Friday, June 29, 2012

Happy Birthday Tutu You!

Here is a more detailed look at another card from the Peachy Keen Stamps and Core'dinations Blog Hop. 



The card base comes from the Create a Critter cartridge sized at 4.25 x 5.5". The background rectangle was hand cut at 3.5" x 4.75". This cute ballerina alligator came from the Twinkle Toes Cricut Lite cartridge, I cut her at 4". The sentiment for this card come from the June 2012 Stamp Kit of the Month by Peachy Keen Stamp. The perfect little face came from the Funshine Faces Side Views stamp set by Peachy Keen Stamps. I used some Stickles and bling to add some fun sparkle. All of the papers are Core'dinations and the white background paper is pre-embossed. All of the edges are inked with Tim Holtz Distress Inks and I also did a lot of faux stitching with my Sakura GellyRoll Pen.

Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Create a Critter cartridge
Twinkle Toes Cricut Lite cartridge
Peachy Keen Stamps - June 2012 SKOTM
Peachy Keen Stamps - Funshine Faces Side Views
Core'dination Cardstock
Tim Holtz Inks
Sakura GellyRoll Pen

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Hope You Have a Turtley Tubular Birthday!

Hi and welcome to my Wobble Wednesday post. I made this card a while ago and gave you a glimpse at it but here is a more detailed look at my turtle card from the Peachy Keen Stamps and Core'dinations Blog Hop. 


The card base comes from the Create a Critter cartridge sized at 4.25 x 5.5". The background rectangle was hand cut at 3.5" x 4.75". This awesome turtle is also from the Create a Critter cartridge. I cut him at 2". The sentiment for this card come from the June 2012 Stamp Kit of the Month by Peachy Keen Stamp, I just masked parts of a few sentiments to make just what I wanted. This sweet little face came from the Snow Cuties stamp set by Peachy Keen Stamps. All of the papers are Core'dinations. I embossed the brown background with the Herringbone CuttleBug embossing folder and sanded it with the Core'dinations Sander. This cute turtle is on an Action Wobble too. I inked all of the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Inks and I also did a lot of faux stitching with my Sakura GellyRoll Pen.

I hope you will join in the Wobble Wednesday Challenge if you get a chance. The challenge is to use the colors green & brown.

Have a Turtley Tubular day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Create a Critter cartridge
Peachy Keen Stamps - June 2012 SKOTM
Peachy Keen Stamps - Snow Cuties
Action Wobble
Cuttlebug - Herringbone
Core'dinations Cardstock
Core'dinations Sander
Tim Holtz Inks
Sakura GellyRoll Pen

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

My New Arrival

Hi everyone, I had several requests for a picture of my new little one, so I thought I would share a couple of  my favorite pictures.

Here he is with me and my husband.


And here is one of me and my baby...


I just LOVE this little sweet heart! I'm so thankful to have him as the newest addition to our family. Have a great day! Hugs- Glora

Monday, June 25, 2012

Bee-utiful Birthday Wishes

Here is another card, in detail, from the Peachy Keen Stamps and Core'dinations Blog Hop. 



The card base comes from the Create a Critter cartridge sized at 4.25 x 5.5". The background rectangle was hand cut at 3.5" x 4.75". This bee came from the Create a Critter cartridge and I cut her at 3.75". The sentiment for this card come from the Peachy Keen Stamp set called Bee Happy. Her darling face comes from the Snow Cuties face assortment. I used some Stickles and rhinestones to sparkle her up. All of the papers are Core'dinations and I used the Core'dinations sander on my embossed background. I used the Bloom Dot Cuttlebug Embossing Folder for the background.All of the edges are inked with Tim Holtz Distress Inks and I also did a lot of faux stitching with my Sakura GellyRoll Pen. The bee is also on an Action Wobble which makes it fun and interactive too.

