3-D Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday!

Today is 3-D Wednesday over on the My Creative Time blog.  

 I made some burp cloth lollipops! Aren't they so cute?!?  

You can see my tutorial on how to make burp cloths, here. I found the a tutorial for these cute burp cloth popsicles from here.  I made three and put them into a terra cotta pot, so that they could be placed on a table as a center piece.

You could also wrap them like peppermint candies too! How seriously cute would that be!?!

 

To create the tags, I used My Creative Time's, Scalloped & Stitched Circle die, All Around Everything Stamp Set, and the All Around Everything Accessories stamp set. I just love all of Emma's products! I almost feel guilty using them, they are designed to make even the newest of crafter's look like an expert.  

A single lolli would be really cute on the top of a present too.

To see more 3-D inspiration head on over to the My Creative Time blog.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful day!

 

Scrappy Monday!

Happy Monday! 

If you are looking for the Peachy Keen Stamps blog hop, Click here.

Today is Scrappy Monday on the My Creative Time blog. I have a ton of Project Life supplies and have had the very best of intentions, for the last couple years, to start working on my albums. My problem is that my life keeps getting in the way. Ha! 

A good friend of mine and I decided that we are going to make weekly appointments with each other, so that we will actually start using all the supplies that we have collected.  We missed our appointment last week, so I'll let you know how this week goes...

I made a mini page for my album.

 If you are friends with me on Facebook, then you have seen this photo already. This Zachary, he is 2 1/2yrs, and this is what he does when you ask him to "smile" for the camera. Don't you just want to squeeze him!?! I felt like this photo deserved it's own page.

Anyway, back to my page... I took a Design F page and cut it down to this size. 

The papers are from My Minds Eye's, Twisted Lime collection. I used My Creative Time's, Just Simply Live Stamp with coordinating dies. The grid paper is a PL Grid Journaling card.

 

The word art is from Keri Bradford's, Life Additions #1 file. I need a new blade in my eCraft machine, that's why the edges look a little beat up. I would have normally changed out the blade and re-cut it, but I didn't feel like wasting another piece of paper. One of my blog followers mentioned that I should have distressed it a bit more and made it look as though that was the look I was going for. I think that is exactly what I will do!

For more scrappy Monday inspiration, click the picture below!

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a wonderful day!

 

Angelica's Farewell Blog Hop

Happy Sunday!!!!

Good morning, and welcome to Angelica's Fond Farewell Blog Hop. Angelica Suarez has served as the Design Team/Marketing coordinator for Peachy Keen Stamps, for the past three years, and as many of you may have read from her post here a few days ago, she has made the difficult decision to leave her position at Peachy Keen Stamps for a new and exciting opportunity in the printing industry, which is near and dear to her heart. It's a bittersweet celebration for us, as we are sad to see her go, but we know that she will be a tremendous success in this new venture, and we couldn't be happier for her.

It is for this reason that those of us who have had been blessed to work with Angelica have come together to bid her a fond farewell and share some special creations that we have made to let her know how much she means to us, how much we have enjoyed working with her, how much we are going to miss her and that we wish her all the best.

We are thrilled that you could join us for this special event, so grab a cup of coffee or your favorite treat, sit back, relax, and enjoy the hop!

If you arrived here from Raven's blog, you are hopping along in just the right order, but if you started here, then you will want to go back to the beginning to the Peachy Keen Stamps blog, because you're not going to want to miss one single crafty creation.

I made this card for Angelica.

The base of the card is from the Artiste Circut cart, it is the page of an album that I converted into a card. It's sized to a A2 size card. The flower is an svg file from Treasure Box Designs, sized at 3.25"wide. The Sentiment is from My Creative Time's stamp set called, Follow Your Dreams. The flowers face is from PKS's face set called, PK-487 In Stitches. The papers are form PaperTrey Ink, Core'dindations, and My Minds Eye.

Give-away!

Peachy Keen Stamps will be giving away 4 -$20 gift certificates. The winners will be chosen at random, so make sure you leave a comment on each blog, for the most chances to win! The winners will be announced on Tuesday (9-11-12) on the PKS blog.

Your next stop on the hop is Melissa.

Thanks for hopping with us today, I hope you have a wonderful day!

 

1st ever 'Featured Friday' Designer!

Happy Friday!

 I am so excited today because my friend Raven over at Love for Stamps has asked me to be her 1st feature, on something new that she is doing, called "Featured Friday's", on her blog. 

I made a fun Halloween card.

So, I have been wanting to make one of these candy cards for awhile now. I was so excited when I discovered that Chrissy at Scrapping Bug Designs, already had a svg file for this exact card. (She's having a 50% off sale right now too.)  

Here's what the card looks like flat... and yes, I used Sigmund again. I told you in my post on Wednesday, that he was my new mascot. You'll probably see him a few more times before October 31st. 

