My Peachified frame & Yes a challenge entry

Hello Everyone!!

Peachy Keen Stamps Let's Face It Friday challenge team has a new challenge this week and I decided to play along. It was the first time in along time that I actually got in my craft room and it felt so good. I had a lot of fun with this one!! The challenge is called "Plenitful Patterns". Well when I made this frame I used patterns everywhere I could..I don't think I used any solid cardstock. I had so many ideas it was hard to decided which one to do and the funny thing is, that this was not one of the ideas. I went into my Craft Closet/cave and found a $1 frame from Michael's. I painted the edges black. Then picked a newer addition of DP to my stack from DCDW.

The bees were cut from Create a Critter and stamped with PK-640 Princess Face Assortment set.After they were done I covered them in several layers of UTE. I loved the sentiment from the new Hillbilly Holler SY-903 More Phrases stamp set so I used that and stamped it directly onto the paper. I then used the new adorable acryclic PKOA-BHV Beehive Set that Peachy Keen now carrys. I wanted to add some dimension to it. This was my first time using the acryclic shapes so I kinda messed it up but (like gluing it backwards)they are just so fun to use. Now that I have the hang of it I am playing around with the other ones I got. For the background paper I used my beloved and very versatile Sweet Lace Stamp from Market Street Stamps.

For the flower all I did was cut out a bunch of patterned paper with my Nesties scalloped circle and stacked them (inked them up with Tim Holtz distressing ink first). I then covered the whole thing in CTMH Liquid glass to give the flower shine and of course strength overtime. For the picture I just grabbed a piece of colored cardstock to stick in the center and I also took a picture so you could see what it looked like without it.

I really had fun with this one!! I hope you stop on by and show us your Plentinful Patterns!

I also wanted to share with you this entry I made for the challenge over at The Scrapping Cottage. I absolutely love their dies. Unfortunately I do not have to many of them and would love to have more so my plan was to make several pages to go with the sketch challenge in order to increase my chances to win. But due to an unforeseen back injury that has put me on the couch for the past couple of days (not an easy thing to do with twins) I barely got one page done. I wanted to keep it simple because I did this page for a friend. I did not know all the details about where the pictures where taken, etc etc. so I had to leave it a bit simple so she could write and fill in the info. Basically she has lots of room for journaling. I used the http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzbunnies4x6peachykeendesign.aspx Cottage Cutz Bunnies for my layout. This particular set comes with three face stamps so you can change the expressions on the bunny which is just fabulous and fun! These dies are awesome because where can you get such detail on itty bitty objects and use up those tiny bits of scrap paper you have been hoarding..I mean saving. LOL! I have my eye on those bakeries, sweat shops and of course all the Santa ones....OMG how flippin' perfect are those??? Keeping my fingers crossed. Well gotta go get another Ice pack for my back. HOpe you all have a great weekend!

P.S. I used an Oldie but Goodie Cricut Cartridge - My Community - for the fence and stamped it with my Market Street Stamps Woodgrain background stamp. I used Tim Holtz frayed Burlap arond the outside to give it some color.

A Peachy New Sketch Challenge

Whew...I think I survived but barely. My twins turned 2 on the 16th and we just had the party this week. My niece & nephew were here from Florida and last year we started a tradition of after the party putting up our tent (this thing is HUGE..we call it the Taj Mahal) and having all the kids sleep over. We had 8 kids in the tent and two adults to supervise not to mention 8 adults in the house. I woke up at the crack of dawn to make a gazillion Buttermilk pancakes and no I did not think ahead and buy Bisquick..sigh. But they had a blast and that is what counts. I just have been going for over 2 weeks straight with very little sleep and throw in some major stress and dealing with alot of crazy personal issues boy oh boy. The minute I stopped I crashed. It has been 3 days and I am still not recovered and I am still cleaning up the mess from the party. I haven't been in my craft room in weeks so I am very very sad..sniff sniff.

