MCT Throwback Thursday "Do over"

Hello! It's Throwback Thursday at MyCreativeTime...today we are picking an old card to "Do Over". I made the above card back in 2012, and while it's not entirely hideous, I don't like it. LOL ;) Here is my "Do Over" version...

Ahh. That's much better. ;) I used the XL Label Die from MyCreativeTime to make the shaker window. I used the same sweet ladybug from the Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge, but I gave her a different face. I used the Kawaii Face Assortment from PeachyKeenStamps. 

The greeting is from the My Favorite Sayings set from MyCreativeTime.

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more creations!

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. If you look closely at the heart on the tummy...you can see how much better the Explore cuts than the Expression. :)

PeachyKeen Release Party Challenges

Hello! I hope you will be able to play along with our challenges for the new PeachyKeenStamps release! Challenge 1 is to make a project of your choice using 1 stamped image, 2 patterned papers, and 3 embellishments. For my card, I used the adorable new set called Fish Bowl. I stamped and paper pieced it. I also stamped and paper pieced that adorbs fish from the new June 2013 set. Her beyond cute face is also from the new June 2013 set. 

The greeting is also from the new Fish Bowl set. And here is my card for challenge 2...

Challenge 2 is to create a project with a sun on it. I stamped the background with the Cloudy Day background with tide pool hero arts shadow ink. I cut my sun from the Create A Critter cricut cartridge. That adorable face is from the new June 2013 set. Seriously, is that not the cutest face evah??!!! LOVE! I should say that this is a little 3x3 card. :)

Ok, I sure hope you'll pop over to the PeachyKeen Connection and play along!

♥ Nikki ♥

Throwback Thursday

Hello and happy Throwback Thursday to you! This time we have a "bug" theme. So just use any older cricut cartridge and make something buggy. :) For my card I made the cute ladybug from the Create a Critter cartridge. I used my gypsy to hide the face so I could give her a PeachyKeen face. This sweet face is from the Princess Faces Assortment set. I attached her with a wobble to the XL Label die. 

The sentiment is from the My Favorite Sayings set from MyCreativeTime. Ok, pop over to Emma's Blog to see what she and the rest of the DT made...AND to play along!!!

♥ Nikki ♥

My Creative Time's June Stamp Release Blog Hop

Hello! If you arrived here from EMMA'S BLOG you're on the right track. ;) For my card I used the new stamp set called Encouraging Quotes for my sentiment. I LOVE this set!!! My sweet giraffe is from the Create a Critter cartridge. All the papers I used to make this card are from the Stella and Rose "Hattie Papers" collection by My Mind's Eye.

Her cute face is from the Critter Faces Small set from PeachyKeenStamps.com. Ok that's my card...Now on to a super cool announcement in addition to the stamp release...

Yep, DIES!!!! Cool, huh?!

Ok...be sure to comment on ALL blogs along the hop for your chance to win a stamp set of your choice OR the new die. We will be choosing 11 winners in all, one from each blog along the hop.

Your next stop is the fabulous KATIE

♥ Nikki ♥

Here is a link list in case you get lost ;)

Emma ~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/
Nikki ~ http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/ <---you are here
Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/
Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/
Leann ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/
Cathryn ~ http://www.inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/
Jen ~ http://jennyscards.blogspot.com/
Kate ~ http://www.scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Ruthie ~ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/
Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com

Cindy ~ http://cindylee77.blogspot.com/

Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day! I made this card for my hubby using the Playtime cartridge that sweet Emma got me for my birthday!!! We found out last week that he advanced and is now a First Class Petty Officer in the United States Navy!!! WOOT!!!! It was GREAT to finally get some good news for a change! ;o)

The girl's face is from the Wide Eyed Kids assortment and the kitty {my Simba} is from the Critter Faces Small set...both from PeachyKeenStamps.com. The sentiment is from Emma's graduation set {see, super versatile} called Follow Your Dreams.

♥ Nikki ♥

Birthday Bash Blog Hop & Giveaway!

Hello happy hoppers! ☺ Here are my cards for the hop! For my first card, I used the create a critter cartridge for my cute bee. Her adorable face is from the Critter Faces Extra Large set from PeachyKeenStamps.com.

The sweet sentiment is from the Oh Boy set from PinkByDesign. All the papers are from Basic Grey except for the kraft which is from PaperTreyInk.com. On to my next card we go.............

For this card I used my Celebrate With Flourish cartridge for the very first time! I didn't like the flourish on his butt, so I didn't cut that layer.

The sentiment on this card is from PaperTreyInk.com. Now, you in the mood for a giveaway???? I am giving away a copy of my "bestie" Emma's Gypsy Magid DVD!!! Just leave ONE comment on this post for your chance to WIN!

Click HERE to see the cool DVD!!!

Now, lets keep hoppin' along!!!

