YOU'RE SO SWEET

Hey Everyone! Ken here with Ken's Kreation's. So I know I do not talk a lot about my personal life,  but I had to share why I am making all of these thank you cards. You see I am a Bank Manager for an amazing bank called Washington Trust Bank. Due to circumstances out of my control I lost three of my staff in one month!! Sad story I know....please wipe away those tears. So I have a wonderful team of managers who have been sending me help from their teams to help me out and I just have to make them some Ken's Kreation's to thank them. 

So for this card I used one of PPBN's amazing designs. This file is called 4th of July Cupcake and was just released for 4th of July. I just loved it and I though it would be perfect for a thank you card. I used Close To My Heart Art Philosophy for the 3 flags/banners on the left of the card. I used my CRICUT EXPLORE to cut all of the elements of this card. I absolutely love using my CRICUT EXPLORE and design space to visually create the entire card before cutting it out. For the frame behind the cupcake of the card I also used the Close To My Heart Art Philosophy. 

 I used the 4th of July Cupcake from PPBN Designs for the file. I used the cherry from Sweet Treats Cartridge. This is from the sundae and I had to use the count our option to hide certain parts of the sprinkles that I did not want. I than duplicate the cherry 6 times. I used Dewdrop Ink to ink my edges on the cherries on the cupcakes while using Daubers to apply the ink. For the top of the cupcake I used Red Pearl Pens for the outlines of the top of the cupcake. for the sparkle on the white part of the cupcake and the dot on the top cherry of the cupcake I used Crystal Stickles Glue. For the six cherries behind the cupcake I used White Pearl Pen for the white dot.  I raised the cupcake up using 3D Foam Dots.

For the sentiment I used the Close To My Heart Art Philosophy for the 3 flag banners. I used the writing feature in Design space and my CRICUT EXPLORE. I love this feature and the Cricut Pen Set is amazing and as you can see makes amazing results. I used the writing feature to not only write the words but also to write the inner banner that you can see bordering the sentiments on the inside of the banner. For the outside of each of the flags I used Red Pearl Pens, Light Blue Pearl Pens and Bisque Liquid Pearl for the outside of the each of the flags and used 3D Foam Dots to raise the flags. 

I just love how this card turned out and love the fact that I have such wonderful people in my life who have helped me out and given me a reason to make these amazing thank you cards. Thanks for coming by today to see my Kreation and come back tomorrow to see what other things I Kreate. 

SUPPLY LIST

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Machine: CRICUT EXPLORE

Cartridges: Sweet Treats Cartridge, Close To My Heart Art Philosophy

Adhesive: ATG Gun,  3D Foam Dots

Pens: Cricut Pen Set

Paints: Red Pearl Pens, Light Blue Pearl Pens, Bisque Liquid Pearl 

Ink: Dewdrop Ink, Daubers

Sweet As Honey

Hello everyone! Diane here today from www.happyscrapperdiane.blogspot.com with a two page layout created with the adorable files from PPBN Designs. I used the Sweet as Honey title, Honey Bee on Flower, Cute Single Honey Bee, and Cute Flying Bumble Bee files.  These are so cute and easy to work with.  I have a perfect page for my cute granddaughters pictures.  I used cardstock and added some stickles to the flowers.  I am really pleased how it turned out.  Be sure to check out all the great files and have you joined the club yet? For only $7 a month you get 60 free images a month and 40% off all your purchases so no reason not to try it out!!!! 

The Doctor is IN...kinda

Hey beautiful crafters! 

I'm so happy you stopped by today. I created a cutie pie little doc mcstuffins for my niece using PPBN designs file Toy Doctor. I LOVE this file but I left a few pieces out. My niece who is in love with this little cutie doesnt wear shoes EVER. She takes them off anywhere she goes, so I decided to make the legs look like leggings. Also, I made this cut really small to fit on a bookmark because she just started reading and so I left some of the smaller pieces off. I hope you all enjoy it and that you are enjoying a good book this summer!!! ;)

Hugs and creative Blessings,

Raven

The Doc is In

Good morning this is my Monday post for ppbndesigns.com. The file can be found here.   The white flower border can be found in the Silhouette Store. I had to size and weld the border but all the rest of the pieces are cut at the size they appeared on the mat. This layout worked great for my grand daughter's visit to the doctor.

I used my Silhouette

2 sheets pink gingham paper

1 pink striped

1 reverse of the first gingham paper

1 sheet white paper

2 different purple

2 different pink

1 tan 

1 turquoise

1 light brown

1 darker brown

Scotch glue

Scotch tape runner 

1 ready made tag with reg and pink twine.