Papers: PaperTrey Ink, Core'dinations, K and Co

Candy Card svg: Scrapping Bug Designs, Candy Card file (Sized at 8.5415 x 5.500)

Sigmund (Bat) svg: Scrapping Bug Designs,  Vampire Box file (Sized at 3.4497 x 1.7174)

Sentiment: My Creative Time, Treats for My Sweet

Halloween Twine: Endless Inkabilities 

One more thing...

Raven asked me to share with you, a blog that inspires me. One of my most favorite places to visit, for inspiration, is the Paper Issues blog. Cassie has an amazingly creative dt and every time I visit the blog I end up with inspiration overload.  One of my most favorite parts of  the PI blog, is that she has monthly linky parties. I love this feature because I always find more amazingly talented people/blogs to follow. Cassie also has a FaceBook page, if you have time, head on over "like" her page and let her know I sent you.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a fabulous day!

 

New Designer's Challenge at My Creative Time!

Happy Thursday!

Today is the start of an all new challenge on the My Creative Time blog. Every other week, one of the MCT designers will be choosing a new challenge.

This weeks challenge is a recycle challenge. You can make anything you want, as long as you are re-using something in the design.

I re-cycled these $1 store hurricane candle holders, into these super cute Halloween candy holders. Once the candy is gone, they can be used to hold a candle again.

 For the sentiment, I used MCT's new stamp set called Treats for My Sweet and the Scalloped and Stitched Circle die. I attached them to lollipop sticks with foam tape.

The jack-o-lantern faces are from Treasure Box Designs, Carving Out Memories file. I cut them out of black indoor vinyl at 2 1/4" tall and placed them on the front of the hurricane jars. The ribbon is from May Art's 3/4" Twill Ribbon with Chevron Stripes.

I designed everything in MCT and cut the vinyl out on my Silhouette Cameo.

Want to see more projects?

Click the picture to go to the MCT blog.

Head on over and check out what my fellow DT members made.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a fabulous day!

3-D Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday!

Today is 3-D Wednesday on the My Creative Time blog. I though it would be fun to play along, but I forgot one very crucial part. I forgot to read the directions! Ha! Sadly, this is not the first time that I failed to read the directions.

Oh well...

I am going to share my project anyway! 

 Don't you just love it!?!

 My besties hubby was eyeing it while I was taking photo's. I think that it probably had more to do with what is inside the coffin box, then the box itself. :) 

 Don't you just love Sigmund? (I named the bat Sigmund.) Emma's Sentiment stamp & teeny tag die is pretty amazing too.

Coffin box svg: Scrapping Bug Designs, Vampire Box

Papers: Core'dinations & Clear Acetate

Sentiment: My Creative Time's, Treats for My Sweet

Tag Die: My Creative Time's, Teeny Tag Die

Twine: Timeless Twine

For more 3-d inspiration...

(Click on the picture to go to the MCT blog.)

Head on over and check out what the rest of the dt has done.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a fabulous day!

Ghosts night out...

Happy Tuesday!

Did you have a nice Labor Day weekend? Hopefully all of my non- US followers had a wonderful weekend as well. I spent most of my weekend working, trying to get caught up on blog projects, and cleaning. 

I have a quick card for you today.

The card measures 3 3/4" x 3 3/4". The orange layer was cut at 3 1/4" x  3 1/2"and then I used my Fiskars scallop boarder punch along the bottom. The polka dot piece was cut at 3" x 2 1/2". The white sentiment piece was cut at 1/2" x  2 1/4". 

I made this cute little ghost button. You can find the tutorial in the new edition of Cutting Edge Magazine. I placed him on top of a flower that I made with My Creative Time's, Flower Petal dies. The flower was cut out of pattern tissue paper, that sewing patterns are printed on. I had an old pattern that I picked up at a yard sale and I wanted to see how well the tissue paper worked with the dies, I really like how it looks. 

Papers: PaperTrey Ink, Bo Bunny, and Core'dinations
Twine: Divine Twine &  Endless Inkabilities 
Sentiment: My Creative Time, All Around Halloween
Flower dies: My Creative Time: Flower Petal dies
Ghost Button Tutorial: Cutting Edge Magazine

Today is...

Click the Picture to go to the MCT blog.
on the My Creative Time Blog. Head on over and check out today's techniques.  

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a fabulous day!

Best baby gift ever!

Happy Friday!

Today I am going to mix things up a bit. Most of you that have been following me for awhile, know that I love to sew. I thought it would be fun to mix things up a bit and start adding in some easy sewing tutorials, every couple weeks.

You will need to have some basic knowledge about how to operate your sewing machine. I will not be doing tutorials on how to thread or operate your machine. 

The first project, is my most favorite baby gift to give. 

