My Creative Time - Throwback Thursday

Cutting it kind of close - but I managed to complete my card for Emma's Throwback Thursday challenge over at My Creative Time. I am also entering it in this weeks challenge at Fantabulous Cricut - Mother's Day, and Ribbon Carousel - Word to Your Mother challenge for the week! Here is my entry for both:

The challenge was frames - to use any cartridge that had a frame on it. So...I used Formal Occasion- which has lots of fun and funky frames! I also cut the fan out using the same cartridge. You can see in the photo below, I used pop dots between each layer - so there is LOTS of dimension on this card!

All my papers are from some older My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pads that I still have in my stash. I inked all the edges with gray ink, then added some Glossy Accents and Martha Stewart glitter to the edges of the frame and top layer of the fan. Also couldn't resist adding a cute Peachy face from the newest Cherub Face Assortment. 

I also used my Tim Holtz distress tool on the outside edge of the base square of pattern paper. Finished off by adding a crinkle ribbon bow, and a sentiment from Emma's stamps - the first set I ever purchased! Still one of my favorites! 

I also used the color inspiration from the Cricut Circle National Scrapbook Challenge. When I printed it off, the orange looked a bit more yellow, so that is the color I went with in my card...anyway - here is the photo:

So thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful evening!

Some scrapbook layouts...

If you are looking for my 500 follower giveaway, click HERE, or scroll down to the last post.

So funny, as I posted yesterday another card that I had submitted for publication that didn't get picked...well...yesterday I got my first acceptance email from Paper Crafts Magazine!!! It was an exciting day for me! The really funny thing, is that I had made the card I submitted, then actually received the paper in the mail that I had wanted to use on it, so I remade it with that. I ended up sending the first one with my husband this week while he was out of town...and that was the very card he opened yesterday morning! Kind of a funny coincidence! :0)

Anyway, I usually don't share layouts...but I finally found a better way to photograph them, so I am a little more happy with them. So I thought I would share a few. They are very simple...but they are my family so they make me happy!

This first one I cut the flower out with my Cricut using the Botanicals cartridge, and added a sentiment from Unity Stamp Co.

For the next one, I stamped Peachy Keen faces on a bunch of the clouds, then used a Unity stamp colored with some Copic markers.

The next one is more Unity stamps...from the set I'm giving away for my 500 follower giveaway (hint hint...)

This one...more Unity Stamps...

This one has Unity Stamps, and some October Afternoon Sprinklers.

Used an EK Success notebook edge punch here, and another Unity Stamp.

And a couple of Random Unity Stamps that I have won along the way, stamped in some different colors! Added some PTI buttons and twine.

This one I couldn't get the photograph to be straight...but the layout is! I promise! Lots of October Afternoon...some PTI buttons and twine, and some Tim Holtz trim.

Another one with LOTS of October Afternoon goodies, and some PTI buttons.

And...more October Afternoon! Used some Holiday Style Sprinklers, lots of the Holiday Style Flower Sack, and miscellaneous buttons, stickers, and trim.

Thanks for letting me share these with you! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! I get my hubby back today - and am SOOO excited to spend time with him!

Happy Birthday - and I'm over on the Peachy Keen Blog!

Good morning! I'm over on the Peachy Keen Blog this morning - and here is the card I'm sharing! 

I used my poor neglected Cricut, and my Everyday Pop-Up Cards for the cake, and Formal Occasion for the frame.  

I added a face (with some Copic highlights) from the Peachy Keen February Kit of the Month: 

PKSC-02 February 2012 - $39.95

And...I put him on an Action Wobble!!! Action Wobbles are also available at Peachy Keen - and they last a long time, so it is a wonderful investment! They add so much fun to a card! Here are a couple shots of it in "action" (hee-hee!):

The sentiment is also from the February Kit - it is amazing to me how versatile these sets are! I don't think I will ever run out of uses for them! I tied some twine from Papertrey Ink, as well as a Papertrey Ink button right above the sentiment, with a simple knot so it is masculine enough. 

All the paper I used is from Authentique - and I inked just the edges of the frame with Tim Holtz distress ink in Tea Dye. Finished off with some stitching with my white gel pen on the cake pieces.

Thanks so much for visiting me today! Hope your week is off to a fabulous start!!!

Peachy Keen Stamps Design Team Submission!!!

I was so excited to see earlier this month that Peachy Keen Stamps is having an Open Design Team call!!! EEEK!!! They have the cutest face stamps in the WORLD!!! So it took me this long to think of something special to make for it - 'cause I wanted to do something I had never seen before. Here is what I came up with:

Isn't that sentiment the cutest? It is a rub-on from one of the October Afternoon Santa's sacks that I have been getting - and as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly what I wanted to make. I also used the brand new set of face stamps that I was itching to ink up - The Cornies Face Assortment. Cute faces, no?

I used Formal Occassion to cut out the two chairs, and did some inking with Tim Holtz distress inks in Antique Linen and Vintage Photo - my two favorite colors. Added some stitching and doodling with a brown pen and my white gel pen.

The frame shape for the sentiment is from the same cartridge - inked and doodled on of course! I stamped the faces, filled in the eyes with a white gel pen, then added some pink cheeks with a soft pink stamp pad and an eye makeup applicator. The chairs are pop-dotted from the background, as is the sentiment, then the pattern paper is pop-dotted from the kraft paper card base. This picture shows the dimension a little bit:

Finished the card off with another of my favorites - Baker's Twine from the Twinery! Threaded 3 colors through the hole, tied a knot, then ran it around the back.

Thanks for stopping by to visit!!! It would be so much fun to be on the Peachy Keen Design Team - I had a blast when I did my Guest Designer week! Although the first Design Team is going to be a tough act to follow I'm afraid! Either way - I can't wait to see who the lucky ones are - and wish them all a big Congratulations in advance!!!

I am also entering this is the Peachy Keen Weekly Challenge - to make any project you want, and use Peachy Keen Stamps somewhere on them.

Hope you have a fabulous day today!!!