Peachy Keen Stamps - Emboss It Challenge Winner

Good Morning Everyone! I am so excited to announce our winner for two of my FAVORITE wintertime stamp sets - Peachy Keen Santa & Snowman Winter Greeting Card set!! Can you believe we were just FIVE entries short of giving away the Ciao set?? I know! But not to worry, we'll keep that set safe in the PKS Bloggy Vault (a.k.a. my office hehe) for a future giveaway soon!

And without further ado... Random.org chose #78 which is....

78. Court!!

Congratulations, Court!

Please email me your shipping details and we'll get those prizes out to you asap! :)

Thank you SO SO much everyone for playing along in this challenge! We have many exciting things happening in the new year like a different guest designer each week on the Peachy Keen Stamps blog, More streamlined challenges here on the Challenge Blog here and opportunities to showcase YOUR work in blog hops and more! Stay tuned for more details!

You're probably noticing there is no new challenge posted today. Our designers have the rest of the month off! We wanted to make sure everyone had plenty of time to finish their gifts, spend time with their families, and not have to worry about finishing another project during the busy holiday season. Keep watching, though, I just might throw a few mini challenges out there during the next couple of weeks for both our Tuesday and Let's Face it Friday participants.

On behalf of the entire Peachy Keen Family, we thank you so so very much for an exciting, happy and fun-filled 2010, we are SO looking forward to another magical year with the Peachiest Designers and fans around! We couldn't do this without each and every single one of you! ~ Angelica :)

Let's Face it Friday Paper Bag Challenge WINNERS!

Hi Everyone! Just a quick post tonight to announce our Paper Bag Challenge winner! I am so sorry I completely forgot to pick the winner on Friday with all the excitement of my mom's super amazing surprise birthday hop! If you got a chance to hop along with us this weekend - THANK YOU! You really made her day a special one.

Also, you'll notice there was no new challenge posted on Friday as our designers have the rest of the month off! We wanted to make sure everyone had plenty of time to finish their gifts, spend time with their families, and not have to worry about finishing another project during the busy holiday season. Keep watching, though, I just might throw a few mini challenges out there during the next couple of weeks! ;)

We LOVED seeing your creations for the paper bag challenge - it's proof that one little paper bag can be used in so many ways! I was also surprised to hear that some people did not have easy access to them. I apologize! I always ask for "paper" at my local grocery store, so I always have tons of them. LOL ;) Next time I will try to think of something a little more universal. ;)

SOOOOO onto the winners!! Random.org chose..........................

4. Teresa B {When It's Cold Outside}

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19. Linda Lapotka {PK-480 Winter Face Assortment}

Congratulations, Teresa & Linda!!

Please email me your shipping info and we will get those prizes out to you asap!

Thanks so much again for playing along. We have so many fun things planned for the PKS Challenges in 2011, we know you're gonna love it!

Have a wonderful week, everyone!! Happy Holidays!!

Angelica :)

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 42 :: Emboss It

Good Morning Peachy Friends! I hope you are all enjoying the holiday spirit and soaking up every creative moment you can. We have a very exciting post today so please, be sure to grab your java or tea and enjoy all the amazing creations our Design Team has created for you! And don't forget to check out the prizes at the bottom that you'll be playing along for - we're throwing in an extra prize if we make it over 100 entries!!

Before we move on to the next challenge, I'd like to congratulate our winner from Challenge #41!

Random.org chose... 13. K Andrew!!!
Yippee! Please email me to claim your prize! ;)
Thank you SO much to everyone who played along in this challenge!

And now, onto the next one...

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THE CHALLENGE:

Create a card or layout using an EMBOSSING technique
You can either HEAT emboss or DRY emboss {or both if you wanna be fancy}
There are no limitations, but if you have Peachy Keen Stamps, 
you are encouraged to use them!

Please link your blog post URL to Mr. Linky before December 21st.
(the actual posting closes 12/20 11:59 p.m. PST)

We'll use Random.org to generate our RANDOM WINNER (only one entry per person, please) on 12/20 to receive the prize package posted after all the DT submissions!

