Happy Birthday Lorie!!!!

Good Morning everyone!!

Today is a very special day! 
It is Lorie's 50th birthday and a few of her friends have gotten together to flood her with love and of course birthday cards and wishes!
We have created this hop so you can visit all the blogs that have created a card for Lorie. Stop by one or all and see just what Lorie means to all of us crafters!

~Lorie if you are stopping by to see your card that I made, I just wanted to let you know that you ROCK!!! You are one of the sweetest and most talented crafters I know! You are an AMAZING team leader and I wish you the Happiest Birthday!!!! May your day be filled with lots of love and happiness!
Hugs to you my friend!~

Now for the card I made for Lorie! She should be getting it in the mail very shortly!
Hope you like it!

For my card I used the designer paper from MME~Market paper pad. I did add some wonky (LOL...that's a word right??) machine stitching to the border and set it aside to work on the rest. Using the adorable Elephant from the Elephant Parade stamp set, I paper pieced her using matching designer paper. Some white gel pen and chalk and she was done. Using the Tag Die from MCT, I placed my Elephant on top, along with her cute party hat. I stamped the sentiment using the June SOTM kit and then added some enamel dots. I thought my card was missing something so I die cut the banner and draped it over the corner. Still missing something, I stamped the sentiment "PARTY" using the Reto-bet Round stamp set. Colored the letters in with my copics and then added the finishing touch....some bling!

Peachy Keen Stamps Used:
PKSC~30 June 2014
PK~1396 Elephant Parade
PK~1384 Retro-bet Round

My Creative Time Products Used:
Stitched Party Dies
Tag Dies

OTher Products Used:
My Minds Eye~ Market paper pad
sewing machine
chalk
enamel dots, bling

So there is my birthday card! Again wishing Lorie a very happy birthday!!!!
Below is the hop line-up
Please take some time to check out all the awesome birthday cards everyone made for Lorie!!
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Wednesday!!!

Blog Hop Line-up
Tonya - http://scrappingfunwithtonya.blogspot.com/
Cassandra - http://www.ctimz3.blogspot.com/
Gaby - http://www.gabycreates.com/
GiGi- http://thecricutbug.blogspot.com/
Amy - http://www.scrappingmommy.com/
Tara - http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/
Mel - http://doxiemeldesigns.blogspot.com/
Liz - http://www.lizspaperloft.com
Lori - http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com/
Melisa - http://melisascraftycreations.blogspot.com/
Michelle - www.scrappinwithmybug.com
Debby - https://www.facebook.com/pannelldesigns
Debbie - http://craftydeb-ddscrafts.blogspot.com
Jessica- http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com ~ME~
Cindy - http://www.cindybcreations.blogspot.ca/
Julie  - http://www.simplysilhouette.com
Theresa  www.TheScrapbookingQueen.com
Brigit - http://www.brigitsscraps.com
Viv - http://www.craftinghaven.blogspot.co.uk
Lisa - http://www.our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com/
Robin - http://www.MorphManiaCreations.blogspot.com
Denise -  www.craftconfectionery.com
Jessica - http://iembellish.blogspot.com/.../Peachy%20Keen%20Stamps
Corina - https://www.facebook.com/Corinascreativeplace?ref=hl&ref_type=bookmark
Saundra - http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/
Lezlye-http://www.lezlyes.blogspot.com
Elecia - http://creationsby-kahaulani.blogspot.com/
Jenny - http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Happy Birthday.....{MCT Designer Challenge}

Morning Everyone!

 Hope you all are having a great week so far!

Boy is it flying by for me...Another day and it is the weekend!!!! 

Anyways it is time for another 

My Creative Time Designer Challenge!!!

Today's challenge is to use the photo below for your project...

 You can use the picture or the colors or combine both for your project.

I ended up using the colors to make a birthday card for my Father-in-Law.

Here is my inspiration.....

