PEACHY KEEN STAMPS GUEST DESIGNER - DAY 2

Welcome back......AND today is my mom and dad's 64th ANNIVERSARY....they are such an inspiration to my me and my husband!!

Today I have a GIRL SCOUT inspired creation.

This past Saturday, my youngest daughter and I attended a Girl Scout tea where her troop received their Silver Award.  For their project, they made teddy bears for our local fire department to give out when they had an emergency call involving children.

This card was made for her leader (and my dear friend Amy) and Abby picked out the sentiment (My Pink Stamper - Everyday Occasions).  Thank you Amy for being their leader all these years!!!

I used the B IS FOR BOY cartridge for the base (welded together on my Gypsy) then I cut two more for the top layers (a bit smaller).  One in green and one in white.  The white piece I cut  down and stamped little butterflies (from Stampin' Up - itty bitty bits). 

On the green piece, I started with the Vintage Notebook stamp from MARKET STREET STAMPS done in VersaMark but I turned the stamp so the lines were vertical, then (in orange again) I used the PEACHY KEEN Extra Small Polka Dot Print (PK-103) and stamped right over the Vintage Notebook.

The “Scout” is from PAPER DOLL DRESS UP and PAPER DOLLS FOR EVERYDAY. For the sash, I used the CAMPIN’ CRITTERS cartridge. It’s the sash from the Eagle cut.

Her sweet little face is from the Everyday Character Face Assortment set (PK-490). 

Please see my DAY 1 post for giveaway information/rules.

http://lifeatwalnuthill.blogspot.com/2011/06/peachy-keen-stamps-guest-designer-day-1.html

Thanks for stopping by and I'll be back tomorrow with a project that (if I do say so myself) came out SUPER CUTE.

PEACHY KEEN STAMPS GUEST DESIGNER ~ DAY 1

Welcome to my first day as a PKSGD.

What an HONOR for me!!

First, I have to tell ya’ll how much I LOVE PEACHY KEEN STAMPS. My projects wouldn’t be nearly as cute without their wonderful products…and the quality is out of this world!!

Time being what it is (or I should say lack of time) I tend to keep my posts short and sweet. Just like Joe Friday (from Dragnet) said “Just the facts, Ma'am.”

For my first project, I made this card for my dear daddy who will be turning 87 soon. He served in the Marine Corps during WWII and is still involved in the Marine Corps League. Most of the things I make for him have a patriotic theme.

Using my Gypsy, I cut the dress shirt from SIMPLY CHARMED and on the knot of the tie, a cute little PK face from BOY MATES FACE ASSORTMENT (PK-642).

To give the effect of a tie clip, I cut off a paper clip and put a chipboard star on the top.

Baking twine is wrapped around the mat several times and when I don’t have to mail something, I go all out with foam tape.

Now ~ giveaway information. 

You could be the winner of this adorable set of faces.  It's the BOY MATES FACE ASSORTMENT (PK-642)

The rules:

Please leave a comment here on my blog (you don't have to be a follower but I always like making new friends) AND on the PEACHY KEEN blog http://www.peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com each day this week.  I will have random.org pick a day (Monday being #1, Tuesday #2, etc...etc with Friday being #5) then random.org with pick the blog (PKS being #1 and lifeatwalnuthill being #2) then finally the post. SO ~ You never know what day or blog random.org will pick - increase your chances and leave a comment each and every day.

Winner will be picked on Saturday, June 25, 2011 - 6:00 AM (Eastern Time)

Thanks for visiting and check back tomorrow for a GIRL SCOUT themed card.

NICOLETTE'S BIRTHDAY BASH BLOG HOP

UPDATE
**winner ~ winner**

The winner of my little giveaway is

Cathy said...

Really really love this card. Love what you did with the balloons.

Thanks for your comment Cathy - it's in the mail!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLETTE!!

WELCOME to Nicolette's Brithday Bash Blog Hop ~ June 1st & 2nd.  I'm so happy to be participating and celebrating with her and all the other wonderful, creative artists!

Please visit everyone ~ the links are at the bottom of this post.

The mission ~ create something DISNEY. 

When I thought of using the POOH AND FRIENDS cartridge, I sort of cringed.  This cartridge is really cute but the way the layers go together always intimidated me (it was one of the first cartridges I purchased too).  It's my own fault because I have never taken the time to really study the handbook so this was the perfect opportunity to work with it.

Here's my Heffalump!!  I also used a balloon from CELEBRATIONS.

The number paper and banner are from the DCWV Celebration Stack and the blue is from the Glitter Cardstock Mat Stack.

Heavy wire wrapped around a paint brush handle then stretched out a bit were used to make the strings.  I poked a hole near his hands and threaded the wire through and taped it on the back.

