Trick or Treat w/Trendy Twine!

Good Morning Everyone!

I am up on the Trendy Twine Blog today 

Can you believe Halloween is in just 2 days ?? Are you ready for your trick or treaters??

What about those treats for class parties??

Today's project is perfect for that using my featured products of the month

Grape Licorice Trendy Twine and the Skinny Candy Bags

Now a days schools are pushing for less treats to be sent into class for parties (at least in our area) so I have a solution that is still LOTS of fun to give and receive. These school age kiddos LOVE to get fun holiday pencils and you can find them for every holiday and in just about every color! Well why not grab 2 and slide them onto the Skinny Candy Bags? They fit perfectly and dressed up with a cute holiday tag...you can have these ready to hand out in no time!

For my tag, I made a mini shaker on the bottom using the newly released Grape Licorice Batty sequins. Then using stamps and dies from My Creative Time for my tag, I attached it onto the Skinny Candy Bag by wrapping some of the beautiful and perfectly matching Grape Licorice Trendy Twine several time around the bag and tying it into a bow. Some random Grape Licorice Batty sequins completed my project and these are now ready to be given out.

Here is what I used from Annie's Paper Boutique:

Grape Licorice Trendy Twine

Skinny Candy Bags

Grape Licorice Batty 

New to Trendy Twine??? Check out the other places where we share our projects .....

Trendy Twine Blog~ HERE

and the

Trendy Twine Facebook page~ HERE

Don't forget to visit the 

new and improved, packed with tons of product

Store HERE

Thanks for stopping in today! I hope you all have a GREAT Thursday!

Sweets for my Sweet.....{MCT What a Treat Wednesday}

Good morning everyone and welcome to another

My Creative Time's What a Treat Wednesday!

Halloween is so close so for my project today I made a fun treat that can me mass produced and would be so fun to hand out as a class treat!

How adorable are these lollipops??? These were so easy to put together...lets take a closer look at each one :)

First up is that cutie pumpkin. To make him I started out with a Orange Splash Original Gourmet lollipop and added a pumpkin face using some vinyl. Then I wrapped some Totally Brown Trendy Twine around the stick to look like the stem of the pumpkin and attached a Stitched Leave Die in between the twine. For my sentiment I used the newly released Mixed Just For You set and stamped it onto one of the Fun Stitched Tag Dies. To finish this lollipop off, I attached the tag to the stick using some Spiced Pumpkin Trendy Twine.

Now for my bat lollipop, I started off with a Juicy Grape Original Gourmet Lollipop and added some googly eyes to the front. Then using my Silhouette and a bat file from the store, I cut the wings and glued them onto my lollipop. So adorable right?!?!? Again I did the same thing with the sentiment, this time attaching it to the stick using some Grape Licorice Trendy Twine.

My Creative Time Products Used:

Mixed Just for You

Fun Stitched Tag Dies

Stitched Leaves Die

Additional Products Used:

Original Gourmet Lollipops

Grape Licorice Trendy Twine

Totally Chocolate Trendy Twine

Spiced Pumpkin Trendy Twine

googly eyes

vinyl

For more awesome What a Treat Wednesday projects make sure to stop by the
My Creative Time blog!
Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a GREAT Hump Day!!!

MCT 48th New Release Reveal & Blog Hop

Good Morning 

and 

Welcome to the much anticipated 

48th New Release from My Creative Time!

This week has been so much fun with the DT sharing amazing projects and inspiration! 

But we have one more day of AWESOME~NESS! 

Now you should be coming from the VERY talented

Emily

but if you are just stopping in, make sure to head back to the start~ the AMAZING 

Emma

You are not going to want to miss a thing! 

For my project today, I get to showcase the new set~

Friendships Are Forever

and here is what I made....

 I used a Shadowbox frame from 7~Gypsies and altered it to give to my bestie! I used designer paper from Fancy Pants~Wonderful Day and several MCT stamps and dies.

I wanted 2 spots for pictures so I used the XL Label Die and the matching Stitched XL Label die for my picture mats. I stamped the sentiment using the new Friendships are Forever set, once part of the sentiment onto each picture mat. For the centerpiece, I die cut the heart and added the "bestie" die popped up into the middle. Some random sparkly enamel dots completed this section.

For the top panels of my shadowbox, I used matching designer paper and filled in each square. Then using the Stitched Squares die I added 1 to each of the outside boxes. These could either hold more pictures so a fun quote can be added to these. Finally for the center square I added a Stitched Pretty Flower~again coordinating the pattern papers to match then whole project.

 My Creative Time Products Used:

Friendships are Forever (New Release)

Bestie Die (New Release)

Stitched Squares Inside and Out

Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves Dies

Stitched Sweetheart & XOXO Dies

XL Label Die

Stitched XL Label Die

Now for all the fun stuff............

