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Core’dinations Blog Hop: Day 1

November 14, 2011 By Danielle 135 Comments

Hello! All this week on the Pink Paislee blog, we will be showcasing projects that combine the Core’dinations cardstock patterns with Pink Paislee papers and embellishments! Did you know Core’dinations makes cardstock to match our lines?  We call it our Modern Prints collection and the colors and patterns are a must have this season!

Be sure to read the bottom of this blog post to find out all the ways you can enter to win some prizes this week as we team up with the design team over at Core-dinations to host this fun Blog Hop Party!

First, I have a layout to share. Check out the texture in this beautiful cardstock! I used a little bit of Mister Huey Calico White mist and sprayed it on the cardstock. On the yellow piece, I just used my hand and swiped the mist over the embossed design before it dried. On the brown, I left the little paint splotches as the mist fell on my page.

I cut some 2″ circles from red cardstock and stamped them with a stamp from the Phantom line. It actually says “beware” in the center of the stamp, but I covered that up with the punched leaves from the Nantucket line.

I chose a Nantucket Trading Card that says, “playful” to tuck behind the photo and a “peek-a-boo” saying from the Nantucket Ephemera. See the script over the top of the yellow cardstock? That is a Butterfly Garden Press On. I love to add layers!

I finished the page off with printed journaling that says, “Thankful for your energy, your determination, your sweet soul. I love you, Mom. 10-29-10″. I added a “counting my blessings” stamp from my stash by Papertrey Ink.

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Next, I have a couple of quick cards to share made with Core’dinations cardstock and the Butterfly Garden line!

I sanded the brown cardstock down to reveal the yellow center, so pretty.  I used more Core’dinations cardstock for the leaf and background for my Butterfly Garden -Ephemera and Butterfly Garden -Baubles.

This next card utilizes a Butterfly Garden Clear Stamp (doily shape) and Butterfly Garden Ephemera.

You can see I’ve used leftover cardstock from my layout to create these cards! The “little things” is a stamp from my stash by Papertrey Ink.

Thanks so much for visiting our blog today, and be sure to stop by each day this week for more cardstock inspiration!

 

3 ways to win cool stuff from Pink Paislee and Core’dinations

1. COMMENT ON OUR BLOG ALL WEEK LONG! Just leave a comment right here on our blog all week long for your chance to win a cardstock pack and some extra papers + embellishments from Pink Paislee!  We will choose 2 winners at random and announce those winners on Saturday November 19th. (yes it is okay to leave comments everyday…tee hee)

2. SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OUR BLOG HOP ON FACEBOOK! Go to the Pink Paislee Facebook Wall and share the Blog Hop Announcement wall post with your friends.  Just click the little “share” button and post this on your very own personal page for another BONUS chance to win!  You MUST click the share button from our page or we won’t know you actually shared it!

3. VISIT OUR FRIENDS AT CORE’DINATIONS! Hop over to the blog at Core’dinations for even more chances to win!  Details can be found on their blog!

 

 

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Mix It Up: Grateful for Friends

November 9, 2011 By Danielle 3 Comments

All this month on the Pink Paislee blog, we are sharing ideas for the theme of “gratitude” or “family”. Today I have mixed a couple of Pink Paislee lines on my layout, the Butterfly Garden line and the Nantucket line.  That is one thing about Pink Paislee papers that I love so much -  they coordinate so well, no matter what papers you choose!

Journaling says, “So grateful for friends! Taylor, Kati, Makayla and Madelynn Chandler at the pumpkin patch this year. 10-2011″

I started the layout by choosing papers I liked together from the Butterfly Garden and Nantucket lines, and just punched 2″ circles out of them with my Fiskars punch. I placed them on white cardstock. Next, I used a bunch of photos from our pumpkin picking this year.  My girls had some friends come along with us this time, and it was a great photo opportunity! :)

I used some Nantucket Ribbon Trims (yellow stripe), a Nantucket Clear Stamp (script text), a heart pin from my stash, a little clock brad from the Vintage Vogue line and the alphabet letters from the Phantom line.

Some of the photos I took in the pumpkin patch were taken far away, so I was able to punch the small faces out and add them inside these patterned paper circles.

I printed out some journaling and added it to the bottom of my page, then added some strips of paper and Core’dinations cardstock around the edge of the layout.

What are you grateful for this season?

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Butterfly Garden + Swirlydoo’s = STUNNING

July 6, 2011 By Rebecca Cross 14 Comments

We have spotted a little bit of Pink Paislee in the Swirlydoo’s Vintage Fae Kit this month and we couldn’t wait to show you what the amazing designers have done with this kit!  They are featuring our Butterfly Garden collection in with some fabulous products from our scrapbook friends and the results are stunning!

