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!

FCCB Challenge Me Monday #114

Hello everyone!  Welcome to another Challenge Me Monday at FCCB!  The weekend has flown by and I can't believe June is already here. This means that the creepy crawlies are out in full force. We currently have a black snack living in our bush.  My dog is not doing her job well enough and scaring it away.  I'm ok with it being there as long as I don't see it. :)  This week we want to see your projects with bugs!  

For my card this week, the base was cut 5"x6.5".  All of the matting items were cut from Birthday Bash.  The cute little bee came from Create a Critter and was cut at 3.5".  I heat embossed the scalloped circle with clear embossing powder with the Cane background stamp from Market Street Stamps.  I added some stickles to the wings on the bee and pearls for the antenna.  Lastly, I added some faux stitching and glossy accents to the cute PKS face.

Items Used:

Create a Critter and Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge

My Creative Time:  Turn That Frown Upside Down

Peachy Keen Stamps: In Stitches

Market Street Stamps: Cane

Heat Gun

Clear Embossing Powder

Stickles

Chalk

White Gelly Roll Pen

Faux Pearls

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop by the FCCB blog and check out what the other DT members created.  I promise you won't be disappointed!

I Believe in Leprechauns!

Happy Monday everyone!  The weekend flew by.  It seems that as the weather gets nicer, we have more going on each weekend.  I think my creativity is slowly starting to come back to me.  I received some happy mail from an order I placed with Peachy Keen this weekend.  I ordered some Cottage Cutz dies and decided to play with them today.

The base of the card was cut at 4" x 5.5", the pot of gold was cut at 3", the hat was cut at 3.5", and the grass was cut at 3.5" x 1".  I used my Cuttlebug to cut out the Tear Bear.  The cloud background came from a Pink By Design background stamp and I used Broken China distress ink to stamp it.  Stickles were added to the gold and glossy accents to the eyes and nose.  Finally, I used some twine for a bow, chalk for the cheeks and some doodling around the edges.  I think he turned out pretty cute!

Peachy Keen Stamps: Anything Goes

Kraft Journal: Luck of the Irish

Items Used:

Peachy Keen: Cottage Cutz Tear Bear

Simply Charmed, Plantin Schoolbook, Elegant Edges & Create a Critter Cricut cartridges

Pink By Design: Cloudy Days

My Creative Time: I Believe In Leprechauns

Broken China Distress Ink

Glossy Accents

Stickles

Twine

White Gelly Roll

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Altered Frame

Hello all!  I hope you are all having a wonderful Tuesday!  Yesterday was absolutely gorgeous for Missouri in January.  As for today, winter is officially back.  I have an altered frame to share with you today. This is my first attempt and I am pretty happy with how it turned out.  A good friend of mine is pregnant with baby number two and I wanted to make them something for the nursery.  I bought this frame at Michaels and now wish I had taken a picture of it before.  This particular frame worked out nicely as it fits a 12 x 12 sheet of paper perfectly.  I first took the glass out of the frame and in pencil I traced around the 5 x 7 rectangle for the picture.  Once the picture portion was traced, I cut it out and attached the paper to the frame with Modge Podge.  I let the frame sit over night and then added the other images to the frame with Modge Podge.  As for the images, I used the following cartridges;  Create a Critter, Baby Steps and Pooh and Friends.  It is kind of hard to tell from the picture but I clear embossed swirls on the clouds to give them some extra depth.  I also inked all the edges with Tea Dye distress ink.  Once the frame was completed I sprayed it with Krylon's Matte Finishing Spray which I found at Wal-Mart.

Celebrate the Occasion: Challenge #46

PCW: Frame Challenge

Items Used:

Create a Critter (clouds). Pooh and Friends (stars), Baby Steps (sleeping baby. moon, cloud) Cricut Cartridges

Tea Dye Distress Ink

Pink By Design: Swirl Curls and Baby Love

My Creative Time: Whimsical Calendar Days and XL Label Die

Peachy Keen Stamps: January Stamp of the Month

Ribbon from my stash

Modge Podge

Krylon Clear Matte Finishing Spray

Chalk

White Gellyroll pen

Heat Gun

Embossing Ink

Clear embossing powder

Hot Glue

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

No Peeking!

Hello everyone!  I can't believe Christmas is in ten days!  I still have a bit of shopping to do.  I am baking this weekend with my sisters and mom.  It should be lots of fun.  Spending time with them is one of my favorite things to do.   I have a Christmas card to share with you that I made last week.  I absolutely love how it turned out, so super cute!

Peachy Keen Stamps: Sketch Challenge #67

The Paper Variety:  Anything Goes

Items Used:

Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge (dog)

Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge (background image)

Winter Frolic Cricut Cartridge (present)

Pooh and Friends Cricut Cartridge (santa hat)

Brad

Ribbon 

Peachy Keen Stamps: Happy Go Lucky Dog Faces

My Creative Time: All Around Christmas, Inspiring Words Accents, Curly Label Die

Thanks for looking and have a fabulous night!

PKS LFIF - Challenge #24 Sunshine

Yay, Friday is finally here!  This is the last weekend before my sister's wedding and it should be a pretty busy one.  I am hanging out with my youngest sister this weekend which is always fun.  Plus, my step-son has two soccer games.  Needless to say I should be pretty busy.  Using my Gypsy, I made another spinner card for the PKS Sunshine Challenge.  These are so much fun to make!

