Duck on Vacation...

I wanted to join in the Cottage Blog Challenge #1. I have a few of the CottageCutz dies that are designed by Peachy Keen Stamps and I absolutely LOVE them. They are so cute. For this challenge we were to base our project off a picture of beautiful pink blossoms that they provided for inspiration. I thought these flowers looked kind of like a lei all layered together so that is where the inspiration took me.

This is a pretty simple card but I really like how it turned out. I hand cut her hula skirt and drew some little flip flops on her too. I used the adorable Duck with Egg die for this project. Isn't she a cutie. And the perfect little sentiment is from Emma's My Teacher Rocks! stamp set. This is the card we gave my daughter's teacher for the last day of school today.

Here is the picture that brought the inspiration. Hopefully you don't think I stretched my inspiration too far Janice. And thanks for letting me know about the fun challenge.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are having a great day. Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

*Cottage Cutz designed by Peachy Keen Stamps - Duck with Egg

*My Creative Time stamps - My Teacher Rocks!

*Papertrey Ink - patterned paper
*Sandpaper sheets
*Prima Flowers
*Adhesive pearls
*Sakura White Gellyroll pen

My Teacher ROCKS!

What a crazy and fun week this has been and boy has it flown by. I have a feeling this weekend is going to go even faster. Anyway, I wanted to share another one of the cards that I made for my daughter's teacher this week. I will probably be showing some more of my Teacher Appreciation cards/projects next week.

I totally had fun with this. That super cute background note paper is an awesome background stamp called Vintage Notepad by Market Street Stamps. The perfect and adorable sentiment is from the My Teacher Rocks! stamp set by My Creative Time. And that super cute bear is the Peachy Keen- CottageCutz Tear Bear. She is SUCH a cutie! The bear is also attached to an Action Wobble so that she really rocks. I didn't do a short video this time, but I'm sure you can imagine it wobbling :).

A couple of reminders:

1. I listed the winners from my birthday week on Monday. I have heard from all but two of the winners. If you haven't looked to see if you were one of them then check HERE. The winner's have until Monday night to contact me. If not, I will pick two new winners.

2. Peachy Keen Stamps is having an awesome sale starting tonight at 8PM CST!!! There are some awesome discounts, 99 cent shipping and the chance to win some AMAZING prizes. If you have been wanting to order some of these awesome stamps you should definitely hop by and take a look. And no, they aren't paying me to tell you about it - LOL. I just love a good sale and I LOVE my Peachy Keen Stamps so I thought I would let you know all about it! Click HERE to go to there site.

Items Used:

*My Creative Time stamps - My Teacher Rocks!

*Market Street Stamps - Vintage Notepad

*Peachy Keen Stamps-CottageCutz - Tear Bear Die

*Action Wobble

*Maraschino twine from The Twinery

*Kraft cardstock from Papertrey Ink

*Apple Punch

*Sakura White Gellyroll pen

*Brown Zig Writer

Kathy's SUPER SECRET SURPRISE Birthday Blog HOP

First of all HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHY (AKA The PEACHY QUEEN)!!!! I hope your birthday is AMAZING! Thanks for being the wonderful and sweet person that you are! And thanks so much for the beautiful Peachy Keen Stamps that you create. You have changed my crafting world. EVERYTHING is cuter with a Peachy Keen Stamp!

If you are hopping along on this wonderful, surprise party, birthday blog hop, then you should have arrived here from Jessica K's blog (The Creative Stamper's Spot). If not, make sure you start back at beginning, the Peachy Keen Stamps blog so that you don't miss out on any of the fun or goodies.

Here is Kathy's birthday card (you can always click on an image to see it closer up):

Sorry Kathy, I'm a little late getting it into the mail, but it is on it's way today. I hope it really is a sweet birthday!

Blog Candy: I'm offering 5 Action Wobbles, some bakers twine from the Twinery and a Celebration clear stamp set by Studio G (pictured below). To be entered for the blog candy just leave a comment on this post. I will randomly choose a winner on December 20th, 2010. You do not have to be a follower of my blog, but I would love it if you were :).



Your next stop is Liz of Skittles and Scrapbooks. Have fun and thanks for stopping by.

If you get lost along the way, here is a list of everyone on the blog hop, just click on their name and it will direct you to their blog.

