Home Sweet Home - SVG ATTIC & PKS Challenge

Good Afternoon everyone!  I can't believe it is winter and we are getting 60 Degree weather.  Not that I am complaining but the darn plants are gonna get confused and start growing.  Just came in from a nice little play day outside with the girls.  This weather was to nice to pass up.  But I wanted to come in and share my latest card that I made with my files from SVG ATTIC and stamps from PEACHY KEEN STAMPS.

There is a new challenge over at both blogs so I decided to make it so it would fit both challenges.  First at SVGATTIC the challenge is to use a heart on your project.  Which I did in the little birdies hand as well as on the bird house.  There was a photo inspiration at PKS.  It was so pretty that I wish that was in my yard.  Looking at it I took the colors as well as the nature/flower theme and made the card around that.

For the card I welded some shapes together on my MTC program from SVG Attic's Yours Truly set. The adorable bird and birdhouse are from the Birds and Bees set.  I added a branch from the Give a Hoot set so the birdie had some place to sit. My sister just bought her first house so I made this with her in mind.  I included a gift card inside with some Congratulations.  The sentiment inside the heart is from PKS's PK-636 Pumpkin House accessories stamp set.  For the adorable "I just want to Pinch you" face stamp I used PKK-144 Winter Faces.  The papers I used are from Basic Grey, October Afternoon as well as some various scraps I had laying around.

I am also entering this into the following challenges:

Simon Says - Animal Antics
Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes 
SweetStamps - Shaped card
Marks Finest Papers - have at least 4 layers

Just Ducky!

Whew by the skin of my teeth. Everything went wrong with this card. I couldn't find my darn cuttlebug plates (I flippin hate that they are clear...think when I buy new ones I will paint them) so I had to jimmy rig it and what a disaster. Let's just say I now need all new plates.

I wanted to make a double pocket card for my niece to sent her a gift card as well as a little note in it. Figured I would play along with the first Peachy Keen Stamps challenge. If I didn't have so many problems I would of had fun with this one. I am not super happy with the turn out from what I had in my head but it is what it is until I get to Michaels.

I used the Duck and Egg die as well as the Duck accesories die from Peachy Keen Stamps. For the inside sentiment and the faux stitching I used PK-225 Happy Flowers and Cheerful phrases. I made a tag out of some scrap paper to stick in the front pouch. In the back pouch I used the gift card holder from SVG Attic in the Be Mine set. The papers I used I also got from Peachy Keen stamps which came in a kit by American Crafts.

Part One of my Valentine's Day Goody bags.

Hello Everyone! My girls go to "school" one day a week for 4 hours. I am excited because I never got to the point of getting teacher gifts and making class party supplies and stuff like that. I know many of you maybe burnt out on that but that is something I was robbed from so I am having fun with it this time.

My girls are in a class that consists of 10 children in the 2 year old range. Ironcaly there is another set of twin boys..hmmm can you say boyfriends?? LOL
So I am making up each child a Valentine Day gift bag. I am making them a bit bigger because a) its from two children and b) this is my first chance that I am getting to do this. I am compiling each bag with a couple of components. I will share what the end product will look like but I thought I would share with you each item as they are done.
Trying to keep in mind their age I decided to come up with a cute little Valentine's themed memory card game. Market Street Stamps has a really cool color challenge going on so that is how I picked the colors to use. Sigh... keep in mind I started this project a couple of weeks ago. All my cuts including the square cards are from SVGATTIC. Now I am only taking pictures of one set of the cards (4) obvisouly there will be 8 in the set since you have to find the matching picture.

For the back of the cards I used Hearts of Plenty background stamp. I first stamped it in Vintage Cream ink then a red ink on top of it to sort of give it a shadow effect. I also used Hearts of Plenty on the inside top note matting as well as the Gingham stamp. The stars are from the Blast Off! set. The cuts I used were from the following files - Birds and Bees, Sweetheart Captions, My Valentine,and Yours Truly.

I am going to enter these into the following challenges:

Market Street Stamps - Color Challenge

Paper Pretties - Valentine's Day

There She Goes - Love is in the Air

Send A Smile for Kids - kid oriented

Simply Create Too - Love is in the Air

Craft Us Crazy - Valentine/Love

Crafty Creations - Valentines

Angelica's Online Birthday Bash!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! Consider yourself lucky that you are reading this and not hearing it in person! LOL Welcome to Angelica's birthday hop! A bunch of us have gotten together to throw her a birthday party!! If you came here from Julie's blog then you are right on track. If you just got here you can start at the beginning by clicking HERE to start at the way beginning. Trust me, you will be amazed at what these ladies came up with. I was blown away by their creativity.

