Gilby's Makeover Walk

Hello sweet friends. Welcome to Gilby's Makeover Walk. We are celebrating Wendy and Gilby's new blog look with a puppy walk and I'm so happy to have you here. If you came here from my sweet friend Emma's awesome blog than you are in the right place. If you just happened upon this puppy walk, make sure to start back at Wendy's blog to get the whole walk in.

We were each asked to do a 'makeover' project. I was excited because this was an idea my husband suggested to me a while ago but I just never got around to doing. Basically a before and after paperdoll makeover. What I mean by that, is I want to show you what my paperdolls looked like before discovering Peachy Keen Stamps and then what they look like now. Here is the before card:

I really loved this card when I made it 5 years ago and that is why I actually have a picture of it. I think she turned out pretty cute, but I always had the hardest time getting the eyes and mouth even. Plus it is a pretty simple card, nothing wrong with simple, I just like that I've learned to do more with my cards when I want to.

5 years later here is the 'makeover' card:

I hope you like it because I LOVE it!!! Isn't her sweet Peachy Keen Stamps face perfect?!!! This face comes from a set that I use a lot called Simple Sallies. I love Peachy Keen Stamps because I get perfect little faces for my projects!!!! In addition, when I discovered Peachy Keen Stamps I also discovered Emma and Nikki's blogs. Thanks to their inspiration over the past couple of years, I have started adding stitching and doodling to projects. It adds so much to a project. And about 10 months ago Emma at My Creative Time started making stamps!!! She has got an awesome variety of beautiful sentiment stamps that work perfectly for just about any occasion. The beautiful 'magical memories' sentiment is from her Fun in the Sun stamp set and the 'thank you' is from her Follow Your Dreams stamp set. I think they look just right on here. I can't wait to give this thank you card to my parents after our next trip to Disneyland. I know they are going to love it!

Well that's it for my makeover project. Make sure you leave a comment on every blog while you are walking along so that you will have the maximum chances to win an awesome puppy treat!!! Wendy and Gilby have some awesome sponsors for this walk including: VK Design Company, My Creative Time, Peachy Keen Stamps, Buggaboo Stamps, Jen's Digi Stamps, Cutting Cafe, Pink By Design, Our Craft Lounge, My Pink Stamper, and Gilbyscraftster. WOW, what a list of sponsors - good luck and THANKS so much to the sponsors!!!

Your next stop on the walk is Jana! Click HERE to go to Jana's Blog.

If you get lost along the way, here is the lineup:

Wendy: http://www.gilbyscraftster.blogspot.com/
Angie: http://atuttletime.blogspot.com/
Brynn: http://www.flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/
Edna: http://expressionbypinke.blogspot.com/
Emma: http://www.creativetimeforme.com/
Glora: http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/ (you are HERE)
Jana: http://janabailey.blogspot.com/ (go HERE next)
Katie: http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/
Kendra: http://kendrawietstock.blogspot.com/
Paul: http://craftyblogocks.blogspot.com/
Princess Penelop: http://thescrapbookingqueen-princesspenelope.blogspot.com/
Shar: http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/
Tanya: http://little-scrapper.blogspot.com/
Theresa: www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
Tracy: http://www.craftjunkietoo.com/
Veronica: http://blog.vkdesigncompany.com/

Items Used:

My Creative Time stamps - Fun in the Sun
My Creative Tiem stamps - Follow Your Dreams
Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Sallies
Peachy Keen Stamps - Extra Small Polka Dot
Sizzix Paper Doll and Accessories (old red and yellow dies)
EK Success Mickey Icon punches
Disneyland - smallest Mickey Icon punch
Glossy Accents
Sakura White Gellyroll Pen
Versamarker
Twine
Adhesive Pearls
Chalk

Peachy Keen Stamps Guest Designer - Day 5

Hello my sweet Peachy lovin' friends. I can not believe this wonderful week has come to an end. I have absolutely LOVED sharing my love of Peachy Keen Stamps with all of you and I'm so thankful for Kathy, Angelica and the whole Peachy Family for giving me this, dream come true, opportunity! Thanks a million times over!!!!

My last back to school project is a banner. I used my daughter's school colors of blue, red and white and have it hanging up in our house. My girls LOVE this banner and I hope you do too. First I'll show you a picture of the whole banner and then we will zoom in on some of the details...

Left side closer up:

Middle closer up:

 

Right side closer up:

Okay now here is my first little banner holding girl:



I think this little girl is such a CUTIE especially thanks to her darling Peachy Face! I used 'Princess Faces' for her super sweet face. I also used a background stamp called 'Punched Tin' by Market Street Stamps for her dress. I seriously want dresses with that same pattern on it for my girls!

Here is the cute banner holding boy:

For this sweet little boy, I used one of my favorite go to stamp sets called 'Wide Eyed Kids'! LOVE these! And for his sports team numbers I used the awesome chunky numbers from Emma's 'Follow Your Dreams' stamp set. If any of you are BYU sport fans that number should look familiar ;).

And now for the last little banner holder:

Doesn't she look SO happy! I just love the 'Happy Lashes' set by Peachy Keen Stamps. It makes everything look SO super cute! For the dress I stamped it with the 'Extra Small Polka Dot' stamp by Peachy Keen Stamps.

Well, I think that's it. What a wonderful week!!!! Thanks so much for being so supportive and encouraging to me! You are all so very sweet and I hope that I can help to encourage you in your creative work as well. Hugs- Glora

The Blog Candy for this week, which was generously donated by Peachy Keen Stamps, is the new Winter Wonderland Face Assortment.

If you leave a comment here and on the Peachy Keen Stamps Home page each day this week, you will have up to 10 chances to win these adorable stamps. I will be drawing the winner on Saturday, August 27th. Best of luck!