As you turn the dial on the side the sun changes...

Items Used

Pack Your Bags Cricut Cartridge (Sun)

Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge (Clouds)

Wild Card Cricut Cartridge (Card base)

Distress Ink (Vintage Photo & Faded Jean)

Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids, Simple Sallies & Happy Lashes

Sentiment: My Creative Time Encouraging Quotes

Have a wonderful weekend!  I am off to watch Friends with my sister and work of my speech for the wedding!

Cricut Cardz Challenge #89

Hey everyone!  I hope you all have had a wonderful Saturday.  Mine was not too eventful.  My step-son had his first soccer game of the fall season today.  They won 3-0 but it got a lot warmer than they said it was going to.  My husband and I were worn out and all we did was sit in the sun for a couple hours.  Needless to say, we all came home to relax afterwards.  My card today was made for Cricut Cardz Challenge #89, make a jungle themed birthday card.  The elephant came from Birthday Bash and the balloon from Create A Critter.  As for the sentiment, it came from My Creative Time's Wow! So Many Candles set.  Some brads were added to the balloon and the edge from the orange paper came from a random border punch.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, I am off to watch the Big Bang Theory and then bed.

PKS LFIF - Our Furry Friends

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Yesterday was extremly busy but I did make some time today to play with my craft stuff.  Today's cute little card was made for Peachy Keen's LFIF Challenge.  The skunk came from the Create A Critter cartridge.  His face was heat embossed and came from Peachy Keen's Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed set.  Pink By Design's, Tiny Dots set, was heat embossed with clear embossing powder on the background paper.  The sentiment came from My Creative Time's Happy Mail set.  I then added some flowers and a heart brad.  Super simple, but I think it turned out pretty cute.

This week has gotten off to a rough start but hopefully tomorrow will be better.  Thanks for stopping by!

Have A Moo-velous Day

Hello everyone!  I can't believe it's Sunday night already.  Although our weekend was pretty uneventful, it seems to have gone by very quickly.  For tonight's project, the barn and cow came from Create a Critter and the fence came from My World. Using my Gypsy, I welded two rectangles on the barn to give the appearance of the barn opening.  The cute little face on the cow is from Peachy Keen's Critter Faces and the sentiment came from My Pink Stamper's Punnylicious set.

Paper Cutz Challenge - Challenge #105

Whimsical Wednesday - Three Times A Charm

I hope you all had a good weekend!

Throwback Thursday Challenge

Hello!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  I had a nice weekend away with my mom and sisters.  Although I may be biased, I honestly have the best family ever.  Today's project was made for My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday Challenge.  The only rules were to use a retired cartridge.  An old friend of mine has a birthday later in the week and she loves dogs.  So, I decided to use Paper Pups, Doodlecharms, and Create a Critter to make her a birthday card.  

I hope you have a wonderful Monday!  My step-son returned from his mom's last night so we will be doing some back to school clothes shopping today.

Cricut Cardz Challenge #87

The weekend is finally here!  I have one final project to share with you before the weekend begins.  This super simple card was made for the Cricut Cardz Challenge.  The only requirements were to make a thank you card with hearts without using the colors red or pink.  Both the koala and balloon came from Create A Critter and the border came from Elegant Edges.  Of course the adorable face on the balloon is Peachy Keen.  I love their Wide Eyed Kids set.

I hope you enjoy my last project for the week.  I am of to finish things up for my sister's bridal shower!  Have a good weekend!

Dino-Mite

Good evening!  I am on a roll this week with three posts for the week.  I am pretty excited to share this card with you because it is the first time I have taken images and welded them in my gypsy to make a shape card.  For this particular card, the images came from Create a Critter.  The bottom of the volcano was inked with Tea Dye Distress Ink and the lava was inked with Black Soot.  As for the sentiment, it came from Pink By Design's Oh Boy! set.  The sweet little face came from Peachy Keen's Boy Mates assortment.  I think my first attempt turned out pretty well and I am so so excited to make some more.  

Paper Cutz Challenge - Anything Goes
Die Cuttin' Divas - Shaped Die Cut Cards
Let's Face it Friday - So Punny

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Let's Face it Friday - Plentiful Patterns Challenge

Good morning!  Here is the latest Let's Face it Friday Challenge from Peachy Keen:

THE CHALLENGE

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Patterns can pack a huge punch, even when used in subtle ways. This week, we want you to pull out your favorite patterned products {whether it's paper, creating your own pattern, or repeating elements} and pair them with your PK Faces for a project of your choice! 

This adorable little chick came from the Create a Critter cartridge.  I used one of my favorite Peachy Keen sets  Happy Lashes for the face.  The sentiment came from Pink by Design's Hoppy Easter set.  Have a wonderful rest of the week!

Peachy Keen - Let's Face It Friday Challenge

Peachy Keen has a new Let's Face It Friday challenge.  As a former member of the military and a military wife, we usually know at least one person who is deployed.  I love making cards to send overseas!

Here is the challenge:

Create a patriotic card representing your country! That's right - time to celebrate wherever you live! That means U.S., Mexico, Canada, South America, Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia - we want to see your country's colors, too!

• Design must be new
• Project must include Peachy Keen Faces

Here is what I came up with:

The only cartridge used was Create a Critter.  Both sentiments were heat embossed and came from Pink By Design's Our Troops set.  The embellishments used were from Jolee's Boutique and the face on the dog came from Peachy Keen's Critter Faces.