But the good news is that Peachy Keen Stamps has a great new challenge this week. That gave me a chance to sneak back in my craft room to make a card. I got to use the new stamps PK-287 Ballin' Bunnies released recently that are just to cute. I stamped the adorable crying bunny and glued it on top of the die cut. Then I did several layers of UTI and stuck it in the freezer for the cracked glass effect. I wanted something "broken" to symbolize saddness or hurt which is why the bunny is crying. I colored her in with my Prismacolor pencils with French Grey tones.

How adorable is this mouse????

Okay this mouse just makes me want to cry!!! How cute is this mouse????? I couldn't wait to use her. So when I saw the sketch this week over at the Peachy Keen Challenge Blog I knew I had to use my PK-289 Mitsy Sue and Colby Cheer Up.

Here is the sketch:



And this is what I came up with:



I colored the image with my PrismaColor pencils and completed this card with 100% of my paper scraps. I just basically grabbed what was in my arms reach... I just love seeing what I can come up with when I do that. I had a die cut that I cut out with my Nesties and stamped with Market Street Woodgrain background stamp. I just cut it in half to give it another element on the card. I wanted to keep it flat for easy mailing. I also added some CTMH Liquid Glass to the flower which is hard to see.

I sure hope you join us for this great sketch challenge!

Blog Hop Winner!!!

Hello and good afternoon! I just wanted to pop in and thank you all for hopping along with us. Oh and of course announce the winner of the $25 Peachy Keen Gift Certificate is..............


Dawn, RI said...
how adorable, your projects are really nice. I especially love the idea of the tag on the sugar cookies,Dawn RIabosoffit@hotmail.comdawnsdpl-papercrafting.blogspot.com

Congrats Dawn!!! Please contact me with your information so I can get you your gift certificate!

Hoping along with Peachy Keen & a WINNNNNEEERR!!!!

Hello and good morning everyone!! I am so excited that you are all finally getting to see the new PKS stamps that were just released. Are they not the cutest????? I have been wanting a skunk stamp FFFOOORRRREVVVERR from PKS and I finally got one!! YIPPEEE... but unfortunately I have not had time to play with it....sigh :(

But on to the fun stuff!! The winner of the stamp set SY-905 Hillbilly Holler Set 5 I was giving away yesterday is ..........

Sherrie K. said...
Great peek and what a teaser...can't wait to see it! Sherrie K
Congrats Sherrie!

Please contact me with your info so I can get you your stamp set.

Now don't worry you still have a chance to win!!!! All you have to do is leave a comment on THIS post. Leave a comment on all of the DT's post to increase your chances..don't miss out!!

For this blog hop I was working with the SY-905 Hillbilly Holler Set 5. I just love this set because it is perfect for me. First of all I am ALWAYS running behind so I love all the sentiments that come with it. The frame can be used for just about anything and the invitation part is invaluable for parties. I had some ideas to do with that but I didn't get a chance to get them done so look forward to them in the future PKS projects. I decided to focus on the frame and the house.

Here are the projects I came up with:

This one just make sme smile. I wanted to do a carton of eggs or a basket of apples but then I changed my mind and thought of a cow. The wood border/frame and sentiment (all the frames below are from the same set) are from SY-905 Hillbilly Holler Set 5. That adorable cow is from SY-901 Hillbilly Holler Set 2.


I put liquid glass on the frame of the stamp and I tried to paint a sky background which isn't easy at midnight by candlelight so bare with me!! The sentiment is from SY-900 Hillbilly Holler SET ONE


I totally forgot to take a picture of the inside of this tag. I simply used a scrap tag laying around that was folded. I stamped the barn on the outside and on the inside I stamped .. "FROM OUR HOUSE TO YOURS" to make this quick and cute gift.

Quick and I mean really quick card I made using the frame or chalkboard from the stamp set. I stamped it twice as I did with all of the other cards to give it a different color center.

I ran out of time on this one but I wanted to show you how easy it is and how great this stamp set would be to make invites for any occassion. I started to do a chicken BBQ one as well as one for my daughters 2nd birthday.

