Trick or Treat Spider

Hi! Today I wanted to share with you one of the cards that I made for the challenges over on the Peachy Keen Connection. There are some awesome prizes to be won for participating and there is still a little time to enter. This card is for challenge #2 which can be found HERE.

Isn't that the cutest spider? It is one of the newest Peachy Keen release stamps and it is called Spider and Web and it is currently on SALE. I heat embossed the web with some white embossing powder. I pop dotted the web and then I pop dotted the spider on top of that. The paper for this card is from a DCWV Halloween mat stack. It already came all glittery and just as it is except for the black inking around the edges which I added.

I hope you can join in on the fun over on the Peachy Keen Connection. Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Peachy Keen Stamps - Spider and Web
DCWV
Sakura White Gellyroll Pen
White Embossing powder
black ink for inking
Adhesive Gems

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge #34 - Color Inspiration

Hi Peachy friends. Today is a new challenge at Peachy Keen Stamps. This one is a color inspiration challenge. This is the picture with the colors that we are to use.

The colors don't have to be an exact match just similar. Here is my card.

For this card I used the Mitsy Sue and Colby Cheer Up stamp set by Peachy Keen Stamps. I stamped her on gray cardstock and then I chalked her up and cut her out. I added some Stickles and Glossy Accents here and there to the image as well. The patterned paper comes from a My Minds Eye paper stack. The hemp twine comes from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique.

Make sure to stop by the Peachy Keen Challenge blog for more inspiration and so that you can join in the fun too. I can't wait to see what you make. Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Peachy Keen Stamps - Mitsy Sue and Colby Cheer Up

My Minds Eye

Hemp Twine from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique

Stickles

Glossy Accents

chalk

Sakura White Gellyroll Pen

Simply Crafts Challenge September 2012

Well believe it or not it is the first Wednesday of September which means it is time for another Simply Crafts Challenge. This month I chose the cut and it is the birthday sundae on the Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge. If you would like to join in on the fun you can get the full details HERE on the Simply Crafts Challenge blog.

Here is my card using this cut.

This is the second day in a row that I've posted an ice cream card. Well I guess I have just been in the ice cream mood and let's face it ice cream makes me happy so the sentiment ICE CREAM = HAPPINESS! rings true for me. My card base comes from the Birthday Bash cartridge as well. I hadn't cut any of their pre-designed card shapes before and really thought I should give one a try. I love how this one turned out, in  fact so much so that I am planning on trying another one very soon. I didn't want to cut out and glue tiny sprinkles so I used some sprinkle paper from a 6x6 Imaginisce Hello Cupcake paper pad. I added some VersaMarker and some doodling to most of the pieces. I did some faux stitching along the edges of the card as well. And that oh SO perfect sentiment comes from My Creative Time's Celebrate Good Times stamp and die set.

Make sure to check out Pam's blog so you can see the details on her project and once again if you would like to join in on the fun and have a chance at winning an awesome prize link up at the Simply Crafts Challenge blog. Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time stamps - Celebrate Good Times
Imaginisce - Hello Cupcake
VersaMarker
Sakura White and Black Gellyroll pens
Glossy Accents

Show Me Your Technique with My Creative Time

Hello crafting friends. Today we are doing another technique mini blog hop at My Creative Time. You should have visited:

Emma ~ My Creative Time
Cindy B ~ Cindy's Scraptastic Designs
and ME ~ Glora's Crafts

If you came here first don't forget to go back and see what Emma and Cindy have in store for you. I'm certain they have some awesome tips and techniques to share with you.

I wanted to share with you one of my favorite tools and techniques for my paper cut images. I especially tend to use this little weapon when I'm in a hurry but want to add just a little more depth and definition to my cuts.

The VersaMarker by Tsukineko. 

I'm sure most of you have heard of this but if you haven't it is essentially a watermark pen that will color the cardstock a darker shade of the same color you are writing on. This marker works best on regular colored cardstock. If you are using patterned paper it doesn't always work for accenting. If you are wanting to use it on some patterned paper I would test it out on a little corner of it first to see if it will give you the look you are wanting.

When I want to add a little definition but don't have time to faux stitch or ink everything I just draw around the edges of the cut with my VersaMarker. Here is a picture of the same exact Cricut cut. The one on the left with VersaMarker and the one on the right without.

