PKS Let's Face it Friday Challenge

Peachy Keen's LFIF Challenge this week is "Plentiful Patterns". The challenge is use your favorite patterned product and pair it with PK faces for a project of your choice. I love polka dots and had this in a Basic Grey 8x8 stack and never noticed it before. Well, I'm sure I did when I first bought the pad, but forgot all about it. I love the yellow/green dots on the dark red background. Since I only have 2 8x8 sheets, I color photocopied the page. The background red is a little more orange than the original, but it still is pretty. The worm is from Create a Critter and his face is from Wide Eyed Kids assortment. I just got this set in last week and am thrilled. I coveted this set since it was first released! My worm is attached with an Action Wobble, another recent acquisition. It makes the card so fun and interactive. I used Glossy Accents on his eyes. The ribbon technique I used is one I've used before, but I was reinspired by Emma from My Creative Time's tutorial video here. I stitched mine on with my sewing machine. I love how this cute card turned out. The sentiment is from an old Papertrey Ink set whose name escapes me right now. But it's so appropriate for a worm, isn't it?

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Throwback Thursday Challenge

Emma's challenge this week over at My Creative Time was to use Wild Card or Just Because cartridges and incorporate heat or dry embossing somewhere on the project. I chose to use Wild Card. I am so mad because a few months back I made a card with an oval window just like this, but from "scratch" and it took me forever! I didn't realize this cut was on this cartridge. Ugh! Anyway, the embossing technique I used is pretty cool. I used my reinkers in two different colors and rolled them on the embossing folder with a brayer. Then I ran a white piece of cardstock through my Cuttlebug in the embossing folder and came up with this beautiful pattern. I saw this technique while browsing You Tube one day. I am in love with this technique...and this embossing folder. The flower cut on the bottom corner is also from the Wild Card cartridge. That cut took FOREVER! The sentiment is from My Creative Time's Turn That Frown Upside Down set.
Enjoy!
Here's a closeup of that intricate cut that I had to cut twice because I forgot to use multicut the first time and it's thicker glitter cardstock. Oh well, such is life. :D

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Overall, I have been inspired

Ok, ok. Enough with the puns. But, I was inspired again by Kimberly's blog, My Craft Spot. I just love her projects. She was inspired by Creations with Christina, so I'll credit them both. These overalls were just too adorable I had to buy Freshly Picked and make some of my own. Aren't they the cutest little cards?! You can view Kimberly's here and Creating With Christina's here. I used Glossy Accents to give the pocket/sentiment some shine and used my new Twine from The Twinery. Very fast shipping and adorable twine. Thanks for the inspiration, ladies.



Here's all 3 together. Aren't they adorable?!
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A flocking deer friend

So, I purchased some flocking powder a few months ago and flocked a little details on some cards, but have been wanting to spotlight flocking. While blog hopping for inspiration, I landed on The Sentimental Scrapper, Kimberly, from My Craft Spot. She made an awesome card using the cute little deer from Create A Critter. I fell in love and had to make one of my own. So, here is my card inspired by Kimberly's card which you can see here. Thanks for the inspiration, Kimberly! She even has a video showing you how to flock. I flock the same way, with the Xyron, and it works beautifully. So, without further adieu, here is my card. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Forest Friends Sentiments. I made another card, mirror image and changed up some of the colors, and cut some stamps from the Forest Friend's Sentiments set to create the "You're a deer" sentiment.
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Wishing you a day filled with happiness...and a new goodie!

I got the idea for this card from Emma at My Creative Time. I used my Gypsy to weld two shapes together using the Lacey Labels cartridge. The flower and her hat are from Forever Young and her face, of course, is from Peachy Keen stamps, Cutey Pie. My husband surprised my on Thursday with the Cricut Imagine. I was stunned! I had hinted that I may have been interested in it, but I really wasn't sure I needed (LOL) it. Anyway, I came up to my craft room and a few minutes later, he was at the doorway holding this HUGE box. I immediately knew what it was because this isn't the first time he's done something like that. Isn't that sweet? I told him it wasn't the sweetest thing he's ever done, because he does SO many sweet things for me, but it was one of the biggest surprises he's ever given me. Needless to say, I've been having fun with it! I had some problems with it initially, but I'm hoping it's all worked out now. Anyway, that patterned paper is from the Imagine More cartridge. Instead of printing it on white paper, I used patterned paper as the base. I really love the look of the new patterned paper it made. I'm so thrilled I discovered doing this. I'm sure everyone's been doing this and I'm way behind. LOL. But, I love it and am really excited to try other subtle patterned paper as bases in the future! The sentiment is from Pink By Design. I used the Graduation set and cut off the rest of the sentiment which was not appropriate for every day life. But, I can still use it whenever I need it. Without further adieu, here is my card.
Here's a picture of me opening the box. Well, you'll have to trust that it's me. LOL
Yay!!

My Creative Time Throwback Thursday Challenge

Emma's challenge this week was to use any Cricut Lite cartridge and incorporate bling. Easy enough! For my card, I used the Playtime Cartridge for the little girl. Her face is stamped with Peachy Keen's Happy Lashes face stamp set. I used Doodlecharms for her teddy bear and his face was stamped with Peachy Keen's Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed set. I flocked his little belly with pink to give him some fuzzy dimension. The sentiment I used is from Turn That Frown Upside Down from My Creative Time and the shape it's stamped on is from Lacey Labels, an awesome cartridge. The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye Just the Girls stack. I found that on a lark at Home Goods. It was only $12.99 and I believe every sheet is glittered. I love that stack! So, the glitter paper, the flocking, the rhinestone gem in the center of my little girl's hair flower and her pearl dress border are the bling for this project. I had fun with this challenge!

Peachy Keen Challenge #53

Peachy Keen's sketch challenge with a twist this week: follow the sketch here and the twist is to use a sponging technique. I used Peachy Keen's Fun Flower Ginger for this challenge. I paper pieced the image and sponged each element to give the image more dimension. I had so much fun doing this! Then I sponged the edges of the white cardstock and that adorable sentiment is a set from My Creative Time called Turn That Frown Upside Down. I've had that set for a while and just got around to using it. I love it! I took two pictures. The first is with natural sunlight and there's an awful shadow, but it shows the colors more true. The second is without the shadow. I cannot figure out how to get a good photo. :(
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