Peachy Keen Guest Designer Week 28 with In The Pink, WINNER

Thank you to all of you who left such nice comments for me this week. The winner of The Princess Face Assortment stamp set is

Maria from Fairy Land

Maria I have sent an email out to you. Please send me your full name and address and we will get your stamps out to you!!

Thanks Peachy Peeps,

Love and Hugs,

Cathryn :)

Peachy Keen Guest Designer Week 28, Day 5 with In The Pink, Designs by Cathryn

Good Morning!!!  Welcome to my last day as a Peachy Keen Stamps Guest Designer.  I have enjoyed myself more than I can express!  Thank you to PKS and their Design Team ladies for such a warm welcome and support!  AND thank you to all the followers who have left me such sweet comments.  I appreciate you all!!Ok on to my project!
I used a tin that I filled with yummy cookies as color inspiration for this gift tag. I used some patterned paper to stamp Mitsy Sue and added a little more color with some copics and pastels. I cut the image out and placed it on top of the same image I stamped on white paper. That was I didn't have to cut out the tail, flower and stem!  The attahced "gem" is a Tim Holtz Facet which is available in the PKS store.  I love these because the back is flat and it is easy to add a picture or sentiment to it!

Materials:

PK-289 Mitsy Sue and Colby Cheer Up Set  - Peachy Keen Stamps

Wow! So Many Candles  -  My Creative Time

Tim Holtz Facets  -  Peachy Keen Stamps

Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities

Linen Closet Matstack  -  DCWV

Flower Shower Stack and Lemon Flower Stack  -  DCWV

Glossy Accents for tear

Celebrations Ribbon  -  Michaels

Crop-a-Dial and eyelet

Copic Markers and Pastels

Twine  -  PTI
Irock and gems
Black and White Gel Pens

This week I am giving away PK-640 Princess Face Assortment! In order to win these fabulous stamps you must leave a comment on the Peachy Keen blog under all of my posts this week and here on MY BLOG under each of the Peachy Keen posts for the week. I will randomly draw a winner for these fabulous stamps. There is a total of 10 chances to win if you leave a comment on each post on both blogs each day. You have until the end of the day on July 29th to get your comments in!

Thank you for visiting again today. I hope you enjoyed all 5 of my posts this week.  I am so grateful to all of you for making my week so nice!  Be sure to check back to see if you are a winner!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)

Peachy Keen Guest Designer Week 28, Day 4 with In The Pink Designs by Cathryn

Good morning!  Today is another great day for me as a guest designer for Peachy Keen Stamps!  I am so glad I was given this opportunity.  Thank you to Peachy Keen and all who have visited my blog and left wonderful comments!  I loved reading every single one!  Today I made a shaped card using one of my favorite Peachy stamps, Lulee's Swim Time (It is too hard to pick just one favorite!).

 Materials:

PK-780 Lulee's Swim Time  -  Peachy Keen Stamps

Wow So Many Candles stamp set for sentiment  -  My Creative Time

Cricut Cartridge - Elegant Edges for card base, welded and cut at 5"

Copic Markers

Citrus Stack  -  DCWV
Pretty In Pink Cardstock  -  Stampin Up

Worn Lipstick Distress Ink

Yellow Stickles

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink  -  Peachy Keen Stamps

1 1/2" Circle Scallop punch  -  McGill

1 1/8" Circle Punch  -  Paper Shapers

White Gel Pen  -  Peachy Keen Stamps
Dimensionals

This week I am giving away PK-640 Princess Face Assortment!   In order to win these fabulous stamps you must leave a comment on the Peachy Keen blog under all of my posts this week and here on MY BLOG under each of the Peachy Keen posts for the week. I will randomly draw a winner for these fabulous stamps. There is a total of 10 chances to win if you leave a comment on each post on both blogs each day. You have until the end of the day on July 29th to get your comments in!

