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Love Week: Valentine Crackers

January 31, 2012 By Danielle 11 Comments

Welcome to day 2 of our LOVE themed week here at the Pink Paislee blog!

This is Danielle with a quick and inexpensive gift for classmates, teachers, friends and neighbors for Valentine’s Day. These Valentine Crackers are so easy to make that my 6 year old is actually making them for her class herself in a simpler version. A bonus to this project is that you get to recycle at the same time!

First, collect some empty paper towel tubes. You can make two of these candy holders out of a paper towel tube by cutting it in half.

Cover the empty cardboard tubes with a paper of your choice. I’ve used 2 of the new Spring Jubilee papers on mine. Fill the tubes with candy.

Now we get to decorate! I’ve tucked in some doilies and tissue paper on the ends. Adhere them along the inside edge with glue dots or repositionable adhesive that would make the tissue easy to take out, so the recipient can remove the candy.

You can hang little punched hearts to add the name of the recipient to the Valentine cracker with twine. You can also decorate these tubes with Vintage Vogue die cuts. There are a lot of cute “love” die cuts in that line! On the dark pink cracker, I added some Vintage Vogue ribbon and hot glued onto the edges.

To make the ruffled ribbon, I machine stitched along the edge and then pulled on the string to start gathering the ribbon. Keep pulling the string and gathering until you get the desired look.

Now hot glue the ruffles onto the ends. Insert tissue paper and decorate the tops!

You can make these as simple or as extravagant as you’d like. A bowl of these on the counter would be a pretty decoration as well!

Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to check back each day this week for more Valentine/love project and layout ideas.

Danielle

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Supplies used:

NEW Spring Jubilee papers (Party and Celebration), Nantucket papers (Crab Cakes) by Pink Paislee

Vintage Vogue Ephemera (die cuts) by Pink Paislee

Soiree twine by Pink Paislee

Soiree flags by Pink Paislee

Other: doilies and tissue paper from craft supply store, cardstock for punched hearts, heart punch by McGill, hot glue gun, assorted candy.

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Meet Design Team Coordinator Danielle Flanders

January 19, 2012 By Danielle 7 Comments

And last, but not least, we have our new Design Team Coordinator for 2012, Danielle. She’s been a designer on our team for 4 years as a designer, and we’ve asked her to lead our new team for the year.

A little about Danielle:

Hi! I am originally a small town, midwest girl from South Dakota, but currently live in upstate New York with my husband of 13 years and my daughters, Taylor, age 12 and Kati, age 6. I have two degrees, one in Speech Therapy/Audiology and a teaching certificate in grades K-8. However, I’m happily staying home now, taking care of my family, and working for a few scrapbooking manufacturers in my spare time, making ART like I’ve always dreamed of!

About 4 years ago, I began blogging and creating for Pink Paislee. Since then, I’ve designed for several companies and have been published in many different magazines and idea books, and have taught scrapbooking classes around the United States. I love to share my ideas and passion for art!

How did you get started in paper crafting?

Like some of the others, I began when my first daughter was born 12 years ago. I really wanted to make a baby book for her and keep those memories fresh in my mind! It was such a special time for me, and I wanted to get it all down on paper.

What inspires you to create?

Inspiration really strikes me anywhere, anytime! Whether it’s a color combination I want to try, a new technique, a saying I’d like to use on a card, or even a fashion trend, I tend to look at everything and think…how can I use that in my paper crafting? New products always tend to inspire me as well, and I like to try and think of new uses for them.

Do you prefer layouts, altered projects, cards…or all of the above?

Lately, my passion seems to be cards and mini albums. The smaller palette is easier for me to work with.

How would you describe your style?

I think I might call my style “fresh vintage”. I love the look of older things like vintage book paper and girly elements, such as swirls and doilies. But I also love brighter colors to update the vintage look. “Modern meets vintage”, I guess you could say!

A fun fact about you?

I know how to work a few tools in my husband’s garage, including the table saw! We just finished putting hard wood floors in our house ourselves, and I cut all of the pieces myself for the floors while my husband nailed them in.

Any other hobbies?

A few years ago, I learned how to make quilts through a community class that I took, and I just love it!  I’ve always been a drawer and painter as well. I used to cut my own shapes out of wood with a jig saw myself, paint them and sell them at craft fairs.

What is your favorite Pink Paislee product?

I am ridiculously in love with the Nantucket line. I love the colors. The Spool Buttons from the Vintage Vogue line are one of my favorite products as well!

 

Here are a couple of samples of Danielle’s favorite Pink Paislee projects!

To see more of Danielle’s work, visit her blog: Homespun With Heart.

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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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Simple Stories: Focusing on Journaling

October 20, 2011 By Danielle 5 Comments

Hello, and happy fall to you! It makes it so much fun to scrap Halloween photos from past years when the leaves are falling and the weather is getting cool, like it is here in New York right now! The gorgeous fall colors outside my window are so inspiring to me.

Well, today I am focusing on journaling on layouts. This was a very hard challenge for me, because I would say journaling is my weakest attribute in scrapbooking. Sometimes it’s hard for me to think of what to say about my photos. Usually I just write dates and names. But…I thought of a story I wanted to share with you about some of our past Halloween pictures!

A couple of Halloweens ago when my youngest daughter Kati was 3 years old, Taylor, my older daughter, decided she wanted to be a vampire – you know, something SCARY. So we had found this cool bat-like costume and was going to do Taylor’s makeup, add vampire teeth, etc. One night before Halloween, I wanted to put on her makeup to see how it would look. She wanted blood running down her chin. We had her face all made up, and Kati came in the bathroom to see. She started crying!! We quickly decided the blood would not be an option that year. ha

I titled the layout, “Spooky, But No Blood” and since the story was so important to the layout, I added the title and story right in the center.

I printed out two of my favorite photos of her from that Halloween in a 4×6″ size. A Phantom Element Sticker (SPOOKY) goes great with my title. I also used some older Pink Paislee alphas that are still my favorite. The orange sticker letters are older also, from the Hocus Pocus Glitter Sticker Alphabet. I added some yellow paper in from the Nantucket line to add just one more color. The bat is just hand cut. I was going to stitch some scallops at the top to resemble the bat wings, but I decided cutting cardstock in this shape would work just as well…and be less time consuming.

A journaling tip for you: cut a piece of transparency the size that you need and place it on your page. Write your journaling directly onto the transparency with a Sharpie. This way if you make a mistake, you can remove it. You can also slide it around to see where you would like it to be.

I added a piece of a Phantom sticker and a Phantom brad to the photo.

Sometimes I forget that scrapbooking is all about telling the stories, so this was a terrific challenge for me, and I enjoyed it very much! Your own handwriting will be special to those who see your layouts years from now, so use it, even if you don’t think it looks good on your layouts. Some day it will be meaningful to others to see your writing!

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