NEW Peachy Keen Stamps release "Spinner Card"

Hello! I hope you're ready for some serious cuteness! :) PeachyKeenStamps has a new release with lots of new faces, and some really fun dies as well. I used the new faces and dies to create a super fun, and EASY, spinner card. Above is the face flipped one way, and here is the other...

And here is a little photo tutorial showing how easy it is to do. You can click on the photo to enlarge it for a closer look. 

1. I used the largest circle in the Nested Ornaments: Ball dies to create the opening for the spinner. I have the card pictured closed, but be sure to open it so you don't cut through the back of your card. ;) 

2. I cut the smallest circle from the new Nested Ornaments: Ball dies and colored it very quickly with BG10 and BG11 around the edges. I then scribbled over that with the zero marker to blend it out. Then I stamped the faces {a different one for each side} with the new 1 1/8 Candy Cane Face set. I colored in the nose, and gave them cheeks. Then I used clear thread {Michaels} and sandwiched it between two circles to make the spinner. Be sure to use super strong adhesive. Then place the face in the middle of the circle, and adhere with strong tape at top and bottom. Finally, adhere the front panel over top of the clear thread. Super easy! :) 

3. This is the face on one side of the circle.

4. And this is the other side of the circle. Turn it round and round a bunch of times, and then it will spin when the card is opened! 

Click HERE to see a little video clip of this card in action! 

Pop over to PeachyKeenStamps to shop the new release! 

♥ Nikki ♥ 

p.s. I forgot to mention that I used the Mad For Plaid set by MyCreativeTime to stamp the background panels. :) 

MCT Inspire Me Wednesday- Pearl Jam Rules People! :)

Hello! It's Inspire Me Wednesday at MyCreativeTime. My card today is inspired by a song by my favorite band, Pearl Jam! Who, by the way, I WILL BE SEEING LIVE TONIGHT FROM THE PIT! :) If you don't see me posting for a while, it's cuz I'm still in shock from the awesomeness. Also, if I catch a guitar pick or a tambourine, I may just drop dead of happy on the spot! HAHA. Anyhoo back to the card. 

I used the donut stamp from the We're Better Together set. Yep, I turned a donut into a record! :) I stamped and colored 2 of them with my Copics so I could make a spinner card. Oh, I added little lightning bolts to the labels as a nod to PJ's most recent record. I used clear thread to suspend the records in the open circle. So the record spins when you open the card. I used the Alpha Pack set to make the greeting/song title. I used a circle stencil for the background. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies and the Bunch Of Fun Circles Dies as well. 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more. 

I hope your day is as fun as mine is going to be! :) I'm probably lined up outside the venue as you're reading this...I want to get as close to the stage as possible. :)

Peace, love, and Pearl Jam. 

♥ Nikki ♥ 

Here's the song this card is inspired by. I was at this show in San Diego in 2013. :)

Believe in the magic of Christmas

Hello! I LOVE LOVE LOVE how this card turned out. :) I think it's the first time I've made a spinner element. So fun! I used the adorable Reindeer Games and matching dies by Mama Elephant for my spinner reindeer. I colored him and my little scene with my Copics. I made the scene with the tree from the Reindeer Games set as well. I masked off the circle for the scene and colored it. 

I used the AWESOME NEW Stitched Postage Frame Dies from MyCreativeTime. Seriously, these dies are so cool...and I think they're my new fave! :) I also used the Bunch Of Fun Circles Dies by MyCreativeTime for the circle in the front of the card, and for the masking on the inside. The greetings on the outside and inside are from the Boughs Of Holly set by MyCreativeTime. I used the Diagonal Stripe Stencil by SimonSaysStamp for the red on the front. OH, and I used clear thread that I got at Michaels for the spinner. :) 

I hope you have a FANTASTIC day!!!

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. It's so fun to watch that little reindeer spin! :)