Sweet!

Hi everyone,

It’s Monday which means it is time for another challenge over on The Pink Elephant blog. This week the challenge is a color challenge with the color to be used being “Aqua” … this is the closest I find in my stash so I hope it will do!

After much thought I have decided to step down from The Pink Elephant Design Team, so this is my last challenge. I have had a lot of fun during the past 12 months, but now it is time to move on.

My card uses “Coco has a Cuppycake” which is an stamp from Stamping Bella! And the designer paper is from Kaisercrafts new range that they released this month.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Stamps: Coco Has A Cuppycake – Stamping Bella

Papers: White; Blue; Purple; Utopia DP – Kaisercraft

Other: Black Ink; EK Success Curved Scallop Border Punch; Purple Grosgrain Ribbon; Blue Button; Oval Nestabilities; Labels Nestabilities; Gems; Foam Tape; Copics

Scooting Around!

Hi all!

It’s Monday which means it is time for another challenge over on The Pink Elephant blog. This week the challenge is a sketch challenge.

For my card today I decided to use another of the new stamps that were released by Alota Rubber Stamps earlier in the month. This one is called “Skye, Bike, Girl”. I also found a couple of sentiments that I thought worked well with this stamp which are also from Alota, they are included in the “Transportation” unmounted plate.

Here is the sketch if you want to play along.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Stamps: Skye Bike Girl; Scooting Around – Alota Rubber Stamps

Paper: White; Red; DP – Imaginisce

Other: Black Ink; Oval Nestabilities; Buttons; Foam Tape; Copics

Baby Owl!

Hi everyone,

Don’t those Mondays get here so quickly!!!!!! One of the fun things about it being Monday is that is challenge time over on The Pink Elephant blog. This week the challenge recipe challenge, with the recipe being 1 image; 2 die cuts and 3 of our favorite embellishments.

Last week Melissa over on Pink Cat Studio released some new digi stamps, this time round they were of baby animals and one of them was an owl … now you all know how much I love owls, so how could I not buy it LOL …. and a few others while I was there *wink*. Well anyway I just had to play with this cute image and create a card for what else but a baby boy hehehehe.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Stamps: Baby Owl Digi – Pink Cat Studio; Sentiment – Fiskars

Paper: White; Green; Blue; DP

Other: Black Ink; Labels 11; Label Tag Die; Green Grosgrain Ribbon; Green Brads; Blue Buttons; Foam Tape; Copic Airbrush; Copics

Happy Easter Chick!

Hi all,

It is time for another challenge over on The Pink Elephant blog. This week the challenge is a color challenge …. we had to use pastel colors to create our card.

Our sponsor this week is “The Cutting Cafe”, and the design team were all given some of their Easter Digi Images to create our cards. I decided to use this cute little chick hiding behind an egg to use for my card. I printed my image out on white and also designer paper so that I could paper piece the image.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Stamps: Cutting Cafe

Paper: White; Pink; Green; DP

Other: Labels 12 Nestabilities; Green Grosgrain Ribbon; Pink Button; Pearls; Foam Tape; Copics

Peter Rabbit!

Hi everyone,

It’s Monday which means it is time for another challenge over on The Pink Elephant blog. This week the challenge is a sketch challenge :)

When I first saw this sketch, I wasn’t 100% sure about it, but now my card is done I love it! Last week a couple of my friends gave me some early birthday presents. One was a set of Peter Rabbit stamps and another was the designer paper I used on this card … thanks girls!

Here is the sketch if you want to play along.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Stamps: Peter Rabbit – unknown

Paper: White; Blue; Brown; DP – Heidi Grace

Other: Black Ink; Blue Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Grosgrain Ribbon; Buttons; Brown Flowers; Blue Brads; Foam Tape; Copics

It’s A Surprise Party!

Hi everyone,

It’s challenge time over on The Pink Elephant blog. This week the challenge is to create an Invitation.

