Merry Christmas!

 Hello everyone and Merry Christmas!  I have been busy the last couple of days prepping for Christmas festivities and visiting friends.  I have a quick project to share with you that I made for my neighbors.  This is not my original idea but I was inspired by Emma over at My Creative Time to make a snow globe of my own.  You can see her original post here.  I had a few mason jars left over from Christmas last year and decided to put them to good use.  The snow I bought from Wal-Mart and used some tinsel to give it some glitter (hard to see in the picture).  I cut the penguin with my Cameo and hung it with some twine from the lid of the jar.  I added some stickles to the penguin and stamped an adorable Peachy Keen face on him.  To finish it up, I hot glued some ribbon to the lid.  So easy!

Items Used:

Lettering Delights: Christmas Express

Peachy Keen Stamps: Happy Lashes

My Creative Time: It's a Magical Season, Scallop & Stitched Die

Sizzix Big Kick

Mason Jar

Various Ribbon

Snow

Tinsel

Stickles

Chalk

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!

PKS Sketch

Hello everyone!  I am back!  It has been a crazy month.  About a month ago I had some water damage to my house and had to have most of my carpet replaced.  It took about a month, but my house is finally back to normal!  The carpet has been replaced, my baseboards are back on, my vanity has been fixed and there are no more holes in my wall!  Yay!!!!  Most of my stuff has managed to make it back into the house, which means I am back to crafting!  Yesterday I made a card for Peachy Keen's Sketch challenge.  It was so nice to be creating again!  The base of my card was cut at 5"x6.5".  The mat is a file from the Silhouette Store and the adorable candles are from Peachy Keen's December Stamp of the Month.  I colored the candles with my Copics and added some twine.  So easy!

Items Used:

My Creative Time: Gift Card Sentiments

Copic Markers

Peachy Keen: December SOTM

Twine

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.  I am off to bake some Christmas goodies!

PKS Anything Goes

Happy Wednesday!  I have had quite the week.  I originally made this card for a challenge at the Peachy Keen Connection.  However, on Saturday, my toilet decided to break and I ended up with an inch of standing water in my bathroom.  Oh how the water quickly spread to my bedroom, living room and hallway.  Luckily, my sister and brother-in-law were at my house to help clean up.  I do not know what I would have done without their help.  They were awesome!  However, I had to call in some professionals and will need some new carpet.  

On to my card.  The base was cut at 5"x6.5".  The oval and scallop came from the Silhouette store and the cute little deer is an SVG from My Scrap Chick.  I distressed the edges of the card and deer and added some glossy accents to the eyes.

Items Used: My Scrap Chick: Deer Family Peachy Keen Stamps: Medium Bear Features and December SOTM Glossy Accents Chalk Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

PKS Sketch

Hello everyone!  I have a card to share with you tonight that I made for PKS sketch challenge.  I am not thrilled with how it turned out but it will have to do.  The adorable penguin is a Peachy Keen's Kut Out and the banners are SVG's from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.  I colored the cute little penguin with Copic markers.  I still need lots of practice, but I am working on it. :) Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

Items Used: Peachy Keen Kut Outs Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbon SVG's Sentiment: My Creative Time Sizzix Big Kick Copic Markers Stickles Chalk Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful night!

Challenge Me Monday #135

Hello everyone!  It's Monday which means it is challenge time at the FCCB blog!  This will be my last post for the FCCB DT!  I have had a wonderful time getting to know the talented ladies I have been working with.  However, there is a lot going on in my personal life right now.  Therefore, I made the decision to step down and not continue another term.  This week we are seeing spots and want to see your projects with polka dots.  My card this week is super simple.  The ghost was cut at 3.5" and came from Simply Charmed.  I stamped a cute PKS face on it, added some twine, glossy accents and chalk.  

Items Used: Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge My Creative Time: Small Talk Peachy Keen Stamps Glossy Accents Chalk Twine White Gelly Roll Pen
Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop by the FCCB blog to see what the other members of the DT created!  I promise you won't be disappointed!

Challenge Me Monday #133

Hello everyone and welcome back to another Challenge Me Monday over at FCCB!  This week's theme is Down on the Farm.  We want to see you farm animal inspired projects.  For my card, the base of the card was cut at 4"x5.5".  The cow came from Create a Critter and was cut at 3.5".  The mat I used came from Elegant Edges and the party hat came from Celebrations.  I added some twine, stickles to the hat, and glossy accents to the cow.  The sentiment is from My Creative Time and adorable cow face from Peachy Keen.