I love the bright colors that this paper pad has and it is a perfect match to the color challenge picture.  I used one of my favorite dies...the Bunch of Fun Circles as my starting point for my card and then worked the rest of the card around that.....layering 2 of the circles for my sentiment focal point. Both the "Happy" and the birthday are from the Happy Thoughts set and I used the new release Trio  Stitched Banners to stamp the birthday onto. A fun patterned balloon from the Stitched Party Die tied with some Totally White Trendy Twine and some enamel dots finished off my card.

My Creative Time Products Used:

Bunch of Fun Circle Dies
Happy Thoughts
Trio Stitched Banners

Stitched Party Dies

Other Products Used:

My Minds Eye~ Six by Six paper pad
Totally White Trendy Twine
Enamel Dots

So there is my Designer Challenge inspiration. I hope you like my card.
Make sure to head on over to the My Creative Time blog for more inspiration from the rest of the DT and for all the details on linking up your project!
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!

PKS August New Release Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to the 

Peachy Keen Stamps August New Release Blog Hop!

The past two days have brought some absolutely spooky creations from the DT for Halloween using these new stamps, and tonight, we are thrilled to be able to share this new release with you in its entirety! The past two days have been filled with spooky zombies, skeletons and a whole bunch of new Halloween PK faces!!

The time we've been waiting for has finally arrived! It's time for us to share our August 2014 Release with you! These stamps are now available at Peachy Keen Stamps and we know these spooky designs are going to have you excited to start creating all of your Halloween projects.

We've got a little blog hop going on in celebration of these new stamps. You'll find the complete list at the bottom of this post and we'd LOVE IT if you could hop along with us to check out more of the super amazing projects from our Design Team! We're going to give one lucky person who hops along and leaves a comment a $50 Peachy Keen Gift Certificate to do some shopping in the PKS Store! That sounds like fun, so without further ado, on with the reveal and hop!!

You should be coming from 

Brigit's Blog

if not, head on back to the beginning~ over at the 

Peachy Keen Stamps Blog~

you are not going to want to miss a thing!

Now onto my project... 

which I think is so super ADORABLE if I must say so myself :)

I made a Halloween Party Invite and matching party favors....Hope you like it!!!

OMG these new stamps are so fun! Plus I LOVE Halloween time and making treats!!! So here is how I made these~ I  started out with the idea to use the new PKSC~32 August 2014 SOTM set to make a party invite. All of the images, plus the sentiments are included in that set so you can easily make your own party invites!

The Only additional products I added to the invite is the Date, Time and Place which I used from the MCT Let's Celebrate Stamp Set. 

After stamping the sentiments and spider web onto my Stitched 4x6 Journal Die, I used the SVG's for the SOTM and stamped the scientist and test tube onto some white cardstock. Then using my copics, I added color to both images, some purple stickles and popped them up onto my invite.

 What's a party without some party favors right??? Well I had these test tubes that I picked up last Halloween which were waiting to be used! I filled them with some purple candies and then made a matching tag for each one. I use the larger of the Just Tag Stamp and Die set and stamped my sentiment as well as some extra bubbles. Then doing the same thing with the test tube, I stamped that fun new PK face, colored the test tube in and popped it up onto the front of my tag.

I tied the tags onto the test tubes using some Grape Fizz Trendy Twine and some Purple Passion 3GJ Crinkle Ribbon

PRIZE ALERT :: PRIZE ALERT :: PRIZE ALERT
We want to say thank you to all our loyal peachy friends by offering a little something to say thanks for hopping along with us. For ever comment you leave here and on the designer blogs, you'll receive one entry for a chance to win a $50 Gift Certificate from PKS. We'll choose one winner randomly from all the comments and announce that winner here on Monday. Good luck and happy hoppin'!!!

Blog Hop Line-Up
Peachy Keen Stamps Blog
Liz  
Brigit 
Jessica ~ME~
Saundra  ~NEXT~
Gigi 
Emily
Amy

Are you curious about our Stamp of the Month Club and how it works?

