Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Pink Goodness

My best friend's daughter, Maddy, is turning 6 in a few weeks, and I need to send her a card. She loves pink, and so I thought I'd make her a pink card. It just so happens that the create blog is having a 100% pink card challenge, and I thought "no problem." Well, two cards and a few hours later, I realized that making a card only in one color with the supplies I had at hand was not as easy as I thought. Anyhoo, I think I finally made a crazy pink card for Maddy:


Yes, it's PINK! Just to point a few details, I started by stamping the background with Mint Motif's Beyond Borders using VersaMark (and got them straight--yeah!!). Then I stamped the cupcake on a pale pink cardstock (it looks almost white, but it is pink) and on the felt. And btw, stamping with pink ink onto pink felt doesn't leave a dark impression (LOL!). The pink "sprinkles" are Jolee's crystals. Finally, the sentiment is a little hard to see in the photo, but I actually stamped the sentiment twice--once in a pale pink and next to it in a hot pink to create a shadow (yes, I know it's hard to see).

I thought I'd share the first card I made. I liked this card...much softer look...but I decided it wasn't quite right for Maddy:

Isn't that little birdie cute? He's from PTI's Little Bitty Bird die. Again, I stamped the background with Mint Motif's Beyond Borders. For the window, I attached a textured cardstock circle in the background color--it looks like woodgrain to me. After assembling everything, I tied a pink silk bow...I can't help it, but I keep touching the soft ribbon (hope I don't get it grimy!).

Thanks so much for looking!

Here are the deets:
Card 1
Stamps: Beyond Borders (Mint Motif), Bake Me a Cake (Lawn Fawn)
Ink: VersaMark, Raspberry Fizz (PTI)
Cardstock: Raspberry Fizz (PTI) light pink (Bazzill)
Patterned Paper: Summertime collection (Echo Park)
Die: Limitless Layers (PTI)
Bling: rhinestones (Kaisercraft), crystals (Jolee's)
Felt: Raspberry Fizz (PTI)
Ribbon is from my stash

Card 2:
Stamps: Beyond Borders (Mint Motif)
Ink: VersaMark, Raspberry Fizz (PTI), Petal Pink (VersaColor)
Cardstock: Raspberry Fizz (PTI) light pink & pink (Bazzill)
Die: Little Bitty Bird (PTI), Labels #1 (Spellbinders)
Border Punch: Apron Lace (Fiskars)
Felt: Raspberry Fizz (PTI)
Bling: seed bead (my stash)
Pen: Pink Gelly Roll (Sakura)
Ribbon: (May Arts)

16 comments:

  1. Jocelyn,
    These are "pinkilicious"! LOL!
    Brandi

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  2. These cards are great, I love the bold bright look of the first one especially!

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  3. Okay, I was totally going to say these are pinkilicious but Brandi beat me to it! LOL! They are both fabulous. Love the shadow effect on the sentiment of the first card and the felt icing - I never remember to pull out my felt! And the Bitty Bird is one of my favourite stamp/dies - love his "beady" little eye! :)

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  4. The PINK is really pretty... Both cards are pretty... 1st ones really POPS... nice one Jocelyn... TFS hugs...xoxo

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  5. Maddy is a girl after my own heart! You did FAB on both cards! You rocked this challenge girl!!! I could not pick a fav if I had too.

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  6. Jocelyn, I love the boldness of the top card and the sweetness of the second! I love that you incorporated felt and beads into both. I need to get out my beads and so something with them. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  7. It's probably one of the 'pinkest' posts I've ever seen!! Any 6 year old girl is going to spin over either of these fabulous HOT Pink cards! I'm super impressed with those straight stamped lines... I would've been very stressed trying to acheive that...

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  8. Using one color is extremely difficult but you pulled it off nicely. If Maddy likes pink, she'll love the card.
    nancy67NANCY

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  9. Wow! Seems like such a challenge - one color. I've never tried it. You did amazing!! I love the cupcake - SO FUN & I'm sure Maddy will too!! I love the other card too. Would be great for a girlfriend!!

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  10. LOVE your pink cards! Thanks so much for submitting them to the CARDS challenge! I'm sure Maddy will love her 100% pink card :)

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  11. Woohoo! Congrats on your 100% pink card being featured in CARDS blog! I love how delicate the cupcake card looks with the ribbons and diecut! SO sweet! Thanks so much for dropping by my blog :)

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  12. That first card is perfect for a pink-loving little girl! The second one is beautiful for anyone.

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  13. Love these Pink cards! I think you did a GREAT job! That is really tough to create a card with just one color....I don't know if I would attempt it! Thanks for the sweet comment on my blog!
    Hugs,
    Amanda

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  14. I love pink and your cards are perfect! Great job!

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  15. Congrats on your shout out on the Create page! Whoo hoo!

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  16. Oooh...loving all the pink goodness! Fabulous work Jocelyn!

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