We're thinking a bit masculine this week at The Cutting Cafe

Welcome Friends With Flair! I'm editing this post to include all of you!  I've been out of town for several days and won't get home until late this evening, so no time for new creations, but this post has some Unity in it, so I'm linking it up.  I wanted all of my FWF peeps that like SVG files to know about The Cutting Café.  If you comment on The Cutting Cafe's Blog post each Thursday, Regina generously gives away any three sets from her store.  I won several times before I made the design team and it's a great way to add to your SVG collection.

Happy Wednesday everyone! I'm heading across the state for a work related conference today.  I'll be there for the next 3 days.  The good news?  I get to spend tomorrow evening with my BFF and her Golden Retriever puppy.  Yeah!

This week at The Cutting Café, we're bringing out the masculine projects.  And what could be more manly than a pair of bib overalls?

I chose to work with this Overalls Shaped Card file from the Cutting Café Store, and cut it out on my Silhouette Cameo. What do you think? Are they "all boy"?

 

Authentique Papers have some great denim patterns, and that's what I used on this card. There's also red cardstock from Close To My Heart.  The "Cool Guy" sentiment is CTMH as are the buttons.

 

As I was working on the first card, I was trying various things, and ended up with some leftover pieces.  I decided to assemble another card, just for fun. This one has a decidedly more "girlie feel" -- at least on the outside. But wait.  There's a surprise.  Snicker, snicker.

 

 

Again, the designer papers are from Authentique, on a Kraft base.

This one has a sentiment inside, from Unity stamp company.

 

 

Bwahahaha!  You weren't expecting that were you? Enjoy your day, everyone!

 



It's All Fall with Joy's Life

Happy Tuesday, crafty friends.  Joy's Life is having an "It's All Fall" project parade on her blog today.

I knew right away I wanted to do something besides a card, so I started thinking "outside the box".

And, what did I make? Well, a B-O-X! And, it has a wonderful fall feel to it:

 

 

All the projects featured today on the Joy's Life It's All Fall project parade use the "It's All Fall Puns" stamp set, found in the Joy's Life store.

 

 

 

Here's a close up of the stamped image:

 

 

 I used Close To My Heart cardstock and ink throughout this project.  The box is a cut file from the Silhouette online store found HERE.  The ribbons are all from Really Reasonable Ribbons.

Make sure to check out Joy's Life blog for the rest of the great projects showcased by the Joy's Life design team today!



Too Cute To Spook -- For Joy's Life

I know it's only  September, but I've been working on some Halloween things already.  I wish I could get going on Christmas! Maybe soon, LOL!

This week, the Joy's Life design team is sharing scrapbooking ideas.  It's been a few months since I've found time to make a layout, so I enjoyed this assignment very much!

Golden Retrievers are wonderfully docile dogs, and my Sophie is no exception.  I dressed her up until she felt silly and went on a Halloween photo shoot for this layout.  What do you think? Is she too cute to spook?

 

 

Joy's Life "Halloween Puns" stamp set was used throughout this layout.

 

You can find it, and all Joy's wonderful stamps in her STORE.

I used Fancy Pants Halloween papers on the layout, and a Fancy Pants acrylic spider web overlay.  The Close To My Heart Artbooking cartridge was used to cut the picture frames and bats.  The arrows and fancy rectangle shape are from the Close To My Heart Art Philosophy cartridge. I also used some chipboard arrows from Umwow Studio on this layout.

I hope you enjoyed my Silly Sophie and her Spooky Halloween outfit.  She's ready for the holiday.  Are you?



Inspired by a Song -- for Get Inky! Stamps

There's a new challenge starting today at the Get Inky! Challenge blog.  It's based on a song title.  I think I must be getting old, because I've never heard of the song, but it has something to do with birds and bees.  So, I went with a bee theme for my project for the challenge.  And, since it's a challenge, I wanted to try something I'd never done before.

