5 and Dime Thank You

Hello and good Wednesday morning to you! Sorry this post is a bit late! We found out yesterday that we are having a baby girl and all the rest of the day's activities got eclipsed by dreaming about her! :) 

This is my Shop Pumpkin Spice post for the day and I wanted to share with you something girly! :) I got all the supplies there and they are linked below. Also, if you were in need of some MME yummy wonderful paper, check out the "new items" section and you will see some INCREDIBLE deals on a bulk of all their latest paper (pre-winter CHA). 

Also, don't forget about the challenge and the blog hop that happened! You could win April's kit! Feel free to read about it HERE. 

Anywho, onto the project! :) I am LOVING Echo Park's This and That Graceful line. I don't have Charming yet, but I see that in my future!

Recipe:

• Cricut Cartridge: Sentimentals™
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper: Sweet Baby™
• Patterned Paper:
• Echo Park: This and That: Graceful "Yardsticks"™ (white filigree background)
• Echo Park: This and That: Graceful "Dots"™ (brown background and crown background)
• Echo Park: This and That: Graceful "Wooden Nickel"™ (main background)
• Echo Park: This and That: Graceful "Quilt"™ (red damask stripe on crown)
• Echo Park: This and That: Graceful "Red/Cream Solid"™ (red stamp background)
• Brad and pennant: Echo Park: This and That: Graceful Decorative Brads™
• Stickles: Fruit Punch™
• Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels in Pearl™
• Ink: Momento in Rich Cocoa™
• ATG tape™
• Ribbon: Crinkled Ribbon in Chocolate
• White gel pen

My Pink Designer Showcase: Nice to Snow Ya!

HELLO and welcome to the My Pink Designer Showcase for October! 

We were asked to make a Christmas card with either Biggie Christmas or Winter Treats and Sayings! I used the latter (but I ABsolutely have both!!!)

Recipe:

• Cartridges:
• Elegant Edges™ (bubble background)
• Smiley Cards™ (snowman)
• Winter Woodland™ (snowflakes)
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Winter Treats and Sayings™
• Patterned Paper:
• Echo Park Paper: Holly Jolly Christmas "Stockings are Hung"™ (red polka dot)
• Echo Park Paper: Holly Jolly Christmas "Yuletide Blue/Mistletoe Green"™ (turquoise)
• Echo Park Paper: Holly Jolly Christmast "Winter Green/Icicle Blue"™ (light blue)
• Solid Cardstock: PTI (black and white)
• Stickles in Christmas Red™
• Tattered Angels in Pearl™
• Glossy Accents
• i-rock™
• Hot Rock Compact in Jewel™
• "Buttons": Echo Park Paper: Season's Greetings Decorative Brads™
• White Embossing Powder: A la Mode™

Now that you are done looking at my card, head on over to My Pink Stamper's website to get inspiration from the rest of the DT. If you are in a slump for Christmas Card creation, you can just case every one of ours and that will get you 22 cards towards done! :) 

My Pink-alicious Blog Hop + GIVEAWAY!!!

**This is my second post of the day! Scroll down to see if you were the winner of my last giveaway and to see my home decor project - a Halloween bird house!**




You should have gotten here from my SUPER sweet friend Karlee's blog! I have MISSED her dearly and can't wait to see her again at CHA in January!!! HUGS Karlee!!! - dare I say "squish"? :)

If you didn't come from Karlee's blog, then start HERE at My Pink Stamper's blog!

Today we are showing you treat and goodie bags!!! I used My Pink Stamper's Yummy-licious stamp set! You can find it on her products page HERE.

Recipe:

• My Pink Stamper: Yummy-licious™
• Cartridges:
• Cake Basics™
• Elegant Edges™
• Patterned Paper:
• Echo Park Paper: Holly Jolly Christmas: Snowy Sidewalks™(blue and snowflakes)
• Echo Park Paper: Holly Jolly Christmas: Candy Cane Red/Peppermint Pink™ (red and pink for snowflakes)
• Brads: Echo Park Paper: Season's Greetings Brad Assortment™
• Tattered Angels: Glimmer Mist in Pearl™ (I sprayed the snowflakes, but you can hardly see it!)
• Ribbon from my Stash
• Paper bag from Mom - thank you!
• Solid Cardstock: Bazzill in Java

