Pink by Design Blog Hop

Tons of New Releases!!

The big day has finally arrived!! Pink by Design released several new stamps and we're celebrating with a blog hop today and a live Ustream event tonight!! New stamps, tons of inspiration and giveaways on a Friday night! Who's ready to par-tay!!

If you're here for the hop, then you should have come from Sarah's blog (PinkCricut). If you stumbled upon my blog in another way, I invite you to join in on the fun. There are giveaways and tons of fun projects using brand new releases. It all starts at the Pink by Design site.

 Here is my project using stamps from two new sets - Map Background and My Favorite Kind (April Stamp of the Month). If you saw yesterday's post, you saw a little sneak of the Map Background. I intentionally made it a feminine card. Today, you get to see the same image used for a masculine/gender neutral cards.

In both cards, I used a technique called spotlighting by choosing a section of an image and highlighting it in a different color. There are so many fun little things to look at in this image. By "spotlighting" some of them, you can make them pop off the page. For example, in the second card, I chose to spotlight the compass by stamping it in red, punching it out and putting it in the exact same place as the bottom image. I used a foam dot to give it dimension and pop it out even more. I chose to spotlight the compass because I thought it went well with the sentiment, which is also a new release.

I hope this gave you a lot of ideas and inspiration. Your next stop is Rebekah Ostrus (CraftyTeacherMom), where you will get even more ideas.

Be sure to leave a comment because Sarah is giving away a brand spanking new Big Shot to one lucky winner. If you want to increase your chances of winning, share the blog hop news with your Facebook friends for an additional entry!

Here is the list of the hop in order:

www.pinkbydesignstamps.com
Sarah Hamer~ www.pinkcricut.com
Annette Witherspoon~ You are here! 
Rebekah Ostrus~ www.craftyteachermom.blogspot.com
Sabrina Kempton Alery~ www.sabrinaalery.blogspot.com
Anna Thrower Zuniga~ www.stampanna.typepad.com
Julie K BitofBling~ www.jk-littlebitofbling.blogspot.com
Gloria Zuniga~ www.gloriasgoofycraftspot.blogspot.com
Meriah Hamlin~ www.tatteredtime.com
Dawn Mercedes Barrett~ www.dawnmercedes.blogspot.com
Melisa Alzammer~ www.melisascraftycreations.blogspot.com
Lisa Norris~ www.prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com
Paula Carbon~ www.morethanfavors.blogspot.com