Friday, July 26, 2013

Peachy Keen Photo Inspiration Challenge

 

TGIF!!! I hope you are ready for another great PKS challenge. This week we have a fun photo inspiration challenge. I love combination of blues and greens. Two of my favorite colors!
 

Happy Friday, Peachy Gals!! Have you all had a great week? I sure hope so!! It's been so/so here. Hotter than a two dollar pistol and so muggy it feels like you can cut the air with a knife. UGH! Good inside crafting weather, I guess, and I've been trying to do just that, but most of it has been getting ready for leading crafts for our VBS which starts on Sunday. I'm really not ready yet, SO right after I get this posted it's back to VBS crafts!! Here's what the coming week has in store for us... Posting to the PKS Blog this week are: Monday - Glorajean Tuesday - Brianna Loffelbein Wednesday - Sandra Rosario Friday - Emily Kluender Friday, July 26th - PKC 13-30 :: Photo Inspiration DT MEMBERS: Cassandra, Tanya, Vivienne, Emily DT samples due : 7/24 Challenge: 7/26 I've attached the photo, for easy reference in case anyone wants to play along. FYI - Some of you may have looked ahead at our calendar and noticed that there is a cross promotion that has been added to the schedule for August 28th. This will be a product swap/cross promo with Flower Soft. We currently have 7 designers on the Flower Soft team, so we will be able to accept 7 designers from the PKS team for this event. It will be a 1 Day Blog Hop and complete details will be posted soon. For now, I need seven volunteers from our PKS team to email me (lorie@peachykeenstamps.com) and let me know you would like to participate. It will be on a first come, first serve basis, so if you're interested, please let me know as soon as you can so that you can select your product and get it on it's way to you. Participants in this cross promotion will be receiving two pots (their choice) of Flower Soft product to use on their projects as well as a bottle of Flower Soft Glue. This stuff goes a LOOONG way, and you'll have enough to use for many, many projects. You will also note that two events have been added to the calendar for October and December. These are scheduled Blog Hops with KaDoodle Bug Designs. We were contacted by them last week about another event similar to our last one, and we decided that rather than have one HUGE event we would divide it up into two smaller ones. One Fall/Halloween, and one Holiday/Christmas. We will again be swapping product for these events, and designers who join will receive $15 in downloads from either KaDoodle Bug Designs, or Too Cute By Jessica. We don't make it mandatory for you to participate in these events, however, if each person from our team would sign up for either one of these dates or the other, that would give us a good showing and offer a variety of designs for a successful event. If you don't have the capability to cut SVG files electronically, Melissa offers great directions on printing and hand cutting her designs, much like we paper piece our stamps. These events give us great exposure for ways to use our face stamps, and a whole new market for those adorable little faces that Kathy keeps presenting us with. I'll give you some time before I ask for sign ups for the KBD events as they are a way off yet, and I'd like to get our ducks in a row for the FS event first. I'll let ya know when we're ready for volunteers for the October Hop. Thanks so much, ladies! You ALL are just amazing, and we are so, so grateful for everything you do for us!! Have a great weekend, and don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or need anything at all. ♥ Ya! ~Lorie
 
 
So trying to keep in mind with Christmas in July, here is my project:
 
 
 
 
I created this adorable little gift bag using a cut file from SVG Cutting Files called

Fish Handled Bag Container.
 
 
The two adorable penguins were stamped and paper pieced from PKSC-19 July 2013. After I stamped and paper pieced their accessories I ran them through my Cuttlebug using the Charlie embossing folder. I added white gel pen accents and chalked their cheeks.
 
 
The sentiment comes from PKSC-11 November 2012.
 
 
The snow flakes were stamped from PK-019 What's So Funny Snowman. I stamped them with Versamark embossing ink and used a sparkly embossing powder on it, however, I couldn't get a good enough photo to show it.
 
 
For the snow, I inked the edges with light blue Color Box Ink. Then I put glossy accents and clear glitter on top.
 
 
That is my project for the color inspiration challenge! So looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!! Please don't forget to stop by the Peachy Keen Stamp Blog to see what the other DT members have created and don't forget to leave some love!! They all are amazing!!
 
Happy Stamping and Creating!!
 
P.S. Don't miss out on this great sale!!
 
