On The Farm

I am posting today as a guest designer for Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party hosted by Tara of Craftin Desert Divas! Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi-weekly linky party and you could win fabulous prizes!!

This linky party theme is On The Farm. The sponsors are:

http://bugbites411.blogspot.com/

and

http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com

 

. The more you link up, the better chance you have to win.  Visit Craftin Desert Divas for all the rules and to play along.

Here is what I created for this linky party....

Hope you will Craft It Up & Link It Up!!!

     Hello ladies!!! I am so delighted to be here as a Guest Designer for Craftin' Desert Divas!Thank you Tara for having me. I love the fact that the theme is "On the farm" and that we had free reign to create whatever we wanted using whatever we have for supplies. That always makes it easy when trying to create. This theme gave me the chance to do a scrapbook page I have been putting off for a while. (I bet none of you ever do that, lol).
     First I had to find where I put the pics on my computer, then printed out a few. Now I had to figure out what embellishments to use. Oh heck, here is what I came up with:

     I started with 2 pieces of 6"x12" Provo Craft paper. The background reminded me of the wire pen that holds the goats.I adhered these to a piece of plain brown card stock for durability. After trimming the pics I mounted them on black card stock and did a little faux stitching with a white gel pen. I can't believe how much it made the pics pop! Next up: embellishments

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Aren't these goats adorable? I cut them @ 2.5" from Animal Kingdom. The image can be found on page 27 button #5. I cut all the layers i.e. basic, black out and shadow. I love to leave the images on the mat and do my inking before I remove the excess paper around the image , I also used some distress markers to color in the hooves and to do the goatee.

     I used a flour sack to use as a journal tag.This is from Paper doll Dress Up on page 46. I used some scattered straw ink for the edges and to give a little definition. For a more realistic view, I tied some twine on the edges for the corners.

      I loved the pic of my grand daughter Alexis on the tire swing so I had to add some tires to my lay out. They are from the Pixar Cars cartridge and I cut them @ 1.5". I added some white gel pen for the treads and hung them with some twine before gluing it under the pic.
     After taking a second look I decided to do some black faux stitching around the entire lay out. The "Fun" and "Trip" embellishments were something I had in my stash and fit perfectly in the tire opening.

Hope you will Craft It Up & Link It Up!!!

Swan Song With Sweet Stamps

How are all of our Pretty Little Peacocks Today?

Boy, Oh, Boy do we have some FUN in store for ALL of YOU

Welcome to DAY 1 of our Cross Promotion Blog Hop

with the talented Designers 

at Sweet Stamps

If you are arriving here from Roxie's Blog, then you are right on track.  However, if you would like to start at the beginning, please head over to either of the Main Blogs  Sweet Stamps (http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com Pinque Peacock (http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com/) This will be a 2 Day Hop starting at the Sweet Stamps Blog and the Pinque Peacock Blog each day. Please DO VISIT each of the Main Blogs to show your love to BOTH Companies that have organized this fun event for you! Tell Your Friends, too....Lot's of Eye Candy along the way!There is sure to be lots of Blog Candy, too!!!

The Pinque Peacock "Pinquette" Artists & Creators (DT) 

and The Sweet Stamps Design Team 

have been working their Creative Efforts to the MAX behind the scenes, 

to create some wonderful projects using

the Pretties at the Pinque Peacock Shop

and the Fabulous Products from the SweetStamps.com Shop

This Hop will lead you directly into the NEW Challenge at theSweet Stamps BLOG

where the new Challenge will start and the theme will be everyone's favorite:

ANYTHING GOES

Now, onto my project today . . . .