I made a rocking card:

I used the really, really big, really loaded with tons of great images and sentiments Get Inky! set called "Buzzing Bees". It is an 8"x12" stamp set.  Big!  These are only a couple of the many bee images on the set.  And one of the many many sentiments included.  I fussy cut the heart (also a stamp in the set) and used foam tape to elevate it.  All the papers, the ink, and the foam heart are from Close To My Heart.  The rocker card is a file found in the Silhouette Store.  You can find it HERE.

Use your favorite song in a project and link up to our new challenge that starts today.  You have two weeks.  I'd love to see your projects!

 

 



Ahoy Mateys, It's a Pirate's Life with Pinque Peacock

Welcome to Pinque Peacock’s

SEPTEMBER BLOG HOP
"A PIRATES LIFE"

DAY #2

We hope you will enjoy your time as you hop and that you feel inspired to create after visiting the Talented Pinquettes' Blogs! This hop will showcase projects that have been created using some of the Newer Products from Pinque Peacock.

We are thrilled to have you joining us this month! This release is showcasing some of the Products that have been in the shop for a short time already. But now, the PINQUETTES get to DO THEIR THING, and show how wonderful and fun they are to work with on a variety of projects and creations.

Our September Release will focus on the theme: "A PIRATES LIFE".... Arrr!!!

A wide array of products were pulled together to work the PIRATE THEME this Month

INCLUDING (but not limited to)

Small Chevy Metal Fabric Covered Buttons
Large Chevy Metal Fabric Covered Buttons
Felt Poppers (in Fushia, Stonewash, Midnight Black and Seaside Blue)
Beads from many selections in the Bead Buffet

Beaded Stick Pins (not shown in image above)

Black with Rainbow Stitching Small Fabric Covered Buttons

Large Toxic Love Fabric Covered Buttons

Small Black Neon Snakeskin Fabric Covered Buttons

Pinque Peacock is PROUD to INTRODUCE A NEW PRODUCT that is

in the works at the Shop

FABRIC DIE CUT EMBELLISHMENTS

Fabric Die Cut Shapes with a Stiff Card Stock Backing to use
on your CRAFTY PROJECTS!

After hopping, be sure to visit the Pinque Peacock Shop on FB to order these items (and many others) to use on your very own projects!

!!!!Now, let's talk about the

BLOG HOP PRIZE!!!!

One winner, who has hopped all 3 days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) of our Pinque Peacock SEPTEMBER NEWER Product Release and followed the RULES BELOW will win
Some of their Very Own "PIRATE BOOTY" (a collection of some the New Items shown above)

Here is How*:

1 – Hop to ALL of the stops over the course of the 3 Day Hop and comment at each Pinquette Blog (Lineup for all 3 Days is below)

2 – Follow the Pinque Peacock Blog and Facebook Page/Shop

3 – Follow EACH of the Pinquettes’ Personal Blogs who are participating as Hop Stops this weekend.

4 - COMMENT at the Facebook Page telling us what you liked most about the 3 Day Hop

*You MUST do ALL of the steps above to be included in the random drawing for the prize. We would hate for you to lose out on winning just because you didn't follow these easy rules :(

The Hop will remain open until Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 18th, at 8:00 a.m. EST.

The random drawing will be held sometime during the week that follows and announced by Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 25th.

Now, if you find yourself Hopping off the Path on any of the three days, you can use this Lineup to get back on the Right Track . . .

DAY 1 (9/13/13):

Pinque Peacock ~ http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com
Shelley Peeler ~ http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com/
Rhonda M. Bewley Ratliff ~ http://flowersbyrhonda.blogspot.com
Kimberly Pate ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com

*****

DAY 2 (9/14/13):

Pinque Peacock ~ http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com
Amanda Brunet ~ http://thescrapoholiccandyshop.blogspot.ca/
Julie Odil ~ http://muddypawsinkyfingers.blogspot.com
Paula Driver ~ http://ScrapYourWorld1.blogspot.com/
Mary Montecalvo ~ http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com
Rebecca ~ http://bloomingpink.blogspot.com/

*****

DAY 3 (9/15/13):

Pinque Peacock ~ http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com
Heather Flaherty ~ www.papercrafteranonymous.com
Kimberly Pate ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
An'Jenic Gibson ~ http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/

Thank You for hopping along and we hope you have Loads of Fun!