If you are just getting here below you will find the order of the blog hop. You really do want to start from the beginning, not only to see all the amazing projects but there are prizes along the way. Now go on...hop on over to Samantha's blog!

Peachy Keen Blog - http://www.peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com/

Ruthie - http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/

Erin - http://www.erinleecreative.com/

Joanna - http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/

Heidi - http://gotscraps.blogspot.com/

Kim - http://www.paperpunchaddiction.com/

Lisa - http://our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com/ --- YOU ARE HERE

Samantha - http://samanthacasey.blogspot.com/

Emma - http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Nikki - http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/

Janice - http://stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com/

Viv - http://craftinghaven.blogspot.com/

Lorie - http://www.thethinkinspot.blogspot.com/

Kathy - http://www.peachykeenstamps-kathy.blogspot.com/

Sneak Peek

Hello Everyone! I am so super excited about the new stamps from Peachy Keen that we will be showcasing in tomorrow's blog hop. The minute I got them in the mail I had a gazillion and one ideas in my head of what to do with them and I just couldn't wait to start playing with them. But it seems that Mother Nature had other plans for me. First the tornado which gave us no power or internet, then another storm, and then we lost power again the following day for no reason. I assume that they were trying to get all the power back to the others that were without. Usually my crafting time is nighttime so that didn't help very much!

The set that I will be showcasing really does have endless possibilities. I am going to make as many projects as my little inky fingers can create in a couple of hours but I am not sure how many I will get done. I really want you guys to see how many things you can do with just one set. As with any of our PKS blog hops there are so many chances to win along the way so don't miss out tomorrow. And TRUST me you are going to want these new stamps!!!!!!

Here is my little tease of a sneak peek...see you all tomorrow!!!

My Little Hillbilly getting ready to Hop Along with PKS

Hello Everyone! I hope everyone is safe and sound with all this horrible weather we have been having. Living in PA I never thought I would be hit by a tornado but go figure we did. We had minor damage compared to certain parts of the country so I am not even going to complain but it was a scary thing to live thru especially when you are home with young twins. The hail hitting the house was just simply crazy!!




Due to the tornado we lost power for a day which put me back in my crafting capabilities. I simply adore the new Hillybilly Holler stamp collection from Peachy Keen Stamps. They just make me chuckle!! So I decided to use SY-902 Hillbilly Holler Set 3 for a THANKS A BUNCH card. The challenge this week was to follow a sketch with a twist of Sponging on your card. So I stamped and colored my image then cut him out as close as possible to the lines. I then sponged him along the sides as well as the card base with Tim Holtz's Vintage Photo. After that I glued him down on white cardstock and trimmed him again so he can pop a bit with the trim. I tried all different kinds of DP for the background but couldn't find any that my little guy didn't get lost in. So I pulled out my Punched Tin background stamp from Market Street Stamps and stamped it on kraft cardstock. I added clear stickles to the flowers and to the center of each circle on the design of the background stamp. I hope you stop on by Peachy Keen Stamps challenge blog. I would love to see what you create with this sketch and the twist of sponging.

And for some exciting news....... We are hopping!!! Yes this week we are hoping to celbrate some more amazing stamps from Peachy Keen. Just when you think she can not come up with anymore adorable stamps she just blows you out of the water!! As always you will not want to miss it because there are oodles and oodles of prizes along the way. So come on back this week for some more fun. Sneak Peaks start June 1st thru the 2nd.

You won't want to miss this MEGA prize!!!

Boy do we have a super prize in store this week over at You surely will want to make sure you play along for this challenge.

First I will start with the details and then move onto the mega prize! The challenge is a sketch.

Here is my take on it:

I just got my grubby inky 10 fingers on some brand new DP (to me anyway) that I couldn't wait to use by My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy line. I had this picture sitting on my craft desk of my daughter Gianna looking up at my Mom and thought it was so sweet. For the faces I used PK-640 Princess Faces. When I was doing the sentiment at the bottom I wanted to give the plain cardstock some "Pop" factor or design so I stamped the green cardstock with my new Sweet Lace background stamp and the blue cardstock with PK-102 Small Polka Dot print. I realize now that I stamped the faces reverse of what I wanted to do so I may eventually try to fix it but for now..OH WELL!

