Peachy Keen Stamps

You are my Sunshine :: Kristi Bennett

2012-02-10T06:00:00.001-06:00

Hey Peachies!! Kristi here from Little Paper Sprinkles! There is a cute little story behind my project this week. I was sitting in my craft room having a crafty block, in walks my 11 year old Niece and inspiration hits!! I have always called her my "Sunshine" since she was a baby, and I once told her that I was like a cloud and would always protect her!

So Viola! A perfect card came about, thanks to her!

Peachies used for card:

Peachy Keen Wide Eyed Kids Assortment (PK-450)

Peachy Keen You are My Sunshine (PK-M16)

Shhh.. her Birthday is coming up and this will be perfect for her! :)

I hope my card has given you some inspiration!

Break out the Peachy Keen Stamps and get creating!!

Crafty Hugs!

Kristi

Fall in the Park :: Jennie Garcia

2012-02-08T06:00:00.004-06:00

Hi Peachy Fans!! It's Me Jennie from Earthy Scrap!!

I moved to the US in October of last year and fall was so beautiful. The colors of nature where so beautiful!! We still have winter but to remember how beautiful was our first fall, I made this Double Layout of my daughter in the park.

The title was made with All Mixed Up.

I free handed the hill behind the photos and the grass is from Paper Dolls Everyday.

Every Patterned Paper in this layout is from Colorbok.

This cute cloud is from the April Showers Cartridge and I used the Princess Face Assortment Stamps.

The journaling tag is from a Colorbok Pack.

Maybe you don't know it but, I LOVE doodling on my projects!!

How incredibly cute is this Scarecrow Girl Stamp and Die from Peachy Keen. The face on the trees is from The Cornies Assortment.

The trees are also from the April Showers Cartridge. In the small one I used The Cornies Assortment and in the big tree I used the February Stamp of the Month Set.

The sun is also from the Paper Dolls Everyday Cartridge and again I used the Princess Face Assortment.

For my Scarecrow Girls I paper pieced their clothes but everything else was stamped on Kraft Cardstock but the hair and straw were colored with my Tombow Markers.

For the paper pieced clothes I used my Colorbok Scraps.

I love this stamp + die!! How cute is she!!

I hope you liked this Double Layout!! Is one of my favorites!!

Take Care!!

Jennie

Fun with Wobbles :: Michelle Criswell

2012-02-06T08:04:00.000-06:00

Hi Everyone !! Michelle from Scrappin with my Bug.

I created a cute little Bee card for you today~

SO many firsts for me on this card !!!

I recently received a Cameo so this is my first cut with a My Scrap chick file. I of course had to make it much cuter with a Peachy Keen face stamp !! This face is from the February stamp of the month set.

I love how it adds so much cuteness to a image!!

I also used a sentiment from Peachy Keen the Cupid Sting (PK-295) . I also put the cute little bee on a action wobble from Peachy Keen as well.

My other first include using my new sewing machine on paper! I love it. I also used Echo park paper and Trendy Twine.

Here's a quick video giving you the full wobble effect...lol

Thanks so much for stopping by !!! Michelle Scrappin with my Bug

Good Luck to You :: Lauren Brewer

2012-02-03T10:10:00.000-06:00

Happy Friday Peachy Friends! It's Lauren here and I have a fun project to share today using the brand new February Stamp of the Month Set! I originally colored those adorable little leprechaun legs for a completely different project, but once I cut them out...I decided they would be even cuter sticking out of a pot of gold.

I just got a set of Copic markers last week, and I tried coloring the rainbow, but I think I need a bit more practice with my markers. After my 3rd rainbow attempt...I switched gears. I was hoping that a glittery rainbow might work...it was almost cute, but again...it just wasn't quite right. Luckily I think the twine turned out even cuter than my original plan...don't you love when that happens?

Here's a closer look at those little clouds...and their sweet faces. This set is so versatile! Even after St. Patrick's Day is over...there are still adorable Peachy faces and sentiments to use.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

I hope you will hop on over to the Peachy Keen Challenge Blog to see this week's challenge!

Treat Box Tutorial :: Kim Score

2012-02-01T06:00:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone, are you ready to try something fun? This is Kim Score, the design team tutorial expert with a quick and cute treat box idea. Did you know that Peachy Keen has 4" face stamps? Today I will show you how to make the basic treat container box with three different design ideas. Get creative and try some of the other 4" face stamps to create your own little cuties!

BASIC TREAT BOX TUTORIAL

Step 1

Cut a piece of card stock 9-1/2" x 8-1/4". On the longer side, score at 1/2", 2", 5", 6-1/2". On the shorter side, score at 1-1/2", 2", 7".

Step 2

Cut the card stock as indicated in the diagram below. The gray areas are the areas to be cut out. For a larger view, click on the picture.

Step 3

Apply a strong adhesive like sticky strip along the 1/2" score line on the left and attach to other end to form box. Glue or tape bottom of box in place.

Step 4

Pinch the top of box closed. Add a velcro dot to the box and fold over flap at top to keep closed. The basic treat box is finished! Now, embellish your box with a face.

Spring Chick

Supplies:

PKK-16 4" Penguin Face With Eyes Open stamp

4" wide oval die, template or tool for cutting large ovals

So Saffron and Peach Parfait card stock

Basic Black, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze ink pads

5 Petal Flower punch, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle punch

So Saffron, Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie markers

Uni-ball white gel pen

Pink chalk

Sponge Daubers

Dimensionals

Create basic box in So Saffron. Stamp face on So Saffron, highlight eyes with uni-ball, color lids and beak with markers and sponge pink chalk onto cheeks. Punch a 5 Petal Flower in So Saffron and 2 in Peach Parfait. Punch a 2-3/8" Scallop Circle in So Saffron and cut in half. Sponge edges of all saffron pieces with More Mustard ink. Sponge edges of peach pieces with Cajun Craze ink. Glue feet to bottom of box. Glue feathers on top of head. Attach head to box flap and wings to box with dimensionals.

Frosty Snowman

Supplies:

PKK-19 4" Snow Face With Happy Lashes and Coals for Smile stamp

4" Wide Circle die, template or circle cutting tool

Shimmery White, Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Peach Parfait card stocks

Basic Black, Cajun Craze ink pads

pink chalk

Wide ribbon of choice

dimensionals

sponge daubers

1/2" Circle punch

Create basic box in Shimmery White. Stamp face on Shimmery White, sponge chalk onto cheeks. Stamp face onto Peach Parfait card stock. Cut the nose out and sponge edges with cajun craze ink. Glue nose onto face (or attach with dimensional). Cut out head and attach to box flap with dimensionals. Punch 3 circles in black and attach to front with dimensionals. Wrap ribbon around neck and tie in knot. Hand cut 2 arms out of Chocolate Chip card stock. Attach arms to front with dimensionals.

Ginger Girl

Supplies:

PKK-04 4" Open Eyes with Simple Smile stamp

4" wide oval die, template or tool for cutting large ovals

Creamy Caramel, Blushing Bride, glittery red card stocks

Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Blushing Bride ink pads

Pink chalk

Uni-Ball white gel pen

Heart to Heart punch

Scrap of ribbon

dimensionals

Create basic box in Creamy Caramel. Stamp face on creamy caramel, add white highlights to eyes and sponge chalk onto cheeks. Stamp face onto Blushing Bride card stock. Cut out nose, sponge edges with blushing bride ink and attach to face with dimensional. Cut out head and sponge edges with chocolate chip ink. Draw on frosting with uni-ball gel pen. Glue knot bow onto head. Attach head to box flap with dimensionals. Punch out heart and attach to front with dimensional.

Want to see some more fun tutorials? Head over to my blog at www.paperpunchaddiction.com

Thanks for visiting us today!

Cupid's Sting :: Amy Crockett

2012-01-30T06:00:00.000-06:00

Hello Peachy friends!! This is Amy with a fun project using the new Cupid's Sting stamp set. I just love Valentine's Day and this adorable image is so fun color with my Copic markers. Isn't his expression fabulous?!? I added some white gel pen accents to the colored image and a gold colored paint pen to color in the halo as well as some glossy accents to the heart on the arrow. I then cut it out with my Large Circle Nestabilities set.

I also embossed the edges with my Nestabilites in my Cuttlebug and then added some blue ink with my ink blending tool and two shades of blue. I used the lighter one first and moved in closer to the image and then with the darker color, I just stayed closer to the outside making sure to blend it all together again with the lighter color.

I finished it all up with some ribbon, bakers twine, a button, glitter, a doily, and some pen stitching. I hope that this has inspired you to get some stamping done for cards to send to loved ones this Valentine's Day!!

Hugs,
Amy

Supplies-
*Cardstock - Bazzill
*Patterned paper - Pink Paislee
*Stamps - Cupid's Sting by Peachy Keen Stamps
*Ink - Memento (black), Stampin' Up! (blues)
*Markers - Copic
*Die cuts - Cuttlebug and Nestabilities
*Pen - Zig (black), Uni-ball (white)
*Ribbon - Stampin' Up!
*Twine - The Twinery
*Glossy accents and Ink blending tool- Ranger
*Glitter - Martha Stewart
*Other - button, doily

Sweet Heart Decorating :: Glorajean Beardall

2012-01-27T10:19:00.000-06:00

Hello sweet Peachy Keen fans. This is Glora from Glora's Crafts and today I have a fun Valentine's Day decor item to share with you. These cute little dangling decorations are very simple to make and are about 2 feet long. I made 3 different ones and I'm planning on using them as Valentine's Day decorations.

Are you interested in making some of these? Well here is what I used to make them. First, I cut this heart from the Sweethearts Cricut cartridge at 5". I cut 3 white scalloped hearts and 6 pink hearts so that I could make them double sided. They swirl around a little and I wanted both sides to be equally as cute. For the adorable faces I used some of the beautiful 4" face stamps from Peachy Keen Stamps. Yes that is right 4" faces. I'm completely in love with them and my mind has been swimming with all the possibilities. I used the faces called, PKK-03 4" Happy Lash Simple Smile, PKK-05 4" Happy Lashes - Open Mouth and PKK-06 4" Happy Lash Mouth Open w/ Tongue Out.

Here is a little closer look at the face with the tongue out:

For the swirl piece all I did was take a spiral shape from the Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge. Here is a picture of what it looks like when it is first cut out:

I cut it at 4 1/2" but you could cut it smaller or larger depending on how long you want yours to be. I punched a hole in the piece at the very center and one at the end of the spiral. Then I put some twine through the holes and tied a knot to make some little loops. The top twine loop so that I can hang my decoration up and the bottom one is to attach the dangling double sided hearts. The weight of the heart on the middle part pulls the spiral down and makes a long whimsical decoration.

I think I will be making some of these for each holiday using these awesome 4" faces. I'm thinking shamrocks, easter eggs, ghosts, snowflakes, the possibilities are endless...

I also want to show you a close up of each heart real quick because I think these faces make the hearts look SO sweet! Just imagine how cute these hearts would look as a 5" shaped card for Valentine's Day.

For this one I used: PKK-06 4" Happy Lash Mouth Open w/ Tongue Out

This one has PKK-03 4" Happy Lash Simple Smile

And this one has PKK-05 4" Happy Lashes - Open Mouth

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you were inspired to try something fun and different. Have a super Peachy day! Hugs- Glora

February Stamp Kit of the Month and Peachy Picks Kit Reveal!!

