It's Master Crafter Time!!!

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I'm so excited to show you what I created for the Master Crafter Competition that Sarah from Pink by Design organized.  We were sent a box with the following items:

• Scissor Mouse sponsored by Westcott 
• DCWV Rockstar mat stack sponsored by DCWV Deals
• Cotton Bag Sponsored by State line Bag Co. 
• 1/2 sheet of Rhinestones sponsored by Queen & Co.
• Sentiment stamp sponsored by Pink by Design
• 2 Assorted Buttons (I had to replace these from my stash because they must have been lost in the mail)

We were supposed to incorporate as much from the box as possible– realizing that one thing is a tool, and may not be used as part of the project, but used to make the project.  We were also allowed to use other things from our stash to make our project.

I have to admit that I was a little stumped when I first got my box...well, a LOT stumped.  I really had to think about this one.  In fact, I only just got my inspiration yesterday and got to work.  I'm really happy with how it turned out, especially since I was trying a few new things.  Here's my project:

I created this fun little card and goody bag.  I used everything in the box, except for the Pink by Design stamp that came with it.  To be honest, I forgot about it because it was in the bottom of the bag.  Gah!  I really need to pay more attention sometimes.  I did use a different PBD stamp, so I hope that will work.  If not, at least I had fun! :)  

The patterned paper sunburst layout is a new thing for me.  I've never put together a card like this before because, really, it kind-of intimidated me.  I always wondered how in the world people got all of the papers to line up.  Well, I decided to try it out, and I used my little Scissor Mouse to help me out.  Here's how I did it:

First, I chose 6 sheets of paper from the Rockstar Mat Stack that I thought would look nice together.  Then, I just started cutting little wedges of the papers with the Scissor Mouse (which was really easy to use, by the way).  I laid them out in a circle to get an idea of placement and made sure the wedges formed a full circle.

Next, I cut a piece of 4" x 5.25" cardstock and covered it with a grid of ATG tape.  Then, I simply started adding on my wedges, concentrating the point on an intersection of some of the lines (I used the rule of thirds to help me out).

When I finished, I turned my creation over and used my paper trimmer to trim off the excess.

I was left with this.  It looks a little messy in the center there, but I wasn't worried about that because I knew I'd be covering it up later.

Then, I cut out a simple guitar icon and a starburst seal shape (both of which I found in the Silhouette Online Store and cut out with my Cameo).  I added the circle right over the center of the "rays" and placed a sentiment from Pink by Design's All Girl Stamp Set, some buttons, and a brad next to it.  I also added 3 of my rhinestones to the top of the card.  Of course, I added lots of ink to make the card look a little grungy...which I think goes well with the rocker theme.

Then, it was time for me to work on my little cotton treat bag.

I decided to paint the bag, so I inserted a little piece of scrap card stock into the bag so the paint wouldn't go through to the other side.  Luckily, I'd watched some tutorials about stenciling shirts a while ago, or I probably wouldn't have thought to do that.  This was my first time stenciling any kind of material.

I cut the same guitar icon shapes out of vinyl.  I cut it out in two parts, which I probably didn't have to do, but it worked out.  I stuck the little vinyl cutout on my bag, making sure to press down the inside edges carefully so no paint would seep underneath.

I got out some black acrylic paint and a little foam dauber, and, with a thin amount of paint on my dauber, I applied the paint with a gentle pouncing motion.

Then, while the paint was still wet, I CAREFULLY peeled off the vinyl (so I wouldn't mess up my paint job).  Then, I set the bag aside to dry for a while.

When it was dry, I carefully applied my second stencil.  Again, if I had planned better, I could have done this with only one stencil, but, you know...silly me.  This worked fine.  I repeated the steps above, and VIOLA...

...a perfectly painted guitar icon!

To finish off my bag, I added a little chalk ink to grunge it up a little (which you might not really be able to see in the photo), and added some of my rhinestones so it would coordinate more with my card.

That's it!  I really hope you like my project!!!  I'd love to hear from you...I LOVE comments!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'll be back tomorrow with another project!