So glad you stopped by.

Please leave a comment (and I'd love for you to become a follower but it's not "required" but leaving a way for me to contact you is) for the chance to win a little something :)

Happy hopping!!

1. Nicolette www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com

2. Cheryl http://CardsbyCG.blogspot.com/

3. Tammy http://tammyjennings.blogspot.com/

5. Krista http://www.KristasPaperCafe.com/

6. Karelj www.kareljcreations.com



7. Denise http://deesdesignsfrommyheart.blogspot.com/

8. Paula D www.scrapyourworld1.blogspot.com

9. Jenny http://jennyplace26.blogspot.com/

10. Kimmarie http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/

11. Carol C. http://cardstockscrissorsandglue.blogspot.com/

12. Corrine P http://celebratingordinarymoments.blogspot.com/

13. Anita http://anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

you're here

14. Ellen http://lifeatwalnuthill.blogspot.com/

15. Michelle P http://queenofmycraftroom.blogspot.com/

16. Deborah http://www.scrappingmamma.net/

17. Stacy http://CreatingACraftyLife.blogspot.com/

18. Pam http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/

19. Jenn N. http://craftyfulgardens.blogspot.com/

20. Kristal http://gettingcricky.com/

21. Alina http://www.neverstoppscrapping.blogspot.com/

22. Stacey http://www.pinksugarcre8s.blogspot.com/

23. Brynn http://www.flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/

24. Dawnica O http://www.dawnicakorner.blogspot.com/

25. Ellen http://www.cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/

Blast Off Into Summer Blog Hop

3 - 2 - 1 - BLAST OFF!! 

~~~~~~~SUMMER~~~~~~~

WELCOME all and thanks for stopping by and a big THANK YOU to Lynda and Wendy for hosting this hop.

My project is simple and very easy and when making things in multiples, easy-peasy is the way to go. 

I bought acrylic frames at the dollar store - you know the kind with the magnetic strip on the back. 
Jazzed it up with some chipboard that I got in a huge seasonal pack from HOBBY LOBBY and with red tape and ribbon I made the ruffle.  Then I hot glued it directly to the frame.

Some cute "school" cardstock for the background and black as the mat for the picture with (of course) white stitching around the edge of the black paper (I was trying to make it look like a chalkboard). 

I printed out my favorite teacher quote then punched it out with a tag punch.  Inked the edges and added a little ribbon.

This is my wonderful daughter on her first day of student teaching and as you're reading this, we are at her college graduation.  She is going to be the most wondeful teacher ever!!  <---- a little bias I know :)

Thanks again for stopping by and please become a follower, leave a comment and a way for me to contact you  for a chance to win a little gift from me to you. 

Now head on over to the next stop on this hop ~ Becky at http://cricutinmyclassroom.blogspot.com/.

If you just stumbled arcross my blog and would like to start at the beginning, head on over to Wendy's place at http://www.cricutyourclassroom.com/

Wendy- http://www.cricutyourclassroom.com/
Angi @ CokiePop- http://cokiepopaper.blogspot.com/
Elizabeth- http://visionsofpaper.blogspot.com/
Mihaela- http://mihaela-creativeart.blogspot.com/
Kristy- http://craftin-on-my-door.blogspot.com/
The Crafting Misfit- http://craftingmisfit.blogspot.com/
Sue- http://siskiyousue.blogspot.com/
Suzy- http://scrapwithsuzy.blogspot.com/
Ellen-
http://lifeatwalnuthill.blogspot.com/  <- you're here
Becky- http://cricutinmyclassroom.blogspot.com/
Courtney- http://keekerzcrafts.blogspot.com/
LaKesha- http://scrapingdiva.blogspot.com/  
Jamie- http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com/ 
Lynda- http://lyndascreativetouches.blogspot.com/

ANOTHER EMBELLISHMENT STORAGE IDEA

I was thumbing through the latest BED, BATH AND BEYOND sales flyer and I spotted this rotating shoe storage rack and a lightbulb went off. 

Here what the rack in the ad looks like



When I put it together, I just put the round shoe holders upside down.





When I run out of room, I'll just snip off the acutal holder parts.

You can see my video on my homemade embellishment rack made with a lampshade here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHI2nQzHcH4

I kept all of my letter stickers on my original rack.

Hope this helps someone with their storage.

Have a wonderful day!!

EllenM

I forgot to mention that I paid $10.00 for this rack ~ It was $14.99 and I had a $5.00 off coupon :)

CRISTINA’S BLOGAVERSARY BLOG HOP

Welcome to

CRISTINA’S BLOGAVERSARY

BLOG HOP