So do you want to know what you can win by playing along this week???????
DRUM ROLL PLLLEEEASSEEE.....................

Yep no jokes here! If you are the winner this week this bad boy retailed at $130 will be on its way to you!!! And to share the wealth we secured a coupon code for our followers to use at AV Thing In Its Place the sponsor who has graciously donated such a wonderful prize. Here is the direct link to the craft rack that we will be giving away so you can get all of the information to it Wall Mount Storage rack with baskets. The only hitch is that it can only be shipped to the Continental US (Hawaii, Alaska will incurr shipping charges).

I myself have this same exact rack and I absolutely love it!!!! It was a lot larger than I expected. The top rack holds all my stamps that I store in CD cases wonderfully and keeps them within arms reach. On the bars I have rolls of ribbon and craft paper which beats being stacked up on my desk or leaning against the wall. The best part of it is that it is STYLISH and trust me I need all the help I can get in that department. I suggest you stop on by AV Thing In Its Place and browse around. They have such amazing storage solutions and furniture to make any crafter whine with delight. Who wouldn't love to have that craft desk and storage unit in their craft room????? Now the coupon code/badge can be found in the upper right hand corner of my blog as well as the Peachy Keen blog. The code is good on anything in the craft storage category. At checkout you need to enter 2angels-10 as the coupon code. The prices on the website reflect shipping and trust me you will be happy that they do because the rack I got was almost 30 lbs! I will be posting pictures shortly of my rack that I received (having technical difficulties at the moment with my camera...translation my twins got a hold of it..need I say more!).

There is two chances to win on this sketch challenge so don't forget to stop on by and play along with us this week to get your chance to win!!!

Counter Organizer for the new PKS challenge

Hello Everyone! As you all know there has been major issues with Blogger being down so this post is a bit late.

Peachy Keen Stamps has two design teams. The team that does the Friday challenges uses only PKS face stamps on their projects. Well I decided to play along with their challenge this week since it sounded like sooooo much fun. I had so many stinkin' ideas I just didn't have the time to do them all in.

My hubby is forever getting at me for my organizational skills or shall I say lack of them. So when I saw that the challenge this week was to make something to help you or your family get organized I jumped right on in.

Here I made a desk top organizer to help me in that department and to also help prevent the build-up of bills, papers and my coupons. I started out with a box of tissues and covered it in paper from October afternoon. I went with the design on the paper and kept it that theme. I used the pear and apple from the Preserves cartridge and the radish was from Freshly Picked. I took the DP scraps and used my nesties to cut out some matting. For the faces on the fruit I used PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment.

I also just got the new Market Street Woodgrain background stamp. That stamp gave it exactly the look I wanted. I glued some things down wrong but since I used hot glue there is nothing I can do about it so I have to live with it.

I hope you enjoy my organizer and I hope you take the time to play along with us this week.

Bring on the Bling at the Sisterhood

Hello Again!! We have another great challenge at The Sisterhood of Crafters for the next two weeks. "LET IT SHINE", Bring on the bling!! The challenge is to use something sparkly, glitter, bling etc.

I did a layout of my oldest twin (by 1 minute) using a picture that my neighbors daughter took. I kept it fairly simple because I wanted the picture to be the focal point. The two pieces of DP in the lower left hand corner will be for journaling.

Hope you stop on by and see what other fabulous projects our DT and Guest Designers came up with!!

2 More Frosted Designs Projects

I was so excited that Frosted Designs extended the deadline on a couple of their projects/challenges. I wanted to do everyone of them but some of the challenges were over by the time I saw them. I tried to do as many challenges as I could during what I thought was going to be naptime.


First I did a layout for the Quick Scrap by Jessica. I tried to use what I had in arm's lengths and leftovers from other projects. I actually even gave myself a time limit and I did this in less that 45 minutes.



