PKS New Release Blog Hop

Hello and welcome!!  It's time to start hoppin', and we're hoppin' this month in celebration of the new releases for Valentine's and St. Patrick's Day at Peachy Keen Stamps.  If you've arrived here from the talented Kim's Paper Punch Addiction Blog, they you're on the right track, but if not, then hop yourself right back to the beginning to the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog and begin from there, because you're just not going to want to miss one single stop!  Why you might ask?  Well, for starters, there's an abundance of inspiration from our amazing design team, AND you could win a free stamp set from each blog along the way, just for leaving a comment!!!!  See what I mean, you REALLY don't want to miss this!!!!  :)

Without further adieu, here is my card created from the sneak peek image you saw earlier this week.  First of all, I followed the sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers this week for the layout, then,  I colored this adorable Valentine Cupid mouse with my Copics using a brush stroke technique to get the look of real fur.  I popped up a few of the hearts and covered them with Stardust Stickles for sparkle, along with the wings, and the arrow was cut by hand and placed in little Cupid's hand.  The I LOVE YOU sentiment comes from the same stamp set, PK-281, and it just so happens that our peachy leaders have given me one of these stamp sets to award to one lucky commenter.  

 What do you need to do to be elegible?  Well, I'd love for you to become a follower, because I only need four more to reach 1,000 , and I plan on having some wonderful prizes to give away when I reach that point, and leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite sweet treat is for Valentine's Day.  That's it! I'll choose a random winner from the comments on Monday,  January 24th, and announce the winner then. 

Here's a little closer look at the sparkle and dimension on this card.  Can you believe I refrained from embellishments on this card?  I know, I know.  THAT'S a Ripley's!!  I decided that this beautiful paper from Little Yellow Bicycle, and the paper piercing on the corners was more than enough to frame this adorable image, and I didn't want to distract from that in the least!  He's just sooooo stinkin' CUTE!!  

Next is a clean and simple card that I made.  While playing around with the heart stamps in this set, I stamped them randomly on white card stock.  I then took my Copics and colored some of the hearts in pink and red, and left some open.  Kind of made my own background paper.  I then took my square Nestabilities and cut the stamped card stock, and put them on this card that I embossed using my Score Buddy.  As I said, clean and simple, and very fast and easy, and that allowed me to show you the versatility with this stamp set.  There's definitely something for everyone with this one, my friends.  I can see using this for so, so many things!!

Below is a picture of the wonderful and versatile PK-281 stamp set that I'll be giving away on Monday.

Now your next stop on this glorious hop will be at the sweet and talented Heidi's Got Scraps  blog.  Heidi has something fabulous and fun to share with you, so you'd better get hopping!!  Below is a complete list of stops in order, should you get lost along the way.

Peachy Keen Blog - http://www.peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com

Kathy - http://www.peachykeenstamps-kathy.blogspot.com/

Viv - http://craftinghaven.blogspot.com/

Kim - http://www.paperpunchaddiction.com/

Lorie - http://www.thethinkinspot.blogspot.com/

Heidi - http://gotscraps.blogspot.com/

Janice - http://stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com/

Joanna - http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/

Nikki - http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/

Erin - http://www.erinleecreative.com/

Emma - http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Ruthie - http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/

Samantha - http://samanthacasey.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com/

Angelica - http://www.handmadebyangelica.com/

Thanks so much for hopping along with us tonight.   I hope you've been inspired along the way, and I wish you much love, laughter, and of course happy stamping!