Peachy Keen Stamps Blog
Angelica and Adrianne
Viv
Kim
Lorie
Heidi
Janice
Joanna
Nikki
Erin
Emma
Ruthie

Samantha 
Lisa 
Jessica B.
Abby 
Gaby
Linda
Dobea
Theresa
Jessica K.
Glorajean (YOU ARE HERE -this is me)
Liz
Jessica M

Jenny
Kimmy
Sandra
Sarah
Mandy
Lauren 
Raven
Janis
Momo
Paula
Corri 

Items Used:

CottageCutz/Peachy Keen Penguin Doll Die

Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge
Celebrations Cricut Cartridge
Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge
Sentiment -Pink By Design
Fiscars dotted scallop punch
White Sakura Gellyroll Pen
Core'dinations Cardstock
Pink Pearl Accents
Carribean Twine from the Twinery
Chalk

Too Cute To Spook!

It's time for another Peachy Keen Challenge. This challenge is a sketch with a twist. We need to use some kraft cardstock. I had this idea pop into my head and I ran with it. I grabbed my Peachy Keen- Cottage Cutz Penguin Doll die and stamp set and my Gypsy and went to work creating this cute little witch costume for my penguin. I'm so pleased with how it turned out. It just makes me smile every time I look at it. I hope you enjoy it too.

Here is a close up of my trick or treating penguin.

For this card I used the following items:

Penguin Doll die cut and stamp set by Peachy Keen Stamps and CottageCutz
The witch hat, cape and treat bucket are all from Happy Hauntings (I did some tweaking in my Gypsy to get everything to work just right for this little cutie).
My Pink Stamper - Spooky Puns
Sponge and black ink for the edges
Chalk

Adorable Tear Bear

I finally got a chance to play with the adorable Peachy Keen - CottageCutz Tear Bear. It is SO cute and the creative possibilities are endless. I LOVE adorable, cuddly, little bears and wanted to make mine soft and cuddly too. Isn't she sweet?

Here is a close up where you can see the soft fun flock on the sweet little bear.

This card was made using the Peachy Keen - Cottage Cutz Tear Bear die and coordinating stamps. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the background paper and to cut out my die. I used my Xyron to apply adhesive and fun flock to the bear. I stamped the face with Staz-on ink and it stamped but it was a little bit too faint, because of the fun flock, so I used my bic ultra thin pen to carefully darken in the cute stamped face. I chalked the edges of the bear and added some blush and pink to the inner ears. I also added a stamped sentiment and some ribbon.

If you are interested below is a little more information on using your Xyron to apply glitter or fun flock:
I have enjoyed using my Xyron to apply glitter and fun flock before but on occasion a piece will come out without adhesive covering it completely. When that happened I thought I had to recut the piece and try running it through the Xyron again to get good coverage. I watched an awesome video by Kimberly at My Craft Spot that suggested just adding a little tape adhesive to the unapplied area. I tried it because a couple of my pieces didn't come out completely covered and it worked like a charm. If you are interest in seeing a video tutorial on this process click on this link. She does an awesome job.

PKS Challenge 34

Peachy Keen Stamps is having another sketch challenge on their challenge blog. It is another super cute sketch. I just had to use one of my new die and stamp sets for this challenge. I ended up chosing the cute penguin for this project and I can't wait to put something together with the adorable little tear bear.

Below is the cute sketch we were given to work with.

I used the following items: Planting Schoolbook for the scalloped edge, George and Basic Shapes for the ovals and rectangels and Alphalicious for the cute scalloped oval. Of course my awesome amie, Gypsy, helped me size everything. And of course I used the ADORABLE Cottage Cutz Penguin Doll die and stamp set from Peachy Keen and The Scrapping Cottage.

Below is a close up of that cute little penguin. I chalked around the edges, but unfortunately I couldn't get it to photograph very well. Oh well, she is such a cutie and super simple to assemble!

My Peachy Prizes

Woo Hoo! My Peachy Keen - Cottage Cutz penguin and tear bear die cuts and stamps arrived in the mail! I have already played with the penguin for this weeks Peachy Keen challenge. I will be posting that soon. I can't wait to play with the darling tear bear too. These are just TOO cute!!!

I Won x 2!!!

I'm not typically a person that wins things. You know some people just seem to be more lucky than others. Well, my luck changed on Monday and I won two of my favorite Peachy Keen - Cottage Cutz dies. Below are pictures of these adorable little wonders :)! I'm so SUPER happy! Did I mention that I LOVE teddy bears and penguins. I couldn't believe that I won and then to find out that I won my two favorite sets! Woo Hoo!