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Friday, October 28, 2016

DCWV & Pink and Main Fall Blog Hop!



Can you believe Halloween is Monday? I'm still doing last minute costume shopping! I don't know about you, but I can't wait for these crisp Fall days. Speaking of Fall... Pink and Main teamed up with Die Cuts With A View (DCWV) to create and inspire some awesome Fall crafting. Let's dive right in...

For my project, I created a Fall themed centerpiece. I had a blast with this one. Not only was I using a fantastic Fall paper pad (lots of copper foiling!) from DCWV, but I used several stamps sets from Pink & Main. They paired awesome together. I will have a list of supplies used at the bottom. 


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First, I started with the rosettes. If you haven't put one together, its just folded accordion paper strips. It's so cool and when you complete one, the rest will be a piece of cake! If you need some extra help, there are some awesome tutorials on YouTube and many websites have cut files for convenience. 

SHHHHH...I have a sneak peak....the layered dies on top of the rosettes (circle and flower) are Pink and Main's new large dies!! They are amazing and will be available soon!



I placed the wooden dowels to the back of the rosettes with hot glue. Those suckers weren't going anywhere! Then they were pushed through the floral foam. Next step was to place the "hay" around to cover up the foam and dowels.



The picture below is not showing how shiny and pretty the copper embossing is. I had a big dilemma with this one. What do you do when you can't get to the craft store and you need copper colored embossing powder....YOU MAKE YOUR OWN! I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink, sprinkled clear embossing powder and when I heated it with my heat tool, while it was still hot. rolled it in perfect pearls copper. Then I heat set it again and it baked into the embossing powder....voila!! I still can't believe it worked! 
WARNING: It made a mess :)


   


  A picture taken outside for a different perspective of the colors

Supplies used:

DCWV paper stack:  Autumn Leaves, in 6x6 and 12x12

Pink and Main stamps: Turkey DayOld CrowThankfulHey Pumpkin, and Scarecrows. Don't forget all of these sets, but Old Crow, have the matching die cuts. It's such a time saver!
Hot glue gun
Multicrafts Imports Wood Dowels, 0.1 x 9.8"
Ranger Distress Inks
Versamark, Clear embossing powder, heat gun, perfect pearls in copper
Wood strips for the "hay"
Floral Foam
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Please follow along the blog hop below and leave some crafty love along the way. Also, don't miss entering for a chance to win some great prizes on the DCWV blog and the Pink and Main blog.
Get started here...

Thank you for hopping with us! 
Pam Pease
Pink and Main DT Member

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Merry Christmas Lights

Hello all! Today I am sharing a card I created for Pink and Main stamps. How adorable is this little guy? I had fun creating this card using a buckle technique. I used my colored pencils and gamsol to color. Also got to play with some Jolee's string lights. That was fun! Don't forget to check out this and other cute stamps at Pink and Main.




Example of the fold and cuts to create the front of the card.

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Hello friend, Enter at your own risk...

Here is my latest card for Pink and Main stamps. I created a shadow box and a door with hinges for the front. Amazing what you can do with pop dots! To find out more details on the stamps used, check out Pink and Main's blog www.pinkandmainblog.com.





Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Sunflower Tag

Hello! I am sharing a tag I created for Pink and Main Stamps. I used an adorable stamp set called Sunflowers. Lots of fun and would be an awesome addition to a thoughtful gift :)