2014 Look Back Part 2.....{July~December} and a GIVEAWAY!

Good Morning everyone and happy last day of 2014!
I am back with part 2 of my 2014 look back. I posted day 1 HERE so in-case you missed it, please stop by for your chance at my giveaway and to see the first half of my favorite projects from 2014. I sure hope you have enjoyed them and I am pretty excited to show you today's projects as well.
So here is goes...... July~December :)

July

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/07/cupcake-thanks-candy-stickschallenge.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/07/christmas-in-julypks-new-release-blog.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/07/mct-34th-release-july-sneak-peek-day-2.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/07/thank-you-soccer-cardswhatever.html

August

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/08/pks-august-new-release-blog-hop.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/08/back-2-schoolinspiration-wednesday-wmct.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/08/head-of-class-blog-hop-post-2.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/08/mct-35th-new-release-sneak-peek-day-4.html

September

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/09/mct-36th-new-release-sneak-peek-day-2.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/09/congrats-on-your-new-arrivaltrendy.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/09/bulldogs-football-loinspiration.html

October

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/10/mct-37th-new-release-sneak-day-1.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/10/baby-its-cold-outsidemct-what-treat.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/10/to-my-lil-pumpkintrendy-twine-dt-project.html

November

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/11/mct-38th-new-release-sneak-day-3.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/11/mct-38th-new-release-sneak-day-2.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/11/what-treat-wednesday-w-mct-tic-tac.html

December

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/12/what-treat-wednesdaymy-creative-time.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/12/trendy-twine-christmas-tin-blog-hop.html

Before I let you go for today...
Don't forget about my GIVEAWAY for one of my followers~ a thank you for stopping by through out the year and leaving me such AWESOME comments!!!

 I have a $20 gift card to your choice of either Joanne's, Michaels or Hobby Lobby plus I will throw in some crafty goodness :)

All you have to do is for your chance to win 
~Be a follower
and
~comment on both my post today and my part 1 post from yesterday HERE

For an extra chance
~share this post with your friends...whether on Instagram, FB or on your blog
just make sure you add another comment telling me where you shared it
~if you share on Instagram or FB make sure to tag me too :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today
and 
have a safe and Happy New Year!

2014 Look Back Part 1.....{January~June} and a GIVEAWAY!!

Good Morning everyone!!!
 Can you believe that we are almost to the end of 2014? WOW did this year just FLY by!!! 
I thought it would be fun to do a 2 part post showcasing some of my FAVORITE cards and projects from this past year.

 I have been blessed this year to be on 3 AMAZING DT's~
My Creative Time, Peachy Keen Stamps and Trendy Twine
I am such HUGE fans of all of the products each company has to offer. If you are a long time follower of my blog, you will most likely see SEVERAL products used on pretty much all of my projects! If you are new here you must check out what each of these companies have! I know you will LOVE them as much as I do :)

So lets take a look.... I picked a few projects from each month and added the post link under each one in-case you want to go back and see how I created each project.

January

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/01/my-creative-time-sneak-peek-day-1.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/01/super-exciting-news.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/01/snowflakes-are-kisses-trendy-twine-new.html

February

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/02/peachy-keen-stamps-colorphoto.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/02/thank-youmct-challenge.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/02/face-day-garden-markerspeachy-keen.html

March

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/03/good-lucktrendy-twine.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/03/pks-sketch-challenge1403-curtain-call.html

This is probably my FAVORITE project of 2014!

I LOVE my chickens...LOL!!

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/03/peachy-keen-stamps-mid-month-release.html

April

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/03/to-my-bunnymade-in-minutes-wmct.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/04/happy-easter-w-trendy-twine.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/04/its-plane-truthseize-sketch-17-post-2.html

May

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/05/love-you-forevertrendy-twine.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/05/thrifty-thursday-wmct-and-winner.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/05/pks-may-new-release-sneak-day-1.html

June

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/06/scrapping-little-thingswmct.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/06/perfect-pearpks-colorphoto-challenge.html

http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/2014/06/happy-fourth-of-julymct-sneak-day-1.html

So there is my look back at the first 6 months of 2014. Do you have a favorite project on mine that I did not add to this list? I would love to hear which one it is.

Before I let you go for today...
I  thought I would do a little GIVEAWAY for one of my followers~ a thank you for stopping by through out the year and leaving me such AWESOME comments!!!