School is Cool ~ SOUS Die Cut Challenge Aug. 10

It's time for another Stuck on U Sketches Die Cut Challenge!  YAY!!!  The theme of this challenge is School is Cool.  Here's my project:

Isn't this froggy sooo cute?  I got the frog and the sentiment from the Lettering Delights Toad-ally Cool Cut It Set.  I cut the frog with my Silhouette Cameo and used the print-and-cut feature of Silhouette Studio to print the sentiment.  I added some twine, doodles, jewels, buttons, and lots of ink, and my little card was all done!

Now, it's your turn.  Head on over to Stuck on U Sketches to see what the other Design Team members created.  Then, whip up your own project using a die cut with a school theme, and link it up.  You have two weeks to enter. I can't wait to see what you come up with! :)

Have an awesome day!  I'll be back a little later with another project to show you. 

PBD Anniversary Challenge #3: Embossing

Hey, everyone!  Today is an awesome day for a celebration (and LOTS of challenges).  Pink by Design is celebrating it's 2 year anniversary, and there are all SORTS of fun things going on today. We're having a challenge every hour, on the hour, and so many awesome prizes are up for grabs!  Plus, if you participate in each challenge, you'll win a FREE STAMP SET!  YAY!!!  

My challenge is to create a project using Embossing (wet or dry).  Here's a sneak of my project:

Head on over to Pink by Design to see my whole project and all of the details, then link up your own project that uses embossing.  You'll have 3 hours to finish (until 1:00 pm CST).  

We can't wait to see what you create! :)

The Celebration is ON!

Today's festivities in honor of Pink by Design's 2nd Anniversary have begun!  

Yay!  We'll be posting one challenge an hour over at Pink by Design, and we'd love for you to link up your projects.  You'll have 3 hours to complete each one.  All participants will have a chance to win some AWESOME prizes, plus, anyone who participates in EVERY challenge will receive a FREE STAMP SET!!! How awesome is that?  Then, tune in for the special 2nd Anniversary USTREAM Event at 8:00 CST to get the final challenge and hear the winners from the day.  I hope you'll play along!

Here's a sneak of some of  the projects you'll see posted for the challenges:

I hope you'll play along!  Head on over to Pink by Design to see the challenges that have been posted so far. :) Have a great Saturday!

Pink by Design Spring Inspiration Blog Hop

If you are looking for the Memories in Tyme Easter Blog Hop, click HERE.

Hey, everyone!  Welcome to Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons, and the Pink by Design Spring Inspiration Blog Hop.  If you are coming from Pink by Design, you are in the right place.  If you've just stumbled upon my post, then I'd love it if you'd start at the beginning, HERE.

This month's Pink by Design Blog Hop/Challenge has a Spring Theme and an inspiration photo.  You can enjoy all of the AWESOME projects in the hop, then you can go create your own project based on the photo and link it up at Pink by Design.  Sarah has something special for one lucky linker. :)  Here's my card and the inspirational photo behind it:

I took my inspiration from the pennant banners, umbrella, and colors from the photo.  I got the bird and umbrella from the Lettering Delights Cloud Nine SVG Set, and I cut them using my Silhouette Cameo.  

The beautiful banners are actually stamps from the Pink by Design Small Banners Stamp Set.  I stamped the banners on different patterns of cardstock, trimmed them with my scissors, punched small holes in the top corners, and threaded them onto some Brown Sugar Divine Twine that I purchased from the Pink by Design Store.  

Here's a better look at the inside.  You can see that I created the front of the card by cutting the square front in half diagonally.  The sentiment on the card came from Pink by Design's Hoppy Easter Stamp Set.  I've used this one so much lately...I just LOVE it!

Okay, well, I can't be a part of a blog hop without offering a little BLOG CANDY, now, can I?  

