Pink for Monique!

from My Pink Stamper.com :

As some of you may already know, a friend in the scrapbooking/Cricut community, Monique Griffith was just diagnosed a few weeks ago with Stage 3 Breast Cancer. I cannot even imagine what she is going through. Some of you have been through it or have loved ones going through it right now.

I want to propose a "Cards for Monique" campaign. She could really use our love and support right now by sending her a card. If you have a few minutes to make her a card and send her a card that would be FANTASTIC!! I want to flood her mailbox with PINK!! Let's call it Pink for Monique!

I also part of the Cricut Fairies Group where we make and send cards to people, family and friends who need cheering up. I haven't been a fairy for too long, but long enough that I have been lucky enough to send a card, letter and books to a family who had lost their infant son (who was around Knox's age) all the way across the country, and things like that. Of course, the loss of a child grapped my heart like a steel trap, so that will probably be the hardest fairy job for me to forget.

I've been wanting to make a card for monique- and Crystal from Crystal's Crafty Creations also challenged us to make a card for Monique! So, I made this beauty:

I plan to mail it with something chocolate (I'm not sure what will mail all that well)

:-) I think it will be a fun treat to get in the mail!

Enjoy!

Dawn

MPS Father's Day Challenge & Expressions Giveaway!

Over at My Pink Stamper, there is a challenge going on, with a give-a-away for a Cricut Expressions! I don't really need another machine, since I have two already. I have my original Christmas 2009 gift- a Cricut Create, and my January 2010 Gift to Self, my Expressions. I am in love with them both, and really love having two. Anyone who wants to play with me when they come over, CAN! :-) But, I have a few beautiful (and crafty!) 'almost' sister-in-laws, both of whom I'm sure would LOVE an Expressions as a wedding gift instead of a toaster or towels!

Anywhoo! Onto my entry!

This is the interior view, it reads 'i luv you a TON!'

For the MPS Father's Day Challenge, I went ahead and made a card for my Dad. He is the best father in the world, and always gives me answers that surprise me! He is the most loving, kind hearted and generous person on this earth, and never fails to surprise how well he knows me. (for example: he insisted on a shower radio as a christmas present. My step mom thought it was a little 'silly' as did everyone else when I opened it, BUT that was my most prized and favorite christmas present that year! I use it every single shower and laugh when I think about the things he just sort of 'knows')

Recipe:

Tanzanite Gemstones Core'dinations Cardstock

Sapphire Gemstones Core'dinations Cardstock

Striped Cardstock from my 'stash'

Plain Black, Brown, White & Cream Cardstock

Fibers from my 'stash'

D'vine Swirl Embossing Folder

Zooballoo Cartridge

Sakura Gelly Roll Pens - white & black

Pumice Stone Distress Ink & Inkssentials Blending Tool

Pop Dot Scraps, cut to fit behind the letters.

Enjoy!

Dawn

My Pink Stamper Challenge, green, brown and yellow!

Enjoy!

Dawn

National Scrapbook Day Challenges

I wanted to get up a post, with all my challenges in the order they should be in for My Pink Stamper's National Scrapbook Day!

Challenge 1: Mother Dear
Challenge 2: Getting Scrappy
Challenge 3:Thinking Outside the Box
Challenge 4:Like you Least
Challenge 5: Teacher Appreciation
Challenge 6:Kid's Craft Too
Challenge 7: Hey Dad
Challenge 8: Love My Color
Challenge 9: Take Shape
Challenge 10: May Day
Challenge 11: Colors of the Rainbow
Challenge 12: Critter-licious

I am so proud of myself for pushing myself and trying things outside the norm for me. I am also so proud of myself for making sure I got to do every challenge. I did a lot of them on Saturday, and busted tail to get done in one hour with each one. I finished the last two tonight. They were the two most difficult ones for me, since I knew what Cartridge was my least favorite (and I was in no hurry to use it!) and I had no clue what to do outside the box. I hope you enjoy all the weekend projects. Tomorrow, I will be cleaning stalls at Horse Head Quarters, and will probably do some photos of the horses, possibly getting their farrier work done, or whatnot. I also have some beautiful western style photos from last week!

Chow!

My Pink Stamper, NSD Challenge #4

This is challenge #4 from NSD over at My Pink Stamper. This challenge was thought up by Robyn's design team member, Pam from Simply Pam. I love Pam's blog, and really like this idea!

I too have bought cartridges thinking they'd be soooooo cool, or useful and ended up totally not loving them. I can't say I hate any of them, but I could have better spent my money (like on the Tinkerbell Cartridge I used for this challenge).



It's definitely not a cheap cartridge, and I got it with the intentions of totally decorating Zoe's room in Tinkerbell (since she got her big girl bed, with matching Tinkerbell sheets, comforter, pillows and curtains. But, poor Zoe, because this lady right here made one cut from the cartridge, and after spending an evening assembling ONE 3 1/2" Tinkerbell for a door thing, I threw in the towel, and haven't used it since. Anywhoo, I DO plan on throwing her a Tinkerbell Party, for her third birthday so I've kept the cartridge with hopes of using it at least once more. This is what I came up with for the challenge. This is really the most simple cut on the whole cartridge, and this is also the first tinkerbell i've ever cut who's eyes don't look all nuts, and like she's been doing some sort of fairy dust all night long.

I am considering just making colored copies of this project as invitations. I know, it's cheating right? I'm sure Tinkerbell won't care!