Thank you for visiting again today.  Hope you enjoyed this post.  Check back tomorrow for my final post as a Peachy Guest Designer.  Have a wonderful day!

Love and Hugs,

Cathryn :)

Throwback Thursday Challenge with My Creative Time

This week's challenge at My Creative Time is to use ANY OLDER Cartridge of your choice!  It should be a Christmas project and  you must ALSO incorporate MATERIAL.  For example you could include:  lace, fabric, felt, or any type of material you have on hand!

The random winner picked for this challenge will get Emma's "All Around Christmas" Stamp Set which the entire Design Team is showcasing today!

I decided to make a shaped card using the oven mitt for a "mitten" on the "From My Kitchen" cartridge.   For my "material" portion of the challenge I used Emma's Scallop die (from the Scallop and Stitched Circle Die Set) to make a flower.  I cut 5 scallops from cotton material, layered them together, punched a hole in the middle (with my Crop-a-dile), attached a brad and glued a 1" cardstock circle on the back.

Materials:

My Creative Time Scallop Die

My Creative Time "All Around Christmas" Stamp Set

From My Kitchen Cricut Cartridge and Gypsy
Pink Polka Dot Material  -  Joanns

Jolly by Golly Collection, Smitten Mitten - Cosmo Cricket

Hibiscus Burst Cardstock - PTI

Boa  -  Creatology

Idea-ology Tiny Attacher

Memento Rosebud and Black Tuxedo Inks

Copic Markers

Crystal Stickles

Brad

Thank you for stopping by again today!  I appreciate all the wonderful comments my followers have left me!  Please head over to My Creative Time and see what Emma and the Design Team have for you!  Enjoy your day!

Love and Hugs,

Cathryn :)

Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #16 - Fun With Folds

Good morning and welcome to Whimsical Wednesday Challenge 16 - Fun With Folds. 
The challenge this time is to create a card that is anything but a shape or A2 style.  Examples: easel, gatefold, waterfall.

I chose to do a gatefold birthday card.  I picked up a Martha Stewart paper pad at Joanns this weekend on clearance.  I don't know why it was on clearance I had never seen it before.  It has some gorgeous coordinating paper including some holographic sheets.  I love this pad and suggest it for anyone in need of birthday prints!

I cut my cardstock at 8" wide by 6" high, scored it at 2" and 6" and then attached my scallop to the left side only with Zip Dry glue.  I love this glue because it drys so very fast and any that gets on the edges wipes right off!

 Materials:

Cricut Cartridge Once Upon a Princess and Gypsy for cupcake cut at 2.75"

Wow So Many Candles stamp set  -  My Creative Time

Hawaiian Shores, Lemon Tart and Lavendar Moon Cardstock  -  Papertrey Ink

Festive Paper Pad  -  Martha Stewart

Oval and Scallop Nestabilities

Worn Lipstick and Broken China Distress Inks

Crystal Stickles

White Gel Pen

Zip Dry Paper Glue

Please go over to the Whimsical Wednesday blog to see the rest of the Design Team's Creations.  We would love for you to link up your projects and join us for this challenge!!

Thank you for visiting my blog today.  I am so lucky to have my "computer" friends!

Love and Hugs,

Cathryn :)

Peachy Keen Guest Designer Week 28, Day 3 with In The Pink

Good Morning, this is Cathryn from In The Pink. Welcome to my 3rd day as a Peachy Keen Stamps guest designer! I am enjoying every single minute! Today I made some plant pokes out of 3 great PKS sets. I used them to dress up a basil plant for my kitchen. My hubby is a great cook so I figured he would appreciate a fresh herb plant in the kitchen!