It's CHRISTMAS in JULY!
Forget the diet and come on in for some SWEET STAMPING TREATS!
New sale every Tuesday at 10 pm cdt for the entire month of July! Rock-Bottom prices on already reduced clearance items! Stop by our website for the latest special! You don’t want to miss a single week!
**No new Peachy Picks will be published for the month of July**
THIS WEEK ...
Tiered discounts
$1.00 to $24.99 = 10%
$25.00 to $49.99 = 15%
$50.00 to $99.99 = 20%
$100.00 and over = 25%
valid Tues 7/23 10pm - Tues 7/30 10 pm CDT
Each Tuesday at 10 pm CDT a new special will go up!
Stay tuned to our website each week for the sale that will run
Tuesday-Tuesday for the month of July.
discount automatically applied at checkout, no promo code needed
*exclusions are Stamp Club subscriptions, sale and clearanced items*
** our new releases will be available on 7-5-13 at 7pm CDT**

 


 
 


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Friday, July 5, 2013

Peachy Keen July Release Challenges


Party time is over, but the fun will continue with our Release Party Challenges. TWO... yes, count 'em... TWO chances to win a $25 gift certificate just for playing along. Visit The Peachy Keen Connection and follow the quick links on the home page to the challenge threads for all the details, and thanks to everyone who joined us for the party! It was, as always a bunch of peachy F-U-N!
www.peachykeenstamps.ning.com

Challenge #1 Lorie's Challenge: 
Color Challenge: Make the Christmas creation of your choice, but DON'T use red or green. Think ouside the box and use non-traditional colors for this challenge.
  


I used the new PKSC-19 July Stamp of the month for these cutie patootie snow people and sentiment.

Challenge #2 Cindy's Challenge
Create the project of your choice with a vacation theme.  Have fun with this and let your imagination soar! 


I used PK-1254 Rock-A-Hula (girl and sentiment) and PKSC-18 June 2013 (tree). 

In order to have all the entries in one place, please upload your photos here on the PK Connection and when uploading, tag your photos with the key words JULY2013CHALLENGE#2 (all caps and NO spaces).  That's all you need to do!  All photos with that tag will be grouped together in one place so that we may easily count the entries.   

NOTE:  To tag your photos, you need to use the "tagging option" during the upload process.  It's super easy, but  If you have questions or need help, feel free to let me know and I'll be happy to walk you through it.  
Email me:  lorie@peachykeenstamps.com  
We're sponsoring TWO challenges this month and will be awarding one $25 Gift Certificate to one random winner from each challenge.  If you enter both challenges, you double your chances of winning a prize, but you do need to create one project for each challenge, as combining challenges is not allowed.
Using Peachy Keen Stamps on your project IS a requirement if you want to be considered to win the Gift Certificate! 
You will have until Wednesday, July 10th at Midnight to play along.
We will randomly choose a winner from each group of challenge entries.  Those winners will be announced and their photo featured here on the PK Connection on Thursday, July 11th.
We're SO glad you could join us!
We look forward to seeing everyone's creations!
Have fun and HAPPY STAMPING!!!

There is also a great Peachy Keen Stamp Sale going on!!

It's CHRISTMAS in JULY! 
Forget the diet and come on in for some SWEET STAMPING TREATS! 
New sale every Tuesday at 10 pm cdt for the entire month of July! Rock-Bottom prices on already reduced clearance items! Stop by our website for the latest special! You don’t want to miss a single week!
**No new Peachy Picks will be published for the month of July**
 THIS WEEK:
25% off your entire order!
Happy 4th of July!!
valid Tues 7/2 10pm - Tues 7/9 10 pm CDT 

Each Tuesday at 10 pm CDT a new special will go up!
Stay tuned to our website each week for the sale that will run
Tuesday-Tuesday for the month of July.

discount automatically applied at checkout, no promo code needed 
*exclusions are The Peachy Pick, Stamp Club subscriptions, sale and clearanced items*
** our new releases will be available on 7-5-13 at 7pm CDT**

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Christmas in July: Peachy Keen Sneak Peeks Day #4




Happy Fourth of July!!! Are you ready for some more sneak peeks?!! We sure hope so!! It is the last day for them before the big release party tomorrow!! 

Peachy Keen Stamps is helping you celebrate Christmas in July with their brand new July release!! There are all sorts of Christmas/Winter yummy stamps!! You are going to love this release!! Kathy has done is again!!


I made these adorable little gingerbread couple using a new add on set. They are just so adorable!! I love them!! They fit perfectly on my lollipop treats.

I used Stampabilites Black and Pearl luster embossing powders on them and added glossy accents to their heart buttons.

The sentiment and holly both come from the new the club stamp kit! I also used the black embossing powder on them as well. 

