He Put a Ring on It

Hi there everyone! Just stopping by quickly to post a card for the Pretty Pink Posh Cutting Edge blog hop. The theme is die cuts this time and I really wanted to get my current work in progress done, but with my baby sister's wedding last weekend that did not happen. So I finished off one I'd started a while ago; can you tell I had wedding on the brain? ;)

I used the Lawn Fawn photo frame die to make the shaker card and tons of the Sweet Stamp Shop sentiments from multiple sets to create the background paper. Links to everything are below - are you liking the new linky tool??

The diamond was stamped on shimmer paper, then decked out with the white Wink of Stella pen and topped with Glossy Accents.

Pink, green, pale yellow, 4mm clear and silver heart PPP sequins were added in and this card was done.

Happy Crafting!

*Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins	Silver Heart Confetti	Springtime Mix Sequins	say cheese - lawn cuts
Elegant Sentiments	You Had Me At	Stinky Skunk	Princess
Just The Basics	High Five	Hedgehog Kiss	Happy Birthday
Emotions	Easily Distracted	*Hero Arts SHADOW Ink Pad SOFT BLOSSOM Pink AF147	*Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad SOFT VANILLA AF275 2014
*Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad MINT JULEP Mid-Tone 2013 AF246

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Giveaway Winner and Affiliate News

Happy Wednesday everyone! Just stopping in briefly to announce the winner of the Itty Bitty stamp from the Die Cut Crazy hop on my blog.

Drumroll please...

Ambelleina W.

Email me your snail mail address, Ambelleina, and I'll pop that in the mail to you!

Now, if you take a peek at the sidebar over there >>>>
you'll see that there's a new heading: Affiliate Links. I've signed up to be an affiliate with Shutterfly (whom I love getting prints and photo books from), which simply means if you are off to shop there I'd love it if you clicked my link. I get a bit of pocket change to finance the blog and giveaways, and you get cute photos. It's a win-win!

All right, back to work for me...my baby sister's wedding is in 3 days (eeeeekkkkk!!!) and this Maid of Honor has 75 programs to print, cut, and assemble before the party begins.

Happy Crafting!

Die Cut Crazy Birthday Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Die Cut Crazy Birthday Blog Hop!  The Die Cut Crazy Contributors have created some amazing birthday projects to inspire your own die cut creativity to make any birthday special.  If you just joined the Birthday Hop at my site, be sure and go back to the Die Cut Crazy blog for the hop kick off, then hop along the list to each of our designers. You won't want to miss any of the special birthday projects in this hop for sure. 

The DCC August 15th Blog Hop will run from Friday August 15th at 4:00 AM CST and end Monday August 18th 11:59 PM CST.                     

Die Cut Crazy Magazine will be giving blog candy of a 3 month subscription to one lucky winner announced on Tuesday, August 19th on the DCC blog and the DCC Facebook Group. WOOHOO! To enter to win, you simply need to leave a comment on each of our blogs and LIKE the DCC Facebook page and then leave a comment on the DCC blog saying that you've done all that. Got it? All right, onto the party!

I love that photo booths are a thing again right now, and what's more fun than playing with your BFF and photo props at your party? Of course, it needed my own special spin...

Here's to you my friend

Birthday kittens! The new die from Pretty Pink Posh is absolutely adorable and totally fit my idea of a photo booth shoot. I used the Sweet Stamp Shop kitty and colored her in several times to make these two friends playing with glasses, fake mustaches, and party hats.

Close up of the accessories; Glossy Accents on the glasses & mustache, Stickles on the party hats

This was so much fun to make. I'm ready for a party now!

Now, what's a party without a treat bag? Besides the DCC giveaway, I'm hosting my own as well for a lovely Unity stamp from my magic bin 'o duplicates! Just use the Rafflecopter form below to enter; you have until August 18th at Midnight!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thanks for stopping by today! Next up in the Die Cut Crazy Birthday Blog Hop is Karen.

To make sure you don't miss any of the birthday projects, here is the list of all our blog hop designers:

Debbie - www.scrapmequickdesigns.com   

Deepti - http://deesartutopia.blogspot.com/
Tina - tinamarie9971.blogspot.com
Kelly - http://kelsmakes.blogspot.com/
Lisa  - http://craftingwithprincesslisa.blogspot.com
Jennifer - www.CaffeinatedPapercuts.com <<<That's me!
Karen - http://karenskreativekards.blogspot.com/
Holly - http://www.hollybeary.com/
Mary -  www.blackflowercreative.wordpress.com   
Dianne - Grayson Creations hosted at DCC
Kymona - http://kreativekymona.com

I'm also linking up to Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes

Happy Crafting!

*Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins	Kitty Cat	Elegant Sentiments	Too Hip
Stitched Film Strip Die	*Crafter's Companion BRIGHTS 24 SET SPECTRUM NOIR MARKERS 751729	*Crafter's Companion PASTELS 24 SET SPECTRUM NOIR MARKERS 751712	*Crafter's Companion LIGHTS 24 SET SPECTRUM NOIR MARKERS 751743
*Crafter's Companion WARM GREYS SPECTRUM NOIR MARKERS 404560	*Crafter's Companion COOL GREYS SPECTRUM NOIR MARKERS 404577

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Blueprint Birthday Cards and a Winner!

Oh my word, where is the time going?? Between a flurry of work at my day job (seriously, whomever said that summers were slow and laid-back obviously wasn't an engineer) and my baby sister's wedding in just under 2 weeks, I've barely had a moment to myself to craft lately!

I did manage to go play the other night; if you follow me on Instagram and/or Facebook, you may remember I was having fun coloring some of the Tim Holtz blueprint stamps a while back. I didn't have a specific project for them at the time, I just liked the idea of having them ready when I wanted them. Let me tell you, that planning was a great idea! I snagged (6) of the images, sliced them down a bit, and then went to town pairing them up with card bases, patterned paper layers, and embellishments. It was a ton of fun, and in under an hour I had (6) birthday cards ready to go.

Cupcakes with mini sequins

I decided to keep the cards similar but different, so with each set I used different embellishments. On each card I picked a base card & patterned paper that coordinated with my coloring and popped the image up with my foam tape. For the cupcakes, I added some Pretty Pink Posh 4mm clear sequins (swoon!).

Balloons with wooden stars

The balloons I tilted slightly to mimic their flight and added some wooden star embellishments from the Pretty Pink Posh Woodland kit.

Party hats with enamel dots

For the party hats, I tried out my new My Mind's Eye enamel dots; oh my, I might be in love. They're so fun!

I'm giving linking my supplies a try; see the end of the post for a list of what I used!

I promised you a winner as well; from the Mountain Plains Crafters blog hop Lynnette Kaufmann is the winner of the Itty Bitty stamp! Lynnette, you've got an email waiting for you. ;)

One last note - the Die Cut Crazy magazine blog hop starts this Friday, August 15th. You won't want to miss it!

Happy Crafting!

Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps BIRTHDAY BLUEPRINT CMS153	*Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins	Nature Embellishment Kit
My Mind's Eye CHALK STUDIO 2 Enamel Dots CS3020	*Crafter's Companion DARKS 24 SET SPECTRUM NOIR MARKERS 751736	*Crafter's Companion BRIGHTS 24 SET SPECTRUM NOIR MARKERS 751729

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