MCT December Release Blog Hop

Hello! You should have arrived from Nancy's Blog. If not, head HERE to start at the beginning. I decided to made a super simple Wedding/Anniversary card. I stamped the sentiment from the brand new set called Lots Of Love with soft pool ink from Hero Arts. I popped up the pretty heart from the new Stitched Scallop Heart Dies. That die rocks cuz it's like 3 in 1! :)

 I used the swiss dots cuttlebug folder and apron lace border punch from Fiskars. Told ya, super simple card! :)

Your next stop on the hop is ROSY

Emma designed this special stamp as a "THANK YOU" for all of your support throughout 2012! With all of her ups & downs this year, you were ALL here to support her in any way possible! Emma will FOREVER be grateful to each & everyone of you!  With that said, she is offering this mini stamp set for FREE to the first 150 shoppers starting @8am PST Mon, Dec 31st. NO SPECIAL CODE is needed. If you are amongst the 150 shoppers, you will automatically have it included w/your order! ONE per shopper please. If you miss out on being one of the lucky shoppers who get this for free, no worries because Emma will be offering it for sale for those of you who "Have to have it!";)

***BLOG HOP GIVEWAY ALERT***

For our Blog hop giveaway, there will be 2 winners chosen from ALL the comments combined!  This FIRST winner will have a "GUEST DESIGN SPOT" for our next release & the SECOND winner will win a $25 Gift Card to my 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, Jan 6th at midnight! I will announce winners on my blog on Tues, Jan 8th!  EASY PEASY!!! GOOD LUCK!:)

in case you get lost

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

Amy ~ http://www.scrappingmommy.com/

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

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

Cheryl ~ http://dragonflydesigns58.blogspot.com/

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

Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.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="are" br="br" here="here">Rosy ~ http://sweetdelightspapernmore.blogspot.com/

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

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

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

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

Courtney ~ http://courtscrafts.blogspot.com/

MCT December Sneak Peek #1

Hello! It's sneak peek time for MyCreativeTime! Today I have 2 cards made with the fabulous new Love Collage Background stamp. For this first one I stamped it with Hero Arts shadow ink in soft pool on to aqua mist cardstock from PaperTreyInk for a tone on tone look. 

I stamped and white heat embossed the sentiment from the new set called Lots Of Love. And finally I die cut the heart with the new Stitched Heart Layering Dies.  For this next card I did some simple masking....

I used the negative space left from die cutting the XL Label die to make a one layer card. I stamped the new Love Collage Background stamp with toffee crunch memento ink. I then used the same ink to sponge on some color with a dauber. I then removed the mask.

I white heat embossed the cherubs from the new Lots Of Love Set. I added some white stitching with my favorite Sakura White Gel Pen. Super simple card. :)

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 Monday, Dec 31st during the release happening @ 8:00am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

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

Happy Holidays Tri-Fold Card

Hello! I saw THIS fantastic trifold card made by the super talented Julie Ebersole, and I just knew I had to make a similar one with MyCreativeTime Dies. She has a great video on that post HERE showing how to make the Trifold card. Anyhoo, I used the XL Label die to cut the window on my front panel. Then I stamped the Music Collage background from Hero Arts with toffee crunch memento ink. Perfect tone on tone for kraft cardstock. I stamped and white heat embossed the sentiment from the Card  Sentiments/ 3x3 Card Die set. I  stamped over that with snowflakes from the Snow Flakey set from PeachyKeenStamps in toffee crunch ink again.

I used the Stitched XL Label Die to cut the window on the inside panel. And again, I stamped the snowflakes from the Snow Flakey set from PeachyKeenStamps.

I stamped and paper pieced the snowman from the All Around Accessories set with papers from the Aspen Frost collection by Basic Grey. The sentiment is from the From Our Family To Yours set. 

See the snow mounds? I used the cloud dies from the Fly Away With Me Dies set. :) I added a bunch of rock candy stickles for some sparkle. 

I hope you're having a FABULOUS day! 