Cristina over at http://www.craftingwithcristina.com/ is a wonderful paper crafter with loads of talent. We’ve even had the pleasure of meeting in real life (since we live in the same area) So, along with Erin from http://www.spantastikreations.blogspot.com/ (another Western New Yorker) we met up at a crop night at Michael’s.

That’s Cristina on the left, I’m in the middle and Erin is on the right.
　

　

　
　
Cristina asked that our inspiration for our project be based on one of her past creations.

The first thing that came to mind was her sweet little one. In Cristina’s videos, I love seeing those busy little fingers helping her mommy (and I’m sure one day this little cutie will be doing paper crafting videos of her own) hehehe. Oh how I miss having those busy little hands in my own home.

My baby girl turns 16 on the 24^th ~ Easter Sunday HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBY ~ I LOVE YOU!!
My oldest daughter is 23 and my son recently turned 20.

So here’s my tribute to the creation I love best…..Cristina’s little girl.  I hope you like it.

　
Little girl and sentiment stamp is Pure Innocence for My Favorite Things.
The tree is from the JUST BECAUSE CARDS cartridge and the hills are from COUNTRY LIFE.
I had to put a little kitty on this card because her little one just got a real life new kitty friend of her own. It’s from KATE’S ABC’S.  The little butterflies - MARTHA STEWART PUNCH.

Afterthought ~ I went to the LSS (Buffalo Stamps and Stuff) AFTER I took these pictures and I bought a Spica marker in Lemon and added some sparkle to the butterfly wings.

Please visit everyone who's participating and thanks for stopping by!

Cristina http://www.craftingwithcristina.com/
Amanda http://www.myscrappinobsession.com/
Christina B http://www.cardcreationsbyc.blogspot.com/
Corri http://buglvr.blogspot.com/
--->  you're here     Ellen http://www.lifeatwalnuthill.blogspot.com/
Elsa http://cricutlvr.blogspot.com/
Erin http://www.spantastikreations.blogspot.com/
Joanna http://www.scrap-making.blogspot.com/
Kristi http://www.littlepapersprinkles.blogspot.com/
Laura http://www.makinprettythings.com/
Lauren http://www.laurenscreative.com/
Lezlye http://www.lezlyes.blogspot.com/
Liz http://www.lizspaperloft.com/
Mel http://www.scrappymel.blogspot.com/
Paula http://www.morethanfavors.blogspot.com/
Sarah http://www.liveloveandscrap.blogspot.com/
Tammy http://www.scrappycritters.blogspot.com/

HOMEMADE CORRUGATED SHAPES & LETTERS

I just love craft paper but add a little paper crimping and you've got a match made in heaven :)

Here I made three (graduated in size) butterflies.  Two are out of plain craft paper and one was cut from the DCWV PLAYTIME stack which I LOVE.

To add some color, I used Tim Holtz distressed ink all over one of the plain paper ones, of course I inked the edges on all three.  Add some glimmer mist before you crimp them if you like.  The ones pictured below are just inked.

I bent the wings up and glued them together in the center with some dimensional silicone to give each layer a little lift.

I've made letters like this also and I really like the look.

*****POST PROBLEM****

I have no idea why my post is acting funny.  Please click on the MY 39 AND GLAMOROUS BLOG HOP title below.  Thanks!

MY 39 & GLAMOROUS BLOG HOP

Welcome to MY 39 & GLAMOROUS blog hop. You should be arriving here from Yolie's at http://www.justyolie.com/


After you've checked out my card, head on over to visit Margie at http://tatersplace-mjstitch.blogspot.com/ to see her FAB project.

 

END OF HOP CHALLENGE

There are 13 clues randomly placed on 13 blogs, as you find these, write them down, they will help you with the CHALLENGE.  At the end of the hop Lisa will tell you what to do with these clues..

PEACHY KEEN STAMPS ~ SKETCH CHALLENGE 49

I love this PEACHY KEEN STAMPS sketch challenge http://www.peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

When I saw the picture of this sketch, the first thing that popped into my head was the game show CONCENTRATION. 

Hope you like it.

I masked the cute little birdie face from PEACHY KEEN STAMPS CRITTER FACES - EXTRA LARGE to get one eye and the little tulip flower is from MY CREATIVE TIME - JUST A LITTLE NOTE TO SAY set.

MY CREATIVE TIME - THROWBACK THURSDAY CHALLENGE

Miss Emma over at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ is having another CRICUT-LESS challenge with a sketch.

As much as I LOVE my CRICUT, I like challening myself too.

I made the flower with circle punches and used a cute face from the HAPPY LASHES ASSORTMENT from PEACHY KEEN STAMPS.  The sentiment is from the JUST A LITTLE NOTE TO SAY....set from MY CREATIVE TIME.  