Angelica is a Mom, business woman, friend, basically a juggler of many things. I hope and wish today on her birthday she gets treated like a Queen and takes a break, she surely deserves it. Angelica you are a wonderful human being and truly deserve the best. Sending you many hugs and birthday wishes on your birthday.
Since I am ALWAYS behind and running late I went ahead and made her a Happy Belated birthday tag to go with her little gift that I got her. I honestly have the best intentions all the time but somehow, some way time slips away from me. I wanted to package up her gift so I used the pillow box cut from SVG ATTIC. The beautiful background stamp is from no other than the talented Angelica. It is called Vintage Wallpaper. I think this stamp was one of my very first Market Street stamps that I purchased. To ink up the stamp I used Vintage cream from PaperTrey Ink and stamped it on their kraft cardstock. If you haven't checked out her stamps you should!!! I am pretty sure that you will love them as much as I do.

Now go on and hope onto Kristi's blog to continue Angelica's birthday blog hop.

Here is the full blog hop list in case you got lost along the way.

Kathy-http://www.peachykeenstamps-kathy.blogspot.com/
Amanda-http://amandascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/
Amy Crockett- http://www.scrappingmommy.com/
Cristina Garcia- http://www.craftingwithcristina.com/
Lauren Brewer http://www.laurenscreative.com/
DoBea Alberts- http://www.dobeaalberts.blogspot.com/
Raven Baca- http://www.Love4stamps.blogspot.com/
Jennie Garcia http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com/
Heather Hoffman - http://housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com/
Lorie Souther- http://thethinkinspot.blogspot.com/
Stephanie Muzzulin- http://www.handmade75.blogspot.com/
Erin Schreiner - http://www.erinleecreative.com/
Brenda Weaver- http://www.sweetpapertreats.com/
Michelle Criswell- http://www.scrappinwithmybug.com/
Michele Gross- http://studiomsg.blogspot.com/
Leanne Garner - http://www.createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/
Tifany DeGough - http://inkblotsbytrd.blogspot.com/
Samantha Casey- http://samanthacasey.blogspot.com/
Nikki Foraker- http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/
Heidi Anne Giebel - http://gotscraps.blogspot.com/
Glorajean Beardall - http://www.glorascrafts.blogspot.com/
Vivienne Holden - http://www.craftinghaven.blogspot.com/
Janice Wilson http://stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com/
Saundra Rega http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/
Julie Day - http://www.daydesigns.blogspot.com/
Lisa Buttafuoco - http://our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com/ -- YOU ARE HERE
Kristi Bennett - http://www.littlepapersprinkles.blogspot.com/
Mel Haas- http://doxiemeldesigns.blogspot.com/
Stephanie Washburn- http://sweetstephcardcreations.blogspot.com/
Kim Score -http://www.paperpunchaddiction.com/
Emma Aguilar -http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Buzzing by.....

I had so much fun with this one! For some reason when I saw this I immediately wanted to make it with a pull tab. Don't know why but I did so I set to try to figure out how to do it. I used the beehive svg from SVGATTIC's set called Birds and Bees which you can find here. The sentiments and little flutter marks from the bees are from PEACHY KEEN STAMPS. The sentiment and one of the little flutter marks are from PK-244 Bee Happy and the other flutter mark is from PK-249 Honey Bugs and Bees. For some added dimensions I added some twisted florist wire for the antlers (actually I don't know what the heck they're called).
To make the beehive I cut out 3 beehives. Two in black and one in the yellow. When I glued the 2 layers together I used glue dots at the very edge along the side. Then I glued the yellow paper to the front as normal. I cut off the tippy top of the front layer as well as the back. I played along with another one of cuts from SVG Attic which I believe was just a simple panel for one of the cards. I made it into 2 layers that would fit inside of the beehive. There is loads of layers on this card and it looks so much cuter in person. Sorry about the pics but I haven't downloaded the software for my new camera yet...pure laziness I guess.

Above is how it looks when everything is tucked in nice.
Partially pulled out.


And here is what the complete card taken out looks like.



HOpe you enjoy my card, I certainly had fun making it :)

LOVE fully revealed

Hello everyone! As promised here is a full view of my project made with a new collection of files released today from SVG ATTIC titled Sweetheart Captions. The minute I saw this file I knew exactly what I wanted to do and even had the colors I wanted in mind. I literally did this during nap time, sewing and all. This picture was taken of my daughter Mia by my friends 14 year old daughter who is absolutely phenomenal at taking pictures. Sweetheart captions is jam packed with all of these ideas and possibilities. It is not just for Valentine's day which is the type of files you need to add to your collection. I am working on another project using the Amour file but I did not get a chance to finish it for this post. Hopefully I will be able to share it with you soon. Here is a picture of all the svg cuts included in this file. You can click HERE to be directed to the page to purchase it.

