Sweet Card

Happy Wednesday!

 

 

It's stormy here this morning...but that's just fine with me.  It gives me a reason NOT to go anywhere and craft the day away.  :-)

 

The card I'm sharing with you today did not turn out the way I had envisioned.  For some reason the color combo looked MUCH better in my head and than it does on my card. 

 

 

 

This card was inspired by the current Peachy Keen Stamps Photo challenge. 

 

 

I LOVE the colors!  But for some reason, they didn't sit well on my card, visually.  It looked very plain and melded together......so I added a black panel to bring the eye more towards the focus of the card. 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Peachy Keen Stamps Circus Treats

Peachy Keen Stamps Polka Dot Background Stamp

Peachy Keen Stamps Chinese Swirls Background Stamp

Copics

Papertrey Ink Cardstock

Mojo Monday Sketch #345

Stickles

Hero Arts Shadow Inks

 

Challenges:

PKS Photo Challenge

PKS June Linky Party

 

 

 

 

 

Smokin' Hot

Happy Friday!

 

 

It's a beautiful day here in the Midwest, and while the baby was napping I came up with this little fun creation.  :-)

 

 

 

 

My inspiration was the Peachy Keen Stamps Photo Inspiration.

 

 

The red flowers reminded me of tomato plants...then that led to me thinking of a summer garden, and finally peppers.  Everyone seems to grow peppers.  And since I had the new stamp of the month set, the sentiments would be perfect for chili peppers.  :-)

 

The design was inspired by Mojo Monday Sketch 128.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Scraptastical Kreations Fiesta file (chili peppers)

PKSc-29 (sentiment)

PKSC-18 (faces for peppers)

Spica Glitter Pens (eyes)

Dry Chalk

Fluid Chalk

PaperTrey Ink cardstock

Stash Papers

 

 

 

 



More Cupcake Love

Happy Friday!

I wanted to share a card I created for a special little someone........

 

I used my Cricut (cupcake/speech bubble) and Peachy Keen Stamps (face/sentiment/hearts).

 

The card base is 4.25 x 5.5. 

 

 

 

I used PKS's Sweet & Innocent faces for the cupcake.  I colored her eyes in with a white gel pen and a green glitter pen. 

 

 

To add more interest to the card, I stamped a heart from the January 2014 SOTM set in Versamark in on kraft cardstock. 

 

The sentiment is also from the January 2014 SOTM set.

 

I think this card is just the sweetest....perfect for that special little someone who will be receiving it in the mail soon.  

 

 

 

 

 

Peachy Keen Stamps Sketch Challenge

Happy Tuesday!

 

It is finally starting to feel like Fall here in the upper Midwest.  I had to turn the heat on for the first time this year.  Bittersweet.....

 

While the weather is deciding on what she is going to do, I have been crafting a bit..in between homeschool lessons. 

 

This week's Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge is a sketch....

 

 

How fun is this sketch???? 

 

Here's my take on it.......

 

 

I used PKSC-20 Stamp set for all the images and sentiment. 

 

I stamped the images on Xpress-It cardstock, colored with my Copics, and hand cut the images.  I added Paprika Stickles to the round tags and fish on the cans.  There is also Fruit Punch Stickles on the cat's ears and nose, but you can't see that very well on this picture.  Unfortunately, the fall like weather I mentioned does not play well with my picture taking.  :-) 

 

  

 

Happy Fall, Y'all

 



Happy Tuesday!!

 

 

I was updating our budget recently and noticed that it's just about time to start thinking about school supplies, fees, and clothing. And that means, here in Wisconsin, that fall is rapidly approaching. Now, I am not in the mood to start decorating with pumpkins and gourds. Well, I can't, or my hubby would give me the look. You know the one, don't you? So, I am channeling that energy into my creations. Best of both worlds, I must say.

 

 

Isn't it just darling? :-)

 

I created this cutie for the Peachy Challenge Sketch challenge.  The sketch was a square, but squares are not my 'thing.'  So I used a tradtional card shape. 

 

 

 

The focus of my creation is the scarecrow.  He's from the PKSC-09 stamp set.  I stamped him with Memento Tuxedo black.  He was colored with Copics.  

 

Recently, I was able to attend a Copics Workshop.  Since then I have been coloring everything I can.  Most of my projects will probably have some sort of colored image on it, until I work the excitement out of my system. 

 

The sentiment for my card is from SY-907 stamp set.  I think it fits this image perfectly. 

 

 

 

 





 

Relax and Enjoy

Happy Wednesday!

 

Today I'm sharing with you a creation inspired by the Peachy Keen Stamps challenge 13-26 -Anything Goes!

 

 

 

As a little girl, I LOVED hot air balloons. I had stationary, book covers, folders... you name, I had it in hot air balloon print. 

 

For this challenge, a Peachy Keen Stamps is required.  I used the sentiment, Relax and Enjoy, from the PK-206 stamp set.  It think it's perfect!  I stamped the sentiment in Memento Black ink on white cardstock.  Then I enhanced it with Antique Linen Distress ink to better fit the feel I wanted.   

I added some Diamond Stickles to the balloon. It wouldn't have been complete without Stickles.

 

 For this card, I used a new technique to me - clouds for the background.   It took me three different attempts to not have some seriously noticable errors in it. =) 

The hot air balloon is from the Silhoutte Online Store, and it included two clouds.  I cut those out with a scrap piece of grey cardstock.  Then used them as templates with Stormy Sky distress ink for the background.  I like the softer, relaxing feel that the Storym Sky gives you compared to a more traditional blue, such as Broken China or Tumbled Glass Distress ink. 

 

 

I used 3 Girl Jam ribbon in Hot Chocolate to marry the background and sentiment pieces.

The hot air balloon is on some foam squares to bring it up off the background.  I think it gives it more of a 'floating in the air' feel.  Don't you? 

 



 

 

 

 

Peachy Keen Challenge

Happy Wednesday!

 

I am sharing with you this cute creation I made for the Peachy Keen Challenge.  This week's challenge was to create a 3D Birthday themed project.

 

 

Here's what I came up with......

 

 

I made a 3D ribbon for one of my kids to wear.  I used Peachy Keen Stamps' new face set, In The Garden.  I added a little birthday hat with a pom pom.  I think it shows off the cute, little face.  For the sentiment I used PKSC-12 stamp set.  I stamped it with Versamark and heat embossed with white.

 

 

 

Red Carpet Studio Card Challenge

 

Happy Sunday!

It's time for a card challenge at Red Carpet Studio Challenge Blog.

The theme this week is "Leprechaun" - use 2 shades of green on a card. 

Here's my card.  Isn't the robot just the cutest? 

 

 

Supplies:

Peachy Keen Stamp Set

Tanner Bell Stamp

Pattern Paper

DCWV Metallic Paper 

Copics

Fluid Chalk

Cardstock

Ink - for sentiment

Cardbase

Shaped Scissors

 

 

 

This week's challenge winner will received a $15 digital stamp GC from our sponsor, Clearly Digi Stamps.

 

 

 

 

 

Link your creation up on the blog for your chance to win.