Materials:

Cottage Cutz CC-PK4x6-004 Duck Accessories

Cottage Cutz CC-PK4x4-020 Duck w/Egg

PK-216 Silly Snails

Circle and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities

Fiskars Border Punch

Memento Black Tuxedo Ink  -  Peachy Keen Stamps

Spiced Marmalade and Broken China Distress Inks

Yellow, True Blue and Pink Stickles

Purple Ribbon from Michaels

Copics

This week I am giving away PK-640 Princess Face Assortment! In order to win these fabulous stamps you must leave a comment on the Peachy Keen blog under all of my posts this week and on MY BLOG under each of the Peachy Keen posts for the week. I will randomly draw a winner over the weekend. There is a total of 10 chances to win if you leave a comment on each post on both blogs each day. You have until the end of the day on July 29th to get your comments in!

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you join me tomorrow for another Peachy Keen Project!

Love and Hugs,

Cathryn :)

Peachy Keen Guest Designer Week 28, Day 2 with In The Pink, Tuesday Sketch Challenge

Hello my friends!  Today is my second day as Guest Designer for PKS.  I am so excited to participate with the fabulous ladies of the Design Team in the Tuesday Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge!   This time the CHALLENGE is to create a card with the Sketch AND Color Combo pictured below.  Your Design must be new and you must enter by 8/8/11.  Peachy Keen Stamps are not required to participate, but it's always great to see what you create with them if you have them already!

Here is my take on the Challenge.  I embossed the background of this card using the  Daisy stamps from another one of my favorite sets, Easter Patch.   This set has an awesome bunny, some grass and daisies.  It is a holiday set but I can use these stamps all year round.   I LOVE daisies.  They are beautiful, resilient and they can flourish just about anywhere!  Who wouldn't admire those qualities!

  


For the flowers I used the daisy cut from the new Cricut Projects Cartridge Flower Shoppe.  I spritzed them with some glimmer mist and added some stickles to the middle.  Then I used hot glue to attach them to the cardstock.

Materials:

PK-286 Easter Patch  -  Peachy Keen Stamps

This & That stamp set  -  My Creative Time

Blueberry Sky, Berry Sorbet and Spring Moss Cardstock  -  Papertrey Ink

Versamark Watermark Stamp pad

A La Mode Sparkle Embossing Powder

Memento Black Tuxedo Ink  -  Peachy Keen Stamps

Lime Ice Stickles

Irock and Gems

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Pearl

Broken China and Worn Lipstick Distress Ink

This week I am giving away PK-640 Princess Face Assortment!  In order to be entered for a chance to win you must leave a comment on the Peachy Keen blog under all of my posts this week and on MY BLOG under each of the Peachy Keen posts for the week. I will randomly draw a winner for these fabulous stamps over the weekend. There is a total of 10 chances to win if you leave a comment on each post on both blogs each day. You have until the end of the day on July 29th to get your comments in!

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you all participate in this fun challenge and link up over at Peachy Keen Stamps!  Please stop by tomorrow for my 3rd project!

Love and Hugs,

Cathryn :)

Peachy Keen Guest Designer with In The Pink Day 1

Hello Peachy Fans.  I am Cathryn from In The Pink .  I am thrilled to be guest designer here this week!  I have a wonderful husband and 3 beautiful children, a 16 year old girl and a twin boy and girl who are 8.   I have been crafting ever since I can remember.  My Mom was always making something so there was always

materials around to play with.  I currently work from home 9 months a year painting glass for shows my husband and I attend on the weekends.  I try to find some time for crafting whenever possible.  A few years ago when I got my cricut I discovered  Peachy Keen Stamps and I have been hooked ever since!  I am so happy to be able to share a weeks worth of Peachy projects with you!

For todays project I have an altered note paper holder. I used two PKS stamps for this project, Boogie Board Max and You Are My Sunshine.Max is adorable and reminds me so much of my son Zach. I used some glossy accents on the sun to give it "shine".

