PKS Fall and Halloween Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Peachy Keen Stamps Fall and Halloween Blog Hop. I'm happy to have you here. If you came here from Amanda's Crafts and More than you are in the right spot, if not you will want to start back at the Peachy Keen Stamps blog so you can get the whole hop in.

I decided to make a Halloween layout for my project.

I used lots of Peachy products on this and had lots of fun giving each of these jack-o-lanterns a different face.

The title is made from a cut from the Cricut Craftroom exclusive called Classroom - October & November. The faces are from the Monster Mash face assortment by Peachy Keen Stamps.

For my jack-o-lanterns I cut them all out using the CottageCutz/ PKS Pumpkin Trio die and stamp set. I used all 3 faces from this set for my pumpkins but I also used some faces from some different sets as well. I've DIGITALLY numbered my jack-o-lanterns in the pictures below and I will tell which stamp set each of the faces came from.

#1 Monster Mash, #2 Pumpkin Trio, #3 Pumpkin Trio, #4 February 2012 SKOTM

#5 Pumpkin Trio, #6 February 2012 SKOTM, #7 Make a Monster. I really loved how the February stamp kit faces looked on these pumpkins.

HOP PRIZES: There will be 5 randomly placed PKS gift certificates rewarded for commenting on the blog hop. We don't know which blogs will have the gift certificates so to increase your odds of winning make sure to get the whole hop in. You will have until Friday morning to finish hopping. I also want to remind you of the special one day sale at Peachy Keen Stamps. There are tiered discounts, 99 cent shipping and a free stamp for every order. Happy hopping - Hugs- Glora

Your next stop is Erin Lee Creative.

Whimsical Wednesday - Fall Cutie

Yay, it is time for another wonderful Whimsical Wednesday Challenge. Today we all made projects with a fall cutie (a little fall themed animal). This was Cathryn's idea and I love it.

I made a shaped card and my fall cutie is a little indian fox.

The fox and tee-pee are cut from the Create a Critter cartridge. The little indian headpiece is cut from Paper Doll Dress Up. I just sized it up for the fox in my Gypsy. The yellow and green ribbon on the tee pee is some more beautiful crinkle ribbon by Patsy at the Prairie Bird Boutique. The sentiment is from My Creative Time's Mixed Holiday Sentiments.

I had a little extra fun with the fox and used some more fun flock. I go in phases with that stuff, but I seriously love the way it looks when I take the time to use it. Here is a close up so you can see the texture a little better. A few of you had asked what fun flock is, or where to get it. Well I've seen it called fun flock and flocking and it is usually located right close to the embossing powders and such at your local scrapbooking store. Kimberly from My Craft Spot has some awesome tutorials on using fun flock so I'm going to link to one of those post HERE if you are interested.

Today, we are all doing a second project featuring stamps by Tanner, AKA: Mr. Cricut Crazy. I had the chance to work with Tanner on Emma's design team for a while and I'm just loving this Halloween stamp set I bought from him. These stamps are manufactured by Peachy Keen Stamps so they are awesome quality stamps! 

For my card I used his Halloween Town set. I just love this 2 cute 2 spook sentiment.

This is another shaped card, the images come from the Simply Charmed cartridge. My only regret on this card is the stitching between the gray and the black parts of the headstone. I added the stitching before I had glued the gray piece down and then I truly realized how bad I am at drawing a straight line without a guide. Lesson learned on this one!!! Maybe you will humor me and just say that it looks like an old decrepit sort of headstone, so the pieces aren't straight anyway - LOL! The cute little face on the ghost is by Peachy Keen Stamps Monster Mash face assortment. The green bow is made with more of Patsy's ribbon and as mentioned before the darling sentiment is from Tanner's Halloween Town stamp set.

Another fun thing about this card is that the ghost is on an Action Wobble. She is so cute wobbling around on there. In fact, the very first project I EVER made with an Action Wobble over a year ago was on a ghost. It is a perfect motion for these kinds of things.

The prizes for this challenge are some ribbon from The Prairie Bird Boutique and one of Tanner's Stamp sets. I hope you will find some time to join in the fun. This is my last challenge being a part of the Whimsical Wednesday Challenge blog and I wanted to thank Stephanie and all the other sweet ladies on the team for their support and friendship! XOXO to all of you and I will still be stopping by to visit your blogs!!! You are all SO talented! Hugs- Glora

Items Used Fox Card:

Create a Critter Cricut cartridge

Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge

My Creative Time stamps - Mixed Holiday Sentiments

Crinkle ribbon from the Prairie Bird Boutique

Fun Flock

Glossy Accents

Brads

Versamarker

Sakura White Gellyroll Pen

Zig Marker

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Items Used Ghost Card:

Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge

Mr Cricut Crazy stamps - Halloween Town

Peachy Keen Stamps - Monster Mash 

Crinkle ribbon from the Prairie Bird Boutique

Glossy Accents

Stickles

Black and White Sakura Gellyroll Pens (medium point for both)

Action Wobble

Simply Crafts with Glora and Pam #9

Hello friends, it is the first Wednesday of the month which means it is time for a cut challenge between me and my crafting bestie Pam (Simply-Pam).

I am super excited because Pam and I have decided to let you join in on our cut challenge fun. And yes, there will even be a small prize for a random winner. The new challenge blog is called Simply Crafts Challenge Blog. Click HERE to go and see Pam's project and the full details on the challenge.

