Happy Easter.......{Peachy Keen Stamps New Release Blog Hop}

SQUEAL with delight!
It's time for the Peachy Keen Stamps New Release Blog Hop!!!
Yep!  We've made it through another fabulous round of sneak peeks, and the time has come to reveal the NEW STAMPS!
This release has been so much fun to work with and it’s been all we could do to hold back from sharing every single set in it’s entirety!
Squeal with delight, INDEED, because this release is filled with sweetness and some of the most adorable images EVER!!
Now, let’s get on with our BIG REVEAL and BLOG HOP!

First we’ll show you the new stamps, and THEN you can get your hop on, because the design team has PLENTY more to share with you using these adorable stamps!!

Let’s start off with PKSC-27 March 2014 Stamp of the Month Kit.


And here are all the add on sets....



We think this release is so CUTE and F-U-N, and we know you will too!!

It's now hop time...... 
You should be coming from
Saundra's Blog
if not and you are just stopping by, make sure to head on back to the 
Peachy Keen Stamps Blog
You will not want to miss anything!!!


For my project I made a sweet Easter Treat to place in one of the kiddo's basket.
I used the new March SOTMK and made this....

I just think it turned out adorable....don't you?? And that bunny...CUTE as can be!

So here is how I made this. I used the adorable bunny from  the new release kit and colored her using my copics. For a bit more embellishing, I added some chalk to her cheeks and white gel pen doodles, plus I added some stickles to her bow (kinda hard to see in the pic). She was added to a die cut tag from My Creative Time~Just Tags Die and Stamp Set and tied to my pretzel bag using some May Arts Ribbon and an adorable Pear Pin from Sparkly Sweet Craft Notions.

Then for the candies, I made my own candy wrap using designer papers from my stash and the scalloped border die from My Creative Time~Fun Stitched Edges Dies. Once my candies were wrapped, I added some of the adorable carrots, also from the Peachy Keen Stamps SOTMK, colored with my copics to the tops of the candies. I finished this off by adding my stamped sentiment to the center candy.

So what do you think? Such a cute Easter treat, and I had a blast making it!

Well your time is done with me here....
Thanks so much for hopping with us!!!
Your next stop will be heading off to the very talented
Jessica
At the bottom of this post, you will find the complete blog hop order should you happen to get lost along the way, you can always pop back here and pick up where you left off.
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PRIZES :: PRIZES :: PRIZES!!!
How would you like the chance to add to your Peachy Keen Stamps collection?  We’re going to give away two $25 Gift Certificates as a special “Thank You” for hopping with us today.  All you need to do is leave a comment on here on this blog post, AND on our designer’s blogs.  We don’t know which designer will be selecting the winner, so to increase your chances of winning,  make sure to leave a comment on each stop on this hop.  We’ll give you plenty of time as we’ll accept comments until Midnight on Sunday, March 9th and we’ll announce the winners here on Monday March 10th!  Good luck and Happy Hopping!!

If you’re new to Peachy Keen Stamps and haven’t heard about the Stamp of the Month Club, or if you’re thinking about joining and haven’t taken the plunge yet, then here’s a little more information for you and a link to sign up HERE!

NEW this year!  Joining the Peachy Keen Stamp Kit of the Month Club is now better than ever! Check out the new details below:

~The Peachy Keen Stamp Kit of the Month (SKOTM) will now measure 8.5″x 5.5″
~SKOTM membership will cost just $19.99/mo and will include DOMESTIC USA First Class Shipping. (This will keep the value below $20.00 in Customs for our International Friends!)
~Canada/Mexico will pay +$4.00 for 1st class shipping (total $23.99)
~International will pay +$6.00 for 1st class shipping (total $25.99)
~Stamp Club Members receive a FREE coordinating stampable SVG Kit each month (valued at $4.99)
~Starting in January 2014, each SKOTM member will receive a special discount code for 20% off in their package to use for the entire month they are a member!
~The newest kit will be available for purchase and new members today,  March 5th.
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Blog Hop Order:

