Celebrate Christmas Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to the

Peachy Keen Stamps "Celebrate Christmas Blog Hop"!

This amazing 2 day Blog Hop is a combined event for current and alumni Peachy Keen Stamps Designers.  We are so happy that you could join us as we kick off the Christmas season!  Not only will you be seeing some fabulous Peachy Keen Christmas inspiration, but there is an amazingly fabulous prize up for grabs! Are you ready for this?  Peachy Keen Stamps will be giving away a Christmas Bundle worth $150.00....how fabulous is that?

So, if you came to my blog from the multi-talented Angelica at AngSuarez Creative you are in the right place. If you just stopped by for a visit and would like to start at the beginning of the Hop just head over to DT Alumni Kristi at Little Paper Sprinkles.  Now, let's get started!  Here's my project for today's Hop.....

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Materials Used:

* Frame - Hobby Lobby

* Stockings - PK November 2013 Stamp Set - PKSC-23 

* Elf -  PK November 2012 Stamp Set - PKSC-11

* Christmas Tree - PK Santa Tree Stamp Set - PKS-12

* Twine - Trendy Twine

* White ribbon - "Hug Snug" Seam Binding

I paper pieced all my cute little images and added lots of glitter for some fun Christmas sparkle and shine!

Before adding glitter to the top of each stocking, I wrote the name of each of my grandchildren with a red Atyou Spica Glitter pen.  All I need now is a sweet Christmas photo of my little cuties!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and letting me share my Christmas project with you!  Be sure to stop by each blog along the way and leave a comment.  The more comments you leave, the better your chances at winning that fabulous prize!

Your next stop on today's Hop is my sweet friend Glora at Glora's Crafts.

And, here's the complete line-up for today just in case you get lost along the way....

Kristi Bennett
Cassandra Cauble
Raven Bacca
Angelica Suarez
Tanya Adams
Glorajean Beardall
Ruthie Nixon
Cindy Beland
Jennie Bones
Janice Wilson
Lauren Brewer
Samantha Casey
Emily Kluender
Amanda Bodine
Lorie Souther
Peachy Keen Stamps Blog

Until next time,

Bountiful Blessings

Hello everyone and welcome to Nonna's Craft Corner!

Here it is...Thanksgiving Eve already! I cannot believe how quickly this month is going by. I have a quick and easy Thanksgiving goodie to share with you today.....

Materials Used:
* Yummy Pumpkin Cinnamon scented hand soap
* Tag- Silhouette Online Store
* Sentiment and Pumpkin - "Jar Fillers" stamp set by My Craft Spot

* I wrapped some "Orange Truffle" Trendy Twine from My Craft Spot around the top of the soap bottle.  I added a sweet bow and used more twine to attach my tag.

Quick and easy!
That's going to be it for me today - I want to take a minute to wish everyone a Wonderful, Happy Thanksgiving.  Remember to take the time to think about all the things we have been blessed with - God is so good!  Enjoy some time with your family, and, if you are brave enough to get out in the "Black Friday" madness ---BE CAREFUL!

Until next time,

Ho*Ho*Ho*

Hello everyone and happy Monday to you!

Did your weekend go by as quickly as mine?  Time is just flying by and I have so much to do!  I did manage to get a cute little Christmas treat finished and ready to gift.  I love to have little treats on hand during the holidays - you just never know when you might need a "little something" for someone special.

Isn't he a sweet little Santa?

Materials Used:

* Santa Treat Box - Silhouette Online Store

* Martha Stewart Crystal Glitter

* Sentiment - "Christmas Banner Sentiments" stamp set from My Craft Spot

* Twine for candy bag - "Peapod" by Twinery (available at My Craft Spot)

I filled the treat bag with Peppermint M&M's - yummy!

Okay, that's it for me today. Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a wonderful Monday and I'll be seeing you soon.

Until next time,

My Craft Spot Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to Nonna's Craft Corner!

I hope you are having a great Friday - yay...the weekend is almost here!

I saw this great sketch over at My Craft Spot for their weekly challenge and loved it so much that I just has to play along. The sketch incorporates a card and a tag which is such a great way to present a gift card......

Materials Used:

*Printed papers - MME "Santa Claus" stack

* Christmas tree - Silhouette Online Store

* Merry Christmas sentiment - Christmas Banner Sentiments by My Craft Spot

* Crinkle Ribbon - Toadally Green by My Craft Spot

* Bells - Recollection

* I also used a Spellbinders border die for the scalloped edge on my pocket.

* I machine stitched around the edges of my card and tag with dark brown thread.

Whooo...hooo...one Christmas gift to check off the list!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and I'll be seeing you soon!

Until next time,

Love Bandit

Hello everyone and welcome to Nonna's Craft Corner!

It's Design Team Day over at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons and I put together a sweet little card and treat set using Lisa's new cutting files, Forest Critters.  This file is super cute and has the sweetest little animals. Just check out this darling little "Love Bandit".....

