The Royal Wedding Blog Hop Drawing

Hi Everyone,

One of the ladies who was hopping in the Royal Wedding blog hop yesterday was kind enough to email me to let me know that Blogger was having some issues with there comments.

So, I'm extending the drawing. I will be picking the winners on Sunday night. So, that gives everyone the weekend to leave their comment.

Here is a direct link to the Royal Wedding Blog Hop.

I also wanted to share some of the photos I took yesterday of my Royal Wedding Viewing Party!
We had a pajama party with my niece and then we woke up early, early, early to watch the Princess marry her Prince!! It was spectacular!!

Peachy Keen Stamps Let's Face It Friday Challenge #14

If you're looking for the Royal Blog Hop **click here**

Hi Ladies and Gents,
It's time for another Let's Face It Friday Challenge from Peachy Keen Stamps!!

Here's the challenge:

Create a project for using Peachy Keen Faces either in a banner or on a project that contains pennants. This can be a card with a small banner running across, or a scrapbook layout with pennants strewn with twine. Or, get crazy and make an ENTIRE life sized banner with your Peachy Keen Stamps!

-Design must be new
-Project must include Peachy Keen Faces
-Link up before May 12th

The Fabulous Giveaway!
We will choose one random winner to receive:
A PKS/Cottage Cutz "Faceless Bug" Die Set!

I was inspired by this patterned paper from Crate Paper.




In case you are new to our Peachy Keen Stamps challenges

**Note** We have two separate challenges our Original PKS DT challenge every other Tuesday and the LFIF challenge every other Friday. When you are posting your creation, please make sure to post it to the correct challenge!! Thanks!

A Day of Royal FUN!

It's here, the day we've been waiting to arrive for months!!
The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton!
The wedding ceremony is beginning over in England and our Royal Wedding Blog hop is underway with lots of beautiful creations to look at and some Royal Treats along the way!!

So, let me start if off with a card that I made for the Royal Couple.



Next is a scrapbook page that I made. This layout will hold a photo of the Royal Couple on their wedding day! I can't wait to see that DRESS!



Here are some closeups of the details...





Here's another whimsical card I made for the couple highlighting Catherine's Prince Charming!



And lastly, here is a layout of my family's Princess Catherine Elizabeth!

The Royal Treats!!

I'll be giving away two stamp sets. The first set is Peachy Keen Stamps Boy Mates Face Assortment. I used them on both of my cards.



The second set is from Emma at My Creative Time! She is letting me give away one of her "My One and Only" stamps sets. It is gorgeous and perfect for this hop! Thank you so much EMMA!!



Now, all you have to do is leave me a comment letting me know your favorite part of Will and Kate's wedding or your favorite memory of any Royal Wedding and you'll be eligible for both random drawings! Then check back on Saturday, April 30th when I announce the winners!!

Now on to the HOP!! You next stop will be over the pond to my good friend Viv!! Straighten your tiara, make sure your cup of tea is hot and prepare yourself for some beautiful creations!!

you're here, Heidi
Viv
Lorie
Janice
Samantha
Kim
Ruthie
Joanna
Kathy
Angelica
Gloria
Theresa
Erin

Congratulations William and Catherine!!

The Royal Wedding Blog Hop

Hi Friends,
I'm hosting a Royal Wedding Blog Hop on Friday morning. I'm so excited about this blog hop and I think it will be the perfect way to add to the celebration of the day. This Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton is such a joyous and happy event that it seems to have spilled out of England and touched the hearts of people throughout the world. I am thrilled to be able to witness it thousands of miles away on my own television. I can only imagine the excitement it is causing in London.

I hope you will join us starting at 6:00 am on Friday the 29th of April and continuing throughout the day for hop of Royal Creations!!!

Peachy Keen Stamps Let's Face It Friday Challenge #13

Hi Ladies and Gents,

It's time for PKS Let's Face It Friday Challenge #13!!! I had so much fun with this challenge. It's a subject is near and dear to my heart, my little Godson (who just turned 7). I'm lucky to have him in my life and when I heard the topic of the challenge I knew that I wanted to create page about him. So, here's the challenge...

