#32 Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Card

Warning! Warning! It's an ALIEN INVASION coming over to take over your computer LOL!! :)

Hi everyone here's the card I made for the newest PKS challenge which starts right now! The theme is "Just Cards- Oh My Stars!" this was my interpretation of the challenge. I knew I wanted to make a boy B-Day card because there's so many little boys in my family it seems like like go through these the quickest!

The alien and spaceship are from KaDoodle Bug Designs "1-2-3 Blast Off" pattern. The face stamp is from PK-180 Erkle and Murkle Face Assortment I stamped the sentiment using PK-186 Made On Planet Earth Sentiments, and the stars background is also Peachy Keen Stamps PK-168 Star Galaxy.

I also used a few Close To My Heart products including  Slate Polka Dot Washi Tape, Trinket Wood Shapes, and also Cranberry Exclusive Ink.

Don't forget to link up your card using stars on the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog HERE!!!

#31 CTMH Damask Divas Chantilly Blog Hop

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Close To My Heart Damask Divas Blog Hop featuring the all NEW "CHANTILLY" paper pack! This paper pack will be for sale on my business site HERE! If you are here from Mandy's Blog you are in the right spot!

For my project I made a quick and simple card this is my favorite type of card to make LOL! I used the new "CHANTILLY" paper pack for all of the papers used here and I stamped the sentiment using Scrappy Moms Stamps Dancing In Circles 2 from the Feb. 2013 New Release. I also added washi tape from Close To My Heart called  Slate-Polka Dot Washi Tape.



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#29 Scrappy Moms Sneak Peek 2

Hi everyone! Here's a sweet little Easter card I made using Scrappy Moms Fun Celebrations stamp set. I stamped the sentiment using CTMH Cotton Candy Ink all of the papers used here are from the CTMH Chantilly Paper Pack the bunny and flowers are from the Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art Cricut Cartridge.

Please make sure to check my blog frequently for more Scrappy Moms Stamps sneak peek from the 2 new release stamp sets! Also, don't forget to leave some blog love to our fabulous DT and Guest DT member Candace!

Purchase Scrappy Moms Stamps sentiment stamp sets HERE they are super cute and so fun!!!

#28 Scrappy Moms Stamps Sneak Peek 1

Hi everyone! Here is my 1st Scrappy Mom Stamps sneak peek. I made a very simple card that I wanted to focus on the embossing something you don't know about me is I am a Cuttlebug folder hoarder LOL! I just figured that out right now because as I was digging through my embossing folders I realized I had 2 sets of duplicates OMG now that's pretty bad haha!

I used the new Fun Celebrations stamp set for the sentiment and I got the 4 leaf clover from KaDoodle Bug Designs "It's Your Lucky Day" cutting pattern, I cut the clover out twice and curled up the edges for dimension and added a green button. The border bunch I used is from Fiskars.

Please make sure to check my blog frequently for more Scrappy Moms Stamps sneak peek from the 2 new release stamp sets! Also, don't forget to leave some blog love to our fabulous DT and Guest DT member Candace!

Purchase Scrappy Moms Stamps sentiment stamp sets HERE they are super cute and so fun!!!

#27 Baby's 1st St. Patty's Day Layout

Hi everyone! Here's a layout I made for Olivia's baby book there's no pic yet since 2013 will be her first St. Patrick's Day I bought her a cute little crown to wear that day I'm not sure how long she will keep it on though.... hopefully long enough for me to snap a pic!

The cutting patterns I used to create this are KaDoodle Bug Designs Baby Girl Collection and It's Your Lucky Day and the 4 leaf clover border is from our affiliate site Too Cute By Jessica called St. Patrick's Day Accessories 2. Be sure you check out Too Cute By Jessica's Cutting Files store it's a brand new company and she has lots of new stuff added and also FREEBIE's!!

I added lots of bling to the flowers and 3 different colors of stickles and also glitter stickers for our new St.. Patricks Day w/ Bling challenge over at Cameo Creations Challenge you can play along using any Silhouette machine and you can use any type of svg or anything you can think of just as long as it goes with the theme! You can link up your project HERE and check out the rest of the DT's artwork!

The Peachy Keen Stamp set I used for the face is called PK-650 Just Baby Faces Assortment. The patterned paper I used is from  Basic Grey and I also used several CLOSE TO MY HEART Cardstock Papers including Champagne, Topiary, Sweet Leaf, Gold Rush, Honey, Cranberry, Pear, White Daisy, Black, Saddle, Smokey Plum and Lagoon CTMH now offers assortment packs of your favorite cardstock colors including Enchantment, Adventure, Whimsy, and Basics cardstock colors.

 CTMH Enchantment Cardstock Combo Pack

#26 Baby's 1st Halloween Layout

Hi everyone! Here's a layout I made for Olivia's 1st Halloween my pretty baby was a lady bug I always dreamed of having a little girl to dress her up as a lady bug so happy I got my wish! We had a great Halloween Trick Or Treating in our neighborhood Olivia was so happy and quiet to be watching her brother beg for candy LOL ;)  

I know I'm way out of season making a Halloween layout when it's cold and wintery outside but hey I gotta catch up on my scrapbooking!