Materials Used:

* Card Base - Layered Labels 1

* Raccoon - Forest Critters Cutting Files

* Sentiments - Jaded Blossom (Forest Friends Stamp Set)

* Candy stamps - Jaded Blossom (Forest Animal Candies)

* Treat Box - Jaded Blossom

This cute little guy was originally holding an apple, but I switched it out for a heart.  After all, he is a Love Bandit!

(inside of card)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I always enjoy your visits and the sweet comments you leave for me.  Be sure to stop by the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Blog today.  The Design Team has put together some beautiful projects to share with you!  Have a wonderful day and I'll be seeing you soon......

Until next time,

PPPR Superhero Blog Hop

Hi there and welcome to the

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Superhero Blog Hop!

You should have landed here from Shanon's blog at Designs of a Paddymack.  If you just stopped by for a visit and would like to start at the beginning of our hop, head over to Lisa's at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.

Today all the designers at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons have put together projects with a "Superhero" theme - how fun is that?  This hop was especially great for me because I've got 2 little grandsons that are just getting old enough for all the Superhero stuff.  So my project for today's hop is all about Blake and Brayden....

How cute are these Superhero gift bags?

Materials Used:
* Black gift bags - Hobby Lobby
* Mats - Layered Labels 3 Cutting Files
* Superman and Batman - Superheroes Trio Cutting Files
* Sentiments - Jaded Blossom

I came across these fun Superhero shirts at Target and I grabbed them up for my little guys....

Blake will be Batman....

And, Brayden will be Superman.....

Ok...now that I've shared my project with you, I would like to share the awesome Blog Candy Lisa put together for today's hop.....

(pretty awesome, huh?)

For a chance to win this great prize package, you need to do the following:
1) Be a follower of each blog along the hop
2) Leave a comment on each blog along the hop
3) For an extra chance to win, you can "Like" the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Facebook Page and/or sign up for the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Newsletter

I also want to let you know about our Superhero Challenge.  To play along with our challenge, you need to create a Superhero themed project using products from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.  You have 3 weeks to link up - the challenge ends on December 7th.  For more details, just visit the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Blog.

And now it's time for me to send you on your way.  Your next stop is the fabulously talented Ana Maria at Shorty Creations.

Enjoy the rest of the hop and I'll be seeing you soon,

Until next time,

PKS Challenge - Anything Goes!

Hello and welcome to Nonna's Craft Corner.

It's time for another Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge and this is one of my favorite challenges - Anything Goes!

And, here's the scoop:

THE CHALLENGE
Create a project using Peachy Keen Stamps. Anything goes!
We'll be awarding "TOP PEACH" to the player who uses their Peachy Keen Stamps this week and  our two runner ups will receive a spiffy badge to display on their blog!
Guidelines:
- Design must be new
- Link up by 11/20 - 11:59 pm EST

Now, let me show you what I created for this fun challenge....

Materials Used:
* I up-cycled a used Starbuck's  Frappuccino 4 pack
* Printed papers - "Jolly Holidays" by Recollections
* Adorable snowlady - PK-1345
* Snowflakes - PK-148
* Background mat - Silhouette Online Store
* Coarse Crystal Glitter
* White Tulle

Two of the bottles are filled with hot chocolate mix.  One is filled with peppermint mini marshmallows and the other with chocolate covered peppermint sticks. YUMMY!

I tied the white tulle around the handle and fluffed it up.

It's hard to see in this photo, but, I cut mats for the lids (which I spray painted white).  I stamped on a pretty snowflake from the PKSC-23 set and colored them in with an Atyou Spica Glitter pen.  Then I added a clear gem to the center of each snowflake for the finishing touch!

Okay, that finishes up  my project - I hope you enjoyed it!  Be sure to stop by the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog to see what the other Designers have in store for you.  I hope you have a chance to play along with our challenge this week!

Until next time,

PKS/PPPR Thankful Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons and Peachy Keen Stamps Thankful Blog Hop!  With Thanksgiving just around the corner the Designers from each blog have created some lovely projects focusing on thankfulness.  We've used products from both of these fabulous companies to create our projects and can't wait to show you what we've made!

You should have arrived at my blog from GiGi's Blog at The Cricut Bug.  If you just stopped by for a visit and would like to start at the beginning of our hop, just head on over to Lisa's Blog at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons.

And now I would like to share a layout of some little people that I am very thankful for....

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I recently kept all 4 of my grands for a few days and took the opportunity to squeeze in a photo shoot!  It was no small task to get them all looking at me and (somewhat) smiling at the same time.  I took about a gazillion photos and managed to get more than a few keepers!

I used the following products for this page:

* Tree - Autumn Tree Cutting Files (PPPR)

* Leaves - Falling Leaves Cutting Files (PPPR)

* Pumpkin, Bushel, Sentiment Mat - PKSC-22 (PKS)

* Burlap Trim - Hobby Lobby

Products used on this page:

* Title - Thankful Titles 1 Cutting Files (PPPR)

* Sentiment - PKSC-01 (PKS)

* I also hand cut a journaling tag to slide behind the photo of all 4 grands.  I used pop-dots on the mat of this photo so that the tag would slide in easily.

