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Peachy Keen Kut Outs Blog Hop

Posted by on November 18, 2011 78 Comments

Good Morning Peachy Friends! I hope you’re just joining me from Ruthie’s blog, but if not, no worries! I have the entire blog hop list at the bottom of my post, and you can start over at the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog so you don’t miss a single stop along the way!

Today, we’re excited to show you some ideas on how to use our new Peachy Keen Kut Outs!!

 For my card today, I used the Christmas Tree Die as well as the Santa Tree stamp set that coordinates. There’s also another coordinating set, Decorate Me Tree! There are so many options and fun ways to use these!

Using Copic Markers in YG03, YG05, and YG25, I first layered my lightest color onto the tree (YG03).

I took my mid shade (YG05) and flicked my marker under each tree “bough”. I blended the edges with my YG03 again.

Finally, I took the darkest color (YG25) and flicked a little more under each bough and blended once more. SUPER easy blending technique and the results are so pretty!

For my tree’s cheeks, I used craft chalk and applied in a circular motion until I acheived the desired color. His eyes are colored in with a white gel pen, his nose and mouth were colored in with a dark pink gel pen.

I finished up my card by embossing a light teal panel and adding some Nestabling. I love the little bit of POP it gives the card!

The sentiment is from the new “Oh by Golly” set that coordinates with the new releases.

Be sure to leave your comments across ALL blogs in the hop, as each comment is a chance at winning ONE of THREE prize packages!

Each winner will receive their choice* of one new die and one new stamp set! (*subject to availability)

And now through Sunday (11:59 PM CDT) Peachy Keen Stamps is offering an additional 5% off our tiered discounts when you use PROMO CODE: KUTOUT5 at checkout!

Total savings of up to 15% OFF on almost everything in the Peachy Keen shop!

PLUS, enjoy FREE SHIPPING* this weekend in addition to your discount!

*free shipping available to Domestic USA addresses, only*

Thanks so much for stopping by, your next stop is the sweet & talented Jeanne!! 

And if you’re in a hoppin’ mood, the Market Street Stamps/Twinery Blog Hop is also happening today and tomorrow!! I’ll have a project to share with you tomorrow, but for now, start with the first half of the hop beginning here!

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Guest Bloggin’ :: Scrapbook Steals featuring Peachy Keen Stamps

Posted by on November 17, 2011 4 Comments

Hey guys – I am SO super duper excited to be a Guest Blogger today for Scrapbook Steals! If you haven’t heard of them before, they are a FANTASTIC resource for getting deep discounts and fabulous one-time deals on your favorite crafty supplies. Market Street Stamps was featured a couple weeks ago, and today, I have the honor of Guest Blogging for Peachy Keen Stamps’ feature!

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that people LOVE customizing when they craft! We all want to receive a card with a personal touch, and we love to give those cards even more. What better way to do that than choosing a face that goes perfectly with the occasion?

My parents started Peachy Keen Stamps back in 2003, and since then, my mom Kathy has been illustrating her signature line of Peachy Faces and took the die-cutting world by storm! Luckily, she also draws some pretty cute shapes, and I’m super excited to share some ideas with you today!

 

This sweet card was created using Faceless Fruit and Basic Paper Doll Faces – both are available in a suh-weet bundle over at Scrapbook Steals right now!

  • Paper piecing is a fun way to give an instant pop to your projects without having to be the world’s greatest coloring guru. I simply stamped the pear from “Faceless Fruits” onto some patterned paper from Echo Park and again on a sheet of pear-colored cardstock. After I cut the patterned paper pear, I put some foam dimensionals on the back so it appears more 3D.
  • I used Versafine Onyx ink which stamps like a dream (but just a warning, it is not Copic or alcohol marker compatible. It works wonderfully with water-based coloring methods)! To give my little pear a bit more pizzaz I used some chalks in a pink shade and colored a little tongue with a red gel pen.


This Bubbly Bumble Bee card was created using Faceless Bugs- another bundle available on Scrapbook Steals right now – hurry they only have a limited supply at a fabulous price and once they’re gone – they’re gone!

The “Faceless Bugs” stamps that are in the Scrapbook Steals bundle were later made into dies when Kathy teamed up with the folks at Cottage Cutz! While I used the die for this particular project, this bundle comes with the stamps which is just as easy – simply paper piece as I did in the pear card or color your bumble bee in with Copics, pencils, or watercolors!

  • To make the antennae appear on the black cardstock, I heat embossed them with white embossing powder. Super easy: stamp with clear embossing ink (I used Versamagic), sprinkle with white embossing powder, tap off excess and heat with a heat tool until it sets. Voila! I love heat embossing. It gets addicting, just to warn you!

Sweet and simple cheerful flower card created using Faceless Flowers, Flower Centers, and Simple Sallies Assortment – another amazing bundle that’s available at a crazy good price for just a limited time at Scrapbook Steals – once they’ve sold all they’ve got, that’s it! No mas.

If there’s one thing I love about card making – it’s the endless options you get when you pair ink and stamps.

Here I’ve stamped four different flowers using Memento Ink in Cantaloupe and Distress Ink in Tea Dye. As you can see, I started by stamping my flowers off the paper and created a sense of movement.

  • By layering positive and negative images, you can create your own custom flowers and looks. The 3/8″ Simple Sallies fit perfectly in these flowers!

The sentiments on these cards were all stamped from PK-225 Happy Flowers & Cheerful Phrases. I used my DYMO caption maker for the bee card sentiment.

Hope you all enjoyed the inspiration and already picked up your STEAL of the day! It’s rare to find them at a price like this – they’d make fabulous holiday gifts for your stamping friends, too!