I also wanted to share with you my project for the new Sisterhood of Crafters challenge. The challenge was to make a project related to snow. To be honest I am so snowed out and ready for some different type of projects. But I did have fun with this one. My fellow talented DT sister Darlene gave me this tutorial on how to make this memo holder. She is just so inspiring and gives me tons of ideas and projects so make sure to drop by her blog. You won't be disappointed!

It was so easy and makes wonderful gifts. All it uses is one 12X12 double sided piece of paper and that includes the pocket on the inside. I did also pair it up with a Post-It note holder using some scrap paper and another Mega Clip bookmark that I made. I made this with all items that I had on hand which was great for me! I hope you do stop on by and play along with our challenge.

Sneak Peak!!!

How much fun did I have you ask??? LOL LOADS! You know you have a good file when things come together rather quickly. I made this project during nap time with a file that will be released tomorrow from SVG Attic. There are soooo many possibilities with this set. I am also working on another one and hopefully will have it done for the release tomorrow. Check back tomorrow for my full picture of my project made with the new release.

For now here is a little tease~!

Mega Clip bookmark

Good morning everyone. I orginally had this posted yesterday but Blogger decided not to cooperate so here it is again.

I came up with this adorable bookmark using some files from SVG ATtic. I used the rosette and circles as the base from the Happy Haunt Halloween file. The hearts are actually the toppers from the Valentines Cupcake wrappers file. I cut several hearts out and played around with the colors until I got what I wanted.

I used some mega clips that I purchased from Staples to make this HUGE bookmark. Also to glue it all together I used hot glue so it is nice and firm and won't get destroyed. I am including a picture of it in my hand which isn't the greatest but I wanted you to see the size of this thing. This will be part of a package I am sending to my niece. She loves to read so I thought it would be a cute gift.

SVG Attic Challenge and some quick Valentine's Day treat boxes

First I would like to wish everyone a very Happy, Healthy and SAFE New Year! I sometimes dread New Years because I wonder what is coming in the next year. Even though I would like to be healthier for my sake as well as my children's I am not going to make any weight loss resolutions. But what I am gonna do is get ORGANIZED! I have been on a rampage organizing cabinets and rooms downstairs. Things that have just been put aside for way to long. I sent picks to my hubby and he wrote back... "Are you okay?" LOL Let's just say I am far from organized. I also started to attack my craft room which is absolutely horrific. I don't get much time up here but when I do I am usually short on time so all the scraps and garbage from my previous projects just gets stacked up. It is going to take me some time but I will get there. I need to, it is just way out of hand. But the good news is that my computer is back and running and I actually got the girls down for a nap so I whipped up these two little crafty creations really quick using some svg's from SVG ATTIC.

I have loads of solid card stock in paper stacks that I forget about so I pulled some out and used the milk carton from the Fun Favors Kit. The sentiment is actually one half of the cupcake topper in the Valentine's Day Cupcake wrapper set. Using my Make-The- Cut program I cut the milk carton out at 80 DPI and the sentiment at 100 DPI to fit the box. I didn't want to add to much to it since I know they will just be thrown out. I filled some Cello bags with Cherry Cordial M&M's I bought on clearance after Christmas.

This is a scrapbook layout I made with the Give a Hoot collection for the new challenge over at SVG Attic. The challenge is to use something Metallic and Glittery in your project. It is hard to see in the photo but all the Dp's are glittered. Make sure you stop on by and play along for your change to win some great SVG's! You can find the contest by clicking HERE.

Christmas card holder

Good morning everyone. I wanted to show you this fun Christmas card holder I made with some files from SVG Attic.

The papers I used were from October Afternoon and the ribbon is from Stampin' Up! First I simply scored 1/2" on each side of a 12X12 piece of cardstock and then 4" across the bottom. I cut a little slice out of where the scores met and folded the top part back and glued it and the bottom score up so it formed a pocket. I put eyelets in the corners so I could tie them together forming the card holder.

I fell in love with the NOEL sentiment from Cozy Christmas Captions so I knew I was going to use that one. I didn't want it to look off center so for the bottom sentiment "Believe" I cut out the base of the Noel and layered the Believe sentiment on top of that. The snowflake in the center is actually the Noble Fir tree from O Christmas Tree. I cut it out and just layered it with lots of foam tape to give it some depth/height. I am very happy with this card holder because it gives me someplace to keep all my Christmas cards and also acts as a piece of holiday decor.

SVG Attic has some great files on sale today at 50% off!!!! You defintely have to stop on by and check them out. You literally need to stock up on files at these fantastic prices. Especially the new collection called Stocking Stuff. It has an adorable lump of coal box as well as a great way to package up Wii games, DVD's etc.

The Sisterhood's new challenge

It is time for a new challenge over at the Sisterhood. We are having a Christmas themed challenge and we would love to see your creations! I sure hope you stop on by and share your craftiness with us.