Momo-http://www.madebymomo.blogspot.com/ {head hop mistress}

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

                        Cristi- http://www.scrappin5littlecupcakes.blogspot.com/

                        Joanna- http://www.scrap-making.blogspot.com/

                         Julie- http://www.readysetstamp.com/

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

                     Meighen- http://www.scrappin3rdeeschik.blogspot.com/

                    Melanie- http://www.scrappymel.blogspot.com/

                  Meriah- http://www.twoscraptasticgals.blogspot.com/

                Molly- http://www.armywifelearnsthecricut.blogspot.com/

                 Nicole- http://www.canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com/

               Nikki- http://www.scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/ {you're here}

                  Sarah- http://www.liveloveandscrap.blogspot.com/

                        Sarah- http://www.pinkcricut.com/

                   Tammy- http://www.scrappycritters.blogspot.com/

                        Tracy- http://www.craftjunkietoo.com/

                   Trisha- http://www.techniquesbytrish.blogspot.com/


HUGE HOPPY HUGS!!
♥ Nikki ♥

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get WHALE soon

Yep, that's a pink whale alright! ☺ I thought this was a cute idea for the breast cancer fundraiser! Just a super duper simple card, but I think she's a cute lil' gal! Her sweet face is stamped with the Critter Faces Large set from, of course, PeachyKeenStamps.com. She is whaley cute. HAHAHA

The solid cardstock is from PaperTreyInk.com, and the patterned paper is from the Itsy Bitsy Baby Girl stack by K and Company. Thanks for stopping by!

♥ Nikki ♥

PeachyKeen Challenge 33

Hello! It's challenge time again! For my card I used the adorable stamp called Mouse Gets The Cheese. I used my Create a Critter cricut cartridge to cut out the sentiment and the two hunks of swiss cheese. {it should be some nice aged Wisconsin cheddar as that is where the PeachyQueen resides!} ☺

Here is the sketch for this challenge

I sure hope you will hop on over to the Challenge Blog and play along! Also, don't forget that you have until Sunday to enter for the $15 gift certificate to PeachyKeenStamps.com OR the Paper Doll Dress Up cricut cartridge! Scroll down to the Blog Hop post and leave a comment to be eligible to win. ☺

Big Cheese Eatin' Grins To Ya!

Nikki

PeachyKeen Challenge-30 *Shadowbox*

It's challenge time again! The challenge this time is to create an 8x8 or 12x12 layout to go into a shadowbox. If you only want to do the layout, that's fine. I admit I had a HARD time with this! So,  I apologize for being late today. Anyhoo, I finally found pictures that I wanted to use. These pictures are of me and my Mama waaaaaay back in 1982. ;o) I was THRILLED when I found that yellow gingham paper in my stash because it matched the little swim suit I have on in the pictures perfectly! Love it when that happens! ;o) I took the layout out of the shadowbox to get some better pictures to share.

I used the adorable starfish from the Sea Animals & Creatures stamp set. And I stamped my paper version of tiny me with the Everyday Character Assortment. I just LOVE those faces! Here's a closer look....... 

I hope you will pop over to the Challenge Blog and play along with us! This challenge will have two winners. One judged, and one random. So that means you have TWO chances to WIN! The prize for the judged winner is a $25 gift certificate to PeachyKeenStamps. The prize for the random winner is Natalee.

Have a SUNSHINEY day!

Nikki

DinoMite Dad Card

Hello! I am LOVING the new Gypsy update!!! I used the hide contour feature to remove the face that would have cut out in the layer 3 function. This way I was able to use one of my Critter Faces stamps to give my dino a cute face and still have his "spots" cut out. Which you can't see because I filled said cutout spots with lime stickles ;o) I went to Michaels this past week and picked up the new Martha Stewart punch around the page set called Optic Dot. It is a really cool double row, but I needed it to be shorter so I could fit my sentiment on the card...So I just covered up the second row of dots and voila! ;o)

While I was at Michaels I searched and searched for a Father's day stamp or set of some kind and found NONE! Boo! So I used the Happy Father's Day cut from the Wild Card Cartridge.

I hope you're having a DINOMITE weekend!!!!!!!

Dino-Hugs!

Nikki

P.S. I entered this into the challenge over at MyPinkStamper.com

Teacher Thank You Card

My friend Steph's son will be giving this card to his teacher. I again used my Gypsy to weld two apple shadows from Create-a-Critter to make this shaped card. So, it's the same base as yesterday's card, but has a completely different look. I used my Calvin and Hobbes font to make the tag with his teacher's name on it. I thought it looked like a kid's writing. ;o) And to finish it off I added HUGE googlie eyes...we're talkin' HUGE!!! They are the size of a quarter! I got them in a variety pack at the Dollar Tree.

I hope this made you smile! It sure makes me smile! It might be hard to part with! LOL HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are ALL the apple of my eye!

Nikki

Deer me!