The Challenge:
Mother's Day using Peachy Keen Stamp Faces. Projects can be altered items, cards, scrapbook layouts, the sky's the limit!

-Design must be new
-Project must include Peachy Keen Faces
-Link up before April 28th

Click here to link up

*Giveaway*
We will choose one random winner to receive:
Princess Face Assortment. This is one of my favorite stamp sets, so GooD LucK!!!

Here's my page....



For the bunnie faces I used PK-757 Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed Face Assortment.

In case you are new to our Peachy Keen Stamps challenges

**Note** We have two separate challenges our Original PKS DT challenge every other Tuesday and the LFIF challenge every other Friday. When you are posting your creation, please make sure to post it to the correct challenge!! Thanks!

A Few Scrapbook Pages

Hi Everyone,
I haven't posted any scrapbook pages in such a long time. I thought I'd post some tonight. I did make a New Year's Resolution to scrapbook more. Unfortunately, I have not lived up to that but It is only April...so I can still make good on my resolution. And I know when the brand new Cricut Expression 2 comes out this month, I'll be scrapping like crazy!!

Any-hoo, here are a few pages that I've done this year!

This first layout is my favorite layout that I've done in a while. The top baby is my niece Catherine (2007) and the bottom baby is my nephew Colin(2004). I love how the Peachy Keen Stamps look on the little bunny rabbits. Sooooo sweet! The paper is from JoAnn's Nursery Rhyme Stack from a year or two ago.


I created the chess pieces using my Gypsy and watercolors. This was such a fun layout to create.

My little kitties from 2008 when they were babies. I love this Pink Paislee Sweetness paper! It's gorgeous! The kitty silhouettes are from A Child's Year and the font is the Gypsy Font.
This little snow angel girl is from Winter Frolic. I LOVE that cartridge. I think it's one of the most under rated Cricut Cartridge. I never really noticed it until last Christmas and I'm in love with it. These winter vintage papers are super old, I'm not even sure who made them.

This layout was super fun! I had just bought glimmer mist for the first time. So...I misted everything, the papers, the flowers, the ribbon, the lace...everything! FUN!!


Thanks so much for stopping by! See you next time! <3

Peachy Keen Stamps Spring Release!!!

It's Time, It's Time!!
It's time for the PKS Spring Release unveiling!!
I absolutely fell in love with this set. It's so perfect for masculine pages and cards. It would be perfect for vintage scrapbook pages and Father's day cards.

Not only does this set include a variety of mustaches and a goatee but it also has a variety of eyeglasses. It would be perfect for creating teachers, students, Grandparents and your favorite kid character such as Harry Potter, Arthur or Simon the Chipmunk. These eyeglasses would also look cute on a secretary for Secretary's Day.

The very first thing I thought of when I saw this set was the photos I took of my nephew watching a Laurel and Hardy movie. I knew that this moustache would make the perfect Oliver Hardy!



I had this idea for a vintage card using all the mustaches, a set of the eyeglasses and a monocle. I made the monocle by inking only half of the eyeglass stamp.





Now on with the HOP!!!
You may have hopped here from Lorie's blog, in that case you can keep going on to Janice. If you just stumbled upon us, here is the complete list so you can start back at the beginning. And don't forget to comment on all the gals blog posts to win!!

Peachy Keen Blog - http://www.peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com
Viv - http://craftinghaven.blogspot.com/
Kim - http://www.paperpunchaddiction.com/
Lorie - http://www.thethinkinspot.blogspot.com/
Me - http://gotscraps.blogspot.com/
Janice - http://stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com/
Joanna - http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/
Nikki - http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/
Emma - http://www.creativetimeforme.com/
Ruthie - http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/
Samantha - http://samanthacasey.blogspot.com/
Lisa - http://our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com/

Leave a comment on this blog post for me and Happy Hopping!!

Peachy Keen Stamps Spring Sneak Peeks!!!

