THANK YOU!!! {Very EXCITING news}

I don't even know where to start, I've been on cloud 9 the past couple of days since I learned that I was chosen as a new Peachy Keen Stamps Design Team member for 2012. This is absolutely a dream come true!!!

Here is a quick card that I made to say Thank You!!!

I have a huge list of THANK YOU's to give out! First of all I want to thank Angelica and Kathy for giving me this amazing opportunity! Peachy Keen Stamps is the whole reason that I started my blog. I found them, wanted to join in their brand new challenges and so I started a blog! Angelica and Kathy have been so sweet to me and I can not wait to work with them more closely!

I also want to thank the ORIGINAL Peachy Keen Design Team! I just LOVE you girls. You have enabled me like crazy! You have each taught me SO much! And you have always been some of my #1 cheerleaders! I'm glad to know that you will NEVER be very far away! Thank you so much!

I also want to thank Emma in particular. She noticed me when I was basically a no one in the blogging world. She saw something in me I didn't see in myself and I will FOREVER be grateful for her faith in me! She asked me to join her team last year and I can't tell you what a blessing that has been! Thank YOU EMMA!

I want to thank my husband and family for being my VERY best cheerleaders and supporters! YOU ARE THE BEST EVER and I LOVE YOU!!!

And last of all, but most definitely not least I want to thank ALL of you crafting buddies! I can't tell you how many of you sent me e-mails and messages hoping I would try out for the team and cheering me on! I think you are all amazing!!! There are too many to list, but you know who you are and I LOVE and appreciate you!

I also know that a lot of you tried out for the team and I REALLY hope you will try again next year because you are ALL so talented!

Much love & Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Twinkle Toes Cricut Lite cartridge
My Creative Time stamps - So Grateful For You
My Creative Time Dies - Stitched Oval Die
Peachy Keen Stamps - Wide Eyed Kids
Sakura White & Black Medium Point Gellyroll Pens
Adhesive Pearls

Make a Wish, Fairy Birthday Card

My daughter recently had a birthday and she made sure to tell me what kind of a birthday card she wanted. She wanted TinkerBell's fairy friend Fawn on it. This is a very fitting choice for my daughter because she LOVES animals and Fawn is an Animal Fairy. Anyway, I had two options for Fawn my TinkerBell Cricut cartridge or some EK Success Fairy Stamps that I have had for a couple of years. I just happened to be in the mood for coloring so the stamps won over the debate. And here is her card:

The beautiful orange background paper is made with a background stamp by Market Street Stamps called Punched Tin. I stamped it with watermark ink then embossed it with clear embossing powder! I always love the way the clear embossing turns out! The beautiful sentiment is from My Creative Time's Polka Dot Surprise stamp set! This was one of Emma's earlier sets and I just find myself using it over and over again. I LOVE it!

Here is a little bit of a close up of Fawn (I used some Crystal Stickles on her wings and colored her with Copic Markers):

I hope you are having a terrific day! Take care! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

My Creative Time stamps - Polka Dot Surprise
Market Street Stamps - Punched Tin
EK Success - Disney Fairies Clear Stamps
Clear Embossing Powder
Copic Markers
Crystal Stickles

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I just wanted to wish you all a very Happy New Year and I also have a quick little project that I made with my daughter. These are some quick, easy and simple New Year's Eve favors. They have little hand sanitizer's inside.

We used some blingy cardstock (Core'dinations) and then with Emma's stamps and dies the rest was a piece of cake. I used Emma's Small Talk stamp set for the 'Happy New Year', her Scallop and Stitched Circle Dies and her Lollipop Holder Die. We popped each layer up with pop dots because my little one LOVES helping with pop dots. Anyway, quick and easy but cute. I hope you all have a safe and Happy New Year! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

My Creative Time stamps - Small Talk
My Creative Time Dies - Scallop and Stitched Circle
My Creative Time Dies - Lollipop Holder
Core'dinations Cardstock
Hand Sanitizer

Some Favorites from 2011

Yes, I'm joining in the FAVORITES of 2011 game. I have not been crafting this week, just spending time with my beautiful FAMILY!!! But I'm certain you will see some NEW crafting projects on my blog next week! I will link to the original post for each of these and if you want to go back and get details on products, and such you can just click on the links.

