Monday, April 29, 2013

Winged Inspiration for your Monday!

Welcome To Prickley Pear Design Team  Monday!  Looks like we have lots of winged inspiration for you today!  The temps warmed up momentarily in our parts....but looks like we've got a cool rainy week ahead.  I will think positively....the grass will green up and my flowers will pop up!

















Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Spring Has Sprung!

Spring has Sprung and we're celebrating on the Prickley Pear Blog today!  Lots of spring themes and color schemes!  I know they lift my spirits!  Enjoy!









Designer: Lucy Chesna using FF0154 Whispered

Designer: Nicole LaCour using:  HH0062 Love You Mom, CLR001A Butterflies 2 Clearly Beautiful Set

Do you want a chance to win some goodies?!  There is a challenge running, and you can play along to WIN!

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Summer 2013 Release Party - Day 2!

Welcome to day 2 of our Summer Release Party!   Be sure to join us today through the 20th as we showcase fabulous cards that feature these new offerings! 

You can't have a party without a prize!  Join us each day on our blog (16th through the 20th) and our Design Team members' blogs and leave comments!  On April 20th we will be featuring a card that you will have the opportunity to win all of the stamps used! It is super cute, that is for sure.

While you are at it...we would like to invite you to join us on Facebook...we will be starting contests and giveaways there soon, and you don't want to miss out! 

Join us on Pinterest as well...new cards are being added all of the time....be inspired by samples using our sets and stamps, pin the ones you like or the ones you own for future reference!

Today's card features HH0138 Map Collage which was stamped as a background for the FF0053 Flourished Graduate image.  Congratulations is from the CLR0027C Fall Scalloped Ovals 4 Clearly Beautiful Stamp Set and is stamped on the Scalloped Circle Die.

Here are the other blogs featuring our new images today!  

Nicole - you are here!
Steph
Kina
Michelle

We hope you will enjoy all of the stamps we will be featuring, leading up to our release date!

Monday, April 15, 2013

Pre-Release Inspiration!

Welcome To Prickley Pear Design Team  Monday!  We are gearing up for a fun week on the Prickley Pear Blog...as we showcase our SPRING RELEASE April 16-20!    The fun doesn't need to wait until tomorrow though....enjoy!












Monday, April 8, 2013

Monday Inspiration!

Welcome To Prickley Pear Design Team Monday!  Here are some creations the team cooked up this week!


Designer: Heidi Erickson using KK0032 Birds, Branches and Birdhouse, CLR 012 Clearly Beautiful Flowers & D012 Beautiful Flowers Die, D034 Floral Border Die



Designer: Jessica Pascarella using Dove on Heart Vine - HH0136, One Smile - FF0159


Designer: Kina Nunziante using JJ0004 Daisy in a Pocket an the DD0064 Daisy in a Pocket small, and the sentiment is DD0047



Designer:  Michelle Pearson using  Tribal Masks 1, 2, 3 and 4

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Unmasking SPRING - A Tutorial


Hello there!  It's Michelle here today with a fun tutorial for you!  Let's think outside the box and UN-mask Spring!!
In the store you will find four little images that I knew exactly what I was going to do with as soon as I saw them! 
 The names of those images, you ask?!    Tribal Masks 1, 2, 3 and 4. 

I will have some cards soon using these images in a more traditional way...but I have spring on my mind...and so these very fun an fabulous flowers were born!
Check these babies out, all dolled up with Copic Markers and a bit of white gel pen!

Double them up for a bit more fun!  The possibilities are endless!

So how do you make them you ask?!  Check out the quick tutorial below and see one more fun project!


Stamp each image out FIVE times and color as desired.  You get a peek here of my messing coloring practices, but since I'm cutting them out it doesn't matter!  More time to make different flowers!!
Dress them up with white gel pen as desired.
Next I Cut out and folded each petal over a ruler to add dimension.  Then, using some circle punches from my scrap bin and a few glue dots, I assembled my flowers.  Remember...depending on which end you stick to the middle, you will get a TWO different looks from each mask!  I reversed the order of the petals for this final set of flowers!

 Ooh, so very fun on their own....and so different looking than the same masks used in the above cards!

And how fun is this all doubled up?!  Hope you've enjoyed a breath of fresh air today as I shared a walk through my paper garden!  

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Other PPRS stamps used:
*Thinking of You


Monday, April 1, 2013

Inspiration Monday - No Foolin!

Welcome To Prickley Pear Design Team  Monday!  April already!  Doesn't that just *sound* more springy even?!  Here are some bits of inspiration to share with you!