Then I did a card for the Border Punch challenge by Kristin. I used 100% scraps on this one and kept it simple. I was going to stamp a sentiment but I wanted to leave it open for a generic card. I was going to continue on with the challenges but unfortunately the nap that I thought the girls were going to take never happened so I had to stop.

Market Street & Frosted Designs Card challenge

This card makes me laugh because it started out as a Post-It note holder in a cute decorative box. When that failed I moved onto a 3X3 note card box and when I didn't like that I ended up with a card!!! Talk about looking nothing like what you started with! I designed this card to fit into two challenges.

First over at Market Street Stamps they are having another great Color Cue Challenge this week. We were challenged to use Orange, Yellow and Blue. And over at Frosted Designs they are having a fun filled week of challenged every hour or so. I keep on missing the Hour long scrapbook LO challenges (since I just found out about it) so I am going to try to get the most in as possible. It is fun to challenge yourself. So I decided to start with their circle challenge. I took the colors from the Market Street Stamps Color Cue #2 challenge as the basis of my card and the theme of Circles fromFrosted Designs. All Card stock and ribbon is from PaperTrey Ink.

First I stamped the background (yellow cardstock) with the spankin' new stamp just released from Market Street Stamps called Sweet Lace. Then I cut out several scalloped circles with my Nesties as well as different sized paper punches and stamped them with another new release by Market Street called Punched Tin. The inks I used were by Stampin Up and to distress the edges I used Tim Holtz Vintage Photo. The stamped images are comprised of a gazillion circles but to add more I hand drew some with a white gel pen, added a circle brad and some colored bling stones.

Well I hope all you ladies are enjoying your day. I did get roses but my day is like every other day since Hubby is working. I am off to do what I would like to be doing anyway....scrapping!! I am gonna try to see how many challenges I can get done today!

"Popping Up" with another Peachy Keen Sketch

Hello Everyone!!!! Today I would love to share with you another great challenge from

Peachy Keen Stamps. For this challenge we had to follow a sketch but there is a twist to it. The twist is that you have to cut out and pop up your stamped image. How stinkin' cute is this adorable little boy?? I just want to pinch his chubby little cheecks. PK-790 Boogie Board Max. What made me laugh is when I went to the PKS website to get the link info I realized that I colored him almost exactly the same colors as he was on the package without even realizing it!! I picked my papers first and then colored him to match the paper. As you know I hate wasting anything. I had this little strip of paper that I had cut from the DP and simply flipped it over and stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the SY-901 Hillbilly Holler Set 2. To ink it up I used Tim Holtz Vintage photo on the edges of well...practically everything. Max is cut out and popped up with some foam tape. I hope you "Pop in" and play along with us this week!!

Happy Mother's day

MOM, MOMMY, MOMMA those are the most amazing words to be uttered out of your child's mouth. One of those words that will bring tears to my eyes till this day. And some days make you cry your eyes out while you are tearing your hair out after hearing it repeatly for hours and hours. Being a mother of 2 children in heaven and 2 on earth is the most important and rewarding job I have ever done or ever will. When I walk into my twins room in the morning they have this huge smile on their faces like they haven't seen me in years when it has only been hours. Moments like those are what makes all the hard times of being a parent all the worth while.

So with that in mind, this week over at The Sisterhood of Crafters we are celebrating Mother's Day. We are asking you to make any project, gift, card, layout etc etc. to celebrate this holiday. I just got in a brand new paper line that I just adored so I had to use it. I made a simple card that would be easy to mail to my friend. I stamped something that I didn't like so I had to cover it up (hence the strips of paper) and I added another one to even it out. I was planning on doing a beautiful layout but I am so busy this week with volunteering I just didn't get it done. Which is also why this post is going up late!! It is almost 1a.m here and I am not even in my PJ's yet!

Well I am off to try to get in bed before 3am since I have to be up early and back at it again to go to volunteer.

My laid back Hillbilly is LATE!!!!