Blog Hop Order

Robyn (My Pink Stamper)

Roberta 

 Sharon

 Tracy (CraftJunkieToo) 

 Andrea 

Angela (Simple Creations)

Renee (RockinRenee) 

 Kassidy

Cristi

 Missy 

 Michelle (Meesh's Pieces)

 Carissa (Sprinkled with Glitter)

 Julie (readysetstamp) 

 June 

 Chelle (Paper Krate)

  Shelley

Edna (Create With Expression) 

Helen

 Agnes (Flowerdisco)

Karlee 

Courtney (Court's Crafts) 

Maria

I am giving away the You Are My Sunshine kit that I created for Shop Pumpkin Spice! It has ALL of the papers in the new My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Sunshine kit and MUCH more! Of course it would be nothing without My Pink Stamper stamps! So use the ones in your stash or visit Robyn's product page HERE to see where you can pick some up! 

Leave me a comment before you hop on to be entered to win. Please remember that you NEVER have to follow me to win a prize! Of course it tickles me pick when you do, but it is absolutely not necessary! 

You will have one week to claim your prize after I draw the winner so be sure to check back! Otherwise I will have to give it away again! 

Sorry, but it is only open to US residents as far as free shipping goes, but if you are willing to pay the shipping, then I will send it on it's merry way to your house! You will love it! 

**This is my second post of the day! Scroll down to see if you were the winner of my last giveaway and to see my home decor project - a Halloween bird house!**

Now, hop on over to MY FAVORITE PINK HEAD DESIGNER'S BLOG: MARIA!!! She is AMAZING at keeping all of us SO uber organized!!! AND she is SUPER sweet and SUPER talented to boot! I know she will have created something BEAUTIFUL to inspire you!

Present Shape Card

I couldn't help but play with this kit some more! I love it! Wouldn't this line make the sweetest wall banner for a little girl's room? 

Anyway, I designed this on my Gypsy™ in London while we were on vacation there. I looked up the papers and thought it would make a cute present shape card.

I used the polka dotted flocked transparency, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist™ and Stickles™ - all came with the kit. For the glimmer mist, I simply sprayed it on a paper towel and used it to "ink" the edges of the accordion cut and tag cut.

Recipe:
Artful Delight November Kit
Cartridges: Sweethearts™ and Tie the Knot™ (tag)
Button: Paper Trey Ink™
Twine: Paper Trey Ink™
Adhesive: Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares™ and Martha Stewart Gel Adhesive™
Sentiment: Hero Arts™
Embossing Powder: A la Mode - white™
Heating Tool: Coloriser by EK Success™

Instructions:

1. Weld two short presents together from Sweethearts (there is a tall present version as well).
2. Create another front of present. Cut out of flocked transparency.
3. Use layer of bow and cut out of desired paper.
4. Adhere flocked transparency layer to front of card.
5. Use Stickles where lines of box and bow would be. Let dry.
6. Adhere bow to box.
7. Cut one 1.75" circle tag from Tie the Knot™.
8. Ink edges using Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist™ that has been sprayed on a paper towel. 
9. Cut one 1.25" blank monogram feature from Tie the Knot™ (found on the lips page).
10. Stamp sentiment onto blank monogram feature scalloped circle, and heat emboss with white embossing powder.
11. Cut a .75"x8" strip of paper and score every .25". Bend into accordion shape and put one Extreme Adhesive Square™ at the end of it to hold the two ends of the paper together. (I LOVE those squares!)
12. Use two more Extreme Adhesive Squares to adhere accordion shape to tag. 
13. Use hot glue to adhere sentiment stamped scallop circle to accordion.
14. Tie a bow with the twine through the button after looping it around the tag. 
15. Adhere button and twine to card using hot glue.
16. Put it on the top of a present or attach it to a gift bag and give it to someone special! :)

This picture is just to show you the flocked transparency. Those purple polka dots are flocking on the clear transparency. How cool is that? So my present is actually shiny in real life. 

Enjoy your day today and I hope it is fabulous! :)

This card also qualifies for Jenny at Wee Memories' Birthday Bash Challenge where Artful Delight is a sponsor this week!!! Head on over and play! Happy Blog Birthday Jenny!!!