2012-01-25T17:07:00.023-06:00

I know you've been waiting, and I'm thrilled to reveal our

February Stamp Kit of the Month

and our

Peachy Picks Kit of the Month!

Just imagine all the fun you can create with these festive St. Patrick's day sentiments mixed with faces that are fabulous for ANY day! Create your own custom little characters with feet and arms that whimsically fit right to the face (once punched out on a sheet of cardstock).

Look at the FUN add-on stamps Kathy also created to match this kit - including a leprechaun and TWO coordinating background images. These sets are not included in the kit, but can be purchased separately for all to enjoy! (psst...those Action Wobbles are PERFECT for the heads you can create with this month's stamp kit!)

KISS ME LEPRECHAUN

GRANDPA'S PAJAMAS Background

LUCKY DAY SHAMROCK Background

ACTION WOBBLES!

Also available in a club subsription are our NEW "Peachy Picks" papercrafting kits!
The new February Kit is available now.
Subscribe through February 25th to receive this month's kit!

DoBea has coordinated a phenomenal kit that contains everything you need to start creating your St Patty's Day greetings or just for every day! Maya Road buttons, canvas banners, and scrumptious natural twine in a rustic kraft and a navy blue will provide endless uses! The Echo Park Times & Seasons 6x6 paper pad is filled with a soft-vintage feel in masculine-friendly papers like the fun little mustache pattern! Check out all the goodies you get in this month's kit!

9 sheets of coordinating 8.5 x 11" heavyweight cardstock
1 6x6 pattern paper pad - Echo Park "Times & Seasons"
1 package of Maya Road Canvas Banners (as shown)
1 package of Maya Road Wooden Buttons (as shown)
1 yard of sheer olive ribbon (as shown)
5 yards of rustic navy twine (as shown)
5 yards of rustic natural twine (as shown)
4 acrylic shamrocks (pre-cut, as shown)
1 package of (5) wooden embellishment banners

So whatcha guys think? Pretty fun, huh?
Here's even more GOOD NEWS -
Our Kits are NOW available to all of our International friends!!!
Just CLICK HERE to find the subscription option for you!
Don't forget, we're giving away one of each add-on stamp sets HERE.
Enter by midnight tonight! Winners announced tomorrow.
Good LUCK and thank you for stopping by!

GIVEAWAY + More February Peeks!

2012-01-24T19:00:00.000-06:00

So who's ready for some more sneak peeks?!

And even a little giveaway - or THREE!

Kathy

Check out the ADORABLE characters you can create with the faces in this set! I love the St. Patrick's sentiment as well as the others perfect for everyday!

DoBea

Remember that Rainbow DoBea created yesterday? Use the cloud as foam on a fun beer mug!

Angelica

Check out my Clean and Simple take using a balloon punch and one of the "Happy Birthday" sentiments in the Stamp Kit of the Month! This would be a great masculine card!

All samples were made using stamps from the Kit of the Month and our Peachy Picks Kit!

(Each kit is sold separately.)

BONUS SAMPLE:

Kathy also designed three ADORABLE add-on stamps

that will be released tomorrow, too!

And GUESS WHAT? We want to give one of each away just to three lucky commenters on this post!

Simply leave a comment here letting us know what your favorite holiday is!

You have until tomorrow January 25th 11:59 pm EST to enter in this giveaway.

Good LUCK!

February Stamp Kit of the Month and Peachy Picks Sneak Peek!

2012-01-23T16:25:00.000-06:00

Hey Peachies!

We're almost ready to unveil a NEW Peachy Keen Stamp Kit of the Month and

a NEW Peachy Picks Kit! If you're a subscriber to either of our new clubs, you already received a Special Preview in your email box yesterday.

If not, you're in for some fun because we have the previews right here! The full kits will be unveiled on Wednesday, January 25th.

So you ready for your first peek?

Check out what DoBea, Kathy & I created for you today:

Kathy

DoBea

Angelica

All samples were made using stamps from the Kit of the Month and our Peachy Picks Kit!

(Each kit is sold separately.)

Join us again tomorrow for MORE samples, peeks, and a giveaway!

Speaking of giveaways...

THANK YOU for your excitement and enthusiasm over the past few weeks about our new subscription clubs!!

The winner of the $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE is...

CarolynG said...
WOW!! FABULOUS!! I would LOVE to see a Birthday theme. Also would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see a tooth theme. I just came from Ruthie (SeptemberNinth) blog and she did a tooth card and I think it would be so AWESOME to have a tooth stamp with PK faces and a few sentiments. Keep up the great work you all are FABULOUS!!
January 10, 2012 8:46 AM

Congratulations, Carolyn! Please email me (angelica at peachykeenstamps dot com) and I'll hook ya up with that gift certificate!

Thanks for stopping by everyone, see you back here tomorrow with more previews!
Angelica

Krafty Penguin :: Nikki Foraker

2012-01-20T06:00:00.000-06:00

Hello! Nikki here with a sweet little penguin card. I started by cutting the Winter Character With Stocking Hat die. Onto that I stamped the Penguin Girl. I then stamped the Penguin Girl a few more times onto kraft cardstock and on patterned paper from the awesomePeachy Picks Kit. I then paper pieced this little cutie together. See, just because the "holiday" season is over doesn't mean you can't still use the adorable stamps that came out during that time...switch up your patterned papers and colors and BAM you've got a sweet Valentine's Day card. :)

Here you can see the sparkle I added to the ice and hat by using my favorite Ice Crystal Glitter Paint. This stuff is AWESOME! It's clear and sparkles just like stardust stickles BUT it's great because you can use a brush and get complete control with it. LOVE THAT! The sentiment is from the Cupid's Sting set.

Have a PeachyKeen day!

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. No need to adjust your monitors, yes, that is a kraft penguin. My love for kraft knows no bounds. ;)

I {heart} You Monster :: Cristina Garcia

2012-01-18T07:00:00.000-06:00

Hello Everyone it's Cristina from Crafting with Cristina!

Today I am sharing with you a super cute valentine's day card that I have created using PK-693 Monster Mash Faces 1 1/8" and PK-296 XOXOXOXO A-2 Background Stamp. I wanted to showcase the versatility of these adorable Peachy Keen Stamps that Kathy has created.

Not only Does the "face" make the project, but using the xoxo background stamp adds alot of interest to the brown cardstock which would otherwise look plain.

Details:

**This project was 100% designed and cut using My Silhouette Cameo and Make the Cut software

**The card base shape and Layers shapes are of my own creation.

**The card is roughly 5x7. i think slightly larger.. but that's okay I will just have to make my own envelope for this one.

The brown paper cardstock is Papertrey ink Dark Chocolate stamped with the XOXO Background stamp using Stampin Up Early Expresso Ink. All of the edges are Inked with Walnut Stain Tim Holtz Distress ink.

The Pattern Paper is from YT24023 Yours Truly 6x6 by Echo Park.

After I cut out my cute little monster with my Cameo I then proceed to ink various parts of the body with different ink colors. I inked the Blue Body with Stampin up Baja Breeze and TIm Holtz Walnut Stain Distress ink, and the horns and hair I inked with Stampin up Pretty in Pink and Tim Hotlz Distress ink.

I then assembled the monster and went doodle overboard like always :) with my White Gelly Roll Pen Medium Point.

I stamped the adorable face, bringing my monster to life using PK-693 Monster Mash Faces 1 1/8" and Paper trey Ink True Black ink. I added the white of the eyes and doodling with my gelly roll pen.

The Rosy cheeks were created using a dry paint brush and Riding Hood Red Stampin Up ink.

I created the Mini Banner using Various SVG/ Font files from Lettering Delights (please see my blog for more specific info).

I finished the project off with some red Swiss Dot grosgrain ribbon that I bought at michael's ages ago, and a black button. I tied some accent bows using Cherry Cobbler baker's twine from Timeless Twine. My personal favorite.

I hope you enjoy this project, and that it inspires you to use your Peachy Keen Stamps in a Fun creative way.

I will also be showcasing two additional Projects over on my blog as well...

here are some sneakie Peakies!

Thanks for reading, and see you again real soon

♥Cristina

Valentine Wood Doll by Amanda Bodine

2012-01-16T08:31:00.002-06:00

Hey crafty friends, this is Amanda from Amanda's Crafts and More..I am so excited to be sharing my project with all of you amazing Peachy Keen Fans... So, for my project today I decided to create an adorable Valentine Wood Doll.. I came across this idea on Pinterest ( the original project can from the "Going Sew Crazy" blog).. I changed up the design of the doll a bit and of course I Peachified her sweet face using the New January Stamp Kit of the Month.. I just love how my doll turned out and I really hope you like her too :0)

Here's a photo tutorial on how I put the doll together

Here are the supplies I used:
*PKSC-01 Peachy Keen Stamp Club- SUBSCRIPTION (Peachy Keen)
*Wood Dowel Cap (1 1/2")
*Wood Toy Wheel (2" x 5/8")
*Wood Dowel (3/16" x 6")
*Wood heart (1 1/2")
*Pipe Cleaner (flesh colored)
*Fabric (cut in a 6" circle)
*Acrylic Paint (flesh, black, white, hot pink & black glitter)
* Ink (black & bright pink)
*White Pen
*Copic Markers (BG02 New Blue & RV 02Sugared Almond Pink)
*Ribbon
*Twine
*Foam Sheet
*Hot Glue Gun

Thank you so much for taking the time to check out my project :0)

Introducing Peachy Keen Clubs!

2012-01-06T14:46:00.001-06:00

Hey Peachies!!

You asked for it, so we did it!!

We're SUPER DUPER excited to introduce you to

not ONE but TWO subscription-based clubs for you to join!

Maybe you only want to have our STAMP KIT of the MONTH delivered to your mailbox?

We now have a CLUB for that.

What's included in the Stamp Kit of the Month?

You'll always receive an 8.5x11" stamp set with at least 4-5 stampable images

(Our intro January kit contains hearts in two different sizes, cherubs and an angel)

and you'll always get sentiments and faces to coordinate

PERFECTLY with your images!

BENEFITS while you're in the STAMP KIT OF THE MONTH Club:

An additional 10% off PROMO CODE included in your kit package.
Automatic shipping/billing
$10 savings as a kit club member (these kits are normally sold for $39.95+shipping, but they're yours for $29.95 - and includes shipping!) Please visit our SOTM Club page for full details.

The stamp kit will coordinate perfectly with our Peachy Picks - our NEW Papercrafting Kit!

This kit will be coordinated by Kathy and DoBea every month and will include everything you need to create 18 A2 cards! 6x6 paper, 8.5 x 11" cardstock, and coordinating embellishments will be carefully selected to provide you with tons of options!

Here's a Peek of January's PEACHY PICKS Kit that's available NOW!

"Peachy Picks" is a separate kit club that ships automatically to you each month.

Each kit is only $24.95 and already includes shipping! Sweet!

Please click HERE to view full details of the Peachy Picks Club.

Be sure to check out the other NEWLY released adorable coordinating stamp images available now!

Here's some samples to get your mojo going:


Designed by: Kathy Jakopovich

SO...what do you think? Fun, right?

