flower text

Just a quick post of a card made using one of my favorite stamps, sorry if you get sick of seeing it! Hehe. It's the Flower Text stamp from Hero Arts. I paper pieced it with papers from the Sweet Threads collection from Basic Grey. 

Added some glossy accents here and there and called it done. :)

♥ Nikki ♥

Angelica's Farewell Blog Hop

Hello! You should have arrived from Heidi's blog, if not head HERE to start at the beginning. Angelica has been the most fabulous leader of all things peachy bloggy, and we are soooo gonna miss her! She has a fabulous new job, and I wish her the absolute best of luck! For my card I paper pieced the adorable Smartie The Owl. I just love this owl so much! Her face is from the Critter Faces Medium set. I added my favorite rock candy stickles to her tummy...

The sentiment is from the You're A Hoot set from PinkByDesign. 

Dear Angelica- I want to thank you for, well, everything! :) But mostly I will be forever grateful to you for getting me addicted to paper piecing! Seriously though, I want to wish you well in your new endeavors. As we say in the Navy...Fair winds and following seas. ♥ Nikki 

Now......on with the hop! Your next stop is  RAVEN 

And just in case you get lost along the way...

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

Kathy Jakopovich-- http://www.peachykeenstamps-kathy.blogspot.com/

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

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

Emma Aguilar-- http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

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

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

Janice Wilson -- http://www.stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com/

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

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

Lisa Buttafuoco -- http://www.our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com/

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

Nikki Foraker -- http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/

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

Ruthie Nixon -- http://www.septemberninth.blogspot.com/

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

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

Vivienne Holden - http://www.craftinghaven.blogspot.com/

Michelle Criswell www.scrappinwithmybug.com

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

Dobea Alberts -- http://www.dobeaalberts.blogspot.com/

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

Erin Lee Shreiner -- http://www.erinleecreative.com/

Samantha Casey -- http://www.samanthacasey.blogspot.com/

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

Enabling Alert!!! And a card ;)

Hello and happy Friday! I'll get to the enabling portion of this post in a bit! For my super simple card I first stamped and white heat embossed the Hearts A Plenty background stamp from MarketStreetStamps. {it's only 8 bucks!} I then used my ink blending tool to ink it up with mowed lawn distress ink. I'm in love with this green! I made a green mist with forever green perfect pearls and water in a mini mister. Now I have my own custom green sparkle spritz! ;) If you look closely you can see the sparkle here...

It's really pretty in real life. The sentiment is from the Great Big Greetings set from MarketStreetStamps. I finished it with a punched heart that I inked and misted. I added glossy accents to it when it dried. Now..............onto the enabling! ;)

If you follow my blog you know that I just adore getting inky, and ALL my must have/I'd die without/can't pry them from my cold dead hands tools are on sale over at Blitsy!!!! They have my can't live without non-stick craft sheet, ink blending tool, replacement foam pads, and.........mini misters!!! AND the fabulous mini mister holder {mini mister stadium seating ;) } Plus there are limited edition colorbox chalk ink pads on sale and I'm soooo getting those! hehe.....just click HERE to get in on all the insane deals! When you sign up through my link I earn money towards future purchases and you can refer your friends and earn money for your future purchases! Fabulous deal! :) Hurry and get what you want, because when they sell out...that's it! And I'm sure they'll go fast. 

Happy shopping! :) I'm off to fill my "cart"! 

♥ Nikki ♥ 

WAIT!!!! Don't go yet.....check THIS out........Ahhh I love a good sale! :)

Get your favorite PinkByDesign stamps super cheap! YEAH!!! 

I warned you about the enabling bits ;) 

3D Wednesday-Magical Holiday

Hello and welcome to 3D Wednesday over at MyCreativeTime. For my 3D item I made a gate-fold card. The instructions are right in the flippy lid of the Martha Stewart scoring board. I stamped and white heat embossed the large sentiment and snowflakes from the It's A Magical Season set from MyCreativeTime. I used  peacock feathers and seedless preserves distress ink and my foam blending tool to add the color. I then spritzed with perfect pearls and water in a mini mister for shine. 

See the shine? Really pretty in real life. And here's the card opened...

The sentiment is from the Warm Holiday Fun set from MyCreativeTime. 

♥ Nikki ♥

Peachy Keen Sneak Peeks!

Hello! It's sneaky peek time again for PeachyKeenStamps. This release is gonna knock your socks off! This sweet witch is from the new September 2012 set. Is she not the cutest little witchy girl ever?! I paper pieced her with papers from the Peachy Picks Kit. I added glossy accents to the beaker and rock candy stickles to her hat. Love that stuff!

I wish the shine showed up better. The sentiment is from a new set too. :) And here is a card made with the new September 2012 set and lots and lots of distress ink. I got really messy making this one! 

I stamped the leaves from the September 2012 set onto watercolor paper using distress inks and water so the colors would blend together. See that background? It's a new stamp too! YEAH for awesome background stamps! 

For the background I inked up paper with distress inks in swipes of color. Let that dry completely and then heat embossed the background with clear embossing powder. Then over that I used my inking tool to add gathered twigs distress ink. This is a really fun way to get a multi colored stamped image. The sentiment is from the September 2012 set. Oh, and I added rocky candy stickles to the leaves. :)

♥ Nikki ♥

There is still time to get in on the sale!

p.s. today is my 13th anniversary. :) ♥ my sailor! 

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 ♥