The above photo shows the tag pulled out.

* Leaf on tag - PKSC-09 (PKS)

Thanks for letting me share my sweet little blessings with you!

Now, before I send you on your way, I wanted to let you know that both Peachy Keen Stamps and Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons will be giving away a $15.00 Gift Certificate to help celebrate today's Hop!  Be sure to leave a comment on each stop along the hop and leave your email address in your comment so that you can be contacted if your name is chosen!

Your next stop on today's Thankful Hop is my friend Cindy at Cindy's Scraptastic Designs.  Enjoy the rest of the Hop and I'll be seeing you soon.....

Until next time,

Pretty Stick Pins and Gift Box

Hello and welcome to Nonna's Craft Corner!

Aren't you glad it's Friday?  I'm looking forward to weekend - a little stamping, a little cutting, a little gluing an maybe a little on-line Christmas shopping.  All in my jammies with a nice hot cup of coffee and a bag of chocolate at my side - yes ma'am - my kinda weekend!

I got so wrapped up in all the Peachy Keen Stamps sneak peeks and release party frenzy that I forgot to post one of my projects!  It made it to the PK Blog, but I never posted it on my own blog.  So...here we go....

Materials Used:

* File for gift box - Silhouette Online Store

* Printed papers - Echo Park

* Scalloped Mat - Silhouette Online Store

* Pin Cushion Stamp - Peachy Keen Stamps PKSC-23

* Ribbon  - Snug Bug Seam Binding colored with Copic Marker

* Stick pins - I made these with beads and pins I purchased at Michael's

* Heart stamp is from the PKSC-23 set

* Sentiment is from the PK-1345 stamp set

I hope to make a few more of these as Christmas gifts for some of my "crafty" friends.

Well, that about it wraps it up for me today.  Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing, creative weekend!

Until next time,

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons DT Day!

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday to you!

It's time for another Design Team Day over at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons and I've got a sweet Christmas card to share with you.....

Pretty sweet don't ya think?

Materials used:

*House - Home Sweet Home Cutting Files from PPPR

* Printed Papers - K&Company and The Paper Studio

* Sentiment - My Craft Spot

* Sentiment Mat - Layered Labels 2 Cutting Files from PPPR

* Wreath - I think I picked these up at Michael's

* Atyou Spica Glitter pin for "berries" on window box plants

* Coarse Crystal Glitter for snow

* White Gel pen

I cut the inside of each window from white paper and colored them with my Copic markers to get the look of lamplight.

Yay....another Christmas card to add to this year's collection!

Well, that's about it for me today.  Be sure to stop by the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Blog to see what the other Designers have created to inspire you.  You won't be disappointed, my sister designers are pretty awesome!

Until next time,

Sew Sweet

Hello everyone and welcome to Nonna's Craft Corner!

It's my turn to share a little sneak of the new Peachy Keen Stamps for November.  These stamps are so, so sweet and I love the way my project for today's sneak turned out....

Materials Used:

* Shadow box from Hobby Lobby

* Printed Papers - Simple Stories "Vintage Bliss"

* Stamped Images - Peachy Keen Stamps (PKSC-23)

* Wooden spool -Hobby Lobby

* Ribbon - Snug Bug seam tape colored with a Copic Marker

I did a little machine stitching in dark gray thread around each of my background mats.

 

 I used paper piecing for the sewing machine and pin cushion The spools of thread are colored with my Copic Markers and the scissors are colored in with an Atyou Spica Glitter pen in Silver.

I added a few buttons, a spool of thread and a couple of straight pins to the edges of my shadow box for the finishing touches.

And there you go!

Thanks so much for stopping by today - be sure to stop by the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog to see what the other Designers have put together for your inspiration.  

And, don't forget about our Peachy Release Party:

Join us for sneak peeks of the new stamps throughout the day on Tuesday, November 5th! It all leads up to our BIG Release and Reveal at 6 p.m.. We'll party throughout the day with chances to win prizes, and we'll have some wonderful challenges for you to play along with for a chance to win as well! We'd love for you to join us for all the FUN! Our DT has some super cute creations to share and of course there will be challenges and prizes, too!! 

 You can join the party by clicking here.

Hope to see you there!

Until next time,

Peachy Keen Stamps Sneak Peek!

Hello everyone and happy Friday to you!

Can you believe that it is November 1st already?  Wow - October just flew by and I know the next couple of months will go by in a flash!  Okay, so a new month means new Peachy Keen Stamps!  And, as always, Kathy has put together another fabulous collection!  I've got my first sneak to share with you tonight....

I used the new November Stamp of the month set for this sweet Christmas card.

The card base is from the Silhouette Online Store, I love the zig-zag edge.

The papers from this card are the "Cozy Little Christmas" paper stack by The Paper Studio.

And, there you go - my first Peachy sneak for the new release!  I hope you liked my sweet card and I hope you will stop by Peachy Keen Stamps and see the amazing creations put together by our fabulous designers!  Enjoy your weekend and I'll be back with another sneak very soon!

Until next time,