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BUGS IN MY POTS

Hey Everyone! Ken here with another Ken's Kreations! I am so excited for summer and that is what inspired me for this weeks PPBN Designs. I wanted to show you how versatile PPBN Designs are and how easily you can use these designs all around your house. Here is what I made:

So for this project I used my CRICUT EXPLORE. I am finding out this machine is so versatile and is quickly turning into a must have in any home, kind of like a Keurig machine. I would have never dreamed of decorating a flower pot with a cutting machine, but the CRICUT EXPLORE did it! I knew I wanted to use bugs with this flower pot and lots of colors so I turned to the my designs with PPBN Designs and found the perfect design...the LITTLE BUGABOO SET. This set features cute little bugs. I have attached an image of this set below in the supply list. I cut all the bugs in VINYL, and I used brown for the base and different bright colors for the bug body. The bugs were cut at assorted sizes from 2", 2.25", 2.5", 2.75" 3" and 3.25". I wanted to give the bug bodies a funky summer look so I took one of my new favorite crafting tools and by hand got a little artsy fartsy!!

I wanted to make the bugs stand out so I used Pearl Pens on the vinyl. These pens are great and will withstand the weather outside and look great with all the colors. In this part of the pot you see Kiwi Pearl Pen, Green Pearl Pen and Bronze Pearl Pens.

For these ladybugs and butterflies I used Black Pearl Pen, Gold Pearl Pen, Silver Pearl Pen, White Pearl Pen, and Lilac Pearl Pen

For this butterfly, and ladybug I used the following colors of pearl pens Turquoise Pearl Pens, Light Blue Pearl Pen, Kiwi Pearl Pen, Pink Pearl Pen, Salmon Pearl Pen

For the final side of the potI used Pink Pearl Pen, Violet Pearl Pen and Lilac Pearl Pen. for all of the antennas of the bugs heads I used the Brown Pearl Pens

Thanks for taking a look at today's Kreation! Make sure to come back soon to see what other Kreation or video I come up with next!! Check below to see all the supplies you will need to make this amazing project and do not forget about my contest that ends this sunday!!

SUPPLIES

MACHINES: CRICUT EXPLORE

VINYL:  VINYL

PEARL PENS: Kiwi Pearl Pen, Green Pearl Pen, Bronze Pearl Pens, Black Pearl Pen, Gold Pearl Pen, Silver Pearl Pen, White Pearl Pen, Lilac Pearl Pen,  Turquoise Pearl Pens, Light Blue Pearl Pen, Pink Pearl Pen, Salmon Pearl Pen, Brown Pearl Pens

SVG SET: LITTLE BUGABOO SET

KENS KREATIONS CONTEST:

Time for a Big Boom of a Month!!!

Welcome to another project here at PPBN Designs blog! Diane here today with you sharing this July calendar page.  I make lots of projects for design teams and for my personal blog and love a nice way to keep them all right in front of me!  I used the files July title and 4th of July balloons for this project.  Now my calendar for the month is bright and cheerful!  Be sure to check out all the great svg files over at PPBN Designs and you can create wonderful projects.  Be sure to check out being a member too because you get daily freebies and special discounts!!!  Material information below the picture for this page.  Try one today and put it on your refrigerator for all those kids events you do not want to forget!!!!

Materials Used:
Machine-Silhouette Cameo
Files-PPBN Designs-July title and 4th of July Balloons
Pattern Paper-scraps from Reminisce
Cardstock-Michaels

ARRRRR MATE!

Hey beautiful crafters! Raven here wondering, "How the heck are you???" I am so excited to share a cutie pie project I made using the Little Pirate cut file from PPbNdesigns as well as a Peachy Keen Face Stamp Set...

Ohhh isn't he just the cutest!?!?!?!

Here is a list of what was used:

My beautiful Cameo- Little Pirate (FREE for Members)

If you aren't a current member you really should think about joining. More deets below!!! ;)

Ink- Tuxedo Black (Stazon)

Embellishments- Washi Tape (MME)

Stamps- PK-642 Boy Mates Assortment (The current hot deal!)

Tools- Hexagon punch from Stampin' Up! and white gel pen for the stitching

Paper- The solids are all Stampin' Up! and the patterns are various companies. (Actually i think the yellow pattern paper is Stampin' Up! as well.) 

Adhesive- dimensionals and atg

Current offer over on the facebook page...

Any new PPbN members that sign up this week will be entered to win a new Kindle Fire HDX tablet!

What?!?! Awesome right! Go on over and sign up!!!

That's all for now folks but I hope you are having a great week!!!

Hugs and Creative Blessings,

Raven