Tutorials: Lollipop Covers & Sock Cupcake

Today I've got the two tutorials that I promised. First, I'll share the lollipop covers. These were SO easy to make, and once I had all of my images colored, I was able to bang these out really fast. First you'll need to measure your lollipop and add about a 1/2" to the width and height for your cover.

I ended up using a 2 3/4" x 6" piece of cardstock.
Then I scored it down the middle at 3".
Fold it in half with the fold at the top and punch holes through both layers.

Pull ribbon through the back so the ends of the ribbon are both on the front of your cover. Insert the lollipop through the ribbon.

Tie ribbon in a bow and decorate your little heart out!

It doesn't get much easier than that.

Ready for the next one?

Here's the $1 sock cupcake that I posted yesterday.Here's how I did it....I started off with a pair of kid size knee high socks. I rolled them up and measured around to figure out how big my "cup" needed to be.
I started with a 2 1/2" x 9" strip of thick cardstock. Then I scored it on one of the long edges at 1/2".

Now, the next step is very important.Attach red sticky tape to the right side of the score line. REMOVE THE RED LAYER FROM THE TAPE SO THE ADHESIVE IS VISIBLE. Now, cut every 1/2" down the length of the cardstock, stopping at the score mark. If you cut the tabs BEFORE you remove the red score tape, you're going to have to pull off 30+ little tiny sections of red tape. Then you're going to be frustrated and pull out all of your hair. I don't want to be responsible for that.

Now we're ready to assemble the "cup".I used a 3" scallop circle for my base. Slowly attach the tabs that you just cut around the base, leaving a small border. When you're done you should have something that looks like this...Then just roll up the socks and pop them in the base!

Hope these were helpful! Have a super weekend. I think I may take some time this weekend and work on my Etsy shop.

Pink Cat Digital Release Day!

It's that time again! Pink Cat digital release day! Here are the cuties for this week... My faithful readers know that I couldn't use just one of the images for samples this week. I had to use them ALL! I just can't help myself.

First up, I have a scrapbook page using a new digital image being released today. Can you pick it out?? It's not included in the PCS image above.

Did you notice that cute black and orange patterned paper with hearts? Melissa created a couple of heart themed backgrounds to experiment with for this release. I love it. You can print it out on any color cardstock and voila! Instant patterned paper!

Next up is Lily in a pile of hearts...I found these cute knee-high socks in the $1 bin at Target last week.I made a base out of cardstock and just rolled up the socks like a cupcake. Adorable, no?

Here's a close up of the cute tag that I attached.

I'll have a tutorial posted tomorrow on how I made the cupcake base.

For the cute bird image, I decided to make lollipop covers. I used blue as my main color so my son can hand these out to the girls in his class.

All 15 of them...

I'll have a tutorial tomorrow for this one also.

Next up is something a little more girly.

Aren't the new Pink Cat Pixies cute?

I used patterned papers and stickers from an SU Simply Scrappin' Kit for this card. Then I added glitter to their wings and to some of the embellishments to really make it SPAR-KA-LAY!

Only a couple more things to share and then you can go shop!

I used one of the panda images to make a cute t-shirt for my favorite little girl.

I colored in the image on my computer (using my kids paint program!), and then printed it out on iron-on transfer paper. Then I just ironed it on the shirt....

added a cute button for his tail, and some jewels to the collar.

Oh, and I can't forget about the matching hair clip that I made with the other panda image!

I have a huge jar of ribbon scraps that came in handy for this project.

For the top clip I shrunk down the image, colored it and then cut it out. For the bottom clip, I enlarged the image to about 3-4 inches and printed it out on poly-shrink plastic. Then I colored with Copics, cut it out and shrunk it down with my heat tool.

I hope you're inspired by some of my creations. I'll be back tomorrow with tutorials on my cupcake and lollipop covers. In the meantime, check out what the rest of the DT came up with and head over to the PCS digi store to grab yours!

Hambo Blog Hop!