Would you like to have these adorable stamps arrive at your door automatically, with that some awesome perks that include a FABULOUS monthly discount on any other items you’d like to order?  If your answer is yes to any of those questions, then please follow this link to find out more about our monthly stamp club, and if you have any additional questions, feel free to email us info at peachykeenstamps dot com.  We’ll be happy to help and get you set up as a club member!

http://www.peachykeenstamps.com/stamp-kit-of-the-month-club/

Thanks for joining us for our July event, and be looking for our July Linky Party to open soon!  We want to see what YOU create with these new stamps and each creation you share gets you a chance to win a great prize!!

Oh, and don’t forget about our challenges!  You’ll find links to both the Linky Party and Challenges on the PKS sidebar.

You are now heading to the very talented

Saundra

I know she has MAJOR PK cuteness there :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT night!!

PKS August New Release Sneak Day 2

Hey there everyone!!!

Are you ready for a more Peachy Keen Stamps release sneaks that are overflowing with Halloween fun?
We've got it for you and it's filled with wonderful new images and sentiments that are spooky sweet and guaranteed to tickle your funny bone!

Tonight we bring you some fabulous creations from the Design Team using 
PK-1417 Faceless Zombie Kids #1
PK-1418 Faceless Zombie Kids #2
PK-1415 Zombie Face Assortment
PK-1423 Sentiments and Label

PK-1414 Happy Halloween Background
and
PK-1422 Poseable Skeleton

If you're a Stamp of the Month Club Member then you've already received your sneak peek of the August stamp set via email, and now you can see just how wonderfully that set will go with the rest of this release. If you're not a club member but would like more information about how you can become a member as well as the perks that go along with membership, just click on the following link. Membership DOES have some SUH-WEET benefits!!
http://www.peachykeenstamps.com/stamp-kit-of-the-month-club/

For a look at what our team has created for you tonight check out the PKS BlogHERE. Be sure to drop by each of the DT blogs for information about how they created their projects and don't forget to leave your comments for a chance to win ALL of the stamp sets being featured tonight!! You'll get one chance to win for each blog you visit and comment on and all winners of sneak peeks and our blog hop will be announced in a special post on Wednesday, August 6th, right here on our blog!!

If you LOVE to be inspired and share your work using Peachy Keen Stamps, then you should really consider joining us in our special Facebook Group.
The Peachy Place is where we gather, chat and share and we'd love to have you join us!! Just hop on over there and ask to join the fun!!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/419054411574091/
Thanks for stopping by tonight! We'll see you tomorrow night... same time... same place for MORE great peeks of our SPOOKY SWEET August Release!!

Now for my projects.....

I have 2 to share...hope you like them!!!

Here is my first one using the cute PK~1417 Faceless Zombie Kids 1. I am not sure about zombies so this one I made more cute than scary...LOL! She has a normal face rather than a green zombie like face :) I like her like this...don't you??? 

I colored some of her in using my copics but the rest I paper pieced using designer paper from DCVW The Spookytime Stack. 

Additional Supplies Used:

MCT Bunch of Fun Circle Dies

Stitched Vintage Label Die

Totally Black Trendy Twine

Then for my next card I used the new PK~1422 Posable Skeleton set.

And he really is poseable!

The fun part about this set is there are 3 different faces and then each of the pieces of the body so you and make your own skeleton!

I cut each of the stamped images out, colored it with my copics (light grays) and then added tiny brads to each of the parts, letting them swing free. To attach him to my card, I popped his head and body up and did not attach his arms and legs.

So he really is a posable sketeton!

Then for the sentiment, I used the "dance" from the SOTM that was showcased yesterday and the "let's" from the PK~115 Let's Ketchup stamp set.

Some beautiful ribbon and hemp twine to hold my sentiment in place as well as some random enamel dots and this card is done!

