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     Pinquette Mary here with my post for Anything Goes. I chose to make a shadow box with mixed media. I guess you would say it's where Pinque Peacock and Tim Holtz meet,lol. Since June used to be the month for weddings (as a Floral Designer I can honestly say we have more Fall weddings lately) I decided to do a Love project. 

       Can you believe how awesome these Layered Garden Beauty flowers are? They are available HERE in a variety of colors. Did you know you can custom order these in what ever color you'd like?

 Jess loves to do custom orders. All you have to do is tag her on the Shop page.

     I also used the fabulous 3 Girl Jam Ribbon also available in the shop. If you haven't tried this wonderful crinkle ribbon then you are really missing out on a fantastic product.

     Did I mention that I also used Tim Holtz? Those are his grunge letters that are awesome with PP flowers. I used the Pitch Black Dabber by Ranger on the letters first then added some gold to shade the letters.

    
     I added one of Tim"s trinkets with the FOREVER saying to the lower flower center. The background paper and the blocks "Day By Day" where also included in the paperstack. I used some Jolee fabric flowers and bows as accents. Of course flowers need stems so I used some fibers for them. The large Layered Garden Beauty has some 3 Girl Jam ribbon for its stem. I was going to add a clock face but I thought it would overwhelm the project so I opted for a stamped image instead.
     Well that's about all there is for details. i hope you have a wonderful week.

     Now to Link this up with this month's challenge. What are you going to create?

 

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Altered Tag

     Welcome ladies for our 5th Challenge: Altered Tags. Pinquette Mary here with my submission for this challenge and of course I used a layered Garden Beauties.  I already used a Splendid Swirls for my layout on the hop and knew I would use the Garden Beauty for my tag. before weget started I just wanted to include the link for where to find my personal favorite from this month's release: Nana's Pillowcase. They are absolutely gorgeous! You can find them at the Shop HERE . I digress, lol, Let's take a look at my tag shall we?

     I love how bold this flower is! For this tag I started with the flower and built everything around it. I started with a Tim Holtz manila tag as the base and found some cardstock with the same color and tiny pink polka dots on the background. It was perfect to do some heat embossing with this script lettering stamp.

   
     I found this saying in a my stash of quotes and loved the saying as well as the colors. Just a little matting with black and yellow to set the saying off but it still lacked something, but what? Well of course, BLING, duh!!! I had these perfect hot pink pearls and decided to off set them from each other. Why? It's because I am the artist, the creator of this project sooo...I can that's why, lol. My word of advice just try it. If you like it perhaps someone else will as well.

   
     Now it's coming together! I added a punched border and found this wonderful birdcage sticker and it seemed perfect for this tag. All there was left to do was to add some inking to the edges of the tag base, adhere and add some 3 girl Jam ribbon and there you have, my altered tag.
     Now it's your turn to enter this fun challenge. You can do that HERE. I can't wait to see what you create!
 I have entered this tag in the Anything Goes challenge @ 3 Girl Jam. You can enter HERE with your magnificent tag!

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Hello to all of our Pretty Little Peacocks

Welcome to Pinque Peacock’s

MAY BLOG HOP

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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

wonderful Handmade Flower products that are always available at Pinque Peacock.

We are thrilled to have you joining us this month!

During the hop, you will see some past favorites, oldies but goodies, and get a glimpse of some NEW products as well! Feel free to browse the newly updated shop for amazing deals on tons of craft supplies and great handmade embellishments to use in all of your projects!

Our Monthly Hops are a great way to see the Pinque Peacock Products in action and to get your creative imaginations in "Full Speed Ahead" mode!

Our MAY Release will focus on the theme of:
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for you to Purchase and start creating your very own

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     Good morning and Happy Mothers' Day my pretty Peacock's!  Pinquette Mary here hoping you are all enjoying your special day whether you are a Mother yourself, spending time with your Mom or having fond memories of your Mom in Heaven, either way I hope you have something special planned. Speaking of special, oh my goodness what great projects on this hop. If you just came from Kimberly then you are in the right place! Today I wanted to share with you an with a easy way to preserve those beautiful invitations you receive without ruining them and of course dress it up with beautiful Pinque Peacock supplies.

     I knew as soon as Jessica showed us the new products for the hop that Nana's Pillowcase would be my favorite and it is. The colors matched my grand daughters invitation perfectly and includes all the colors. Since chalkboard art is so popular now, my daughter used this invitation to the First Communion. Bold and yet soft enough for the occasion.

     In order to preserve all the info that was also included on the back of the card I decided to add a band of card stock, dress it up and tack it down on either side with flower brads. This way I could always remove it without damaging the card.