If you've never heat embossed before, and want to give it a go, here is a quick tutorial I found online. Just Google "Basic Heat Embossing Instructions" and a lot of tutorials pop up! It's really fun once you start playing around and trying different colors/images!

I read a great tip in Paper Crafts magazine this month from Kelly Marie Alvarez - use a dryer sheet & rub over your cardstock before stamping to remove any static. This way the embossing powder will only stick to the ink! Thought that was pretty nifty!

Now for our beautiful DT samples - they do such an amazing job!! Please visit their blogs to see which stamps they used to created their projects!

Viv

Lorie

Janice

Nikki

Emma

Samantha

Lisa

Here are the two stamp sets you'll be playing along for:
(One lucky winner will receive both sets!)

PK-332 Peachy Keen Santa Set

PK-328 Snowman Winter Greeting Card Set

As an added holiday treat, if we make it over 100 entries, we'll also give away a 12 piece Copic Ciao set (valued at over $50.00) to another lucky random winner!

Good Luck Everyone, we can't wait to see your creations!!!

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Let's Face It Fridays - Paper Bag Challenge

Hi Everyone!! Welcome back to another Peachy Keen "Let's Face it Friday" Challenge! Every other Friday our 5 Fabulous Face Designers create inspiring projects for us & other Peachy Keen Face fans to enjoy! We give out awesome prizes and give you challenges to get your mojo going! {For those who do not have any of our stamps yet, there's a challenge every other Tuesday on this blog which is open to any products you have! We have lots of chances to win PK Stamps there, too!}

We SO appreciate your help in getting LFIF's off the ground, and if you haven't heard, we are going to have even MORE opportunities in the new year to Guest Design with our awesome DT and earn some free stamps! If you haven't submitted your info to me yet, you have until December 8th! If you have emailed me, thank you! I am still in the process of going through and looking at everyone's blogs so if you haven't gotten a confirmation email from me yet saying I received your application, don't worry! It's coming soon- promise! ;) Now onto the next challenge....

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First, I want to congratulate 6. Kimberly T. - our RANDOM WINNER of the Winter Frolic Cricut Cartridge!! Yippee! It's such a fun little cart, you're going to love it! Pairs oh-so-well with our snowmen faces!! Kimberley, please email me your info so I can get this out to you asap! :)

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Alright, here it is - the next challenge! This one is a challenge, but at the same time it's FUN and you can re-use something you may have otherwise thrown away. Ready for it?

THE CHALLENGE
Using a lunch sack or a paper grocery bag, create a winter-inspired project. Some ideas can be a set of ornaments (staple two pieces of the lunch sack together), stamp the paper bag & use as wrapping paper, a holiday gift bag (paint both sides of the bag with gesso first if painting it), spray with archival mist to use as an element in a scrapbook page, crinkle and use distress ink to create an aged element, use the brown bag to wrap a frame or pail, or make a craft that a child could help you create (puppets)! The sky's the limit, and the more creative, the better!

• Design must be new
• Project must include Peachy Keen Faces
• Link to Mr. Linky before December 16th
  

Our DT has put their creativity caps on and came up with these deeeelightful projects for you!


Kim
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Heidi
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Erin
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Joanna
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{Ruthie's will be up by Monday! ;)}

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And now....what you'll be playing along for!
We'll draw TWO random winners
ONE will receive "When It's Cold Outside" Cricut Cartridge
ONE will receive PK-480 Christmas Character Assortment!

Good luck everyone!!! I know I am going to LOVE what you all come up with!

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Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 41 - Encouragement and Guest DT

It's almost Thanksgiving, and while I never have trouble finding things to be thankful for, this year I am especially thankful for the friends, readers, and inspiration we have gained this past year on our challenge blog. It's about this time last year I took over the reigns of coordinating, and it's been a fun, challenging, but above all, encouraging learning experience. Thank YOU so much for making this a creative place to be, for telling your friends about our challenges, and of course, for your friendship!! Thank you thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

Peachy Keen Stamps is celebrating this Thanksgiving as we did last year, with a 4-day Sale beginning Thursday and going through Sunday! THIS weekend only! You won't want to miss it!

