PKS Guest Designer Week 30 Day 1 with Gaby

Hi, I am Gaby from GabyCreates and am exceedingly thrilled to have been given the opportunity to Guest Design for the Peachy Keen Stamps Home Blog during this week.

A little about me and why I created the following project:  I truly embrace Diversity. I come from and am part of a very diverse family; we often say that we are the United Nations. :)

As I was pondering what to create for my week as a guest designer for Peachy Keen Stamps, one day I took a second look at a “wall hanging decoration/quilt with the Earth and kids from around the world” I have in one of my offices and it hit me!

(For the past two years I have been taking care of two High Schools as a Teacher Librarian due to budget cuts and was hoping it would go away, but NO such luck, so I better get decorating my other office I thought…). That’s when I decided to make this project and this week a themed week and the theme is Diversity! …not just cultural, but in a crafting/PKS sense too! (Hint on projects to come).

I created this “Home Décor” frame to hang on the wall of what seems to be my permanent second office.

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I took this picture before I applied Mod Podge (this was my first time and was afraid to ruin it, just in case!)

It really looks much better in person.  My camera captures much more than the naked eye can see. The lines you see on the top right hand corner at not visible in person.

Here a close up of their faces.  I did pretest the Memento ink.  I colored the cheeks with Memento Angel Pink ink and a very small dabber and used acrylic paints with a toothpick to paint in the white and red on their eyes and tongue.
I did not ink as much as I am used to afraid of my ink running, but now I can see that it will work!

I am super happy with the result! Can't wait to hang it on my office's wall!

Diversity: PKS, Cultural, Home Décor, Cricut E2, Gypsy.

Supplies used found at PKS Store:

PK-490 Everyday

PK-460 Happy Lashes

PK-450 Wide-Eyed Kids

Memento Tuxedo Black

For additional supplies and more information on “How-To”, please visit my blog at www.gabycreates.com

Thanks so much for visiting and leaving a comment 
(I read and enjoy them all!)

If you leave a comment here and on my blog (GabyCreates) on every post this week, you will have 10 chances to win my all time favorites! (I have new found loves, but non the less, this are my all time favorites)

PK-490 Everyday Character Face Assortment

That PKS has so graciously donated for me to give away! – All comments posted ‘till midnight PST on Friday August 12, 2011 on either blog or both will qualify.

Sneak Peek for tomorrow!

Hope to see you come back tomorrow! -- It will be challenge time!  (Post up at 10AM)
Thankfully ~Gaby