Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Meowy Christmas



hello peeps! i'm having so much fun breaking in my peachykeen.com animal faces stamp set! (PK-751 Animal Faces-Medium) my hubby's grandma is a huge cat lover, so i made this christmas card for her...i can post it because she doesn't "do" the internet...anyhoo i ran my blue cardstock through the cuttlebug in the snowflakes folder...i then sanded it...i added a strip of striped paper and a scallop border (scallop is the fiskars threading water border punch with the holes covered)...then i cut the kitty from my Animal Kingdom cartridge at 4 inches...stamped her ADORABLE face...her santa hat if from the Pooh and Friends cartridge cut at 1 inch...and lastly i gave her a bow (i know, shocking! HA) thanks for taking a peek at my card

toodles
nikki

Monday, November 23, 2009

Polar Bear Card



hello everyone!!! it's a happy day in scrappinNavyWife-land!!!! i received this stamp set from peachykeenstamps.com (PK-751 Animal Faces-Medium...thanks Kathy!) of ALL of the faces of the animals on the "Animal Kingdom" cricut cartridge...it's a HUGE set of 50 stamps! SO CUTE!!! and........drumroll....MY SAILOR CAME HOME FROM SEA!!!!! WOO HOO!!!! ;o)

anyhoo...i know this picture isn't great (dark out) but i just had to post this card!!!! i think my lil' polar bear came out super cute! i cut her out at 4 inches on blackout (remember to ALWAYS do blackout so you have a place to stamp the face)...i used a silver metallic prismacolor colored pencil to outline and shade her (blended with odorless mineral spirits)...i stamped the snowflakes (PK-020 Snow Flakey) with silver ink and embossed them with ultra thick embossing enamel....added some ribbon (of course i gave her a bow!) and called it done! hope you like her ;o)

nikki

i'll take a better picture tomorrow if it's sunny out...HELLO! I LIVE IN FLORIDA, SUN! YA KNOW, "THE SUNSHINE STATE"...well not today! LOL

Sunday, November 22, 2009

And the Winner is.........

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JenE!!!!! Congrats!!!!

JenE said...I thought I did post here too! I love your flowers...sure hope I win!!
Jen

thank you to everyone who entered! have a great day!!!

nikki

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Merry Christmas Card



hello! this card was fun/time consuming! ;o) here goes....i used my PeachyKeen snowflake stamps (PK-20 Snow Flakey)to stamp my background with clear embossing ink...i then heat embossed them with Embossing Tinsel (looks way cooler in real life)...what's not to love about glittery snowflakes???! i cut my snowlady using my Christmas Cheer cricut cartridge...she is cut at 3 1/2 inches on blackout...i stamped her ADORABLE lil' snowlady face with a PeachyKeen stamp (PK-520 Winter Face Assortment)...i colored in her nose with a prismacolor colored pencil...i stamped her belly charcoal buttons with another peachykeen stamp (PK-20 Snow Flakey)...i added pop dots to the back of her and stuck her on the snow...which i glittered up with my Sakura glitter pen...then to finish it off i stamped my greeting (from dollar bin at michaels)...cut it out and added eyelets and strung ribbon through...added pop dots to the back of it too...card done! thanks for stoppin by!

have a great day!!!

Nikki

****DON'T FORGET TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY...A FEW POSTS DOWN******

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Turkey Card



hello! the mailman brought me a ton of peachykeen stamps (peachykeenstamps.com)yesterday, so i just had to break them in! i cut the turkey a bunch of times with my "animal kingdom" cricut cartridge at 3 inches (cut apart and layered it)...i stamped her cute face with the 3/8" bird face from the "Winter Face Assortment" (PK-520)...i colored in her beak with an orange Sakura Souffle pen (it raises a lil' when it's dry!) then i used my new "Medium Polka Dot Print" (PK-101) to create the pattern on the Craft cardstock...i first inked it up with Tim Holtz "Distress" embossing powder (to get it good and juicy) i then inked over that with Colorbox ink in "cream white"...then stamped my image and sprinkled "Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel" over it and melted it with my heat gun...i added "UTEE" 2 more times...so the end result is cool little domed white shiny dots...the Plaid paper is from the "Nana's Nursery Baby girl" stack from DCWV...i added a dollar ribbon from Michaels and called it done ;o)

*i'm not gonna lie...this one kinda took forever what with the hand stitching and all...but i think it turned out cute, so it was worth it!*

***don't forget to enter yourself in my first GIVEAWAY!!!! right below this post!***

have a wonderful day!!!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

My First Giveaway!!!!!!



hello! i have been having a total blast with my blog...and i just LOVE when you guys leave me comments!!! sooooooooo to say THANK YOU i am having my first giveaway...i have been crocheting my lil' fingers to the bone for the past few days in anticipation of this giveaway, and i hope you all like the flowers!!! they are a perfect embellishment for a card or a scrapbook page...or maybe even try stitching them onto a scarf or sweater! ;o)

sooo you want to win??? here's how...all you need to do is become a follower (if you aren't one already) and leave a comment on THIS post with a way to contact you if you win...THAT'S IT! GOOD LUCK!!! ;o)

*there are 35 flowers in the picture...but because i am a little OCD with crocheting there will probably be more added! LOL...and perhaps i will throw in a few cards with envelopes! ;o) i will announce the winner next Sunday...have a great week!!!*

THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING AWESOME EVERYONE!!!

nikki

Friday, November 13, 2009

Thankful For You



HELLO!!!! HAPPY FRIDAY!!!! i started working on this card last night, but just wasn't happy with it...then i went to Michaels today and found that blue ribbon for a dollar...and the "thankful for you" stamp in the clearance aisle for only 94 cents!!!! ALWAYS check the clearance aisle!!!! also while i was in M's i stopped and played with the gypsy for a while...IT IS SO COOL!!! maybe Santa will bring it to me. ;o) ok, enough about my shopping adventure...

i embossed the background the same way i did on my 2 lil' Indians card...****TIP...i rub the paper i'm going to emboss with a dryer sheet to eliminate the static...this helps the excess embossing powder to slide right off!!***

i cut this lil' pilgrim with my "paper doll dress up" cricut cartridge...him and all his accessories are cut at 3 1/4 inches...popped him up...added ribbon and sentiment and called it done!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!

Nikki