Summer Card Camp 2 Challenge

Well folks, it's a miracle. The challenge in Summer Card Camp 2 today was to create a card in 10 minutes, and I did it! I DID IT! I have tried before to make a card in 10 minutes and failed miserably! LOL!!! I die cut the "hello" with the Lower Case Fun Dies from MyCreativeTime. I left out the middles to the e and o because I thought it looked cool. :)

I splattered picked raspberry, squeezed lemonade, and peacock feathers distress ink...and orange soda shadow ink. To finish it off, I added Crystal Clear sequins from Neat and Tangled. 

♥ Nikki ♥ 

p.s. I made this card in 9 minutes 32 seconds. :)

MyCreativeTime Sneaks Day 2 **you may need sunglasses** :)

Helloooooo neon! :) I am super loving neon right now! I used Hero Arts Neon Pink, Neon Orange, and Neon Yellow inks. I rubbed the neon yellow ink pad on some cardstock and dried it. Then I stamped the Large Sun from PeachyKeenStamps on it. I masked the face it has and gave it that adorable face from the June 2013 set from PeachyKeenStamps. 

Finished it off with Crystal Clear sequins. 

Head over to MyCreativeTime to see more sneaks!!! And it's GAME TIME!!!

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!

Okay, this time around we are doing something DIFFERENT!  Since you ALL have seen this release in its entirety, we decided to play a FUN game!  First of all, let me tell you what you will win!  One LUCKY person will win ALL of this!

This is what the price package includes:

* D-Ring 12" x 12" album - Black

*Blush Core Kit

* (500) 3" x 4" Journaling Cards

* (40) Bi-fold Journaling Cards

* (4) 4" x 6" First Page Cards

* (4) 3" x 4" First Page Cards

* (4) 4" x 6" Last Page Cards

* (4) 3" x 4" Last Page Cards

* (60) 4" x 6" Title Cards

* (60) 12" x 12" Photo Pocket Pages

* (12) 13" x 3" Project Life Dividers

* (14) White Divider Labels

We will also have a 2nd prize winner who will win a $50 gift certificate to the My Creative Time store!

We decided to make our giveaway a little easier for you.  Instead of listing all of the MCT products that each designer used on their projects, try to find just one!  If you can "spy" one old or new My Creative Time product and tell us about it in the comments, you will be eligible to win one of these great prizes!

Emma will announce the winner during the blog hop on Wednesday, July 17th.

*** SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON Facebook, Instagram it #mycreativetime, or even tweet about this release!  Let us know on "My Creative Time's" FB page here that you did so!  OR you can just tag Emma in your post! ***

MyCreativeTime Sneak...and Partial Die Cutting

Hello! I made this card with the NEW products from MyCreativeTime. I did some partial die cutting. I love how it turned out! I first made that polka dot piece with a Heidi Swapp mask and tide pool, butter bar, and orange soda shadow inks. I set that aside to dry and made the partially die cut portion. I snapped some pics along the way to show how I  did it.

First I drew a line at 2 inches from the top of my cardstock. And then a line under that at 1/8 of an inch down. I lined the new dies up with the bottom line and used washi tape to hold them in place. 

Then I lined up the top line I drew with the edge of the cutting plates in my Big Shot machine. This leaves the very ends of the numbers sticking out, and that part won't cut. This will make it so that the numbers only partially cut.

Here you can see what it looks like with the dies removed, but before cutting along the top line. And here it is after cutting...

And there you have it. Partial die cutting. :) And here's the side view of the card...

You may have noticed the "how-to" pics are of a white piece of cardstock. White showed up better, and I was experimenting. ;)

Head over to MyCreativeTime to see more with the NEW RELEASE!!

♥ Nikki ♥

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!

Okay, this time around we are doing something DIFFERENT! Since you ALL have seen this release in it's entirety, we decided to play a FUN game!  First of all, let me tell you what you will win!  ONE LUCKY person will win ALL of this! 

This is what the price package includes:

* D-Ring 12" x 12" album - Black

*Blush Core Kit

* (500) 3" x 4" Journaling Cards

* (40) Bi-fold Journaling Cards

* (4) 4" x 6" First Page Cards

* (4) 3" x 4" First Page Cards

* (4) 4" x 6" Last Page Cards

* (4) 3" x 4" Last Page Cards

* (60) 4" x 6" Title Cards

* (60) 12" x 12" Photo Pocket Pages

* (12) 13" x 3" Project Life Dividers

* (14) White Divider Labels

We will also have a 2nd prize winner who will win a $50 gift certificate to the My Creative Time store!

We decided to make our giveaway a little easier for you.  Instead of listing all of the MCT products that each designer used on their projects, try to find just one!  If you can "spy" one old or new My Creative Time product and tell us about it in the comments, you will be eligible to win one of these great prizes!

Emma will announce the winner during the blog hop on Wednesday, July 17th.

*** SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON Facebook, Instagram it #mycreativetime, or even tweet about this release!  Let us know on "My Creative Time's" FB page here that you did so!  OR you can just tag Emma in your post! ***

Peachy Keen Release Party Challenges.