Hi Everyone,

I'm so thrilled to give you a sneak peek of a project that I've been working on for the BIG Peachy Keen Stamps Spring Release! This peek is using the super cute PKS Accessories Assortment. This set is unbelievably versatile. The moment I saw it, at least 10 different ideas ran through my mind! Here's my peek, I hope you like it.



As usual, Peachy Keen Stamps is giving you the opportunity to win this stamp set but it is going to work a little differently for this release. You are going to get more opportunities to win more stamps. Here's how to win...

1. Leave a comment here on this blog post
2. Check back on Friday night to see if you've won

The Spring Blog hop starts Friday night where you will have even more chances to win!! So, as you're hopping leave comments along the way to win!

Now, hop on over to our PKS blog here to see more sneak peeks, leave comments and get more chances to win!

Peachy Keen Stamps Let's Face It Friday Challenge #12

Hi Everyone,

It's time for a brand new Peachy Keen Stamps "Let's Face It Friday" Challenge!
This challenge was so much fun!! I learned how to make some gorgeous paper flowers from Angelica, you can learn how too, from this video! Now I'm obsessed with making paper flowers. I even went out and bought some glimmer mist (which I love!).

The Challenge:
Create a project using a handmade flower. Handmade flowers are making a huge come back! At CHA this winter, we saw TONS of ways to make your own custom blooms using mists, petal rollers, and scoring tools. For this challenge, create any project you like, and embellish it with a pretty handmade flower!

-Design must be new
-Project must include Peachy Keen Faces
-Link up before April 1st

*Giveaway*
PK-461 Happy Lashes Faces- set of 6
PK-561 Dolly Dumplin Faces - set of 6

I used the technique from Angelica's video. These are the flowers I made on a scrapbook page and a card. The purple flowers on the scrapbook page were painted with Twinkling H2O's in snapdragon and periwinkle and for the golden orange flower I used rose gold and deep coral.
The face on my little Gretel is from PK-757 Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed Face Assortment! The little face on my leprechaun and the eye on my Robin are from PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment!

Peachy Keen Stamps Let's Face It Friday Challenge #11

Hi Everyone
Happy Friday!!

It's a "Let's Face It" Friday!! That means a new challenge! I know I say it every LFIF but this one really is a Great challenge!! It's sewing or stitching on your card or layout!! And I love to stitch!!

So, here's the challenge!!!

The Challenge:
Create a project (can be a card, scrapbook layout, altered item, etc.) with either real or faux stitching.

-Design must be new
-Project must include Peachy Keen Faces
-Link up before March 17th

*Giveaway*
We'll choose one random winner from all entries to win an assortment from Peachy Keen Stamps - winners choice!

I stitched on my cards and layouts using my sewing machine and my favorite threads....Sulky Blendables. The are gorgeous!! Check out the colors here!

I also used my PKS Wide Eyed Kids assortment and PKS Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed assortment!! My favorites!

Here is a video I made on how I stitch and some cards and layouts I made for this challenge.

Peachy Keen Stamps Let's Face It Friday Challenge #10

Hello Everyone!

It's time for a Peachy Keen Stamps Let's Face It Friday Challenge! This one was perfect because I am ready for spring! I can't wait for the fresh fruits and veggies to show up at the market!! I can't wait for the sounds of the birds singing!! I can't wait to see all the green buds on the tress, the beautiful grass and flowers growing and warmer weather!! Yes, I am Over winter!! Yikes, it's only the middle of February and I've got spring fever!

So, on to our challenge!

Create an spring-inspired handmade gift using Peachy Keen Faces

-Design must be new
-Project must include Peachy Keen Faces
-Link to Mr. Linky before March 3rd

Here's mine

And now for the Amazing Giveaway

We'll choose one random winner from all entries to win a set of 3 Tattered Angel "Limited Edition" Mists - all in the Peachiest of colors, of course! Included in the giveaway is Hula Hoop, Tutti Fruiti, and Flower Power!

WoW!!!

NOTE: The PKS Let's Face it Friday Challenge is different from the Tuesday Team Challenge. If you wish to participate in the challenges, please read them carefully to make sure you are meeting the requirements with the "creation" you post.

Valentine Treats

Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to post a quick video of some of the treats that I've been creating...