So there are my sneaks for today! I sure hope you have enjoyed them!!! There is tons more coming tomorrow BUT make sure to check out what the rest of the DT has made!!
You will LOVE all the inspiration!

Tomorrow we’ll be back with our Release and Reveal Blog Hop along with a chance to win a $50 PKS Gift Certificate! Hope you will join us!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT night!

Baseball MVP.....Scrapping the Little Things w/MCT

Good Morning everyone!!

Welcome to "Scrapping the Little Things" with My Creative Time
where we share Project Life, Smash book or Scrapbook LO's using MCT stamps and dies!

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For today's "Scrapping the Little Things", the DT was given this sketch to base our projects on.....

And here is my smash page.....

My son is playing his first year as a travel baseball player and we have had some amazing moments...with me there snapping away on the camera :) He is always telling me I take too many pictures, my response~ "then I wouldn't be able scrap all your fun times!"  Plus who says there are too many pictures? You can never have enough and thanks to Miss Emma and her "Scrapping the Little Things" segment, it makes me take those pictures from my camera and actually scrap them rather that put them aside for another day!

So that takes me to this weeks smash page. Parker and his team recently competed in the Akron Tournament (we lost but that is ok). At the end of the game, our coach picks one player from the opposite team to award MVP and then their coach does the same for one of our players. Parker was chosen from our team!! He did have an AMAZING game~ he is one of our catchers so as he was playing catcher, he made 2 AWESOME outs at second base. He also hit like a champ. Being his mom I always think he plays great BUT this was one incredible day for him! 

My design is very simple for this page and I kept it like that so I could spotlight the pictures. Using the sketch as my guideline, I used the frame die from the Just Simply Live stamp set to place 3 of my favorite pictures from the tournament. Since the Clarence team colors are Red and Black, those are the only colors I used throughout the design. In matching with the sketch, I die cut one of the Tag Dies, extending it a little to make it stretch longer onto my LO. After die cutting the "MVP" using the Lowercase Fun Dies, adding the small Star Stitched Die and placing all my pieces onto my LO, I added my stamped wording. For both the "2014" and "Akron Tournament" I used the new release Alpha Pack. Love this new set and it is going to come in handy with all the journaling and sentiment making for both cards and LO's! Plus there are 3 different type letters in this set! 

My Creative Time Products Used:

Alpha Pack
3 Star Stitched Dies
Tag Dies

Lowercase Fun Dies
Just Simply Live Stamp Set

Other Products Used:

Simple Stories Smash Book Page
Doodlebug Designs~Patriotic Parade paper pack

That is all I have for now.... I really hope you have enjoyed my smash page!

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 Monday!!!

PKS August New Release Sneak Day 1

Happy Sunday Everyone!!!

Are you ready for a new Peachy Keen Stamps release that's overflowing with Halloween fun?
We've got it for you and it's filled with wonderful new images and sentiments that are spooky sweet and guaranteed to tickle your funny bone!

Tonight we bring you some fabulous creations from the Design Team using 
PKSC-32 August 2014 Stamp of the Month, 
PK-1419 Cranky Franky, 
PK-1420 Trio of Girl Ghosts, 
and
PK-1421 Ye Olde Bone Yard, 

If you're a Stamp of the Month Club Member then you've already received your sneak peek of the August stamp set via email, and now you can see just how wonderfully that set will go with the rest of this release. If you're not a club member but would like more information about how you can become a member as well as the perks that go along with membership, just click on the following link. Membership DOES have some SUH-WEET benefits!!
http://www.peachykeenstamps.com/stamp-kit-of-the-month-club/

For a look at what our team has created for you tonight check out the PKS Blog HERE. Be sure to drop by each of the DT blogs for information about how they created their projects and don't forget to leave your comments for a chance to win ALL of the stamp sets being featured tonight!! You'll get one chance to win for each blog you visit and comment on and all winners of sneak peeks and our blog hop will be announced in a special post on Wednesday, August 6th, right here on our blog!!

