Friday, December 28, 2012

Thrilled to be back!!!


Hello Peachy Fans!  I am so happy to be back on the PK design team and so thankful to be welcomed back!  I feel like I am home again!  I adore Kathy, and her stamps always put a smile on my face!  I have formed some lasting friendships with previous designers, and I am looking forward to getting to know this new team of talented designers, both old and new!  2013 will be filled with more Peachy cuteness and it is my hope that I will be a source of inspiration along your stamping, crafty journey!  Happy New Year and Happy Stamping!!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Thursday, December 27, 2012

A "Cherry" Hello!


Hi everyone!  I hope you all had a Merry Christmas/Happy Holiday etc.  Mine was wonderful, spent with loved ones and we even had a dusting of snow.  I would love to continue to show you Christmas cards but today I am showcasing the CottageCutz Canning Jar With Accessories from the Harvest Season Release.  This die has pickles, olives, strawberries and cherries.  It also has the blossoms from the strawberries, so it is very versatile.

I used my favorite color combination of red, white and blue, gingham and cherries.  I used clear scrap plastic to cut the jar from.  The cherries were cut from white cardstock and colored with copic sketch markers RV29 and R46.  The jar lid was cut from patterned paper.  I scored the white cardstock to look like wainscoting and made the finished card into a cottage kitchen scene.

I wish you all a safe, happy, and healthy New Year and  I will be back on the 7th!
Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Monday, December 17, 2012

CottageCutz Holiday Carolers


Hello Cottagecutz fans!  Today my card features the CottageCutz Holiday Carolers.  I cut the images from white cardstock and then I cut the gowns from red plaid from the Recollections Sugar Plums line.  The rest I colored with Copics.  The printed song behind the carolers is from Old World Winter paper pack by the Paper Studio.  I used Vintage Photo distress ink around the images.  It makes the images look less flat.  I assembled the card and punched a few snowflakes from glitter paper, then tied a little  bow from string to finish the card.
Have a great day!
Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Friday, December 14, 2012

Peachy Keen Happy Birthday Kathy and Challenge

Hello friends!  This is a special post to wish Kathy, the "Peachy Queen", a very Happy Birthday and to let her know how much we love and appreciate her!  Kathy you are such a wonderful person and so fun to be around!   I am very blessed to call you friend!  I have 2 cards for you, one that follows the sketch and one that hopefully puts a smile on your face.
Kathy your ginger stamps always make me smile, so I used some of my favorites to make the challenge card.  The peeker is sporting a party hat to help celebrate your birthday.
These two friendly mice are having a great old time singing Karaoke.  The squeezebox was stamped using a lantern stamp from the May 2012 stamp club.  I inked up the end of the stamp so that the handle of the lantern would be on both ends of the squeezebox so that it looks like an accordion.  Colored, scored, and folded the pleats.  Hope you have a very special birthday my friend!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Friday, December 7, 2012

3 Fun Cards to Share


Good Morning friends!  Today I have 3 cards to share with you.  (I know, don't faint!)  I will start with my favorite card first.  It took me quite some time to think of how I wanted to showcase this CottageCutz Holly Jolly Legs die.  Once I thought of a clothesline nothing else would do.  So I went to my trusty google to search for clothespin images.  I should back up a little.  First I cut the legs from different colored papers, assembled, colored and inked them to add dimension.  Then I found the perfect snowy sky paper for my background.  Now here is when I searched google for clothespin images.  I found the ones I liked, printed and cut them out.  I made the snowy hills by cutting some white cardstock and adding lots of glitter.  I finished the card with a red bow and a silver bell.  Hope you like it! Oops!  I just realized I forgot to add the buckles to Santa's boots.  I think it still looks fine.
My next card I used the CottageCutz Red Bird Wreath die.  My son brought home some adhesive copper that was being tossed so I decided to try it out.  It was a little difficult to work with, but I kind of like how it turned out!  It is very different than what I am used to but I think it is good to step outside your box and try something new.
Finally I used CottageCutz Mistletoe and Holly die to make my third card.  I used a couple shades of green cardstock to cut the image from as well as from white.  I inked the greens, colored the red berries and assembled the die cut.  Next I choose my papers.  Sometimes this takes me a very long time, trying several options until I am satisfied.  I am embarrassed to say that I might spend a couple of hours searching for the right mix.  Some people choose their papers first and then design the card.  I color my images first and then choose the papers.  I am sure I would save myself a lot of time if I chose my papers first, but I prefer to color my images the way I want without having color restraints from the papers.  How about you?  Do you color first or choose papers first?  Well sorry to be so chatty today and take up so much of your time.  Here is my final card.
Have a great day!
Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Peachy Keen Challenge #45.

Good morning Peachy friends.  Viv shared an awesome site, Bird's Cards, for some free SVG's so I headed over to see what I might use for the Peachy Challenge.  When I saw this adorable birdhouse, I knew exactly which stamps I wanted to use.  PK- 267 Happy Bird and Phrases.  I love this Happy Bird and have used it often!  I also used the baby bird from a retired set.  Since the house has a Christmas wreath I made my happy bird red to be a red Christmas Cardinal.

I hope you like my card.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice


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