New Pink Sightings This Month!

Before we jump into our 12 days of christmas cheer tomorrow I thought I should hop over here and tell you about a few kit club sightings we have discovered over the past couple of weeks. Ya’ll know we love seeing our products mixed into kits.  I am always amazed at how well a little bit of “pink paislee” can jazz up a kit ;-)  - Yes we are partial to our own products just a wee bit…LOL!

(I need to apologize to both of these kit club owners in advance for “clumping” them into 1 blog post.)  Unfortunately, our blog schedule is booked everyday in December so if I don’t mention these kits today I am afraid we won’t get the word out at all.

First we want to make sure you know about this month’s kit over at Dandelion Pages.  This is a local Missouri kit club and the owner is so very talented!  She has tips on her site and has also just “revamped” her entire website along with her company name.  This month they are featuring our Mistletoe & Co. products in their kit aptly named Winter Wonder.

Here is a peek of the kit. Be sure to click HERE to view the samples from the team!

Next we found a kit club in Australia called Shop And Crop.com that has another gorgeous winter themed kit featuring Mistletoe & Co.  We love our Aussie friends and if you live down under then this is the kit for you!

Here are some examples from the kit!

Thanks to both of these kit owners for including a little bit of Pink Paislee in their kits this month!

Saturday Sketch with a touch of Christmas

Hi everyone it is time for another Saturday Sketch with me, I hope you like circles because there are plenty to go around lol !! I decided to do a Christmas theme for this sketch, so I used the gorgeous “Mistletoe & Co” Collection.

I love the gorgeous Diecut from the “Mistletoe & Co” Collection so I used it as my base to this layout, I love the vibrant blues and the gorgeous deep reds just perfect.

I created a circle frame to set my photo into and I used the “Mistletoe & Co - Postcards” for my journaling but if you would like to add another photo, it would be a perfect spot to do so.

To create the flower I cut out a 1 inch circle as my base and then cut out the oval shapes that are in “Mistletoe & Collection - North Pole” pattern paper and curled them slightly in my fingers and then I stuck them to the circle one by one with a little foam tape, and then I used the “Mistletoe & Collection - Bella Brads” for the centre of the flower.

I also used the very versatile “Mistletoe & Co - Punchouts” for my embellishments and the yummy “Mistletoe & Co - Expression Alphas” which are simply gorgeous

So I hope you have fun recreating this sketch, and thankyou so much for taking a look at my sketch for today.

A “Cutting Edge” Trend!

If you had asked me when I first started scrapping if I’d ever own a die cutting system, my answer then would have been a resounding NO. I really couldn’t see myself buying a lot of dies and having to deal with storing and organizing them. My outlook changed when electronic die-cutters were introduced. I loved the idea of being able to cut any font so when I found a great deal on a Silhouette machine, I pounced on it.

My Silhouette has since become my most prized scrapping tool. If I had to, I could scrap with nothing but it and paper (of course, I love my other supplies too much to do that but it is nice to think that I could if I had to, LOL). While most people use cardstock for die-cutting, I actually prefer to use patterned paper, especially papers with subtle patterns like the B-side of the North Pole paper. The patterns just add so much dimension to die cuts! In the layout below, I used it to cut stars, an apple, and a border (from the Silhouette shape library) in addition to my title.

 Don’t you love how versatile the Mistletoe collection is…It’s not just for Christmas layouts folks! The colours are perfect for so many other types of layouts, especially layouts about the men in my life! In addition to the papers from the Mistletoe collection, I also used the gingham paper from the Cupid collection…I love how the browns match perfectly!

Well, I’m signing off now but not wishing a HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all our American readers! I hope you’re enjoying yummy turkey dinners and quality time with family and friends

Did you know??

……that there is 30 sleeps, 10 hours, 10 minutes & ?? seconds until Christmas.

Wow! has this year gone by fast or what??

Well, today I hope I can help get you into the Christmas spirit, by sharing a cute page that is full of Christmas joy. But first in honor of it being Tasty Tuesday (& the fact that I got my page themes mixed up :o)  Here is frame I did as part of my Christmas home decor. I love that almost every store I go into right now, has these delish little candy canes for sale at the till points and I can never resist grabbing a couple every time I go shopping. I think the smell of peppermint candy will forever remind me of Christmas!!

I have loved the spread of the Mistletoe collection that has been all over my scrap table for the last while. The papers & embellishments have such a feel-good vibe about them, that they were calling to be loved into a scrap page for my parents. This is the result.

Before I get started, please enjoy this basic Spray mist tutorial  I put together using a decorative plastic spray template. Notice the box I use to spray into? I kept one of my UPS 12″x12″ boxes to spray into. I find it easily  catches all the extra mist & is portable, depending on where i am scrapping in the house :o)

Using a  piece of Cupid-Love Potion patterned paper, I created a custom background with the help of my mist & templates . I chose star shapes to compliment my page theme, keeping them off center to the left leaving space for my other papers & embellishments. Then using the Mistletoe & Co collection, I layered press ons, punch-outs, border lines, post cards, expressions glitter alphas together with a collection of the patterned papers to put this page together.

The addition of a pretty ribbon tie, gathered cotton lace & paper flower finished the page off nicely as wall art for my parents who live in the UK & won’t get to spend Christmas with us this year.

I hope this page has inspired you to get ready for some of your fave Christmas shots. Thanks for stopping by & make sure to upload your projects into the community gallery for everyone to enjoy.

Have a super day!

Are You Feeling Festive Yet? Stamping Sunday

Hi everyone!

Hope your Sunday has been swell! It’s Stamping Sunday here at Pink Paislee, and I’d like to share this cute project I made using the awesome patterned papers from our Mistletoe & Co collection, accented by those gorgeous stamps from the collection’s Impressions Stamps set.

While I don’t celebrate Christmas, the season always has me itching to create Christmas ornaments and decorations and these paper mache stars were just screaming for some reds, greens and lots of glitter!

I covered each section of the paper mache stars with a different patterned paper from the Mistletoe&Co collection, and then ran each edge with a generous serving of Stickles.

For the star below, I punched a piece of scalloped circle from the Cupid’s Love Potion paper and adhered it to the centre of the paper mache star. This was topped with a piece of swirly from the Limeade Expressions Glitter Alphabets set (lovelovelove these). Then I stamped that gorgeous vintagey Christmas tree image from the Impressions Stamp set on a piece of Cupid’s Bow & Arrow paper, and accented it with a piece from the Cherry Expressions Glitter Alphabets set.

For the next star, the sentiment was stamped on Cupid’s Heart Bloom paper and then matted on Cupid’s Eternal Love paper. This was layered on top of a piece of Mistletoe&Co Punchout. Both stars were finished with some satin ribbons and tulle.

The papered stars were so fun to create, that I decided to make some glittered ones to accompany them! These were painted with coordinating colors first, and then liquid glue was applied all over the surface. Then the fun began, sprinkle Strawberry and Silver Berry Pixee Stixs on each glued star! See how they sparkle! When glue is dry and glitter is set, tie bows out of satin ribbons and accent each bow with a Mistletoe&Co Bella Brad. Glue a bow to each glittered star and you’re done!

Wishing you lots of crafting fun for the holiday season!

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