Peachy Keen Guest Design Week - Day 4

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Good morning! So hard to believe that the week as guest designer on the Peachy Keen Blog is almost over! Been having so much fun with my Peachy Keen stamps! For today's post, I played with my newest set of face stamps, In Stitches Face Assortment. (Hint: I also have a bonus project at the bottom of this post using this same set!) I think these are so fun and different from any of the other faces - they have such a homespun look, that I just HAD to use lots of kraft paper!

I used a cut off of my cricut cartridge, Give a Hoot. I hid some of the layers on my Gypsy, and inked the edges of each piece with Tim Holtz distress ink in Frayed Burlap.

I also pop-dotted several of the layers, as this picture shows a little better. The background is also pop-dotted, as well as run through my Cuttlebug.

I used my white gel pen to do lots of faux stitching, and added a sentiment from My Creative Time stamps.

Here is the set that I used for today:

In Stitches Face Assortment - $25.00

And, just a reminder, Peachy Keen has allowed me to select a prize to give away, and what could be better than your own spending money?!?!? So...leave a comment here, and on the Peachy Keen Blog for two chances to win a $25 gift certificate!!!

And if you made it all the way down here, here is another project I made using this set. I am busy making applesauce, dried apples, and frozen apple slices at the moment. Day before yesterday, I picked up a 900 pound bin of apples (yes...you read that right!) and boxed the majority of them up single-handedly (my back is reminding me how bad an idea that was...) to split with several other friends. Actually, my 7 and 8 year old daughters helped a lot - they are such good kids! I kept 4 boxes for myself, each about 35 pounds. Got a total of over 25 boxes!!! Yikes! Anyway, this card seemed appropriate!

I used the accessory feature on Pop-Up Neighborhood, the Circle Exclusive cartridge. Did lots of pop-dotting on this card as well - I think it adds so much dimension!

Also did a lot of stitching (again) with my white gel pen, and inking on everything!

The sentiment is from Unity Stamps and just had to add some jute cord on the handles!

Thanks once again for stopping by, and for all of your sweet comments! I have been reading each and every one! I will see you back here tomorrow for my 5th and final post for the week!!!

Patches of Pink Design Team Post and Link-up Party!

Hello! It's time for another link-up party at Patches of Pink! Since it October, the theme this month is Halloween. As you might have seen on my blog before, our family doesn't celebrate Halloween, so I am substituting a Fall project! I decided to make a set of thank you notes - perfect to give as a gift! Here they are:

I cut a leaf off of Flower Shoppe project cartridge - and just used several different pattern papers from a My Minds Eye 6x6 paper stack. I actually cut several more in more large and busy patterns and plan on using those on a layout, because they look so pretty together!

I then used my Martha Stewart Score board to make a frame around the edges, and stamped a simple sentiment from Unity Stamps. I love how simple, and yet elegant they are! Here is the whole set together - aren't they pretty?!?!?

Thanks for stopping by - make sure and head over to Patches of Pink and link up your own creation! Can't wait to see what you make!!!

I am also entering this in the Unity Stamp Co. Challenge - Autumn Harvest. The challenge is to get inspiration from a poem that is posted on their blog, or from something that reminds you of Autumn. What better than falling leaves, and being thankful?



Peachy Keen Guest Design Week Day 3

So hard to believe that the week is half over!!! Time is flying by so fast, but what fun it has been! Today is Day 3 of my week guest designing for the Peachy Keen Blog - and I have been loving every second of it!

Today, I decided first of all to challenge myself with a boy project - I have 2 darling girls that I adore, age 8 and 7, so doing the princess thing is easy! Boys, that is another story! So I pulled out what I think is my all time FAVORITE Peachy Keen face assortment (Wide Eyed Kid Faces) and my Cricut Boys Will be Boys cartridge. If you don't have this set of faces, I would highly suggest it! I think I have used it more than any other set. (And...Peachy Keen is having a great sale too...just in case you wanted to know!)

Anyway, here is my project for today:

I cut this cute little guy out, added some inking with some Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen and lots of faux stitching. Then...I couldn't resist putting him on an Action Wobble! (If any of you are wondering, Peachy Keen usually has these in stock. However, from looking at the Action Wobble Facebook page, it looks like they are having a production snag that they are trying to work out on their end, and then they will be shipping them to retailers - hopefully in time for the holidays. So...hopefully Peachy Keen will soon have them back in stock - or someone else will have them if not!) Anyway, these next couple of pictures show the action a little bit for you to see:

Isn't that FUN?!?!?! I love using Action Wobbles on projects, and definately plan on stocking up when they are back in supply again! Finished this one off with some Baker's Twine, a sentiment from My Creative Time stamps, and a bit of doodling around the edges of the card.

Here is the face set that I used on my project today:

Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment - $25.00

And...just a reminder of the giveaway this week!!! Peachy Keen allowed me to select a giveaway for the week! So on Saturday morning I will be picking a lucky commenter from either here or the Peachy Keen blog via Random.org and giving away a $25 Gift Certificate!!! If I had picked a set to give away, it probably would have been the set I used today - but if you already have this set, or your heart is set on something else, you can pick whatever YOU would like!!!

So make sure and leave a comment here, and pop over to the Peachy Keen blog and leave a comment there as well for a second chance to win!!!