Items Used:

Playtime Cricut Lite cartridge (children)
Birthday Bash (banner and letters)
Peachy Keen Stamps - Princess Faces (brunette girl)
Peachy Keen Stamps - Wide Eyed Kids (boy)
Peachy Keen Stamps - Happy Lashes (blond girl)
Peachy Keen Stamps - Extra Small Polka Dots (blond girl's dress)
My Creative Time Stamps - Follow Your Dreams (#'s on boys shirt)
Market Street Stamps - Punched Tin (brunette girl's dress)

Twine from The Twinery
Sakura White Gellyroll Pen
American Crafts black pen
Navy Zig Writer
Glossy Accents
Adhesive Pearls
Versamarker (highlight hair)
Chalk (blush)

Peachy Keen Stamps Guest Designer - Day 2

Hello friends, welcome to day 2 of my Peachy Keen Guest Designer Week. Today is the beginning of a new sketch challenge over at Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Blog and I am BEYOND thrilled to be designing along with the Peachy Keen Stamps Design Team. They are so talented, incredibly sweet and wonderful ladies. I am happy to say that I draw much inspiration from each of them and consider them dear friends!

For this sketch challenge there is a twist and that twist is to use BUTTONS somewhere on your project. Sticking with my 'Back to School' theme, I made an altered notebook for my daughter. This will be her 'School Journal' where she can practice her spelling words, write stories, draw pictures, etc.

Here is the beautiful sketch we are working with for this challenge! Don't forget to use BUTTONS when you join in the fun!

Here are a couple of closeups so you can see the details a little better.

Aren't these apples buttons ADORABLE? I fell in love with them and yes, I even stamped one of them with a Simple Sallies face.

I used the Snow Cuties Face for the girl's darling face, I used Simple Sallies for the face on the one little apple and I used the Extra Small Polka Dots for the polka dot print on my girl's shirt (I heat embossed it). All of these beautiful stamps are in the Peachy Keen store.

 I also used Emma's My Teacher Rocks! stamp set for both the little note in the girl's hand as well as the homework list on the chalk board. And last, but not least I used the beautiful Woodgrain background stamp from Market Street Stamps for the wood grain on the chalkboard. All of these stamps are manufactured by Peachy Keen Stamps and they are the best quality! I LOVE them!

Thanks so much for dropping by today!!! I appreciate all of you taking the time to support and encourage me. I hope that I do a little of the same in return. Have a wonderful day! HUGS- Glora

The Blog Candy for this week, which was generously donated by Peachy Keen Stamps, is the new Winter Wonderland Face Assortment.

If you leave a comment here and on the Peachy Keen Stamps Home page each day this week, you will have up to 10 chances to win these adorable stamps. I will be drawing the winner on Saturday, August 27th. Best of luck!

Items Used:

*Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge (Girl)
* Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge (banner shape and letters)
*A Child's Year Cricut cartridge (for the flag and flag pole - I cut the base out myself and had to do some paper piecing to make this one work)
*George and Basic Shapes (used rounded rectangles to make the chalk board)

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Snow Cuties
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Sallies
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Extra Small Polka Dots
*My Creative Time stamps - My Teacher Rocks!
*Market Street Stamps - Woodgrain
*Twine from The Twinery
*Sakura White Gellyroll pen
*American Crafts Black Pen
*Stickles
*Notebook

Day 4 Sneak Peek - My Creative Time August Stamp Release

Well it is the final day of sneak peeks over at My Creative Time and I just have to say that I'm totally in LOVE with today's die and stamp set. Emma has made the cutest die called the 'Embossed Gift Card Holder' and there are also some coordinating stamps called 'Gift Card Sentiments.' These are beautiful cursive sentiments that work perfectly with this die or even on there own. I LOVE them! Here is my birthday gift card holder for today's project:

And do you see that perfect stitching around the perimeter of the bottom part of the gift card? Those are stitched stamps that come with this awesome set of sentiments. I also made some cute polka dot patterned paper using the 'Extra Small Polka Dot' stamp by Peachy Keen Stamps.

Here is what the gift card holder looks like opened up:

Thanks for stopping by today, make sure that you stop by Emma's blog to see what she and the rest of my design team sisters have made with this die and stamp set. And here are the rules for this week again...

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!

Listen up "My Creative Time" friends! We are giving all of you an opportunity to win the BEST PRIZES EVER during Sneak peek week with a total of "6" winners to be announced during Friday's Stamp release! All you have to do is leave a comment HERE along w/the rest on the design teams blogs for a chance! There are some AWESOME prizes w/this release! Do you want to know what the "GRAND PRIZE" is? ONE LUCKY winner will be an "Honorary Guest Designer" for the "September" stamp release! YEP! you heard that right! One winner will receive ALL 4 of the new stamps along w/the dies for that month & you will be able to join us for the SNEAKY PEEK week along w/the blog hop! ALL you have to do to qualify for this is:

1. SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release & whatever connections you may have! Let us know on "My Creative Time's" FB page here that you did so! OR you can just tag Emma in your post! and.............

2. Just comment on ALL of the designers blogs EVERYDAY during Sneaky Peek week! THAT's ALL you have to do to qualify for the BEST giveaways EVER!;)

All winners will "randomly" get chosen and Emma will announce all six winners on Friday, August 19th @ 8am pst in her video during the release of this AMAZING new stamp collection & dies! GOOD LUCK! Log onto to your facebook now & let start spreading word!;)

Items Used:

*Sweet Treats Cricut cartridge

*My Creative Time stamps - Gift Card Sentiments

*My Creative Time Dies - Embossed Gift Card Holder

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Extra Small Polka Dot

*Core'dinations Cardstock for all paper

*Twine from The Twinery

*Prima Flowers

*Glitter Brads

*Brown Zig Marker