If you LOVE to be inspired and share your work using Peachy Keen Stamps, then you should really consider joining us in our special Facebook Group. 
The Peachy Place is where we gather, chat and share and we'd love to have you join us!! Just hop on over there and ask to join the fun!!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/419054411574091/
Thanks for stopping by tonight! We'll see you tomorrow night... same time... same place for MORE great peeks of our SPOOKY SWEET August Release!!

Now for my projects.....
I have 2 different ones to share using 3 of the sets being showcased tonight.

First up....

For this card I used the new adorable Ghosts from the PKSC~32 August 2014 set and paired it up with the sentiment from the PK~1420 Trio of Girl Ghosts sets.

After stamping the ghosts onto some white cardstock, I die cut them using MCT Bunch of Fun Circle Dies. Using the next size bigger, I die cut 3 more circles in black cardstock to mat my ghosts onto. For the sentiment, I used the new MCT released Fun Speech Bubbles Stamp set, the sentiment from the PK~1420 set and popped it up to make it look like the ghosts were saying "boo". I finished it off with some thin hemp cording in matching orange and black and wrapping it two times around my card tied it with bow. It is kinda hard to tell in the picture but I did lightly color the ghosts to give them some shadows using my copics :)

 and next...

LOL! Isn't that sentiment too funny??!?! When I saw it I knew I had to make something with it!
I started this project by cutting out a milk carton container that I picked up in the Silhouette store. After adding my layer of pattern paper and some fun google eyes randomly placed, I set this aside to make my sentiment piece.  Yes this is a tombstone BUT I love the look of it as a decorative  sentiment spot, so I stamped the "Will Work For", the decorative scroll and the "eyeballs" onto the piece. The great thing about this new set is that there are tons of different sentiments that you can add! Mix and match and make some fun sentiments!! All of these are on the new PK~1421 Ye Olde Boneyard stamp set. I popped the sentiment up onto the front of my milk carton after adding some May Arts and Twill Tape ribbon. Finally to close up my milk carton, I added a cute little clothes pin and attached a big google eye to the front of it. This can easily be opened to add some treats and then reclosed!

So there are my sneaks for today! I sure hope you have enjoyed them!!! There is tons more coming tomorrow BUT make sure to check out what the rest of the DT has made!!
You will LOVE all the inspiration!

Tomorrow night we have five more stamp sets to give you a peek at, and then on , Tuesday August 5th we’ll be back with our Release and Reveal Blog Hop along with a chance to win a $50 PKS Gift Certificate!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT night!

MCT 34th New Release Blog Hop!

Good Morning 

and 

Welcome to the much anticipated 

34th New Release from My Creative Time!

This week has been so much fun with the DT sharing amazing projects and inspiration! But we have one more day of AWESOME~NESS! 

Now you should be coming from the VERY talented

Candace

but if you are just stopping in, make sure to head back to the start~ the AMAZING 

Emma

You are not going to want to miss a thing! She really ROCKED this release (well she always does, doesn't she?? Of course!!)

Today I get to showcase the Fun Letter Background stamp and I have 2 projects to share with you all..perfect for Back to School time!!

Here is what I made....a card and a Hand Santizer holder. Now this would surly make the first day of school and the teacher super happy! LOL! 

Let's take a closer look at these.......

First up is my card. I used the AWESOME new Fun Letter Background stamp, and stamped it onto some white card stock. Then I went about building my card on top.  I used all products from MCT except the apple which I cut using my cameo and a file I found in the Silhouette Store. For the paper, I used the 3x4 Journal Die and then just added the paper top using one of the Fun Stitched Edges Die. For the lines on the paper, I used the Get Schooled Stamp set! Always fun to mix in older stamps and dies with the new release!!!! Finally, I used the back to school sentiment from the All Around Everything stamp set and the adorable pencil from the All Around Everything Accessories set. I colored the pencil with my copics, popped it up onto my card and tied some Trendy Twine around the paper to add a little bit more embellishments.  Such a sweet back to school card :)

Next up is my matching Hand Sanitzer Cover. A while back I designed this file and made some cute Christmas Hand Sanitizer covers using my PKS. We all know how much teachers use this germ juice so I used my file again for a back to school one to match my card!