Of course I just had to grab my new MFT Stamps for this challenge, Invitation Only, Who’s That Birthday Girl both of which were released last week. I also used Make the Date, which was released earlier in the year.

My card is a Side Stair Step card, which are a lot of fun to create. I paper pieced the girls skirt and the birthday cake.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Stamps: Who’s That Birthday Girl; Make The Date; Invitation Only – MFT Stamps

Paper: White; Pink; Purple; DP

Other: Black Ink; Pink Grosgrain Ribbon; Purple Button; Pink Brads; Copics

 

Hey!

Hey there everyone … don’t those Mondays come around fast!!!!!!!!!!! Not that I mind so much cause it means that it is time for another challenge over on The Pink Elephant blog.

This week the challenge is to add the color green to your color combo! Pretty easy don’t you think!

Our sponsor this week is Claudia and Company

Claudia has started a brand new stamp business and asked our very own Lori Boyd to design a line of stamps which she has called the Puddle Jumpers ….. these are available to purchase now.

Each of The Pink Elephant Designers were given a different Puddle Jumper to use to create our cards for today. The stamp I got to play with is called “Emma” isn’t she just a cutie!!!!!!!!

It’s not hard to find the green I used on my card hehe … I think I have more then covered this challenge. It gave me a good excuse to grab my new Origin Basic Grey Designer paper which I just love!

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Stamps: Emma Puddle Jumper – Claudia & Company

Paper: White; Yellow; Green; Origin DP – Basic Grey

Other: Black Ink; Yellow Grosgrain Ribbon; Green Button; MS Grass Border Punch; Green Brads; Scallop Trim Border Punch; Oval Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

 

Chocolate Chip Cupcake!

Hello everyone,

It’s challenge time over on The Pink Elephant blog, this week the challenge is a sketch challenge …. my favorite type!

Our sponsor for our challenge is “Bugaboo Stamps”, this was a stamp company I hadn’t seen before but they have some really fun stamps and digi stamps so you might want to head on over there and check them out.

The image I choice to create my card is from Bugaboo Stamps “Cupcake Kids” range … these are such adorable images … I used “Chocolate Chip Girl” 

Here is a close up of my stamped image, after stamping and coloring the image I added white liquid appliqué to the cream areas of the image.

  Here is the sketch we are using for the challenge this week, we would love for you to play along too.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Stamps: Chocolate Chip Girl – Bugaboo Stamps

Paper: White; Brown; Pink; Nook&Pantry DP – Basic Grey

Other: Black Ink; Liquid Appliqué; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Brown Grosgrain Ribbon; Pink Button; SU Border Punch; Oval Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

Darby & Bumbles!

Hi All,

Monday’s mean challenge time over on The Pink Elephant blog and this week is no exception. Our challenge for this week is a recipe challenge and the ingredients we have to include on our card is ribbon! Easy enough right!

Our sponsor this week is CC Designs. I used one of their digi stamps to create my card today called “Sweet November Sprites Darby & Bumbles”, isn’t sweet!

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Stamps: Sweet November Sprites Darby & Bumbles – CC Designs

Paper: White; Pink; Blue; DP

Other: Curved Rectangles Nestabilities; Green Grosgrain Ribbon; Pink Button; Foam Tape; Copic Airbrush; Copics

The Pink Elephant’s 1st Anniversary Blog Hop

Hi everyone,

Welcome to The Pink Elephant’s 1st Anniversary Blog Hop! Wow doesn’t a year fly by so quickly! I know I look forward to every Monday when I can share another challenge with you all. Thanks to everyone out there who has supported TPE by participating in the challenges over the past 12 months.

Our special challenge for our blog hop today was to create card using your favorite challenge. Well everyone knows I LOVE sketch challenges, so I decided to use one of the past one to create my card.

I used Alota Rubber Stamps’ Angel With Heart Right Hand & Love sentiment to create my card, these are such fun images.

Here is a side on closeup of the image, as you can see I stamped it twice, once on scrap paper and cut that out to mounted over the image stamped on the main panel.

