Peachy Keen Candy Basket

Happy Wednesday everyone!  Sorry things have been a little quiet here over the past few days, I loaned a friend my laptop last week, and only just got it back about 2 hours ago.  Today, I decided to play along in Peachy Keen's Challenge, and am squeaking in under the wire.  The challenge was to make a candy holder.  Here is what I came up with:

I decided to make my daughter a little Easter basket.  The handle of the basket used my Threading Water punch and that cute little pink and white bunny paper was just sitting in my Scrap box.  I cut the bunny from Birthday Bash and stamped her face with Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed from Peachy Keen.  I drew in some whiskers, doodled with my Sakura jelly roll and gave her pink ears and pink paws.   The sentimetn is from Simply Sweet Stamps.  I decided to use some twine to give her a little bow.  I think she is really cute :)
Tomorrow I am going to make a little basket for my son.  I think I may make one with a chick....

I will be back tomorrow to play along with some challenges, but for now, I need to go to bed!  I have had 5 hours sleep since Monday morning at 6 am, and my bed is calling my name!   Thanks for dropping by!!

A challenge or two:
Peachy Keen - 3D candy holder
Cupcake Inspiration - bunny cupcake
Creative Monday - anything but a card
Top Tip Tuesday - easter/animal
Creative Craft Challenges - anything but a card
Allways Something Creative - easter baskets
I Brake for Challenges - anything but a card

A la prochaine...

 

Spring!

Happy Tuesdays everyone!  So I am currently at work, in the middle of a night shift, and have found a few quiet moments to come in and clean up this post.  Warning it is picture heavy, and my pictures are not great - Halifax is grey today, after a snow storm, and taking pictures of this project was torture!

Last Friday, Peachy Keen announced their newest challenge - a 3D project about weather.  I immediately thought, banner!  I have no idea why a banner occurred to me to be a 3D project, because I'm not sure it really is, but for some reason it did.  It has lots of dimension and hangs on a wall... I don't know if it counts or not, but I made it for that challenge, so I am going to enter it and see what happens :)  Here it is:

So, a picture of the full banner - it was VERY tricky to photograph the whole thing, but at least it gives you the idea of how it looks.  I put it between my living room and my dining room.  I love it there.  You can see it from every where.  I think I am going to start making banners for everything.  I am LOVING them :)

So, here is one end of the banner.  Last week I made a cute little card that I loved for BBTB2 challenge.  I decided to re-create it as part of my banner.  I cut the panels from Birthday Bash at 4 inches each.  I thought it looked like a flower...  The duck is from Create a Critter, as is the umbrella.  I used Peachy Keens Critter Faces for the duck, and for the Umbrella,  I used Peachy Keen Boy Mates.

All the letters were cut from Winter Woodland cartridge.  I thought the pink and green were nice and springy.  I pop dotted them off the page to give some dimension, and then pop dotted the little bugs and animals up even higher to make them jump off the page and give it that 3D feel.  The ladybug is cut from CAC and her cute little face is from Peachy Keen Princess Faces. She has a little bling on her antenna, and I think she is ADORABLE!

The little lamb is from CAC - shocking I know.  I stamped her face with Peachy Keens Critter Faces.  I doodled on all the little pieces with my Sakura pens and my Stampin Up markers.  I also used my Stampin Up pastels to do some of the chalking.

The bee is one of my favorite cuts from CAC.  I love her!  I also stamped her face with Peachy Keen Princess Faces.  She has pearls on her antenna.  Cute huh?

The tree on this panel is from Sweethearts, and the tulips are from CAC.  I tried to figure out where to stamp a face on this one, but everything was just a little too small - oh well - them's the breaks :)

I love this rainbow!  She is cut from Simply Charmed, and I don't think she could be cuter!!  Her face is from the Peachy Keen Princess Faces - they really are my go to girly face stamps -they are so cute.

The little butterfly is from CAC.  I put green bling on her antenna, and doodled her up a bit.  I made her green and purple in honour of Fantabulous Cricut, who are celebrating their 100th challenge this week.  We were challenged to make a project in their colors - turquoise, green and purple - and voila!

The final panel has the skunk and sun from CAC.  The Skunks face is from Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed - I bought that one months ago, but this is the first time I used it.  It is so cute!  The sun's little face is from Peachy Keen Wide Eyed Kids.  

Don't ya just love it??  I DO!!  It is adorable, and my kids love it too!  Yay :)  Thanks for popping by today.  I will have two projects for you tomorrow.  My Cricut Cardz Challenge DT project, and my Whimsical Wednesday DT project, so be sure to come and visit :)

Challenges for my little banner:

Peachy Keen - 3D weather

Fantabulous Cricut -  use green, turquoise and purple somewhere on your project.

Scrap Creations - pop it

Top Tip Tuesdays - stitching real or faux

Crafty Bloggers - springtime

Hiding in my Craftroom - bring on spring
Alphabet Challenge - busy bugs
There's Magic in the Air - critters
Fairy Tale Challenges - spring

A la prochaine...