Pam chose the cut this month which is a little monster off of the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge.

Here is my card with this cut:

She is on an Action Wobble and my littlest one LOVES this little monster. Can't you just see her wobbling back and forth. The shape for this card is from the Happy Haunting cartridge and I just welded it together in my Gypsy at 4.25 x 5.5". The cute little face is by Peachy Keen Stamps and is called Monster Mash. The cute orange and black twine is by Trendy Twine and is so cute on Halloween projects. And that super beautiful sentiment and die combo is by Emma at My Creative Time. The die is called the Stitched Oval Die and the stamp set is Mixed Holiday Sentiments.

If you decide to join in on this fun challenge, the cut is on page 49 of the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge. If you do play along you will have a chance to win the following (pictured below): 15 yards of the orange and black Trendy Twine, The Skeleton Scroll Cuttlebug embossing folder and some Halloween colored brads by SEI. Just make sure to link up on the Simply Crafts Challenge Blog within the next two weeks and we will pick a random winner.

Don't forget to stop by Pam's blog to see the full details on her project too. Just click HERE.

Also don't forget about the Whimsical Wednesday Blog Hop coming up on Friday, October 7th at 7:00 pm EST. Have a wonderful day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

*Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge
*Happy Haunting Cricut cartridge
*My Creative Time stamps - Mixed Holiday Sentiments

*My Creative Time Dies - Stitched Oval
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Monster Mash
*Action Wobble
*Twine from Trendy Twine
*SEI brads
*Glossy Accents
*Sakura Gellyroll Pen
*Chalk

My Creative Time September Release Blog Hop

Well after lots of fun sneak peeks, the My Creative Time September Release Blog Hop is here! I hope you have enjoyed all of the projects and inspiration this week. Emma has made another amazing set of stamps and dies. If you came here from the amazingly talented Katie's blog you are in the right spot. If not, make sure that you go back to Emma's blog and do the whole hop because there will be giveaways at every single stop!

For the blog hop I get to share with you the Whimsical Calendar Days stamp set and the XL Label Die. These are both amazing products. First I made a card:

The ghost is from the Smiley Cards Cricut cartridge and her face is stamped with Monster Mash Faces stamps by Peachy Keen Stamps, he is also on an Action Wobble. He looks so cute floating around through the night sky with the help of his Action Wobble. I used a few extra stamp and die sets for the card. The 'Happy Halloween' and the 'October 31st' stamps are both from Emma's Mixed Holiday Greetings. And the little die at the bottom is the Curly Label Die and the border for the die comes from the Inspirational Words {Accents} stamp set.

Now onto the NEW items that I used on this card! The beautiful calendar is from the Whimsical Calendar Days stamp set, the die it is mounted on is the XL Label Die (this die is a nice size - approximately 3.25" x 3" - if I measured correctly).

The XL Label Die is a good size and I think it could make a darling banner shape, so  you get to see a banner too. Here is the whole banner, it is about 4 1/2 feet in length (sorry about the picture, this was as good as it got, but at least you get the general idea of how it looks all together), it is seriously SUPER cute in person:

Here are some close ups:

Here is a close up of one of the ghosts. For the faces I used the Everyday Character Face Parts by Peachy Keen stamps. The eyes really pop with some glossy accents on them. The little note in her hand is a stamp from the Mixed Holiday Greetings stamp set. The ghost is from the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge and is about 6" tall.

Here you can see the beautiful die really well. The letters mounted on it are cut at 2.25" from the Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge and the paper is Core'dinations. I love the glitter. The banner is strung together with some beautiful orange and black Halloween twine made by Trendy Twine.

Alright I've kept you long enough. Now onto the exciting stuff!!!

***GIVEWAY ALERT***

For my giveway today, I am giving away the stamp set I showcased, which is the Whimsical Calendar Days! All you have to do to be entered to win it is leave me a comment here & you will have until Sunday at midnight to do so! EASY PEASY!!! GOOD LUCK! :)

Your next stop on the hop is the incredible talented LEANNE. Click HERE to go and see what she has in store for you!

If you get lost along the way, here is the blog hop line up:

Emma ~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/
Nikki ~ http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/
Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/
Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/
Leanne ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/
Cathryn ~ http://www.inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/
Jen ~ http://jennyscards.blogspot.com/
Kate ~ http://www.scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Ruthie ~ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/
Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/
Cindy~ http://cindylee77.blogspot.com/
Liz ~ http://www.lizspaperloft.com/
Cassandra ~ http://ctimz3.blogspot.com/
 
Items Used Card:

Smiley Card Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time stamps - Whimsical Calendar Days
My Creative Time Dies - XL Label Die
My Creative Time stamps - Mixed Holiday Greetings
My Creative Time stamps - Inspiration Words {Accents}
My Creative Time Dies - Curly Label
Peachy Keen Stamps - Monster Mash Faces
Action Wobble
Twine from Trendy Twine
Patterned Paper - SEI

Items Used Banner:

Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge
Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time stamps - Mixed Holiday Greetings
My Creative Time Dies - XL Label Die
Peachy Keen Stamps - Everyday Character Face Parts
Core'dinations Cardstock (black Glitter)
Provo Craft (orange trick or treat patterned paper)
Trendy Twine
Glossy Accents
Chalk
American Crafts Black pen

Speaking of Trendy Twine, I am entering these projects in for the first challenge on their blog. Click HERE to go to their blog!