The sketch I used for my card today is from Challenge #25 on July 27th. As you can see I mirrored the sketch this time round for my card.

Well now it is time to move on from me to the next stop in the hop which is Jenn Koss Hope you enjoy the hop!

Recipe:

Stamps: Angel With Heart Right Hand & Love Sentiment – Alota Rubber Stamps

Paper: White; Red; Sugar Rush DP – Basic Grey

Other: Black Ink; Heart Brads; Label Tag Die; Button; Foam Tape; Copics

It Must Be Love!

Hi everyone and happy Monday to you all!

It is challenge time again over on The Pink Elephant blog. This week the challenge is a theme challenge ….. Mushy Gushy Valentine. I hope this is mushy and gushy enough hehe … cause we don’t do Valentines in our house. But I do love these cute little bugs so of course I had to use them.

To create my card today I used the cute bug image that is one of the new images from Alota Rubber Stamps. Aren’t they adorable! I stamped the image three times, once the whole image onto white card, just the bugs on scraps of white and the heart onto red card. I then cut out the bugs and heart and paper pieced the image.

Did you know that The Pink Elephant challenge blog will be one year old tomorrow ….. yahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Hope you can come and join us in our celebration blog hop.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Recipe:

Stamps: Bugs holding Heart – Alota Rubber Stamps

Paper: White; Red; DP

Other: Black Ink; MS Heart Deep Edge Punch; Oval Punch; White Gel Pen; Foam Tape; Copics

Owl Love You Forever!

Hi everyone and happy happy Monday!!!!!

It’s time for another challenge over on The Pink Elephant blog. This week the challenge is All About Pink - In Honor of Ella …. in case you don’t know Ella is The Pink Elephant’s mascot which over course is an elephant!

Our sponsor this week is Robin Willis’ Digital Stamps available at Squigglefly.

Of course being an “owl” lover of course I had to select this “Owl Love” digi image to use for my card today …. isn’t it a cutie!

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Recipe:

Stamps: Owl Love = Squigglefly

Paper: White; Pink; Red; Sugar Rush DP – Basic Grey

Other:  MS Valentine Heart Border Punch; Circle Nestabilities;  Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

Bite Me!

….. that’s bite the cake not ME! hehe! …. Just thought I better make that clear!

My card today is for this week’s challenge over on the The Pink Elephant blog. This week the challenge is Recipe Challenge ….. here is the recipe we had to use:

• Polka Dots
• A Bow
• Pink

Our sponsor for this week is Sassy Studio Design’s and the image I am using for my card is one of their digital images called Sweet treats- Sweet Cupcake Carli. Doesn’t she look fun!

Ok to the challenge …. I have polka dots on both my designer paper and ribbon. I tied my ribbon into a bow and of course as you can see I used the color pink!

The sentiment I just had to use and it seemed to work perfectly with this image and is from The Greeting Farm.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Recipe:

Stamps: Sweet treats- Sweet Cupcake Carli – Sassy Studio Designs; Sentiment – The Greeting Farm

Paper: White; Pink; Purple; DP

Other: Black Ink; Purple Ink; Nellie’s Multi Frames – Rect; Button; Circle Punches; Grosgrain Ribbon; Foam Tape; Copics

The Earth Laughs in Flowers!

Hi everyone,

It is challenge time over on The Pink Elephant blog, this week the challenge is a sketch challenge!

Our sponsor for this week is  ………………………………….

For my card today I used “Fleur Belle” and “The Earth Laugh’s In Flowers” sentiment which are both available from Stampotique Originals. Isn’t this flower lots of fun!!!!! There is a whole range of flowers in this line available at this site.

Here is the sketch if you want to play along with us this week.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Recipe:

Stamps: Fleur Belle & Sentiment – Stampotique Originals

Paper: White; Red; Blue; DP – My Mind’s Eye

Other: Black Ink; MS Scallop Dot Border Punch; Oval Nestabilities; Tag Die;  Foam Tape; Copics

 

It’s Your Birthday!