     Good morning my sweet friends and Pinquettes. I am so excited to be part of this fabulous event. In case you just stumbled upon my blog please let me explain what all the excitement is about. Jess from the Pinque Peacock and Stacey and Kendra from Sweet Stamps offered products from their companies to the members of both Design Teams for us to create some fabulous projects for you. We have busy creating with all our goodies and boy are we having fun!
     The Sweet Stamp products I chose to use were: Wedding Swans and "with love" rubber stamps and also some gray ink spot. The detail on these stamps is fantastic and a great image to color with my copics. The Pinque Peacock products were: a large button from the May Release and a beautiful angel stick pin from the June release. I also used some 3girl jam ribbon that you can also get @ Pinque Peacock shop on FB. Just to get some business out of the way I have provide links to their shops below:

Sweet Stamps and Pinque Peacock.

     Since we had a wedding to go to in May, I thought for my project I would use the Wedding Swans Stamp. Here is what I came up with:

 

     First I stamped the image with Momento Marker in Sweet Plum Ink because I wanted the colored image to stand out rather than a black outline. I used several Copic techniques to color my design. I have included the supply list of the copics below this post for you all to experiment with.

      I started with a piece of grey card stock that has a sheen to it. I used the Spellbinders classic scalloped circles-large to make an aperture in a 5"x7" card. I also cut a piece the same size out of pink card stock. This gave me my placement for the image. In order to make sure it lines up perfectly, I add a glue dot to the back of the circle and carefully lower into the opening. Once I know that it is centered correctly I can then use my Xyron tape to hold it all in place.

     Voila, perfectly centered! After I carefully colored my image I added some stickles to the flowers and to make the water glisten. I also used some gold Liquid Pearls for the wedding rings. Notice the slight blush to the swans cheeks. They look like blushing love birds, lol.

     I just love the colors in this button and how it picks up all the colors I used in the stamped image. No matter what Pinque Peacock products I use, they always bring out the best in my work. Of course I had to add an angel stick pin. Believe me when I say that the pictures do not do these justice, they are so beautiful in person. I finished this card off by adding the sentiment with a Spellbinders deckled rectangle cut piece of card stock and Sweet Stamps "with love" sentiment. Since I layered this on a piece of glittered card stock
(we all know how hard it is to adhere anything to it, lol) I used some small heart brads to hold it all together. The look was completed with some 3GirlJam ribbon from the pink and white bundle.
     I find sometimes when you make this type of card that it is hard to be able to add money or a gift card inside. You know I'm right,lol. So this is what I came up with:

     Yup, I added a small glassine envelope inside! This allowed us to add $$$ to the inside, still have room to write and add an element of surprise when they opened the card.
     I hope you have enjoyed my card and please be sure to check out the members on both Design Teams as well as visit the shops of these fabulous companies. Below you will find the copics that I used. Have a wonderful day!!!!!

Copic Recipe:

Swans: W1,W3,W5                                           

Beaks: YR01, YR02, YR07

Callas: R81,R83, R85

Spike Flowers: V12,V15,V17

Anthrium: Y21,Y23,Y28

Water: :BG02,BG05,BG07

Greenery: G20,G21,G24,G28

 HERE ARE THE FANTASTIC PRIZES BEING OFFERED TO 2 LUCKY HOPPERS(Prize Drawing Eligibility Rules are Below) Sweet Stamps is Sponsoring a Prize to 1 Lucky Hopper 1 PERSON WILL WIN

Gift Certificate can be used towards any Stamps, Sweet Stamps Dies or Shades Dye Inks Pinque Peacock is Sponsoring a Prize to 1 Lucky HopperA 2ND PERSON WILL WIN

Fabric Buttons, Handmade Fabric Flowers, and Pearl Beaded Stick Pinsall in Coordinating "Nana's Pillowcase" fabrics and colors RULES TO BE ENTERED TO WIN1 - HOP BOTH DAYS2 - LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH HOP STOP IN THE HOP3 - FOLLOW BOTH SWEET STAMPS AND PINQUE PEACOCK ON FB(LINKS ARE BELOW THE LINEUPS) Winners will be selected towards the beginning of Next Week (Monday or Tuesday-ish)to allow everyone ample time to visit all of the Hop Stops along the way!