 

Whimsical Wednesday with Wings

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Happy Wednesday all! I am feeling better, not great, but better - so hooray!! I am here today with my very first design team project for Whimsical Designs Whimsical Wednesday! Today's project is "Time Flies". We have to create any card or project and include something with wings, or a clock. I am not much of a "time" girl. I don't wear a watch, have very few clocks - but things with wings? Those I love! You may recall, last month, I made a little bag and tag for my son to give at a birthday party, if not the post is HERE. This time I decided to make a girl birthday bag and tag. Here is what I came up with:

The bag is cut from TBBM at 6.4 inches. This was the biggest I could lay it out on my Gypsy on a 12x12 mat. The Butterfly is from Once upon a Princess, cut at 2.5 inches. The bag itself is made out of SU paper, but the rest of the paper is from my scraps box.

Here you can see just the bag without the tag attached. You can also clearly see the beautiful stamp I used from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments. Behind the butterfly, and on the tag, I used some pink twine. As you can see I did some doodling with my black Sakura Jelly Roll pen.

Here you can see the little tag I made to attach to the little bag. It is the shadow of the butterfly. The number 6 is from Birthday Bash. The little bling is from my stash - I have NO clue who made it.

The flip side of the tag. The sentiment is again from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments. I hand wrote the "to" and "from". My one piece of advice? Punch the hole BEFORE writing on the tag. I foolishly didn't and ended up punching a hole right through the "to". I can be so silly :)

Please hop on over to Whimsical Designs, see what the rest of the team has created to inspire you, and play along with us! I can't wait to see what you all come up with! Thanks for visiting today!

A few challenges for my little gift bag:
My Creative Time Throwback Thursday - bugs
Delicious Doodles - pink
Ladybug Crafts Challenge - spring is in the air
Anything Challenge - ABAC
Clear it Out - birthday challenge and use up your bling
Crazy Amigo Challenge - use a tag
Scrappy Moms - "tag" your it
The Stamping Boutique - stitching
Use it Tuesdays - birthday and use your stash - paper and bling
Flutterby Wednesday's - inspiration photo

A la prochaine...

Sprinkled With Love

Hi everyone, hope you're having a great day! A few weeks ago, during my regular hopping of blogs, I stumbled across THIS card. I thought it was adorable and knew I had to make one. Here is what I came up with:

Cute eh? I cut the base from Birthday Bash - I need to use that cartridge more often - the salt and pepper are from From My Kitchen. The adorable faces are from Peachy Keen - the girl is from Princess Faces and the boy is from Boy Mates. I was trying to decide what sentiment to use, and then I remembered that I had the PERFECT sentiment for this card on my Whimsical Design stamp set With Love:

I'll be back tomorrow with my Cricut Cardz Challenge DT card, and some exciting news, so I hope you all come back then!

A few challenges:
Whimsical Wednesday - colors of love
Cooking with Cricut - use black and a brad
Cupcake Craft Challenge - entwined
Stamps R Us - anything goes
Totally Gorjuss - love
Card Crafter's Circle - valentines
Crafty Catz Weekly - valentines
Glitter Geeks - to the one I love
4 Crafty Chicks - love is in the air
Do You Stack Up - love

A la prochaine...

Hello Kitty Party Week - Day 1

Welcome to Hello kitty Party Week - Day 1! As you know, my baby girl turned 6 last Thursday. On Saturday she had her very first "friend party". She decided on a Hello Kitty theme. My Cricut has been working overtime the past week or so, so I could get everything done. I made her invitations first, you can see that post HERE. The first project I am going to show you this week, is the banner I made for my girl. I apologize in advance for the photo quality, this wasn't the easiest thing to photograph :)

Here is a photo of the entire banner, a bit tricky to see... so I did closeups :)

I cut the banners from Birthday Bash. I have never used the banner feature before. It is awesome! I have never had a banner come together so easily. i will be using this again, and soon!

I decided to use the font from Once Upon a Princess. I have always thought this font was really pretty, but because it only has uppercase letters, I haven't used it often. this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I also found some awesome pink glitter paper - pricy? yes. worth it? YES!

Here is the first of the Hello Kitty images on her banner. This one is so cute! I used her on a lot of the party favors.

Here is the second Hello Kitty I used. The heart kitty - for the little girl I love! Gabrielle loved her banner. we are going to keep it in her room - per her request, once she decides she wants to take it out of the dining room!

Here are my babies after her party. She is in her new Hello Kitty shirt, which she loves... if you look closely, you will see in the background, a sneak peek of one of the other project's I'll be showing you. please join me tomorrow for day 2!