Have a terrific day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Create a Critter cartridge
Peachy Keen Stamps - Bee Happy
Peachy Keen Stamps - Snow Cuties
Action Wobbles
Core'dination Cardstock
Core'dinations Sander
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder- Bloom Dot
Tim Holtz Inks
Sakura GellyRoll Pen

Friday, June 22, 2012

Welcome Baby Banner

If you are looking for the My Creative Time June Release Blog Hop make sure to scroll down to the next post.

Hi sweet Peachy Keen Fans. Today is my day to post on the Peachy Keen Blog and I have a fun little 'welcome home baby' door sized banner to share with you.

Here is the whole banner so you can get an idea of how it looks all together.


And here is a closer shot:


All of the light blue paper was stamped with a background stamp by Peachy Keen Stamps called Grampa's Pajamas. I think it looks so sweet on here. The banner pieces are cut from the Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge and the letters are cut from the Pooh Font Cricut cartridge. I added eyelets and inking to each banner piece. I also added some faux stitching around each letter.

I love how sweet these little babies turned out with their Peachy faces, so I have a closeup of each baby:



The babies are cut from the New Arrival Cricut cartridge and their sweet faces are from the Just Baby Faces Assortment by Peachy Keen Stamps. I chalked the edges and cheeks and added some Glossy Accents to the eyes. The banner is connected with some tricolor Trendy Twine.

I hope you enjoyed this banner and I hope you have a wonderful day. Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

New Arrival Cricut cartridge
Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge
Pooh Font Cricut cartridge
Peachy Keen Stamps - Grampa's Pajamas
Peachy Keen Stamps - Just Baby Faces
Twine from Trendy Twine
Chalk
Glossy Accents
Sakura Gellyroll Pen

Thursday, June 21, 2012

MCT June Release Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the My Creative Time June Release Blog Hop. You should have arrived here from Cindy's Blog. If not, make sure to get the whole hop in by starting at Emma's blog.

I am just LOVING these new sets and I thought that this airplane would be so cute with a welcome baby banner coming from it. This sentiment from the All Star Baby stamp set fit perfectly.


This is a clean and simple card, but I love how it turned out. I used the airplane die cut from the Fly Away with Me Die set and then I stamped and inked up the airplane image from the Fly Away with Me stamp set. The banner die comes with the Fly Away with Me Sentiments stamp set and I used some hemp from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique to tie it to the airplane. The 'welcome sweet baby' sentiment comes from Emma's previously released All Star Baby stamp set. The cloud background is made using the Cloudy Day background stamp by Peachy Keen Stamps. The light blue was done using Broken China Distress Ink by Tim Holtz.The white background was made by embossing it with the Swiss Dot CuttleBug embossing folder and adding a couple of score lines using my Martha Stewart Score Board.

***GIVEWAY ALERT***
ONE LUCKY WINNER can choose $50 worth of Emma's products from her store HERE! You NEVER know, Emma just "might" feel generous & choose more than one winner, for some other FUN prizes as well!  All you have to do is leave a comment here & for MORE CHANCES, leave a comment on ALL blogs in this hop!  Also leave a way for us to contact you!  Emma will use random.org to pick the lucky winners from ALL THE COMMENTS COMBINED!!! So, you actually have 21 chances to win~!  Again, All you have to do is leave a comment on all blogs in this hop for more chances to win! The deadline is Sunday, June 24th at midnight PST! EASY PEASY!!! GOOD LUCK!:)

Your next stop on the hop is Jeanne's Blog. Click HERE to go to her blog.

Here is the full blog hop line up in case you get lost along the way:


Items Used:

My Creative Time stamps - Fly Away with Me
My Creative Time stamps - Fly Away with Me Sentiments
My Creative Time stamps - All Star Baby
My Creative Time Dies - Fly Away with Me Dies
Peachy Keen Stamps - Cloudy Day
Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Martha Stewart Score Board

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

MCT June Release Sneak Peek Day #2

Hi My Creative Time fans, it is time for another awesome My Creative Time release. I'm not really scheduled to post today, but I love these sets so much that I couldn't resist making an extra card to post today.


