And the winner

... of the June 'Create A Flower' Challenge, chosen at random & now the new owner of a fabulous Fiskars Apron Lace Punch is Audrey Harris : )

Congratulations Audrey. If you'd like to email me with your address please, I'll get your prize off to you.

Audrey actually sent her flowers to me on a card, through the post. These are Audrey's creations ...




... cut from circles, with the edges inked to co-ordinate with the trendy doodles she's added to her card, I think they're fabulous. Very stylish. Her card is too : )

Congratulations to Audrey. And thank you so much to everyone who joined in. You created a fantastic selection of flowers!

Simply Gorgeous

I love everything about these ribbons by East Of India. From their lovely, soft linen-type texture and girlie sentiments to the re-usable (and very collectible) kraft rolls they come on. I think they're gorgeous.

I've never seen them in a craft shop. I think you're more likely to find them in a gift or greeting card shop. And I think I liked them for that too. Something a little different than we find with our usual craft suppliers.

I bought mine from The Glass House, a little gift boutique in St Ives. It's one of my favourites shops locally. And I always like to have a look around in there where I'm shopping.

They're also available online & a quick Google or eBay search should find them for you : )

I just bought a couple of them to try them. And now of course ... I want all of them!

Free Font

Ali Edwards Official Font is available to download free from here. Thank you to Ali : )

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Hello to another Monday. And that must mean I'm another week older ; )

Last week was SO busy. I have lots of behind the scenes stuff going on at the moment. On the web site, on the blog.

About 10 days or so ago, I'd completed the final plan of all the things I want - or need - to do as a response to all the wonderful feedback you gave me in March. And that's what I'm mostly working on at the moment. Over the next couple of weeks, you should hopefully begin to see some of the changes you requested.

I'm building in a little bit of a makeover to the web site at the same time. Not too much. Just something a little more fresh & pretty. It's looked exactly the same for a long time now. A little creative update will be good I think. It all seems to be going well too, even the techie bits. So you should be able to see the changes quite soon. I'm really pleased with it so far.

I was able to include another design into the Colour Collection at the weekend too. Elegant Swirls. Another one done from my product-to-do list.

You seem to really like it. And I'm really pleased about that too : )

In The Media - Catching Up

A place for all those fabulous features & articles that have been in the Card Making magazines since I last posted them.

Remember the feedback exercise from March? You said you liked to see them here & told me off for not including them anymore ; )

Well, I'm going to through all my magazines and add them to the blog. I have kept every single one of them because I am always thrilled to see Pink P in print. Why did I stop posting them? Well, Pink Petticoat has been featured a LOT!. And posting them started to feel a little like blowing my own trumpet. Seems silly now I know, but at the time, to me, it was overwhelming. In a good way. Well, in the most fantastic way actually. But still overwhelming.

But you were right - they should all be here. And I'm sorry. I am going to start posting them again. And I'm going to use this space to catch up with those that are missing & post every single one : )

Those Alphas

... from the Big Fella Collection. You wanted them in all the 52 colours of our Colour Palette? Well here they are : )

I've included all the three styles - western, skinny & dotty - and the same mix of upper & lower case as they are in Big Fella. And it will be priced it at £3.99.

But seeing as though most of you have already bought some of the colours in the Big Fella Collection itself, it will be half price at £1.99 until Sunday - the same day as the introductory offer ends on Big Fella.

I think this is the first time an individual product has been requested so quickly from a new release. And one that is still at it's introductory price too. I'm just thrilled you like them : )

I've also added to the retiring items today. And once the CD stock has gone, the downloads will be retired too. So if you want one ...

I think that's it for today. I don't know whether I'll get chance to post tomorrow or not, so I'll wish you all a great weekend now - just in case : )

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

New Card Inspirations

... on the web site using (mostly) the new 'Big Fella' Collection. Especially the print-your-own Kraft Card that is in it. It's my favourite, very trendy & SO versatile.

I was only able to do it thanks to some great help from Dawny P who went out of her way to test it out on different types of cards on her own printer for me. And it was a fantastic help. Thank you Dawny : )

And talking of DawnyP, can I show you what I received in the post this morning ... ?




... from DawnyP herself. Isn't she a talented girlie? How lucky am I?

The photos do not do them justice I'm afraid. Her pretty pink card is as beautifully made as they always are with some gorgeous colouring & lovely embossed layers. And the bracelet is simply gorgeous.

It's beautifully made, extremely pretty & SO feminine. It's made from a very softly scrunched up silver chain on an elasticated cord so it's so simple to wear. And the delicate danglie charms are very eye-catching, with lots of lovely little details to look at & show off. Dawny wouldn't have known this, but I love danglies on bracelets. I love the way the movement feels against my skin & the softening effect they have when I wear them.

If you ever decide to open a blog-shop or a web site or etsy store or something Dawny, please let me know. I'm definitely there!

And thank you. SO much : ) You made me feel VERY special.