Krafty Girls Challenge: Planet Earth

Hello my treasured friends!

I hope you all enjoyed your Easter filled with many chocolate bunnies! I just finished two group projects, and now I am in the midst for studying for final exams. For today, I have a super simple card made in celebration for Earth Day on April 22nd! Join us this week over at Krafty Girls for a Planet Earth challenge! We all take our fresh air and clean drinking water for granted. Make sure to conserve energy whenever possible, and reduce, reuse, and recycle to keep our planet green! :)

Trail of Treasures:

• Card Base - cut in white cardstock, 2.75 x 3"
• Card Layer - 2.6 x 3.8", stamped with the Peachy Keen March 2012 Stamp of the Month Set (I used an exacto-knife to take out the middle, and created my own "Earth"), and distressed with Tim Holtz Broken China Distress Ink

Make sure to join in on the challenge and check out the Krafty Girls Design Team call here! I'll be linking this up to Pink Cricut's Link-Up Party and entering this into Little Scrap Pieces' Sky Blue Challenge.

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

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GIVEAWAY: Treasure Alert & Trendy Twine Guest Designer: Happy Love Day

Hello my treasured friends!

I am ecstatic to be guest designing today over at Trendy Twine! They're definitely my FAVE twine company out there today, and if you haven't checked them out before, you really are missing out! They have beautiful colours, and a variety of different twists. You can check out all the twine that they have available here. I guarantee you, you won't be disappointed! ;)

For my project today, I am showcasing this month's newly released Cherry Cupcake, which is PERFECT for all your Valentine's Day projects. This twine has a double twist of red and pink, and it's oh so trendy! Can you spot all that trendy Cherry Cupcake twine? I'll be linking this up to Pink Cricut's Link Up Party, and Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge.

Here's a close-up of the adorable birdie and turtle. I used more twine to add the XOXO's on the turtle's shell.

And here's a peek inside the card:

Trail of Treasures:

• Card Base - 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 square card cut in red cardstock, and wrapped  Trendy Twine's Cherry Cupcake Twine around and tied a bow
• Card Layer - 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 cut from Martha Stewart's Enchanted Woodland Mat Pad
• Frame - cut at 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 from the Gypsy Wanderings Cartridge
• Turtle - cut at 3" from Create-A-Critter Cartridge, face from PK-642 Boy Mates Assortment, added Crystal Accents to the eyes, hearts cut from Creative Memories Tiny Heart Punch, paper pierced X's and O's, and threaded Trendy Twine's Cherry Cupcake Twine, and added that same twine to the neck
• Bird - cut at 2.75" from  Create-A-Critter Cartridge, added black mini-brad for the eye, and cut out a beak in orange
• Hearts - used a mini punch and added  Crystal Accents
• Sentiment - from Pink By Design's Love Always stamp set 

And now for the trendy treasure! Here are 10 yards of four different colours of trendy twine: Cherry Cupcake, Peppermint Stick, Strawberry Cupcake, and Chocolate Truffle. In addition, there's an adorable Imaginisce robot stamp up for grabs.

All you have to do is be a follower on my blog and comment below with your name and email address. For an extra chance to win, make you sure head on over and like my Facebook page, Tracey's Trail of Treasures. You have until Sunday night at 10PM PST to comment, and I'll announce the winner on Monday. Good luck everyone!

Make sure you head on over and visit Trendy Twine on their blog here, or over on Facebook! You will not be disappointed! :)

Until next time's treasures,

Tracey xox

Peachy Chickie Card

Hello my treasured friends!

First and foremost, Happy New Year to you all! I have missed you all greatly, and it feels great to finally get back into crafting and blogging! During the holidays, I lost my creative mojo, then got it back, but my room was a huge mess so I couldn't craft. Then I was thinking about my crafting, and I really figured out that due to my hectic school schedule, and the amount of my own crafting projects that I need to get done, I should focus on those things, and hence, not apply for any design teams. I will however, be participating in the challenges going around that I see fit with a project that I'm working on, etc. By doing so, this will really help contribute to my New Years resolutions, and I hope that you all are working towards yours as well!