How about a little giveaway?

Leave a comment below letting us know what theme you'd love to see in the Stamp Kit of the Month, and we'll give away a $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE to one lucky winner!

Ready - SET? GO!

Introducing the 2012 Design Team!

2012-01-03T18:00:00.025-06:00

Everyone's been waiting SO patiently and I'm THRILLED to reveal to our

2012 Design Team!

As some of you read on our Facebook page, picking 8-10 designers was really, really hard. As of last Saturday, I still had only narrowed down our entries to about 50 people. We took a look at each application and tried to pull in designers from a wide variety of crafty expertise. Scrapbookers, Card Makers, Home Decor, etc. You name it and I'm sure you'll see it in 2012! We're still getting everyone settled in, and will have bios and more coming soon. But for now, here they are, we're thrilled to welcome them to the Peachy Family!!

Amanda Bodine

http://amandascraftsandmore.blogspot.com

Amy Crockett

http://scrappingmommy.com

Cristina Garcia

http://www.craftingwithcristina.com

Glorajean Beardall

http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com

Heather Hoffman

http://housesbuiltofcards.blogpspot.com

Jennie Garcia

http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com/

Kristi Bennett

http://littlepapersprinkles.blogspot.com

Lauren Brewer

http://laurenscreative.com

Leanne Garner

http://www.createdbyLeanne.blogspot.com

Melissa Haas

http://doxiemeldesigns.blogspot.com/

Michelle Criswell

http://www.scrappinwithmybug.com

Raven Baca

http://love4stamps.blogspot.com

Saundra Rega

http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com

And welcoming back the following

Peachy Keen Alumni as designers for 2012:

Heidi Anne Giebel
Senior Designer

http://gotscraps.blogspot.com

Senior Designer/Community Manager

http://thethinkinspot.blogspot.com

Senior Designer/Design Team Lead

http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com

Senior Designer/Tutorial Expert

http://www.paperpunchaddiction.com

Welcome back and welcome aboard ladies! We're so glad to have you here!!

Once again, a HUGE thanks to everyone who applied for this call. There were SO MANY wonderful and talented people who responded and I can't tell you how honored we are to know there are so many Peachy fans out there. We hope you'll keep coming back to play along in our CHALLENGES (resuming next week) as well as hang out with us at the PK CONNECTION!

LOTS of fun things in store for 2012!!!

Crafty Hugs,

Angelica

A Fond Farewell

2012-01-03T10:19:00.000-06:00

Hello Peachy Friends! I know we've been super quiet around here lately, and I'm sure by now you all know we are transitioning design teams with the new year. While it's exciting to bring in new talent, it's always with a bit of sadness that we say goodbye to some of our Peachy Keen Alumni. Most of them have been with us since our blog inception back in 2009. I honestly could not have imagined how much I would grow to love and adore each of these women when I first started managing our Peachy community. I count each of these women as friends, and I know the Sisterhood that's been created could never be broken!

Behind the scenes, we're getting everything ready to announce our new Design Team tonight at 6 pm Central Time. While we are very happy that four of our Peachy Sisters will continue with us in the new term, I'd like to once again express our gratitude for the talent, time, and friendship each one of these designers has given us in the last 2-1/2 years:

Kathy, the entire Peachy Keen Crew and I wish our alumni each nothing but the very best as they explore new opportunities - I know they won't be strangers!! If you've been visiting our blog often, please do take a moment to visit their blogs and leave them a little love! We'll be back at 6 pm with the announcement of our brand new Design Team! See you then!
Hugs, Angelica

Guest Designer Piali's Winner!!!!

2011-12-17T05:00:00.000-06:00

I have had so much fun this week creating with Peachy Keen stamps.I want to say a HUGE Thank you to Peachy Keen Stamps for giving me the opportunity to be the Guest Designer for this week! I want to say Thank you to everyone that visited and left such sweet comments , you all totally made my day!

Now the winner is.....

Houses Built of Cards said...

Awww...how ADORABLE!!! What a great idea for a twin baby card...never even thought of that before!!!

housesbuiltofcards@gmail.com
www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

December 15, 2011 10:10 AM.

Congratulations!!!!! I'll email you shortly!!!

Guest Designer Piali- Day #5!!

2011-12-16T05:00:00.000-06:00

Hello Everyone!!
Its me ,Piali again!! Can't believe the week is almost over...I had a blast playing with these super fun Peachy Keen stamps. Here is 5th project of the GDT week..

Love THIS snowman stamp...super cute!

I made is double purpose card...its a card and can also be used as a tag on the packages..

Today is the last chance to win these two fabulous PKS stamp sets. Don't forget to leave a comment here or on MY BLOG or both .

I will draw one lucky winner from all of the comments tomorrow.

Make sure to check back to see if you're the lucky one!!!

Thanks for stopping by....

Have a happy crafty day!!

Guest Designer Piali - Day #4!!

2011-12-15T05:00:00.000-06:00

Hello Everyone!!
It's me ,Piali. I'm having so much fun creating with these fabulous Peachy Keen stamps. Here is my fourth project...super cute one!!!

I love THIS cute image...it will perfect for baby card ..twin girls.

Don't forget to leave a comment here or on MY BLOG or both to win these two fabulous PKS stamp sets.

I will draw one lucky winner from all of the comments at the end of the week.

Check back tomorrow for a new PKS creation.

Thanks for stopping by....

Have a happy crafty day!!

Guest Designer Piali- Day #3!

2011-12-14T05:20:00.004-06:00

Hello Everyone!!!
I'm Piali here ...the PKS GDT of the week. Today I have non -holiday card to share with you all. I know we all are busy making cards and gifts for the upcoming holidays. Sometimes we need a" pick me up"kind of card for our friends or family. Here is my friendly card..

I used another fun image from Hillbilly Holler Set #4....this set is full of great stamps for all occasions.

Don't forget to leave a comment here or on MY BLOG or both to win these two fabulous PKS stamp sets.

I will draw one lucky winner from all of the comments at the end of the week.

Thanks for stopping by....

Have a happy crafty day!!

Guest Designer Piali- Day #2!

2011-12-13T10:00:00.000-06:00

Hello Everyone!!
I'm back with day#2 project! Today its a day for a new Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge .....this week's challenge is super easy peasy! Designer's Choice!!
So I picked the cutest Snowman ever and some non traditional holiday colors for my card.

So hop on to the PKS CHALLENGE Blog to join in!

Don't forget to leave a comment here or on MY BLOG or both to win these two fabulous PKS stamp sets.

I will draw one lucky winner from all of the comments at the end of the week.

Thanks for stopping by....

Have a happy crafty day!!

Guest Designer Piali- Day #1!

2011-12-12T05:00:00.000-06:00

Hello Everyone!
I'm Piali from Touch of Creation. I'm super excited to be with you this week as a Guest Designer for Peachy Keen Stamps. I waited for almost a year for this day! I love the fabulous PKS stamps.
Today I'm using HILLBILLY HOLLER stamp set for my card....super fun stamp sets!!
I find it very hard to create masculine cards...mainly when it comes to grown-up cards. Hillbilly Holler set#4 is perfect for it.

These images are very versatile...I used this one for the holiday card.

Now, how about some GIVEAWAY!!! Peachy Keen Stamps generously allowed me to give some wonderful PKS goodies to one lucky person.

All you need to do to be eligible to win this set is to leave a comment here or on MY BLOG or both. I will draw one lucky winner from all of the comments at the end of the week.

So here sre two lovely stamp sets to win...

Super cute " VALENTINE CUPIDS" stamp set for upcoming holidays!!

This CUTIE can be used all year around !

So ...be sure to leave comments and check back tomorrow for another PKS project.

Thanks for stopping by...

Happy Crafting!

Guest Designer Lynda's Peachy winner

2011-12-10T06:00:00.005-06:00

Hello everyone....Lynda Lindley here to share with you who is the lucky winner of the Peachy Keen goodies I was giving away this week....but before I tell you who the lucky winner is, I wanted to share with you a few more projects I created with the Critter Faces Set A Largecollection and Winter is for the Birds. I had a package of these tiny little glass ornaments in my craft closet for quite a while and thought it would be fun to see if I could stamp the face onto the ornament...and carefully using Stazon ink I was able to get a clean impression. I then filled the ornament with yellow acrylic paint. I used an orange Sharpie marker to color in the beak...isn't she just the sweetest...

and here she is without the holiday lights...

My final card is for a very special little friend who is celebrating a birthday soon...I ran the tan cardstock through my embossing machine to make it look like a waffle cone...then used my Cricut to cut out the icecream scoops... Stamped the cute face and then mounted the whole thing onto fun pattern paper.

This cute icecream cone is cut from the Once Upon a Princess cartridge.

I also completed this layout...I used the Winter Woodland cartridge for the snowman....and it you look you'll see I used the same face from the chickie project earlier this week...I only inked the eyes this time and turned it upside down...I love how many fun different things you can create with that set!!!

and finally, I have this cute wine/sparkling cider bottle topper....I will share the exact dimension on my regular blog next week in case you would like to know...

Thank you so much everyone for their kind comments and participating in the giveaway this week...I have had the best time being the guest designer!!! Now...for the giveaway...in case you forgot what the lucky winner will be getting....

this awesome sampler packet of stamps; contains 7 faces and 2 whiskers

Winter is for the birds mini stamp set

and something to be sure you can get busy with them right away:

a Pink Acrylic Block 4.25" x 4.25" x .5"

the lucky winner of this amazing selection of Peachy Keen products is...

JAMIE!!!

Happy crafting....Lynda

Guest Designer Lynda - day 5!!!

2011-12-09T10:00:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone...Lynda Lindley here with my final regular guest designer post. I have had the best time being a guest designer and hope my projects this week have inspired you to take a look at the wonderful variety of stamps available in the Peachy Keen store!!!

This week the Lets Face It Friday challenge was to create a project using fabric and a face stamp. I pulled out my Critter Faces Set A Large collection and got busy. I also pulled out the penquin acrylic shape set and used the pieces as templates to make my cute penguin. I stamped this cute face on the penguin and colored in his cheeks with some pink chalk.

For my fabric element I decided that I wanted to make him a cute scarf. I decided that felt...well felt like the right choice...so I cut some small strips and rolled one to create the rose; one for the neck, and two for the tails for my scarf....I think he looks super cute:

I finished him off by adding him to some pattern paper and adding a strip of white cardstock with chunky glitter to the bottom. I hope you'll take the Lets Face it Friday challenge and check out all the other wonderful inspiration on the Peachy Keen Challenge Blog!!!

Now for some Peachy Goodness for you.... Peachy Keen is allowing me to give all these goodies to one lucky person that leaves a comment here on this blog and my blog during this week:

this awesome sampler packet of stamps; contains 7 faces and 2 whiskers

Winter is for the birds mini stamp set

and something to be sure you can get busy with them right away:

a Pink Acrylic Block 4.25" x 4.25" x .5"

So...be sure to leave me a comment here and on my blog for this post and my other posts this week for your increased chance at winning these wonderful Peachy goodies!! Be sure to check back on tomorrow when I share with you one final project and post the winner....it could be YOU!!!

Happy crafting...Lynda

Guest Designer Lynda - day 4!!!