Isn't this little girl so sweet? I love that she can be holding these balloons or a kite. These stamps are so versatile. I was in a watercoloring mood so I used my watercolor pencils for my card today. I think it gives this a soft whimsical sort of look. The girl and the balloons are both from the Fly Away With Me stamp set from the June release. For the sentiment I used Emma's previously released Many Greetings stamp set. I love this particular thank you sentiment with a bunch of balloons or a bunch of flowers, hey, you could even use it with a bunch of grapes or bananas. I used Hemp from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique and I embossed the pink background with the Polka Dots CuttleBug embossing folder. I just made the polka dots POP a little more by inking them lightly with some white chalk ink. I love to do that with my dry embossing.

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
With all of our Sneak Peeks week, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!
 ***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! It is NOT required to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!
 ***SPREAD THE WORD ON FACEBOOK about this release and whatever connections you may have! Let us know on "My Creative Time's" FB page here http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Creative-Time/364568506334 that you did so! OR you can just tag Emma in your post!
 Emma will randomly pick and announce all winners on Thursday, June 21st during the blog hop release happening @ 12:01am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!
 Log onto to your facebook now and let's start spreading word!;)

Make sure you stop by Emma's blog so that you can see what she and everyone else has created using these awesome new stamp and die sets. Have a wonderful day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

My Creative Time stamps - Fly Away with Me
My Creative Time stamps - Many Greetings
Hemp from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique
Polka Dots CuttleBug embossing folder
Watercolor Pencils

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

MCT June Release Sneak Peek Day 1

Hi My Creative Time fans, it is time for another awesome My Creative Time release. I think you are REALLY going to LOVE this release there are SO many fantastic ways to mix and match these sets.

I have two small 3.5" x 3.5" cards to share today. I love this size for a quick little note.


I used the balloon die and then paper pieced the hot air balloon with paper from the DCWV - All About Boys paper stack. The hot air balloon can be found on the Fly Away with Me stamp set, the hot air balloon die is on the Fly Away with Me Dies set and the sentiment and wavy banner are both part of the Fly Away with Me Sentiments set.

Here is my second little card:


For this card I used the airplane from the Fly Away with Me stamp set and the sentiment from the Fly Away with Me Sentiments stamp set. The cloud background is by Peachy Keen stamps and is called Cloudy Day.

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
With all of our Sneak Peeks week, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!
 ***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! It is NOT required to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!
 ***SPREAD THE WORD ON FACEBOOK about this release & whatever connections you may have! Let us know on "My Creative Time's" FB page here http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Creative-Time/364568506334 that you did so! OR you can just tag Emma in your post!
 Emma will randomly pick & announce all winners on Thursday, June 21st during the blog hop release happening @ 12:01am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!
 Log onto to your facebook now & let start spreading word!;)

Make sure you stop by Emma's blog so that you can see what she and everyone else has created using these awesome new stamp and die sets. Have a wonderful day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

My Creative Time stamps - Fly Away with Me
My Creative Time stamps - Fly Away with Me Sentiments
My Creative Time Dies - Fly Away with Me Dies
Peachy Keen Stamps - Cloudy Day
Sakura Gellyroll Pen
DCWV - All About Boys

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Wishing you a Fairy Happy Birthday

Here is the first card in detail from the Peachy Keen Stamps and Core'dinations Blog hop a couple of weeks ago. This card is one of my favorites because of the colors and because I absolutely LOVE Teddy Bears. 


The card base comes from the Create a Critter cartridge sized at 4.25 x 5.5". The background rectangle was hand cut at 3.5" x 4.75". This little bear came from the Twinkle Toes Cricut Lite cartridge. I cut her at 3.5". I used a star paper punch to make her a wand. The sentiment for this card come from the Peachy Keen Stamp set called Mini Fairies and Girl Gnomes. Her darling face comes from the Here Kitty Kitty 1 1/8" face assortment. I used some Stickles and Glossy Accents. All of the papers are Core'dinations and I also used the Core'dinations sander on the pre-embossed polka dot background and the bears ears and tummy. All of the edges are inked with Tim Holtz Distress Inks and I also did a lot of faux stitching with my Sakura GellyRoll Pen.