So let's kick off the year right! I created this adorable chickie card for a dear friend of mine. Her birthday was last week, and she absolutely adores chickens, chicks, and anything of the sort, so this one is for you my friend! :) Peachy Keen is having a linky party, which you can participate as well here. I'll also be entering this into Celebrate the Occasion's challenge, to create a child's birthday card, and into Birthday Sundae's Challenge to create a birthday card. This card will fit right in, and you can play along as well here. So are we ready?? Here it is!

 
Isn't she just the cutest?? My friend loves chicks and the colour purple, so my Trendy Twine's Grape Fizz was the perfect addition! Here's the list of treasures!

Trail of Treasures:

• Card Base - 3.5 x 6" cut in kraft cardstock, and rounded at the outer corners with the Creative Memories Corner Rounder, and inked the edges with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Ink
• Card Layer - shape from Cricut Lite Lacy Labels cartridge cut at 3.15 x 5.75", cloud paper from My Little Shoebox's Home Tweet Home Collection, and cut an additional layer in green and used the Fiskars Grass Punch to create the grass
• Chick - cut from Simply Charmed Cartridge at 3", faced stamped with PK-754 Medium Critter Faces, added Trendy Twine's Grape Fizz for the cute bow, and added Inkssentials White Enamel Accents for the tummy
• Balloons - punched with Martha Stewart's Balloon Punch, and added more Trendy Twine's Grape Fizz to finish off the balloons

I have more projects to post, so visit me soon! Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

CTO Challenge 40: Thanksgiving Themed Project With Buttons - Bountiful Blessings

Hello my treasured friends!

Got a quick post for you all today! I've been super swamped with group papers, which I won't be done until next week. Then the holidays will kick off! Of course I'll still have finals to worry about as well though ;) I'll have to put off all my commenting until then, sorry!!

Before I get into my project for today, I just wanted to mention that Erica from Erica's Craft Room is having a seasonal design team call which I'll be part of! Each day beginning in December, her and the design team will be featuring 25 projects, all the way up till Christmas! That's right, that's a total of 625 projects with a theme for each day! There's still spots open if you're interested! You can get the information here.

Now for today's challenge over at Celebrate the Occasion, the challenge is to create a Thanksgiving themed project and incorporate buttons. Here in Canada we celebrated Thanksgiving last month, but I wanna wish all of my American friends a Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you all are surrounded by your loved ones this Thanksgiving.

Here's a peek inside the card:

Trail of Treasures:

• Card Base - used Nestabilities scalloped circle, cut in kraft cardstock, embossed with the Cuttlebug Diamond Plate Embossing Folder, and added irock gems on each scallop
• Layer - cut from DCWV Harvest Gathering Stack
• Cute Indian Girl - cut at 2.5" from the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge, used the Peachy Keen Simple Sallies Face Assortment, PK-531 for the face, added a button and feather, and some Orange Truffle Twine by Trendy Twine for the bows
• Sentiment for Inside of Card - used Pink By Design  Bountiful Blessings stamp set

Sending bountiful blessings to you this Thanksgiving season!

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

Creative Time For Me Design Team Call Submission

Hello my treasured friends!

Happy Friday, and happy Halloween weekend! I just finished my card for the My Creative Time Design Team Call. You have until midnight PST tomorrow (Saturday) to get your project in! Good luck my treasured friends! I decided to create a Christmas card, since Christmas is just around the corner! ;)

Oh, how I love how these little elves turned out!! They're just sooo adorbs!! Gotta love that banner!!! ;)

Here's a peek of the sentiment inside:

Trail of Treasures:

• Card Base - 7 x 5" card cut from kraft coloured cardstock, added white stitching, and distressed with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink
• Card Layer - 6.45 x 4.75", patterned paper from My Mind's Eye O Christmas Tree collection
• Banner - used My Creative Time's Build a Banner Kit; circle and banner shape cut in kraft cardstock, and other shape cut from Authentique's Wonder Collection 6x6 Paper Pad. Twine from Timeless Twine - Olive Green and Cherry Red Twist
• Elves - cut from Jolly Holidays Cricut Lite Cartridge at 3", flipped one elf and inversed the colours for their outfits, added gold stickles to the elf shoes, and Crystal Accents to the eyes, faces from PK-482 Winder Wonderland Face Assortment
• Present - Jolie Sticker Embellishment: Christmas Presents Repeated
• Wood Floor - cut a 6.45 x 1.5" strip of brown cardstock, stamped with Market Street Stamp's Woodgrain background stamp
• Sentiment - from My Creative Time's Mixed Holiday Sentiments

Enjoy your Halloween weekend and be safe!