About Swirlydoo’s

“Swirlydoos Kits were born because there seemed to be a void in the market catering to “seasoned” scrapbookers.  Our kits cater to both beginner scrapbookers and more advanced scrappers who aspire to take their creativity to the next level. Our kits are comprised of elegant papers and products that help our members create beautiful pieces of art within their scrapbooks. Swirlydoos tries to include only the newest and most innovative products on the market, as well as showcasing handmade and non-traditional products that we find within the crafting community.

We encourage new growth in our members by offering monthly challenges on our forums and offering both photo and video tutorials which help them to learn new tips, tricks and techniques. We also offer a monthly technique or project kit with examples to help further our members in their artistic ability. In addition, we offer our Signature flower add on, a cardstock add on, a pattern paper add on and an embellishment add on for those ladies who can never have too many scrappy goodies!

We also offer an online store where members can purchase scrap supplies and have them shipped free of charge with their monthly kits!”

 

 

From the design team:

Lisa Gregory

Lisa Valentine

Angelica Franssen

Maiko Kosugi

Paulien VandenBosch

Lisa Gregory

Camilla Ekman

Robin Schelin

Want to see more?  Click HERE to visit the Swirlydoo’s site and grab a kit or admire all the gorgeous projects from the team.  (yes..there is even more than what we have showed you here!)

Thanks to Krissy at Swirlydoo’s for supporting Pink Paislee and our products.  They make for a fabulous kit!

 

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Hot Hues! Color Challenge

June 20, 2011 By designteam 2 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m back this month with an amazing Hot Hues challenge. Just in case you missed it before, hot hues is a new challenge where we give you a picture to use as an inspiration for colors that you can then use on your scrapbook pages. This month’s challenge comes from this inspiring picture:

Don’t you wish you owned a pretty typewriter like that? I have an old one but it’s a boring grey color. Maybe I should paint it! Anyhow, back to your inspiring colors for this month, I loved this mix of greens, oranges, blues, and pink.

Here’s my layout:

I really like to mix several Pink Paislee collections on my layouts and this one was no exception. Here’s a list of what I used:

Five collections on one layout!

Here are a few other things I did on my layout:

I often like to make clusters on the edges of my layouts where I can have pops of bits of color. On this one, I wanted to underline the ephemera word from Daily Junque but I couldn’t do it after I glued it since it’s sitting on a button which I cannot stitch through. So I stitched the paper first and then glued it down. It looks like it’s stitched all the way through so it gives me the effect I want without the trouble.

I rarely create themed layouts and this one is not about the summer, yet I really wanted to use that orange bottle from Hometown Summer but I didn’t want it to say “Orange Soda” so I just took a piece of paper from Sweetness and cut off the name from the paper. Each paper has the line’s name on a bottom strip, so I just cut off “Sweet” and left the rest alone. Then I stitched through the paper and glued it on the sode bottle so I could cover up the writing and now it looked exactly as I wanted!

I know I’ve talked about this before but I wanted to mention one more time that I also colored my cushies with a copic marker for this layout. I wanted the alphabets to closely match the color of the chair my kids are sitting in and was able to get pretty close using the markers.

Finally, here’s the journaling for the page:

A few weeks ago we went on a vacation to Santa Cruz. The two of you immediately started playing together. David read books to Nathaniel. Nathaniel gave hugs to David, You both played with silly putty and you laughed and laughed together. Seeing the two of you like that was another proof that having two kids was a great decision. We love watching the way you two play together and love each other.

Thank you so much for letting me share my page and I hope this color combination speaks to you as much as it did to me. Make sure to share your pages in the Live Pink Gallery!

 

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Product Pick: How I Love Thee Ephemera

June 3, 2011 By Piradee 3 Comments

Hi there, its me Piradee again and this time around I’m here to share with you a layout that I recently created using the ephemeras from both the Daily Junque and Butterfly Garden collections. 

I’ll be honest, these are my favorite bits from the collections – I just love the assortment of images and especially those in the Butterfly Garden collection.   Have you seen that little froggie in person and the grasshoper with the top hat on looks super cute!!!  Although for my layout below, I opted for the gorgeous butterflies, vintage bicycle and those awesome bingo numbers [from the butterfly garden collection].

On this layout, I mainly focus on layering the various die cut images together [from both the collections] and adding in a bit of variation with the wooden arrow [and using the tattered angel glaze - waterfall].

Also just wanted to share that when it comes to layering multiple elements on a page, I usually use foam dots with various thickness to help create the height that I need.  The two that I also turn to are the ones from American Crafts and EK Success; where the AC ones are almost twice as thick as the EK ones…

And therefore, varying the thickness of the foam dots used, I’m able to get the dimensions that I want without all the elements being too high or too low [for my liking].

And have you seen these fun cards from the Daily Junque ephemera pack?  This one was perfect to highlight my recent trip to Siem Reap to explore the amazing collection of temples… a true UNESCO Heritage wonder!

Pink Paislee Supplies used include:

Thanks for stopping by everyone and as always, would love to see your amazing creations with any of these collections!

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