 

  Now, you should be sure to head over to Monica's Blog to peek at her beautiful creation and get all the details on how it was created. ~~~HERE IS THE FULL LINEUP FOR BOTH DAYS~~~

 HOP LINEUP - DAY 1 (6/18/13) SS Blog http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/Pinque
 Peacock ~ http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com

1. Kendra Sand http://luv2scrapnmakecards.blogspot.com/
2. Donna K Baes~ http://createdbydonnak.blogspot.com/
3. DeNetra Bates http://essentiallyyourswithdenetra.blogspot.com/ 
4. Marji Franklin ~ http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com/
5. Erika Selander http://lillgumman.blogspot.com/
6. Janet Royer ~ http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
7. Lisa Lahiff http://lisascreativeniche.blogspot.com/
8. Paula Driver ~ http://ScrapYourWorld1.blogspot.com/
9. Irit Shalom http://iritshalom.blogspot.co.il/
10. Susie Gerdes~  http://scrappyrandomness.blogspot.com/
11. Karrie Snider http://www.stampers-den.ca/blog/
12. Beckie Woodall~ http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/
13. Calypso Bastian http://calypsocandycraft.blogspot.com/
14. Jessie Mitchell ~ http://edoggsugarlipsandprincessbuttercup.blogspot.com
15. Shelly Schmidt http://shellymc2.blogspot.com/

SS Blog http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/Pinque Peacock ~ http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com

 HOP LINEUP - DAY 2 (6/19/13) SS Blog http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/Pinque Peacock ~ http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com

1. Kimberly Pate ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
2. Annette Anderson http://designette.blogspot.com/
3. Robin Perkey ~ http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com/
4. Carolyn LaBille http://mspetuniascrafts.blogspot.com/
5. Nupur Patel ~ http://downthememorylane9008.blogspot.com/
6. Roxie Glaza http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/
7. Mary Montecalvo ~http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com
8. Monica Edwards http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/
9.  An'Jenic Gibson~ http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/
10. Denise Paxton http://dixicreations.blogspot.co.uk/
11. Heather Flaherty ~ http://www.papercrafteranonymous.com/
12. Tamara Morton http://poshcatcrafts.blogspot.com/
13. Lisa Woodward~ http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com/
14. Irena Kowalczyk http://papierowaobsesja.blogspot.com/
15. Rhonda Bewley-Ratliff ~  http://flowersbyrhonda.blogspot.com

SS Blog http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/Pinque Peacock ~ http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com If you want to stay up to date on all the latest and greatest things happening at Pinque Peacock and at Sweet Stamps, be our latest FANS!

   

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR THE CROSS PROMOTION BLOG HOP TODAY.

Altered Box

  
     Good morning my fellow Divas! I'm Diva Mary and I am so happy to show you a neat project as a member of the Cricut Divas DT . Today I am going to show you what I did with an old box a wallet came in and how my Cricut helped me perform some magic. For this project I used my original and trusty Expression as well as the flower Shoppe and
Graphically speaking cartridges. Let's take a look shall we:
      First I started with an empty box. I pulled out some scrap card stock and was lucky enough to find one that matched perfectly. I even had some pieces to make the flowers! These were cut @ 1" from the image on page 14 in Flower Shoppe. I cut all the layers in the handbook. I inked the edges and then spritzed them with some glimmer mist. here's a tip just in case you don't already know this. When making paper flowers it is best to ink first then mist. If you use the glimmer mist first, then the ink, the glimmer will get on your ink pad and that is not good for future projects. Just a little FYI.

  
     After some ink and glimmer mist the flowers were shaped. I already had some mulberry printed leaves so, a little perfect pearls helped to add some shimmer. The rhinestone is by Crystal It. These are so gorgeous in person.

     I cut the butterfly and layer @ 1.25" and the phrase @ 1.50". These images are both found on page 57 in Graphically Speaking. You'll notice that part of the base layer on the butterfly is missing. I used the center point feature on my E but didn't set the blade in the right spot. I was not worried since the top layer would cover it. I added some Black Diamond Stickles to the top layer.  Here's the finished project:

     I also added some ribbon to the edge of the cover to really tie it all together: A few black pearls in the corners added the finishing touch.