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

CTO Challenge 36: Fall Themed - Autumn Wishes

Hello my treasured friends!

Today over at Celebrate the Occasion, we're celebrating autumn by creating fall themed projects. Make sure to join us, get inspiration from the amazing design team, and celebrate along with us!

For this week's project, I created a darling scarecrow couple in a pumpkin patch! I've been wanting to use the scarecrows from the Simply Charmed cartridge for quite some time now, and I thought it would be perfect for this week's challenge and Trendy Twine's Tuesday Challenge #2 to use twine in your project with a pumpkin.

 

Trail of Treasures:

• Card Base - 5.5 x 4.25" cut in kraft cardstock, distressed with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo 
• Card Layer - 5.25 x 4", patterned paper from Recollections Simply Autumn stack
• Scarecrows - cut from Simply Charmed at 2.5"; added Orange Licorice to the hat; faces from Peachy Keen 486 - In Stitches Assortment
• Pumpkins - cut from Pumpkin Carvings Cartridge, distressed with Tim Holtz Tea Stain Distress Ink
• Sentiment - from Pink By Design Bountiful Blessings stamp set

Make sure to join in the fun here! Happy fall y'all!

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

To Somebunny Special - Happy Birthday Little Sis: PKS Sketch Challenge 63

Hello my treasured friends!

This is for somebunny special on her 17th birthday -- my little sister! This year she'll be graduating from high-school, and I could not be more proud of her. Her party won't be until this Friday, during her long weekend. So little one, enjoy your day today cuz it is yours!

Our friends got her a bunny as a surprise birthday present. They were taking care of it for a month, before giving it to her about a week and a half ago. He's the cutest little thing ever! He's golden brown with white paws, and a white tummy. My sister adores him, and pretty much all of her gifts have been bunny themed to match the rabbit - his name is Radio because his ears are always uneven. So, to match Radio, I created my little sister a card that resembled her little bunny!

Isn't the bunny just the cutest?! I love it!! It's one of the great Peachy Keen dies! I loved that this card was cricut-less, cuz sometimes, it's just easier to create a card less the Cricut (only sometimes! ;) The Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge 63 was perfect for what I wanted to create. You can play along here. The sketch goes as follows:

Here's my sister's bunny Radio!! He's the smartest little bunny ever!

Trail of Treasures:

• Card Base - 4.5 x 4.5" square card cut out of Kraft cardstock, and added specialty twine for the bow
• Card Layer - used the Spellbinders Nestabilities Label One (the largest one), patterned paper from DCWV Flower Shower 180 Stack, then cut a green layer as well, trimmed it down, and cut it to look like grass. For the fence, I used the Martha Stewart Picket Fence border punch
• Bunny and Carrot - Peachy Keen Bunny Die, face stamped with PK 440 - Cute and Cuddly Face Assortment
• Sentiment - from My Creative Time's Color Me Happy set - one of her very first releases! Used it with Tim Holtz Broken China Distress Ink

Once again, Happy Birthday Little Sis! <3

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

Throwback Thursday: Happy Halloween!

Hello my treasured friends!

It's been a super busy week here, and there has been loads going on! I will update once I get a chance to! I just wanted to quickly post the card that I created for Emma over at My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday Challenge is to create a Halloween themed card with the card feature on any older cartridge. I attempted to create my first 'Spinner Card' with the Wild Card Cartridge, but I couldn't make it work with what I had so I had to make due. I'll know for next time! :) So here's how it came out!

Such a cutie little pumpkin!! Here's a look at the inside of the card:

Trail of Treasures:

• Card Base - pg. 51 Pinwheel Card cut at 5.5" in Kraft coloured cardstock, distressed around the edges with black ink
• Card Layer - cut at 5.5" and trimmed down, used Authentique Glowing 6x6 Stack, wrapped Trendy Twine Orange Licorice twine, and tied a bow
• Pumpkin - cut from the Pumpkin Carvings Cartridge at 2.5", used the Trick and Treats Disney Mickey Accessories Die and Embossing Folder Set for the witch hat - added Purple and Gold Stickles to it, and Inssentials Enamel Accents Dimensional faux enamel in black. Face is from PK-550 Pumpkin Faces Set
• Sentiment - from My Creative Time's Mixed Holiday Sentiment Set

Emma's 11th Stamp Edition Release is THIS Friday!! Remember to spread the word and to visit her here.

