~~**MAY NEW RELEASE**~~ Blog Hop "Shades of Summer"

Hello to all of our Pretty Little Peacocks

Welcome to Pinque Peacock’s

MAY New Release
"Shades of Summer"

BLOG HOP

We hope you will enjoy your time as you hop and that you feel inspired to create after visiting the Talented Pinquettes' Blogs! This hop will showcase projects that have been created using some of the MAY NEW RELEASE Products from Pinque Peacock.

We are thrilled to have you joining us this month as this is a very special New Release of products and we are all so very excited to share it all with you! Our May Release is full of beautiful color palettes, wonderful inspiration from the Pinquettes, and fabulous sparkle and shine as we celebrate SHADES of SUMMER.

After hopping, be sure to visit the Pinque Peacock Shop on FB to order the New Release items to jazz up tons of your projects.

     Pinque Peacock Mary here!I am so excited to share my project with you today. After a slight mix up I still have a project to share with you today. My mailman was held hostage (not really, lol ) so I am going to show you a card with some PP products I already had on hand.

     It seems like forever since I have made a card, but, since I have a Bridal Shower to go to today, I decided to make this one and , of course, use the fabulous Pinque Peacock fancy swirls and Angel stick pins.

     This was a quick, fun card to make. I used the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge with the cut from page 37. I used the card, layer and decorative layers all cut @ 5.50". I must confess that I did this card twice. The first one I used the printed pink paper for the background with the hearts, however it looked too busy. 

     I really wanted the swirl flower and stickpins to be the main focus so I decided to go with a  solid pink background. In order to further bring out the swirl, I decided to emboss the background with a swirl embossing folder from Cuttlebug. It still needed something so I misted the card stock with Perfect Pearls. Then I decided I wanted the cut on the frame to stand out some more, so I Cut off the sides on the pink layer. This is what I mean:

     By doing it this way, it was easy to line up the layers. The printed hearts were then added to the opening. (These are the same ones left over from my "rejected" project.

     After adding the hearts, I used some Liquid Pearls and Silver Stickles to bring out the hearts. I also added some black pearl embellishment to the sides. Look how beautiful this is with the flower and stick pins! I added the pink Angel for her and the white one for him. Now I bet you are wondering what I did with the solid heart cut outs. Well, here they are:

     If you guessed that I used them on the envelope, then you are correct! This card is so easy to make and would look fabulous in the new May Release colors!!!

!!!!Now, let's talk about the

BLOG HOP PRIZE!!!!

One winner, who has hopped all 3 days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) of our Pinque Peacock MAY New Release and followed the RULES BELOW will win this . . .

A Set of Small or Large Buttons
from the Release (Winners Choice!)

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/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. We would hate for you to lose out on winning just because you didn't follow these easy rules :(

The Hop will remain open until Wednesday, MAY 15th, at 8:00 a.m. EST.

The random drawing will be held sometime during the week that follows and announced by Wednesday, MAY 22th.

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 (5/10/13):

Pinque Peacock ~ http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com
Rhonda M. Bewley Ratliff ~ http://flowersbyrhonda.blogspot.com
Janet Royer ~ http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
Heather Flaherty ~ www.papercrafteranonymous.com
Jessica B ~ http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com

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DAY 2 (5/11/13):

Pinque Peacock ~ http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com
Paula Driver ~ http://ScrapYourWorld1.blogspot.com/
Mary Montecalvo ~ http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com
Heather Lynn ~ http://heathernovinger.blogspot.com/
Marji Franklin ~  http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com/

***** 

DAY 3 (5/12/13):

Pinque Peacock ~ http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com
An'Jenic Gibson ~ http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/
Shelley Peeler ~ http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com/
Tracy Zahm ~  http://lovesbuggin.blogspot.com/
Kim P. Gwin ~ http://theartisansattic.blogspot.com/

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

Peacock Hugs

~Jessica and the Pinquettes

Also be sure to become a follower :

300 FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY

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and check out the rules...

you could be a lucky winner. Tell your 

friends... we'd love to have them!!!

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.

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Bat Mitzvah Card

     Hello Monday. Wow, these days are just flying by!!! Fall is really in the air around New England. Here at  My Cricut Craft Room, Erica has given us the option to use the CCR Exclusive carts so I decided to use the Jewish Icons. One of the reasons I love being on Ericas' Design Team is the opportunity to think outside of the box as well as to learn something new. I always have been curious about some of the practices of the Jewish faith. We all know about Christmas, however, about the same time, our Jewish friends celebrate the Festival Of Lights called Chanukah. I will be participating in the Chanukah Hop in December so I wanted to get my feet wet on starting some projects. Since I am Catholic, I turned to several of my Jewish friends to help me on the road to better understanding. I have had the opportunity to attend a Bat Mitzvah and was in awe of the tremendous job the young man did.
     In many Christian religions we have a Confirmation where the young adult learns more about their faith and receive the blessing from their Bishop in the form of a Sacrament. In the Jewish faith the young adults read in Hebrew from the Torah. Boys have their Bar Mitzvah when they are 13 years old but girls have their Bat Mitzvah a year earlier at age 12. This ceremony marks their rise in their religious standing. I decided to try my hand at a card for a Jewish girl on the occasion of her Bat Mitzvah. With the exception of the banner, this card can easily be made for a young man for his Bar Mitzvah.

     I started with a 4.25" x 5.50" white card stock base and added a layer of blue, gold and green striped paper. This reminds me of a "tallit" (prayer shawl). For the Torah I used the following measurements:

Torah: 3.5", shadow: 2.819w by 3.694, pages of the Torah; 1.403x 1.917. I stamped the pages with a script stamp by Recollections with Versamark Vintage Sepia.

     The edges were inked with Rusty Hinge distress ink and I added some gold Stickles to add a little bling. For the Hebrew lettering I cut this @ 1.417"x 1.944".

     I cut the Star Of David for the both main star and background @ 1" and again inked the edges with Rusty Hinge. I decided to add some gold stickles to these as well. I cut a total of 4 stars with all layers. 

     I wanted to add something "girlie" to the card so I pulled out some paper ribbon I had from K&Company and I was so pleased how well it matched the background paper. Lastly I put some pop dots on the back of the Torah before I adhered it to the card.

     I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial on this card. You can always find great supplies like the ink and stickles I have used here, at Erica's Store. Now be sure to head back over to the blog and see what great projects my Design Team Sisters have to share with you. @ My Cricut Craft Room.