One lucky follower of my blog will win a Fancy Pants Design It's the Little Things 6x6" Paper Pad!  YAY!!!  Here's what you need to do for a chance to win:

1.  Be a follower of my blog and leave a comment telling me you are.  Be sure to include your e-mail address. 

That's it!  That's all you need to do to have a chance to win.  If you'd like additional chances, though, you can do one or all of the following:

2.  "Like" Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons on Facebook and leave a separate comment here on my blog telling me you did.  Be sure to include your e-mail address.

3.  Post my blinky on your blog.  You can find it on the left side of this page.  Please leave me a comment with your blog address and your e-mail address.  I'd love to visit and become a follower of you, too!

Please, only US or Canadian addresses.  I'll choose a winner on Wednesday, March 28.  Good luck!

****WINNER ALREADY CHOSEN****

Alright, it's time for you to head over to Dana's blog to see what she created.  Then, don't forget to go link up your own project at Pink by Design.  You have two weeks to enter the challenge. :)  

Here's the blog hop lineup, just in case you get lost along the way: 

Pink By Design Blog http://www.pinkbydesignstamps.com/

Lisa - http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/ *ME*

Dana - http://papermemories4u.blogspot.com/ *NEXT*

Lori - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Melisa - http://melisascraftycreations.blogspot.com/

LB - http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/

Annette - http://www.aspoonfullofsugarcrafts.blogspot.com/ 

Thanks so much for  stopping by today! I can't wait to see what you create for the challenge! :)

BTW...I'm also linking this up to Made Especially For You's Distressing with Ink Challenge.



A Wee Bit of Luck

Hey, everyone!  Did you know that Pink by Design has a challenge going on right now?  All you have to do is create something St. Patrick's Day-themed or green and link it up HERE.  We'd love to see what you make, and you could win an AWESOME prize!  I couldn't help but join in on the fun, so I created a fun St. Paddy's Day card.  Here it is:

I'm not totally sure where I got this cute Irish Dancer.  She was a free svg file I found somewhere a long time ago, and I cut her out using my Silhouette Cameo.  Isn't she precious?  I stamped her face with a stamp from my Peachy Keen Princess Face Assortment. The shamrocks were left over from another project.  I wanted her background to look like the Irish flag, so I cut a green, white, and orange strip of paper and stamped them with Pink by Design background stamps.  The green one is stamped with Lace, the white one is stamped with Distressed Music, and the orange one is stamped with Damask.  I really love how it added just a bit of pattern to her background.  The cute sentiment came from Pink by Design's Luck O' the Irish Stamp Set.  I added lots of ink, some glossy accents to her shoes, and some crinkle ribbon, and my card was all done.  I really love how it turned out...I hope you like it, too! :)

Now, I REALLY hope you'll head on over to Pink by Design to join the challenge yourself.  I know we can't wait to see what you create!   Thanks for stopping by today!

I'm also entering this in these challenges:

I'm Sooooo Lucky - Simply Create Too

Who's Feeling Green - Friday Mashup

Lucky Green - The Hybrid Chick

Go Green or Go Home - Paper Issues



Fantabulous Cricut Top 5!

I haven't been entering many challenges lately, but I try to whenever I get the chance. I'm super excited that my Warm Wishes card was chosen as one of Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog's Top 5 from last week!  YAY!  

You can see all of the details about this card here.  Just thought I'd share. :)  I have a card I've been working on that I'll share with you soon.  I just need to fuss over it a bit more.  Hope you have a wonderful humpday! 



Warm Wishes

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What?!?!?! Two posts in one day?  No WAY!  Well, it's true, and I can't believe it!  I have another little card for you today.  Here it is:

This cute little cup came from my Winter Frolic Cricut Cart.  I got the card base and circles from my Close to My Heart Art Philosophy Cart.  The sentiment came from Pink By Design's Tags and Treats Stamp Set, and the snowflake came from PBD's Snowflake Stamp Set.

Looking at this now, I realize that the layout is a lot like the card I posted earlier.  Ha!  I guess I'm in that kind of groove.  

I'm entering this in the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #92: Warming Up With Hot Cocoa.