2011-12-08T06:00:00.003-06:00

Hello everyone...Lynda Lindley here for another project featuring some wonderful Peachy Keen Stamps!!! I have to say that I am totally in love with this Winter is for the Birds stamp set! She is just the cutest little thing and no matter what you stamp her on it turns out perfect!!

I thought it would be fun today to share a fun altered recycled project with you. To create this you will need the metal top from a frozen juice can. I never throw these away and find that they make perfect ornament bases. I cut a piece of pattern paper to fit the metal and punched a hole in the top. I stamped the sweet little birdie and colored her in. I then backed her with coordinating cardstock. I completed my ornament by adding this fun ball trim along the outside of the metal...hanging the entire thing with some sparkly twine....

She looks so cute on my tree....and I've now made a few more to use as tags for gifts...I hope you'll take a second look at your container lids and see what other fun projects you can make!

I've got a number of questions about which cartridges I used for my earlier projects:

For the day two post I used the chick from Create a Critter cartridge.

For the day three post I used the kitty from the Cindy Loo cartridge.

Now for some Peachy Goodness for you.... Peachy Keen is allowing me to give all these goodies to one lucky person that leaves a comment here on this blog and my blog during this week:

this awesome sampler packet of stamps; contains 7 faces and 2 whiskers

Winter is for the birds mini stamp set

and something to be sure you can get busy with them right away:

a Pink Acrylic Block 4.25" x 4.25" x .5"

I hope you'll stop by each day this week to see what other fun projects I have created for you this week...

Happy crafting...Lynda

Guest Designer Lynda - day 3!!!

2011-12-07T06:00:00.005-06:00

Hello everyone...Lynda Lindley here with another fun Peachy Keen project. I have been having so much fun playing with the various faces you can find in the Critter Faces Set A Large collection. This set contains 21 different faces...can you say WOW!!!

I decided that I wanted to make a cat greeting for a friend that has been going through a rough patch... I cut out this cute cat using my Cricut and then stamped the cat face onto the diecut. I popped her up on the card using foam tape.

Isn't she just the sweetest little kitty! I print a lot of my greetings using my computer; I will print sheets of my most commonly used sentiments in various fonts in various sizes. I then trim them all down and keep them in a small box. I can just pull out a greeting and finish off a card very quickly from my little sentiment stash!

ETA - she is cut using the Cindy Loo cartridge.

Now for some Peachy Goodness for you.... Peachy Keen is allowing me to give all these goodies to one lucky person that leaves a comment here on this blog and my blog during this week:

this awesome sampler packet of stamps; contains 7 faces and 2 whiskers

Winter is for the birds mini stamp set

and something to be sure you can get busy with them right away:

a Pink Acrylic Block 4.25" x 4.25" x .5"

I hope you'll stop by each day this week to see what other fun projects I have created for you this week...

Happy crafting...Lynda

Guest Designer Lynda - day 2!!!

2011-12-06T06:00:00.006-06:00

Hello everyone...Lynda Lindley here to bring you another Peachy Keen project!! I love the sweet expressions on the stamps from the Critter Faces Set A Large collection....so many wonderful possibilities...just look at these faces...

I thought I would make a cute chickie holiday card. I cut my chickie out and then the hat on my cricut. I made the white parts on my hat fuzzy using some flocking... I added some chalk cheeks and then mounted her onto the fun holiday paper...added the cute cardstock tree sticker and was done!

Isn't she just the cutest darn thing...such a sweet holiday greeting!

ETA - she is cut using the Create a Critter cartridge.

Now for some Peachy Goodness for you.... Peachy Keen is allowing me to give all these goodies to one lucky person that leaves a comment here on this blog and my blog during this week:

this awesome sampler packet of stamps; contains 7 faces and 2 whiskers

Winter is for the birds mini stamp set

and something to be sure you can get busy with them right away:

a Pink Acrylic Block 4.25" x 4.25" x .5"

I hope you'll stop by each day this week to see what other fun projects I have created for you this week...

Happy crafting...Lynda

Peachy Keen Guest Designer Lynda - Day 1 of fun

2011-12-05T06:00:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone, I am Lynda Lindley and I am so happy to be here as your guest designer this week on the Peachy Keen blog! I love the versatility of the Peachy Keen stamp line and am so excited to bring you some projects this week that I hope will inspire you to create some unique one of kind gifts and greetings to share.

For my first project this week I thought we would start with a fun and easy corner bookmark.

Start with a square of cardstock; mine is 4" x 4". You then score from corner to corner to create an X across the piece. Then stamp your image onto one of the triangle shapes; for this project I'm using the Winter is for the Birds stamp set:

next, you trim away the triangle that is opposite of your stamped image

next you color your image and adhere the two side triangles together to form the corner bookmark:

these make such cute gifts for friends at school and are super fun for kids to make. For cute variations you can use fancy edge scissors or punches along the edges for a different look.

I hope this fun project has inspired you to pull out some scrap cardstock and create a corner bookmark for someone today...

Now for some Peachy Goodness for you.... Peachy Keen is allowing me to give all these goodies to one lucky person that leaves a comment here on this blog and my blog during this week:

this awesome sampler packet of stamps; contains 7 faces and 2 whiskers

Winter is for the birds mini stamp set

and something to be sure you can get busy with them right away:

a Pink Acrylic Block 4.25" x 4.25" x .5"

I hope you'll stop by each day this week to see what other fun projects I have created for you this week...

Happy crafting...Lynda

Guest Designer Julie's Crafty Spot Winner!!

2011-12-03T06:02:00.004-06:00

This has been a fun week sharing a few of my Peachy Keen projects with you. Thank you to everyone who left such sweet comments about my projects. Each one of them made me smile and warmed my heart. I only wish I had more time to show you what else I have made.

Before I announce the winner of the PK-417 Faceless Gingerbread Dolls, I want to show you what I made with them. I decided they would make great gift tags for Christmas presents this year. I created a banner of gingerbread cookies for them to hold and display the recipient's name.

Thanks again for making this week so much fun!!
The winner of the PK-417 Faceless Gingerbread Dolls is...

Lisa's Creative Niche said...
Love this idea, I love sharing recipes thank you!
Lisa

Congrats Lisa! Please email me at juliescraftyspot at yahoo dot com

Happy Crafting!

Julie

Blog Hop Winners and BIG Announcement!

2011-12-02T17:39:00.001-06:00

Good Evening Peachies!! I know, I know! With all the excitement of Thanksgiving and the HUGE volume of orders received during our Thanksgiving Sale, we COMPLETELY forgot to let you know who won their choice of one Kut Outs die and one matching stamp set! So sorry about that!!

Without further ado... the winners are...

Jennie Garcia said...
Super cute projects!! Those bags are awesome!! I loved the pompoms!!
TFS!! Take Care!!
Jennie @ http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com/

JaniceA said...Janice, love the Gingerbread girls and your trees. Thank you for inspiring me.
janiceaeschliman.blogspot.com

Sheila aka SassyLady said...
Love the little penguin card it is just too cute.
Sheila aka SassyLady
shesasassylady at gmail dot com

Congratulations Jennie, Janice, and Sheila!! Please email angelica {at} peachykeenstamps {dot} com with your choice of Kut Out die and a matching stamp set! Thank you to EVERYONE who made this hop so much fun!

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Next, we have a HUGE announcement that is SO bittersweet. As most of you know, our designers ARE our Peachy Family. We have had most of them on the team since our blog inception in 2009, with our Let's Face it Friday designers joining us in 2010. We adore each of them. ADORE. We have formed so many tight-knit relationships with each of these beautiful women, and absolutely nothing could change that for us!

However, with a new year and new products, we thought it would be a great time to offer the opportunity of designing with Peachy Keen to more friends! Our DT isn't going to be too far, though. First, they are friends. True, warm hearted, undeniable FRIENDS. We treat our team the same way we treat our family, and I think they would all agree. :) We will have alumni hops every quarter where you'll see the people you've grown to love and have been inspired by the last (almost) 3 years. We just couldn't let them go that easy!!! Lorie, Kim and Nikki will help with the new team transition and will remain on board as DT leads for next year. Lorie will remain our resident PK Connection Community Manager. She is SO good at keeping that place running!

So....what do you think? Would you LOVE to design with Peachy Keen Stamps?!?! We WOULD LOVE for you to apply!! Please check out the details below and get a move on it!

Term: Jan 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012

Benefits of designing for Peachy Keen Stamps:

• Supply of our high-quality, clear, peach-tinted self-clinging stamps to get started

• 25% off any additional stamps or supplies from our store the length of your term

• Selection of NEW Releases automatically shipped to you

• DT badge to display on your blog

• Custom watermark to use on your Peachy Keen Projects

• Exposure with links on our website, Peachy Keen Blog, and features on our Facebook page and newsletter

• Participation in Co-Hops & Cross-Promotions (Participation optional, but encouraged.)

What we're looking for:

An active blog that you've maintained for a minimum of 6 months
Positive attitude, team players, people who are willing to share feedback and communication within our Design Team (area designated just for DT members in our PK Connection)
Support fellow teammates by visiting their blogs often & leaving feedback when possible
You must have a camera with good photography skills (light & bright photos)
Ability to meet deadlines

Designers will be asked to:

• Post 1 blog post every 6 wks on our company blog. {You are responsible for adding your watermark to your photos - we will be happy to help you create one or show you how to add one! We want YOU to receive credit for the art you create!}

• Create ONE project for at least 2 of our challenges each month. {we have weekly challenges that fluctuate between our face stamps and sketches.}

• Create ONE-TWO projects for our new release week with each new release (bi-monthly). {We will showcase your project on our company blog and ask that you simultaneously post to your own personal blog.}

THIS IS A TOTAL OF 2-3 PROJECTS PER MONTH (with a possibility of an additional 1-2 projects for a new release week)

• Maintain a current gallery in Splitcoaststampers {for Peachy Keen creations, please use keyword: "peachykeenstamps"}

• Upload your Peachy Keen Stamps' creations to our NING site, the PK Connection.

• From time to time, we will ask for volunteer Designers to create projects for participation in cross-promotion of Peachy Keen Stamps and other papercrafting companies' blog hops and giveaways. This is optional and in addition to any other projects on our blog.

• Encourage fans of Peachy Keen Stamps to participate in our challenges and view our blog by promoting our links on Facebook, Twitter, your blog, and any other outlet you choose. Social Networking plays an important role in our marketing efforts, so we ask that if you have a Facebook account or Twitter account, that you help us spread the word about our stamps.

If this sounds like something you'd love to be a part of, please send an email to:

PKSDTCall{at}gmail{dot}com with a SUBJECT line of: PKS DESIGN TEAM CALL
{edited email address 12/7/11 - please keep your photos under 1 MB whenever possible! Thank you!}

and include the following info:

1. Your full name, email address, phone number and a link to your blog {if you do not want to provide your phone number, please supply an alternate contact method.}

2. Your creative resume, if applicable.

3. Photos or links to 3-5 favorite stamped projects you've created. Peachy projects are great, but not required!

4. Any current DT's you are on or have been on. It is absolutely ok if you are on another DT, we just want to be sure everyone can commit to the DT requirements we have set up.

