take a look around, do you see anything new? Come on my announcement is here for all to see. Didn't see it yet? Look at the right side bar. There ya go, lol. I am thrilled to now officially announce that I have joined an outstanding group of overly talented ladies. After being on another Design Team for over a year, I decided I needed a change. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed my time on the other team and learned a lot but I was thrilled when the opportunity arose to apply for a position with the Pinque Peacocks owned by Jessica Shelton-Buffa a fellow crafter with an amazing on-line store. She and my fellow DT sisters welcomed me with open arms. I am so lucky to be with some old friends and look forward to making some new ones on this Team. Wait until you see the talent over here. O My Gosh!!! This is just so exciting for me.
     For those of you who have come to my "home" for the first time let me fill you in on a few facts. I am a wife for (almost) 40 years, mother to 5 grown adults ( there is a set of twin ladies in there) and Mema to the most beautiful, talented, awe inspiring 8 grandchildren (3 girls, 5 boys).I retired from nursing (I was a Labor & Delivery room R.N.) when my second child was born. ( Thank God 'cuz the twins followed about 2 1/2 years later. I sewed dance costumes, prom dresses etc to help pay for extra activities for our growing family. My therapy was to take all kinds of craft classes, tole painting, ceramics (my least favorite medium BTW), advanced sewing classes, both Copic Certification classes, flower arranging etc, etc. As you can see I love crafts. These skills have helped me to work as a floral designer for the last 12 years and boy was that handy with weddings, showers, christenings and all kinds of parties. I recently retired since my back will no longer let me, lol.
     Okay that's enough about me. This new DT has given me the opportunity to create what I want, when I want and in whatever medium I choose. The Pinque Peacock has THE most fabulous products from flowers, to stick pins to fabric covered buttons as well as gorgeous stretch bracelets.You can find their products HERE  This link takes you directly to the product page. Click on a picture and feast your eyes on the yumminess, lol. 
     I thought I would share a card I made with you today. Hey, this is a crafting blog so I don't want to disappoint you, lol. Before I share this please envision how great this would be with a PP flower. I do not have any in yet but rest assured future projects will be loaded with goodies!

     My base for this card is from My Minds' Eye Life Stories "Roses" pattern. I grabbed a piece of good quality cream card stock and embossed it with a cuttlebug folder. I found the heavier card stock gives a great embossing effect. Next up the flowers.

     I used Flower Shoppe to cut my flowers with the image on page 14. I also used a Spellbinders to cut the leaves. I wanted to add some "Drama" to the card so some of the leaves are out of black glitter card stock. I have these great rhinestones and this one was perfect for the card.

     I have a lot of little pieces of lace from former projects (I don't throw anything out, lol. Glad I didn't!). I just wove a narrow pink satin ribbon through the lace. Stamped a nice sentiment and, Voila, I have a great card. I'll probably use this for a wedding.
     There you have it, my first post as a Pinquette! I hope you have enjoyed my Bio as well as my first project. Be sure to come back on Friday as that is the start of our 3 Day Irish Blog Hop. You'll all be dancing the jig for sure!!! Have a fabulous week my lovelies.

Just Sew!

Give Them Something From the Heart This Valentine's Day - Buy a Cricut!

  
      Happy Valentines' Day and  welcome to another fun Theme Day@ My Cricut Craft Room! Today Erica asked us to use the theme "Just Do It" so I decided to showcase a craft I love and have the opportunity to pass on to my grand daughters: Sewing!!! For Christmas I bought my oldest 2 GD's their very own sewing machines so we spent some quality time learning how to use it. I decided to make a layout to capture this major milestone. (I think so anyways, lol).

Mia, Cecilia and Alexis

Just Do It!!!

     The above picture shows Mia with her machine and she was just too excited to learn. To make this lay out I started by making my own background paper by using the Imagine Cart Heirloom. This paper pattern can be found on page 10. I flood filled it but decided to trim all edges by 1/2" on all sides and adhered it to a solid background paper. What a fun paper to work with! Let me break down the elements I added.

     This frame is on the Imagine More cart on page 12. I print and cut @ 2.5" however I also separated the layers so I could use the spools of thread. The spools had to be resized to 3.5" since I wanted to use them separately and not just to layer on the frame.I also wrapped some thread around the spool to give it a realistic look. I also layered this on a chevron paper for the background. Just a word about the journaling, I always write it in pencil first and then go over with ink so I don't have to worry about making a mistake. After the ink is dry I just erase the pencil marks.

     These are the extra threads I added to fill some white space. The buttons are a Tim Holtz embellishment as well as the card with hooks.I love to add dimension to my projects so I added some satin braid and I-Rock studs to the corset.

     In order to balance out this page, I took some of the pics I had taken and used them as "buttons" to fill the top "white" space. I lovehow this looks and plan to use this on more future LO's. By the way, this is the sewing machine I bought my GD's. It's by Michey and is the perfect size and model for these girls. They are 6 and 8 years old and this is perfect for them!

      I thought this would be perfect for this page. The graphic is from Word Collage but I used the color palette from Heirloom so I knew it would match. The graphic was cut and printed @ 3".

     I never realized there were so many images to choose from on my Cricut carts, lol. This phrase is from Nursery Rhymes and I cut it @ 2.5" then added some Distress Inks. I also pulled out some of my button brads. How can you possibly sew without scissors?