 I have a $20 gift card to your choice of either Joanne's, Michaels or Hobby Lobby plus I will throw in some crafty goodness :)

All you have to do is for your chance to win 
~Be a follower
and
~comment on both my post today and my part 2 post tomorrow

For an extra chance
~share this post with your friends...whether on Instagram, FB or on your blog
just make sure you add another comment telling me where you shared it
~if you share on Instagram or FB make sure to tag me too :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today and don't forget to join me tomorrow for part 2!
Have a GREAT day everyone!!!!

Happy Birthday Kathy!

Hey there everyone!!!!
It is a celebration day over in The Peachy Place~
we are celebrating Kathy's birthday!!!

A bunch of crafters have been secretly planning to surprise Kathy with PK birthday cards :)
I bet she will be surprised to see all the ADORABLE birthday cards in the group!
Here is the card I made for her!

To make my card, 
I used the Peachy Keen Stamp set~ PKSC~12 December 2012 which is currently one of the sets on sale this month :) I stamped both the sentiment and that adorable face using this set. 
 For the rainbow colored stars, I used My Creative Time's 3 Stitched Star Dies, and scraps of colorful cardstock in my HUGE bin of paper.
I added some enamel dots in coordinating colors, added some white gel pen to the star's face as well as some chalk to his cheeks. 
My card was then added to a Stitched Rectangular Frame Die, also from MCT, mounted onto my kraft cardstock base.
This card is now ready to be airborn and onto the birthday girl!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHY!!!
Hope it is a GREAT one!!!

To see more of the cards we all made, check out the Peachy Keen Stamps FB group
The Peachy Place!

Merry Christmas w/ Peachy Keen Stamps ~{Trendspotting}

Good Morning everyone!!!
If you are looking for today's What a Treat Wednesday with My Creative Time please click HERE!

I’m up on the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog today to share a Trendspotting project.

Christmas is in the air and GOLD is big right now so while searching the wonderful world of Pinterest I came across this gorgeous picture. 

Pinterest Image found HERE

I used the cow print as the basis for my project as well as the gold, black and white color combo to make my Christmas card using 3 of the newly released stamps from PK. 

Here is what I came up with....

 I love heat embossing....love the way it looks and the texture it adds to a project. I started this card out by using the PK~1437 Cow Print Square 4.25" and heat embossing it on kraft cardstock using some gold embossing powder. Then using the sentiment from the new PK~1449 Holiday Sentiments set, I stamped it onto the kraft cardstock base in between a small space I left purposely left between the cow print.  For that adorable image, I used the new PK~1439 Charlotte & Junior stamp, colored him using my copic markers and to make his vest match the cow print background, I used a gold pen to color it in.

Here is another angle of my card where you can see the beautiful heat embossed background. I also placed the image up on some foam pop dots for a bit more dimension :)

Peachy Keen Stamps Used:

PK~1437 Cow Print Square 4.25"

PK~1439 Charlotte & Junior

PK~1449 Holiday Sentiments

Peachy Keen has some awesome December Specials available and you can see them all HERE. Don't forget about the SWEET PK sale that is going on as well. All the details are below and can be found in the PKS Store also!

MERRY CHRISTMAS from Peachy Keen Stamps 

YES!!! The Christmas season is JOYFUL!! Though sometimes a bit STRESSFUL when it comes to shopping! Trying to get to a store or a website before a sale ends is MADDENING! We FEEL your pain as we still have to shop too! I can't even begin to count how many times I've been to Kohl's!  LOL!

After a meeting here today, PKS decided to take all the guessing out of it for you!! We are beginning this sale today and it runs through JANUARY 1st, 2015. We want your shopping experience here to be as simple and hassle-free as possible!

• December 2014 RANGE 1, PROMO CODE: SAVE20 Save 20% when you spend $5.00 to $35.00
• December 2014 RANGE 2, PROMO CODE: SAVE25 Save 25% when you spend $35.01 to $75.00
• December 2014 RANGE 3, PROMO CODE: SAVE30 Save 30% when you spend $75.01 to  $100.00
• December 2014 RANGE 4, PROMO CODE: SAVE35 Save 35% when you spend 100.01 and over!
• USA ONLY: ENJOY!!  99 cent shipping on any order under $75.00 (after discounts) 
• USA ONLY: All orders over $75.00 (after discounts) ship free EVERYDAY!