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

Wobble till you Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving my Canadian friends!

Today and everyday we should be thankful for all those in our life - our family, friends, significant others, pets, etc. Don't forget to let all those around you know that you care for them, and live each moment as if it were your last.

It's been a super busy weekend here in our household, and unfortunately, I got called in to work last minute. My family friends and I have been keeping a huge secret from our sister -- her birthday is coming up in two weeks and she's been wanting a bunny forever. We finally gave her the bunny tonight, after a month of having it!

So here's to the gobble day! Let's gobble till we wobble!

To make him wobble, I added an action wobble:

And here's a look inside the card:

Trail of Treasures:

• Card Base - folded a sheet of DCWV Harvest Gathering Paper in half, then ran it through the Cuttlebug with the 3.5" Small Scallop Circle Nestability
• Turkey - cut at 3.15" from the Create-a-Critter cartridge, added feathers to the back, and attached to an action wobble; the face is from Peachy Keen Critter Faces Set and added Crystal Accents
• Sentiments - stamped using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distressing Ink with the Pink By Design Bountiful Blessings Set

Thank you all my treasured friends -- I value each and every one of you for all your comments. This is all worth it cuz of all of you.

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

Simple Peachie Birthday Gift Bags

Hello my treasured friends!

For the recent giveaway, please click here.

I hope that you all had a great weekend, and have had a great start to the week! This past weekend I had to wrap up some birthday goodies for my boyfriend's niece and nephew who both just had birthdays in the past two weeks. I was a little behind in this department, but I was able to get it all packaged up so I wanted to share with you these super cute AND simple birthday gift bags -- gotta love that!

I picked up these kraft colour giftbags at the dollar store (2 for $1), and thought that they'd be perfect to dress up for just about any holiday! You can check out what I did with them for Valentine's Day here.

Aren't they just adorable? They're so super easy to make! I basically just used punches, Peachy Keen stamps, doodled a bit, added ribbon and tissue paper, and voila! A basic gift bag! Of course you can dress up the gift bags any way you'd like - if you added a total of three squares across - each with a different Peachie face, that would be adorable too! I have so much in mind for these gift bags as I create some for the upcoming Christmas craft fair in November!

Here are some close-ups:

Trail of Treasures:

• Creative Memories Square Maker - 1 1/2" and 1 1/4" squares
• Creative Memories Heart Maker - 1 1/2" and 1 1/4" hearts
• Creative Memories Star Maker - 1 1/2" and 1 1/4" stars
• PK-642 Boy Mates Face Assortment for Star Face 
• PK-640 Princess Face Assortment for Heart Face
• Kraft Coloured Gift Bags
• White Gelly Roll Pen
• Pink Chalk (Cheeks) 
• Sukura 0.3mm Pen
• Tissue Paper
• Pop-Dots
• Ribbon

I hope to see more do-it-yourself gift bags!

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

CTO Challenge 30: Tall Card with Present - Gifts Galore

Hi everyone!

For the giveaway, please click here.

Welcome to another Celebrate the Occasion challenge! This week's challenge is to create a tall birthday themed card. In addition, it must also include a present. Ever since I came back from Vegas, I've been eager to create since I came back with a whole lot of goodies! My little nephew's birthday just recently past, and I never got a chance to make it before I left since I was swamped with things to do and events. So here it is! It will be off in the mailbox real soon since he lives in sunny San Diego :)

What a lucky boy he is! He received a mountain of gifts! ;)

Trail of Treasures:

• Card base - fits in a 3.25 by 6" envelope, cardstock from Recollections; I welded a circle and a rectangle together for my base shape from Plantin Schoolbook and stitched around the card
• Patterned Paper - Making Memories foil star paper (got 50 sheets of it for $2.99 from Tuesday Morning!)
• Boy - cut from Baby Steps cart, face from Peachy Keen Stamps PK-451 Wide Eyed Kids 1 1/8" and I added Crystal Accents to the eyes, and pink chalk for the blush on the cheeks
• Gifts - cut from New Arrival, and Create a Critter carts and some embellished with Stickles (Lime and Stardust). Other gift packages are Jolee stickers - I do not enjoy using the Cricut to cut out gifts :(
• Banner - stamped and cut out using the Pink by Design Small Banners set, used a fiskars tiny hole punch, and used some blue twine

Make sure to celebrate birthdays with us this week! Have fun crafting!