I used the Fun Letter Background stamp again on the die cut panels of my project and then stamped the matching sentiment for the front again. Once the Hand Sanitzer Cover was put together,  I closed it off with some more Trendy Twine.

***If you are interested in this file, I have placed it into my Etsy Store for purchase HERE. It is very easy to put together! The files includes the base, 2 panels (one for the front and one for the back and a center holder for a small Bath and Body Works Hand Sanitizer. These are ALWAYS on sale and perfect for those last minute gifts!! Plus these can be embellished to fit ANY holiday!!***

My Creative Time Products Used:

Fun Letter Background (New Release)

Get Schooled

Stitched Journal Die

Fun Stitched Edges

All Around Everything Accessories

All Around Everything

Scallop & Stitched Circle Dies

Other Products Used:

Hand Sanitizer Cut File (available HERE for purchase)

Trendy Twine~ Totally Red and Totally Lemon

cork paper

copic markers

Now for all the good stuff!!!

"FREEBIE STAMP"

Emma is offering this stamp "DREAM BIGGER" stamp to the FIRST 100 shoppers! YEP, you heard that right, this stamp will go to the FIRST 100 shoppers for FREE! You do NOT have to add it to your cart, Emma & her shipping crew will automatically include it in your pkg, ONLY to the first 100 shoppers! IF you happen to come through AFTER the 100th shopper, no worries because this will be available for sale! 

Emma, knows there will be questions on whether YOU made the first 100? 

AFTER the 100 shoppers come through, then you will see this set available for PURCHASE along w/the new release items! 

"Just wanted to pop in & give you an UPDATE!!! If you placed your order this morning & your inv number is between 12435 - 12535 then YOU were the LUCKY ones to get the freebie!!! CONGRATS ladies! We will include those in your pkgs! If you missed out on this, this CUTE little stamp is available for purchase HERE! KEEP IN MIND, this stamp is NOT included in the ENTIRE RELEASE! It is separate!"

***BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY***

For our blog hop giveaway, Emma is giving away a $50 gift card to the "My Creative Time" store to ONE LUCKY winner! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner! 

***SALE ALERT***

ALSO, DON'T FORGET our sale that is starting RIGHT NOW! Use the code: SUMMER2014 to receive 20% off your entire purchase! Sale ends onAugust 8th @ midnight PST! 

And here is the whole release!

 

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Just in case you get lost along the way :)

BLOG HOP LINE UP

Emma - http://www.creativetimeforme.com

Katie - http://www.craftingwithkatie.com

Lee-Ann - http://leescraps.blogspot.com/

Lucia - http://www.todoconpapel.com/

Candace - http://www.pcquickutzclub.blogspot.com/

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

Stacey - http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com/

Cindy - http://www.cindybcreations.blogspot.ca/

Shar - http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com

Nikki - http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com

Micia - http://lilowldesigns.blogspot.com

Leanne - http://createdbyLeanne.blogspot.com

Teri Beri - http://teriberi2.blogspot.com

Ruthie - www.septemberninthdesigns.com

Liz - http://www.lizspaperloft.com/

Cassandra - http://www.Ctimz3.blogspot.com

Kim - http://www.kimberlyharrisstudio.blogspot.com

Veronica - http://vkcreate.blogspot.com/

Well your time with me is up... your next stop along the hop is the super sweet and very talented
Stacey
Thanks so much for hopping along with us and have a GREAT Friday!!!