My Favorite Kind

Howdy everyone.

I'm sharing a quick card today. I made this for the Frosted Designs Card Sketch challenge and the Pink by Design blog. Yup. I'm killing two birds with one stone.

The card is based on the sketch below. Feel free to use it as inspiration and play in the Frosted Designs challenge located here.

I cut the funky shapes with my Silhouette Cameo. The file, called Retro Shapes, can be found at the Silhouette store. The stamp is one of Pink by Design's new releases called My Favorite Kind. The set contains a lot of  kind, encouraging sentiments. You can find it here.

 

 One More Thing ...

Pink by Design is giving away a Silhouette Cameo!! There are many ways to enter and increase your chance of winning. No purchase necessary! Click here for you chance to win a new Cameo!!

National Scrapbooking Day Blog Hop!!

Hi friends and Happpy National Scrapbooking Day!! I have the honor of participating in a blog hop for A. Jillian Vance Design today, where the theme is to create a project using black, white and red. If you're participating in the hop, then you probably came from Rhonda's blog. If you came across my post in another way, then I invite you to join in on the hop. The lineup is listed below. 

If you've never heard of A. Jillian Vance Design, you should check them out. The company started in 2010 by Jillian Vance when she was - get this - 10! That's 10 years old!! I'm amazed at her creativity and drive. The stamps are really cute, too. She has some very unique designs. 

One of those sets is a personal favorite of mine because it celebrates my all time favorite sports team and alma mater, The Ohio State Buckeyes!! Woo hoo! Go Bucks!  Did I mention that Jillian is also an Ohio native and a fellow Buckeye fan? It's no coincidence that the blog hop color palette matches OSU's colors of Scarlet and Gray. 

Go Bucks!! 

Go Bucks by Annette Witherspoon

Buckeyes Medallion

O-H-I-O

To make this card, I stamped the silhouette of the people in O-H-I-O formation in gray. Then I stamped Ohio State in red on top of the silhouette. Both stamps came from this set. Then, I used some Buckeye twine, which is also from A. Jillian Vance Design. The medallion is hand-crafted from scratch by yours truly. I cut a strip of red paper and scored it 1/4" apart. Then I cut a smaller strip of specialty Ohio State paper from my local craft store, scored it at 1/4" again and adhered it to the red paper. Next, I folded each scored line in mountain valley style like an accordion, glued the two ends together and pressed the inside flat to create the medallion. I stuck a Buckeyes sticker (also from my local craft store) in the center and voila! I'm really happy with the outcome. I hope I am just as happy with the outcome of the upcoming fall football season! Hopefully Urban Meyer can get us back to national championship status!!

Here is the lineup:

ajillianvancedesign.blogspot.com/ A Jillian Vance Design 

www.princessandthepaper.com/ Jillian Vance  

 handcraftedsimplybyus.blogspot.com/ Ruby Aleman  

scrappingundertheinfluence.blogspot.com/ Jennifer Palmer

www.bunnyrunswithscissors.com/ Bunny Vance

craftyandgreen.blogspot.com Crafty and Green (Tina Keller)

 welltrainedpaper.blogspot.com Allie Gower

 margieh.blogspot.com/ MargieH (Margie Higuchi)

www.queenbeedesigns.blogspot.com/ Denise Speigle

shabbybeautiful.blogspot.com/ Misty Christensen

mynoteworthycards.blogspot.com Melinda Gleissner

snapwhiz.blogspot.com Rhonda Van Ginkel 

www.aspoonfullofsugarcrafts.blogspot.com Annette Witherspoon

ajillianvancedesign.blogspot.com/ A Jillian Vance Design   

Once you complete the Blog Bash list, please back over to the A Jillian Vance Design blog, become a follower and leave a comment on what you thought of the bash! {Make sure you leave some love on everyone's blog too!}

Two winners will receive a Gift Certificate for $5 off anything in the store!

Gnerd!

Cath has done it again with another fun challenge at Moxie Fab World. It's the Spectacular Spectacles challenge where the goal is to create a paper project using spectacles in an innovative way.

This challenge is right up my alley. I love nerds. After all, I married one! Isn't he a cute nerd? This is my hubby on his birthday. He's a total techie who loves science fiction, not to mention those glasses. They are my inspiration!!

So, you see, I had to play in this challenge and I had to take the nerd angle. As luck would have it, a few weeks ago I went to a scrapbooking expo where I picked up some eyeglass shaped brads from the Eyelet Outlet. They were my starting point. Then, I had to figure out how to use them. I started thinking about sentiments. I actually Googled phrases with the words glasses, sight, vision, see, etc. I found a couple quotes, but nothing jumped out.