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my Trendspotting project! Hope you all have a GREAT Wednesday!!!

~Jessica~

Peachy Keen Stamps/Miss Kate Cuttables Holiday Co-Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the

Miss Kate Cuttables and Peachy Keen Stamps 

Holiday Co-Hop!

We have a week filled with wonderful

Holiday projects created by the talented and amazing designers from both teams!

We recently had a few days off for some bad weather that hit our area. There were parts that received up to 7 feet...yes 7 feet of snow. Where I live, just north of this area we got nothing. Well a little dusting but that is about it. My kids had 4 days off from school and they didn't have any snow to play in. So when I saw this CUTE penguin from the Burr, It's Cold set, I knew I had to pair him up with the sentiment from the new PKS set~ Faceless Happy Snow Day Characters . 

To make my card, which is a 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 size, I started with a kraft cardstock base, added a layer of white cardstock and then some pretty striped designer paper from DCVW. I die cut it using the 4 x 4 Journal Die & More set from My Creative Time and then stamped the sentiment using the new PKS set PK~1452.
Next I cut the adorable penguin and used coordinating paper for his hat and scarf from the same paper pad from DCVW. I used the newly released PK~1447 Happy Penguin Couples Face Assortment for his face which I then colored in using a mix of copic and chalk ink. He was then popped up onto the front of my card using some foam pop dots. 
To finish my card off, I added some die cut snowflakes from MCT~Winter Flake Dies and some sparkly enamel dots to the center.

PRIZES!!

The Peachy Keen Stamps prize for one lucky blog hopper is a

$25.00 Gift Certificate for each day of comments and then at the end of our event, 

ONE lucky blog hopper will win a $75.00 Gift Certificate

from all the comments for the week. 

Each day you can come to the Miss Kate Cuttables Blog or The Peachy Keen Stamp Blog and we'll have the that day's line up for you!

Visit, comment and follow each of the designers Blogs

to win the MKC file(s) the designer used on

their project for each day, AND to get in on the chance to win that $25 daily Peachy Keen Stamps Gift Certificate.

Make sure you follow the Miss Kate Cuttables Blog too

for a chance to win all the files the designers used

on this wonderful Holiday Co-Hop!

SALE ALERT!!!
There’s a BIG Peachy Sale that JUST STARTED!


There is no more perfect time than NOW to load up on all your favorite Peachy Keen Stamps, Not only because of this amazing price reduction, but ALSO because there’s a FREE STAMP involved!  Complete details below!

Dear Peachies,
Happy Thanksgiving!
WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU FOR TWELVE YEARS, now!!
SALE STARTS AT 8 am CST on Thursday 11-26-14 and ends at 11:59 CST on Sunday (midnight)
11-30-14
SAVE 30% with the Promo Code:
TURKEY at checkout!
 (typed just as shown)
I had time to get a FREE STAMP SET together for you.  It is free with purchase during this sale.
Please note, one per customer during the sale.
Many thanks to Melissa of KaDoodleBugDesigns. She can put these together so much quicker than I can!
We have 8 new sets of PEACHY PIECES for you – made with some of our new releases.  They open the doors to those who love to paper piece. (eh-em Nikki).
With SINCERE thanks for your patronage!
Happy Holidays!!
Big Peachy Hugs,
Dave and Kathy Jakopovich
http://www.peachykeenstamps.com/shop

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Friday and weekend!!

Peachy Keen Stamps November New Release~ Sneak Day 2

~if you are looking for Day 4 of sneaks for the My Creative Time 38th New Release please click HERE~

Good Morning everyone and welcome to Day 2 of sneaks for the

Peachy Keen Stamps November New Release.

What did you think of yesterday's projects?? Super CUTE right??
Well today we have more AWESOME new stamps to showcase and ADORABLE projects to share :)
I LOVE making holiday treats to hand out so for today's project I made some candy sticks using the sweet new Happy Snow Couple 1 1/8" faces.....

I just LOVE these happy faces!!! I stamped them onto one of the MCT stitched circle dies and then colored them in using my copics and my white gel pen.

Next for their hats, I used the MCT St. Patty's day hat which actually worked AWESOME for these guys! Since these are Christmas candy sticks, I used the holly leaves and a berry for their hats and then tied the tags onto the candy sticks using some Candy Cane Trendy Twine.

