Pink By Design: Design Team Day

It's that time again for the Pink By Design Sentiment team to give y'all some great ideas.  Check out the Pink Cricut for all the wonderful projects.  Tonight, Friday April 1 there is also a Ustream event--make sure to check it out--you will get to see all the new AMAZING stamps!!!

Here is my project

My tag was cut with the cricut, inked around the edges, seam tape for the tie.  I used the treasure chest stamp and embossed it on kraft with bronze powder and colored in the areas with my CTMH markers.



For my sentiment I stamped it on a light khaki color and then used a lighter to burn the edges--making it feel a bit old world and swashbuckling like! 

I love these two sets--one shaped and one sentiment and they have started baking a whole lot of fun ideas in my crazy brain.

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Last day and a card

Tonight is my last night overseas--my suitcases are packed and super heavy (it's going to cost me!)
Here is a card I made before I left

My sister's birthday is next week and I made this little number for her.  Simple Clean yet pretty and cute--and a little bling goes a long way when places in just the right place!!

Stamp is from CTMH and the paper is from a bit from my scrap bucket and my handy fiskers punch comes in handy again.



Trying it out---not sure it worked

Greetings from Barcelona Spain.  Weather here is BEAUTIFUL!!!! I went to the Picasso museum and had to wait in line for over an hour!  It was crazy busy but soooo worth it. 
OK so I thought I would test out my theory that heat embossing works on every project-esp if the clear  powder is used.  I used some My Minds Eye paper and some Doodlebug Ribbon, my spellbinders and of course some CTMH stamps!

I have to say the flash has helped out the embossing but I sort of like the results. 

A close up of my home made ribbon embellishment.  My tiny stapler from Tim Holtz and a few sticky dots work wonders!

I finished off the inside with a bit of paper and inked edges.

I had to make the envelope nice as well--here I used a fiskers edge punch and some ink.  Nothing fancy just enough to make it pretty!
See ya back here on Wednesday--I will be in London and packing to return home but I made a project before I left so not to leave  you all high and dry.  LOL. 
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Everyday Cricut...............

Hey everyone, today is my weekend to share over at Everyday Cricut.  I have a simple one page layout to share and here is a preview.......................

Head over and check it out----Everyday Cricut Link-- Have a great weekend

soar.........

It's Friday and I am in Italy--can I tell you how much I LOVE PASTA AND WINE!!!!  Headed to Spain over the weekend but man I could just live in Italy!!!!  OK on to the card for today.

This card was made using a DCWV small stack that I have had for ever and here again my supplies were meant to be used together--this was the stamp of the month from CTMH in January.  I love heat embossing (not very good at it) and here I did the butterfly with great words in it's wings.

Well I was told by an uberawesome scrapper (happyhappyjoyjoy) that finishing the inside is easy--and you know--SHE IS RIGHT!!! Here I added a one word sentiment and some pearls.  All the papers were scraps from the front.

And my envelope------

Everything is attached well so you could mail it if you needed to--I love adding a bit of ribbon to finish it off--and for the cost of one roll you can get tons of projects out.
This is my weekend at Everyday Cricut--so make sure to check in both here and there on Saturday.
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Take me away.....

In the most recent Close to My Heart Idea Book--there is some great travel stamps.  I simply had to have this set that looked like postage stamped and wonderful old buildings.

I used a DCWV Small stack called neutrals for this and two different embossing folders.  This stamp set is called Ciao (D1461).

I used the Cuttlebug to emboss and the large matte was the damask folder from provo craft and the brown across the middle was a Tim Holtz Sizzix folder that has postcard all over it--love it!!!!  I love when my supplied magically go together so well!  I used some hem tape from Joann's for the ribbon across the center--thought I needed to break up the browns with a little neutral.

Here is the inside.  All stamps are from the same set.

love the sentiment--in fact I love London and I am going to be there next week!!!! I am soooo lucky!

I stamped the stamp in brown ink and then using versa mark and some Tim Holtz distressed embossing powder I embossed the post mark--you could also do this with clear powder if you card base is a color--it would have a super cool look.

You know how I like me a fancy envelope and using some scraps and a bit of chalk ink you get a very cool wrapper for your card.  I think a fancy envelope gets people excited about what is on the inside before they even open it.
So I am off to Europe in the morning--don't worry I have a few project planned and ready for you so you  we can still spend out time together!
I am cookin up a plan for the where in the world for Europe that combines prizes with what I think is going to be a very very cool series.  Alright--I will be checking from the road next week but make sure to check out Friday's project!
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A Card for mother........

Happy Monday!  For those of you that were lucky enough to get to come to the Cricut Event here in Dallas you know that the weather was beautiful this weekend!!  Boy is this week going to be crazy!!! I am leaving for Europe on Thursday and it seems I have a million and one things to do before I can go.
Today's card is pretty simple:

I used the Pink Cricut's Pink By Design Wood Grain background stamp as well as a Sentiment from the Mothers Day stamp set.  A scrap of ribbon and my nestabilities (love this shape) and BAM! A great card that looks like it was made by a son for this wonderful mother--and my MOM ROCKS!!

I love this sentiment!  Head over to the Pink Cricut and check out all the other stamps she has created.
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