 Materials:

PK-M16, You Are My Sunshine  -  Peachy Keen Stamps

PK-790, Boogie Board Max  -  Peachy Keen Stamps
Memento Black Tuxedo Ink  -  Peachy Keen Stamps

Copic Markers

Patterned Paper, Citrus Stack  -  DCWV

Summer Sunrise Ribbon  -  Papertrey Ink
Cuttlebug Divine Swirls Embossing folder
EK Sucess border punch

Glossy Accents

True Blue Stickles

Irock

White Gelly Roll Pen  -  Peachy Keen Stamps

This week I am giving away PK-640 Princess Face Assortment this week!  In order to be entered for a chance to win you must leave a comment on the Peachy Keen blog under all of my posts this week and on MY BLOG under each of the Peachy Keen posts for the week. I will randomly draw a winner for these fabulous stamps over the weekend.  There is a total of 10 chances to win if you leave a comment on each post on both blogs each day. You have until the end of the day on July 29th to get your comments in!

I hope you have enjoyed my project for today!  Check back tomorrow for my Peachy Project #2!!!

Have a great day!

Love and Hugs,

Cathryn :)



My Creative Time's July Stamp Release Blog Hop!

Good Morning!  Welcome to My Creative Time's July Release Blog Hop!  If you have arrived here from Leanne's blog you are on the right track.  You finally get to see all 4 new set in their entirety!  Today I am showcasing All Around Halloween.  I decided to do some Halloween gifts.  My children's School doesn't allow candy so I did my "treats" using Crayon boxes.  This is perfect timing since the stores have them out for less than $1 per box right now!  This idea will also be great with the All Around Christmas stamp set also!

 This is how the backs look.

Materials:

My Creative Time  -  All Around Halloween, Scallop & Stiched Circle Dies

Crayola 24 count Crayon Boxes

Papertrey Ink Cardstock -  New Leaf, Orange Zest & Plum Pudding

Orange and Green Felt

Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch

All Ribbon is Celebrations from Michaels

Scor Pal & Tonic Distress Tool

Copic Markers

Dimentionals

Dusty Concord, Spiced Marmalade & Peeled Pain Distress Inks

Black diamond, Purple, Orange Peel, Crystal, Silver & Waterfall Stickles

I started out with the background strip of paper cut at 2 7/8"" by 8 1/2".  The patterned paper measured 3" by 8 1/2" BEFORE using the border punch.  I adhered the 2 papers together then wrapped them around the crayon box creasing the corners.  Then I put the paper on the Scor pal and scored where I creased the corners. (I do this so I don't have to measure where to score for box).  Then I adhered the paper to the box and decorated.

***GIVEWAY ALERT***

For my giveway today, I am giving away the Scallop and Stitched Circle Die which coordinates with the All Around Halloween stamp set! To win the dies All you have to do is leave a comment here AND a way for me to contact you! You have "11" chances to win! All you have to do is leave a comment on ALL blogs in this hop! EASY PEASY!!! GOOD LUCK!:)

Here is the Bloghop line up:

Emma  http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Nikki  http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/

Katie  http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/

Glora  http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

Leanne  http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/

You Are Here   http://www.inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/

Jen  http://jennyscards.blogspot.com/

Kate  http://www.scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/

Ruthie  http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/

Shar  http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/

Cindy  http://cindylee77.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by this week for all of the sneak peeks.  I appreciate every single comment you have left for me!  Your next stop is Jen's blog.  Enjoy the rest of the hop, go buy some stamps and have a great day!

Love and Hugs,

Cathryn :)

Final Sneak Peak for My Creative Time's July Stamp Release!!!

Hello my friends!  Today is sneak peek #3 of My Creative Time's July Stamp and Die Release!!!!  I love all of these releases.  I want to say this one is my favorite but I love them all the best!  For today's sneak peek I made some gift tags.  My husband and I make a lot of Christmas cookies each year to give as gifts and homemade tags always make the presentation perfect!

 I used Sno-tex on the white areas of the stocking to give it extra dimension.  The envelope die works with parts of this set too!  Aren't those Elf Shoes fabulous!!!