I hope you like my little card...thanks for stopping by! :)



Tacky Tuesday

OMGoodness!  Did you know that this month's Tacky Tuesday's Challenge involves using a frog cut????  How EXCITING!  In case you didn't know, the frog is my favorite animal.  I had froggies all over my classroom when I was teaching, and now I have them all over my craft room.  So, I HAD to make time to make a froggy card.  I also had to use a sentiment with the word "frog" or "toad" on the front.  Here's what I came up with:

I got this cute froggy from the Lettering Delights Toad-ally School Cut It set.  I replaced the apple, though, with a gift from the LD Birthday Fishes Cut It set.  I also got the hat from there.  If you'd like to see a tutorial about how I cut theses SVGs with my Silhouette Cameo using the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition, visit this post.  The sentiment came from combining a "Wishing you a Hoppy Day" stamp from Pink By Design's Hoppy Easter set with a "Toad-ily Yours" stamp from Pink By Design's Be Mine set using a masking technique.  It was really easy...if you'd like to know how I did it, just let me know in a comment, and I can put together a little tutorial for you.  

Anyway, I hope you like my little card.  I believe this challenge goes through November 15, if you'd like to join in.  Thanks for stopping by today!



Best of Friends...Citrus Style!

If you're looking for my Crazy about Cricut's  Mickey and Friends Monday post, click HERE.

Happy Sunday, everyone!  I have another card for you today that I made to enter into a couple of challenges.  The Paper Variety is having a {{Citrus}} Color Challenge in which we are allowed to use only 3 main colors: green, yellow, and orange.  I knew I wanted to do some cute little fruit cuts I have.  So, I thought I could make a citrus-themed friendship card to also enter into the Wacky Wednesday Challenge #47 over at More Than Favors.  Here's the little card I made:

I got the cute little fruit cuts on this A2 sized card from the Lettering Delights Oishii SVG Set.  Aren't they just soooo adorable???  I love all of the food in this cute little set.  I inked up all of my cuts and papers with my Color Box Fluid Chalk Petal Point inks, added a cute sentiment from Pink By Design's Animated Greetings Stamp Set, a ribbon, and some brads, and my little card was all done!  I really hope you like it!

I also entered this in Die-Cuttin' Diva's Garden Challenge.  Thanks, Patty, for telling me about it. :o)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I really enjoy reading all of your AWESOME and sweet comments!



Make a Wish

Yay!  I'm so excited that I got to do something crafty today JUST for fun!  Don't get me wrong...if I'm crafting, I'm having fun, but I have a lot of crafty responsibilities, so I'm happy when I can make something just for the fun of it. 

I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm no longer a part of the Fantabulous Cricut and Celebrate the Occasion Design Teams. I decided to step down at the end of the DT terms. It was a really tough decision for me because I had such a BLAST on the teams and it was such an honor to be a part of each of them, but I was actually getting pretty stressed out about my crafting.  Between design teams, my Etsy shop (which is doing great), my kids being home for the summer, my hubby living away from home for a (2 hour away) "deployment", and a move to a new house, I was REALLY stressed and spread thin.  But, now I've cut down my responsibilites a little, the kids are going back to school in a couple of weeks, we're all settled into the house, and my hubby has started visiting regularly...so things are much calmer around here.  So, to make a long story a bit shorter...I finally feel I have time to join in on some challenges just for fun.  Hey, I may even try my hand at submitting some projects for publication.  We'll see how that goes. 

Anyway, enough about that...I decided to join in on the challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut this week.  It's all about bugs, and there are just soooo many cute bug cuts out there!  I just couldn't resist!  I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try cutting out Jiminy Cricket from the Disney Classics cartridge.  I also get to be a guest over at Crazy about Cricut for Mickey and Friends Monday on the 15th.  Here's my little card:

Here's a couple of tips for working with intricate cuts like this (which Disney seems to have a lot of). First, leave all of the little pieces on your Cricut mat while you're assembling the cut.  That will make sure you don't lose anything.  Also, if you want to ink up the little pieces for a little more depth of color, use crafting tweezers, such as Tweezer Bees to hold the little guys.  That way you won't drop them and your fingers won't turn into rainbow messes.  Oh, and another thing...if you're laying out all of the pieces on the base layer, just to see how they fit, make sure your window is closed!  One good gust of wind, and I was crawling around on the floor looking for Jiminy's tongue!  (Don't worry...I found it!) :o)

I got the base for this 5.5" card from Wild Card.  The sentiment on the front came from Pink By Design's Take the Cake stamp set, and the sentiment inside came from the Pink By Design Birthday, Birthday stamp set.   I added some Purple Plum Divine Twine, lots of ink, and some buttons to finish off my little card.  I hope you like it!

I have another project all planned out to enter into another challenge or two, so I hope you'll check back in the next couple of days to see what I make. Thanks sooooo much for stopping by today! 



Butterfly Card

I decided to enter a few challenges today.  Here's the card I made for them:

I think I may have gone a little pattern crazy with this one, which is way out of my comfort zone, but so be it.  This card measures 5.75" square.  The butterfly came from Hannah Montana, and the circle came from Birthday Bash.  I added some Stickles to the wings (which didn't photograph so well), and then I put a few stitching lines to help the butterfly and circle stand out a bit. 

I'm entering this card in these challenges:

Challenge #41--Pick Your Challenge (Pink and Glitter): Paper Playtime

K Andrew's Simply Sunday Challenge--All a Flutter: Getting Cricky

Challenge #1--Pick Your Own Holiday (Learn About Butterflies Day): Scrapbookaholic by Abby

I hope you like my little card.  Thanks so much for stopping by today!



I'm Lucky to Have You

I have a fun card to show you today that works for a few challenges that are going on right now.  Here it is:

This card measures 5.75" square.  I got the shamrocks from Give a Hoot, and all of the other cuts came from Simply Charmed.  The sentiment on the inside is computer generated.  Then, I added lots of ink, some stitching lines, a tiny button, and some Stickles to finish off the card.

I'm entering this card in these challenges:

Challenge #18: St. Paddy's Themed--Crafting with Christina

Challenge #81: St. Patrick's Day--Paper Cutz Challenge

Lucky to Have You--Creative Cutter Room

T.G.I.F Linky Party--Craft Junkie Too

Throwback Thursday: St. Patrick's Day--My Creative Time

I hope you like my little card...I think it's really fun!  Don't forget to come back tomorrow for the OWH Bunny Hop at 10:00 a.m. EST.  It's my very first blog hop!!!  I'd love it if you'd join in the fun!  Also, make sure you check out the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog tomorrow...it's my first time posting as the Scrappin' Saturday gal.  :o)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Egg Waterfall Card

The other day, I was browsing around on the SVG Cuts Blog when I noticed that the cutest set of waterfall cards were offered as a special FREE GIFTwhen you spend $9.98 or more in the SVG Cuts store.  So, I couldn't resist, and it didn't take me long to find something else I wanted so I could get this little set for free.  Well, ever since I got this little set, I've been dying to make one of the cards!  I chose to make this cute little Egg Waterfall Card:



This card was so SUPER EASY to make!  All I did was import the SVGs into Make-the-Cut, arrange them on a 12 x 24" mat (just so I could fit everything in one cut--you could do it on a 12 x 12" mat), and cut them out.  Arranging them was even a breeze because they are already broken down by color.  Then, I just had to pick the papers I wanted (all of the patterned papers are from DCWV's Nana's Kids Stack), and cut all of the pieces out.  Assembling it was also easy because there's a great video on the site that shows exactly how to put one of these cards together (this is the 1st waterfall card I've ever made).

I'm entering this card in these challenges:

Get in Shape: Jitterbuggin' Challenge
Any Type of Card: Crazy for Cricut
Spring Card: Paper Cutz Challenge
Anything Goes: Party Time Tuesdays

I hope you like my card, because I sure do!  ;o)  Thanks so much for stopping by!  By the way...I'd love it if you'd leave a comment and become a follower if you like what you see on my little blog.  :o)