     I just love how soft this flower is and I couldn't believe how perfectly it goes with the card stock I had on hand. I also had some "spare" leaves hanging around and added some lace and this epoxy frame to really draw attention to the fabric Splendid Swirls flower. You can purchase them HERE

     Lastly, I needed something to balance off the lower right hand corner so I used a piece of lace for consistancy and I had an embellishment in the Mind's Eye stack I had but it needed something. Of course sparkle...bling... rhinestones... and...Stickles!!

     

     So there you have it a simple yet elegant way to save this wonderful card. It will be fun to look at this in later years. Be sure to hop on over to the ever talented Rebecca and be prepared to be inspired!

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One winner, who has hopped and visited all of the PINQUETTES BLOGS of our Pinque Peacock MAY Product Release and followed the RULES BELOW will win

A $10 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO THE SHOP

Here is How*:

1 – Hop to ALL of the stops in the Blog Hop and comment at each Pinquette Blog.
(Lineup is below)

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4 - COMMENT at the Facebook Page telling us what you liked most about the Hop

*You MUST do ALL of the steps above
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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 14th, at 8:00 a.m. EST.

The random drawing will be held sometime during the week that follows and announced by Wednesday, MAY 21st.

Now, if you find yourself Hopping off the Path , you can use this
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COMPLETE LINE-UP::

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Heather ~ http://www.papercrafteranonymous.com
Julie~ http://muddypawsinkyfingers.blogspot.com
Kimberly ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
Mary ~ http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com
Rebecca ~ http://bloomingpink.blogspot.com/
Rhonda ~ http://flowersbyrhonda.blogspot.com
Shelley ~ http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com/

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~ Jessica, The Quirky Queen
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Mia's First Communion Card

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       Good morning my lovelies, Pinquette Mary here with a card using the extremely beautiful Angel stick pin from Pinque Peacock. These happen to be a personal favorite of mine and I can always find a wonderful use for them. Today I used it to make a very special card for my grand daughter. Let's take a look shall we:

     That's right Mia will be receiving her First Communion in a few weeks and she loves purple. I also love the Inspired Heart cartridge for my Cricut when I look for anything religious. I cut this at 5 1/2" because I wanted to add some embellishments and details. The card base is 5"x10" so this was a perfect size to use.

     The background cardstock is Mercury glass that I picked up @ Christmas but never had a chance to use. It really helps the girl stand out. For the veil I cut a tule circle in 1/8th to make it small enough for the girl. I gathered it up with some invisible thread so the stitching would not show. I also added a small piece of ribbon for the dress tie and finished with some stickles for the dress and sleeves.

     I used some pearls to give her a sweet pearl necklace and a few rhinestones to her veil for some bling.

     The flower is a mulberry one that I so I just added some glimmer spray to tie it in with the paper and also to show off my stick pin. I just happened to have this beautiful Angel with a purple bead! Usually I also add some 3 Girl Jam ribbon on my cards but this time I really wanted to have the stick pin show off as a focal point.

     I didn't want this to be too plain so I used a corner punch for the right hand top and bottom of the card and added some pearls to the Left corner for balance to off set the flower and stick pin.

The saying is a stamp I have had for a while and decided to layer it with a scrap piece of the mercury paper.

     Whew! Sometimes a clean and simple card can be a little more time consuming than you think!  I hope you will checkout the products at Pinque Peacock for they truly can make your project super special! 

     You can purchase these beauties .

   Did you know we have our 4th Challenge going on? This month we want to see what you can do with flowers. Just let those creative juices flow!

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The theme for this challenge is

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I hope you have enjoyed this card and I sincerely wish you a very Blessed Easter and Passover.

~Mary

 

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  Good morning my lovely Pinquettes, Mary here with a beautiful "Love" card using the gorgeous Pink Peacock Splendid Swirl fabric flower and a

beautiful stick pin.

     First I started with this beautiful paper. I think it was from a Monet collection and had to find the right project to use it on. I love the sweeping feel of the background and knew it would look even better with some dimension. I used a light pink flock and a mixed color of Flower Soft for some texture.

 

     Then I added some dimension and sparkle . I just followed the line of the flowers and added some waterfall Stickles. This color went perfect with the Splendid Swirl flower.

      

     Finally these fabulous PP embellishments. I love how the stick pin flows with the line of the flowers. It also goes perfectly with the rhinestones on the sticker for the "Love".

     

      I am so proud of this card and think it will be great for Mothers' Day, Wedding, Anniversary, ok so you get the idea! Do you like to add texture or dimension to your projects? I would love to hear what you use. If you want to learn more about the products I used then be sure to pop over to my blog HERE for all the details.

     Have you joined in the fun yet on our new Challenge & Link Ups? I know I have been so busy lately but this looks like a challenge I would enjoy. You should see the beautiful projects everyone is making.
 
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    This is always exciting to see all the new releases Jessica has and the great way her Design Team uses them. Be sure to hop along for a chance to win some great prizes. Hope you have an amazing week. 'Til next time~ Mary