Simply Crafts Challenge for July

Hi and Happy Independence Day! Today is the first Wednesday of the month which means Pam & I are doing another Simply Crafts Challenge. The cut for this challenge is the little girl in the airplane from the Cricut Lite Beep Beep cartridge. If you would like to join in the challenge you can find more details HERE on the Simply Crafts Challenge blog.

Here is my card (I switched up the cut a little bit and made it a little boy instead of a little girl). I cut several of these and thought they would make some quick and cute thank you cards. Unfortunately all of the rest of the pieces are still sitting on my desk just waiting to be put together. I just haven't had much time for crafting right now, but when I do, they will be waiting for me.

The darling face on this little boy is a sneak peek from the newest Peachy Keen Stamps release. Isn't it such a sweet face? The adorable embossed clouds are from Emma's most recent release Fly Away With Me Dies and the sentiments come from the Fly Away with Me Sentiments.

Make sure to stop by Pam's blog to see what she made with this cut and go to Simply Crafts Challenge blog if you would like to play along. Have a terrific day. Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Cricut Lite Beep Beep
Peachy Keen Stamps
My Creative Time Dies - Fly Away With Me Dies
My Creative Time stamps - Fly Away With Me Sentiments
Sakura Gellyroll Pen
Chalk

Peachy Keen Connection Halloween Card Swap

Hello sweet crafting friends. Today I'm sharing wonderful Peachy Keen creations that were NOT made by me, but that I received in an awesome Halloween card swap I participated in over on the Peachy Keen Connection. All I have to say is THANK YOU so much Miss Lorie Souther (The Thinkin' Spot), for putting the swap together and being such an amazing HOSTESS!!!! This swap was AMAZING! Below I will show you the five cards that I received in exchange for 5 of THIS same card that I will link to HERE.

So here we go... If the person who made the card left a name and or blog then I will share that along with their picture so you can see what other beautiful creations they make.

This Jeepers Creepers card was made by Saundra of Luv Scrapping Together. I'm a huge fan of Saundra's she makes beautiful and detailed creations. Don't you love the details on this darling monster card?!! I know I do, embossing, glitter, glossy accents, inking, you name it!

This little darling was made by Andrea Asher and her blog is called A Pink Rose. The little details on this one are so fun. That little spider is dangling down and of course I love the darling faces on the pumpkins. And that bat bow tie that the bear is wearing is total genius. I love it!

This darling card was made by Dawn Gail and is a shaped easel card that is held up with that pretty rosette. It is so cute! I just love how the witch is wearing nail polish a ring and everything. These ladies really added those amazing finishing touches to these cards.

I don't know who made this one because they didn't include their name, but I love it. Those happy lashes faces just make me smile and I love the placement of the bat and sentiment. Plus the ghost and sentiment are PERFECTLY outlined in Stickles. This is a pocket card  and I love it. If you are the maker of this card, let me know and I will add your name and a link to your blog if you have one :).

And last, but MOST definitely not least is this beauty...

I don't know who made this card either, but it is SO cool. The image is colored and there is a shadow around the image and under some of the words. The edges are inked up and then the whole center piece is covered in glossy accents or a similar sort of product. It is SO neat. And then of course there is just the beautiful clean design of it too. So, once again, if you are the one who made this card send me your name and/or blog address and I will link you right on up.

Aren't these all AMAZING?! I just LOVE looking at these and I don't think I'm going to be able to part with them they will just have to stay here and give me added inspiration.

This was my first card swap and thanks to Lorie, everything went beautifully. I would definitely join in one of these again, especially if it was put together this well !!!! Thanks again Lorie and thanks to all of you talented ladies who joined in the fun too! Hugs- Glora

Frankenstein Shape Card

I know we are a long way from Halloween still, but I had these cute Peachy Keen halloween and fall face stamps and had to put them to use and soon (these stamps are discontinued but SO CUTE) . So here is yet another Halloween card. I have Frankenstein's Bride designed but I didn't have time to cut it out and put it together... so that will have to wait for another day.

I thought it would be fun to put names on the wooden sign and use these as name plates for a Halloween party. Here is a view of the card opened up.

I'm entering this for 40:31 Creations Halloween Challenge and Erin Lee Creative's Halloween Challenge.

This little Frankenstein is from the Paper Doll Dress Up, Cricut cartridge.

Halloween Window Card

My Creative Time had another Throwback Thursday Challenge. This challenge was to use a frame and to use Paper Doll Dress Up. I love this cartridge and I had a lot of fun with the challenge. I took Emma's idea of doing a lift up shaped frame and then I made it into a trifold card. This is what it looks like a folded up.

Then when you lift the spider web this is what you see...

Then when you pull down the spider flap you get this...

The pictures didn't turn out the best, so watch this video below. I used coredinations couture cardstock and all of that glitter doesn't photograph too well, but it is really fun to work with.

I used some Peach Keen fall face stamps that are discontinued now, but they made for some super cute faces on the ghost and the spider.


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Adorable Tear Bear

I finally got a chance to play with the adorable Peachy Keen - CottageCutz Tear Bear. It is SO cute and the creative possibilities are endless. I LOVE adorable, cuddly, little bears and wanted to make mine soft and cuddly too. Isn't she sweet?