What a big OOPPPSSS! Guess I was in the Hillbilly mood and I was laid back and easy going because I never posted my post! Sigh :( Sorry folks! It has been one crazy week here to say the least but that is my life.

I don't know if you all have seen the new Hillbilly Holler Stamps over at Peachy Keen Stamps. They are stinkin' adorable! For this set I used SY-900 Hillbilly Holler Set One. I had so much fun with these. I can't wait to play with the other sets. One of the things I love about them is their size. It is very easy to color the images especially for a Novice like me. The best part of it all is they are supposed to look rustic so when I screw it up it looks like it belongs there! LOL! I colored him in with my Prismacolor pencils, Stickles, and lots of Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink. The challenge this week at Peachy Keen Stamps was a fun one!! It is our 50th Challenge so you need to use the color Gold somewhere in your project. I am not a big fan of gold so I find it hard to use sometimes but I guess it is just my Phobia of it. For my gold I used Gold Stickles, Gold Small Library clips from Stampin' Up! and gold embossed paper from DCWV. To mat my Hillbilly Holler I cut out some cardstock with my Nesties. Then I covered up the image that I stamped on the diecut with a scrap piece of paper. Since my little guy is banging away on his homemade Banjo I wanted to add some music so he could really look jamming. I took my Vintage Music background stamp from Market Street Stamps. I also added a touch of gold threaded yarn across the border. I sure hope you stop on by and play along this week. Trust me it will be worth it, wait to you see the prize!!!!!

New Challenge over at the Sisterhood & a quick card

Hello Everyone! I say that with as much cheer as I can muster up after an especially grueling session of Boot Camp. Ugghh makes you think twice about eating junk food. There is a great new challenge over at The Sisterhood of Crafters and you get a chance to win some great prizes. The challenge this week is to make an Easter related project which is easy peazy because of the timing. One lucky winner will be elgible to win a great prize from AmberInk. After the week I had I didn't get my card done in time unfortunately but there is some great eye candy from our new Guest Designer Team as well as our Sisters so make sure to stop on by.

I also wanted to share with you this super quick and easy card I made from scraps and things in my arms reach the other day. I was making a card for the Market Street Stamps Color Cue challenge and had some leftover scraps so I decided to make a quick card with them. I also found a die cut that I had stamped for a previous card and it fit the colors perfectly so I used that to mat my butterflies. I stamped the cardstock with Vintage Wallpaper first as well as the butterflies. For the die cut I used Perfectly Pretty Grid to jazz it up a bit. I didn't put a sentiment on it because I wanted to add some cards to my stash that can be used for anything and this card fit the bill. It's simple but the stamps make it looks so pretty! Thought I would share it with you all. I am off to try to make the best of this miserable, dreary and rainy day!

My entry for the first color cue challenge

Maybe I am getting distracted by the 80 degree breeze coming thru my window or the screaming babies in the background but my card didn't come out the way I wanted. I always have a vision and somehow end up with something completely different. I thought the girls would sleep so I decided to work on a quick card for the very first Color Cue Challenge over at Market Street Stamps. I sure hope they allow more than one entry because this isn't what I had in mind..LOL For this card I used the Too Many Martinis background stamp and the Robo Love adorable robot. I didn't do such a good job coloring it and I didn't let the Liquid Glass dry that I put over it either before taking the picture...my bad :(

I also wanted to share with you these adorable quick and easy photo holders I made with Vintage Wallpaper and the Zebra Print background stamps. I spray painted the wooden cubes black and added a touch of cardstock for a bit of color. I know they are super simple but I just love them!

Getting Sassy With Market Street Stamps

Okay I am soooooooooo in love with the new Market Street Stamps Zebra background stamp. I also got the new music note background stamp which is totally a MUST have. I ordered once 2 packages of DP just because I wanted the music printed paper that was in the assortment. Now I can make as much as I want. One of the things I love the most about Market Street Stamps is the size. They are so wonderfully huge you don't have to worry about trying to make the pattern match like some of the other stamps.