For the challenge I made an Photo tin. I thought it would be neat to take out each year and add Christmas photos. It would be great decoration to and fun to see the changes from year to year. Inside it is filled with photo mats, tags and lots of places for journaling. I had fun making this one. Originally it was going to be a gift but I think I may keep it!

I am off to try and get some holiday shopping and baking done!

My last post as a Peachy Keen Designer...

Good morning/afternoon everybody! I am trying to be cheerful on this bitter cold day but it is hard. Today I am sharing with you my last post as a designer for Peachy Keen Stamps. PKS was what brought me to Blog Land. I have know Kathy for many years and I just love her to bits. She is the one who told be about getting a blog and all the challenges etc. etc. Well in 2009 I started a blog and that was all she wrote... I became hooked! Sometime after that I joined the PKS Design Team and met some AMAZINGLY talented women. Not only talented but a complete pleasure to know. These women made this not only a DT but a Family. I will miss that the most. Peachy Keen has an Open call for designers still going on until December 31st. Even though I would never intentionally leave PKS I will not be trying out for the next team. Reason being I want you all to be able to experience one of the most amazing companies EVER to design for. I encourage all of you to apply. You can click HERE for all the details. It will be exciting to see all the new craftiness coming out of PKS next year.

For my last card as a designer I decided to use the stamp set that I used for my very first post and challenge on my blog. I used the strawberry from PK-239 Faceless Fruit so I thought it was fitting to do as my last post as a PKS Designer. The sentiment is from PK-292 Faceless Corn and the papers are from October Afternoon's Thrift Shop line.

I want to thank you for all the support and comments you have left during the hops and the challenges during my term as a PKS Designer. I don't like change for obvious reasons but sometimes you just gotta roll with it. I am grateful and very thankful to have been part of the PKS DT as long as I have. I am also extremely thankful for getting to know some of the most amazing women EVER. PKS was just not a normal design team they were a family and I will forever miss that. I hope the new PKS team will get to have the same experience.

I will still be around the PKS world on the PK Connection (see button on my side bar), entering into challenges and alumni hops basically anything they ask me to do as well as supporting the new DT that they choose. I owe them alot and I will never forget that!

If I had to pick someone to take my place I would pick Glora from Glora's Crafts! She has been a big part of supporting the PKS DT so I hope she tries out!

Okay folks...this is me signing off from the best DT I will ever know! Hugs, kisses and many tears :(

Day 2 of the SVG Attic Blog Hop

I hope you have been enjoying the SVG Attic hop so far!! I have gotten so many ideas just from my fellow DT members my head is spinning!! If you just stumbled upon this post you can find all the details of the blog hop HERE.

Today I used the adorable tea cup from the Mad Tea Party Kit that I have been wanting to use forever. This kit is the kit that made me want to finally buy a machine able to cut out SVG's. I work in a tea room every so often and my friend loves tea. I thought this was a cute way to package up some of the Christmas tea that we sell and send it to her for Christmas. We live far away so I thought this poem would be fitting.

SVGAttic Blog Hop

Happy Friday Everyone! Welcome to the SVG Attic hippity hop blog hop! If you came from the ever so talented Laura's blog then you are right on track. If not you can start at the beginning by clicking HERE. You don't want to lose out on winning any of the fabulous prizes!!!! All you have to do is hop along and leave comments on all of the Designer's blogs.

The theme of this hop is "Gifts from The heart". We were asked to make gifts that we would give away this holiday season. I started several of them and I hope to have a chance to finish them all and showcase them to you. You have until Sunday to enter your comments and get a chance to win one of two $25 Gift Certificates that will be given away by the owner of SVG Attic, Jessica!
Here is my project for Day one of the hop. I made a recipe book to hold Christmas cookie recipes. This would be good to hand down from generation to generation. Defintely something I would treasure. I would even transfer some recipes that were handed down so they could all be kept in one place. For Mr. & Mrs. Claus I used Santas' Little Helpers. For the sentiment on top I used Cozy Christmas Captions and just added a couple more cookies that came with Mrs. Claus under the extras tab .

Now go along and hop onto Jearise's blog for some more fabulous eye candy and gift giving ideas. Below is the line up showing all the designers included in this hop. Don't forget to leave a comment on each blog to get your chance to win that fabulous $25 gift certificate!!!

Blog Hop Line Up:

SVG Attic Blog: http://www.svgattic.blogspot.com/ *Start here*

Jessica B. - http://www.thecrafterscottage.blogspot.com/

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

Kasi - http://19eightyexpressions.blogspot.com/

Jessica L - http://craftyrktsci.blogspot.com/

Laura - http://www.makinprettythings.com/

Lisa B - www.our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com *** YOU ARE HERE ***

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

Corri - http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/

Katie - http://ktsangels.blogspot.com/

Sandra - http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

A Peachy New Challenge!

