Valentine

10 Minute Craft Dash #11

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Hello there!

I’m so excited about today’s challenge! Not only is this the first challenge where the DT will be joining along, we are featuring HEARTS. I’m a sucker for this time of year. I love love and all the pretty decorations and sweet gifts that people exchange during this special time of year. Yes, I realize it’s over commercialized, but honestly, it doesn’t bother me all that much.

As you can see above, there isn’t a specific color palette for this challenge. This time around you just need feature hearts somehow {a little or a lot}, it fits within the 10 minute time frame* and post the time it took to create within your post.

* If you aren’t able to stay within the 10 minutes, you can still link up your item! While it won’t quality for the winner spot, it might still be featured in the favorites!

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I’m so thrilled that some of the DeNami DT was able to join along in this challenge! You know what that means? You get inspiration from seven other people! I’m going to wager and say that after you see all of these creations, you’ll want to join along…. *wink* Here are the links to the DeNami DT:

Dana Seymour

Lisa Petrella

Deb Wabbe

Wendy Elliot

Tammy Hobbs

Emily Keaton

Lisa Elton

 

Every great challenge comes with a prize and today is no exception. The lucky winner will receive a $20 DeNami gift certificate! With hundreds of stamp designs, washi tape, buttons, ribbons and more, you will have so much fun browsing and shopping the site!

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How to Play

  1. Create a card/craft project within 10 minutes featuring hearts
  2. Post the time it took to create
  3. Be sure to include the challenge graphic in your post and link to the challenge
  4. You may combine a total of three challenges with your entry. You may enter the challenge a maximum of two times.
  5. Subscribe to Pretty Pink Posh via Email

You can pull out your supplies before your timer starts!

 

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Valentine Heart Basket

I’m so excited that the day is finally here and I get to share this Valentine treat! If you follow the DeNami blog, you saw on Friday that Dana created a darling photo tutorial. I am utterly in love with Dana’s creative idea and am thrilled that she had the idea for us to do a downloadable PDF based off of her idea. {stay until the end of the post for the link}

Since I’m such a fan of pink and red together, I decided to bring them together for today’s post. Add in some hearts, bling and candy and you have a sweet treat {literally} all wrapped in one.

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One of my favorite things about this project? I got to use some of the items I’ve been hoarding and they worked perfectly on this little beauty. A while back Wendy sent me a lot of pom poms, which I’ve been saving for special occasions. After playing with a few different options, I decided that the pink ones HAD to be used on this template. Don’t they look darling?

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On the front, I put in some acetate so you could see the candies up close. After putting everything together, I realized I needed bling and added lots of red rhinestones to frame the heart. There just aren’t words about how much I love how this turned out– it’s going to be so hard to part with this basket!

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Do you want to create your own adorable Valentine baskets? Click here to add the FREE PDF download to your DeNami shopping cart!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you were inspired by this Valentine creation!

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Valentine Flowers

Valentine’s Day is approaching quickly and I feel so behind in creating all sorts of cute pink & red crafty items. It’s so hard to resist the huge aisles at the stores stocked with cute decor, candies, and stuffed animals. It’s literally everywhere. Despite being single at this stage in my life, I love this holiday. {I’ll blog about it more soon}

I have a huge stockpile of Valentine products and I’m hoping to get lots of cute items created and posted this week. Since it had been a few days since I was in the studio, I felt like my creativity was in need of a kick start. What better way than to start with some heart flowers? Oh how I wish there were flowers like this in real life!

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While I’m definitely a pink lover, over the years my love for red has grown leaps and bounds. This color is so bold and looks amazing in all sorts of products. My favorites? Rhinestones and glitter! {Red nails are pretty fab though} 

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I’m so glad that you joined me today. Be sure to stay tuned all this week– I’ll have the 10 Minute Craft Dash #10 Highlights post , the DT announcement, the giveaway winner post and some other fun things mixed in. If you haven’t already, be sure to sign up to receive Pretty Pink Posh via email so you don’t miss anything!

Have a fabulous start to your week. Until next time….

 

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Wonderful Washi Blog Hop

Good morning!

It’s time for the DeNami Design monthly blog hop. If you have started the hop from the beginning, you should be coming from Diana’s blog. You definitely want to be sure you visit all 19 stops; there’s bound to be lots of amazing washi tape inspiration!

I know that many of my readers are familiar with washi tape- it’s the hottest thing in blogging land right now! It took me a little while to dip my feet into this bandwagon, but now I am obsessed with it. Dozens of designs and colors and yet I’m still always on the lookout for new ones!

With Valentine’s Day coming up quickly, I thought I would create a card all about this sweet day. I have an abundance of red washi tape, so I decided to put them to use and create a washi tape heart.  It’s SUPER easy to do, too! I placed stripes of washi tape on white paper, used a heart die cut and voila! valentine1a

Did you happen to notice the red doily in the background? I first tried using a standard white one and it didn’t pop as much as I liked. Enter in a red ink pad and I immediately had a matching RED doily!

valentine1bIt’s time to head off to the next stop on the blog hop- Barbara Murphy’s blog! Barb is such a sweetie pie who is always so supportive and has great ideas- I can’t wait to see what she creates using washi tape!

Have fun with the rest of the hop, I hope you were inspired by my card. Don’t forget to leave comments on each stop for your highest chance of snagging one of the $20 gift certificates!

NOT LISTED: aqua paper & pearls, doily

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