     I used this box to give a few gift cards to my daughter for her birthday. Needless to say she loved it! I have some more info about this project on my blog: http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com

Happy Birthday Amy!

     Hello Pinquettes! I think that Summer is upon us (at least it feels that way, lol). I have a very simple Birthday card to share with you today and, of course, it has a beautiful Pinque Peacock flower from the May release. Wait 'til you see what the June release has in store for you. The ever talented Jess has truly out done herself!
     There I go again, changing the subject as usual! The card I made today is for my oldest daughter Amy (her birthday was yesterday). She loves the look of the Kraft card stock and not a lot of frills, more of a country look so that is what I went with. Ready to take a look?

    

      Look how gorgeous this flower is!!! Luckily I had some scrap paper that matched it perfectly. Since she has 3 children I had to add a little whimsical touch thus the Peachy Keen flower and smiley face stamps. The exct sets I used were PK-273 for faceless flowers and PK-570 Basic Paper Doll Faces for the happy smile.      

     I used Momento Ink Markers in Dandelion and Lilac Posies which matches the colors on the fabric flowers perfectly. Of course I had to add a little sparkle so I used some gold stickles for where the sun was shining and some Pumpkin liquid pearls for the center of the flower. I also used a Pink By Design sentiment stamp ( age is only a #) for the Happy Birthday. My daughter loves this font so it is just the perfect touch to complete this card.

      I was lucky enough to have some sheer ribbon and rhinestones in the same color palette. I was really pleased with how this came out.

     You can find these beautiful flowers as well as a large selection of stick pins, beads and multiple styles of flowers over at the Pinque Peacock Shop HERE . Can't find what you are looking for? Just ask Jessica. She is so easy to work with and loves to do custom orders.

     Don't forget about our new June Release:

     We are also excited to let you know that we are partnering with Sweet Stamps. We will be doing cross posts using both their products and of course Pinque Peacock products on a project and their DT will be doing the same. How fun is that? Get ready for some inspiration, here are the details:

     You will also want to become a follower of Pinque Peacock since Jess has some fabulous giveaways once she hits 300 followers. You can find all the details below:

    

~ ~ 300 FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY ~ ~

~~** This is a Sticky Post**~~
Please be sure to scroll down 
to see the Daily Inspiration 
from the talented 
Pinquettes!

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Hi Pinque Peacock fans, followers, family and friends!

First, a huge Thanks to everyone for being such awesome Peacocks. The launch of Pinque Peacock shop has been a phenomenal success.

Now to celebrate with a fabulous prize!
YAY!!!!

Prize Includes:

~ One Cricut Destinations Cartridge

~ One Thank You Embossing Folder
~1 set of Pinque Peacock Purple Beaded Stick Pins
~Several Pinque Peacock Handmade Felt Poppers
~ One set of NOT EVEN RELEASED YET Pinque Peacock

Teal Fabric Covered Buttons (1.5" eyelet) with small purple star flower accent

~ One Button BINGO Stamp by Unity Stamp Co.

Be sure to read & follow the rules to grab as many opportunities to enter as you can.

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Rules & Ways to Enter

*For each item below, you must comment on THIS post only that you are doing it or have done it. Comments on any other post, while appreciated, will not qualify.

Follower with the most points wins!!!!

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1-Point Entries

1. Be a follower of the blog....Pinque Peacock

2. "Like" the Pinque Peacock Shop on Facebook

3. Hook up with us on Twitter Pinque Peacock

4. Follow us on Pinterest Pinque Peacock

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2-Point Entries

1. Post about the 300 Follower Giveaway on your blog, with a link to the blog...Pinque Peacock

2. Post about the 300 Follower Giveaway on your FB or Twitter, with a link to the blog...Pinque Peacock

3. Grab the 300 Follower Giveaway button on the sidebar and place it on your sidebar.

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5-Point Entries

1. Shop at the Pinque Peacock ~ no min amount of purchase.

2. Use Pinque Peacock product on your project and send us a link.

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Now you're ready to win! Grab

as many or as little points as

you want. We super appreciate ya!!