Hello there! It is time for another Peachy Keen challenge. I started another project for this challenge but it was more involved than I thought so I will have to share it with you at another time. It is defintely a fun one and useful to boot!

Here are the deets for this challenge:

This is the sketch we had to follow

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Julie - http://juliescraftyspot.blogspot.com/

This is what I came up with using PK-321 Snowmen, Greetings & Globe stamp set. The minute I saw this set I fell in love and had to have it. It is just to cute and the possibilities are endless with this set. I cut out the hat and popped it up with some foam tape but it is hard to see that in the photo.

Next I did a quick card using one of the stamps included in the new release from my fellow DT member Lorie Souther's stamp line. The stamps are called Country Bumpkin and can be found for sale on the PKS website HERE. For my card I used the adorable CB-07 Deputy T.O. Snow. I had these rustic metal signs in my stash forever (gulp atleast 8-10 years). When I was making this card I thought of them right away and thought they would be perfect for this card. On the strip of pape on top I used my Market Street Stamps Woodgrain Background stamp.

I sure hope you stop on by and play along with this great sketch challenge. We all love seeing what you create!

Cute candy, gift box from SVG Attic

Good morning all! I hope you survived the holiday week. Better yet Black Friday! I wanted to share with you a great idea from SVG Attic. This cute little box is great for candy, stocking stuffers, jewelry etc. If you are looking for a more creative idea to give money here you go! This box is from the Fun Favors Collection which is on sale today for only $2.00! There are 4 very versatile boxes in this collection that can be resized to fit your needs.

Seeing Spots???

Good morning everyone! Just a quick post to let you know about the new challenge over at The Sisterhood of Crafters. We have a fun and easy challenge for you this week. We would love you to use Polka dots on your creation. The paper I used is from My Mind's Eye and the Stamps are from Stampin up!. I put some glitter on the trees which you can't really see in the photo for some added sparkle. You can make any project with this from birthday cards to Thanksgiving place mats...the possibilities are endless! We hope you have the time to play along with us. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving (if you celebrate it) feast with your friends and family.

We surpassed out mission!

Today we were on the front page of our newspaper and I thought I would share it with you all. Making a long story short my husband always wanted to rebuild a car with my son Mikey. After we lost both of our children we got a 56' Chevy and used that has a path to healing. Whatever time he could he was in their with blood sweat and lots of tears. Now almost 5 years later the car is completed and he is able to start doing some Charity work with it which is what he set out to do. Last minute we put together a toy drive for Toys for Tots. Mike signed up to be in the Toys for Tots parade thru town and said it would be great to fill the Chevy up with toys to donate. Thanks to many great friends, neighbors and complete strangers we were able to fill up the back and inside of our truck as well as the inside and trunk of the Chevy. The Coordinator of Toys for Tots in our area came down to present us with a Certificate of Recognizition which was very touching.

The saying goes "When Life gives you lemons, you make lemonade"...well guess this is us making lemonade. We may not be able to see smiles on our children's faces this Christmas morning but we know that because of our children Annemarie and Mikey there will now be oodles of children smiling come Christmas morning.

Thank you to everybody who helped us complete this task! Many hugs from us and our angels!

You can click HEre to read the article. Now if I can just get past how HUGE my face looks...ugh ugh ugh

SVG Attic Ornament bag & PKS Blog Hop Day #2

Hello Everyone! I wanted to share with you this adorable quick and easy bag from SVG ATTIC that I made. To make this, I used the ornament from the newly released Holidy Cheer Gift Boxes collection. These would make such cute gifts stuffed with anything from note cards for teachers, candy, stocking stuffers, maybe a cute way to deliver a "wish list" to Santa or filled with bakes goods. I thought it would be cute to actually hang on the tree stuffed with goodies for Christmas morning. To decorate the front I used the newly released PKS-15 Oh By Golly! stamp set from Peachy Keen Stamps. I just adore this set because there are soooooooooooo many possibilities you can do with it. Guess I have been in a Vintage kinda mood lately!

You can get this SVG collection as well as many other great cuts at SVG Attic's website. Stock up and save with this coupon code: SVG2011

Also don't forget to hop along with us at Peachy Keen Stamps. You can start at the beginning of the hop HERE.

Peachy Keen Blog Hop

Good morning! I am so excited to be showcasing the new Peachy Keen Stamps along with their adorable new Peachy Keen Kut Out dies. If you came here from Samantha's blog then you are right on track. If not, you can start at the beginning HERE so you don't miss any of the eye candy and chances to win awesome prizes. The blog hop order will also be listed at the bottom of this post.