Peachy Keen Stamps Blog 

Amber- http://www.bellarosecards.com/

Emily- http://www.creationsofanarmywife.blogspot.com/

Amy- http://www.scrappingmommy.com/

Gigi - http://www.thecricutbug.blogspot.com/

Saundra - http://www.luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/

Jessica - http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/ ~ME~

Jessica - http://iembellish.blogspot.com/

Joanna- http://bandelinblues.blogspot.com/

Brigit- http://www.brigitsscraps.com/

Liz - http://www.lizspaperloft.com/
Lorie Souther - http://www.thinkinspot.com/

Thanks again for stopping by and have a GREAT night!!!

Whatever Wednesday.....{My Creative Time}

Good Morning and welcome to 

My Creative Time's~Whatever Wednesday.

This is the DT's day where we can create whatever we want, a card, LO, 3D or altered item using MCT stamps and dies!

For my project I used the sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch

to make a birthday card/gift card holder using LOTS of MCT stamps and dies! Oh yeah...It is also another 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 card :)

I started my card with a Kraft Card stock base and added my layers if designer paper~all from My Minds Eye~Dolled Up paper pack. 

Then for the long list of My Creative Time dies that I used..

~The Flower Petal Dies  and the Stitched Leaves Die with an enamel dot in the center

~The Tag Die which I cut down to fit my card and then stamped it with the sentiment from Fun Gift Pocket Sentiments and embellished with more enamel dots

~Stitched Doily Die

~Vintage Label Die again stamped with a sentiment from the Fun Gift Pocket Sentiments

Then for the inside I added...

a Stitched Gift Card Pocket Die and stamped the dollar sign using again the Fun Gift Pocket Sentiments

So what do you think?????

Make sure you head on over to My Creative Time to see what the rest of the DT made!
I know the inspiration is AWESOME!!!!
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Wednesday!!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

The Deconstructed Sketch

Just B Creative Crazy
Word Art Wednesday
The Pink Elephant
Craftin Desert Divas

Laid Any Good Eggs Lately???.....{PKS March New Release Sneak Day 4}

Hey Chickies!!!!

We've made it to our fourth and final day of sneak peeks this month and we hope that you've enjoyed the creations our talented team members have brought to you.  We are SO excited to share the entire release with you that we can hardly wait for reveal time tomorrow!!  We’ll be back here with a SUPER inspirational blog hop and the new stamps will be revealed on our blog and available for purchase in the Peachy Keen Stamps Store.  The new stamps will go live at 6 p.m. CST.. Same time as our blog hop.

Our first release for this month is a little smaller than usual, but don’t worry, because Kathy’s planning a mid-month release, so be looking for MORE new stamps a little later in the month.  Tonight, we’re having an Anything Goes night, which means our team  can choose ANY of the stamps from this release they’d like to share.  Be sure to check the PKS Blog for ALL the great samples from tonight’s team.

For my sneak tonight, I just had to use the Faceless Chickens and Chickie Faces again... I just LOVE them!!!!!
Here is the shaker card I made :)

So adorable right???? 

I used the sketch from the current Fusion Card Challenge

and designer paper from Carta Bella~Giddy Up. For the shaker part of my card, I used the XL Label Die from My Creative Time and stamped the background using the Spring Chicken Background stamp set. I filled the shaker with some silver sequins and a few die cut eggs from the new Hello Chickie! Stamp set

This adorable chickie was then colored using my copics and I did add a bit of the white gel pen for some extra pop. She was then popped up onto my card with some foam pop dots.

Finally the sentiment, which is also from the Faceless Chickens stamp set, was inked and stamped using my Versafine Onxy Black ink.

I am just in LOVE with this card and sure hope you like it too!!!

This winds it up for sneak peeks… everything EXCEPT a prize for tonight, that is!!  
Leave a comment on the PKS Blog, and on each designer’s blog for a chance to win the new Chickie Faces Face Assortment stamp set!!  We’ll select 1 random winner from all the comments to win and that winner will be announced in the PKS Blog Hop post tomorrow!!  Good luck and thanks for stopping by!!