Hi everyone!

Well it is time for another challenge over on The Pink Elephant blog.  This week the challenge is Theme challenge with the theme being Birthday! You can never have too many birthday cards right.

This week’s sponsor is Kraftin Kimmie Stamps, so the Pink Elephant Design Team got to play with some of the latest stamps which have just been released … how cool is that! Of course seeing that the theme for the challenge was Birthday I just couldn’t go past this Birthday Celebration stamp.

Recipe:

Stamps: Birthday Celebration – Kraftin Kimmie Stamps

Paper: White; Pink; Rose; DP - Kazzazz

Other: Labels Nestabilities; Fancy Tags Die; EK Success Candle Border Punch; Oval Punch; Foam Tape; Copics

 

Sometimes You’re The Dog!

Hi everyone,

It is challenge time over on The Pink Elephant blog, this is the last challenge for 2009 … but have no fear we will be back next week for the start of 2010. Wow it is going to take a little bit of getting used to, to remember that we are getting into a new year!

Our challenge this week is another sketch challenge ….. so hope you will be able to find some time this week to play along with us. 

This week our sponsor is Totally Stampalicious, so The Pink Elephant Design Team are all using stamps from Totally Stampalicious.

For my card I used the “Hawt Dawg” set … I just love this set! I only used part of the dog as that was all that would fit inside the circle I had to use for the sketch.

For the band across the front of the card I used Martha Stewarts Crown Punch around the Page set, using just the border punch, I thought it might look a little like a dogs collar. I then embossed this with a cuttlebug embossing folder and then added bling to the collar/band.

Here is the inside of my card, don’t you just love the sentiment. The fire hydrant is also included in the stamp set.

Here is the sketch if you want to play along with us this week.

Recipe:

Stamps: Hawt Dawg – Totally Stampalicious

Paper: White; Red; Black; DP

Other: Black Ink; MS Crown Border Punch; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Swarovski Crystals; Modern Label Tag Punch & Die; Circle Nestabilities; Foam Tape; Copics

Ava Combing Hair!

Hi all!

The Pink Elephant has another fun challenge for you this week and it is a sketch challenge! Who doesn’t love sketch challenges right! This week our sponsor is In Style Stamps and each of the design team are using digital images from In Style.

The image I used on my card today is called “Ava Combing Hair”, isn’t she a cutie!

Now I tried something different this week to color my image, normally my preferred method would be copics. However I recently saw a tutorial on how to color digital images using Photo Shop Elements and as I have this program I decided to give it a go. The tutorial was very easy to follow, although I think I do still prefer copics … but every now and then maybe! Here is the link to the tutorial if you want to give it a go.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the rest of the design team have created this week.

Recipe:

Stamps: Ava Combing Hair – In Style Stamps

Paper: White; Pink; Brown; DP

Other: MS Shell Border Punch; Grosgrain Ribbon; Sizzix Embossing Folder; Foam Tape

The Season Of Giving!

Hi everyone!

Well it is time for another challenge over on The Pink Elephant blog.  This week the challenge is Theme challenge with the theme being Christmas or Winter.

As you can see I decided to go with Christmas, although looking at how she is dressed I guess it covers winter too although for me Christmas are hot summer days not cold winter ones! For my card today uses a digital image from Squigglefly …. this one is called “Season of Giving” which was one that was designed by Robin Willis. This is such a cutie.

I decided to change up the image slightly but printing it out fairly large and cutting the image out of the square and then mounting it onto a circle. I cut up one of the sentiments in the square individually and attached it to the lower part of my card.

Don’t forget to check out The Pink Elephant blog to see what the other design team members came up with this week.

Recipe:

Stamps: Season of Giving Digi Stamp – Squigglefly

Paper: White; Pink; Purple; Blue; Eskimo Kisses DP – Basic Grey

Other: Black Ink; Circle Nestabilities; Snowflake Cuttlebug Embossing Folder; Pink Brads; Foam Tape; Copics