You all have been waiting SO patiently to find out who won our last challenge. I am here to tell you this was HARD! Honestly, there were so many BEAUTIFUL & creative entries, it was hard to pick a winner since everyone had their own unique twist on it. However, we managed to narrow it down to FIVE incredible entries to be our TOP 5 this week:

OUR WINNER is
33. Kathrin aka Kruemel!

Our top remaining 4 are:

40. Iris
22. Raechel
17. Amanda B
15. Ellen M361

Congratulations, ladies!
Please email me for your TOP 5 badge, and Kathrin, for your prize! :)

And here's something else you'll be glad you didn't miss - we have someone special joining us today for our Guest Design spot! If you've been checking out our Facebook page or reading our blog the past couple of weeks, you know you could have a chance to be one of our Guest DT's too!! Check out this post for complete details.

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Guest Designer

MANDY FERG

Polka Dot Spot

Mandy Ferg is a wealth of paper-crafting knowledge, and has an abundance of stamping and Cricut inspiration on her blog. She's always doing something new on her projects and I love that she is so willing to share what she knows and encourages others to do the same!
Mandy resides just a hop, skip, and a jump away from us in Northeastern WI with her beautiful children, Mr. Ferg, and their two furry babies.
We're SO happy to have her as a guest designer today!!

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THE CHALLENGE:

Create a card of ENCOURAGEMENT. 
There are no limitations, but if you have Peachy Keen Stamps, 
you are encouraged to use them!

Please link your blog post URL to Mr. Linky before December 6th.
(the actual posting closes 12/6 11:59 p.m. CST)

We'll use Random.org to generate our RANDOM WINNER (only one entry per person, please) on 12/8 to receive the prize package posted after all the DT submissions!

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Just LOOK at what Mandy and our Design Team created for you today!
Click the link to their blog to find out more about their cards and which stamps they used!! You are in for such a treat today!

Mandy

Viv

Lorie

Janice

Nikki

Emma

Samantha

Lisa

One Lucky Random Winner will receive the following prize package:

One set of Spica Pens (Set A)

One set of PK-412 Too Sweet to Eat

{Please remember you must link your original PROJECT you created for THIS challenge to Mr. Linky to be eligible for the prize. If no project has been created, your link will be deleted. Thank you for understanding!}

Good luck everyone!!

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Peachy Keen Stamps :: Let's Face It Friday - Week 5

Happy FRIDAY! Ooooh how I love doing posts on Fridays. Should we all do a little dance? NO lie I thought for a second today was Monday. Obviously I need to rest just a little bit more during the week. ;)

OK! So, thank you ALL for participating in the little mini-challenge I whipped together last weekend. I hope you all had fun! It sure looks like you did! These entries were PHENOMENAL. It was a really, really, tough call, but here is our TOP 5!

WINNER!

11. Raechel

AMAZING REMAINING TOP 4:
3. Jen
12. Tami B
16. Stacy A
22. maribeth27

Congratulations, Ladies! Please email me for a blinkie,
and for your gift certificate, Raechel!

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Ready for another challenge? You're going to want to get in on this one, 'cause we're giving away a VERY cool prize! Before we tell you what it is though, here is the challenge {it's YOUR time to get creative and show us what you got!}.

THE CHALLENGE

Create an invitation for a holiday party.
This could be for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali,
or even just a gift opening party!

• Design must be new
• Invitation must include Peachy Keen Faces
• Link to Mr. Linky before December 2nd

Take a peek at the inspiration our DT has whipped up for you today!
Aren't they awesome?? I am so loving what they've done for this challenge!

Kim

Heidi

Erin

Joanna

Ruthie

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And you'll be playing along for a chance to win....
WINTER FROLIC
(Cricut Cartridge)
I love, love, love this cart and am determined to play with a it a bit more before Christmas!


Good luck, everyone!! Can't wait to see your invites!

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Calling All Crafters! Peachy Keen Stamps Guest Designer Call!