I hope you have a terrific day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Twinkle Toes Cricut Lite cartridge
Create a Critter cartridge
Peachy Keen Stamps - Mini Fairies and Girl Gnomes
Peachy Keen Stamps - Here Kitty Kitty 1 1/8"
Core'dination Cardstock
Core'dinations Sander
Tim Holtz Inks
Sakura GellyRoll Pen

Thursday, June 14, 2012

PKS Challenge 22: Sketch Challenge

Yay, it is time for another Peachy Keen Challenge and this one is a sketch challenge. I totally LOVE this sketch and I'm certain I will be using it again. Sometimes a sketch is the perfect thing to strike up some creative inspiration and I think this sketch would look really cute flipped at a 90 degree angle too. I can't wait to see what you all come up with.


This turned out to be a simple and fun masculine birthday card. I used PK-117 Picnic Tablecloth Background by Peachy Keen Stamps for the background. The hamburger came from PK-114 Hot Diggity Dog and the sentiment came from PKSC-04 the April 2012 SKOTM. I paper pieced the layers and inked them up to add some shading.


Make sure you stop by the PKS Challenge Blog to see what the assigned Design Team Members came up with for this awesome sketch. Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Peachy Keen Stamps - Picnic Tablecloth
Peachy Keen Stamps - Hot Diggity Dog
Peachy Keen Stamps - April 2012 SKOTM
Inks for inking

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

MCT 3D Wednesday - REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

Hello My Creative Time friends. Today our 3D projects are all about being environmentally friendly. We are Reducing, Reusing and Recycling to make our projects. For my project I used a soup can that would have gone in the garbage and all of the paper was from scraps that could have been thrown away.

I decided to make a little 'Summer Can of Fun.' This can will have little pieces of paper inside with different activities that my girls and I can do this summer. Once homework and chores are done, they can pick a fun activity from the can. I think it will be a huge hit!


I used two My Creative Time stamp sets to make this. The first set is Have Fun in the Sun and the second was All Around Everything Accessories. I just randomly stamped sentiment on the red background paper and on the piece of white cardstock I did flip-flops in various colors. The end touch was some orange twill ribbon by Celebrate It.

Don't forget to stop by Emma's Blog to see a lot of awesome projects. Have a terrific day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

My Creative Time - Have Fun in the Sun
My Creative Time stamps - All Around Everything Accessories
Twill Ribbon
Watercolor Pencils
Soup Can
Scrap Paper

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Core'dinations and Peachy Keen Stamps Blog Hop Day 2

Hello and welcome to the Core'dinations and Peachy Keen Stamps Blog Hop. If you came here from Lydia's blog you are in the right spot, if not make sure to start back at the Peachy Keen Stamps blog so you can get the full hop in.

I was excited to participate in this hop because I love both Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock and Peachy Keen Stamps. In fact so much so that I got a little carried away and made a gift box filled with 6 birthday cards. Every piece of paper on this post is by Core'dinations and there are lots of Peachy Keen Stamps and sentiments all over on here too.

This is the gift box:


Aren't those cupcakes sweet? I paper pieced them and they are from the April 2012 SKOTM. The sentiment is from the With a Cherry on Top stamp set and the faces are the 1 1/8" Cherub Faces by Peachy Keen Stamps. I added some Stickles and some hemp from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique and all of the paper is by Core'dinations (some of the paper is pre-embossed polka dot paper in a small and large polka dot, it is SO pretty).

Here is a different angle on the box:


When you open up the box there are 6 A2 (4.25"x 5.5") sized birthday cards and envelopes.