I am not a master with my scissors and always seem to botch things up when I try to cut out my stamps. But her dies just make my life so much easier!! For my first card I used PKKO-03 Lauri the Elf die and PKS-03 Lauri the Elf stamp set. This set comes with three different faces that you can choose from. The sentiment is from PKS-15 Oh By Golly stamp set which is also part of the new release. I just love this set because there are soooooo many possibilities and things you can use this for. A Definite must for your stamp collection. My adorable tree. Well let me tell you about that. I can not take full credit for that tree being colored so beautifully. Even though I would like to I had help from my fellow DT member Lorie while I was in WI. The tree has also just been newly released and you can find that HERE. I made the card using the tent card SVG from SVGATTIC.

For my next card I used PKKO- Skip the Elf Kut Out and PKS-04 Skip the Elf stamp set.

Now hop on to Kim's blog to continue on the hop. Don't forget to leave a comment on this post for your chance to win some awesome prizes as well as the other stops along the way of the hop for more chances to win. PKS will be drawing 3 winners. The winners will receive their choice of one (1) Peachy Keen Kut Out die and one (1) coordinating stamp set. Winners will be chosen amongst ALL comments left on all the blogs across the hop! You have until Sunday November 20th to enter to win.

Peachy Keen is also offering a special in honor of this hop. FREE shipping this weekend only 11/18-11/20 and an additional 5% off promo code - KUTOUT5 - which means customers will receive 15% off (promo code + everyday savings of 10% off)! So don't forget to take advantage of this great deal.

BLOG HOP Order:

PKS Blog - http://peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com

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

Viv - http://craftinghaven.blogspot.com

Lorie - http://thethinkinspot.blogspot.com

Janice - http://stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com

Nikki - http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com

Emma - http://creativetimeforme.com

Samantha - http://samanthacasey.blogspot.com

Lisa - http://our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com

Kim - http://paperpunchaddiction.com

Heidi - http://gotscraps.blogspot.com

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

Erin - http://erinleecreative.com

Ruthie - http://septemberninth.blogspot.com

Angelica - http://handmadebyangelica.com

Jeanne - http://www.thecricutcorner.com

Zeni - http://www.scrappyzeni.com/

Candace -www.scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com

Michelle - http://www.scrappinwithmybug.com

PKS Blog - http://peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com

One of my FAV PKS sketches!

Good morning everyone! Today it is dreary and rainy here in PA so hopefully my card will cheer up Mother Nature! This is a card that I made while in WI visiting with my PKS family. I used scraps for the background. I just fell in love with that paper (Called HOT COCOA) the minute I got there. I couldn't bare to waste any of it so I decided to use it for this sketch challenge.

Here is the sketch that Angelica whipped up for you all:

And this is what I came up with:

I used the acrylic snowflake from PKS which you can find here PKOA-11 Snowflake B. It is a card and gift in one since they can take the ornament off and hang it on a tree if they wante to. For the adorable face I used PK-520 Wintery Face Assortment.

In case you haven't seen them yet you have to stop on by and check out all the adorable new dies and matching stamps. They are to adorable for words. I don't know about you but I love dies and the face that there is a matching stamp is just a bonus.

Kathy posted a great video showcasing them all and you can see that HERE.

Some Super Duper Exciting News!!

HOORAY FOR ME!!!!!!!!! I am now a Designer for SVG ATTIC, I made the Cut! No pun intended!! LOL I was like a giddy school girl when I got the news. Especially it was my first time really playing with SVG's. I just love her designs but I never had the right machine so I would just drool as I stalked her sight. Well when the Peachy Keen Stamps and SVG Attic teamed up I used that as an excuse to get a Silhouette. I wear my dunce hat when it comes to computers and by golly I wear it proudly (sniff) but Jessica's files are a breeze that even I could figure out how to use a SVG from her store.

In typical Lisa fashion I started like a gazillion projects because I couldn't decide what to do first. As some of you may know I love to bake and cook. Many of my neighbors wait for the holidays so they can get some goodies from me. The logical thing I thought was to make a simple bread box that I could mass produce and Jessica surely made the job easy for me. The file I used was from the Holly's Holiday Gift Boxes collection. The minute I saw this set I was in love and knew it was right for me. I have some other projects started with this set as well and will be sharing them with you. Every Saturday I will be posting a project made with a SVG file from Jessica's store. One of the things that I love about this collection is that you don't have to use it just for food. You can make the boxes into holders for virtually anything and everything by simply changing the style or size. I will be sharing some of those with you in the near future.

Now on to the deets. I cut the file out in plain kraft card stock. The pretty decorative edge is included in the file so you really could cut it out in plain paper and leave it at that. I decided to use one of my fav background stamps from Market Street Stamps called CANE. I stamped it on the kraft with my Memento brown ink, then distressed the edges with Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge and Vintage Photo. Glued it together in two easy steps and I was done. A simple ribbon tying to give it some extra pizzaz..easy peasy! Then I remembered the awesome sentiments from her THANKFUL CAPTIONS file and decided to add a quick tag. After it was all cut out I took a scrap piece of brown paper and that was all she wrote. Unfortunately by the time I was done the lighting was horrible.