Peacock Love
and
Crafty Hugs

~ Jessica, The Quirky Queen
and her BELOVED, TALENTED, EXTRAORDINARY Pinquettes

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

And, finally, we will get to my project for the pirate-themed hop!

This is my first hop with the Pinquettes, and I'm super excited to share my projects with you.

But, I have to tell you.  My mojo left me.  When I was trying to think of a pretty, elegant, wonderful way to showcase Pinque Peacock products, yet use a pirate theme, I drew a total blank.  I thought. And thought.  I thought for days.  This is as much as I could come up with:

Oh, wow, hey.  That's impressive.  A pirate map with a gorgeous Pinque Peacock beaded stick pin. 'X' marks the spot. Hmm. Well.  OK.  I knew I needed to re-think things and come up with something a little more impressive than THAT.  I mean, really.  First hop, and that's the best I could do?

So, I started thinking pirates, and booty, and pretty baubles.  Then, I remembered there were women pirates.  And then, I HAD it!

I created this card using my Cricut Imagine machine and the Buccaneer cartridge.  There's a beautiful blue felt popper to highlight this card, and the newest addition to the Pinque Peacock line, the fabric die cut skull shape.  The female pirate is paper pieced.  Some parts are elevated with 3D foam tape to give her some dimension.  The sentiment is from one of my favorite stamp companies, Unity.  The stamp set is called "Sassy Pants", designed by Erin Schreiner for Unity.  I thought it worked perfectly for this steamy little pirate!

I'm going to send you on to Paula's blog for some more inspiration, but before I do, I want to leave you with one thought:

Inspired by Sunflowers for Friends With Flair

Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you've had an enjoyable week.  We've been working short-staffed at work.  No, I've been working short-staffed, so I'm very glad for the weekend.  I hope to catch up on some rest and some crafting this weekend.
I painted some sunflowers last weekend, and they've been sitting on my craft desk.  I had some other things on my desk I put together to make this card:

The "Fall" word shape is a cutting file from The Cutting Café, found HERE. It comes with a word shaped card also. I cut the word shape out on my Silhouette. The sunflower stamp is a retired one from Close To My Heart.  I used Creative Inspirations Paints in Mellow Yellow, Sunshine, and Mocha Latte on the flowers, and Evergreen, and Emerald on the leaves. The "Celebrate" sentiment is from the Unity set I use the most, "Happy Everything".
Papers are by Little Yellow Bicycle, Acorn Hollow (both 12x12 and 6x6 papers).  I used two different colors of Viva Décor Pearl Pens on this card -- Sunny Yellow and Copper.
I hope you enjoyed my Fall inspiration.
Do you like pirates? Looking for some inspiration for the upcoming Halloween season?  I'm hopping tomorrow with the Pinque Peacock Artists and Creators and I'd love it if you'd stop in for a visit.  I'm showcasing Unity stamps again.  And, there's prizes to be won!

I'm entering this in the following challenges:  Creative Inspirations Paint -- Inspired by Fall

Sister Act Card Challenge -- anything goes

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday -- anything goes

 

 

Wishing You Blue Skies -- for Joy's Life

It's Hump Day, everyone! Can't you just see that camel swinging down the aisle, saying, "Mike, Mike, Mike?"  I don't watch much TV, but I laugh every time I see or hear that commercial.

I have another shaped card on the Joy's Life design team blog today. I love shaped cards!  Today's is a cut file from The Cutting Café.

 

 

I used the Joy's Life stamp set, "Pun in the Sun".  I just love this set! I think I've used it more than any other Joy's Life set I have, and they've all seen a lot of ink!  The cutting file from The Cutting Café can be found HERE. The papers are from Fancy Pants 12x12 Love Story collection. The bling is from my stash.

I am "wishing you blue skies."

 

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Raisin Boat -- Hurray for Summer

Sister Act Card Challenge -- Anything Goes

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday Linky Party -- Anything goes