Just a note

Hello! Nikki here with a card today. I used the sweet pencil from the August 2012 set. I stamped it in different ways to make the background. I stamped it again a few times to paper piece it using paper from the Peachy Picks Kit. 

I added glossy accents to the silver part and tip of the pencil. I stamped the greeting on vellum so the pencils could be seen through it. 

I hope you have a Peachy day! 

♥ Nikki ♥

oh and HAPPY SHOPPING! :)

BIGGEST PEACHY SALE EVER!!!! and a card :)

Hiya! I made this card for my nephew. I used the adorable Smartie The Owl set from PeachyKeenStamps. I paper pieced him with papers from the High School mat stack from DCWV. The Sophomore papers just happen to be in his school colors...which, once upon a time, were my school colors too! :) I put Smartie the Owl on a wobble so he wiggles.

The sentiment is also from the Smartie The Owl set. I white heat embossed it. To finish it off, I added glossy accents to the glasses. Ok, now on to the sale...hold on to your hat!

Labor Day Weekend Sale valid 08.31.12 12:01 am - 09.03.12 11:59 pm Central Daylight Time
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This is the BIGGEST SALE that Peachy Keen Stamps has ever had!!! Now is the time to pick up the sets you've had your eye on! :) Happy shopping! 

♥ Nikki ♥ 

 

bright butterflies

Hello! Are you blind? Hehe this is a bright one! :) I got the idea for the color scheme and wavy white lines from watching Big Brother. Their furniture and lamps are these colors, and they have a wavy white wall. I white heat embossed the Woodgrain Background from Market Street Stamps. I colored it with mustard seed and crushed olive distress markers. The orange is ripe persimmon distress ink. Since it doesn't come in distress marker form I made a "paint" with it and used a paint brush to paint it on. Just squished some ink onto my craft sheet and added a little water to make the "paint". I white heat embossed the Two Step Butterfly from Market Street Stamps and colored them with mustard seed, crushed olive, and ripe persimmon distress inks. 

I added glossy accents to the butterflies. They look really cool in real life! OH I forgot to say that I used watercolor paper for the butterflies. Ok, that's it...I hope you didn't go blind. hehe.

Check out Emma's challenge HERE.

Check out a fun mini technique hop HERE.

OH...and here's an awesome sale...Blitsy has memento inks and reinkers on sale super cheap. Go HERE to sign up for free and have fun shopping! :)

Butterfly Card

Hello! I made this card using my Silhouette machine. I don't know how to link to the cuts I used, sorry. I'll get the hang of this eventually! :) I cut everything out of white cardstock so I could ink it up how I wanted. I used spiced marmalade and picked raspberry distress inks. I spritzed the lattice layer and the butterfly with perfect pearls and water in a mini mister. I ♥ sparkle!

I really like how the butterfly turned out. :) I added glossy accents to the body of the butterfly. 

I hope you're having a great weekend! 

♥ Nikki ♥ 

You're out of this world

Hiya! I had fun playing with the School Bus and Lunch stamp set from PeachyKeenStamps today. I just love the cute lunch box and thermos! :) I paper pieced them with papers from the Bo Bunny Blast Off collection. Isn't that little monkey astronaut adorable?! I would've loved this lunch box as a kid! 

The sentiment is from a retired set from MarketStreetStamps. 

I hope you're having a great day!

♥ Nikki ♥

Butterflies...

Hello my bloggy friends! Today I made a card using my new Silhouette machine. I'm still learning and playing around with it. For my super simple card today I welded butterflies into rectangle using the Silhouette Studio Software. I wanted the negative of the butterflies to use as a background panel. I have lots of pretty butterflies for use on other things now. :) I cut it out with white cardstock so I could ink it up however I wanted. I inked the panel with worn lipstick distress ink using THIS tool. 

I used a paintbrush to flick perfect pearls and water onto the butterfly panel. I white heat embossed the Friend Definition background stamp from Hero Arts and inked it up with spun sugar distress ink. To finish, I mounted the butterfly panel with pop dots over top for dimension and shadow. I know this is REALLY simple, but I liked it so much I just couldn't cover it up! 

♥ Nikki ♥

August Stamp Release Blog Hop!

Hello!!! You should have arrived from Nancy's Blog...if not, head HERE to the beginning. For my card today I used the new set called Treats For My Sweet by MyCreativeTime. I stamped the big and awesome Boo stamp onto patterned web paper with embossing ink and heat embossed with clear powder. After melting the powder, I used black soot distress ink to make my resist image pop. Super cool! I dried that some and sprayed with perfect pearls and water in a mini mister for shine...

Really neat and shiny in real life. I stamped the little ghost from the Treats For My Sweet set onto patterned paper. And cut him out and added rock candy distress stickles on him. ♥ that stickles!