Smile.....{Size The Sketch #15}

Good Morning Everyone!

It is time for another Seize The Sketch Challenge.

Here is the new challenge sketch.....

Hosted this week by the very talented Cathy

And here is the card I made based on the sketch!

I have not colored an image in such a long time and have forgotten how relaxing it is :)
I used the adorable Pinwheel Birgitta stamp from C.C. Designs and colored her with my copics.
Following the sketch, I pulled papers for my card from Fancy Pants~Memories Captured paper pack.
For the grass, I used the new My Creative Time~Stitched Grass Die....LOVE this die BTW and the sentiment comes from My Creative Time~Things I Love... stamp set. 
I stamped it on a die cut also from My Creative Time~ Chunky Jar Accessory Set .
A few enamel dots next to the sentiment and my card is complete.

So what do you think???

I hope you like my card and will play along with the new challenge!

Make sure to head on over to the Seize The Sketch blog to see what the other DT members created with this sketch and for all the details on how you can play along.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!

Good Luck........{Trendy Twine}

Good Morning Trendy Twiners!!!!

This month the Trendy Twine DT is spotlighting two of our green twines:
Limeade which is a bright green twisted with white
and
Totally Limeade which is a solid bright green.
Both of these are AWESOME and perfect for all your St. Patty's Day projects and/or those fun Spring inspired projects!

I have another CAS card to share today based on the current Trendy Twine Challenge.

The Challenge......
Good Luck with Trendy Twine
and must include the following....
~ Sentiment "good luck" or "best wishes"
~ The color green
~Trendy Twine**

**If you do not have Trendy Twine, use hemp, jute, 
embroidery thread, or yarn only; NO ribbon
(no other brands of bakers twine)**
  
Deadline is 11:59 p.m. central time, Friday, March 28th. 

Project must be new for the challenge.

St. Patrick's Day is going to be a fun day for me....I am coordinating the Teacher Appreciation Luncheon and we are having a St. Patty's Day party (minus the green beer...LOL)
I usually make a thank you treat for the teacher's to walk out with but this year, since we were looking for something else fun to do, we are giving each of the teacher's a scratch off ticket.... so I am making 65 more of these cards to put the ticket in.

Like I said above, since I am making so many of these cards, I went with a CAS design, one that can be massed produced.

I used a Bazzill Black card base cut to a 4x4 card size.

The sentiment is one I had in my stash....believing it is from Studio G (?) and I heat embossed it using some White Deliquesce embossing powder.

The adorable clover is a freebie that I picked up over at Paper Smooches and using my Silhouette Designer Studio I filled the image with some digital paper from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbon.

Once the image was colored in, I printed all of them out and punched them all using my 2" circle punch.

Finally to finish my card off, I cut 2 slots, one on the top of my card and one on the bottom and wrapped the Totally Limeade Trendy Twine around the card front. 

Those slots will  help to hold the twine in place eliminating the need to tape it down, plus I think it looks neat when you open the card and see a bit more color on the inside flap.

Here are the 2 spotlighted colors this month!

Make sure to pick them up..they are on sale all month long!!

New to Trendy Twine??? Check out the other places where we share our projects .....

Trendy Twine Blog~ HERE

and the

Trendy Twine Facebook page~ HERE

Don't forget to visit the 

 new and improved, packed with tons of product

 Store HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!

Don't forget to enter our challenge!!!!

And please stop by the Trendy Twine blog to see what the rest of the DT created! I know you will LOVE all the inspiration!

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Entering this into the following challenges:
Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

Just B Creative Crazy
Word Art Wednesday

What up Chickie???.... {PKS March New Release Sneak Day 2}

Hey there everyone!!!
Well, here we are at Day #2 of March sneak peeks… WELCOME!!

This is the time we look forward to ALL MONTH LONG!  It’s so exciting  for us when we can FINALLY share the new stamps with all of our friends!!