I made this layout for the current Scrappy Moms Stamps TTC challenge which is to use any Scrappy Moms Stamp along with TWINE! You can view all of the SMS sets and Twine HERE! The stamp set I used for the "Too cute too spook" sentiment is from A haunting We Will Go Stamp set and the twine is a new release color called Gold Sparkle it's gorgeous! I used the twine on the banner, all of the banner and pennant cuts are from the ART PHILOSOPHY CRICUT CARTRIDGE. The sweet little lady bug girl is from KaDoodle Bug Designs Little Love Bugs and the pumpkin candy bucket and candy corn are from KaDoodle Bug Designs Halloween Dress Up Kids. I cut them out using my Cameo. This brand new paper collection that I used is Buzz and Bumble from Close To My Heart. The cute Peachy Keen Face stamp I used is from the new release stamp set called PK-182 Sweet and Silly Face Assortment.

Don't forget to link up your Scrappy Moms Stamps project using twine HERE!!!

#25 Birthday Monster Card

Hi everyone! Today is my preview day on the Peachy Keen Stamps blog we are doing a cross promotion with Freckled Fawn, their stuff is super cute be sure and check it out HERE. I used Freckled Fawn washi tape for the top border and Freckled Fawn wood chips and some new Peachy Keen Stamps that will be for sale all week long HERE! The PKS stamp sets I used are from the mid month release called PK-182 Sweet and Silly Face Assortment along with PK-187 Eye Sentiments they are both super cute and fun sentiments and are also 20% OFF!!!! That's such a great deal! You can even save an extra $5 by entering "PROMO CODE FEB5".

I got this little monster from the Bump In The Night Cricut Cartridge and embossed it using a bubble embossing folder and I also embossed the background with a chevron embossing folder. 

GIVEAWAY!!!! Peachy Keen Stamps will be giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky person who comments on all of the blog post all week long! OMG that is such a great give away a pretty easy to win just come by and leave the DT some bloggy love @ http://peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com/

Have a great day and happy Mid Month Release Shopping!!

#24 Olivia's 1st Easter Layout

Hi everyone! Here's a layout I made of my daughter's 1st Easter can you believe it's already going to be a year next year I can't believe it! She was so tiny since she was born 3 weeks early that I put her in this little Easter basket! I got the cute little baby chicks, Easter eggs and peeps from KaDoodle Bug Designs "Close Your Little Peepers" pattern cut out with my Silhouette Cameo.  The alphabet stickers are foam stickers from American Crafts and all of the papers used are from the new Spring/Summer 2013 Close To My Heart IDEA BOOK. The paper is called the Chantilly Paper Pack along with some flowers & "Your Perfect" shape are from the Chantilly Complements Dimensional Elements (Chipboard Shapes). I cut the banners out using the Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge.

Chantilly Paper Pack comes with 12 -12x12 sheets of paper!

Chantilly Complements Dimensional Elements

Other CTMH products Used:

Sky Cardstock

Sunset Cardstock

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#23 Project Life Week 3

Warning picture heavy LOL!

Here's both of my pages side by side I spent a lot of time creating these 2 pages that's why I posted so many pics LOL! This week was jammed packed with stuff we were busy. 

I just had to take a pic of the trash truck because I was thinking of how much they've changed since I was a kid they were brown. Gas is super expensive again and has actually risen .30 cents since I took this picture! I started doing Weight Watcher's this week and going to the gym 6 days a week. I cut up the Smart One's box which had some weight loss tips. My baby girl loves her bananas and we went to an arcade that's why there's a ticket stub stapled to the pic. I got some free printable's from the Becky Higgins site along with Ali Edwards free handwriting font picture below.

I watched the Inauguration of President Obama Parade Live on Tv and took some pics of my Tv! It was pretty cool seeing history like that I never even knew there were presidential parades (I'm not a political person at all). I thought the Valentine's Day display was super cute because of Mickey and I also bought my kids this Elmo play kitchen and had to assemble it myself since my hubby is deployed.

Here I did a flip up page and placed the instructions to the play kitchen with a paper clip. I added wood chips and stamped the sentiments, arrows  and added several washi tapes.

 I used a few different stickers here and also placed my son's Martin Luther King Jr. book from Kindergarten in here and stamped the date on it and added washi to the side.

I used several Close To My Heart stamp sets to create these pages:

#C1537 Honeycomb Stamp Set
#B1416 Keyboard Uppercase Alphabet Stamp set
#D1531 Cricut Artiste Word Balloons Stamp Set Cricut Companion Stamp
#CC1020 It's Your Day Stamp Set- Retired
#S1211 Capture The Date Stamp Set- Retired

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#22 Anniversary Bears Card

Hi everyone today is my 2nd post please click HERE to see my Scrappy Moms TTC card. 