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

Pengu Pengu!!

Hi everyone!

I've been working on some Christmas tags for an upcoming craft fair this November. So I've been mass producing these adorable little penguins from the Peachy Keen Penguin Doll Dies. These are just the cutest!! I've been adding different accessories to these cuties, so I'll be posting some pictures once I finish them all. These penguins will be added to gift card holders, cards, and gift tags.

For this week's Peachy Keen LFIF Challenge it is to create a project using an animal as the main theme.

I used the smallest sized stamp from the new Winter Wonderland Face Assortment for my little penguin's face! Didn't it come out super adorably?? I just love it!! I LOVE this patterned paper -- I purchased it last year from a local scrapbook store and I'm sorry but I have no idea what company manufactures it! I wish I had purchased more than one sheet!! It has beautiful glitter on it! 

Trail of Treasures:

• Penguin cut using the Cuttlebug with the CottageCutz Penguin Doll Die
• Face from PK-482 Winder Wonderland Face Assortment
• Tag cut at 3" from Cricut Lite Lacy Labels Cartridge 
• Sentiment from PBD Christmas Wishes Set
• White Gelly Roll Pen
• Glossy Accents
• Ribbon
• Glitter

I just love how cute he turned out!! Make sure to join me back here on Tuesday for another Celebrate the Occasion challenge!

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

CTO Challenge 24: Surprise! A Brand New Bike For You!

Hello everyone!

Thank you all for the sweet comments - I've hit 100 followers! Yay! With school and work it's definitely hard to manage my blog and to participate in challenges, but because of all of you and my passion for crafting, I'm still here! :) So moving on, happy Tuesday and welcome to Challenge 24 over at Celebrate the Occasion. For today's challenge, it is to create a birthday card for a child. Here's what I came up with:

Isn't this card so super sweet? The little boy is blind-folded for the uncover of his birthday gift - a brand new bike! I used some fabric to tape over his eyes for his 'blind-fold.' I also cut up some packaging ribbon and attached it to the bike for a 'bow,' to make it more birthday-like. This card will fit in a 3.5 x 6" envelope.

Here's what the cutie looks like underneath the blind-fold:

Surprise! I used Peachy Keens PK-642 Boy Mates Face Assortment for his adorable peachy face!

Here's a peak to the sentiment on the inside of the card. I used the Pink By Design Big Thoughts set for the 'Happy Bithday':

Materials Used:

• Card base - I used a tag from the Once Upon a Princess cart and welded it in my gypsy, then I copied the image and reduced the size a tad to get the layer
• Patterned paper for layer from DCWV - All About Boys Stack
• Tim Holtz Distressing Ink: Vintage Photo and Broken China
• Ribbon cut from Formal Occasions Cartridge
• PBD Small Banners set to spell out 'surprise'
• Bike cut from Boys Will Be Boys Cart
• Boy cut from Baby Steps Cartridge
• Face from PK-642 Boy Mates Face Assortment
• Pink By Design Big Thoughts Stamp Set
• Glossy Accents for Bike
• Gift Wrap Ribbon 
• Black Sukura Pen
• Buttons
• Fabric
• Floss

Come along and join in on this challenge here! You have until Sunday, July, 7th at 11:59pm EST to play along with us! Have fun and good luck!

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

Enjoy the Moment: Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge

Hi everyone!

Everyone here in Vancouver is pretty upset about the Canucks loss tonight against the Boston Bruins. Our year will come - the cup will be ours one day so keep your head up, and believe they'll take it "one game at a time." :) I've got loads of projects, midterms, and assignments coming up in the next two weeks so I might peep in every now and then, but for the most part I'll have to be good and stay away from my crafting goodies :( So for the past few days I've been trying to get the crafting out of my system..bad..I know. I created something for Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge, and after this I will (hopefully) be able to focus on the books...