5. Why you think you think you'd be a great fit for PKS! This call is open to ALL paper crafters - we'd love to see what you've created! Please let us know any and all electronic cutting software you are familiar with and have access to (if applicable).

This call will remain open until December 23rd - 11:59 pm CST. It's open to EVERYONE including past design team members, however, each candidate will be weighed equally!

Thanks for reading and please share! We will be adding 8-10 designers. So if you'd love the chance, we'd love for you to apply! Please direct ALL questions regarding the DT to me (Angelica) and I'll answer them as quickly as possible. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Guest Designer Julie's Crafty Spot Day 5

2011-12-02T05:00:00.002-06:00

Hello fellow crafters! It's Julie from Julie's Crafty Spot.

I can't believe that today is my last day as guest designer at Peachy Keen Stamps. I am sure that all of the guest designers have felt the same as me that the week just went by too quickly. I still have lots of ideas that I would like to share with you but you will just have to check out my blog to see what I made with my Peachy Keen Stamps.

Thank you to everyone who left me such nice and thoughtful comments this week. Each one warmed my heart and I want to wish all of you

SWEET CHRISTMAS WISHES!!

A Sweet Christmas Wishes banner is the project that I made for today.

(If you click on the picture, you will get to see the whole banner)

If you haven't figured it out by now, I LOVE gingerbread men! Peachy Keen Stamps has some of the cutest gingerbread boys and girls and I have enjoyed creating with all of them. The banner shapes are from the Country Life Cricut cartridge cut at 10 inches and the Letters are from the Ashlyn's Alphabet cart cut at 2.25 inches. The Christmas tree, stocking and gingerbread man diecuts are from the Gingerbread Cricut cart cut at 2.5 inches

Letter S:

Peppermint Candy: Joys of the Season Cricut cartridge cut at 5 inches

Stamp: PK-327 Winter Peekers

Letter W:

Stamp: Al from the PK-417 Lorie and Al Gingerbread set

Letter E:

Stamp: PK-403 Ginger Bite

Letter E:

Stamp: Lorie from the PK-416 Lorie and Al Gingerbread Set

Letter T:

Stamp: PK-400 Baker's Man Jr

Christmas Wishes: Winter Frolic Cricut cartridge cut at 2.5 inches

Don't forget to leave me a comment either here or on MY BLOG for your chance to win the PK-417 Faceless Gingerbread Dolls

Happy Crafting!

Julie

Guest Designer Julie's Crafty Spot Day 4

2011-12-01T05:00:00.000-06:00

Hello fellow crafters! It's Julie from Julie's Crafty Spot with day 4 of my week with Peachy Keen Stamps.

I decided today would be dedicated to the girls....

Gingerbread girls that is

This card features Lorie from the PK-416 Lorie and Al Gingerbread set. She is just delightful!

I colored her in a lighter shade than Al and I again used my snow writer for the frosting on the beaters as well as in the bowl.

Don't forget to leave me a comment either here or on MY BLOG for your chance to win the PK-417 Faceless Gingerbread Dolls set.

I can't believe tomorrow will be my last day to showcase projects. I have several more projects with Peachy Keen stamps sitting on my craft table just waiting for their turn.

Happy Crafting

Julie

Guest Designer Julie's Crafty Spot Day 3

2011-11-30T05:00:00.000-06:00

Hi fellow crafters! It's Julie from Julie's Crafty Spot.

Welcome to day 3 of my week with Peachy Keen Stamps.

My project today is another simple one. Yesterday I showed you the invitation to my cookie swap. Today I am featuring one of the recipe cards I will be handing out at the cookie swap.

The stamp I used for this is PK-400 Baker's Man Jr. (Can you tell that I love Gingerbread men?)

I cut the recipe card using the From My Kitchen Cricut cartridge at 3.5 inches.

Don't forget to leave me a comment either here or on MY BLOG for a chance to win the PK-417 Faceless Gingerbread Doll set

Happy Crafting!

Julie

Guest Designer Julie's Crafty Spot Day 2

2011-11-29T05:00:00.000-06:00

Hi it's Julie from Julie's Crafty Spot.

Welcome to Day 2 of my week with Peachy Keen Stamps.

Today I am sharing the card I made using this week's sketch over at the challenge blog.

My card is an invitation to a Holiday Cookie Exchange that I will be hosting over the weekend. I used Al from the PK-416 Lorie and All Gingerbread Set.
I colored him with copics and then used a snow writer for the frosting on the spatula to add a little texture and dimension. The christmas tree tag is from the Gingerbread Cricut cartridge.

Don't forget to leave a comment here or on MY BLOG for your chance to win the PK-417 Faceless Gingerbread Doll set. I will be drawing one lucky winner from all of the comments from throughout the week.

Happy Crafting!

Julie

Guest Designer Julie's Crafty Spot Day 1

2011-11-28T05:00:00.000-06:00

Hello Peachy Keen stampers! I am Julie from Julie's Crafty Spot. I am so excited to be the guest designer for this week. I have been waiting almost a year since being asked to be a guest designer and I am so happy that my wait is finally over!

For my project today, I decided to make fun little gifts that can be handed out anytime during Christmas.

I made an elf and a Santa candy bar wrappers.

These wrappers are very easy to make using regular size chocolate bars. Aren't those faces just too cute!? I used the Paper Dolls Dress Up Cricut cartridge for the heads, hats and elf shoes. I had some of this fun fur trim left over from another project and thought it would work great on Santa's suit. Belt buckles, ribbon, bells, pom poms and flower soft finished off the projects.

I hope that you liked this fun little project. Peachy Keen Stamps was generous enough to let me pick out a little something from the store to give to one lucky person this week.

I chose the PK 417 Faceless Gingerbread Doll Lg set

They are just too cute and I can't wait to show you the project I made using this set later in the week.

All you need to do to be eligible to win this set is to leave a comment here or on MY BLOG. I will draw one lucky winner from all of the comments at the end of the week.

Happy Crafting!

Julie

Guest Designer - Snip Tuck Design - Winner!!!

2011-11-19T12:16:00.000-06:00

I have had such a great time being the Guest Designer here at PKS. It has motivated me to do things that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. I added templates to my blog, started my own Etsy Store, and even did my first video. Granted it was just showing how the mood box turns, but it was a jump start to actually create videos to show you how to put together my designs. I had many questions about the Santa Advent Calendar and where I got the container. I created it. I do all my designs in a CAD program and then bring them into Adobe Illustrator to convert them to be cutting files to work with most of the die cutters that are out there. I am a Packaging Engineer by trade, so designing 3d items like that comes very natural to me. Here is a picture of what it looks like flat.

By the end of the weekend all of my designs that I did this week will be available to purchase from my blog (day 1 and day 3 are there now, but I’m still working on day 4 and day 5).

Now to what you’ve all been waiting for…let’s get to the winner.

The WINNER is…..

Jamie Larsen

Congratulations Jamie. I will be emailing you shortly.

We can only have one lucky person walk away with the fabulous Peachy Keen Stamps, but I would like to give a consolation prize to all the wonderful ladies that have been following along all week. The comments that you’ve written have meant so much to me, so in return I would like to give you the cutting files for one of my designs. If you don’t own a die cutter, you can use the pdf file to print and hand cut. All you have to do is email me and let me know which design you pick . Here are the designs again:

School Supply Bus

4-pack Valentine’s Day Carrier and Heart Box

Mood Box

Santa Advent Calendar

Thanks again to PKS and all the fabulous crafters that have followed along.

Cathy Martin – Snip Tuck Design

Peachy Keen Kut Outs Blog Hop

2011-11-18T10:00:00.003-06:00

*** For Guest Designer Cathy's sweet project today, please CLICK HERE! ***

Hey Peachies!

We are hoppin' today with the PK Design Team and few of our friends to celebrate the release of Peachy Keen's very own thin metal die line,

Peachy Keen Kut Outs!!

These high-quality thin metal dies are a perfect addition to the PK brand -

just LOOK at how perfectly they go with the stamps released!

These samples were designed by the Peachy Queen herself, Kathy:

Be sure to leave your comments across ALL blogs in the hop, as each comment is a chance at winning

ONE of THREE prize packages!

Each winner will receive their choice* of one new die and one new stamp set!

(*subject to availability)

And now through Sunday (11:59 PM CDT) Peachy Keen Stamps is offering an additional

5% off our tiered discounts when you use PROMO CODE: KUTOUT5 at checkout!

Total savings of up to 15% OFF on almost everything in our shop!

PLUS, enjoy FREE SHIPPING* this weekend in addition to your discount!

*free shipping available to Domestic USA addresses, only*

So, you ready to get hoppin'? Your first stop is Kathy's Blog (the creative genius behind the designs!) and the full hop order is listed below! Be sure to pop over to each Designer's Blog now through Sunday night for a chance to win!

BLOG HOP Order:

PKS Blog - http://peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com {You're Here!}
Kathy - http://peachykeenstamps-kathy.blogspot.com {Next Stop!}
Viv - http://craftinghaven.blogspot.com
Lorie - http://thethinkinspot.blogspot.com
Janice - http://stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com
Nikki - http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com
Emma - http://creativetimeforme.com
Samantha - http://samanthacasey.blogspot.com
Lisa - http://our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com
Kim - http://paperpunchaddiction.com
Heidi - http://gotscraps.blogspot.com
Joanna - http://scrap-making.blogspot.com
Erin - http://erinleecreative.com
Ruthie - http://septemberninth.blogspot.com
Angelica - http://handmadebyangelica.com
Jeanne - http://www.thecricutcorner.com
Zeni - http://www.scrappyzeni.com/
Candace -www.scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com
Michelle - http://www.scrappinwithmybug.com
PKS Blog - http://peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com

Guest Designer - Snip Tuck Design - Day 5

2011-11-18T04:48:00.003-06:00

Well, it’s been such a fun week for me. I have to start out by thanking all the fabulous people at Peachy Keen Stamps. I actually got so busy with life that before this week, I hadn’t posted anything to my blog since February. It feels so great to be crafting again and even better to get such amazing comments from everyone. You have all be so generous with the kind things you’ve said. Thank you.

I saved my Christmas project for last. I figured I should go big or go home.

This is my version of an advent calendar. I created the container to hold 25 tubes, one for every day in December until Christmas. Each tube is filled with candy and has a tag on it for each day. The inside opens up and you can write anything you want inside. I had to find candy that was small enough to fit in each tube, so I used nerds, mini m&ms, and tic tacs.

I used tiny rubber bands that I found at the dollar store to hold the tags on to the caps.

I really had no idea how I was going to decorate this container and how I was going to incorporate PKS into it. I decided to cut it out in red. I knew that I had some white fuzzy trim that would look good with the red, so I added that to the bottom. At that point, the first thing that came to my mind was that it looked like Santa’s coat. The rest of the project quickly took form. I cut a Santa head on my Cricut and found the biggest face stamp that I had. It is the 1 3/8” face from PK-490 Everyday Character Face Assortment. I added the belt and all the fur to his face, and Santa was complete.