Items Used: Create a Critter, Elegant Edges, Celebrations Cricut Cartridges Peachy Keen Stamps: Critter Faces My Creative Time: Gift Card Sentiments and Just Simply Live Sizzix Big Kick Stickles Glossy Accents Twine
Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to stop by the FCCB blog and check out what the other DT members have created.  I promise you won't be disappointed!

PKS Anything Goes

Hello everyone!  It has been forever since I have been crafting.  I was going through serious withdrawals.  This weekend, I managed to make three cards for Peachy Keen's challenge and release challenges.  It was so nice to take some time and be creative again.  It was much needed!

Items Used: Create a Critter, Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridges My Creative Time: Stitched Circle Die, All Around Birthday Stickles Glossy Accents Sizzix Big Kick
The other two cards I made are for the stamp release challenges going on at the Peachy Keen Connection.  The first one was to use a background stamp.  I paper pieced the clock and used Rich Cocoa Momento ink on the background paper to stamp the numbers.  I am quite impressed with how well the ink matches the paper.  It almost looks like it's part of the paper.

Items Used: 

Peachy Keen Stamps: What Time Is It?, April SOTM

Twine

Glossy Accents

Rich Cocoa Momento Ink

Chalk

The next challenge was to use ribbon, 3 buttons and two pattern papers.

Items Used:

Peachy Keen: Cottage Cutz Trick or Treat Ghost

Sizzix Big Kick

Twine

Buttons

Glossy Accents

Chalk

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

Challenge Me Monday #131

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  Mine was good but super busy.  I am ready for things to slow down for me a bit but I am not sure that will happen anytime soon.  October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and this week at FCCB we want to see your projects with the color pink.

My project is not Breast Cancer themed but it does contain the color pink. :)  The base of my card was cut at 4"x5.5"  The ice cream cone was cut at 3.5" and came from Simply Charmed.  I used Martha Stewart's Drippy Goo punch to punch different layers of color and then added some twine.  To finish the card off I added an adorable Peachy Keen face, some chalk, and doodling.

Items Used: Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch My Creative Time: Polka Dot Surprise Peachy Keen Stamps: In Stitches Chalk White Gelly Roll Pen Twine Glossy Accents
Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the other DT projects at FCCB!  I promise you won't be disappointed.

Challenge Me Monday

Hello everyone!  It's Monday which means it's challenge time at FCCB!  It is hard to believe that it is already the middle of September.  Summer is on its way out and the cooler weather is on it's way in.  After the heat we had this summer, I have so ready for cooler temperatures.  This week at FCCB we want to see your end of summer projects.  

Items Used: Pack Your Bags and Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridges Peachy Keen: Princess Faces My Creative Time: Wow! So Many Candles Twine Stickles White Gelly Roll Pen
Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop by the FCCB blog and check out what the other DT members have created.  I promise you won't be disappointed!

Challenge Me Monday & Winner!

Hello everyone and welcome to another challenge at FCCB!  I hope you all are enjoying your holiday weekend!  This week's theme is On The Job.  We want to see your occupation inspired projects.  For my card, I used both my Cricut and Silhouette.  My Gypsy was not cooperating and my cartridges are so unorganized.  I didn't realize how reliant I was on it until it decided not to work.  The matted images came from Elegant Edges and the nurse is a Lettering Delights Simple Shapes file.  I stamped a Peachy Keen face on her, added some twine, glossy accents, and some doodling.

Before I forget, I used Random.org to draw the winner from the Cricut Crawl.  Congrats Kim!  I will send you an email shortly so I can get your cartridge in the mail!

Kim's Kreations said...

Love the peachy keen faces. Adorable project.
Ogdendoll @gmail.com

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Don't forget to stop by the FCCB blog and check out what the rest of the DT created.  I promise you won't be disappointed!

PKS Anything Goes

Hello everyone!  Happy Labor Day weekend!  I have a birthday card to share with you that I am entering in PKS Anything Goes Challenge.  Everything was cut with my Silhouette.  The mat files and banner I used came from the Silhouette Store.  Hulk is an SVG that came from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.  I love these superhero files.  They are perfect for boy cards and so easy to cut out and put together.  I inked the edges of the banner and Hulk with Peeled Paint distress ink.  I added some chalk and doodling and was done.