 "FREEBIE DIE"

Our "Freebie" for this release is this ADORABLE "Bestie" die. It will be given to the FIRST 150 shoppers! If you are one of the 1st 150 shoppers it will be automatically added to your package at the time of packaging/shipping. Once 150 shoppers come through, the die will be available for purchase. So, if it’s for sale in the store, you are not one of the 150. No exceptions will be made. This freebie die is not a part of the “bundle” and will be sold separately!

UPDATE ON FREEBIE DIE!!!

OUR 150th shopper came through~~!  IF your invoice numbers are 17584 - 17734 then YOU my friends will be receiving this die for FREE w/your HAPPY MAIL! If you would like this ADORABLE little die, it is available for pre-order HERE!

***BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY***

For our blog hop giveaway, Emma is giving away a $50 gift card to the "My Creative Time" store to ONE LUCKY winner! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the MORE chances you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner!

***SALE ALERT***

ALSO, DON'T FORGET our sale starts RIGHT NOW here: http://shop.my-creative-time.com/New-Release_c40.htm! Use the code: OCT2015 to receive a discount off your entire purchase! This sale applies to "IN-STOCK" items ONLY. This sale will end on Friday, October 30th @midnight PST.

And here is the whole release!

Well your time with me is up... your next stop along the hop is the super sweet and very talented

Katie 

Thanks so much for hopping along with us and have a GREAT Friday!!!

BLOG HOP LINE UP
Emma
Brigit
Emily
Jessica~ ME
Katie
Kim
Liz
Lucia

Nikki

Ruthie
Veronica
Audrey

MCT 48th New Release Sneak Day 4

Good morning everyone and welcome to the final day of sneaks for the 48th New Release from MCT before the BIG reveal and blog hop tomorrow! I hope you have enjoyed all the projects so far this week from everyone on the DT! They have been AMAZING!!

Today the DT is showcasing the sets~

Mixed Just for You & Stitched Apron Dies

OMG you are going to LOVE the cuteness in both of these sets!!!!

I couldn't help but make an adorable card using the fun stitched bakers hat from the Stitched Apron Die and adding the cutie face from the new Mixed Just for You set. Bringing up the cuteness level just a little more, I added some glasses to him...so CUTE!! You can find those in the You Had Me At Meow set. Once he was all put together, and some glossy accents added to the glasses, I put him aside to dry and started on the card. I used my FAVORITE die~the Stitched Rectangular Frame Die for my card mat and added 2 die cut squares from the Stitched Squares Inside & Out set. Next I stamped the sentiment onto the smallest square using the new Mixed Just for You set. To finish my card off, I added some Totally Red Trendy Twine and a few random die cut hearts from the 4x4 Journal Die & More set.

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***
We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday in her video! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the more chances you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner! For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word!;)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 
I hope you will join me tomorrow for the big reveal and blog hop!
Don't forget to stop by the MCT Blog to see what the rest of the VERY talented DT has to share!

MCT 48th New Release Sneak Day 3

Good morning everyone!!  

Thanks for stopping by for Day 3 of sneaks of the AWESOME 

My Creative Time 48th New Release!

Today's sneak features the FREEBIE for this release~

Bestie Die

 This is given to the FIRST 150 shoppers starting on Friday!!

For my project today I made a treat to give to my bestie...perfect for filling up with yummy candy corn!

I used the Milk Carton Die and cut it out using some fun Halloween pattern paper. Next using the Holiday Tags set from last release, I die cut the circle tags (white and kraft cardstock) and the straight rectangular die (orange cardstock). For the sentiment I used the new Freebie Bestie Die as well as a sentiment from the Seasonal Greetings stamp set. I did pop up the top layer or my tag for some added dimension and then attached it to my mlk carton with some newly released seasonal Trendy Twine~Spiced Pumpkin.

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***
We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday in her video! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the more chances you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner! For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word!;)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 
I hope you will join me tomorrow for Day 4!
Don't forget to stop by the MCT Blog to see what the rest of the VERY talented DT has to share!

MCT 48th New Release Sneak Day 2

Good Morning everyone and welcome to Day 2 of Sneaks for the 

My Creative Time 48th New Release!!

What did you think of yesterday's sneak??? Ready for more????

Today we are showcasing the new set~

Best Friend Background Stamp

For my card today, I stepped outside of my comfort zone and tried some new techniques. First I have this gorgeous set of zig watercolor markers that I have yet to try out so to make my card, I started out with some Tim Holtz Watercolor paper and 3 colors, making a colorful background. Next I stamped the new Best Friend Background Stamp onto my card mat, stamping partially and only covering the background stamp with a random pattern of ink. I think it gives the card some extra texture~ thoughts??