Here’s your last chance to win some blog candy? Peachy Keen has been so generous to let me give away a set of their stamps. For a chance to win the PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Faces Assortment ($25 value) please leave me a comment here and then head over to Peachy Keen Stamps and
comment on their blog too. I'd also love to have you as a follower, but it’s not required to win.
Check back tomorrow to see if you’ve won. Good luck!
PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment

Guest Designer - Snip Tuck Design - Day 4

2011-11-17T05:00:00.032-06:00

I can’t believe it’s already day 4 of my guest week at PKS. Today I created a mood box. It can display 8 different moods. I decided to add some pictures of my kids on the sides and a calendar in the back. All the frames are open at the top so I can easily switch out the pictures and calendar. The face stamps that I used for the moods are PK-692 Monster Mash Face Assortment, PK-532 Simple Sallies, PK-570 Basic Paper Doll Face Assortment, and PK-490 Everyday Character Face Assortment.

The box inside has eight sides. The face on one side matches the label on the opposite side. This allows you to see what mood you are displaying as the box sits on your desk. There is a dowel that is glued in the center of the box. I added a wood knob at the top so it could turn easily.

Here is a video to show the mood calendar in action.

Here’s your chance again to win some blog candy? Peachy Keen has been so generous to let me give away a set of their stamps. For a chance to win the PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Faces Assortment ($25 value) please leave me a comment here and then head over to www.sniptuckdesign.com and comment on my blog too. I'd also love to have you as a follower, but it's not required to win.

Check back every day this week to see another one of my projects and for another chance to win. One lucky winner will be announced on Saturday. Good luck!
PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment

Guest Designer - Snip Tuck Design - Day 3

2011-11-16T03:00:00.005-06:00

It’s Cathy and I’m back with another 3d project. Although Christmas is my favorite holiday, I just love making little gifts for Valentine’s Day. It’s the one holiday that I make something for every kid in my son and daughter’s classes. Last year I made 50 little mail boxes. This project that I made for you this week is a gift that I think anyone would love to receive. I designed a 4-pack carrier that is approximately 3.5” x 3.5” x 5.5” tall. I also made little plastic boxes to fit perfectly in each compartment. All of this was cut on my Pazzles diecutter. Each box is filled with candy and is topped with the cutest glitter faces ever. The face with the glasses is by far my favorite, from my newest stamp set, PK532-Simple Sallies 1 1/8”. The others are from PK-500-Snow Cutie Face Assortment, PK-490 Everyday Character Face Assortment, and PK-570 Basic Paper Doll Face Assortment.

I was really pleased with how cute the faces turned out in glitter.

Here’s your chance again to win some blog candy? Peachy Keen has been so generous to let me give away a set of their stamps. For a chance to win the PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Faces Assortment ($25 value) please leave me a comment here and then head over to www.sniptuckdesign.com and comment on my blog too. I'd also love to have you as a follower, but it's not required to win.

Check back every day this week to see another one of my projects and for another chance to win. One lucky winner will be announced on Saturday. Good luck!
PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment

Guest Designer - Snip Tuck Design - Day 2

2011-11-15T08:00:00.032-06:00

Hi again. This is Cathy at Snip Tuck Design, with my project for Day 2 of my guest designer week. Today is the Tuesday Challenge so I've made something based off the sketch provided.

There is also a twist to this challenge, in that you can paper piece your stamped image to give it a bit of dimension and flair. This was a project of firsts for me. It was the first time that I've ever done a project following a sketch and the first time I paper pieced a stamped image. I am still very new to using image stamps.

I wanted to make something for Thanksgiving, and PKS has the perfect stamp set for just that. I used CB-03 Tanner Turkey for my card.

It's not just a card though. The top folds back and it becomes a place setting name card for your Thanksgiving dinner. The sentiment included in the set, Gobble 'Til Ya Wobble! was quite appropriate for something that will be sitting on the table with all that yummy food.

I love how the stamp turned out on suede paper. The turkey stamp was so great to paper piece. I stamped three images in order to get the dimension.

How about another chance to win some blog candy? Peachy Keen has been so generous to let me give away a set of their stamps. For a chance to win the PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Faces Assortment ($25 value) please leave me a comment here and then head over to www.sniptuckdesign.com and comment on my blog too. I'd also love to have you as a follower, but it's not required to win.

Check back every day this week to see another one of my projects and for another chance to win. One lucky winner will be announced on Saturday. Good luck!

PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment

Guest Designer - Snip Tuck Design - Day 1

2011-11-14T03:00:00.005-06:00

Hi, it's Cathy from Snip Tuck Design. I am beyond thrilled to be the featured Guest Designer this week at Peachy Keen Stamps. To give you a little background, I have been paper crafting for just a couple years and primarily create 3d projects. My goal when I started my blog in May 2010 was to create an online store and design and sell my own templates. It took a year and a half, but with the gift of being showcased on Peachy Keen Stamps, I was motivated to make this goal a reality. All of my 3d projects that I will be sharing with you can now be purchased from my blog.

This first project is a school supply bus that is transporting the Peachy Keen Kids to school at Peachy Keen Elementary. I am totally in love with all their face stamps. The ones that I used for this project are PK-570 Basic Paper Doll Face Assortment and PK-490 Everyday Character Face Assortment.

The bus is made of chipboard and embellished with buttons and gems for the lights. Several elements were created on the computer, then hand cut and glued to the bus. The kids, windows, and pencil handle were cut with my Cricut. The top of the bus has separate compartments for pens/pencils, paperclips, and glue sticks.

The back of the bus folds down to access a post-it note pad. Lastly, the door of the bus opens to reveal a tape dispenser.

How about some blog candy? Peachy Keen has been so generous to let me give away a set of their stamps. For a chance to win the PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Faces Assortment ($25 value) please leave me a comment here on this blog and then head over to my blog at http://www.sniptuckdesign.com/ and leave me a comment there too. I'd also love to have you as a follower, but it's not required to win.
Check back every day this week to see another one of my projects and for another chance to win. One lucky winner will be announced on Saturday. Good luck!

PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment

Guest Designer - Totally Twisted Cards - Winner !!

2011-11-12T18:44:00.003-06:00

Thanks so much everyone for making my PK Guest Designer week such a success and for following along all week! Thanks again Peachy Keen for giving me the opportunity to showcase your awesome stamps all week. I thoroughly enjoyed it! I also want to thank all the new followers on my blog at Totally Twisted Cards as well as all my existing followers. You guys are the best!

I posted a video of my Let's Face It Friday design team submission early this morning (took forever to upload to YT). You can view it on my post from yesterday for the gingerbread recipe card.

Now on to the winner of the best face stamps on the market. The winner is ........... Lucy!

Lucy, please send me an email (stacy {at} TotallyTwistedCards {dot} com) with your address so that the stamps can be mailed out to you. I know you are going to LOVE your new PK stamp sets!

Have a happy scrappy weekend everyone......Stacy

Guest Designer - Totally Twisted Cards - Day 5

2011-11-11T10:00:00.004-06:00

Happy Veterans Day everyone! I wanted to give a special thanks to all the men and women that serve our country. Thank you for keeping us safe and for protecting our great nation!

I cannot believe that this is the final day of my guest designer week! I'm so grateful that Peachy Keen has given me such a wonderful opportunity to create projects with their awesome stamps and to share them with all of you Thank you Peachy Keen and thanks to everyone that followed along all week! I love reading your comments.

Today is Let's Face It Friday so for the challenge I got to create a design team sample for you. Your challenge is to create a page or card using a PK face stamp that holds your favorite holiday recipe. So, I created the following card. I was dying to create some gingerbread people with PK-521 Winter Faces. Most of the paper is DCWV -- except for the green paper on the inside of the card for which I used the Mr. Frosty Imagine cartridge to make the paper. I used the Jolly Holidays Cricut cartridge for the gingerbread people and the Storybook cartridge to weld together two shapes to make the shaped card. I finished it up with a little Copic coloring and some bling. I hope you enjoy it. I cannot wait to see what you create for the challenge. Don't forget to link it up on PK's challenge page before the deadline.

Today is the last day you can enter to win the Peachy Keen stamps below. Peachy Keen has been so gracious to let me give them away. All you have to do is leave a comment on any of my blog posts this week. The more posts you comment on, the better your chances to win. When you are done posting here, don't forget to head on over to my blog at www.totallytwistedcards.com/content and leave me some lovin there too. If you like my blog, I'd love to have you as a follower. One lucky commenter will win both stamp sets. Winner will be announced on Saturday. Good luck!

PK-483

PK-485

Guest Designer - Totally Twisted Cards - Day 4

2011-11-10T05:00:00.002-06:00

Welcome to day four of my guest designer week. Wow, this week has truly gone by soooo quick. I'm enjoying all the lovely comments that have been left for me. You all are such kind crafting friends. I'm so glad I have the opportunity to create projects for you with such great stamps. So, on to today's project. Today I've created two adorable door hangers for you. I always decorate the bedroom doors in my house with something for each and every holiday. This year I've decided to decorate with snowmen and snowflakes. I used PK-521 Winter Faces . The cuts are from Gypsy Wanderings and Christmas.

Don't forget to leave a comment here on this post as well as all my posts for this week for your chance to win the wonderful PK stamps below. Then head on over to my blog at TotallyTwistedCards.com/content and leave me a comment there too. I'll announce the winner on Saturday. Have a great day!

PK-483

PK-485

Guest Designer - Totally Twisted Cards - Day 3

2011-11-09T05:00:00.002-06:00

Happy Wednesday everyone! I'm really enjoying creating my Peachy Keen projects for all of you. I've created two Christmas tags for you today. I used Peachy Keen PK-M17 Snow Much Fun and my Copics. What an adorable snowman stamp! I created the stick pins myself and added gems to the DCWV paper.

PK-483

PK-485

Guest Designer - Totally Twisted Cards - Day 2

2011-11-08T05:00:00.007-06:00

Welcome to the second day of my Peachy Keen guest designer week. I'm having so much fun. Thanks for all the wonderful comments that were left for me yesterday. I really enjoy reading them. Today, I've created this super cute elf card with PK-533 Simple Simons. I just love the PK face stamps! They are my favorite stamps. The elf cut is from the Cricut Jolly Holidays cartridge.

PK-483

PK-485

Guest Designer - Totally Twisted Cards - Day 1

2011-11-07T05:00:00.003-06:00

Hello all my scrappy friends! It's Stacy from Totally Twisted Cards and I'm soooo super excited to be your Peachy Keen guest designer for the week! I've been scrapping for several years. I started off with digital scrapboking (which I still love) and then began paper scrapping. I bought my first Cricut about a year and a half ago and then shortly after started my very own crafting blog.

I cannot believe Christmas is around the corner. So, I thought I'd better get started on making my Christmas cards and what better to make them with than Peachy Keen Stamps. So, for my first project of the week, I made a card using PK 303A - Tubular Snowman Small. This snowman is sooo cute that I couldn't help but use it. I've recently fell in love with Copic markers and am having so much fun learning how to color with them.

And now for some blog candy. Peachy Keen has been so kind to let me give away some of their stamps. How exciting! For a chance to win the Snowmany Face stamps and the Winter Wonderland Face stamps, please leave me a comment here on this blog and then hop on over to my blog at www.totallytwistedcards/content and leave me a comment there too. If you like my blog, I'd love to have you as a follower. Don't forget to stop back every day this week to see another one of my projects and for another chance to win these stamps. One lucky winner will be announced on Saturday. Good luck!