    

 I hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend and stay safe from the crazy storms that are popping up.

Down The Memory Lane Celebration

  

Hello Everyone!

As you all know Down the Memory lane is celebrating its 1st birthday and showcasing artists from different walks of the world and their unique projects.

Here's presenting another artist in the list ,the immensely talented Mary". 

Thanks a lot for being a part of Artist's week.

Keep your eyes open for a creative extravaganza from 15-30th MAY...

     When Nupur asked if anyone would like to help her celebrate I jumped at the chance. Her work is so incredible and who wouldn't like to help her celebrate her first year of blogging? As a fellow Pinquette I also thought it was a great way to use some fabulous Pinque Peacock products. So, I decided what better way to help you see some great flowers, help Nupur celebrate and finish a layout of one of my grand daughters? I call that "winning"!!!!

     

      I am so excited to be able to help Nupur Patel celebrate her 1st birthday in the world of blogs. Her blog: Down The Memory Lane, can be found HERE . There have been some wonderful projects so far from some very talented artists, literally from around the world! You read that correctly since this hop origins in India where you can find Nupur and her equally talented family. Don't you just love the internet? 

     So I wanted to join this celebration not only to help Nupur celebrate, but, also to push me to get some projects done. I decided it was time to scrap the Thank You card we received from my grand daughter over a year and a half ago. (Ok, so I am a slow scrapper, what can I say, lol). I also had some wonderful Pinque Peacock swirl flowers I had custom ordered and boy did they just make this layout! Let's take a look:

     Mia is the prime example of a "girlie" girl. For her 5th birthday we had a baking party. I made over 25 aprons for both boys and girls. Each of the kids donned their aprons and set about decorating cookies, cupcakes etc. I have to explain that this was the end of August when we should have had beautiful weather. Instead, we had a tropical storm, the remnants of a Hurricane so the rain was torrential ! We did get through the party and safely home before the power went out, for days...... This theme party was perfect since all activities were indoors.

     As usual, I digress, lol! I decided to journal around the black background to give a few details about the party. This added to bringing out the stitching on the black ribbon. I also embossed the filigree design on the bottom and went over the raised design with a white gel pen. I wanted to break it up a bit so I added a ribbon with a pink border and white polka dots on the black background.

     Since Mia loves to bake, I used some mulberry heart dies I had and added a small heart pearl to the center.

     I must admit that I save a lot of things, including this bow. It had been from a gift I received and I just thought this ribbon would come in handy some day and, it did. The beautiful pink, silver and black swirl flower is from Pinque Peacock which has wonderful flower embellishments.

     I had special ordered these from Jessica @ Pinque Peacock's Shop and they were perfect for this layout. That is the great thing about this shop. Jess is so easy to work with and always can custom order exactly what you need. You can get some great embellishments for yourself @ the shop HERE. 

          I had the leaves hanging around for a long time and spritz them with a white sparkle. The other black and white flowers are also from my stash. Below is a picture of the lower corner:

     Well that's it for now. I hope you will follow Nupur both on her blog and on her FB page HERE

join in for more fun.....:D

Down the Memory Lane's 1st Birthday celebration!! YAaaaaaaaaaaY!!
and here rolls in 500 FB likes and 100 blog followers giveaway...

To be eligible:

All you have to do is follow these simple steps and you have got yourself won this gorgeous "Goodie" that everyone would want to lay their hands on!

1. LIKE our fb page
2. Become a FOLLOWER of our blog
(http://downthememorylane9008.blogspot.in/)
3. FLAUNT the image below , in your blog side bar, Linking it back our blog, as well as share on your fb page
(post setting - Public)
4. LIKE, COMMENT & SHARE our everyday's posts too..


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*open for INTERNATIONAL participants too...
*the WINNER will be picked randomly by the "random winner generator"

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