Hello friends! I am in LOVE with Create-a-Critter! And the faces that Peachy Keen Stamps make to go with this cartridge are TO DIE FOR! I mean this little fawn is cute with the "regular" face on the cartridge, but the stamp just takes it to a whole new level of adorableness! SERIOUSLY CUTE!!! Ok, I'll stop gushing now. ;o) The fawn is cut at 3 inches and the face is stamped with the Critter Faces Medium Set. I did some strategic layering of my own to get the brown feet and nose. I cut the base layer twice. Once in the cream and once in dark brown. Then I cut the bottom half of the brown body to get the feet. And then I just freehand cut the nose. Enough talk of paper fawn butchery. LOL

The flowers are cut from the same button as the fawn at 2.25 inches. The clouds are hand cut. The sentiment stamp is from cleardollarstamps.com. I hope you're having a wonderful day!

You're are all very DEER to me!

Nikki

Devlin's Pig Farm 2 page layout

Howdy y'all! Yee Haw, it's Saturday!!! This project is going in my cousin's little boys bedroom in two 12x12 shadowbox frames. He is OBSESSED with pigs, and I hope he LOVES this! I sure had fun making it! OINK OINK

I used a few cartridges for this...Everyday Paper dolls for the farmer and the tractor. I cut the tractor twice so I could make my own layers.

I wrote "Devlin Tractor Co." really little on the tractor. ;o)

I LOVE how my little farmer turned out! He even has "snaps" for his overalls!

Back to listing cartridges...The barn, windmill, and hay bundles are from Old West...The piggies are from Animal Kingdom...And I think the clouds are from Create-a-Critter...Oh, and the title font is the marker feature from Pooh Font. I hope you are having a wonderful day!!!

Farmtastic wishes!

Nikki

p.s. you can click on the pics for better detail. ;o)

Kitty Cat Card

Hello everyone! Raise your hand if you're obsessed with Create-a-Critter...*BOTH HANDS RAISED*....LOL...I used my gypsy to weld two shadows of the cute kitty together to create a shaped card. This will fit in a standard A2 envelope. ;o) Anyhoo, this is my hubby's Grandma's Mother's day card. She loves her kitties just like me, although she has 3 furry babies...I just have the 2...Simba and Jinxy...And this card looks like my Simba ;o)

Have a CRITTERIFIC day!!!!

Hugs,

Nikki

p.s. Maybe I'm blind or just a tad "slow"...but I couldn't find the little bit to cut the tongue so I just kinda made my own...anyone else notice that???

Ahoy! Happy Birthday Mason...and ME! ;o)

Hello! This is the card I made for my little birthday buddy Mason. He is 5 today, sadly I am not! LOL Yep, today is my big 30! SIGH...I was late in getting this in the mail, so I wanted to post it so he could see it on his actual birthday! He had a pirate party, so this lil guy was just perfect! The Octo-pirate is from Create-a-Critter and is cut at 3 inches.

The "ahoy" is on the same key at the octo, but is cut at 1 inch. So I hope you're having a great 5th birthday buddy! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Have a great day everyone!

Piratey Birthday HUGS!

Nikki

A little Birdie told me...Bird-day Card

Happy National Scrapbooking Day friends!!! I finally finished My Pink Stamper's Challenge #2 which was to use scraps. Buy the way, she is now on 7, I'm a tad slow. LOL Anyhoo, I used my gypsy to design this to make the most of some tiny scraps of PTI cardstock. The sweet little birdie is from the Create-a-Critter cartridge and her cute flower has a glittered brad center. The branch is from the Songbird cartridge which I cut twice in brown and in green so I could hand cut the leaves. I used a punch for the flowers on the branch.

I love the sentiment I came up with for the inside! ;o)

Well I hope you're having a wonderful NSD!!! I know I am! I hope to "see" you over at the AboveRubiesStudio live Ustream chat at 8ET tonight!

Scrappy Hugs!

Nikki

p.s. I did put this in my new Etsy shop. ;o)

Birthday Fun with Create-a-Critter

My friend's lil' guy is turning one at the end of the month, and this is the card I made for him. I hope he likes it, LOL! The train, lion, balloon, and clouds are all from Create-a-Critter. The train track is from Everyday Paper Dolls. I used my Gypsy to size everything to fit by creating a 4.25 x 5.5 rectangle. I made sure all the pieces fit nicely in it (representing the card front)...and then I just deleted the rectangle before cutting. SUPER EASY! This card looks pretty simple, but it took a while because of all the white pen work I did. Here is the side view to show what's popped up.

Well I hope you're having a GREAT DAY!

{HUGS}

Nikki

p.s. the sentiment stamp is by My Pink Stamper and can be bought HERE

Cool Cat Card *Create-a-Critter*

Hello! Although I am STILL hoping for a Kitty cartridge, I am STOKED about the 2 kitties on the Create-a-Critter cartridge! They are both super cute! This is the second kitty in the booklet and she is just as regal as can be perched on her fluffy pink pillow. ;o) This is just a super simple card. The "cool cat" sentiment is from a stamp set by Pink Cat Studio, GASP, not PeachyKeen! LOL

Have a PURR-FECT day!

Nikki

P.S. This cartridge is SO EASY TO LAYER!!!