Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Letters for a Friend

My next door neighbor who is also one of my besties had a baby about six months ago.  She is Gorgeous and her name is GRACE!  When she was born I bought some super curly Q letters for her room..
but since it wasn't painted I waited on doing them.. but yesterday I found my incentive to get started.. yup .. a SALE at Joann's.  Scrapbook paper was on sale for $2.97 per book and I found these beautiful vintagey shabby chic books
 and fell in LOVE.. and so did my nieghbor.
So here are my GRACE letters:

Want to make some Mod Podge letters too?  Well here's how!
I started by painting my the outside edges of my letters pink.
Then I laid them face down onto the scrapbook paper that I wanted and using my cutting mat I cut around them with a razor knife.
Once the letter was cut
I applied my Mod Podge and pushed out all of the air bubbles, making sure that the paper was fully glued. 
 Once dry I sanded the edges so that any roughness was gone. 
They looked pretty..
but I thought that they needed a little something extra.  So I used the punched flowers in my new books and added them to the letters. 
Here are some close ups of the letters!

Hopefully Debbie will love her surprise when she gets home.. I know I do~
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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Pink Hippo Party #62

Happy Monday Pink Hippos!  I have to announce that I had an A-mazing weekend!  A January park day with the kiddos, a dinner date with my hubby and friends, I won a chili cookoff at my church and had two sales on my Etsy site!
Whoo hoo! 
Here is last week's most clicked links:
First up these gorgeous paper earrings
and the Top Posts of 2011
Lens Bling
Ladies grab your featured button and lets get this party started!  Don't forget to stop by and make some new friends, grab a button and be a follower!
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Love,
Pinkapotamus

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Be Mine Banner

Guess what I got for Christmas?!? 
Yup.. a new Cricut Expression 2!  Yay for me! 
But I have to be honest.. I am completely terrified of using it.. uggh.. So I figured that since I conquered my fears and projected with it.. I would share my project.. Yes.. you guessed it.. a Be Mine Banner for V-day!
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The best part about it.. is that is was completely free!.. Yup.. I used last year's Valentine's paper, ribbon and a girl just can't live without twine!
Here's a couple close ups for you.
I am so proud to no longer be a Cricut Expression 2 Virgin!
Have a great Saturday!
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Pinkapotamus

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Love Wall Hanging

It's ALMOST that time of year again.. Yup Valentine's Day!  In my house, it's kind of a BIG deal cause it's my littlest guys Birthday!
(Could he get any cuter?)  
So once the Christmas decorations have all been boxed up its time to move on to V-day!   Since I decided NOT to procrastinate this year.. Here is my first V-day decoration!
A LOVE wall hanging!
Want to make one?.. of course you do.. so here's how!
Start with blank canvas and some letters.
Paint your letters and the edges of your canvas.
While the paint is drying on your letters measure and cut your scrapbook paper background.  Size varies by size of your canvas.
Mod Podge your paper onto your canvas.
Take your painted letters
and glue them onto your canvas.
And now you have a lovely decoration!
Yay!
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Pinkapotamus
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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Pink Hippo Party #61

Happy New Year Pink Hippos!  I have loved seeing all of your fabulous creations in 2011 and I can't wait to see the creativity that is overflowing here at Pinkapotamus!  Thanks so much for sharing with me every week!
This week my Believe Sign

was featured for December's Votation at To Sew With Love
Hope you stop by and vote for me.. I'll be your best bloggy friend!
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Love,
Pinkapotamus

11 Most Pinned Projects of 2011!

Pinterest! 
Need I say more?  We are all addicted to this idea board phenomenon we call Pinterest.  I am so Excited and Surprised that some of MY projects have ended up here and been pinned and repinned!
So here are my 11 Most Pinned Projects of 2011!
And the MOST pinned project of 2011 is
Hope you have a wonderful New Year's Day!
p.s. hope you enjoyed my clip show!  
Love,
Pinkapotamus