Here are some pictures of the box before I added the tag which were taken in better lighting.

Thanks for sharing this day with me. I hope you stop by to see what else I create with my new addiction... SVG files! Just bare with me since I do not really know how to do anything fancy like everybody else does. All I know is how to open a file and cut but I will get there eventually!

Peachy Keen Challenge 64

Hello Everyone! Janice here. Lisa is without power because of the recent snowstorm so I am posting her project for her. Sorry for the delay. They have heat and water, but may not have electricity for a few days yet.

Lisa made this adorable card while we were in Green Bay! She used PK-333 Snowmany Thanks Snowman and Bunny. I think she did a beautiful job coloring her handsome snowman! You can find out all the details for the sketch challenge and see what everyone else has created by clicking here!

Lisa is sorry for any inconvenience and will be back as soon as her power and internet have been restored. Thanks for stopping by!

Peachy Keen Sketch CHallenge #63

Good morning everyone! I am having such a wonderful time in Peachy Keen Wonderland here in Green Bay. It is such an amazing feeling to be sitting with people you have admired for years but have never met. It was worth every penny and stress to be sitting here amongst some of the most genuinely beautiful friends I have ever had.

OK, let's get to the Tuesday Challenge card, (now I've shared how happy I am to be here with everyone),
Here's my card, which I've combined with the second day of the blog hop, using the new stamps from the mini blog hop . (You can find it HERE)
My card uses PK-694 Uglies 'Face Assortment'

Please excuse the short post as I'm on Lorie's PC and trying to get this to you from Wisconsin! Whey Hey!! (Sorry, but I'm having such an amazing time, lol )!
Please go to the Peachy Keen blog for all the details and the (Sketch of course).

Thanks for visiting!!

Peachy New Release Blog hop

HELLO from Green Bay, WI!!! Yes I am here in the Orchard, Peachy Keen headquarters. I have died and gone to heaven. I just don't know where to go first. I now know what Charlie felt like when he won the Golden Ticket and got into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. I got carpet rash on my chin from it dragging all over the floor!!! I just couldn't shut it. I was in complete awe so it was hanging wide open the whole time. If I thought she was fabulous via the "internet" you have to see her and her stuff in person. WOW WOW WOWSERS!

Peachy Keen just launched a new mini release and they are just to darn cute. I was so busy getting ready for the hop I just didn't have time to play with all of them.

Lorie our fellow DT member has released her own line of stamps called Country Bumpkin stamps now being sold at Peachy Keen stamps. They are so adorable! You probably have seen most of them by now along the hop but if not you must go to the PKS store to check them out.

So to celebrate them both we are having this blog hop! If you came from Samantha's blog then you are right on track. At the bottom of the post I will list the complete blog hop order if you get lost along the way or just arrived here.

Here is what I came up with:

First I used Lorie's new Goblin Greetings. What is hard to see in the photo is it is 3D. I cut out the center with a Nestie and layered it with pop dots. Then stamped the image on cream card stock underneath. I added some liquid glass to the goblin to raise him even more.

I am always, always far behind on sending out birthday cards. So far behind I still have some from 2007 to send out so I figured I would be able to use a card like this in my stash! For this card I used the new PK-655 Fall Blessings and turned it into an easel card.

Now this one I had lots of fun with!!! Awhile back I bought a bunch of 6" candles on clearance figuring that one day I would do something with them. I was downstairs and an idea hit me and I ran upstairs. I used my Market Street Cane background stamp and stamped it onto tissue paper using Staz-On ink. Then gingerly using my heat gun I adhered it to the candle. The rosette is from SVG Attic which I shrunk to fit the candle. The sentiment from Lorie's new Jack O Light along with the pumpkin was perfect for a candle so I used that. I was so excited it worked!!

Here it is again as a flower pick in a Fall centerpiece.

Now go on and hop onto Kim's blog so I can go finishing drooling at all the PKS stuff!!

Below is the entire blog hop order.