And, just for fun, here are a few of my favorite projects using this same set - I love this set so much that it was hard to pick just a few, so the list got kind of long! Sorry 'bout that! Just click on the link under them if you want any more info on anything and it will take you to the original post.

Thanks again for visiting today!!! See you tomorrow!



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Peachy Keen Guest Guest Design Week Day 2

Good morning! Welcome back for my second post for Peachy Keen Stamps. Today is the brand new sketch challenge - so I got to make something for that this week! It was such a fabulous sketch - and so easy to work with! This is something new from Peachy Keen that I branched out with to try this week - some of their image stamps! I had pretty much only used their face stamps before, but decided to give these a try - and I'm SOOO glad I did! I absolutely LOVE how great this was for some paper piecing, and working on my rather rough abilities with my copics. Here is my card:

And here is the sketch for the week:

This is the stamp set that I used for this card:

Party Girl Lulee - $12.99

I was so pleasantly surprised by the SIZE of this stamp! This card is a 6x6 card - so you can tell that this is a very good size stamp! Anyway, I paper pieced the dress, hat, and balloon, then used copics to color the rest, with a bit of white gel pen for highlights here and there. The sentiment is also part of this set.

The edges of everything are inked with Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen - I love how it blends so great with white paper! Papers are all from My Minds Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky 6x6 paper pad. Added some Jute Cord and a button to finish it off.

And of course, remember to leave a comment every day this week for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Peachy Keen Stamps!!!

Now, I also have a couple of bonus cards for my blog! I made this card with the same set above, just no paper piecing. This one is all Copic coloring.

I love the bright colors on this one! It was for one of my daughters best friends birthday parties!

This second one uses a different image set from Peachy Keen. I also used paper piecing on this one, as well as copics for the skin and hair. Some white gel pen is so fun to enhance it that special little bit!

Here is the set I used for this one! It is so cute and versatile!

Vivienne and Friends - $15.95

Along the side I twisted together some crinkle ribbon, some wired pom-pom ribbon, and layered it on a lace ruffle.

Thanks for stopping by - and if you made it all the way to the bottom of this LONG post - thanks for checking it all out! See you back here tomorrow for Day 3!!!



Peachy Keen Guest Design Week - Day 1

Good Monday morning!!! If you're visiting from the Peachy Keen Blog - WELCOME!!! (If not - click HERE to head over there and leave a comment there for another chance to win something fun!) 

I'm so excited this week to get to share with you my love of Peachy Keen stamps. They have so many fun things to offer, and I used some things newer to me that I will be sharing with you this week, but my first love is definately their face stamps! It is amazing how much fun and character you can add to a project with them! So this week I thought I would share with you some of my favorite sets. I started today with the Laffy Taffy Face Assortment.

I used my Cricut and the Birthday Bash cartridge to cut out the candles, and after doing a bit of inking, added the faces. I use an eye make-up applicator and a pink stamp pad to add the "blush" on the cheeks, a white gel pen to color in the mouth and eyes, and a red copic for the lips. I ran the white behind the candles through my Cuttlebug, then pop-dotted the candles, as well as the sentiment from the background. This picture shows the dimension a little bit better:

All the pattern papers are from the Echo Park Happy Days 6x6 paper pad - my favorite for cardmaking. I used some Tim Holtz distress ink on the edges of everything - my new favorite for inking! The sentiment is from Emma over at My Creative Time - her stamps are also manufactured by Peachy Keen! Finished off with some Baker's Twine behind the sentiment. 

Here is the set I used for my card today:

Laffy Taffy Face Assortment - $25.00

And...of course what you have been waiting for!

 Peachy Keen has been kind enough to allow me to select something to giveaway this week to a lucky commenter!!! So...I thought I would let the winner choose what they would like! So, one lucky person this week will win a $25 gift certificate so you can shop for whatever you would like!!!

Thanks for stopping by to visit - look forward to seeing you back here tomorrow!!!

Here are links to some past posts where I used the same set:

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One final Scrappy Mom's sneak peak!

If you are looking for the Cricut 360 Spooky blog hop, scroll down or click HERE, and if you are looking for Unity Friends with Flair, scroll down 2 posts, or click HERE.

I couldn't resist doing one last Scrappy Mom's sneak peak, and I have been playing LOTS with my Peachy Keen stamps, getting ready for next week - since I get to be the guest designer for the week!!! SOOO excited for that, and I have a couple of things ready that I can't WAIT to show you! But in the meantime, here is what I got done - and don't forget that Scrappy Mom's stamps still has FREE SHIPPING through tomorrow, so don't miss it!

I used Winter Frolic for that cute Angel, and added a Peachy Keen face. Cut a little extra so I could add a layer of bangs with pop-dots for a bit of dimension.

Added stickles to the wings and halo, as well as around the dress and cloud, did some machine stitching, and used my white gel pen to do just a bit of doodling.

Finished off with the sentiment stamped on the clouds from this new release set by Scrappy Mom's stamps:

Here is the other new release - isn't it perfect for the month of October? And $2 from the sale of each set goes directly to cancer research and support for patients and families. Isn't that even better?

Thanks for stopping by, and I will be back Monday morning with some Peachy Keen goodness! Can't wait!!!!