♥ Nikki ♥

Fond Farewell Blog Hop

 Hello! You should have arrived from Kim's Blog. If not, head HERE to start at the beginning. This hop is bitter sweet, but I'm happy to say that I've had a fantastic year with my PeachyKeen sisters! I also think it's cool to go back over all the projects we've made this year, and pick just a few to share. Here are the 3 of mine that I chose...It was NOT easy to only pick 3!

Go HERE for all the deets on this card. I had so much fun making this one!

Go HERE for the deets on this one. Cutest cupid ever!!! Love him!

And you can see the details for this one HERE. I had an absolute blast making this one! And because this is our final hop together as a PeachyKeen team, I made one super simple new card to share as well.

I stamped and white heat embossed the new Celebration Background stamp. I inked it up with peacock feathers distress ink. I then spritzed it with a mixture of perfect pearls and water in a mini mister.

Lots of fun shine. I stamped and white heat embossed the sentiment from the December 2012 set. Like I said, super simple! And now on with the hop...

Your next stop is the fabulous Heidi's Blog.

GIVEAWAY TIME!!! We are each choosing one of our favorite stamp sets to give away at every stop along the way...I have chosen...

I just love Cupid's Sting so much! Just leave me a comment for your chance to win! :)

And if you get lost...

Peachy Keen Stamps Blog -- http://peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com/

Kim Score -- http://www.paperpunchaddiction.com/

Nikki Foraker -- http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/ <---- are="are" here="here" p="p" you="you">

Heidi Ann Giebel -- http://gotscraps.blogspot.com/

Amanda Bodine -- http://amandascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/

Amy Crockett -- http://www.scrappingmommy.com/

Cristina Garcia -- http://www.craftingwithcristina.com/

Glorajean Beardall -- http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

Heather Hoffman -- http://housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com/

Jennie Garcia -- http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com/

Kristi Bennett -- http://littlepapersprinkles.blogspot.com/

Lauren Brewer -- http://laurenscreative.com/

Leanne Garner -- http://www.createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/

Melissa Haas -- http://doxiemeldesigns.blogspot.com/

Michelle Criswell -- http://www.scrappinwithmybug.com/

Raven Baca -- http://love4stamps.blogspot.com/

Saundra Rega -- http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/

Lorie Souther -- http://thethinkinspot.blogspot.com/

PeachyKeen Challenge 47 Happy Birthday Kathy!!!

Hello! It's Challenge time again at PeachyKeen and this one is special! We are celebrating our Peachy Queen's birthday!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHY!!!!!! Here are the deets...

Guidelines:

• Design must be new, created specifically for this challenge
• Must be a card or layout that follows the sketch provided
• Link up by 12/19 - 11:59 pm EDT
• Remember, you don't have to use our stamps to link up, but they are required to earn TOP PEACH!  

As you can see, I kept my card super simple. I stamped the new Celebration Background and cut it into squares to follow the sketch. That background is super cute! 

I stamped and white heat embossed the banner and sentiment from the new December 2012 set. Lovin' that banner! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHY!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!! :)

Be sure to pop over to the Challenge Blog and play along! 

♥ Nikki ♥

Celebrating the Greatest Gift of All

Hello! I have to say that I had a blast making this card! Lots of inky fun. :) I stamped and white heat embossed the Nativity scene from the Greatest Gift set by Hero Arts. I masked off the sky and inked the ground with my inking tool using shabby shutters and crushed olive distress inks. Then I masked off the ground and inked the sky using my blending tool. I went from light to dark using tumbled glass, broken china, salty ocean, and chipped sapphire distress inks. And while that was drying, I made the background. I stamped and white heat embossed the Lattice Background by Hero Arts. 

I colored it with my distress markers in tumbled glass, broken china, chipped sapphire, shabby shutters, and crushed olive. And because salty ocean isn't in distress marker form, I painted it on with a brush. Then I spritzed it with a mixture of perfect pearls and water in a mini mister for shine. The sentiment is also from the Greatest Gift set by Hero Arts. EEK! I just love how this one turned out! :)

♥ Nikki ♥

MCT 12 Days of Christmas Day 12

Hello. Today is the last day of our 12 days of Christmas with MyCreativeTime. That sure flew by! Anyhoo, I stamped and paper pieced the Happy Snowman With Label from PeachyKeenStamps. I used papers from the Very Merry Christmas collection by Echo Park. I just love stamping on patterned paper! 