Today the Hambo design team, past and present, are doing a surprise blog hop! This surprise hop was organized by Isabelle, in honor of Monica and Tim (aka Mr & Mrs Hambo). If you started at the beginning of the hop, then you came here from Libby's blog. Monica and Tim, the owners and designers of Hambo stamps have been so wonderful to me. They gave me my first design team gig and I'm so thankful to them. This card is dedicated to them. I used Hambo's penguin digital image and a rubber sentiment for this one. I shrunk down the penguin and added two more friends for him to stand with.

Then I enlarged the balloons a bit and added them on with dimensionals.

Thanks for hopping by! The next stop on the hop is the very talented Melissa. She is a Copic goddess, and I can't wait to see what she has in store for everyone!

Pink Cat Cutting Files - day 2

Have you ever made a project that you just adore?Meet Cuddles....my new coffee cozy. I was so thrilled with how this project came out that I stayed up until 3am so I could finish it.

I used the "Cuddles" paper piecing file for this one. I cut all of the pieces out by hand and then traced them onto felt. Then I cut those out and hand-stitched them onto my pink felt base.
ACK! He's just so cute!

Here's a side view...

And the other side....

To finish off the back, I stitched on three purple buttons.

For my next project, I made a scrapbook page.

After my daughters first day of Kindergarten, my husband and I took her to the cupcake store to celebrate her big day. This cupcake cutting file was the perfect embellishment for my page!

If I had to purchase an embellishment this size at the local scrapbook store, I would have spent $5 easily. With these cutting files, it only costs $2 and you can use it multiple times! Love it!

I hope you like what I shared with you today. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Are any of you familiar with a program for your Cricut called "Sure Cuts A Lot"? I'd love to hear any feedback, tips, advice. etc that you have on it. I've never used it, but I'm very interested in getting it.
Thanks!

Pink Cat Studio Cutting Files!

So what did you think of the cutting files that were released by Pink Cat Studio yesterday?! Aren't they great?! I'm so excited today because I can finally share some of the projects that I've been working on behind the scenes. Today I've got three projects using the butterfly cutting files.

For my first project, I started out with some of these...Then I grabbed some hot pink felt and traced a butterfly image with a pencil.
I ended up with six of these...
Which turned into these...
I had some girlfriends over yesterday to scrapbook, stamp and do all things crafty. I wanted everyone to feel welcome so I had a little work area set up for each gal and included one of these cute water bottles at each spot.

These were so simple to make, but they really added that "something extra" for my friends.

For my next project, I used the same cutting image, but layered the wings instead.

It's a photo holder made out of a binder clip.
Here's a close up of the butterfly.

I printed the image on the reverse side of my patterned paper and then just cut them out by hand. I added some black glitter to the body and some jewels to the wings for a little sparkle. I really love this one.

For my last project today, I made a mobile to hang from the ceiling.

Once again, I printed the butterfly images on the reverse side of my patterned paper and just cut out. (I always print on the reverse side, so that when I cut, you can't see the lines.) I was going for a monarch look, so I used some fun shimmery textured paper. My friend used the same paper to make a basketball on one of her scrapbook pages!

Here's a close up of the top of the mobile...

I just layered lots of ovals onto a 5 1/2" circle and then attached the butterflies with fine fishing line.

Tomorrow I'll have a couple more projects using the new cupcake and owl cutting files. Until then....

And you thought it couldn't get any better....

Today Pink Cat Studio is expanding yet again! Last September it was Digi Stamps and today it’s Paper Piecing Projects. These fun projects are great for card making, scrapbooking and any kind of 3D crafting. The project files are formatted for those who like to cut and paper piece by hand and for those who have an electronic cutter. Check out these fun new projects here.

Melissa is also having a fun contest and the winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to the PCS rubber or digi store! To enter the contest you will download a free Paper Piecing Project and then make a fun craft with it, anything you like. So not only will you get to try a Paper Piecing Project for free, you could also win some PCS goodies.Visit the PCS blog today to find out about how to enter the contest and get your free Paper Piecing Project.

I've got lots of paper piecing projects that I've been working on, so stay tuned because I'll be sharing some of those with you this week!

A sketch challenge

Looking for some inspiration this weekend? I'd LOVE for you to create something with this sketch that I created...If you're reading this, then you're invited to play along! Make something cute and leave a link right here. Two winners will be chosen who get their choice of FREE STAMPS!