Peachy Keen Stamps Special Halloween/Fall Blog Hop!

Happy Tuesday!

Welcome to the Peachy Keen Stamps Special Halloween/Fall Blog Hop!

If have arrived from Jennie's blog, then you are on the right track, if you would like to start at the beginning, click here.

I have a fun Halloween card for you today. 

I've been having lots of fun with bat's this year. I think they are my new favorite Halloween character/decor item.

Bat svg: Lettering Delights svg set called Best Witches.  

The bat's face: Peachy Keen Stamps set called PK-692 Monster Mash Face Assortment.

The "spooky" saying: My Creative Time's  stamp set called, Anyday Bingo and Crossword.
Papers: K and Company & PaperTrey Ink
Purple Twine: The Twinery

Blog Hop Prizes!

Peachy Keen Stamps will be giving away a total of $150.00 in prizes! This includes 1- $50 gift certificate, and 4 - $25 gift certificates.

Make sure that you leave comments on each blog in the hop. The winners will be chosen at random on Monday night and announce Tuesday morning on the Peachy Keen Blog.

Your next stop on the hop is, Heather!

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

Harley Davidson Themed Album

Happy Friday!  

A couple weeks ago I had someone email me through Etsy. I have a shop on Etsy, but I rarely list items in it. Anyway, she found pictures of a mini album that I made a few years back and she asked if I could make her one for her husband's 30th birthday.

This is how it turned out.

His party was going to have a Harley Davidson theme and she wanted the album to have that theme too. So, I stuck with a black, orange and chrome/silver color scheme. I had some Harley papers left from the 1st album that I made so I threw a couple of those in as well. 

I tried to keep the pages simple, since she still has to add all the photos from the party.

 She wanted a place for the guests to be able to write their well wishes, so I put two white tags inside each pocket. They can be pulled out and placed on the entry table so as the guests arrive they can write their messages.

 I was so excited when I found this silver paper at Joanns! It embossed perfectly in my diamond plate embossing folder. The paper is super shiny and the embossing helped to tone it down a bit. 

The album had 16 pages and 16 tags. It's been several years since I made a mini, but I really liked how it turned out. I hope the birthday boy and his wife, do too.

Here's one last look.

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

    

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!