I used the Scalloped die for this tag.  The little images in this set are so wonderful!  Emma did a fantastic job drawing these!  You can get a lot of mileage out of this collection, I know I will!!!

Materials:

All Around Christmas  -  My Creative Time

Scalloped & Envelope Dies  -  My Creative Time

Cricut Cartridges  -  Jolly Holidays and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More

Pure Poppy Cardstock  -  Papertrey Ink

K&Co Secret Santa Paper Pad,  DCWV  The Christmas Combo Stack,

and Martha Stewart Modern Festive Paper Pad

Snowtex  -  DecoArt

Peapod Twine  -  The Twinery

Crop-a-dile and We R memory keepers eyelets

Copic Markers

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Christmas Red and Green Stickels

Ribbon  -  Michaels and Joann

White Gel Pen

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!

Listen up "My Creative Time" friends! We are giving all of you an opportunity to win a prize during Sneak peek week with 4 winners to be announced during Friday's Stamp release! All you have to do is leave a comment HERE along w/the rest on the design teams blogs for a chance!

AND we are giving you ANOTHER opportunity to win....

ALL you have to do is "SPREAD THE WORD" about My Creative Time's "8th Edition Stamp Release" happening this Friday @ 8am PST! You can announce it to all of your Facebook friends! If you don't know how to tag me in your post, then feel free to come to My Creative Time's Fan page HERE & let her know you did! We will randomly choose a winner from there to win a prize! Emma will be announcing the winner on Friday morning in her video during the release!

 

Well tomorrow is Release Day!!!  Starting at 8am PST Friday, Emma will start the blog hop over at My Creative Time!  Come back and see the beautiful stamp set and dies in their entirety!  Then hop along with the Design Team to see all of our creations!

 

Enjoy You Day!

Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)

My Creative Time July Release Sneak Peek #3 - All Around Halloween

Good Morning and Welcome to My Creative Time Sneak Peek #3.  Today we are peeking Emma's new stamp set "All Around Halloween".  Can I tell you these stamps make me smile from ear to ear!  Holidays are special and so is this set!

I made 2 projects today.  The first project is a treat box.  I used Emma's new scalloped die, the "Too cute to spook"  and ghost stamp.  Isn't she pretty with her little bow!

For the second project I made a card using Emma's new Stitched Embossing Plate.   Your imagination can run wild using this plate!  I used the Scalloped die on this card as well.

Materials:

All Around Halloween  -  My Creative Time

Stitched Embossing Plate and Scallop Die  -  My Creative Time (Both Sold Separately)

Cricut Cartridges - Spring cards for box, Mini Monsters for fence

Martha Stewart Halloween Mat Pad

Orange Zest and Kraft Cardstock - Papertrey Ink

Black Satin Ribbon - Michaels, Black Chiffon Ribbon - Joann

Versamark Watermark Embossing Ink Pad and Sparkle Embossing Powder

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copic Markers

White and Black Gel Pens

Dimensionals

Orange Zest Stickles

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!

Listen up "My Creative Time" friends! We are giving all of you an opportunity to win a prize during Sneak peek week with 4 winners to be announced during Friday's Stamp release! All you have to do is leave a comment HERE along w/the rest on the design teams blogs for a chance!

AND we are giving you ANOTHER opportunity to win....

ALL you have to do is "SPREAD THE WORD" about My Creative Time's "8th Edition Stamp Release" happening this Friday @ 8am PST! You can announce it to all of your Facebook friends! If you don't know how to tag me in your post, then feel free to come to My Creative Time's Fan page HERE & let her know you did! We will randomly choose a winner from there to win a prize! Emma will be announcing the winner on Friday morning in her video during the release!

Thank you for visiting.

Tomorrow we have our last Sneak peek before the big reveal on Friday 8am PST!!!

See you then!

Love and Hugs,

Cathryn :)