I recently purchased a Zebra print organizer for my desk. I am, well lets just say not gifted in the organization department. My husband recently told me that he need to build Monkey Bars just so I can get to my craft desk. So I decided to make some fun stuff to help me get organized. I wanted to keep it simple because it was going to be in a high traffic area (nice word for in the mist of a cluttered, chaotic mess of a desk). I made two of these caddys and used my Scor-tape to hold them together. I then took some Linen cardstock from PaperTrey Ink and embossed the Zebra print background stamp with black embossing powder. After I did that, I used two layers of Ultra Thick Embossing powder and that really changed it up a bit. Lined that with colored card stock.

Now I will say that I decided to use a hot glue gun to adhere the zebra print to the cardstock and the heat of the glue kinda made the embossing powder on the other side melt even though I did it the day before. So if I were you be very light with the glue gun or even better don't use it at all if you use UTEE or embossing powder. For the flower I used some scrap cardstock and stamped the Zebra print in Stampin! UP' Dusty Durango and inked up the edges.

This caddy holds all my Market Street Stamps perfectly. And it is all made out of paper! Beat the $30 I spent on the organizer I bought! On the other side I put some liquids, tools and tapes etc. I gotta say I love it. It looks so much better in person..sorry I just couldn't capture the pictures right. I am gonna make some more of these and fill them with cards, gifts etc...cause I am going WILD with my Zebra stamp...I just love it to bits!! You will not be disappointed I will tell you that!!

A Very Peachy Sketch

I don't know about where you all live but yesterday it was almost 80 degrees and beautiful (here in PA). Well today it is flippin' cold out, only about 40 degrees and its rainy and very dreary. Perfect day for crafting!!I just wish that Mother Nature would make up her mind!!

This week over at Peachy Keen Stamps there is such a great sketch. This has to be one of my favorite sketches because it has so many possibilities. I was gonna try to do one with watermelon and one for the 4th of July but I ran out of time.

Here is the sketch: And here are my two takes on it:

For the Thinking of You card I used the flowers from PK-286 Easter Patch and the Sentiment is from PK-284 Spring Bouquet . I used Copics, Stampin Up! Markers and Stickles to color in the flowers. For my adorable little Space Boy I used PK-643 Boy Mates 1-1/8" . He is rather large. I think I cut up out from the Everyday Paperdoll cartridge at 5". For the moon sand I just used my CTMH wavy cutter and stamped it with the new PK-150 Accessories ONE Assortment for the circles using one of the stamps that were supposed to be a pair of eye glasses. The sentiment is from Market Street Stamps BLAST OFF set. I had a package of clips on my desk that had pretty cardboard backing in it so I literally just stamped it on that..talk about being resourceful (I hate throwing things out!!) .

I hope to see your take on the awesome sketch. Remember you have two weeks to play along with this great challenge and to get a chance to win some awesome prizes!

Hopping along with Peachy Keen

Hello and welcome to another fabulous Peachy Keen Blog Hop. This release just knocked my socks off. I am sad that I didn't get to complete the rest of my projects for the blog hop, but I hope to for the future challenges.

I got to work with the adorable PK-278 Easter Basket Paint Fight. The grass is from PK-286 Easter Patch. My first idea was to make an Easter Egg coloring kit. I saved this old paint can container that held cookie cutters at one point and thought that it would be a great way to contain everything. I did not put the lid on the container because I realized that it had the name of the person I am giving it to and I don't want to ruin the surprise if they see it here. I thought it would be fun to fill the bucket up with a bunch of supplies to color Easter Eggs. For the matting I cut out the Glitter Cardstock (which will be available at PKS website) and white cardstock with my Nesties. To make my bunny soft & fluffy I used the Quickie Glue Pen from Peachy Keen Stamps and white Flocking. That glue pen is the bomb! It allows you to have such precision and gets into the smallest of spots. I literally just colored the spots in that I wanted with the glue pen and added the Flocking on top of it. A also used Stickles, Copics, White Gelly Roll Pen Medium Point and Prismacolor pencils. For some extra depth I covered the basket in Liquid glass by CTMH.