PK-483

PK-485

Guest Designer- The Greene Family & Crafts- Winner!

2011-10-29T09:55:00.000-05:00

I have had so much fun this week and I want to say Thank you to everyone that visited and left such sweet comments and a HUGE Thank you to Peachy Keen Stamps for giving me the opportunity to be a Guest Designer! Now without further delay here is my winner:

Glora!

Glora said...

CUTE!!!!!!!!! This is SO creative and I absolutely LOVE it!!!! Those googly eyes are such a perfect touch! Awesome job. Hugs- Glora

October 25, 2011 2:22 PM

Congratulations!! Glora I will be sending you an email shortly!

Guest Designer- The Greene Family & Crafts Day 5!

2011-10-28T10:00:00.000-05:00

This is Jamie from The Greene Family & Crafts for my final post. I have had so much fun Guest Designing this week! I want to say Thank you from the bottom of my heart Peachy Keen Stamps for allowing me this opportunity!

A new LFIF challenge starts today and the challenge is to create a project that just might give us the creepy crawlies in the cutest Peachiest way possible! So for my project I made a set of bookmarks using the PK-695 The Uglies 1 1/8" face stamps.

I die cut 3 bookmarks and then stamped the different face stamps from the set along with a sentiment for the middle bookmark. I colored them and inked the edges of the bookmarks. For the middle one I had some fun with my spray inks! To finish them off I added some twine to the top.

I encourage you to play along with the challenge this week and don't forget to leave a comment here for a chance to win the Cottage Cutz Pumpkin Trio giveaway! I will pick the winner tomorrow.

Jamie:)

Guest Designer- The Greene Family & Crafts Day 4!

2011-10-27T05:00:00.001-05:00

Hello! This is Jamie with The Greene Family & Crafts back to share a fun Holiday card with you today.

I made today's card using PK-320 Snickerdoodle Gift Elf. Isn't he the cutest! I colored him with copic markers, inked the edges of the cardstock, added some pattern paper, a sentiment, tied a bow and then adheared him to my card base. This was a fun and easy card to make the coloring took a little while but I love to color:)

I will be back tomorrow for my last day as a Guest Designer. This has been so much fun! Make sure that you leave a comment every day this week for a chance to win the Cottage Cutz Pumpkin Trio giveaway Peachy Keen has generously allowed me to offer.

Jamie:)

Guest Designer- The Greene Family & Crafts Day 3

2011-10-26T05:00:00.002-05:00

Hello! I am Jamie From The Greene Family & Crafts back to share another project with you today. Thanksgiving is less than a Month away, can you believe that? The year seems to have blown by! I thought that this year I would make my own Place cards for my Holiday dinner table.

I took a piece of cardstock that measured 4 1/4" x 5", I scored and folded it in half. I ran it through my Cuttlebug and die cut the bottom with an edger die. I then used the Cottage Cutz pumpkin trio to die cut a couple pumpkins and stem. I took one of pumpkins and cut out just the center to layer on my main pumpkin for some added dimension. Then I used some alpha stickers for the name. I love how it turned out and now I have a quick and easy Place card!

I will be back tomorrow with a holiday card to share with you. Make sure that you leave a comment for your chance to win your own Cottage Cutz Pumpkin Trio that Peachy Keen has allowed me to offer as a giveaway this week!

Jamie:)

Guest Designer- The Greene Family & Crafts Day 2

2011-10-25T05:00:00.001-05:00

Hello again! This is Jamie with The Greene Family and Crafts and I am back today with a fun Halloween card.

For this card I stamped out the broom from PK-627 Witchy Hat & Broom to make a fun pattern. I colored the brooms and added some googly eyes, then I stamped the sentiment from PK-647 Faceless Fall Fun onto a die cut banner added a bow and there you have it!! Really easy and cute!

Peachy Keen has allowed me to pick a giveaway for this week so don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win the Cottage Cutz Pumpkin trio!

Thanks for joining me today and I will be back tomorrow with a another idea for using the Cottage Cutz Pumpkin Trio.

Jamie:)

Guest Designer- The Greene Family & Crafts Day 1

2011-10-24T05:00:00.002-05:00

Hello Everyone! My name is Jamie from The Greene Family & Crafts and I am your Guest Designer for the week. I am so excited, this is my first time Guest Designing and I really hope you enjoy the projects that I have made to share with you this week.

For today I have made a really simple goodie bag. I am a stay at home mother to 3 amazing kids and so I enjoy making little things for my kids.

I took a plain brown lunch bag and covered the front of it with pattern paper. I found an older Making Memories sentiment to use along the side of the goodie bag. I cut the adorable paper doll with my Cricut. Now here comes the fun part. I wanted to dress the doll for Halloween so I used the Cottage Cutz Pumpkin trio die for her outfit! I die cut the same pumpkin twice so that I could layer the middle and add some dimension. I used one of the other pumpkins to cut the top off and use for a hat. I stamped her face using the Wide eyed kids face assortment stamps. To finish it off I tied a bow around the top and added a Hinge clip from Tim Holtz.

I hope you enjoyed today's project! I want to say a HUGE Thank you to Peachy Keen for allowing me this opportunity to be a Guest Designer for this week! As you know each Guest Designer is given the opportunity to do a giveaway and I have chosen the Cottage Cutz Pumpkin Trio as my giveaway this week!

To be entered all you have to do is leave a comment Here or on my Blog. I will see you tomorrow with another Halloween idea!

Jamie:)

Guest Designer - Houses Built of Cards - WINNER!!!

2011-10-22T06:58:00.002-05:00

Thank you again for such a FUN week with Peachy Keen stamps! I know everyone says it, but I really wish I could give EVERYONE a prize!!! But, thanks to Random.org, we do have a WINNER!!!

Congratulations!!! I will be sending you an email!

Guest Designer - Houses Built of Cards - Day 5

2011-10-21T05:00:00.016-05:00

Wow! What a fun week it has been! This is Heather from Houses Built of Cards with my 5th, and final post for the week. I have had so much fun! I'm still going to be busy...yesterday was my 1 year blogiversary, and the celebration is tomorrow! I have a short blog hop planned, several great giveaways (including some more Peachy Keen Stamps!), and a very special introduction for you. Would love it if you stopped by for the fun!

So for my last post, I decided to use 2 more of my favorite sets of face stamps: Princess Face Assortment and Wide Eyed and Bush Tailed Assortment. I used a cut from Meow Lite Cricut cartridge. Doesn't that little cat make you want to laugh?!?!?

Kind of reminds me of my daughter carrying around our cat...he really loves to be petted and loved, but he HATES to get carried by anyone! So he always looks a little annoyed at the inconvenience! Here you can see how I pop-dotted the image from the background.

Added lots of inking and doodling with my white gel pen, and a sentiment from My Creative Time stamps. Also used a Fiskars edge punch along the side of the background paper to make it look like a notebook page.

Princess Face Assortment - $25.00

Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed Assortment - $25.00.

And tomorrow morning I will be drawing the lucky winner of the prize Peachy Keen allowed me to select to giveaway - a $25.00 gift certificate!!! So make sure and leave a comment here and on the my blog - Houses Built of Cards for a chance to win!!! I also have a few bonus past projects posted on my blog using these same sets!

Guest Designer - Houses Built of Cards - Day 4

2011-10-20T05:00:00.019-05:00

Good morning! So hard to believe that the week as guest designer is almost over! Been having so much fun with my Peachy Keen stamps! Thanks to everyone for the sweet comments here and on my blog, Houses Built of Cards - I have enjoyed reading each and every one of them!

For today's post, I played with my newest set of face stamps, In Stitches Face Assortment. (Hint: I also have a bonus project at the bottom of my blog using this same set!) I think these are so fun and different from any of the other faces - they have such a homespun look, that I just HAD to use lots of kraft paper!

I used a cut off of my cricut cartridge, Give a Hoot. I hid some of the layers on my Gypsy, and inked the edges of each piece with Tim Holtz distress ink in Frayed Burlap.

I also pop-dotted several of the layers, as this picture shows a little better. The background is also pop-dotted, as well as run through my Cuttlebug.

I used my white gel pen to do lots of faux stitching, and added a sentiment from My Creative Time stamps.

Here is the set that I used for today:

In Stitches Face Assortment - $25.00

And, just a reminder, Peachy Keen has allowed me to select a prize to give away, and what could be better than your own spending money?!?!? So...leave a comment here, and on my blog, Houses Built of Cards, for two chances to win a $25 gift certificate!!!

Thanks for stopping by! I will see you back here tomorrow - one last time!

Guest Designer - Houses Built of Cards - Day 3

2011-10-19T05:00:00.018-05:00

Hi there! Heather from Houses Built of Cards here again! So hard to believe that the week is half over!!! Time is flying by so fast, but what fun it has been! Today is Day 3 of my week guest designing for Peachy Keen - and I have been loving every second of it!

Today, I decided first of all to challenge myself with a boy project - I have 2 darling girls that I adore, age 8 and 7, so doing the princess thing is easy! Boys, that is another story! So I pulled out what I think is my all time FAVORITE Peachy Keen face assortment (Wide Eyed Kid Faces) and my Cricut Boys Will be Boys cartridge. If you don't have this set of faces, I would highly suggest it! I think I have used it more than any other set. (And...Peachy Keen is having a great sale too...just in case you wanted to know!)

Anyway, here is my project for today:

I cut this cute little guy out, added some inking with some Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen and lots of faux stitching. Then...I couldn't resist putting him on an Action Wobble! (If any of you are wondering, Peachy Keen usually has these in stock. However, from looking at the Action Wobble Facebook page, it looks like they are having a production snag that they are trying to work out on their end, and then they will be shipping them to retailers - hopefully in time for the holidays. So...hopefully Peachy Keen will soon have them back in stock - or someone else will have them if not!) Anyway, these next couple of pictures show the action a little bit for you to see:

Isn't that FUN?!?!?! I love using Action Wobbles on projects, and definately plan on stocking up when they are back in supply again! Finished this one off with some Baker's Twine, a sentiment from My Creative Time stamps, and a bit of doodling around the edges of the card.

Here is the face set that I used on my project today:

Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment - $25.00

And...just a reminder of the giveaway this week!!! Peachy Keen allowed me to select a giveaway for the week! So on Saturday morning I will be picking a lucky commenter from either here or my BLOG via Random.org and giving away a $25 Gift Certificate!!! If I had picked a set to give away, it probably would have been the set I used today - but if you already have this set, or your heart is set on something else, you can pick whatever YOU would like!!!

Thanks for taking a peek today! Feel free to pop over to my BLOG and leave a comment for a second chance to win! I also have some bonus past projects using this same face set posted on my blog. See you tomorrow!

Guest Designer - Houses Built of Cards - Day 2

2011-10-18T10:00:00.011-05:00

Good morning! Welcome back for my second post for Peachy Keen Stamps. You can find my blog at Houses Built of Cards if you want to leave a comment there for an extra chance to win this weeks prize, plus I have a couple of bonus projects hiding out over there if you're interested!