Ok, your next stop is the fabulous RUTHIE 

***BLOG HOP GIVEWAY ALERT***

For our Blog hop giveaway, there will be 2 winners chosen from ALL the comments combined!  The 1st prize is: A guest design spot for our next release in Sept & the 2nd prize is you can pick $50 worth of products from the "My Creative Time" store! All you have to do is leave a comment here along w/the rest of the design team's blogs AND also leave a way for us to contact you!  Emma will use random.org to pick the lucky winners!  All you have to do is leave a comment on all blogs in this hop for more chances to win! The deadline is Sunday, August 19th at midnight! EASY PEASY!!! GOOD LUCK!:)

Emma~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ 

Amy ~ http://www.scrappingmommy.com/

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

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

Cindy B. ~ http://www.cindybcreations.blogspot.com/

Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

Jeanne ~ http://www.jeannespapercrafts.com/

Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/

Kim ~ http://www.scrapinmomofoneinspiringlittleboy.blogspot.com/

Leanne ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/

Liz ~ http://www.lizspaperloft.com/

Micia ~ http://yellowbirdcreation.blogspot.com/

Nancy ~ http://scrappingoutofcontrol.blogspot.com/

Nikki ~ http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/ <------ you are here

Ruthie ~ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/

Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/

Tracy ~ http://tracyscricutcorner.blogspot.com/

Trell ~ http://polkadotsandpaint.blogspot.com/

Veronica ~ http://www.vkcreate.blogspot.com/

PeachyKeen Challenge 31 Box it up...and SALE

Hello and welcome to another PeachyKeen Challenge! This time the challenge is to decorate a box. I made my "pizza box" using Sarah's {pink cricut} super easy tutorial video HERE. You want to use pretty thick cardstock for stability...and this pretty green is right in the Peachy Picks Kit this month! The sweet little boxes take no time to make and they are adorable! I stamped the Recess Jump Rope Girl and colored her with tim holtz distress markers and blended with water and a paint brush. I paper pieced her dress with paper from the Peachy Picks Kit. I used glossy accents to give her a twine jump rope. :) Here are more angles of the box...

I white heat embossed the sentiment from the Recess Jump Rope Girl set. 

Head over to the Challenge Blog to play along!

THE CHALLENGE

Decorate a box! This could include pillow boxes, gift boxes, jewelry boxes, etc.

We'll be awarding "TOP PEACH" to the player who uses their Peachy Keen Stamps this week and  our two runner ups will receive a spiffy badge to display on their blog!

Guidelines:

- Design must be new

- Link up by 8/22 - 11:59 pm EST

2 cards :)

Hiya! I made these cards today to enter into a contest over at Hero Arts. If you follow my little blog regularly, you will have noticed that I have become obsessed with Hero Arts backgrounds! :) Anyhoo, there are 3 sketches to choose from and I chose to make 2 cards using them. For this first card I stamped the background with the Happy Definition stamp. I then stamped the middle panel with the Cling Dots background stamp and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I used spun sugar, worn lipstick, and picked raspberry distress inks to make gradient color {ombre}. I dried it some and spritzed with perfect pearls and water in a mini mister...here's the shine :)

Really sparkly and cool in real life. The butterflies are from my favorite 3 in 1 butterfly punch by Martha Stewart crafts. And here is the other card I'm entering...

For this one I stamped the background with the Friend Definition stamp. I just ♥ the definition backgrounds! For the colored panel I stamped the Lotus Background and white heat embossed it. I used the fabulous new mowed lawn distress ink for the color. What a GREAT green! :)

I again used the 3 in 1 butterfly punch. The sentiment is from the new Piles of Smiles set from MyCreativeTime. 

Wish me luck! :)

♥ Nikki ♥

Day 4 Sneaks

Hi! Today we are sneaking the new 3x3 fancy tri-fold card and 3x3 fancy Envelope from MyCreativeTime. These are just fabulous! You can make adorable creations in no time at all! 

Head over to Emma's blog to see more creations! :)

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!With all of our Sneak Peek weeks, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

 ***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! You do NOT have to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!

 ***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 http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Creative-Time/364568506334 that you did so! OR you can just tag me in your post!

 Emma will randomly pick & announce all winners on Friday, August 17th during the blog hop release happening @ 12:01am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

 Log on to your facebook now & let start spreading word!;)

Thank You

Hello! I have to say that I just love how this card turned out! I got this Thank You stamp from Hero Arts on clearance at Michaels for like 2 bucks. I knew immediately that it would look really pretty paper pieced. I paper pieced it with papers from the Sweet Threads collection by Basic Grey. I added glossy accents to the little dots on the frame. For the berries, I used black enamel accents. Gotta love shine!

I white heat embossed the Thank You Definition background stamp from Hero Arts onto black cardstock. EEK...I seriously love how this one turned out! It would be neat to do in different papers and mask the "thank you" and use another sentiment! I ♥ stamping! 

♥ Nikki ♥

Sneak Peek day 2

Hello! It's day 2 of sneak's for My Creative Time. Today I am sneaking From Our Family To Yours. I used the sweet little tree from that set to make my background paper. I first inked my paper with shabby shutters distress ink. Dried that completely. And over that, stamped the trees with embossing ink and heat embossed with clear powder. Then over that I inked with forest moss distress ink. I sprayed the background with perfect pearls and water in a mini mister to add sparkle.

