The Luck of the Draw: 5/28/17

Good news for those of you who would still like to enter for a chance to win a sold-out Love from Lizi May card kit.  We are extending the contest until 6pm EST on 5/28.  To enter just subscribe to the Platinum Peacock YouTube channel or follow this blog.  Good luck to all! Stay crafty. my friends! Never tire of saying that, just don’t always have time in videos! LoL It’s always more important to us that things come across as simply and easily as possible… Even if we delete our 1st 10 cards video because there was a tiny section where the sound didn’t mute. Oh well, we lost views but made the video better by not making you jump out of your chair! So stay crafty, my friends! SO glad we draw & don’t pick the winner ourselves because it’d be too hard! 🙂

 

 

 

 

What do you think?

  1. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are thinking about adding a few extra days to allow as many people as possible to enter. We understand that it’s 1 thing to see an unboxing video & quite different seeing finished projects… We’d LOVE to know what you think!
  2. How about so female cards with this kit? They were sketched, just wanted to get the 10 cards video up again AND show you that you don’t have to know everything about card making to enjoy this kit!
  3. You can leave a comment on FB, twitter, or e mail: team@platinumpeacock.blog. –THANK YOU for your subscriptions, kind words & understanding! GOOD LUCK!–

10 Cards, 1 Kit: featuring Love from Lizi

Wow, this was a fun and different (in a good way!) kit to work with! As it has been pouring down rain here in the Mid West, we’ve been crafting up a storm with ease. The May 2017 kit is really great because you don’t have to think too much! You can just craft and do as much or little as you’d like! Making more simple cards can be hard for me because I don’t want them to be too simple. (Lizi has helped me lighten up on that!) Making cards for men is a common sore spot for card makers of any kind – we’ve got you covered with ideas, videos, pics AND A GIVEWAWAY for new subscriptions to the blog &/or our YouTube Channel! (No limit per household on per entries or devices!) We’ll draw a random subscriber – a BIG THANKS to Lizi for her kindness to make this possible!!!!  Check Out Our Video link or on YouTube!

Nuvo Drops Used: Sugared Almond (Included in Kit), Midnight Blue, Copper Penny and Dandelion Yellow. Embossing powder: Cool Jade

 

Win: Sold Out May 2017 Love From Lizi Kit!

If you missed the 2017 May Kit from The Original Love from Lizi, all is not lost! The kit is honestly one of Lizi’s best with touches of vellum, blue foiling with a vintage feel. Really great for men & absolutely great for women too! We’ll link an unboxing video at the bottom of this post to show all of the goods that will come to you. Any add-on items are non applicable since they’re sold out, too! The kit is FULL of Nuvo drops, patterned papers, card bases, etc. It’s so fun that it took everything in us NOT to keep it! 🙂 ‘Tis a lot of fun to giveaway so, want to win this lovely kit, valued at 25 pounds (about 32 bucks)? SUBSCRIBE!

HOW TO WIN: Subscribe to PlatinumPeacock’s YouTube Channel (click here ) or follow our blog (click the follow button in the lower right hand corner of this screen) to enter for a chance to win. Yes, you can do both to double your chances! Contest starts 5/14/17 and ends at Midnight EST (U.S.) on 5/26/17. Let the games begin & stay crafty my friends!

New Ideas for Fresh Creations

This month, we began “Fast Five”, which featured the Love from Lizi April/Spring Kit! We ARE NOT doing away with 10 in 1 video…. We are moving along with 5 more cards to create the next 10 card video; focusing on Mother’s Day, Father’s Day & birthdays.

BY THE WAY, we will be adding a “Crash the Stash” project as regular feature, per request. We are so honored to receive requests! We believe, that is why we’re here so if there’s something you’d like to see, feel free to leave a message or e mail us at team@platinumpeacock.blog!

 

WINNER!!!

The time has come – drumroll please: Ms. Tina Gisante, you were drawn as the winner for our giveaway! Please e mail us at team@platinumpeacock.blog with your address so we can send you the Nuvo gift package! Congratulations! We look forward to sending your crafting goods to you! 🙂 We would like to say THANK YOU to everyone that participated for our first prize drawing – it’s meant a lot! In fact, we had so much fun with comments from new & current YouTube subscribers that we will be doing a drawing for a giveaway each quarter for crafty goods! So, this Summer we’ll have another prize package! Many fun things will be going on so stick with us as we really do value each & every one of you. Stay crafty, my/our friends!

Nuvo Info

Please know & understand that to WIN the Nuvo package, you MUST SUBSCRIBE to the blog &/or YouTube! We’ve tried to make things as easy as possible but “liking” on twitter or leaving one here won’t provide an entry to win. If you’d like, you can enter by signing up for a new subscription here on the blog &/or adding PlatinumPeacock to your YouTube subscriptions! So, a new subscription to YouTube & to our blog = two entries. We want everyone to enter if they wish to! The deadline’s quickly upon us! One more full weekday! P.S. Did you know that we even try to give you ideas for the inside of the card so you have something to write when you get stuck? Yes, we really try to think of any kink that may arise while making cards, girts, paper crafting, etc.

 

 

 

Nuvo Giveaway!

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We’d like to thank everyone for all of the support by announcing an exciting giveaway!What are we giving away? Nuvo Mousse in Lilac, Nuvo Mousse in Copper & Nuvo Glitter Drops in White Blizzard. All are new and each mousse container is sealed. (We happen to own and love these colors so we used our products so you could see them on watercolor paper.)

HOW TO WIN: Subscribe to PlatinumPeacock’s YouTube Channel (click here ) or follow our blog (click the follow button in the lower right hand corner of this screen) to enter for a chance to win. Yes, you can do both to double your chances! Contest starts 4/15/17 and ends at Midnight EST (U.S.) on 4/23/17. Let the games begin & stay crafty my friends!

Secret Garden Card

With Spring just around the corner we decided to present what we are calling our “Secret Garden” card.  The front features a wooden door look with a key hole.  We used a Crafters Companion wood grain embossing folder to get the wood grain look and texture.  We then used Dovecraft pigment ink in Natural (from the Love from Lizi) & Distress ink to give the wood some color variation. We used tag dies to create the layered elements of the lock.  The screw heads were made using copper penny Nuvo Drops (see our How to Make Your Own Embellishments with Nuvo Drops post for more details).

To finish off the front we used a key die from the February Love from Lizi kit to cut silver mirror card (also from the kit).  We then used ribbon and a wooden butterfly embellishment from the February Lizi kit.  We lightly inked the butterfly with Berry Purple Dovecraft ink (also from the kit) and placed a drop Pink Champaign Nuvo Glitter Drops in the center.  Than, we added the antennae on the butterfly using silver vine peel offs from the February as a finishing touch.

On the inside we used some beautiful floral paper from the February Lizi kit.  We added grass using colored pencils.  We used more Nuvo Crystal Drops to highlight the centers of the flowers.  Finally we fussy cut some butterflies from a page of paper from the Lizi kit. For details & easy step by step instructions, please refer to the video:

 

We hope you’ll try this card for someone special in your life!