Pretties for Pink Poison

I was so excited when Marie at Pink Poison offered me the opportunity to be a guest designer this month. I love her fun images, especially the cute little animals.

When I saw this set, I immediately thought of Cosmo the crazy dog. He is forever carrying a stuffed animal (minus the stuffing—he eats it if there’s any in the animal and that is not a good thing!) in his mouth. He always brings one to the front door with him to help greet me when I come home.

Here, I colored the puppy image with Copic markers and layered it on a sentiment panel reading “Your friends miss you.” I added a row of tiny pinkish pearls underneath it. Thankfully, the pearls came on an attached adhesive strip so I didn’t have to place each one individually. The pearls, along with the pink gingham paper and the scallop details, give the card a feminine feel. The scallops were actually an afterthought—added a day after the card was “finished”—but I think they really add to the layout.

Materials Used:
Home Sweet Home stamp set (Pink Poison); white cardstock (Xerox); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); markers (Copic Ciao); Regal Rose Classic ink, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, and Barely Banana cardstock, scallop edge punch (Stampin’ Up!); patterned paper (Memory Box Layette Collection); Lemon Tart satin ribbon (Papertrey Ink); pearls

The next three cards come from the new set. So cute! Here, I did a wintery themed card featuring the pair of mice. I love blue and silver together for winter cards! I colored the mice to coordinate with the Pacific Point cardfront and the patterned paper panels on the cardfront. I found some coordinating dotted ribbon to tie around the panel, too. I stamped the sentiment directly on the patterned paper panel in bold Pacific Point ink, then added a tiny sparkly snowflake die cut with a rhinestone at the center.

Materials Used:
Cup of Stuff stamp set (Pink Poison); white cardstock (Xerox); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); markers (Copic Ciao); Pacific Point Classic ink, Pacific Point and Bashful Blue cardstock, mat pack and paper piercing tool, dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!); circle and scalloped circle dies (Nestabilities); patterned paper (Memory Box Winter Wonderland Collection); die cut snowflake (Me & My Big Ideas); self-adhesive rhinestone, ribbon (Michaels); silver paper (Target); sewing machine

Here’s another mouse image from the set. I colored the mouse with Copic markers to match the floral patterned paper. The paper looks kind of vintage and aged to me, so it seemed like a good match for a mouse in a tea cup. I used my sewing machine to stitch a zig zag strip along the left side of the patterned paper panel. I wrapped a piece of red ribbon around the panel, then added the matted mouse image, along with a matching sparkly confetti flower.

I trimmed off a tiny bit of the Soft Sky cardfront and added a bold red scalloped edge to the bottom. The scallop detailing kind of went with the vintage feel of the card.

Materials Used:
Cup of Stuff stamp set (Pink Poison); white cardstock (Xerox); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); markers (Copic Ciao); Soft Sky, Riding Hood Red, and Baja Breeze cardstock, scallop edge punch, dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!); oval dies (Nestabilities); patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye-Out & About, No. 2 Floral Stripes); ribbon (Martha Stewart); red flower confetti (Bride’s); pearl Dew Drop (Kitchen Sink Stamps)

This is my final card using images from this set. No mouse on this one, though. Instead I used the elegant floral image in a fall color scheme. I have this pretty flocked paper that I thought would make a great background for this image. I cut the paper with SU!’s Top Note die and layered it on the cardfront. I tied a knot in a piece of dark brown grosgrain ribbon and used that across the cardfront, threading it under the image panel, but over the scalloped mat. I added a trio of shimmery gold dots in the upper left corner as an accent.

Materials Used:
Cup of Stuff stamp set (Pink Poison); white cardstock (Xerox); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); markers (Copic Ciao); Really Rust, More Mustard, and Kraft cardstock, Crystal Effects, Top Note die, dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!); brown grosgrain ribbon (Morex); flocked paper (Target); gold dots (Stamping Bella)

And, I had to go back to one of my “old” favorites from Pink Poison, too. I made this using the Cupcakes set. I used my sewing machine to stitch together some different but coordinating panels of patterned paper scraps as the backdrop for the cupcake image.

I colored the cupcake with Copic markers and added some Crystal Effects to the cherry for a glossy look. I stamped the “Yum!” sentiment in craft ink and added a trio of Dew Drops to embellish the panel.

Thanks, Marie, for the opportunity to be a guest designer for Pink Poison. I can’t wait to see what you come up with next . . .

Materials Used:
Cupcakes stamp set (Pink Poison); white cardstock (Xerox); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); markers (Copic Ciao); patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye); circle and scalloped circle dies (Nestabilities); Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, and Barely Banana cardstock, Regal Rose Craft ink, mat pack and paper piercing tool, Crystal Effects, dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!); Dew Drops (Kitchen Sink Stamps); sewing machine