     Oh look, there were some on Cricut Everyday cart!!! I cut all the layers with different colors and added a brad for the "screw" on the scissors. I think I cut these at 1.75".
    Well there you have it , I just immortalized my cuties with their first step into sewing!!! Cecilia is the youngest one but it looks like she was really taking it all in. What did they make you ask? Pants for their American Girl dolls of course and they did a fabulous job for the first time!
     That's all for my project for today. Be sure to hop back over to My Cricut Craft Room and see what other surprises we have for you. By the way: Happy Love Day!!!!!!
     You can see the machine they are using Michley LSS-505 Desktop Sewing Machine (Google Affiliate Ad)

    

Cutie Pie And Copics

     Welcome my friends! I hope you all are doing well.We are all shoveled out after a record 30" of snow. Since we did not lose power, it was a piece of cake to weather this Blizzard.
     Today I have a very special post to share with you. I have been working with my Copics and found the perfect freebie from Saturated-Canary. This shop has the most incredible digital stamps for coloring. You can see more of her work HERE.

 

     Isn't she just the cutest girl ever? This image is called Hugs and Kisses and I just fell in love with this stamp. Let me start with some basics. First I use X-Press It paper which is a very smooth paper and ideal for coloring with Copics. I print it on my inkjet printer set at best quality. This prints out beautifully. You should always test the paper and ink for compatibility with  your alcohol markers. One way to do this is to print out your image and then place an ink mark next to the print line. If the ink does not move or "smudge" your print mark, then you will probably be alright to start your project. If the ink does move your outline then try a different paper first. If that doesn't help then you may want to try using a heat tool to dry your printer ink. Some printers may give you a problem. I use an HP Photosmart and so far have not had a problem.

     I will give you a list of the marker colors I used and where at the end of this post. For now I would like to tell you how I finished this off. After I colored my sweetie, I rounded the corners with a corner punch.  Of course I had to do some embossing so I used the candy hearts cuttlebug folder. I wanted to soften it a bit so I rubbed some white Colorbox chalk to the top of the embossing.These were then layered onto pattern and solid card stock and onto a white card base.

     She looked kind of lonely standing there so I chose to add some flowers with a white heart brad to the center. What would flowers be without some leaves, lol?

     There you have it my sweet little girl with her box of hearts. Even though this has a Valentine feel to it, I think it would also make a great birthday, congratulations and even an anniversary card. I will be putting this in my etsy shop so you can check it out in  CardsNMore.

     I'll be posting again later this week so you will be sure to stop back later! I hope you have a wonderful week.

Copic Colors Used:

Skin: E000,E11,BV00                                   Lips:R22, R24

Hair: E31, E35, E37                                      Eyes: G21, G24,G28

Boots:E11, E13, E17,E18

Skirt:B91, B93,B95,B97

Shirt: RV91, RV93,RV95

Tights, kiss pillow and hair hearts: R81, R83, R85

Pillows: V12, V15, V17, R81, R83, R85, R20, R22

Box: E50, E53, E57

Lace: C0, C1, C3

     Digital stamp Hugs and Kisses: Krista Smith, Saturated Canary LLC*

Valentine Pop Holders

Provo Craft 457214 Cricut Imagine 12 in. x 12 in. Cutting Mat- (Google Affiliate Ad)

      Hello fellow crafters!!! I am so excited to share a fabulous project with you today. Erica @ My Cricut Craft Room has asked us on the Design Team  to make something from a cart that you would never think  of. That's what I love about WYEGW. I used the Imagine cart All Wrapped Up and Fabulous Finds to make a Valentine heart folder to hold a pop.Let's get started.

     These were so much fun to make. I started with the image on page 16 in the All Wrapped Up handbook. The amazing thing about the Imagine is the ability to change colors and patterns. I wanted a Valentine feel so I edited the pattern by separating the layers and used the papers on pages 38 and 39 after I had sized these @ 5.40". These measurements allow you to cut 4 on a 12x12 piece of card stock.  Now to figure out how to add a hole for the pop.

     After I scored the paper I just used a paper punch to make the hole on the back. It was easier to do this before putting the heart together with Tacky Tape. Next is to cover the heart cut out on the front of the holder.

     Here's to winking at you, lol! All I did was to cut a round circle of white card stock using a 1.5" paper punch then pulled out my Pink By Design Stamps set Laughy Taffy. (This is rapidly becoming my go to set.) I added some pink chalk for the cheeks and then glued it to the inside. Easy Peasey! Next up, I needed to have a tag to write on. Fabulous Finds to the rescue, again.

     After placing the pops in the "Holder" I cut a heart charm @2" from the image on page 92 using shadow plus shift. This is the perfect size for the "to" and "from" on the tag. What is so cute about these is the fact that they almost look like a Heart Flower. Here's how they look at a smaller version sized @ 5" and holding a Dum Dum pop:

     I made 24 for one of my grand daughters preschool class. The larger size holds a Tootsie Roll pop and I made 21 of them.
     I wanted to make a holder for a single pop (that's what I had in my head anyways, lol). However, it wasn't until I explored my Library of carts that I came up with this idea. It just goes to show you that with a handful of carts, you are limited only by your imagination!
     Be sure to head back over to My Cricut Craft Room where you will always find more inspiration. I hope you have a fabulous week.