BLOG HOP Order:

PKS Blog - http://peachykeenstamps.com

Angelica - http://handmadebyangelica.com

Viv - http://craftinghaven.blogspot.com

Lorie - http://thethinkinspot.blogspot.com

Janice - http://stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com

Nikki - http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com

Emma - http://creativetimeforme.com

Samantha - http://samanthacasey.blogspot.com

Lisa - http://our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com

Kim - http://paperpunchaddiction.com

Heidi - http://gotscraps.blogspot.com

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

Erin - http://erinleecreative.com

Ruthie - http://septemberninth.blogspot.com

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

Peachy Keen & SVGAttic Blog Hop

Thank you so much for joining us for the Peachy Keen Stamps/SVG Attic Hop! If you've just come from Raven's blog, then you are hopping along just fine. If not, make sure you start at the beginning over at Peachy Keen's blog and the SVGAttic's blog so you don't miss a single chance to win one of two fun prizes up for grabs! You'll have until Sunday night to complete the hop.
Peachy Keen Stamps and SVG Attic have partnered this weekend to bring you fun, creative, and inspiring projects to get your Fall crafting into high gear! You'll find out how easy PKS face stamps are to use with SVG Attic's adorable cuts!

I have been in love with Jessica's SVG's for some time but I didn't have the machine or the software to be able to cut them out. Well when this hop came up Silly me used that as justification to buy the machine, I just couldn't help myself. I really wanted to do the hop!! Well much to my horror with so much going on here in my personal world I didn't realize that the hop was only one day away and I didn't even take the machine out of the box yet. Computers and I just don't get along. Well needless to say I had one day (and not even a full day) to figure out how to use it and come up with some projects. Now I can kick myself in the but because I am sooooooooooooo in love with the cuts available on SVG Attic!!! She makes it so easy for you which was perfect for me especially since I was a first timer. I have so many ideas to work on with the other cuts I have so stay tuned next week for my next attempt at using SVG's. Alot of her stuff go perfect with the stamps from Peachy Keen Stamps which is why this blog hop makes perfect harmony. What is even better is both companies are run by wonderful and personable women and I think that says alot about a company.

Here is a little bit about each of the companies involoved in this hop.

PEACHY KEEN STAMPS:
Peachy Keen Stamps is a family business founded by Kathy & Dave Jakopovich in September, 2003. We are located in Green Bay, WI and are the leading manufacturer of the original clear, high-quality, whimsical face stamps loved by die cutters internationally! Kathy illustrates the entire face line as well as an image stamp line with the same sweet whimsical look. Our stamps stamp crisp, clear, and never need to be sanded or rubbed with an eraser. Trade quality photopolymer means that your stamps will last through thousands of impressions!

SVG ATTIC:
SVG Attic was founded early 2011 by Jessica Bashaw and is a family owned company that operates in Southern California. Jessica provides fresh, cute, and easy to cut/assemble SVG files for use with your favorite electronic cutting machines.

I wanted to play with all of her cuts. I had a hard time deciding which ones to do. But unforutantely I didn't have time on my side. I did start a couple other ones that I will have to finish this week and post. But for today I would like to share with you these ADORABLE newly released THANKFUL FRIENDS from SVG Attic. I also paired them up with the haystack and pumkin from the Fall Celebration Kit. The possiblities are endless with these kits. For those adorable chubby little faces that you would just like to pinch I used the PK-451 Wide Eyed Kids stamp collection. Now these can be used as placecards for Thanksgiving dinner or just as decoration for the Fall Season.

Thanks again for stopping by! I hope you're inspired and ready to create! Don't forget to leave a comment on each designers' blog for a chance to win a $50 prize package from SVG Attic or $50 prize package from Peachy Keen! The deadline for commenting is 11:59pm CDT, Sunday, October 9th. And remember to stop on by my blog next week for some more goodies from SVG and Peachy Keen. I will be giving away some prizes and have lots of eye candy for you.

Your next stop on the hop is Cristina's blog.

Did I ever mention I LOVE Fall

Fall happens to be one of my most favorite times of the year. I love anything to do with Halloween, Thanksgiving, colors of Autumn and just about everything that comes with it. I am starting to love it again that is. It is now a hard time for me with my son and daughter celebrating their birthdays in heaven and with the upcoming holidays it usually just stinks. But it is hard not to smile when I saw this adorable scarecrow from Peachy Keen Stamps called
PK-648 Faceless Scarecrow dolls. OMG I instantly fell in love!! I thought this would work great with the new challenge this week which is another great sketch challenge over at the PKS Blog.

Here is the sketch:

And this is what I came up with using yet again more scraps within my reach on my ever so neat (NOT!) craft desk.


For the face of the scarecrow I used PK-693 Monster Mash Faces. I wanted to add a litte depth to the background so I used my newly purchased Bit of Burlap stamp from Market Street Stamps. To color him I used my Prismacolor pencils and some Copics. I distressed the edges with Tim Holtz's Rusty Hinge and my fav Vintage Photo. The deep burgundy cardstock I had already cut to make a 6x6 card so I just grabbed it and went with it. It wouldn't normally be a color I would use but I think it turned out okay.

Please stop on by and play along with us over at the Peachy Keen blog! There is some fantastic prizes as always and I would love to see your take on the sketch! See ya there!