How Time Flys.

Well the month of may flew past like the blink of an eye. So many things went on last month which left little time to craft.

One of those many things going on in the month of May was my 35th birthday... I can't believe I'm 35! Time goes by so fast these days.

Well I decided to treat myself to the Silhouette Cameo Designer Edition.... heeeeheee. Yay for new toys! Now I just have to find it a home upstairs in my craft area :p

Even tho lots was going on I did however make two cards for a little girl who broke her arm.

The first card I used my  brand new Silhouette Cameo along with the "That Hurt" file from Miss Kate Cuttables. There are so many cute files to choose from on the Miss Kate Cuttables site... I love them all! I used some SU dimensionals to pop up the title.

Then using a $1.50 stamp I got at Michaels I made my background paper, matted it in black and then placed that onto a red card base.

 

For the inside sentiment I used the same stamp as the background paper only stamped in American Crafts red Ink instead.

 

Super happy with the way it turned out...I LOVE my Cameo!

For the second card I used a piece of patterned paper from my stash and cut out only the part I wanted. Gave it a mat, added some ribbon and stamped my sentiment in Memento Black ink.

The sentiment is from the Pink By Design set called Joyful Tags.

For the inside I first stamped the horse from the Best in the West stamp set in some Memento Lilac ink and then stamped the sentiment from the Cowgirl Up stamp set on top of the horse.

Both stamp sets are from Pink By Design.

Well I'm sure I will spend a lot more time in my craft area over the next few months playing with my new toy, trying to figure out how to use all the features on it. So many things to do and so little time.

Hope everyone is having a great start to the summer.

You're The Cat's Me Wow!

The Peachy Keen Connection had it's February Release Party the other day and has 2 Challenges going on to celebrate this newest release.

You can head on over to the Peachy Keen Stamps store and check out February's Out Of This World Release... it will send you to another Galaxy!

I have chosen to do the fun pattern filled Challenge #1 hosted by the talented Gigi McKellips.

Gigi's Challenge: Use both polka dots and stripes in your creations.  Make anything you choose, as long as it includes polka dots and stripes And uses the Peachy Keen Stamps of your choice.

It was a coworkers Birthday the other day and she loves cats, so I pulled out the Animal Kingdom cartridge.

I attached some Score Tape to white cardstock  and cut out this cute little cat then used some Martha Stewart Flocking Powder in Swan for her body and Peony for the tips of the ears.

I used the Peachy Keen Critter Faces Set A Small for her adorable face stamped in Staz On Jet Black. Her collar is some pink ribbon I had in my stash that I cut in half then added some tiny rhinestones... so cute!

What Kitty is complete without a few balls of yarn? I cut them from the Create A Critter cartridge and used Zots to attach Divine Twine in matching colors for my paper.

 My Polka Dots and Stripes paper is a Recollections Fruit pack that I got at Michaels and the ribbon is from my ever growing stash... heeehee.

The sentiment is from the Pink By Design's Rock On stamp set and embossed in Recollections Petal.

The inside sentiment is from Pink By Design's Joyful Tags stamp set.

There's a $25 Gift Certificate up for grabs in each of the challenges, so pull out your Peachy Keen Stamps and get into that crafty space and reach for the stars!

Please upload your photos to the PK Connection and when uploading, tag your photos with the key words FEBRUARYCHALLENGE#1 (all caps and NO spaces).