These were my favorite note cards of the year using Create a Critter, My Creative Time stamps and Peachy Keen Stamps

This was my favorite patriotic card of the year. I used My Creative Time Stamps and Dies along with the Stand and Salute Cricut cartridge.

I LOVE Mickey so here is my favorite Mickey card of the year. I had fun dressing him up for fall ;).

This is my all time favorite boy birthday card. I LOVE how it turned out. I used My Creative Time stamps and dies along with Peachy Keen Stamps.

This little mouse is just too cute, she is one of my favorite girl birthday cards for this year! She is from Peachy Keen Stamps.

This turn that frown upside down card started my obsession with spinner cards. I think I only made a half dozen different ones but I LOVE how they turn out and I hope that I make a bunch more next year. The faces on all of these are beautiful Peachy Keen face stamps and the sentiments are from My Creative Time stamps.

St. Patty spinner!

Easter Spinner!

Fall Spinner!!!

Back to School Spinner!

And HERE is a link for a picture tutorial that I made for spinner cards. Click HERE to go to the tutorial.

And a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!!!! Hugs- Glora

A Christmas Message

Merry Christmas! Today's post is a Christmas message - though watch how creative and resourceful the little girl is! She will grow up to become a great crafter one day!

Merry Christmas Eve

Yes, Merry Christmas Eve! I can not believe it! Christmas is here already! I wanted to share a couple of Christmas gift card holders that I made. These are also what I made for the designers' choice sketch challenge over at Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Blog.

This was made using Emma's Embossed Gift Card Holder Die and Gift Card Sentiments. I also used the Penguin Girl stamp by Peachy Keen Stamps (I'm giving it to a boy so I didn't use one of the girl faces included I just used one of the boy faces I had from the Winter Wonderland Face Assortment). I also used the coordinating Peachy Keen Kut Out Die called Winter Character with Stocking Hat. I colored the image with Copic markers and I added some glossy accents and white gel pen accents.

For this gift card I used the CottageCutz  Gingerbread Dolls. Aren't they cute? I also used Emma's Embossed Gift Card Holder Die and the coordinating sentiments again.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

My Creative Time stamps - Gift Card Sentiments
My Creative Time Dies - Embossed Gift Card Holder
Peachy Keen Stamps - Penguin Girl
Peachy Keen Stamps - Kut Outs - Winter Character in Stocking Hat
Peachy Keen Stamps - Winter Wonderland
Peachy Keen Stamps - CottageCutz - Gingerbread Dolls
Copic Markers
Glossy Accents
Sakura Gellyroll Pen
Baker's Twine from The Twinery
Adhesive rhinestones
Stickles

Pin the Bee on the Flower Game

Hello crafting friends! Sorry it has been so long since my last post, life has just been BUSY! I did want to share with you a game that I put together for my daughter's birthday party yesterday. She wanted everything to have a FLOWER theme so we thought a fun game of pin the bee on the flower would be fun. It was a hit with the girls. This is also my entry for the Let's Face it Friday challenge over at Peachy Keen Stamps. We were supposed to use material in our project.

Here is the whole flower...

I used a strip of green material for the stem but everything else is cut out of paper.

Here is a close up of the flower and the bees...

Anyway, I hope you like it! All the pieces were cut from the Create a Critter cartridge. The flower was cut at about 11.5" and the bees were about 1.75" each. I used the darling Critter Faces in the Small size for all of the bees. And the flower center is a Basic Paper Doll Face.

I hope to be back on here before Christmas, but if not I would like to wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Create a Critter Cricut cartridge
Peachy Keen Stamps - Critter Faces (Small)
Peachy Keen Stamps - Basic Paper Doll Faces
Core'dinations Cardstock
Sakura White Gellyroll Pen
Material
Stickles for bee wings
Glossy Accents for Eyes
Chalk