BTW~ I did fill them with the new Mint M & M's...YUMMY!!!!

These were so fun to make and I can not wait to hand some of these cuties out to my friend's little ones. They would make GREAT school party favors too!!!

Peachy Ken Stamps Used:
PK~1446 Happy Snow Couple 1 1/8"

My Creative Time Dies Used:

Bunch of Fun Circle Dies

I'm a Lucky Girl (hat die)

Boughs of Holly

Additional Products Used:

Candy Cane Trendy Twine

1x8 Clear Skinny Bags~ Trendy Twine Store

copics, white gel pen

PRIZES!!!!

Of course there are PRIZES for those who comment! 

One lucky person who comments on the DT's blogs will be entered to win a $25 Gift Certificate for each day of sneak peeks and there is a big prize of a $50 Gift Certificate for the Blog Hop.  

Winners will be chosen randomly from ALL the comments on all of the stops on the hop so make sure you check out everyone's AWESOME projects!!!

You can find all the details over on the

 Peachy Keen Stamps Blog!

Thanks for stopping by and I will see you all tomorrow for the big reveal and Blog Hop!!!

Peachy Keen Stamps November New Release~ Sneak Day 1

~if you are looking for Day 3 of sneaks for the My Creative Time 38th New Release please click HERE~

Good Morning everyone and welcome to Day 1 of sneaks for the

Peachy Keen Stamps November New Release.

Kathy has been VERY busy creating super ADORABLE new stamps and you are in for a treat from the DT!!!

We will be sharing projects today and tomorrow on our blogs and having our big reveal and blog hop on Facebook on Friday that I sure hope you will join us in.

For my project today I used 2 of the new sets being showcased today...lets have a look :)

Now isn't that cowgirl snow sweetie just adorable????? 

Meet  Charlotte.... she is as cute as can be!!!

 I stamped her on the new Oval Die from MCT(sneak this week)  and colored her in using my copics, pulling colors from the designer paper...the fun Giddy Up! paper pad from Carta Bella. Next using my MCT tag die and the new Square Cow Print background stamp, I added a large banner to my card base....see how perfectly it matches Charlotte's shirt? So CUTE!

See that fun new sentiment I die cut using the MCT Stitches Square Speech Bubble? That is also a newbie from the PK~1439 Charlotte & Jr. stamp set!

With some black hemp twine and some randomly placed enamel dots, my card is competed!

Peachy Keen Stamps Used:

PK~1437 Square Cow Print (sneak)

PK~1439 Charlotte & Jr. (sneak)

My Creative Time Products Used:

Scalloped Stitched Oval Die (sneak for MCT New Release)

Stitched Square Speech Bubbles

Tag Die Layers

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

Additional Products Used:

Carta Bella~ Giddy Up! paper pad

copics, enamel dots, white gel pen

black hemp twine

Want to see another cutie......

For this card I used the new PK~1443 Faceless Penguins with the matching sentiment from the new PK~1444 Dear Santa & Penguin Sentiments
I colored the penguin using my copics and added his to the front of a center step card.

He was then popped up onto a die cut circle from MCT and embellished with some sweet snowflakes also from MCT. The sentiment was placed onto the bottom on the card on an oval die and I finished my card off my adding some stickles to the penguin's hat and enamel dots to the snowflakes.

Peachy Keen Stamps Used:

PK~1443 Faceless Penguin (sneak)

PK~1444 Dear Santa & Penguin Sentiments (sneak)

My Creative Time Products Used:

Bunch of Fun Circle Dies
Stitched Oval Die
Winter Flake Dies

Additional Products Used:

copics, enamal dots, white gel pen
My Minds Eye~Merry Little Christmas paper pad

PRIZES!!!!

Of course there are PRIZES for those who comment! 

One lucky person who comments on the DT's blogs will be entered to win a $25 Gift Certificate for each day of sneak peeks and there is a big prize of a $50 Gift Certificate for the Blog Hop.  

Winners will be chosen randomly from ALL the comments on all of the stops on the hop so make sure you check out everyone's AWESOME projects!!!

You can find all the details over on the

 Peachy Keen Stamps Blog!

Thanks for stopping by and I will see you all tomorrow for Day 2!!!