...By popular demand...

Peachy Keen Stamps is
holding our FIRST EVER Guest Designer Call!!

Starting in January 2011, we will have two guest designers each month.

Guest designers will design alongside our awesome full time DT {check 'em out to the left}.
WHAT DOES A GUEST DESIGNER HAVE TO DO?

Each guest designer will be asked to create 5 projects (posted M-F)
for their guest spot.
That's right. Your work will be showcased on our blog for an entire week!
Projects must be original and of course, have a Peachy Keen stamp used on them.

Depending on the week, you will be asked to also create a project for one of our challenges.

(hosted on our Challenge Blog every other Tuesday and every other Friday)

This means...
4 projects = your choice
1 project = based on the current challenge

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We're looking for talent and bloggers of all skill levels!
We have both images that are PERFECT for coloring/paper piecing and fun techniques.
And we also have our famous face stamps - PERFECT for your Cricut and other die cuts!

SO...WHAT DO YOU GET?

Each guest designer will receive $40 in PKS credit towards stamps of their choice.

Each designer will also receive a gift to give away on their blog
from PKS during their guest spot.
Aaaaaannnd...
Over 1,000 bloggers and almost 4,000 people on Facebook will see
YOUR creations for a whole week!

PLUS
a permanent link on our "Guest DT Alumni" section {coming soon}

Does this sound like fun or what??
If this sounds like something you are interested in, here is what you have to do:

Send a link to your blog here: pksguestdt (at) gmail (dot) com
(replace at with @ and dot with . ~ updated w/ correct email sorry about that!)
Send me your first and last name (I'll get your mailing address from you at a later date)
Let me know if you've used our stamps before (it's ok if you have not)
Feel free to send along a photo of your favorite PKS project if you have one (it's not required)

(Don't have a blog? Set one up for free at Blogger.com! This is required to be a Guest Designer)

AND THAT'S IT.
Please send me your information no later than
DECEMBER 8th.
{You have three weeks!}

We will be filling spots for
January - July 2011 (14 different spots!)

Thanks you guys, I have a feeling this is gonna be FUN, FUN, FUN!!!!
Please direct any questions to the email above ~ Thank you for being so fabulous!!

xo Angelica

Let's Face It Friday - WINNER and a NEW Mini-Challenge

Yep, you read the title right! We're announcing our LFIF Winner AND giving you a NEW mini-Challenge! Our DT had the week off as they were all very busy getLting ready for our HUGE WINTER RELEASE HOP that's still going on! You should totally check it out if you haven't already! All our new Winter Releases were unveiled and there is a prize (along with gorgeous eye candy) all along the way!

The Random.org winner for LET'S FACE IT FRIDAY WEEK# 4 is...
26. Melissa B!
Congratulations, Melissa! Please email me with your info! :)

And for the MINI-Challenge here's what you gotta do:

• Create a project using your Peachy Keen Stamp Faces
• Your project should include polka dots AND
• Your project should include "White" as a main focal color
• Enter your project in Mr. Linky BEFORE 11/19

Easy, right?

We'll pick our top 5 entries next week and the WINNER will receive a
$25.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE to Peachy Keen Stamps!

Ready?? Let's Go! Good Luck everyone!!

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Peachy Keen Stamps - Challenge 40

Hello Bloggers! We hope you all had a wonderful Halloween full of sweet treats! We have our winners from our last challenge as well as a NEW Challenge for you all today!

Our TWO Random winners are:
10. Cathryn67
27. maribeth27

Congratulations, Ladies!! Please email me to claim your prizes! :)

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THE NEW CHALLENGE:

Create a card, or layout using the sketch provided.

Please link your blog post URL to Mr. Linky by November 14th.

This challenge will be judged, and we will be choosing a TOP 5 and a winner!

{Our DT has whipped up some amazing samples below!}

The SKETCH

Viv

Lorie

Janice

Nikki

Emma

Samantha

Lisa

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Winner will receive Happy Turkey Day and a Rich Cocoa Memento Ink Pad to ink him up! :)

Good Luck!!

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