Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 18

Okay, how did we get to the middle of December already?! Where we live, we saw an excess of 2 feet of snow since our last challenge, and it's like we were whipped into winter in just a few short days! But, hooray for a White Christmas (the snow can melt after January 1st, thank you)!

We had a great turnout for our last challenge and our winner is #26 - Moshie! Congratulations! Please email us to claim your prize!

Now, onto our next Challenge! The guidelines are to make a card using the sketch below (feel free to replace buttons with any embellishment). Please link up your entry before December 27th for a chance to win (prize shown at bottom of post)!




And here are some cards filled with holiday cheer by our Design Team! Thank you ladies, you all did such a wonderful job!


Viv designed this gorgeous blue and white card using PK-329 Chill Baby Chill Snowman Set.


Lorie rocks our world with her winter penguin ensemble. Lorie used PK-318 Penguin Doll Set.


Janice's bright & cheery "Be Jolly" card was adorned with PK-328 Snowman Winter Greeting Card Set.


Nikki perfectly blended the distress technique with whimsy using PK-328 Snowman Winter Greeting Card Set.


Emma's Ginger Girl is too sweet for words! She used PK-408 Gingerbread Doll Set.



Here's my take on this weeks' challenge. I also used PK-318 Penguin Doll Set.

The prize for Challenge 18 is everything you see below:

• 2 pkgs of 6 x 6 Doodlebug glitter cardstock packages (turquoise and lime)
• 3 Peachy Keen Stamps packages (PK-311 Snowmany Thanks, PK-317 Penguin Ice Skating Couple, PK-328A Christmas Snowman Mini)
  
• 1 StazOn Stone Gray ink pad
• 2 round acrylic blocks

Good Luck everyone!!

~ Angelica

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 17

Good Morning, everyone (or Good-whatever-time-of-day-you're-in)! We had so many cute entries for Challenge 16! Our pickrandom.com winner this week is #3 - KellyS! And what a fun card she made! You have to go check it out if you haven't already. Kelly, please email us so we can get your gift certificate out to you! Congratulations! Thank you, everyone for participating. We love being inspired by all of you!

We have another recipe challenge for you this week. The challenge is to use the following:

• polka dot(s)
• a border
• stripe(s)
• stamped image(s)

That's it!! Talk about letting your imagination run wild. Be sure to post your link before December 15th so you can be entered for the prize (listed at the bottom of this post)!! This was our first challenge with the new design team and they all really did a fantastic job! Thank you so much, ladies! Take a look:


Viv lends us some festive cheer by using PK-306 Snow Happy.


Lorie made this Christmas Snowman Mini (PK-328A) come to life!


Janice created this whimsical card using PK-319 Snickerdoodle Happy Elf.


I love what Jacqui has done with one of our favorite characters - PK-403 Ginger Bite!



Nikki created this adorable card using PK-M11 Winter is for the Birds!



What a delight! Emma's candy cane gift bag was made using PK-320 Snickerdoodle Gift Elf.


The prize for this Challenge 17 is TWO of our newest stamp sets! Be sure to place your link to your entry in MrLinky so we can pick a random winner December 15th!

PK-408 Gingerbread Doll Set and PK-318 Penguin Doll Set!



Hope you all have a wonderful week and I can't wait to see the entries that come in!

~ Angelica

Peachy Keen's New Design Team!

'Tis the season to... choose a new Peachy Keen Design Team to inspire us! Please take a moment to read a bit about them below and take a look at their blogs! They really are amazing and we are so looking forward to creating with them and all of you!! Be sure to check here tomorrow and every other Tuesday for new challenges that we hope will help you get your creative juices flowing!

Vivienne Holden will be joining us again for this term, and we're delighted to have her! Viv hails from the U.K. and always makes us laugh with her quick wit, and excites us with her lovely designs. Please visit Viv's blog for even more inspiration.

Lorie Souther will also be designing with us for a second term and saying we are excited is an understatement! Lorie's inking technique will definitely leave you wondering, "How does she do that?" Check out Lorie's blog for more designs and fun techniques!

Janice Wilson has created so many awesome designs and is proof that with stamping, the possibilities are endless! We are so proud to have her as a new member of our team. Please take a moment to check out Janice's Blog!

Jacqui Dennis is also joining us from across the Atlantic as a first time PK Designer. Her stunning dimensional cards already are giving me tons of ideas, I can't wait to see what she has in store for the upcoming challenges! Please take a look at Jacqui's Blog and you'll see what I mean!

Nikki Foraker is such a creative, whimsy spirit and was a perfect match for Peachy Keen Stamps. Nikki's Paper Doll project "2 Lil' Indians" may look familiar to some of you as it was featured on Peachy Keen Stamps' homepage the week of Thanksgiving. We can't wait to see what other goodies Nikki has in store for us! Stop by Nikki's Blog to check out all the cute designs she's already made with PK Stamps!

Emma Aguilar has been such a great friend of Peachy Keen's for so long, and we are thrilled to showcase her designs and talent as she joins our DT for the first time! Emma creates everything from cards to scrapbook pages to gift bags and tags. She's very versatile and you'll see more when you visit Emma's Blog!

Kathy Jakopovich is the owner of Peachy Keen Stamps and also designs the entire line. She has been drawing and creating her whole life and absolutely loves how she is able to see everyone's designs through this blog. It has been so much fun getting to know everyone and she will still be joining us as a guest designer from time to time (but will be checking in regularly and often)! Kathy's primary focus these days is designing even more new stamps for everyone to create with! Take a peek at Kathy's Blog to see how she takes her creations from imagination to paper. It is really exciting to see it all come full circle!

Angelica Suarez:
I'd also like to take a moment to introduce myself. You've seen a few guest designs from me the past few weeks. I'm Kathy's oldest daughter and am thrilled to help run the blog and announce the newest challenges! Everyone is so talented and I am learning so much as I go.

I've been drawing, doodling, making messes since I was very young, and with a little urging from my mom, I started making cards with the "right" stuff about a year ago. I just started a blog of my own which is still getting all the finishing touches put on, but hopefully it will be as beautiful as all of yours very soon! My name is linked above. Please feel free to add me to your feed readers and hopefully it won't be much longer until new content is put up!


Thanks everyone for playing along with us, and we can't wait to keep going!!!
~ Angelica