A few challenges -
Whimsical Designs - love home decor project
Paper Playtime - love
Tuesday Throwdown - use a heart
Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
Die Cuttin Divas - anything goes (hope HK counts as a die cut)
Moving Along With the Times - at least 1 heart visible
I Brake for Challenges - love
Freshly Brewed Challenges - love
By the Cute and Girly - love is in the air
Bling It On - love is all around
Wags'n'Whiskers - home decor
Fairy Tale - love,love,love
One Stop Craft - for the one that I love
Stampin Sisters in Christ - something to show love
One Stitch at a Time - with love
Gingerloft - love is in the air
Come and Get it Challenges - love
Hooked on Crafts - hearts
Incy Wincy Challenges - love with pink, white and black
Fantabulous Cricut - love is in the air

A la prochaine...

Subway Style Art

I have recently become a Pintrest addict. I have found some really nice ideas there. I have seen a lot of "subway art" which I thought was so interesting. I decided to try some myself, using vinyl and my Cricut.

So,one day, at Walmart, I found some wooden plaques - they were only $4! I decided to pick 2 up, and try to make some subway art... Here is what I cam up with:



My mum is a quilter and sewer. She makes the lovliest things. I decided to make a Subway Art style plaque for her room. I used my Gypsy Girl to lay out the plaque. I apinted the plaque with tole painting paint, cut out the vinyl, and that was it! I used the following cartridges to create this plaque: All Mixed Up, Baby Steps, Birthday Bash, George and Basic Shapes, Gypsy Font, Disney - Happily Ever After, Lyrical Letters, Makin the Grade and Robotz. Whew, that was quite a few!

I was so pleased how this turned out, and I love the potential! I made a second one for my sister, and I'll be sure to post that next week! Thanks for hanging out with me today :)

A la prochaine...

Michelle

Eater Bunny Blog Hop!

To see my CWC DT post click HERE.

Welcome to the Easter Bunny Blog Hop, featuring the design team from Cricut Cardz Challenge. If you have come here from my wonderful and talented friend Janis's blog, then you are in the right spot. If you just happened upon the hop, then you should go back to Cricut Cardz Challenge and see all the cute creations we have made for you. Here is what I cam up with:



The card base is from Birthday Bash, the scallop is from Gypsy Wanderings, the top layer is from George and Basic Shapes. Create a Critter, one of my favorite cartridges , is where I found the basket and the bunny, and the cute little eggs are from Easter 2010. Iused my Simply Sweet stamp set for the sentiment, which I tried to curve - I think I need a bit more practise at that...

So, I am giving away some blog candy, which I completely forgot to take a picture of... it is a cute little rubber stamp set with some simple sentiments. I will post a picture later today, as soon as I get home...

And here it is! I managed to find a picture on line. Even easier than taking a picture, I hope it's big enough...




So how do you win the stamp set? Easy peasey!

1) Become a follower, if you aren't one alreday.
2) Leave me a comment below. You have until tomorrow night at midnight to comment.

The next stop on today's hop is Shelly. Click HERE to go visit her :)

A la prochaine...

Pile on the Challenges

Santa was generous to me this year :) I got 4 new cartridges, Birthday Bash, Rock Princess, Boys Will Be Boys and Simply Charmed, aren't I a lucky girl?? I decided to cut a circle card, using the card function on Birthday Bash and the super cute little elephant :) Here it is:



I cut the card at 5 inches, I had never used the cartridge before, so it was all a bit of an experiment. It was the easiest circle card I ever made, and I love the scallops. The elephant was cut at 3.7 inches, I made sure it all fit with my Gypsy. the Tons of Fun stamp is from my huge Simply Sweet Stamp set. The stamp I used inside is from Scrappy Moms Stamps. The paper I used is mostly SU, and the ribbon and buttons I bought at my LSS.



I decided for my first challenge entry of the new year, I would follow Pile It On Challenges example - submit my card to as many challneges as possible. So here goes :)

Pile It On - brand spankin new (Birthday Bash cartridge)
Anything Goes - letter c (circle card)
Crazy 4 Challenges - celebrations
Creative Inspirations - something new (cartridge)
Speedy the Cat - use something new (cartridge)
My Time to Craft - brand spanking new (cartridge)
Pixie Cottage - celbrations/ party
Really Reasonable Ribbon - ribbon and something new (cartridge)
Sew Many Challenges - new things (cartridge)
Simon Says - celebrate
Stampin B's - celebrate
Stamp'n'Doodle - use something new (cartridge)
Creative Friday - let's party
YNS Challenge - let's party
Paper Sundaes - something new (cartridge)
Quirky Crafts - use something new (cartridge)
Paper Issues - new craft toys (cartridge)
Moving Along With the Times - birthday and circles
Freshly Brewed Challenge - celebrate
Drunken Stampers - use something new (cartridge)
Secret Crafter - buttons and bows

Whew! I think that's it! It was so fun checking out a ton of new-to-me challenge blogs and I feel really inspired :) Be sure to pop back tomorrow, I'll have my DT submission for this week's challenge at Cooking with Cricut. Have a great day!

A la prochaine...

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