Here is a list of things you will need:

1. 2 yard's of a cotton flannel
I normally get two coordinating fabrics - 1yd of each.  I always buy the quilters cotton flannel from Joann's when it's on sale.  This will be enough to make 4 burp rags and 2 bibs.
2. 1 yard of a light weight batting (Warm and Natural)
In lieu of Warm and Natural, you can also use a 1yd piece of white flannel, it's a little more affordable and does just as good of a job.
3. Coordinating spool of thread
4. Sewing Machine
5. Good pair of Scissors 
Never use your fabric scissors to cut paper, it will ruin them. 
6. Pins
7. Bib pattern (Here is a free one)
8. Burp rag pattern (Here's a free pattern, it's the one I use in this tutorial.)

Let's get started!
The first thing you will need to do is wash and dry your fabric, this will pre-shrink it. You don't have to worry about the batting, it may shrink a tiny bit, but not enough to worry about. Although if you choose to use white flannel instead of the batting, make sure you wash and dry it too. Once this is done, you're ready to cut everything out.

Let's get to cutting, shall we?
1st fabric (face fabric)- 4 burp rag pieces and 2 bib pieces
2nd fabric (back fabric)- 4 burp rag pieces and 2 bib pieces
Warm & Natural or White Flannel - 4 burp rag pieces and 2 bib pieces

Let's get ready to sew!
Now that everything is cut out, we can get everything pinned together and ready to sew. 
You are going to layer all of your pieces like this:

1. Take a back piece and lay it facing downward so that the wrong side of the fabric is facing upward toward you.
2. Place the batting or flannel piece next. Get them lined up as best you can.
3. Take a front piece and place it on top of the other two pieces, just make sure the face of the fabric is facing up this time. Again, make sure to line them up the best you can.
4. Pin them together to keep them in place. 
Look at my photos for an example of pin placement. 

Ready to sew!
Once you have your machine threaded and ready to go, sew all the way around the edge of each burp rag and bib. You will use a straight stitch, medium length, your seam allowance will be 1/2" (so place the edge of whatever you are sewing at the 1/2"mark while you are sewing). Remove the pins as you go, so that you don't damage your machine (I'm really bad about this).

When you are finished sewing all your pieces, they should look something like this.

Ready to start snipping?
Now that all of your pieces are sewn together, you can start snipping. Find yourself a comfortable seat. Take your scissors and start "snipping"all the way along the seam allowance. Be careful not to cut into your sew line. I make a snip every 1/4", or so, all the way around. I just eyeball it the best I can. 

Once you are finished they will look like this.

Then all you have to do is run them through the rinse cycle again and throw them in the dryer. This will make the snipped edge "fuzz". Which is the look we are going for.

The best part about these burp rags and bibs is that the more you use them, the softer they become. 

I love this gift b/c it's home made, practical, and new moms love it! Want to know the best part? If you get your fabric on sale, this gift will cost you less then $10. Even less then that if you happen to sew and you have lots of fabric already. These burp rags and bibs are a great way to use up all those small pieces of fabric you just couldn't bear to throw out.

I hoped you liked my tutorial. Let me know if you have any questions. I am off to think of something for next week!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

 

Have a Spooktacular Day!

Happy Thursday!

I have another fun Halloween card for you today.   

When I saw this cute  little ghost, I knew that he would work perfectly with my sentiment. 

The card base is a label shape from the Artiste Cricut cartridge. I adjusted the height a bit and welded two of them together, to form the base of the card.  I love all the fun labels and page shapes in this cart. I see lots of fun shaped cards in my future. :)

The ghost is from Scrapping Bug Designs, she has a peachy face, and the sentiment is from My Creative Time. (links below)

Card Base: Artiste Cricut cart 
Ghost svg: Scrapping Bug Designs, Boo Buddies
Paper: PaperTrey Ink, K and Company
Halloween Twine: Endless Inkabilities
Face Stamp: Peachy Keen stamps, Monster Mash Assortment
Sentiment: My Creative Time's, Treats for My Sweets stamp set

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful day!

 

3-D Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday! 

Today is 3-D Wednesday over at My Creative Time. Since yesterday was Emma's mom's birthday, she asked us all to create a birthday themed project in honor of her mom.

I made a paper flower cone.

 I have always wanted to make one of these flower cones. I cut a party hat svg, turned it upside down, and made it into a flower cone.  I added some white 6"tulle, some flowers, and a   sentiment tag.

Party Hat/Vase SVG: Svgcuts.com, Happy Birthday to You

Tag Die: My Creative Time, Curly Label Die

Sentiment: My Creative Time, Celebrate Good Times

Paper: Authentique, Fresh Collection

White Tulle: Michael's

Blue Hemp Twine: Liz's Paper Loft Boutique

If you want to see more 3-D inspiration, click here!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful day!