I'm not going to go into detail on each of these cards except to tell you which Peachy Keen stamp sets I used. I don't want to keep you too long. However, over the next few weeks I will be occasionally showing one of these cards and giving you the full details as to cartridges, embossing folders, stamps and other supplies used. 


For the bee I used Snow Cuties for the face and Bee Happy for the sentiment.
I used the June 2012 SKOTM for the sentiment on the bird card and the bird's eye is from the Baby Animal Faces.


For the bear card I used the Here Kitty Kitty faces and the sentiment is from the Fairy Miny Set stamp set.
For the alligator I used a sentiment from the June 2012 SKOTM and the face is from the Funshine Faces Side Views.


The sentiments on both of these comes from the June 2012 SKOTM. The frog face is from the Baby Animal Faces stamp set and the turtle face is from the Snow Cuties stamp set.

I am the last stop on the hop and I hope you have had fun. Make sure to enter the Rafflecopter drawing at Peachy Keen Stamps and the Core'dinations blog for a chance to win one of these awesome prizes, you have until Sunday, June 10th at 11:59 pm (EST) to enter for these prizes:



Have a terrific day! Hugs- Glora

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

My Creative Time 3D Wednesdays

This is my 2nd post for today. If you would like to see details about the current Simply Crafts Challenge scroll down to the next post or click HERE.

Today at My Creative Time we are all making projects with a "Father's Day" or "masculine" theme.

Well I was glancing through some SVG's and saw this really cute soda pop and tie idea and thought I would like to make something like that so I borrowed that idea (I think it was from Lettering Delights but I don't remember for sure). Then my mind went to work and came up with an original idea too (at least as far as I know it is an original idea)! I thought about how cute a bag of microwave popcorn would look dressed up like a man's dress shirt. I love how these came out and I hope you like them too.


I thought they both were kind of a fun twist on the word POPS since I used 'POP'corn and soda 'POP' and sometimes we call our dad 'POP' or 'POPS.' Plus it was super convenient that Emma just came out with this PERFECT stamp set called Here's Lookin' At You. POPS is one of the sentiments and you can mix and match it with a bunch of other AWESOME sentiments. I LOVE how these turned out and I hope you do too!

If you are interested in details on how to make these, here you go...

For the soda pop I used a 2 liter of soda and then I cut the collar and tie image from the Designer's Calendar Cricut Cartridge at 11". This image does not have a layer feature, however, you can just cut it out twice once in white and once with a patterned paper. Then you can cut the tie part out of the patterned paper with a couple of quick snips of the scissors and adhere it to the white piece. Super duper easy. Then I just stamped the sentiment 'POPS' from Here's Lookin' At You and I stamped 'you are simply the BEST!' from the same set. I inked the edges and wrapped the collar around the soda and stuck it together. Then I added a button to the top of the collar and I was done. This took hardly any time at all.


For the popcorn. I cut a white piece of paper 7" x 11" (this is the piece to wrap around the popcorn). I cut a thin strip 1/2" x 7" for the middle of the shirt. I cut the same collar and tie image from the Designer's Calendar Cricut cartridge at 7" this time. I cut it out in white and patterned paper so I could get the tie layer. I inked around all of the pieces and then adhered them to the middle of the 7" x 11" piece of paper. Then I trimmed the top of the collar off and curved around the neck part as well. I added two buttons one at the collar and one at the bottom and then I added the 'POPS' sentiment to the 'It's your Day!' sentiment from the Here's Lookin' At You stamp set by Emma at My Creative Time. Then I centered it and wrapped it around the popcorn and glued it down. The patterned paper on both of these is from the All About Boys paper pad by DCWV.