I tried to make them EXACTLY the same except for the VersaMarker. The extra highlights in her hair and the lines on her dress were also done with the VersaMarker. There was no switching of colors, no sponges, no mess, just quick and easy accenting. If you can draw a line you can use this marker.

Here is the card that I made with this little girl:

The girl was cut from the Fast Food Cricut Lite cartridge. Her face is one of the stamps from the new September 2012 Stamp Kit of the Month by Peachy Keen Stamps. For the perfect sentiments I used My Creative Time's Celebrate Good Times stamp set.

I hope you enjoyed our mini technique hop for the day and I will see you back here tomorrow for another Simply Crafts Challenge! Have a great day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

My Creative Time - Celebrate Good Times

Peachy Keen Stamps - September 2012 Stamp Kit of the Month

Fast Food Cricut Lite cartridge

VersaMarker

Twine from the Twinery

Glossy Accents

BoBunny Double Dot paper

Adhesive Pearls

Scrapping the Little Things at My Creative Time

Today we are 'scrapping the little things' over at My Creative Time. A lot of people are into smash books and Project Life right now and both of these things encourage us to scrape the little things in our lives not just the big things.

Well I'm way behind on my scrapbooking so I figure if I'm going to add the little things in and not just the big things I'm going to have to figure out a way to do it quickly and easily. And that is exactly what this project was quick, easy and clean looking.

I decided it would be fun to do a page up of our recent school shopping experience. My youngest girl LOVES Minnie Mouse to pieces so her shoe and clothing selection did not surprise me at all. I figure that this page will go really cute next to a page with her dressed up in her new outfit and I will add some journaling to the other page too.

 I designed the whole layout on my computer and then printed it out on matte photo paper. I mounted it on a piece of black cardstock and then added some awesome My Creative Time products to make it just right. The My Creative Time products I used to make this layout are: Just Simply Live stamp and die set, the Build a Banner Kit and the Anyday Bingo and Crossword stamp set.

Make sure to stop by Emma's blog to see the awesome layouts that Emma and the design team made. Have a terrific day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

My Creative Time - Just Simply Live
My Creative Time - Build a Banner Kit
My Creative Time - Anyday Bingo and Crossword

Peachy Keen September Release Sneak Peek

Hello friends. I hope you are ready for some seriously ADORABLE fall stamps because that is what you will be getting in the September Stamp Kit of the Month from Peachy Keen Stamps.

For my card I used the little bat and the jack-o-lantern that you can find on this set.

The cute little bat was stamped on purple cardstock and inked up with some white chalk ink. I put some chalk on his cheeks and some glossy accents on his eyes and fangs. He is also on an Action Wobble (I had to cut off some of the adhesive from around the wobble to make it fit but there was still plenty to keep him on there for a good long time). The darling little Jack-O-Lantern is stamped on orange cardstock and inked up with some orange ink around the edges. I added glossy accents to his eyes, nose and mouth. I love how it makes it look like the flame is really glowing in side him. The sentiment is also from this set. The paper I used for the background already came with this scene on it I just added a few stars and some faux stitching. The paper is from a DCWV Halloween mat stack.

Here is a quick video showing the bat on an Action Wobble and of the card in general.

Make sure to stop by the Peachy Keen blog so you can see all of the other awesome projects made with the new release. Have a terrific day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Peachy Keen Stamps - September 2012 SKOTM

Ink for inking

Glossy Accents

Sakura White GellyRoll

rhinestone stars

chalk

twine from Trendy Twine

Show Me Your Technique at My Creative Time

Hi crafty friends. I don't have a project for you today but I wanted to let you know that today is the first "Show Me Your Technique" Tuesday over at My Creative Time. Every Tuesday we will be featuring a few of the MCT design team members and they will be showing us a fun technique. It may be a technique you have already done before, maybe it will be something you have seen but never known how to do or it may  be something completely new to you. I'm excited to get some new crafty tips from my fellow design team members and I hope you will enjoy it too. Today we have:

Amy ~ http://www.scrappingmommy.com/

Cassandra ~ http://www.ctimz3.blogspot.com/

Cathryn ~ http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/

I can't wait to see what they have in store for us. Enjoy! Hugs- Glora