I just can't say enough about how wonderful these stamps are.  The quality is top notch!!

Simply Sunday Challenge: Pack Your Bags Challenge

K. Andrew's latest challenge over at GETTINGCRICKY.COM
http://www.gettingcricky.com/2011/03/simply-sunday-challenge-pack-your-bags.html is to make something travel related. 

Having just finished up doing costumes for ANYTHING GOES at our high school, I needed to make some thank you cards. 

Here's what I came up with ~ Hope you like it.

I used LIEE IS A BEACH for the ship and I made the wave svg and the title with SURE CUTS A LOT.

CARD FOR A FRIEND

Scrapbooking Bear SVG cut from TREASUREBOXDESIGNS.COM

Peachy face from PEACHYKEENSTAMPS.COM - Critter Faces

Sentiment - CREATIVETIMEFORME.COM - Paper Princess

A FEW VALENTINE PROJECTS

Here are a few cards and the goodie bags ... hope you like them!

Nicole and Meighen's Bday/ Bloggerversary Bash

WELCOME to

TWO CHICKS AND A BIRTHDAY HOP

A big huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY and BLOGGERVERSARY to Nicole and Meighen and thanks for hosting this blog hop!!

I’m so happy to be a part of this wonderfully talented group.


Let's get straight to it.

I’ve been wanting to create a larger easel card ~ one that would fit into a legal size envelope so this was the perfect opportunity.

The major instruction for this card is that when it’s laid out flat (not folded at all) it needs to be 18½” long ~ the rest is up to you.

　

The bunny, basket and eggs were cut from DOODLECHARMS.

The bunny footprint was cut with CURE CUTS A LOT

Of course what critter project doesn't need some PEACHY KEEN STAMPS (I drew in the whiskers)

I added a little scrap ~ folded and glued so the basket would stand up once opened.

Then I gluded the basket onto a little patch of flocking "grass".

I cut the basket twice and cut the handle and little bottom strip off of the pink so it could be layered. 

I love little banners.  This is how I make mine.

I print out my sentiment (using MS Word) leaving lots of space between each letter.  Then I grab my FISKARS star punch and align the letter within the "point".

Then cut the point off.

Draw a doodle line or use bakers twine to hang your banner from.

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Now for a giveaway.

I’m going to put together a little “grab bag” of supplies ~ you never know what you’ll get (don’t you love surprises??)

The “conditions”

1 ~ be a follower of lifeatwalnuthill.blogspot.com
2 ~ leave a comment

It’s as easy as that and I'll be picking a winner (via RANDOM.ORG) on Monday, February 7th at 7:00 AM (EST) I'd really like to get this into the mail ASAP as it will include some seasonal things you just might want to use for the 14th 
Thanks so much for stopping by.

Please make sure you visit everyone ~  you won't be sorry!!

1. Meighen -
http://scrappin3rdeeschik.blogspot.com/
2. Jennifer - http://creativearmywife.blogspot.com/
3. Liset -... www.hailemnat.blogspot.com
4. Jill - http://thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/
5. Pam - http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/
6. Jess - http://www.kinderstampo.com/
7. Dawn - http://www.pinkyswrspaper.blogspot.com/
8. Tracey - http://thecroppingcanuck.blogspot.com/
9. Martha - http://pattisscrapingtime.blogspot.com/
10. Janie - www.typicalscrapbooker.com
11. Madison - www.funkycards.blogspot.com
12. Shannon - www.purplelionpaper.com/blog
13. Jenny - http://jennyplace26.blogspot.com/
14. Christine - www.scrapbookingtechnique.blogspot.com
15. Jessica - www.thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com
16. Corri - http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/
17. Lisa - http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com/
18. Cristina -http://www.craftingwithcristina.com/
19. Chris -http://stinkydogdesigns.blogspot.com/
20. Nancy - http://fancywithnancy.blogspot.com/
21. Bonnie - http://ascrapabove.blogspot.com/
22. Holly - http://www.kricutkween.blogspot.com/
23. Danielle - http://fundamentalchange.blogspot.com/
24. DD - http://craftydeb-ddscrafts.blogspot.com/
25. Shelley - http://heartstring-designs.blogspot.com/
26. Mel - http://scrappymel.blogspot.com/
27. Kathy - http://kathyscozies.blogspot.com/
28. THAT’S ME ---à Ellen - http://lifeatwalnuthill.blogspot.com/
29. Alina - http://neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com/
30. Liz - http://www.lizspaperloft.blogspot.com/
31. Denise - http://deesdesignsfrommyheart.blogspot.com/
32. Nicole - http://canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com/