Sweet on You!

Good Morning Friends!!

Here are a couple of cards to show you from the newest Valentine release. Have you had a chance to check out the new stamps and dies?? The postage die has been very popular, and versatile. I love the cottage cutz dies. There are so many cute ones!! Have a great week!!

Hugs and smiles, Janice

So Stinkin' CUTE - New Stamp Release

Hello Peachy Keen Followers!!

We hope this finds you well and in the mood for a few new designs to get into the spirit of the upcoming holidays!!

TODAY, January 7th at about 5pm CST - Peachy Keen Stamps will be releasing 3 new stamp sets for Valentine's Day. We are planning a blog hop later in the month to realease several new stamp sets too. There will be at least two St. Patrick's Day sets and of course.. what would a release be without.. FACES!! There are three new character sets but I am forced to HOLD out until our blog hop!

You will find a 10% global discount in place that will save you a little something on any purchase in PKS store. You will find the new stamps HERE at the time stated above.

Have a great weekend!!

Love and Hugs,

The Peachy Crew!

PS.. Don't miss Emma's Ustream tonight!!

Paper Piecing and a Special Discount!

Hello Everyone!
I am so excited to be a guest designer for Market Street Stamps. For my card today, I chose to use the adorable robot stamps, Robo Love and Robo Star.
I love to stamp on patterned paper and paper piece my images. I love the character it brings to the stamp.

I stamped the images onto a 4"x5" piece of Whisper White cardstock by Stampin Up.

I cut a cloud template from cardstock and used pigment ink and a sponge to create the sky background. It is okay to get ink on the image since I am going to paper piece the images. When sponging, I swipe the sponge away from the template, or use small swirls along the edge of the template. You may want to practice on scrap paper first.

When you are happy with the sky you may sponge the grass with pigment ink until you get the look you desire.

Stamp the images again onto the patterned papers of your choice. Cut and paste the patterned paper to the images. Embellish as desired. I used a SU punch for the red hearts and a white Sakura gel pen for the dots. Tied a little red bow from 1/8" grossgrain ribbon. I used a corner rounder on two opposite corners, layered it onto Real Red cardstock, and then onto a light gingham print card base.

I have a special 15% discount code that you may use at Market Street Stamps store. You may find it on my blog in the left sidebar.

Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure and visit often to see all the fun projects the new Design Team has in store for you.

Hugs and smiles, Janice

Guest designer for Market Street Stamps

Hello friends! Market Street Stamps has announced the new Design Team. It is a group of wonderfully talented ladies!! You can read all about it here. I am so happy to be a guest designer for the month of January. Thank you Angelica for giving me this opportunity to join you on this exciting adventure! Now I am off to stamp and hope to have a project for you in the morning.

There will be discounted shipping until January 31 to celebrate the Design Team announcement.

I am so excited!! See you later!
Hugs and smiles, Janice

Doing the happy dance!

Here is a card I made recently for a new digital magazine called, Ginger Scraps Street Magazine. It is a new magazine that has branched off from Scrapstreet.com. You can read all about it here.
If you would like to read the article where my card is , written by K Andrew, from K Andrew Designs, you may do so here. Here is a link to K Andrew's blog called Getting Cricky with K Andrew. Kristal is very talented and has great tutorials. She is now the writer for the Crossroads Cafe section of the Ginger Scraps Street Magazine. Thank you Kristal for choosing my card as well as the other artists cards for publication. It is such a thrill! Thank you all for stopping by! Have a great night

Another Sneak Peek!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
I hope you all had safe and joy filled holidays! Cheers to the New Year!

Here is a Valentine I made using the Cottage Cutz Postage Stamp die, from The Scrapping Cottage, that will be released soon. I stamped the image with Versamark and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. I added a little color for some depth. Do you like to make Valentines? This one was super easy. Have a great week!
Hugs and smiles, Janice

Card Cupids Valentine Card

Hello friends! Here is a card I made for Card Cupids. They are asking for Valentine cards. I used PK-M02 mini turtle.





To make the reverse image, I stamped the turtle onto an acrylic block. Some people prefer to stamp onto a piece of acetate, or perhaps you have a reverse image stamp. I like to use the acrylic block because I don't have the steadiest hands, so this method works best for me. Press the paper to the block and carefully lift off.






The image isn't crisp, so you will want to use a fine line black marker to go over it. Since I use copics to color my images, I use a copic multiliner pen to trace over the image. This is a pen made for copic coloring so the image doesn't bleed.
Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions please leave a comment and I will get back to you. Have a great day and if you would like to make some Valentine's for a great cause, you can read more about it here.
Hugs and smiles, Janice

A Couple of Challenge Projects

Here are a couple of projects I made. For the hot air balloon we were given the template, and we could do whatever we wanted. I used MSS-04 Sure Miss You from Market Street Stamps, and chose colors that were bright, bold and cheerful. I used copics and some blue Colorbox pigment ink to sponge around the edge of the balloon.

The second challenge was to use card board in your project. I had some white cardboard that I removed from a box. I tore some of the white paper off and stamped the little girl, Betsy from B Line designs. I added a small bit of color to the image and then proceeded to add layers to create a vintage, collage type of artwork. It is a large envelope with a tag inside, by Melissa Frances. I love vintage style, but rarely devote much time to it. Thanks for stopping by. I have a couple more projects that I will be posting soon.

New Release Coming Soon!! Cottage Cutz dies and stamps.

Hello friends! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! Today I have a new stamp and die to show you. They will be available soon! The postage stamp die has several stamps that fit the shape. I love these cute little birds. A perfect stamp to make Valentine cards. Have a great day!Hugs and smiles,Janice

Card Cupids Giraffe

Here is a card I made for Card Cupids. Isn't this giraffe adorable? You can find out more about this cute digi here. You can read more about Card Cupids by visiting their site here. I printed the giraffe onto the green gingham paper and onto white cardstock as well. I cut out all the white spots for the giraffe, glued them in place and colored some of them yellow. Gave the giraffe a cute little bow, added a couple of polka dot brads to complete the look. Thanks for visiting!
Happy Holidays!
Janice