For the challenge:
--> Use a Cricut Lite cartridge or any other older cartridge
--> Incorporate bling

I've been wanting to use this shape every since I got my hands on the Cricut Lite Twinkle Toes cartridge, and decided it would be the perfect time to use it!

The card base is 5x5 - lately I've been really into the square cards!

Emma's This & That set had the perfect sentiment: "Enjoy the Moment.." What little ballerina doesn't enjoy their moment to shine in a pink tutu?

Materials Used:

• Shape and ballerina cut from Cricut Lite Twinkle Toes Cart
• Sentiment from stamp set This & That
• Patterned paper from Recollections Elegance stack
• Peachy Keen Stamps: Princess Face Assortment
• Tattered Angels Diamond Glitter Mist
• White sukura gelly roll pen
• Pink twine for bows
• Irock rhinestones

Have a great week everyone && enjoy each and every moment!

Until next time's treasures,
Tracey xox

LFIF Peachy Keen Challenge: Organize It

Hi everyone!

I hope that everyone enjoyed their weekend! In Canada (particularly B.C.), we just had a long weekend. Although the sun didn't make its way out till the very end (better late than never!!), it was still an enjoyable weekend with great friends and good food.

This weekend I was able to get a project done. I worked on the Let's Face it Friday Peachy Keen Challenge: make anything that will help you become more organized. My boyfriend's niece and nephew throw their papers everywhere once they get home from school, or even the ones that they draw. Thus, I decided to make something for those youngsters to keep their drawings in.

This is a paper organizer that you can keep on your fridge. You can easily open it up and add papers to it -- drawings, notices, you name it. What I did was take an 8.5 x 11 sheet of cardstock, folded it in half, adhered a strip of patterned paper to the end of one side, and used a circle punch to punch out just half of the circle, and used my ATG to tape down the ends. When you open it up, this is what it looks like:

Then, I added my images to the front, and finished it off by adhering two magnetic strips to the back.

This is the finished project attached to the fridge. Of course, you'd have to place it down lower on the fridge in reach of the little ones. That way they can be more hands on with their own school work, cleaning, etc.

Blossoming Ideas for Mother's Day Greetings

Hi everyone!

Time sure does fly when you're having fun! I've been running errands, catching up on reading, seeing friends & family whom I don't get a chance to see often over the course of a semester, and of course, crafting. But now, time is catching up to me, and I've only got just a few days left of freedom - some of those days, unfortunately, must be spent towards educational purposes so I've been doing my best to get as much crafting done as I can - before I'm once again, school bound. That doesn't mean that you won't be hearing from me though! I have some cards lined up, and some other projects, but to my dismay, no videos :( I'll do my best to try and get those up and running soon, and my blog is still in a much needed makeover..one day!!

So I had some girls come over to handmake cards for Mother's Day which is this Sunday! I helped the girls foster ideas, and let them do whatever they wanted. Of the three, all the girls designed completely different cards, and they all turned out beautifully! I didn't get a chance to make a card for my mother that day, but I did get around to it the following day! So here we go! I transformed our dining room table into a crafting space!

So here's a cute mini Mother's Day card. It's a 2.75 x 2.75 square card, using the PBD February Stamp of the Month: Designer Boots.

She used red Martha Stewart embossing powder for the boots, Recollections Elegance cardstock, teal cardstock from Stampin' Up, ribbon, and My Pink Stamper's Pinkalicious stamp set for the sentiment. It turned out just darling, didn't it?!

Kiss Me: Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge 50 with a Twist

Hi everyone!

Welcome to all of you who are new to my blog, and thank you all for the sweet comments! I hope that from my blog you'll be inspired to create meaningful projects for others. I'm definitely enjoying my time off school right now -- as I get to craft! I have lots of projects that I need to motor through as well as tons of activities and such, so we'll see how much I can do. But this is the third post in the last week which is pretty impressive for me!