My Pink Stamper, NSD Challenge #3

This challenge was posted by My Pink Stamper on National Scrapbook day, as the 3rd challenge of the day. The challenge was called 'Thinking Out of the Box', of course we all get into the habits of making things that are pretty similar to each other, and I especially get in a funk and start to make things that all end up looking alike. This one makes you stretch to try something new. Rowena, the pink stamper design team member who came up with this challenge, used plastic in her layout, I waffled on what I should do, since I do dibble dabble in everything (stitching, embossing, cards, layouts, etc) but have never used plastic in a layout. Convieniently, Adam had some old RC body material laying around. He said it was called Lexon, I think. I can tell you, it is NOT easy to emboss into. I couldn't get it to roll through my sidekick, so I had to pull out the big gun (my Sizzix Original!) and then used a cutting die to only emboss the image. I doubt I could have cut through it, not matter how hard I tried. I probably would have broken some of my machines, and honesty- so not worth it!

Anywhoo, after doing this one, I am glad I gave it a chance, but can say that my rating of this is meerly 'meeehhhh' which means mediocre, and I probably won't be doing it again.

My Pink Stamper, Challenge #2 Getting Scrappy

National Scrapbook Day was yesterday, and to celebrate over at My Pink Stamper, the wonderful Robyn, hosted an all day challenge. Ever hour, on the hour, she would post a new challenge. You were supposed to create something for the challenge, and try to do it in an hour!

I participated in most of the challenges, but did miss a few of the first ones, since we took a drive out to Reiter Road, in Gold Bar to look at terrain for an RC trip Adam is planning for him and his fellow RC'ers.

This card is for the Gettin' Scrappy Challenge. It could have worked for 'outside the box also' since I rarely layer this much or do any stitching, but I used all scraps (which isn't all that tough, since I probably have as many scraps as I do whole sheets of paper.) I also am keep it organized very precisely, if I do say so myself. I'll do another post on my organization of paper. It acually works pretty well for me.

I hope you enjoy the card, I had fun making it today!


I had Zoe with me most of the day yesterday, when Adam got the 'day off' to spend hanging out with the boys and building an RC track at a friend house, and then also spending time at the track helping the guys to get their new (used) cars running. Today, he took Zoe with him to the track this morning, so I could nap which I did. Then when I woke up I headed over to the track to play with Zoe and hang out with some friends, and one's girlfriend. We had a good time in the rain!

My Pink Stamper, NSD Challenge #12

This challenge is CRITTER-LICIOUS and I don't have create a critter yet, so I had to use what I had, and with photos of Zoe, when she was crawling in dire need of being scrapbooked, I decided to use the little bugger.

My Pink Stamper NSD Challenge #11 Rainbow

In this challenge, it was to use the rainbow somehow. Zoe gathered all the colors for me (as I asked her, and did have to help a little, but give her a break- she's two!)

My Pink Stamper, NSD Challenge #10 'May Day'

This was my version of Challenge #10- May Day. I didn't want to make another card, and I'm not feeling all that scrappy at the moment, so I think this turned out cute and will look good in a shadow box on the wall! Maybe in Zoe's room.....

My Pink Stamper NSD Challenge #9

This challenge is called 'take shape' and the challenge is to make a layout, card or something with a shape. I knew I wanted a card, and remembered that my Sweet Treats Cartridge, has a feature that can do a shaped card. LOVE IT!

The Ice Cream, is cut @ 11" I used the fit to page option on the card feature. All the coordinating cuts were then done at 11" also.

My Pink Stamper NSD Challenge #8

Challenge #8 is 'Love My Color!' I thought there would be A LOT of pink entries, well being that its a PINK stamper challenge an all. I like pink, but I LOVE teal!
For this whole card, I used only one sheet of Core'dinations Core Essentials Collection. The color is Deep Lagoon. The card base is 6X12 to create a 6X6 card, I then sanded the front. Using the other half of the page, I cut a bunch of various sized flowers with the Cricut. I believe it was with the Graphically Speaking Cart, because it was already in there! The Thank You is embossed with my sidekick, and a random sizzix embossing folder that I had laying around. Then sanded, of course! I used stickles on the flower, about every other layer and made it dry quick with my embossing gun. You can see I also did some stitching on the card edge with a blue about the same color, and a one a little lighter. I don't do much stitching, I tend to poke myself too often for it to be worth it, the only injury today was very minor, and lucky didn't leave any real marks.

My Pink Stamper NSD Day Challenge #5

This actually was only made with scraps, but also fits the criteria for the creating something to show your appreciation. I figured with all the scraps I have in my scraproom, I could come up with something more exciting for that challenge! Enjoy!

My Pink Stamper Challenge #7

Hey Dad! Is the theme to this one! With Father's Day coming up, I needed to get on it and make a macho card instead of the girly one's I would normally do!

My Pink Stamper MSD Challenge #6- Kids Craft Too

Over @ My Pink Stamper.com today, she is hosting a challenge every hour for NSD!

I did one this morning, before our little outing, and this is the one that I've been thinking about doing, and have the stuff to make, but technically based on the directions over on Lauren's Creative should take much longer than an hour; unless you're me, and that would be impatient, and owning an embossing gun (which I used between coats to dry the 'modge podge' which is really a solution of three parts elmers white glue to one part water.

It is a kid's memory game. I plan on letting my little girl, Zoe have them to play with once they're completely dry. Directions are here on Lauren's Creative.

My Pink Stamper, NSD Challenge #1

This is the post from http://www.mypinkstamper.com/2010/05/here-we-go-nsd-challenge-1-mother-dear.html The first challenge of the day is mother dear, love you so. I made this mini-book.