I stamped and white heat embossed the sentiment from the Mixed Holiday Sentiments set from MyCreativeTime. 

Pop over to Emma's Blog to see lots of awesome projects!

HUGE GIVEAWAY ALERT!

Okay, since it's Christmas, Emma decided to give away TWELVE of her FAVORITE things to ONE LUCKY person! She will announce one of the prizes for each day in her video! So by the 12th day, you will see ALL 12 items that ONE lucky person will be receiving! All you have to do is leave your comments each day! It's that simple! ALSO, **VERY IMPORTANT** Please leave your contact information so we can contact you "IF" YOU are the lucky winner! 

MCT 12 Days of Christmas Day 11

Hiya! For my card today I used the fabulous Lowercase Fun Dies to cut out the "j" and "y". I used the ornament from the Warm Holiday Fun set for my "o". I stamped and white heat embossed that zig zag on the ornament that is also in the Warm Holiday Fun set. I inked it and the letters with crushed olive distress ink. That seems to be my go to color lately. I just love that color! 

I used brushed pewter distress stain for the metallic layers and the ornament topper. That stuff is awesome!........... Look closely at the above picture...See the pop dots under the letters and ornament?? No? That's because they are clear! I love trying out {and loving} new products! This clear foam tape is called Kool Tak and it comes in a roll {I got the roll} and squares. Super cool stuff! 

Be sure to check out Emma's Blog for super awesome projects!

HUGE GIVEAWAY ALERT!

Okay, since it's Christmas, Emma decided to give away TWELVE of her FAVORITE things to ONE LUCKY person! She will announce one of the prizes for each day in her video! So by the 12th day, you will see ALL 12 items that ONE lucky person will be receiving! All you have to do is leave your comments each day! It's that simple! ALSO, **VERY IMPORTANT** Please leave your contact information so we can contact you "IF" YOU are the lucky winner! 

MCT 12 Days of Christmas Day 10

Hello! For my card today I used 3 different MyCreativeTime stamp sets to make my own word art background. Super easy, and a great way to get more out of your stamps! I used Warm Holiday Fun... From Our Family To Yours... and It's a Magical Season. 

I added THIS twine and a snowflake and called it done. :)

Be sure to head over to Emma's Blog for lots more projects. 

HUGE GIVEAWAY ALERT!

Okay, since it's Christmas, Emma decided to give away TWELVE of her FAVORITE things to ONE LUCKY person! She will announce one of the prizes for each day in her video! So by the 12th day, you will see ALL 12 items that ONE lucky person will be receiving! All you have to do is leave your comments each day! It's that simple! ALSO, **VERY IMPORTANT** Please leave your contact information so we can contact you "IF" YOU are the lucky winner! 

MCT 12 Days of Christmas Day 8

Hello! For my card I started with a kraft card base. I embossed the white mat with the snowflakes cuttlebug folder. I stamped the argyle from the Coffee Backgrounds set with aged mahogany distress ink for a tone on tone look. I die cut the tags from the Just Tags Stamp and Die set.  

I stamped and white heat embossed the word tree from the Just For You set. I added a bow, a button, and THIS twine from my DT sister's store...Liz's Paper Loft. 

Be sure to head to Emma's Blog to see her creation and the rest of the DT projects.

HUGE GIVEAWAY ALERT!

Okay, since it's Christmas, Emma decided to give away TWELVE of her FAVORITE things to ONE LUCKY person! She will announce one of the prizes for each day in her video! So by the 12th day, you will see ALL 12 items that ONE lucky person will be receiving! All you have to do is leave your comments each day! It's that simple! ALSO, **VERY IMPORTANT** Please leave your contact information so we can contact you "IF" YOU are the lucky winner! 

PeachyKeen Challenge 46

Hello and happy Friday to you! It's challenge time again at PeachyKeen. The challenge this time is to make an ornament. For my ornament, I used white acrylic paint to paint this chipboard snowflake. I mixed in a little tea dye distress stain to age it a bit. I let it dry and added rock candy distress stickles. I paper pieced the snowman from the Snow Gifts set. The face is from the Snow Cuties Assortment. 