I made an Anniversary card to send to my hubby in Afganistan unfortunately he is going to miss our 9 year anniversary this month Feb. 28th :(  Even though we can't be together this year to celebrate our anniversary I thought I'd send him this card with a few wedding pics of us to remember our special day.

I got the wedding couple bears from KaDoodle Bug Designs "Tie The Knot Bears" pattern original artwork by Kristi W. Designs. I cut them out using SCAL 3 along with my Silhouette Cameo. I stamped the cute little faces using Peachy Keen Stamps PK-170 Teddy Bear Assortment and the sentiments are from PKSC-13 January 2013 stamp of the month kit. 

I embossed the background and wedding dress using my Cuttlebug, added sheer black ribbon down the middle. I added Stickles to the champagne glasses and tiara,  I also added white tulle as a veil.

The papers I used are from the brand new Spring/Summer 2013 CTMH Idea Book called "For Always" paper pack you get 6 different sheets of patterned paper with border strips along with 6 sheets of coordinating cardstock.

If you would like to take advantage of the sale I'm having right now I am offering a $5 refund for every $50 you spend in my CTMH online party just click "JOIN". If you have any questions before placing your order please email me at critterbugg365@gmail.com

#21 Scrappy Moms Challenge Valentine

Hi everyone! I made this Valentine for Scrappy Moms Stamps Terrific Tuesday Challenge which is Valentine's Day themed. I cut the heart and heart doily using CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge and inked up the edges using CTMH Chocolate Ink. I colored the stamp with Prismacolor Pencils and stamped the "Officially Yours" sentiment using Scrappy Moms "With All My Heart" stamp set. Don't forget to link up your Valentine's Day themed projects HERE!

If you would like to take advantage of the sale I'm having right now I am offering a $5 refund for every $50 you spend in my CTMH online party just click "JOIN". If you have any questions before placing your order please email me at critterbugg365@gmail.com

#20 Peachy Keen Stamps Sneak Preview Day 2

Hi everyone! Here's a sweet little Springy card I made with the new Peachy Keen Stamp set called PK-172 Spring Gear Flowers this stamp set will be released tomorrow along with the others from the Feb. 2013 release I also used 2 cute faces from the February 2013 Stamp of The month to create my card. I love these little gear flowers especially because I never would have thought to put gears and flowers together in a stamp, but Kathy Mrs. Peachy Queen pulled it off LOL! The sentiment also comes with the gear flowers stamp set!

#18-19 Peachy Keen Stamps February Stamp Preview

Hi everyone! I am so excited to share with you a couple projects I made from the February 2013 Stamp Of The Month Kit from Peachy Keen Stamps! They are so "Out of This World!!!" Perfect for your Robotz Cricut carts just sayin' lol! I love them and my son LOVE's them!!!

The first project I made was a gear shaped pocket card using my CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge for the card shape, gear, and also tag and embossed the background with my Cuttlebug. I stamped the cute robot and all of the sentiments using the new SOTM called PKSC-14 February 2013 this stamp kit will be available starting on Tuesday Feb. 5th HERE! You can either pay monthly (that's the best deal!) or you can just buy it anytime! Also, PKS will be having a week long sale so be sure to check that out!!

For the inside tag I stamped the gears background using one of the new stamps also being released Feb. 5th called PK-169 Geared Up Background size A2. I inked the edges using CTMH Honey Stamp Pad

For my bonus project I made a magnetic list to hang on my fridge. It seems like we are constantly finding new things around the house that need battery changing and I though we could just write them down as we find them because most of the time I buy batteries I forget what needed new batteries in the first place LOL! I found the free list printable online and all of the stamps including the sentiment are also from the Stamp of the Month that I used for my card above. 

Don't forget to check out the other designers amazing sneak peeks so you can see how versatile this stamp set is HERE.

 Hope we'll be seeing you on The Peachy Keen Connection Tuesday at 6 p.m. (CST) for all the fun we'll be having challenges and prizes yes Peachy Keen Stamps prizes and also live chatting with the DT!

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#17 Valentine's Day Mailboxes Blog Hop

Valentine's Day is just two weeks away and we wanted to see what kinds of mailboxes, boxes, and bags you make to give those special people in your lives. Join us for some amazing Valentine's inspiration in plenty of time for that special day and those special treats.

This hop has two hostesses today:  Jearise from Lorby's World of Hops and Teresa. If you are here from Amanda's Blog you are in the right spot.

For my project I made a mailbox using my  CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge to cut the entire mailbox out. I used my Cuttlebug with a heart embossing folder that is a Hobby Lobby brand embossing folder and stamped the cute little cupid mouse and sentiment using Peachy Keen Stamps PK-281 Valentine Cupids and colored the stamp with Prismacolor pencils and added Stickles to the angel wings.

If you would like to take advantage of the sale I'm having right now I am offering a $5 refund for every $50 you spend in my CTMH online party just click "JOIN". If you have any questions before placing your order please email me at critterbugg365@gmail.com

NEXT STOP is Jessi