Happy 2013!

This post is in honor of my Mother, Yoshie who passed away in January 3 years ago. I will forever miss her! We all do! Two of my sons got married and two grandsons have been born since her passing. Life goes on but it's not the same.

My Mom was an entertainer in her youth and really even into her later years. Up until the last year of her life she was still performing with a Japanese dancing group. She was so graceful as she danced in her kimono's.

She really loved life and was a positive person. You would have loved her too!

Stay tuned for all the Christmas gifts that I made in the next post!

Baby Shower Invites!

Sorry that I have not posted anything for awhile

but I have been sooo busy.  I have so much to post

but will break it up into a few weeks of posts! 

Did I tell you my oldest daughter is about to have

 our 13th grandbaby! This is the tie breaker

because we currently have 6 grand daughters and

6 grandsons!  Of course, you can tell by the invite

that It's A Boy!

I made these invites for the baby shower!  I

borrowed a Sizzix die cut from a friend at a crop

and cut about 4 of them out.  When I got home

I just traced the shape onto the blue paper and

shortened it a bit.  I used my tag die cut and
made a tab for it.  I used some Graphic 45 paper
and made some flowers out of some crepe paper
and seam binding. I made the flower center from

some Pro 31 Designs flower trim that I cut. 

Newbie at doing Layouts!

I created this layout for a Pro 31 Designs Challenge.

I used Teresa Collins Spring Fling Paper Line.

You can purchase them at 20% off for a limited time.

I put the LO in a shadow box.

We were to create a flower and a pin.

I used Tim Holtz Tattered Flower die

to cut out a few different sheets and

then layered them together. 

The pin is just a simple pin that I put together.

I used pictures from our trip to Hawaii in 2004.

Yes, we were thinner and younger back then.

We snorkeled every day and my hubby loved

every minute of it!  We had the best time

exploring the Island of Maui.

Don't Throw That Old Book Away!

 

I am teaching a craft class for Mom's while their

children are in VBS!  This is what they will be

making.  It will be a smaller version depending

on how much time we have but I think they will

like it.   You can do so much with this technique.

You can make one for Independence Day using

Red, White and Blue!

Blog Hop Winner!

I have a You Tube channel so you can watch

me pick the winner!  My channel name is

Shabby Pink Stamper!  Please subscribe to

my channel cause I have been preparing

a giveaway for hitting 1,000 subbies.  I have

passed that now cause I am late on posting it.

Drummmmmm Rolllll Please!!!

JannyBee is the Winner of the altered box filled

with Pro 31 Designs Goodies.

I hope that you will enjoy using these trims, flowers,

pins and the box.  I checked out her blog and she

has altered a few boxes herself.

Thank you for all the sweet comments and for

participating in our Grand Opening

Blog Hop!  Enjoy!

School's Out for Summer!

Thank you for all your comments on the Blog Hop.  I will post

the winner of the pins, box and Pro 31 goodies that are inside

the box tomorrow.  So come back and check out the winner!

I will also post a video on my youtube channel.

It is that time!  Time for summer fun!

I recently got this doily die cut and I like it in black!

I colored the Cheeky Geeky stamp from The Greeting Farm with

my Spectrum Noir Markers!

I will be doing a tutorial on how to color her hair on

my youtube channel.

These yummy flowers are from Pro 31 Designs.  I just

made a bud out of the one by removing some petals.

The gold flower is a recollections flower.

I decorated the inside with the word FUN!

I hope your summer is filled with lots

of fun and crafting!

Pro 31 Designs Blog Hop Grand Opening

Thank you for stopping by to check out my blog for Pro 31 Designs Grand Opening Blog Hop. I hope that you have just come from Leslie's blog at www.scrapsofmine.blogspot.com. If you have arrived here from another blog you might want to make sure that you check out all the great blogs before me so that you can win an awesome Grand Prize that Esmeralda is providing!

I have two fabulous giveaways for you but before we get to those, let me show you some pictures of this awesome project I created with Pro31 Designs products.

Now, as a thank you for stopping by my blog, one of my fellow designers—Heather Hudson (click on her name on the list below to open a new window and check out her amazing work) has provided this digital collage for me to give to you! Just click on the photo and then right click and save as to your computer! (Sorry I had to remove the image but you can get the image from her blog!) These tags will be wonderful on your next project!

Since you are all so awesome for stopping by and playing along with us on our blog hop I would like to have a little give away myself! Just for all of you fine people who follow my blog and leave a comment here! Sometimes it's ok to be a follower! Lol.  I would love to get to know you better! Ok.. So here is what I am giving away I hope that you all will like it!

Ok, now onto the last and maybe most important step on our blog hop. I know that you guys have checked out the Pro31 Designs blog right? You probably already know that Esmeralda is providing an awesome prize to be given away! Well you know then that you need to collect a secret word from each blog and send it in an email to customerservice@pro31designs.com before 12 Midnite PST on June 3rd.

 My Secret word is Burlap Bag.  You can also save 10% by using my code: PATTI10

Thanks for stopping by and now you will be off to Letty MsLetty5- http://msletty5.blogspot.com/

If you are new to the blog hop here are the links to all of the designers blogs. Please start at the top with the Pro31 Designs Blog and work your way through the list! You will get chances to win some great prizes and collect a lot of digital collages on the way!
Here is the Link List for the Order of the blog hop!

1. Pro31 Designs Blog –http://www.pro31designs.blogspot.com
2. Julie Walters—http://www.jscraftystudio.com
3. Heather Hudson—http://www.heatherahudson.blogspot.com/
4. Anna Fallas--http://www.afallas72.blogspot.com/
5. Leslie Scrapsofmine --http://www.scrapsofmine.blogspot.com
6. Patti- Shabbypinkstamper --http://www.shabbypinkstamper.blogspot.com
7. Letty MsLetty5-- http://www.msletty5.blogspot.com/
8. Maria – Lollyrot-- http://www.lollyrot-scrapbooking.blogspot.com/
9. Kim—Berlykim37- http://www.berlykim37.blogspot.com/

Who doesn't love burlap?

This is a great way to spruce up a gift bag so it's two gifts in one!

I think the back is as pretty as the front.

I love cotton embroidered ribbon and of course

acrylic flowers and sprays.

Adorable button!

Stamped on some seam binding

that I had dyed and scrunched up.

If you like the bag and the embellishments

go on over to:

Pro31designs.com

If you have a facebook account

go over and like them. 

You can see some of my other projects there too!

Have a beautiful and blessed day!