The sentiment is also from that set. I heat embossed it with white powder. 

Head over to Emma's Blog to see lots more sneaks!

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!With all of our Sneak Peek weeks, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

 ***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! You do NOT have to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!

 ***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 http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Creative-Time/364568506334 that you did so! OR you can just tag me in your post!

 Emma will randomly pick & announce all winners on Friday, August 17th during the blog hop release happening @ 12:01am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

 Log on to your facebook now & let start spreading word!;)

Someone like you...

Hello! I made this card to enter in the Ink It Pink challenge. The challenge is to use cool colors {blues, greens, and violets}. I heat embossed the Circles Background from PinkByDesign with white embossing powder. I colored it with shabby shutters, tumbled glass, and milled lavender distress markers. I then sprayed it with perfect pearls and water in a mini mister for shine. I colored the hearts with the same markers and misted them with perfect pearls too.

I added glossy accents to the hearts. The sentiment is from the 29 and Holding set from PinkByDesign.

♥ Nikki ♥

OH...my favorite embossing powders are on sale super cheap HERE...they even have super fine detail powders that I love! AND there are still some distress stains left too! :) It's free to sign up...it's a fabulous site with awesome deals! And when you refer your friends...you earn money for future purchases! :)

Sparkle Stamping

Hello! I had lots of fun playing with stamps today. :) I tried out a new technique, and I just love how it turned out! It's really easy to do {I promise}. I swiped 3 lines of distress inks onto my craft sheet. First picked raspberry... Then worn lipstick under that, and then picked raspberry again. I then sprayed my "palette" with perfect pearls and water in a mini mister. This becomes your "ink pad". Then I just wiggled my Lotus Background stamp around a little in it to blend the colors. And then stamp, and voila...you have stamped with sparkle! Oh how I adore perfect pearls! I really wish the photos did the sparkly goodness justice ;) If you look closely, you can see it here...

It is really cool in real life. I stamped the Heart Owls from Hero Arts twice so I could paper piece them. Aren't they sweet?! I used the Friend Definition background stamp for the strip behind the owls. And the adorable sentiment is from the You're A Hoot set from PinkByDesign.   

I hope you've had a fabulous weekend! I'm so happy it's awesome TV night! I ♥ Sunday night! Big Brother, True Blood, Breaking Bad, and Weeds! Yeah! :) 

♥ Nikki ♥

you are so aPEELing

Hello and happy Wednesday! Isn't this just the cutest banana ever?! :) It comes from the stamp set called Orange You Awesome from PinkByDesign. Ridiculously easy to paper piece! ;) The papers are from Echo Park. The face and adorable sentiment are also from the Orange You Awesome set. 

I added glossy accents to the hearts, eyes, and parts of the banana. Oh how I love glossy accents!

I LOVE YELLOW! :) Have a great day!

♥ Nikki ♥

OMG...Blitsy has distress stains super cheap!!! Sign up HERE {it's free} and grab some! AND earn money toward future purchases! WINNING! hehe

Cutest bus ever...

Hello! It's is super dreary and stormy here, but this card sure isn't! :) I love the new release from Peachy Keen Stamps sooooo much!!! Seriously, beyond cute! This bus is from the School Bus and lunch set. I paper pieced it with paper from Echo Park. It has adorable eyes, but I added googlies. 

I added glossy accents to the windows to make the "glass". And the bus is on a wobble so it wiggles. SO FUN! 

I hope you're having a fabulous day!

♥ Nikki ♥

PeachyKeen Release Party time!!!

Hiya! This first card is for Challenge #1 for our release party on the PeachyKeen Connection. The challenge is to make a fun fold card with 3 or more patterned papers. I used the new Smartie The Owl and paper pieced with papers from the new Peachy Picks Kit. SO CUTE! I made a gatefold card using my Martha Stewart scoring board...it has the directions for it right in the flippy lid thingy. ;)

and here is the inside...

And here is my card for the second challenge for the release party. 

I used the new Recess Jump Rope Girl stamp set. EEK...adorable! I paper pieced her using the new Peachy Picks Kit. LOVE this kit! 

I colored her skin with an antique linen distress marker and used a paint brush and water to blend it out. The sentiment is also from the Recess Jump Rope Girl set. 

Hop over to PeachyKeenStamps to see the full release...SO CUTE!!!

And head to the Peachy Keen Connection to play along in the challenges.

Peachy Keen Sneaks!

Hello! It's Peachy Keen Stamps sneak time again...this release is going to knock your socks off! The cute factor is through the roof! My 2 cards today include stamps from the August 2012 set and the Peachy Picks Kit. For this first one, I stamped the lady and paper pieced her with papers from the Peachy Picks Kit. The Sentiment is also from the August 2012 set. I stamped the sentiment and white heat embossed it on the Real Estate Sign punch.  

I added a butterfly to her hair. :) And here's my other card...

This again is from the August 2012 set and paper pieced with the Peachy Picks Kit. 

Seriously...this release is AWESOME!!!! :)

♥ Nikki ♥