The Pink Elephant: November 2012

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Winner Wednesday - TPE175

Thank you all for joining us last week TPE Friends!

We look forward to seeing your awesome designs each week!!

The Pink Elephant Challenge - TPE175

We had a tie this week...
Our winners are:

Kim

Libeeti

Thank You all for sharing at TPE!

Your cards are beautiful!

Blessings - Ella and the TPE DT

Monday, November 26, 2012

The Pink Elephant Challenge - TPE176

Welcome to another challenge at

Pretty Packaging

____The TPE Designers____

Kadie

Sheri

Stacey

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Thanks so much for joining us!

Challenges begin on

Mondays at 10 AM EST

and

close on Sundays at 12 EST

If you upload your card to SCS, PCP or any other gallery please use keyword TPE, but

also add a link to it in Inlinkz (please show a photo of your card) so we are sure to see it.

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Saturday, November 24, 2012

The Pink Scrapbook Challenge #35

TPE Scrapbook Challenge 35

This week our scrapbook challenge is a Theme Challenge:

Happiness

Design a layout featuring something(s) that make you HAPPY and link below.

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Be inspired by the layouts of the TPE Scrap Team:

Lori Boyd

Claudia Harvey

Stacey Schafer

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Our Star Scrapper for last week's challenge is:

Patrice

Thank you Patrice, for sharing your fabulous layout with us at TPE!

Please accept our winners badge for your blog:

All the layouts this week are fabby...Thank you ALL!!

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A new challenge will start each week on Saturday Morning and will
close the following Friday Evening at 12 Midnight EST.

Winner Wednesday - TPE174

Thank you all for joining us!!

The Pink Elephant Challenge - TPE174

Our winner is:

Chris

Thank You Chris for sharing at TPE!
Your card is lovely!

Blessings - Ella and the TPE DT

Monday, November 19, 2012

The Pink Elephant Challenge - TPE175

Giving Thanks

With so many things in our lives to be thankful for...we thought it would be
a lovely challenge for us to all share a card, project or layout featuring THANKS!

The entire TPE team would like to send out huge a THANK YOU to all of YOU,

for supporting TPE week after week!

♥

____The TPE Designers____

Kadie

Sheri

Stacey

Joni

Lori

________________________________________

Thanks so much for joining us!

Challenges begin on

Mondays at 10 AM EST

and

close on Sundays at 12 EST

If you upload your card to SCS, PCP or any other gallery please use keyword TPE, but

also add a link to it in Inlinkz (please show a photo of your card) so we are sure to see it.

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Saturday, November 17, 2012

The Pink Scrapbook Challenge #34

TPE Scrapbook Challenge 34

This week our scrapbook challenge is a Recipe Challenge:

Cardboard, Journaling, and Circles

Design a layout using the recipe and link below.

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Be inspired by the layouts of the TPE Scrap Team:

Claudia Harvey

Stacey Schafer

Lori Boyd

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Our Star Scrapper for last week's challenge is:

Meihsia Liu

Thank you, for sharing your fabulous layout with us at TPE!

Please accept our winners badge for your blog:

All the layouts this week are fabby...Thank you ALL!!

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A new challenge will start each week on Saturday Morning and will close the following

Friday Evening at 12 Midnight EST.

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Project Thursday: Simple Fall Wreath

I've been putting up decorations around our house the past few weeks. Not just for Fall - but to coordinate with a Woodland Themed Party we are hosting.

When I was almost done (with centerpieces, table toppers, bunting, floral arrangements and place card holders), I looked around and realized I had nothing to greet our guests at the front door.

Time for a Quick and Easy Wreath Project

I found these straw wreathes at Walmart for only a few dollars. I love them because they are wrapped with cellophane so the messy straw doesn't get everywhere as you are working with them.

I picked up Two (because we have double front doors). Next I ripped strips of fabric. I had this leftover Osnaburg fabric from the table runners and buntings I had recently made.

The strips were wrapped around the straw wreathes and glued in place as each strip ended.

Next I gathered up leftover fabrics (also from my table runner and bunting projects) including burlap scraps and felt bits.

I made a few different fabric and felt flowers in various sizes. There are so many great tutorials out there to choose from. I used a technique similar to this one for the Orange loopy flower and a version of this for the brown felt rose.

The red plaid flower is made from a strip of ripped fabric glued in pleats to a round base. I made the center by gluing rope/twine in a circular pattern.

The hardest part is finding the perfect arrangement of flowers on your wreath. I added some button details and green felt leaves for the finishing touch.

The final step was hang them on the front door with a beautiful ribbon.

I chose a Green and Brown plaid to coordinate with my Woodland Theme.

I like the simplicity of just a few flowers on the edge of the wreath, but I think this project would be stunning with the base covered completely with flowers.