Make sure to stop by Emma's blog to see what AWESOME projects she and the rest of the team have in store for you! Have a terrific day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Designer's Calendar Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time stamps - Here's Lookin' At You
DCWV - All About Boys
Ink for inking edges
buttons
microwave popcorn
soda pop

Simply Crafts Challenge for June

Hi and welcome to another Simply Crafts Challenge. Today Pam picked the cut and she chose the rounded star cut from off of the Baby Steps Cricut cartridge. I love this cartridge and I also have a new nephew that could be born any day so I figured I would use this cut and make a baby card for him. If you are interested in joining this challenge go to the Simply Crafts Challenge Blog, HERE, for more details.


Isn't that little bear hugging the star so cute? I seriously can not get enough of this darling baby cartridge. My card is 5.5" x 5.5" with the blue layer cut at 5.25"x 5.25". I cut out the star and bear cut from the Baby Steps cartridge at 5". I stamped his darling face with the Critter Faces (Large) stamps by Peachy Keen Stamps. And that perfect sentiment comes from My Creative Time's All Star Baby stamp set. I inked all the edges and added some faux stitching as well. The pretty blue hemp in the background is from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique.

Make sure to stop by Pam's blog and see more details on her card HERE, and if you would like to join in on the challenge go to the Simply Crafts Challenge Blog, HERE.

The prize that will be randomly given for participating in the challenge is this awesome background stamp pictured below. It is called Cloudy Day and is a full A2 sized background stamp by Peachy Keen Stamps.


Thanks for stopping by today! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Baby Steps Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time stamps - All Star Baby
Peachy Keen Stamps - Critter Faces (large)
Hemp from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique
Glossy Accents
Adhesive rhinestones
Sakura Black Gelly Roll Pen
DCWV - Nana's Nursery (blue paper)
Doodlebug Design - Petite Prints (yellow paper)

Monday, June 4, 2012

Peachy Keen Stamps June 2012 SKOTM Sneaks

Hello Peachy Keen fans. Have you been LOVING all the June 2012 Stamp Kit of the Month sneaks you have been seeing? I know I have. This set is AWESOME and all of the design team members have come up with so many wonderful ways to use these stamps.

I have two cards to share with you today EXCLUSIVELY using the June 2012 Stamp Kit of Month. I didn't use any of the add on sets for either of these.


Isn't that just the cutest frog? There are two faces for it so you can make some darling little girl or boy frogs. I paper pieced these frogs using paper by DCWV - Nana's Nursery. The bellies were colored with Copics and I put chalk on the cheeks and glossy accents on the eyes. Pretty simple. All of the paper on this card is from the DCWV - Nana's Nursery mat stack.

And here is my second card...


I cannot tell you how in LOVE I am with these cute turtles and their ADORABLE little faces. I'm certain I will be using these faces for a lot more critters to come. For my top sentiment I did a little masking to get this sentiment and the Thank You is on this set as well. I colored my turtles with Copics and used X-Press It Blending Cardstock. All of the patterned paper is from the DCWV - Lemon Flower mat stack.

Make sure to stop by the Peachy Keen Stamps blog to see the rest of the sneak peeks for today. I know you will LOVE what these AMAZING ladies came up with. Have a PEACHY day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used Frog Card:

Peachy Keen Stamps - June 2012 SKOTM
DCWV - Nana's Nursery
Copics
Glossy Accents
Chalk
Sakura Gelly Roll Pen

Items Used Turtle Card:

Peachy Keen Stamps - June 2012 SKOTM
DCWV - Lemon Flower
Copics
X-Press It Blending Cardstock 
Glossy Accents
Sakura Gellyroll Pens
Chalk

Friday, June 1, 2012

Mother's Day Card

I noticed that I forgot to post the simple card that I made for my Mom for Mother's Day.



This was a larger card sized 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of cardstock folded in half for the base). The flower cut is from the Smiley Cards Cricut cartridge. The beautiful sentiment is from Emma's More Gift Card Sentiments and the sweet face is one of the 4" faces by Peachy Keen Stamps called 4" Happy Lash Simple Smile. I inked and faux stitched all the edges and added chalk cheeks and glossy accents.

Hugs- Glora
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