Next I decided to make a card to go with it. I used a piece of the glitter cardstock scrap to punch a decorative border, added some twine from The Twinery and an Epoxy flower. I cut out the mat with my Nesties and randomly stamped the paint splatters all over. I covered it in several layers of Ultra thick embossing powder and stuck it in the freezer for a couple of minutes to get that crackled look. The color of the images changed a little bit when I put the UTE over it. I then used mounting dots to bump up the image a bit. Simple card but a fun card.

This concludes the hop! Hope you had fun hopping along the PKS bunny trail and checking out all of the awesome creations. In case you just got here below is the full blog hop order...trust me you don't want to miss out on all of these awesome releases!

Blog Hop Order:

Peachy Keen Blog - http://www.peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com/

Viv - http://craftinghaven.blogspot.com/

Kim - http://www.paperpunchaddiction.com/

Lorie - http://www.thethinkinspot.blogspot.com/

Heidi - http://gotscraps.blogspot.com/

Janice - http://stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com/

Joanna - http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/

Nikki - http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/

Emma - http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Ruthie - http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/

Samantha - http://samanthacasey.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com/ - ** YOU ARE HERE **

Sneak Peak of the cutest stamps ever!!!!!

Okay I know I have probably said this a gazillion times about Peachy Keen Stamps but wait until you see the new releases of stamps for this month. OMG they are stinkin' adorable!!!!!! When I say CUTE I mean CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE!! Unfortunately I have not been able to play with them and finish certain projects to show you all due to unforeseeen circumstances but atleast my fellow DT members at Peachy Keen Stamp were able to. And quite frankly I can not compete with their talent anyway!!!! I am so proud of the talent on my team I do not feel I am worthy sometimes!!

But here is my sneak peak. I will give you a hint...it's fuzzy, cuddly and CUTE CUTE CUTE! Leave a comment on THIS post to receive a chance at winning this set. Tune in April 1st for the complete Blog Hop order and new release. But remember leave a comment on THIS sneak Peak post for your chance to win the stamp set that I am showcasing here. Then Hop along the bunny trail to all the other DT members this week to also enter to win their stamp sets. Don't forget to come back on April 1st to see the completed projects as well as all the new releases.

Thinking "manly" over at the Sisterhood

Hello Everyone!

This morning is a miserable rainy and dreary morning here in PA. I am trying to force myself to get up and go to Boot Camp but when I look outside I want to just go back to bed! YUCK!

On to some better news :) !! I have a great new challenge for you to participate in the next two weeks. What's even better is there is an awesome prize if you win. For this challenge at The Sisterhood of Crafters we are thinking manly. We all need those manly cards but for some reason I don't tend to lean towards manly. They are usually hard for me. That was until I saw the images over at Dude Time Doodles drawn by our very own Sisterhood Designer Boni! I have the best time with her images and I just laugh my butt off when I see all her new releases. This is one store that when I go thru the Digi's I want them all because I say.."OOHH I can use that for that, and that for that one.." etc. etc. They are unique, hysterical and just down right a must have! If you don't trust me, skip on over and take a look.

I have some great friends who appreciate a good laugh so for this challenge I decided to use
Dr. Strangelove. He just makes me wanna pee my pants laughing. I kept the sentiment clean on the outside but I left the inside blank for the possibilities of handwritten sentiments. I had to cut him out because I messed up on the first card I was making with him so he looks a little rough around the edges. To finish this card I used some paper from SEI and a scrap tag that I had laying around. After I took the picture I realized that I glued my button upside down!! No wonder the twine wasn't hanging right!! Of course I just wanted to scream but I just laughed instead.

Please stop on by The Sisterhood of Crafters and join in on our manly/boy themed challenge. You are allowed up to three entries into this challenge. One lucky winner will receive a $10 Gift certificate to Dude Time Doodles!! What an awesome prize!! The hard part will be choosing which ones to purchase.. Good luck and have some fun with this challenge.