Please pop over to the Challenge Blog and play along with us!

THE CHALLENGE

Create or decorate an ornament using that Peachy goodness!

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 12/12 - 11:59 pm EST

And here's some super awesome SALE info!!!

 RELEASE WEEK LONG SURPRISE SALE BEGINS TONIGHT AT 7:00 PM (this is replacing our first FINALLY FRIDAY sale of the month!!

20% off applies for 7 days until 12-12-12 on our store**
With the exceptions of Gift Certificates, Stamp Club of the Month and/ or on ANY Clearanced or SALE ITEMS.

NO CODE REQUIRED!!

BUY ANY TWO or more GIFT CERTIFICATES TOTALING $75.00 minimum and you will get A FREE $25.00 gift certificate emailed to whomever you choose to send it to!

PLEASE NOTE be SURE TO check the box at the top of the gift certificate page (to email a copy) and know your person's email address.
as well as their first and last name correctly to ensure that they will be able to use it without any problem.  The FREE gift certificate info WE NEED should
be included in the COMMENTS section of your last checkout page.  WE NEED your recipients first and last name and their email address.  If you would like a hard copy sent via regular mail.... please include this information as well.

PeachyKeen December Release Party Challenges

Hello! There are some fun challenges going on over at the Peachy Keen Connection for our December Release Party. Challenge #1 is to create something with drink on your project. I stamped and paper pieced the bottle from the new December 2012 set on  papers from the December Peachy Picks Kit.

That pretty gem that fits just perfectly on the bottle is also from the December Peachy Picks Kit. And here is my card for Challenge #2

Challenge #2 is to create a project with a word art background and a snowman as a focal point. I stamped the background with the Happy Holidays stamp from the new December 2012 set on to blue paper from the December Peachy Picks Kit. 

I paper pieced this cute snowman from the new Snow Me A Man set with papers from the December Peachy Picks Kit.........how did I line up all that word stamping? EASY!...with the Fiskars Stamp Press.  I didn't draw any guide lines or anything! THIS tool is an absolute must have! 

I sure hope you'll scoot over to the Peachy Keen Connection and play along! 

♥ Nikki ♥

MCT 12 Days of Christmas Day 4

Hello! Today is day 4 of the 12 Days Of Christmas over at MyCreativeTime. I used the XL Label Die to cut a white mat for the new Stitched XL Label die. I stamped the argyle from the Coffee Backgrounds set on to the Stitched XL Label die. The cardstock I used is Scarlet Jewel from PaperTreyInk and I stamped it with aged mahogany distress ink for a tone on tone look.  

I layered the Curly Label Die and the Stitched Curly Label die. I white heat embossed the sentiment from the Mixed Holiday Sentiments. I added some snowflakes and hearts and called it done.

HUGE GIVEAWAY ALERT!

Okay, since it's Christmas, Emma decided to give away TWELVE of her FAVORITE things to ONE LUCKY person! She will announce one of the prizes for each day in her video! So by the 12th day, you will see ALL 12 items that ONE lucky person will be receiving! All you have to do is leave your comments each day! It's that simple! ALSO, **VERY IMPORTANT** Please leave your contact information so we can contact you "IF" YOU are the lucky winner! 

♥ Nikki ♥

Peachy Keen Sneaks

Hello! It's sneaky peek time again for PeachyKeenStamps! Today my super simple card shows the adorable martini from the new December 2012 set. That olive looks really happy to be soaking in those spirits! HA ;) I paper pieced the drink and olive with papers from the December Peachy Picks Kit. The super cute polka dot paper is also from the December Peachy Picks Kit. 

I white heat embossed the funny sentiment from the new December 2012 set. To finish off the martini, I added some sakura stardust glitter pen to the bubbles and rim of the glass. Sorry the pictures are so dark, it's really shiny and cool in real life.

Head over to the Peachy Blog to see more fabulous sneaks! You're going to love this release! 

♥ Nikki ♥