PbD Ch#1 - Home Decor

Anyone still there? I know I've been really absent lately. The main reason is that even though we got internet back, the wireless password was reset and I haven't had time to call the internet company to get it from them. Lame, I know. Another reason is that my hometown currently has a HUGE wild fire burning just north of it (Google "Taylor Bridge Fire" and you'll see how huge it is) and I've been coordinating getting donations for over 70 families that have lost their homes. I dropped all of that off yesterday. We FILLED my SUV (Toyota Highlander) and the bed of one of our trucks with donations. God is GOOD! We're coming back in two weeks for Labor Day Weekend and I think we'll be doing it again. It feels so good to be able to help in some way. My dad and some of my brothers friends are fighting the fire and so I also went and bought things that my dad said the guys fighting the fire need.

Anyways, long story short, I have a little time to post so I'm going to schedule as many posts as I can while I'm here at my mom's. I will be calling about the internet when we get home. As nice as it's been to have more non-computer time, I really miss all my blogging friends. :)

Here's my take on Pink by Design's first challenge from their 2nd Anniversary celebration. It was to do a home decor which was perfect because my mother-in-law had just given me this cork board as she was cleaning out some stuff in her old office. It will be perfect for my future craft room but needed to be altered in some way. So I pulled out my all-time favorite stamp set, Make it a Venti, and got to inking. Its definitely more "me" now. :)

PbD Challenge #8 - Ribbon or Bow

Challenge #8 was to use ribbon or a bow. This little cowgirl has been staring at me ever since I got her and I finally inked her up. 

Details:

Paper Pizzaz - Burlap

Recollections black

ribbon

Pink by Design - Best in the West & Cowboy Take Me Away

Gems

PbD Challenge #7 - Tag

Challenge #7 was to use a tag. So I used the Artisan Tag set and die to make this fun card. I wanted to make something bright and summery.

Details:

Pink by Design - Artisan Tag & die, and Friends to the End

Little Yellow Bicycle - Hello Spring

PbD Challenge #6 - Sketch

Challenge #6 was a sketch. When I first saw it I instantly thought it would make a great layout, but I didn't have the time right then to commit to a layout, so then my thoughts went straight to the Instantly set. Funny thing, after I decided to use the camera stamp, I scrolled down and ScrapGuy had done the same thing. haha Great minds think alike. :)

Details:

Pink by Design -Instantly & Artisan Tag die

Studio Calico - Abroad

EK Success postage punch (you can't really tell in the picture though)

Pink By Design Challenge #5 - Ombre

The fifth challenge was to make something ombre (light to dark or dark to light). I instantly thought of the different coffee blends. :) So there's a blond, medium and dark roast. 

Details:

Recollections - kraft & chocolate

Bazzill - Mud Pie & Chablis

Pink by Design - Make it a Venti & Perk Up

Glossy Accents

Pink by Design Challenge #4 - Silhouette image

I'm still trying to figure out this Mac so it might take me a while to post these challenges. Sorry!

The 4th challenge was to use a silhouette image. I think this might be one of my favorite cards I made that day! It reminds me so much of Carver and Noah. Carver has been playing with Noah and Noah goes wherever we go now. I love that Carver can still play with his brother even though Noah's not here.

Details:

Recollections black

DCWV - The Stack III

Pink by Design - Sibling Love & Everyday Banners

Nate's ABCs 3.75"

PbD Challenge #3

Yay! I've finally got internet (sort of). We have internet on the desktop but the wireless isn't working now. :(

Last weekend Pink By Design celebrated their 2nd Anniversary with a challenge ever hour and a Ustream to cap off the night. We had already committed to do a walk for CareNet that morning so I was hoping to get a few of the challenges out of the way before we left and that's when I realized that our internet wasn't working.

So off we went to the walk. We ended up not actually doing the walk (don't worry, we had already given our money so it wasn't a lost cause) because Chris's knee was acting up. So we ended up coming home after chatting with some friends from church. Then off the boys went to go crabbing and left me to somehow figure out how to keep up on the challenges so that I could still craft with everyone. I got everything done by the next morning and had a lot of fun! I'm still bummed that I didn't get to post anything though.

I'll post the first two challenges when I get those pictures off my laptop and onto the desktop... or when we get our wireless back. :)

The third challenge was embossing. I had just picked up the Wall Decor & More embossing set from Cricut rewards and I got it just for this embossing folder. :) This is one of my favorite stamp sets! It's called Definitely Definitions.

Details:
CB Wall Decor & More
Pink by Design - Definitely Definitions
Gems
Paper - stash