If you weren’t able to join us last night for the first round of sneak peeks, then you missed your chance to win the FIRST set we showcased, but NEVER FEAR!   Tonight could just be YOUR night!!  Stick around!  More opportunities to win await!

Springtime brings so many great images to mind, and one that immediately pops into most of our minds is chickens!!  Oh YES!  Cute, feathery, adorable little chickens  and that’s just what we have to share with you this evening!  
Let us introduce you to Chickie Faces and Faceless Chickens!!

Can you believe it.....I think Kathy made these just for me....LOL! 
Just kidding... but you all had to know I flipped when I saw theses adorable Chickies and CUTE faces!!!!

Here is the card I made using today's sets.....

I used designer paper from MME~ Sunshine for my card and followed the sketch from The Kraft Journal. I paper pieced the too cute Chickie and added some chalk to her cheeks. Aren't those eyes just adorable?????
The sentiment, which is also part of the Faceless Chicken stamp set was die cut out using My Creative Time's~Stitched Square Speech Bubbles. After placing my chickie on a die cut circle, I added 2 eyelets to either side and slipped some Chocolate Truffle Trendy Twine around through the back so I could tie is on the side in a bow. But before doing all that, I did add some machine stitching to the border.

SO, how would you like the chance to  win some of these CUTE stamps?

To express our thanks to those of you who have joined us for sneak peeks tonight, we will give one lucky commenter the Faceless Chickens and Chickie Faces 1 1/8″ stamps.

The winner will be randomly drawn from the comments on the  PKS Blog and ALL of our designer’s blogs and that lucky person will be revealed on the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog tomorrow night at 6 p.m.  PLEASE BE SURE TO LEAVE YOUR EMAIL OR CONTACT INFO in case YOU are the lucky winner!!

Good luck to you!

Thanks for stopping by and if you haven’t already, be sure to visit the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog to see what the rest of the team has created!

Have a GREAT night!!

Just Married.....{PKS March New Release Sneak Day 1}

Hey there everyone!!!

~if you are looking for the My Creative Time 30th New Release Blog Hop post please click HERE~
~if you are looking for my PKS Sketch Challenge project, please click HERE~

March has officially arrived, and with it, the promise of Spring just right around the corner.  The March Release at Peachy Keen Stamps has got Spring covered with some adorable traditional Springtime  images to warm your heart and make you smile, and you’ll even find  there’s love in the air with this release!  We can hardly wait for you to “chick out”  each and every stamp set for this month!

Join us each evening at 6:00 p.m. the 1st through the 4th of March for sneak peeks of specific stamp sets, and then on  Wednesday, March 5th, plan to take part in our Release and Reveal Blog Hop!

Today the DT are sharing project samples using PKSC-27 March 2014 Stamp of the Month.  Are you a member of the Stamp of the month?  If not, then you are missing out!!  Find out about how to become a member and enjoy all the perks from being one of the first ones to see and receive the new set each month to exclusive savings for purchases in the Peachy Keen Stamps Store throughout the month for MEMBERS ONLY!   Follow the link below for ALL the details!
http://www.peachykeenstamps.com/stamp-kit-of-the-month-club/

Here is the card I made using one of the adorable images from the new set.

I went CAS with this card because...well this image is just so perfect sitting front and center.....don't you think????

My card is a 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 base layered with the 4x4 Journal Die from My Creative Time. I told you this was my new favorite card shape :)

Then using the adorable wedding car, matching sentiment and the wedding cans, all from the March New Release Stamp Set of the Month, I colored it using my copic markers. 

To add some extra elements to my card, I used some red and silver stickles for the hearts and cans. I also added a tiny bow of Peppermint Trendy Twine

How would you like a chance to win the stamp set you see showcased here today?  One lucky person who visits each of our designer’s blogs and leaves a comment will be drawn to win the stamp set we’re sharing today.  The winner from today will be announced on the PKS Blog in tomorrow’s post, so you’ve only got today to enter for your chance to win.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and I can not wait for you all to see the rest of the DT projects today. 

Make sure to head on over to the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog!

Have a GREAT night everyone and thanks for stopping by!!