CATitude!

Good evening all! 

I have been on a roll today in my craft room, planning and working on entries for many challenges.  Tonight's featured project is my submission for the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #13: the Long and the Short of it. 

The goal of this challenge was to create a 4 x 9 card and "embrace the white space".  Although this is only my second entry into a CAS-ual Fridays challenge, I'm really enjoying the format of it.  There is something to be said for keeping it simple (which is the main focus of their challenges).  Without further ado, check out my project:

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Couture Cardstock White Felt Cardstock, The Paper Company Orange and Yellow Cardstock

Digi Stamp: Hambo Stamps "Cool Cat" (a freebie that you can check out here)

Cartridge(s): "Wild Card" (for the base of the card)

Stamp(s): Pink by Design's "Furry Friends" (sentiment)

Glitter Glue:  Stickles in "Cotton Candy", studio G Glitter Glue in Yellow

ProMarkers (for coloring the digi)

Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Purple Cows Paper Cutter

Also entered in:

Paper Playtime: Challenge 51 - Make any project using digital or stamped images or sentiments with a SUMMER theme! 

Scrapbookaholic By Abby: Challenge 10 - Anything Summer!

Scrappin' It by Einat: Summer Cards Contest - Create a card with a summer theme. It can be for any occasion but it has to have a summer feel to it.

I'm extremely proud of how this card turned out.  I used my Cricut minimally (to cut the card base) and was able to measure and cut all the other cardstock using the score board and paper cutter.  I also tend to have an "issue" with using too much glitter glue on my projects ;) but I love the little bit that I was able to place in the cat's lemonade glass - I think it added a bit more dimension to the project.    Overall, I am loving the simplicity of this project and of the CAS-ual Fridays challenges. 

Thank you for visiting my site!  Happy Crafting!

Ashley "Scrappin' Pink Piglet"

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Scrappin' 2 Little Princesses: Celebrate Summer Link-Up Party!!

Candace is hosting a link-up party on her blog! Come check it out and try to win a $10 Pink by Design gift certificate!

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Scrappin' 2 Little Princesses: Thank You! :)

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Scrap-a-rama: CHA Show blog candy! New Cricut Cart!

Freda of "Scrap-a-rama" is giving away the new "Fancy Frames" Cricut cartridge! Go check her blog out and let he know I sent you! Ends 7/25! :)

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Happy Anniversary Hubby! :)

Hello all!

[I have scheduled this post to go up on the 18th, so we will all hope it has :) (I may or may not have had issues with Blogger and scheduling in the past, lol...)]

Since it is the 18th...I would like to say HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY HUSBAND!

We've been married two years now...together for a little over 3 (we got engaged after 2 1/2 months of dating, so our courtship was not that long)...and I've loved every minute of it :)

So...to celebrate my hubby...here is the anniversary card I made him!

Card:  Crane & Co. White Notecard

Cardstock: White Cardstock (for my Imagine)

Cartridge(s): Cricut Imagine "Better Together"

Stamp(s): Pink by Design's "Be Mine" (sentiments)

Very simple card, but it gets the feeling across :)

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Ashley "Scrappin' Pink Piglet"
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CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #11: Featuring My Mother-In-Law's Birthday Card! :)

For my final posting of the evening, I would like to share my entry for CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #11: Sweets and Treats.  I decided to enter the card I created for my mother-in-law's birthday.  I am absolutely IN LOVE with this card.  I have to give credit to the PSA Essentials' Stamp Camp blog and guest designer Stephanie Jones for inspiring my card.  Stephanie did a similar background using alligators, and it inspired me to break out my "Whimsy Cakes" stamps from PSA and create my own version for my mother-in-law:

Supplies Used:

Card:  Crane & Co. White Notecards (I bought them cheaply when a local stationary store went out of business.)

Cardstock: White Cardstock (for my Imagine)

Cartridge(s): Cricut Imagine "Better Together"

Stamp(s): PSA Essentials' "Whimsy Cakes" (background - I stamped the single image multiple times to create the background effect), Pink by Design's "Take the Cake" (sentiments)

Glitter Glue:  Stickles in "Baby Blue" and "Cotton Candy", studio G Glitter Glue in Black

And I colored the background cupcakes using regular ol' colored pencils :)

I love the effect of using a single stamp to create a cool background that fits perfectly with the rest of the card.  Now I can only hope my mother-in-law loves it as much as I do!

Thank you for visiting my site!  Happy Crafting!

Ashley "Scrappin' Pink Piglet"

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Happy Birthday Leo! :)

Good evening again :)


Yes, here is post number TWO!  I'll try to keep this brief, seeing as though my last post was a little long...lol :)  I wanted to share a few pictures of the cake my husband created for his brother Leo's 30th birthday last weekend.  As I had stated in an earlier post, my husband was fortunate enough to receive a Cricut Cake Mini through a giveaway that Erica at My Cricut Craft Room had a month or so ago.  He was pretty excited to be able to use it because he has gotten into cake decorating this past year.  Needless to say, we claimed Leo's birthday as George's official cake-making debut with the Cake Mini.  And here is the final result...

So...why "Free Parking"?

Without getting into too much detail (and embarassing my poor brother-in-law beyond all the good-natured grief we have given him the past few years), Leo had never had a job in his 30 years on this earth.  When my husband had first conceived the cake, it looked like Leo would never have a job.  FORTUNATELY (but unfortunately for the cake, lol) my brother-in-law started an amazing job this past week.  We are extremely happy for him, but, as I said, it kind of changed the meaning of the cake, lol.

For the construction of the cake...my husband did all the fondant work.  We ended up using the Cake Mini for the letters on the cake because the cartridge we had bought for the car (Cricut Lite "Billionaire") had images similar to the game, but not exact enough for my husband (lol).  We cut the letters out of the Wilton Sugar Sheets, which work pretty well IF you're cutting letters bigger than 2 inches.  We tried it on 1-inch and they ripped apart; 2 inches, and they stayed pretty well on the sheet:

My husband hand-cut the car using a tempage he had created:

All in all, the cake turned out pretty awesome!  My husband already has a request in from his youngest sister's boyfriend, who likes anything "Boston" (Celtics, Patriots, etcetera).  It is the day after the middle sister's wedding, so no guarantees there will be another cake right away (especially since we're all in the wedding) but if he does take the plunge to create another, I will share it here!

One more post to go...woohoo!

Ashley "Scrappin' Pink Piglet"
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