Today is the brand new sketch challenge - so I got to make something for that this week! It was such a fabulous sketch - and so easy to work with! This is something new from Peachy Keen that I branched out with to try this week - some of their image stamps! I had pretty much only used their face stamps before, but decided to give these a try - and I'm SOOO glad I did! I absolutely LOVE how great this was for some paper piecing, and working on my rather rough abilities with my copics. Here is my card:

And here is the sketch for the week:

This is the stamp set that I used for this card:

Party Girl Lulee - $12.99

I was so pleasantly surprised by the SIZE of this stamp! This card is a 6x6 card - so you can tell that this is a very good size stamp! Anyway, I paper pieced the dress, hat, and balloon, then used copics to color the rest, with a bit of white gel pen for highlights here and there. The sentiment is also part of this set.

The edges of everything are inked with Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen - I love how it blends so great with white paper! Papers are all from My Minds Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky 6x6 paper pad. Added some Jute Cord and a button to finish it off.

And of course, remember to leave a comment every day this week for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Peachy Keen Stamps!!! Pop on over to my blog to leave a comment for another chance, and to see a couple of bonus projects!!!

Guest Designer - Houses Built of Cards - Day 1

2011-10-17T08:05:00.003-05:00

**For the PKS/Country Bumpkin Blog Hop**
**please click HERE**
Good morning! My name is Heather, and my blog is called Houses Built of Cards. It is kind of a strange name, but there is a story behind it! You can click HERE and read my first post if you want to find out how it all started. You will notice that this week will be 1 year since I started my blog! Amazing how time flies! Feel free to pop in and visit me on my blog this week, as I will be picking one lucky winner of a prize provided by Peachy Keen stamps from comments made in both places this week! (More on that at the end of this post!)

I'm so excited this week to get to share with you my love of Peachy Keen stamps. They have so many fun things to offer, and I used some things newer to me that I will be sharing with you this week, but my first love is definately their face stamps! It is amazing how much fun and character you can add to a project with them! So this week I thought I would share with you some of my favorite sets. I started today with the Laffy Taffy Face Assortment.

I used my Cricut and the Birthday Bash cartridge to cut out the candles, and after doing a bit of inking, added the faces. I use an eye make-up applicator and a pink stamp pad to add the "blush" on the cheeks, a white gel pen to color in the mouth and eyes, and a red copic for the lips. I ran the white behind the candles through my Cuttlebug, then pop-dotted the candles, as well as the sentiment from the background. This picture shows the dimension a little bit better:

All the pattern papers are from the Echo Park Happy Days 6x6 paper pad - my favorite for cardmaking. I used some Tim Holtz distress ink on the edges of everything - my new favorite for inking! The sentiment is from Emma over at My Creative Time - her stamps are also manufactured by Peachy Keen! Finished off with some Baker's Twine behind the sentiment.

Here is the set I used for my card today:

Laffy Taffy Face Assortment - $25.00

And...of course what you have been waiting for!

Peachy Keen has been kind enough to allow me to select something to giveaway this week to a lucky commenter!!! So...I thought I would let the winner choose what they would like! So, one lucky person this week will win a $25 gift certificate so you can shop for whatever you would like!!!

Remember - click HERE to visit my blog and leave a comment there for another chance to win!!! See you back here tomorrow for more Peachy goodness!!!

Peachy Keen Stamps - Country Bumpkin & Mini Release HOP!

2011-10-17T08:00:00.002-05:00

*** For Guest Designer Heather's adorable project today, please CLICK HERE! ***

Good Morning Peachies!

I hope you all had great weekends and are in the mood for a HOP!

Did you see the newest Fall sets by Kathy and the NEW Country Bumpkin line by Lorie Souther?

If you missed it, take a peek

at THIS POST on the Peachy Keen Connection!

Today we're super excited to share some inspiration using these sets!

Each Design Team member will be offering up a

$15.00 Gift Certificate to our shop for those who hop and leave a comment.

And now through Wednesday (11:59 PM CDT) Peachy Keen Stamps is offering an additional

10% off our tiered discounts when you use PROMO CODE: MINIHOP at checkout!

Total savings of up to 20% OFF on everything in our shop!

Here's a look at the sets you can expect to see on the hop:

So, you ready to get hoppin'? Your first stop is Angelica's Blog (that's me!) and the full hop order is listed below! Be sure to pop over to each Designer's Blog now through Wednesday - some of us have projects scheduled Monday, Tuesday AND Wednesday! :)

BLOG HOP Order:

PKS Blog - http://peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com {You're here}

Angelica - http://handmadebyangelica.com {Next Stop!}

Viv - http://craftinghaven.blogspot.com

Lorie - http://thethinkinspot.blogspot.com

Janice - http://stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com

Nikki - http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com

Emma - http://www.creativetimeforme.com

Samantha - http://samanthacasey.blogspot.com

Lisa - http://our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com

Kim - http://paperpunchaddiction.com

Heidi - http://gotscraps.blogspot.com

Joanna - http://scrap-making.blogspot.com

Erin - http://erinleecreative.com

Ruthie - http://septemberninth.blogspot.com

Kathy - http://peachykeenstamps-kathy.blogspot.com

Guest Designer Kristin-Lilsweetpea's Place-WINNER!!!

2011-10-15T09:58:00.000-05:00

Thank you everyone once again for making this week so much fun!
I loved reading all of your wonderful comments. I am sure you are all wondering who won right?

Well the winner is....

Jessica from chick-n-scrap!

Congratulations Jessica! I will be emailing you for your mailing info.
I hope you all have a super spooky Halloween!

Guest Designer Kristin-Lilsweetpea's Place-Day 5

2011-10-14T10:00:00.003-05:00

Hey Guys!

Well it's here... my final day as your Guest Designer.

Thank you all for making this week so much fun for me and thank you to Peachy Keen for this opportunity! Your comments are so super sweet... if you'd like to keep in touch and see what I'll be up to for this holiday season you can always stop by my blog Lilsweetpea's Place. I'd love to have you pop in anytime.

Today I got to play along in the Let's Face It Friday Challenge over on the Peachy Keen Challenge Blog. How cool is that? The challenge this Friday is "Swirls of wind remind us of flourishes and whimsy! Make a project that whips up our imagination!!"

Guidelines for the challenge are:

Your design must be new

Your project must include PKS Faces

Link up by 10/27 by 11:59 PM

This is the project that I came up with. What better way to represent wind than a tree? These Peachy Keen stamps sure do make it whimsical don't you think? This tree branch came from my yard. I spray painted it black. While it was drying I got to work on coloring all of the stamps and making the scallops for them all. A couple of cob webs later... and it's all done!

Many of you know that each Guest Designer is allowed to give-a-way free Peachy Keen product during their week in the spotlight. The sets that I will be giving away to one lucky winner are:

PK-647 Faceless Fall Fun

PK-550 Pumpkin Faces

All you have to do to be entered into the drawing is leave a comment on EACH of my projects all week long here on the Peachy Keen Blog. A visit to my blog would be nice Lilsweetpea's Place but it's not a have to. I will be selecting and announcing a winner tomorrow 10/15.

Thanks again guys! It's been a blast!!

Hope to see you all around blog land!

~ KRISTIN ~

Guest Designer Kristin-Lilsweetpea's Place-Day 4

2011-10-13T05:00:00.001-05:00

Hello guys!
Kristin here from Lilsweetpea's Place. Welcome to day 4 of my Peachy Week as your Guest Designer. It has been so fun sharing with you all of my favorite Halloween crafting ideas. It just goes to show you how versatile these Peachy Keen stamps are.

These are called "Creepy Crackers" and they are filled with candy. Simply break the end off to get to the goodies. Guess what the role is from? It's a toilet paper role covered with tissue paper and then patterned paper in the center. Just tape one end of the role, fill with candy, tape the other end, and begin rolling in tissue paper. End with some bows and darling Peachy Keen stamps and you've got yourself a Creepy Cracker!

This orange one is my favorite.
The best part is it's so simple but yet they come out so darn cute!

Many of you know that each Guest Designer is allowed to give-a-way free Peachy Keen product during their week in the spotlight. The sets that I will be giving away to one lucky winner are:

PK-647 Faceless Fall Fun
PK-550 Pumpkin Faces

These sets are chalk full of cute stamps just waiting for your creativity. One lucky person is going to be getting some serious Happy Mail!! All you have to do to be entered into the drawing is leave a comment on EACH of my projects all week long here on the Peachy Keen Blog. A visit to my blog would be nice Lilsweetpea's Place but it's not a have to.

Thanks for joining the fun today!
Hope to see you back tomorrow.
~ KRISTIN ~

Guest Designer Kristin-Lilsweetpea's Place-Day 3

2011-10-12T05:00:00.001-05:00

Hello Bloggers!

It's Kristin from Lilsweetpea's Place. Today is the third day of my Peachy week and I am having a ball! Thank you all for your sweet comments. You guys are such a fun group. It's been my pleasure sharing fun Halloween projects with you.

The Halloween project I have to share with you today are these adorable Halloween Jars. Ever thought of re-using those spaghetti jars? Well now you have a reason to. They are so fun and easy to make. The sky is the limit on the holidays and occasions you could use these for.

Just fill with candy and you have an instant gift. What a wonderful Halloween idea for those special Trick ~or~ Treaters. If you would like to see how these are made just watch my video below.

Many of you know that each Guest Designer is allowed to give-a-way free Peachy Keen product during their week in the spotlight. The sets that I will be giving away to one lucky winner are:

PK-647 Faceless Fall Fun
PK-550 Pumpkin Faces

Fall Mash Up Blog Hop - PKS Winners!!

2011-10-11T22:01:00.000-05:00

Thanks so much to everyone who hopped with us last weekend in the

FALL MASH UP Blog Hop!!

It was SO much fun!!

Here are the Peachy Keen Stamps Winners!!

Each winner was chosen first by a random drawing of all blogs listed in the Hop.

Then, another random query was run to draw the lucky commenter who won! Congrats ladies!

WINNER of the "In Stitches" Face Assortment is... {this winner was chosen from Kathy's Blog}

Anna Dawn said...
Wow! How do you make "Ugly" faces look so cute!?!! This is great! I love your card, and the stamps are just perfect for it! Great Work! I am so impressed!!
OCTOBER 7, 2011 11:30 AM

WINNER of "The Uglies" Face Assortment is... {this winner was chosen from Raven's Blog}

Trisha said...
Love your card. So "spooky" and cute. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win. I am a follower. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com
October 9, 2011 12:51 PM

Please email : Angelica {at} PeachyKeenStamps {dot} com to claim your prize!

Have a great week, everyone!

:) Angelica

Guest Designer Kristin-Lilsweetpea's Place-Day 2

2011-10-11T05:00:00.001-05:00

Hi Guys!
It's Kristin from Lilsweetpea's Place. I have another fun Halloween project to share with you today. Bag Toppers! What better way to dress up your goodies than to place them in a see through bag and top them? These Peachy Keen stamps were the perfect addition for my toppers.

Your Bag Toppers do not have to be any special shape. In fact I find the square gives me more room to create! These were so cute that I have already given them away. So don't forget this simple little gift giving idea for your little monsters. They'll just love them!

Many of you know that each Guest Designer is allowed to give-a-way free Peachy Keen product during their week in the spotlight. The sets that I will be giving away to one lucky winner are:

PK-647 Faceless Fall Fun
PK-550 Pumpkin Faces