Items Used: My Creative Time: Celebrate Good Times Peachy Keen: Boy Mates Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons: Superheroes Collection Peeled Paint Distress Ink Chalk White Gelly Roll Pen
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful long weekend!

FCCB Back to School Cricut Crawl

Welcome to Saxey Designs and the EIGHTH Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...Fantabulous Cricut's version of a Blog Hop! 

Summer is coming to an end and we are all getting ready for BACK TO SCHOOL...each Design Team member will be featuring an original BACK TO SCHOOL Project that includes a SCHOOL RELATED  Item, such as crayons, rulers, pencils, book, school bus, etc. along with at least ONE Cricut Cut.

If you've come from visiting Kathie, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Fantabulous Cricut Crawl, start HERE.

Make sure to check out each DT member's blog for some awesome inspiration! There will be PRIZES along the way at our DT members' blogs, AND there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one participant that submits a "Back to School" project at FCCB!

How fun is that?

For my project I made an adorable classroom decoration for my mom's classroom.  I found plastic containers in the dollar bins at Michaels.  They almost look like cup coolers.  I took crayons and hot glued them all the way around the container.  The container is filled with vase rocks for weight.  The images all came from Peachy Keen's August SOTM and were colored with Prismacolor Pencils.  To mat each image, I used Elegant Edges and resized the image to fit each shape.  I used foam mounting tape to adhere the images to dowels.  The dowels were cut to the desired length based on how it looked.  To finish the project, I added some glossy accent to the eyes and a bow around the container.  I think it will be the perfect addition to my mom's classroom.

In honor of FCCB's Cricut Crawl, I am going to do my first blog giveaway!  Up for grabs I have the Happily Ever After cartridge.  All you have to do is leave a comment on this post with a way to get ahold of you. So easy!  I will draw a winner via random.org Sunday after the challenge ends.

 

Now it's your turn! Let's see your BACK TO SCHOOL projects! Make sure to include a Cricut Cut somewhere on your project!

Next stop...Nikki. Go see what she has in store for you today... And when you're done, make sure to link up your project to FCCB's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post to be entered into the contest!

Happy Crawling!

PKS Sketch Challenge

Happy Sunday everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  I actually got a lot accomplished this weekend. I have a card to share with you tonight that I am entering in Peachy Keen's sketch challenge.  Here is the sketch:

Here is my take on the sketch:

Everything was cut with my Silhouette.  The cat on the branch is an SVG from My Scrap Chick.  I stamped a cute PKS face then added some doodling and glossy accents!  So easy!
Items Used: My Scrap Chick: Cat's LIfe Peachy Keen: Here Kitty Kitty My Creative Time: This and That and Simply Live Sizzix Big Kick Glossy Accents White Gelly Roll Pen
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful night!

PKS Box It Up

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  My sister came up and we had a crafty weekend, so much fun!  Peachy Keen is having a 3-D box challenge.  My husband is currently deployed and has a birthday coming up.  I decided to make an explosion box for his birthday care package.  Last October, we spent a week at Disney and I decided to use some of the pictures from our trip so he has a little something to remind him of home.

On to my box, I will warn you, there are a lot of pictures. :)  The box itself is a file from the Silhouette Store, Captain America is an SVG from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons, and the other files are SVG's from Lettering Delights.  The box itself was super simple, I just resized the files to fit into the desired space on the box, put in some pictures and was done.  I am hoping he will love it!

Items Used:

Peachy Keen Stamps: Boy Mates, In Stitches, Cherub Faces, Wide Eyed Kids, Just Baby

My Creative Time: Scallop and Circle Die, All Around Birthdays, Celebrate Good Times

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons: Superheroes Collection

Lettering Delights: Eat, Drink, and Be Hairy

Sizzix Big Kick

Stickles

Chalk

White Gelly Roll

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

PKS Challenge #30

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday!  I have a real quick card to share with you this evening that I made for Peachy Keen's Pop It Up challenge.  I am trying to get as many Christmas cards done as early as possible.  This adorable elf is an SVG file from My Scrap Chick.  The background mat is a file from the Silhouette Store.  I added some twine, glossy accents, some doodling and some pop dots to pop it up.  It was quick and easy.

Items Used: My Scrap Chick: Bella and Baxtor Elves My Creative Time: Scallop and Circle Die, All Around Christmas Peachy Keen Stamps: Christmas Character Faces Twine Glossy Accents Sizzix Big Kick Gelly Roll Pen Chalk
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful night!