Hello! I hope this card didn't blind you. ;) Challenge #1 is to make a Christmas card using non traditional colors. I think neon counts as non traditional! HA! I used regular ol' highlighters to color these adorbs penguins from the new July 2013 set from PeachyKeenStamps. I ♥ them! The color on this kinda freaked my camera out, looks better in real life. promise! 

That sweet greeting is also from the new July 2013 set from PeachyKeenStamps. Challenge #2 is to create a card with a vacation theme. Well I guess I was thinking summer...and that made me think of ice cream...Anyhoo, here's my card.

This ADORABLE double scoop of ice cream cone is from the new set called Yummies. I stamped them a bunch of time so I could paper piece with my current favorite... Vintage Bliss by Simple Stories. And those faces? Those gloriously cute faces??? They are from the new July 2013 set. I love the simplicity of them, makes them show up very well on busier patterned papers. Score! 

That greeting is from the new July 2013 set. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh I love this release!!! Ok...you wanna see another card made with the oh so cute set called Yummies???? Here it is...

See these "trees"? Well, they're actually gumdrops...that were just screaming to be transformed. :) They're from the must have Yummies set. SO CUTE! 

Those ridiculously adorable faces are from the new July 2013 set. Did I mention that I ♥ this release??? ;)

Scoot your bootie over to the Peachy Keen Connection to play along with us!!!

And don't forget to get your Peachy SALE on!!! :) 

Happy 4th of July!!!

Hello from Naval Station Mayport, and HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!! :) I made 2 patriotic cards this morning. I made the backgrounds for both cards by pouncing Barn Door and Broken China Distress Stains onto cardstock. My very own abstract fireworks backgrounds. :) For this card I used the awesome God Bless The USA Heart Stamp Set from PeachyKeenStamps. 

 I embossed the white panel with a folder from The Paper Studio {from Hobby Lobby} it is called Tiny Stars. Love those itty bitty stars! :) And here's my other card for today...

For this card I used the My Little Firecracker set from MyCreativeTime. I stamped the star panel on the side with Ranger Archival Jet Black ink. I used the same ink to stamp the greeting. It's my favorite black ink. 

And there ya have it! My cards for today!  

I hope you and yours have a very happy and safe 4th of July! And perhaps in between bbqing and the fireworks, you can get a little shopping in! :)

25% OFF your ENTIRE order*!

 Tues 7/2 10 PM CDT 

- Tues 7/9 10 PM CDT

no promo code needed

only at www.peachykeenstamps.com

 Happy 4th from my Sailor and me. :)

Peachy Keen Sneak Peek!!!

Hello Peachy friends!!! Are you ready for some super fun Christmas in July action??? This release is chock full of fabulous Christmas/Winter stamps. For my sneak I stamped the adorbs penguin from the new July 2013 with Charcoal Hero Arts shadow ink onto patterned paper so I could paper piece it. This paper is so cute and I'm addicted! It's the Vintage Bliss 6x6 pap by Simple Stories.

Seriously, isn't this the CUTEST PENGUIN EVER??!!! :) Alright...How about another sneak???

Here is the big and fabulous gingerbread house called Sweet Home. Super cute, right?!!! I paper pieced it, and had a blast doing so! 

I used rock candy stickles for the icing and the gumdrop lights. And glossy accents for the candy and such. Looks so cool in real life!

Pop over to the Peachy Keen Blog for more sneaks!

♥ Nikki ♥

SALE ALERT!!!!!! Head to PeachyKeenStamps to shop! :)

It's our ANNUAL 4th of July Sale and

our New Release Sale

all wrapped up into one FABULOUS JULY SALE!

**Our Peachy Pick will not be changed until end of this sale**

STARTS AT 10PM CST on 7-2-2013

ENTIRE MONTH LONG...

Sales will change every week on Tuesday at 10pm!

BEGINS tonight...

July2 through July9 enjoy your 25% off this week and 

Happy 4th of July!!

*exclusions are The Peachy Pick, Stamp Club subscriptions, sale and clearanced items*

** our new releases will be available on 7-5-13 at 7pm CST**

Smile it's your day!

Hello! I'm sharing a card made with a brand spankin' new background stamp from MyCreativeTime. It's called Cartoon Clouds Background and it is seriously swoon worthy! LOVE! It hasn't been release yet, but you can pop over to Emma's Blog for the chance to win it! YAY! She also shows it in her video. It's HUGE and super awesome. It can be used either portrait {like my card} or landscape! I love it so much I want to make it little pj's and cuddle with it while I sleep, but I won't. That would just be weird. ;)

I stamped it with Soft Pool, Mint Julep, and Tide Pool Hero Arts Shadow Inks to get an ombre look. Just ink up your stamp from light to dark to avoid contaminating a pad with a dark ink color. You can see the color a little better here...

Sorry, it's super rainy and dark out, so cruddy photo's. The greeting is from It's All About You and I stamped it with Charcoal Shadow Ink. I used Coffee Break and Build A Banner to stamp the butterflies.  I filled the shaker window with Ocean Breeze, Mint, and Crystal Clear sequins from NeatAndTangled. 

Be sure to pop over to Emma's Blog to check out her video, and for the chance to win the new and fabulous Cartoon Clouds background.

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. Today is the last day to enter the Bling challenge over at Emma's Blog too! :)