I decided to take part in Peachy Keen's Sketch challenge this week cuz I could not resist! It's their 50th challenge, so the challenge is to follow the sketch, but there's a twist: you gotta include the colour gold in your project. So here's the sketch:

I made a frog prince card for a friend's birthday last year -- she needs to find a Prince Charming! I wanted to use the same cute frog from Create a Critter again, so that's what I did! Here's what I came up with:

 

The patterned paper (with the little frog faces) is from DCWV Playtime stack. This sheet of paper is one of the main reasons I got the stack (well actually, I love the entire stack) but I loved these cute little frog faces! So I knew I would have to cut the cute frog again out of my fave cartridge! And every frog prince needs a kiss to turn back into a prince right?! You can't really tell in the picture but I embossed the sentiment from one of my favourite stamp sets -- Emma's You Had Me At Chocolate and used Crystal Accents to add some gloss to plump up all the lips. I cannot live without Crystal Accents -- they just add so much to any card! And lastly, I used my adorable Peachy Keen stamps to bring my little froggie to life. I used PK-493 Everyday Character Face Parts and MORE!

So until next time's treasures, ta-ta my crafty friends! :)
Tracey xox

Scatter Seeds of Happiness: Happy Birthday my sweet Aunt!

Hello everyone!

Today is my sweet Aunt's birthday! She's always there when you need a hand, or a phone call away for great advice. She's always thinking of others but this year, I really wanted her to just focus on herself and what she really wants. Whatever that may be, I just want her to be happy. So with that, I made her this card.

She has two beautiful daughters, that she loves oh so dearly. So, I cut the vase and flowers out of the Cricut Lite Bloom cartridge, and made circles big enough for my Peachy Keen Faces. Both of them are from the Simple Sallies Assortment pack, and they turned out too cute! The patterned paper is from DCWV Flower Shower Spring stack (one of my faves!), and the base of my card is from the Wild Card cart. I added Crystal Accents to the vase to make it more 'vase-like,' as well as some ribbon to add a touch. The sentiment on the inside of the card reads, "Scatter Seeds of Happiness" from the PBD Life's a Garden set.

I hope that you all attain whatever truly makes you happy.

All my best && the warmest wishes to you today and always,
Happy Birthday my Dearest Aunt!
Tracey xox

My Hunny Bunny

Hello everyone!

It has been a while since I posted anything, but let me assure you that I've been longing to get crafting! In between homework, studying, working, mom duties (my mother is away on a trip), and getting over a bad case of the flu, crafting seems near to impossible. Today however, I decided that I really needed to rest, and card-making is good rest :) I really wanted to participate in the Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge 48 (sketch provided below) and Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge.

For Emma's Challenge she asked to use an older cartridge and the colour GREEN. Scrapbookaholic By Abby's Challenge is to create anything Spring, so this card will be entered over there too! :) In addition, the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog's Challenge #53 is to create a project using any spring time theme, so this project will be there as well!

So here it goes! I made this card for my boyfriend that I'll probably give to him over Easter :) I've been dying to use the Cricut Lite Cartridge, Bloom for the fence. I got it basically because of the fence! I haven't used it till now cuz I knew it would be perfect for this card!

 

With the fence closed, this is what the card looks like. 

And here is my hunny bunny! 

Peachy Keen Let's Face It Friday Challenge - Sew Super Cute

Hi Everyone!

I hope that everyone's weekend is off to a good start! Mine has been pretty busy so far but great, needless to say!

I had to make a card for my niece and nephew's upcoming birthdays, and the challenge for Peachy Keens was to use faux or real stitching. This was easy for me since I often do incorporate faux stitching into my cards. However, I thought that I would test out my new sew easy tool. I'm not really too sure how my thoughts are on it yet since I didn't really do what I wanted it to do..I wasn't too good at keeping my piercing line straight. :( Here's my card though! I like how it turned out "sew super cute!"

My little niece is turning one and my nephew will be turning two. Their birthdays are two weeks apart, so their mom is combining the two parties, and the theme is..you guessed it...Mickey and Minnie Mouse! :)

My card is 5 x 7 and a majority of the cuts are from the Baby Steps Cartridge, which is exclusive to JoAnns. Let me tell you..I LOVE this cartridge! Once it was released I knew I had to have it! Although I don't have kids yet, the cuts were too cute to pass up! I have so many young cousins, nieces and nephews, that it is definitely worth it! And..of course my Peachy Keen Stamps added so much more character to the little darlings! I used the coordinating sets -- PK-642 Boy Mates Assortment && PK-640 Princess Face Assortment. These two sets are a definite must have!


See you back here for next time's treasure hunt!
Tracey xox