The lollipop die, sentiment die, and the tiny heart all come from my from My Creative Time. 



This release is so yummy and I decided to make another treat project!! Who wouldn't with these amazing stamps? 

The adorable gingerbread house, gum drops, and trees all come from other add on sets. Kathy is really giving you an amazing variety of stamps!!

I colored the gingerbread house with Copic markers and use snow-tex for the snow textured look. I added two different kinds of glitter to the snow and candy images.

The little gingerbread man and Santa both come from the club kit. I stamped and paper pieced each one. 

The treat box is a cut file from SVG Cutting Files.

The die cut the gum drops are on are from My Creative Time.


This adorable little cupcake is another add on set. So cute, right?! I love it!! I colored the base and the frosting in with Copic Markers. I paper pieced the yellow cake part. I then shaded it with a Copic Marker.
The sprinkles and it's face both come from the stamp club kit. I added clear glitter to the frosting.

The cherry and sentiment both come from the stamp club kit as well! The sentiment is stamped on a die cut from My Creative Time. The frame die cut is also from MCT.

Those are my sneak peeks!! 

Thanks for stopping by and happy creating!!

Here is some information on the Stamp Club kit, the release party, and the current PK sale!


Peachy Keen Stamps - Stamp Kit of the Month Club

Kit subscriptions are a recurring monthly payment that is billed and shipped
on the 6th of each month All subcribers to either of our kits must check out with our
secure online credit card server. Each month, you will receive one 8.5x11"
sheet of Peachy Keen Stamps that are provided at a $15 discount to subscribers only.
Kit Cost: $24.95 + $5 flat rate shipping in the U.S. (this kit will retail for $39.99 without any
discount for non-kit club members) That is a savings of $180.00 per year or $90.00 per six
month subscription!
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Please take the time to check out the Peachy Keen Blog this week for more projects featuring the new stamps for July 2013. Be sure not to miss The Release Party on July 5th,
at the Peachy Keen Connection Site, 6 pm CST.
  *Stamps will be available for purchase July 5th at 7 pm CST  at the Peachy Keen Stamps!!!*

Also there is a Peachy Keen 4th of July sale going on!

New sale every Tuesday at 10 pm cdt for the entire month of July! Rock-Bottom prices on already reduced clearance items! Stop by our website for the latest special! You don’t want to miss a single week!


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Happy Fourth Of July:God Bless America Card

Happy Fourth of July!!! Hopefully you are getting to spend the day off with family and friends. Maybe getting to see some fireworks as well!! I'm just glad my little family is together on this holiday. With deployments, we've missed a lot of holidays together.

So anyway, today, I have a card to share with you! I created it in lieu of the fourth of July!!





I created the adorable little boy from KaDoodle Bug Designs: Little Patriots!! How cute are they?!


I paper pieced him together and used Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap to ink on the sides. I added embossed stars to his shoes/flag and white gel pen accents.


The card base was cut using Cricut's Elegant Edges and the label was cut using Cricut's Art Philosophy.


I stamped the sentiment from Peachy Keen Promotional stamp using embossing ink and then used Snow white embossing powder over it. I then glued a piece of vellum on top. I took my picture before the glue was all dried on the vellum, so that is why it is darker on some part. 


The little sequins were from the Dollar Tree and the twine is from American Crafts. 


That my pretty simple 4th of July card! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!!



P.S. I have a couple of sales to let you know about!! They are great deals too!! 


***4th of July Sale***
Now - Monday July 8
70% OFF
You're purchase of $25 or more.
Discount will automatically be deducted when you add the items to your cart.





It's CHRISTMAS in JULY! 
Forget the diet and come on in for some SWEET STAMPING TREATS! 
New sale every Tuesday at 10 pm cdt for the entire month of July! Rock-Bottom prices on already reduced clearance items! Stop by our website for the latest special! You don’t want to miss a single week!
**No new Peachy Picks will be published for the month of July**
 THIS WEEK:
25% off your entire order!
Happy 4th of July!!
valid Tues 7/2 10pm - Tues 7/9 10 pm CDT 

Each Tuesday at 10 pm CDT a new special will go up!
Stay tuned to our website each week for the sale that will run
Tuesday-Tuesday for the month of July.

discount automatically applied at checkout, no promo code needed 
*exclusions are The Peachy Pick, Stamp Club subscriptions, sale and clearanced items*
** our new releases will be available on 7-5-13 at 7pm CDT**
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