Next I started looking in my stash for ideas. As luck would have, the adorable gnome from Lawn Fawn was the perfect size for the eyeglasses. Score!

Then something amazing happened. I had an original idea. (Insert light bulb here). As I sat at my craft table looking at the gnome with his nerd glasses, it hit me - gnome + nerd = gnerd!! Ha ha ha!

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Lawn Fawn
Ink: Memento
Markers: Copic
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye, Imaginisce (books)
Brads: Eyelet Outlet

... and a reminder

Pink by Design is giving away a Silhouette Cameo!! There are many ways to enter and increase your chance of winning. No purchase necessary! Click here for you chance to win a new Cameo!!

Frosted Designs Card Sketch 17

Hiya everyone. Are you ready for the next Frosted Designs sketch? The new challenge starts today. Make a card using the sketch below for your chance to win some fun prizes.

Here is a card I made to help give you a little inspiration:

I did something for the first time. I sewed on a card! I have been wanting to do this for a long time, but quite frankly, I am too lazy! LOL! I have to get out my sewing machine, hook it up, prepare the thread, yadda, yadda, yadda ... I finally tried it and I love the results! I guess it's worth the effort.

 I was able to work in the Map Background stamp yet again. The more I use this stamp, the more I like it. The Map Background stamp is one of several new releases at Pink by Design. I stamped it in gold, brown and rust colored ink. The globe is a file I purchased from the Silhouette America store. I just love it. I cut four copies of the globe, stuck some glue down the middle of each piece, and then folded them inward to give it a three dimensional effect. Then I glued the bottom globe to the paper and added the stand.

The sentiment is also a Pink by Design stamp from their Birthday, Birthday set. I heat embossed it to make it stand out better against the kraft cardstock.  This would make a great card for a man.

Now it's your turn. Make a card using the sketch and link it to the Frosted Designs site here!

WIN A SILHOUETTE CAMEO
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY!

Also, Pink by Design is giving away a Silhouette Cameo!! There are many ways to enter and increase your chance of winning. No purchase necessary! Click here for you chance to win a new Cameo!!

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

Pink by Design New Releases - Sneak Peek

Hi everyone. I am beside myself with excitement because Pink by Design is coming out with some super cute and trendy releases tomorrow. There are a lot. In fact, there's a little something for everybody, including sentiments, images and background stamps. 

You'll be able to see some of them "in action" tomorrow during a special blog hop we are having to show you some of these goodies. Go to www.pinkbydesignstamps.com tomorrow to start hopping. Then, stay tuned because later in the evening at 9 Central (10 Eastern) there will be a live Ustream event, where Sarah will reveal all the sets!

Meanwhile, I'm sneaking one of those background stamps today. I made this card using the new Map background stamp.  I had so much fun playing with it this week., The bike image and sentiment are also from Pink by Design, but were released previously. I wanted to show you how the new releases can also be used with stamps you may already own. 

You'll see the card is very feminine. That was intentional. Tomorrow I am posting a couple masculine cards using the Map background during the blog hop.

Make sure you leave comments during the hop because Sarah is giving away a new Big Shot to one lucky winner. You can increase your chances of winning by sharing the news about the blog hop tomorrow on your Facebook page!!

Pink Frosting

Hi everyone. This post isn't about pink frosting at all. If you look at my project, you'll see there is not much pink and absolutely no frosting on it. So why did I call this post Pink Frosting? Well, it's because I am posting one project for two design teams - Pink by Design and Frosted Designs. Put them together and what do you get? Pink Frosting! LOL!

The card below uses a sweet sentiment from Pink by Design. It is part of the Rain of Shine set. The "rainbow" is created with grossgrain ribbon. I cut off about two inches in each color, folded them in half and adhered them together with Ailene's Tacky Glue. Then, I tucked them under the blue cardstock, and adhered it onto the base of the card.  Believe it or not, I found the patterned paper at Tuesday Morning. A while ago, I happened upon a ton of crafting supplies for cheeeeeaaaap!! Score!!

Not only am I using a Pink by Design stamp, but I'm also using the sketch for Frosted Designs sketch challenge, which starts today. You are invited ... no, wait .... encouraged ... to participate. Just create a card using the sketch below and post it to the Frosted Designs sketch challenge blog here.

Thanks for looking and happy crafting, friends!! ♥