Thanks so much for stopping by – have a Peachy Day!!

xo Angelica

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SVG Attic Guest Designer and The Twinery DT Call

Posted by on November 15, 2011 6 Comments

Hi Everyone – I’m so honored to be a guest designer here at SVG Attic today! Jessica is a doll to work with, and I’m thrilled to be using some of her designs in a new realm of paper crafting for me – SVGs! Believe it or not, I hadn’t even really attempted cutting an SVG before I found Jessica’s designs. I’m a stamper, and crafting with the help of my computer seemed like a huge leap into the unknown! I saw SVG Attic’s Holiday Boxes and knew that would be a perfect set to really give my Silhouette a good work out!

For today, I decided to do the Pillow Box from Holiday Cheer Gift Boxes two ways. One box is an all-occasion box stamped with “For You” from Market Street Stamps’ Homegrown set. I stamped the sentiment in clear watermark ink and sprinkled with white embossing powder. After hitting it with a heat gun, I went ahead and layered the remaining elements. Isn’t that paper amazing? It’s from Crate Paper’s Farmhouse and Peppermint Collection! To finish off this cute box, I wrapped some Cappuccino twine from The Twinery around it.

The Christmas box was created using Crate Paper’s Peppermint collection and stamped with a “Merry Christmas” sentiment from Peachy Keen Stamps’ “Christmas Words” sentiment set. I love how the wood grain paper looks with that red and pink! I finished off the box again with twine from The Twinery, but this time used Maraschino and Blossom. This combo makes me happy – I definitely need to make a matching card!

Be sure to hop over to SVG Attic today and check out the file I used – it contains four different boxes which you’ll LOVE having in your stash because they can be used for just about anything! I filled these up with Tootsie Rolls, but they would be the perfect size to tuck sweet handmade jewelry, a small ornament or even a cookie cutter!

As I get more familiar with the Silhouette you can BET I’ll have lots more SVG Attic inspiration on my blog!!

Hey speaking of The Twinery – did you happen to visit their BLOG last week? I have some super exciting news!! Monika Wright of I Love it All and I were asked to come back next year as Senior Designers for The Twinery!! SO amazing – and what’s great is that they also have an OPEN CALL  going on right now! So if you LOVE baker’s twine as much as me, and you’d like to join the team, be sure to submit, there’s still time!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

xo Angelica

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Just a little Sparkle and Cheer

Posted by on November 3, 2011 2 Comments

Good Morning friends! I know, I know, it’s wayyy too early to start thinking about Christmas…or is it? :) I created a little sparkly card for The Scrapping Cottage blog today – I would love for you to go take a peek!

I used the new Ornate Holiday Tree - it’s easily not only one of my favorites in the release, but one of my favorite dies ever!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I am heading out to Minneapolis tomorrow to spend some much needed time with one of my bestest girl friends! I can’t wait!

xo Angelica

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Día de los Muertos Blog Hop

Posted by on November 1, 2011 31 Comments

Hola! If you have just arrived from Ana Maria’s Blog, you’ve reached the fourth stop on the Día de los Muertos Blog Hop – hosted by my sweet and super creative friend, Abby!! If you didn’t come from Ana Maria, make sure you start with Abby’s blog so you don’t miss a single stop on this fun hop!

So…what is Día de los Muertos? From Wikipedia:

Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and around the world in many cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it attains the quality of a National Holiday. The celebration takes place on November 1st and 2nd, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints’ Day (November 1) and All Souls’ Day (November 2). Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts.

Depicting this holiday are some of the most colorful, vibrant, happy art pieces you will ever see. Typically, you’ll see skeletons (los muertos – the dead) enjoying all the things they enjoyed in their mortal life.

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I have always really loved where los muertos are shown dancing and enjoying music. Mariachi muertos are my favorite! 
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For my project today, I chose to show how (especially) in the after life, our loved ones are still happy – or happier, even – and that we should always be reminded to celebrate the people that they were. It’s difficult to see past the fact they are no longer on Earth – I know, I struggle with the loss of my grandpa every single day – but we must. The only way I can get through some days is to keep faith and try to remind myself my grandpa is enjoying the company of his mom & dad again. Can you imagine – being reunited after so long? It makes me happy for him.

My project began as an ATC, which was a blast because I got to use some products that I have been dying to dig into. Let me tell you, you must RUN to Michael’s to get yourself some of the High-Gloss Martha Stewart craft paint. If you like high impact, it offers amazing coverage and a glorious amount of shine. I dig it.

I stamped the skeleton girl from my stamp set, “Sweet Spooks” and colored her in with some warm gray Copics (W1, W3, W5). Her hat brim was colored with another Copic (YR12) and her cheeks colored in with RV17.

After she was stamped, I went back over the lines with a black Copic Liner (0.3 thickness) to provide a more hand-drawn look even though it was stamped.

I adhered seed beads from my ART-C stash and mounted the image onto my dry ATC with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi-Medium.

I then used my white Gelly Roll Pen to free-hand all the details including her little funny body. My husband cracked up when he saw her body. LOL

Adding in some quick color with my other paint was super easy. I used Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint and Martha Stewart Satin craft paint.

I wanted to create a card with the ATC, so I took a piece of turquoise cardstock for my base, and sewed a strip of frayed red ribbon to the side. I hand-drew the floral patterns along the top and bottom border to mimic traditional Mexican folk florals. The sentiment was also hand-drawn and reads “estoy feliz” which translates to “I am happy.” Wouldn’t we love to think of our loved ones who have passed being this happy? I know I do. :)

For your next stop, please hop on over to Monica’s blog, where I know she’ll have something fabulous for you! Thanks so much for stopping by!! xo Angelica

 

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