Here is a close up where you can see the soft fun flock on the sweet little bear.

This card was made using the Peachy Keen - Cottage Cutz Tear Bear die and coordinating stamps. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the background paper and to cut out my die. I used my Xyron to apply adhesive and fun flock to the bear. I stamped the face with Staz-on ink and it stamped but it was a little bit too faint, because of the fun flock, so I used my bic ultra thin pen to carefully darken in the cute stamped face. I chalked the edges of the bear and added some blush and pink to the inner ears. I also added a stamped sentiment and some ribbon.

If you are interested below is a little more information on using your Xyron to apply glitter or fun flock:
I have enjoyed using my Xyron to apply glitter and fun flock before but on occasion a piece will come out without adhesive covering it completely. When that happened I thought I had to recut the piece and try running it through the Xyron again to get good coverage. I watched an awesome video by Kimberly at My Craft Spot that suggested just adding a little tape adhesive to the unapplied area. I tried it because a couple of my pieces didn't come out completely covered and it worked like a charm. If you are interest in seeing a video tutorial on this process click on this link. She does an awesome job.

PKS Challenge 34

Peachy Keen Stamps is having another sketch challenge on their challenge blog. It is another super cute sketch. I just had to use one of my new die and stamp sets for this challenge. I ended up chosing the cute penguin for this project and I can't wait to put something together with the adorable little tear bear.

Below is the cute sketch we were given to work with.

I used the following items: Planting Schoolbook for the scalloped edge, George and Basic Shapes for the ovals and rectangels and Alphalicious for the cute scalloped oval. Of course my awesome amie, Gypsy, helped me size everything. And of course I used the ADORABLE Cottage Cutz Penguin Doll die and stamp set from Peachy Keen and The Scrapping Cottage.

Below is a close up of that cute little penguin. I chalked around the edges, but unfortunately I couldn't get it to photograph very well. Oh well, she is such a cutie and super simple to assemble!

My Peachy Prizes

Woo Hoo! My Peachy Keen - Cottage Cutz penguin and tear bear die cuts and stamps arrived in the mail! I have already played with the penguin for this weeks Peachy Keen challenge. I will be posting that soon. I can't wait to play with the darling tear bear too. These are just TOO cute!!!

I Won x 2!!!

I'm not typically a person that wins things. You know some people just seem to be more lucky than others. Well, my luck changed on Monday and I won two of my favorite Peachy Keen - Cottage Cutz dies. Below are pictures of these adorable little wonders :)! I'm so SUPER happy! Did I mention that I LOVE teddy bears and penguins. I couldn't believe that I won and then to find out that I won my two favorite sets! Woo Hoo!

I Met The Pink Stamper

Robyn, also know as The Pink Stamper or My Pink Stamper, who lives in the midwest, is in Utah for her sister's wedding. She said she was going to be at Chuck E Cheese at lunch time yesterday and would love to meet up if anyone wanted to. Chuck E Cheese is so close to my house that I thought it would be fun to meet her if it worked into our schedule (my morning to noon was super busy, but the afternoon was completely open). Robyn was going to be there in the afternoon, so I asked my daughter if she would like to go and of course she WANTED to go to Chuck E Cheese. Imagine that!

It was kind of crazy keeping tabs on the kids and chatting inbetween. But I had a great time talking to her and two of her other fans Anne & Cathie. They were all incredibly nice and real down to earth people! It was a blast!!! When we got home from Chuck E Cheese my daughter told me, in reference to Robyn, "You are SO LUCKY to have met one of the BEST scrapbooker's in the WORLD!" It was seriously too cute!

Robyn makes videos (mostly Cricut videos) that are very informative and helpful. I came across her site a little over a year ago when I was looking to find out how to use the Cricut markers with my baby bug. I wanted to use the markers and then cut the image and knew that if I unloaded the mat that they wouldn't line up perfectly to cut. I googled "how to use cricut markers" and found a post on the Cricut forum that gave a link to Robyn's video on how to do just that. I must admit that I have been hooked ever since. Her videos are awesome and she isn't afraid to show us that things don't always go perfectly the first time. She has introduced me to how to unmount my rubber stamps and to the INCREDIBLE world of Peachy Keen Stamps. She has even talked me into buying a few Cricut cartridges that I didn't neccessarily think I wanted until I saw her use them. She has given me some great Cricut tips and tricks. She is just a fun and bubbly person and tries to help inspire everyone to do the best they can. She is totally the same in person and I'm glad I got to meet her. Thanks Robyn! You are awesome!

My Happy News

Last week I said that I had something to share that I was SUPER excited about. Well here it is, I was chosen for the Customer Spotlight of the Cricut Chirp Newsletter. I have only submitted a couple of projects in the past but I was so excited to find out I won this time. To make things even sweeter I found out on my birthday. This has been an AWESOME birthday week. I can hardly believe I won the Peachy Keen Stamps challenge and that I am the Customer Spotlight for the Chirp. Will somebody pinch me please :).

I Can't Believe It...

I can't believe it! I won the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge #27. I am SO excited! Click on this link to go to the winning card and click on this link to go to the Peachy Keen Challenge #27. Then you can see all of the awesome cards that the design team and other paper crafters made. Have a super fabulous day, I know I am!