Then I moved onto the sentiment. I ended up mixing 2 sentiment stamps~ Things I Love.... & Fun Variety on the Inside & Out to make the "to my best" sentiment. I used the "friend" die cut from yesterday's sneak Friendships are Forever and cut it out using some sparkly black paper. To finish my card off, I used the Stitched Rectangular Frame Die for my card mat, added a strip of the black sparkly paper behind the popped up card mat and placed 2 black enamel dots as my embellishment.

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***
We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday in her video! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the more chances you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner! For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word!;)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 
I hope you will join me tomorrow for Day 3!
Don't forget to stop by the MCT Blog to see what the rest of the VERY talented DT has to share!

MCT 48th New Release Sneak Day 1

Good Morning everyone and welcome to Day 1 of Sneaks for the 

My Creative Time 48th New Release!!

This is such an awesome release and we can not wait to share all of our projects all week with you! Then I hope you will join us on Friday for the BIG reveal and Blog Hop!!! 

Today we are showcasing the new set~

 Friendships are Forever

I centered my card around the sentiment from this set. I found a cute globe cut in the Silhouette store and played around with the sizing so I could use one of the circle dies from the Bunch of Fun Circle die set. It was a perfect size for both my card and the sentiment~

don't you think?? Using the Stitched Rectangular Frame Die for the card mat, I added a smaller strip of the designer paper from the globe and stitched it onto the top of my card. Before doing that, I did add 2 Stitched Decorative Banner pieces. Some random enamel dots and my card was complete.

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***
We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday in her video! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the more chances you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner! For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word!;)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 
I hope you will join me tomorrow for Day 2!
Don't forget to stop by the MCT Blog to see what the rest of the VERY talented DT has to share!

I Break for Bats! {Trendy Twine DT project}

Good Morning Everyone!

I am up on the Trendy Twine blog today!!!

Can you believe Halloween is just around the corner?? Time to start thinking about whipping up those treats for class parties and your trick or treaters.

Today's project is perfect for that using my featured products of the month

Grape Licorice Trendy Twine and the Skinny Candy Bags

To make these treats, I used the Skinny Candy Bags and filled them with some purple, white and black chocolate jewels. 25 fit in each bag perfectly! I then used my Silhouette and cut out a cute bat. I eliminated the eyes so I could add some fun googly eyes and stapled the tops of the candy bags onto the belly of the bat.

Next I went ahead and scored the wings so I could fold them over to give the look that they were holding onto my sentiment as well as act as a cover to hid the staple holding the candy onto the bat. The sentiment (from My Creative Time~Trick or Treat set) was stamped onto to banner die from My Creative Time's Just Simply Live set. I added eyelets to each side of the banner then threaded the gorgeous Grape Licorice through to tie a bow onto each side.

Super cute and so much fun to make!!!!

Here is what I used from Annie's Paper Boutique:

Grape Licorice Trendy Twine

Skinny Candy Bags

New to Trendy Twine??? Check out the other places where we share our projects .....

Trendy Twine Blog~ HERE

and the

Trendy Twine Facebook page~ HERE

Don't forget to visit the 

new and improved, packed with tons of product

Store HERE

Thanks for stopping in today!

MCT Tag it Tuesday.....Halloween Sour Cream Container

Good Morning and welcome to
Tag it Tuesday w/ My Creative Time!!

Halloween is fast approaching and for today's project I wanted to make something that could be mass produced easily for my son to hand out this year to his teachers.

It has been a long time since I have made these adorable sour cream containers and when I say these are easy and quick to make....well in no time you can have tons done!! Some cute designer paper like the one I used from Bella Blvd and some sweet treats to fill these up with....perfect!

To make these I started with a piece of designer paper cut at 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 and followed the directions HERE to put them together.

To make the tag, I started by die cutting the new Holiday Tags circle and matching layer tag. Then stamping my sentiment...using the Trick or Treat stamp set..the sentiment fits perfectly into the center! To spookify my treat...LOL..I added the fun die cut spider web and matching spider from the Wicked Fun Dies set. Putting this all together was quite simple. I took the bottom tag layer and added the spider web to come over the side of the tag. Next I popped up the sentiment circle and added some enamel dots in coordinating colors to match the designer paper. Finally I popped up my spider and colored him in with my Wink of Stella to give him some sparkle.

Tied all together onto the sour cream container with some Trendy Twine.

My Creative Time Products Used:
Holiday Tags Stamps & Dies
Wicked Fun Dies
Trick or Treat

Additional Products Used:
Totally Orange Trendy Twine
Bella Blvd~ Halloween Magic designer paper
Wink of Stella
Enamel dots

So what do you think????? Want to see more projects?

Make sure you head on over to My Creative Time to see what the rest of the DT made!

I know the inspiration is AWESOME!!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!

Thoughtful Thursday w/My Creative Time

Good Morning everyone!
Today is Thoughtful Thursday over on the My Creative Time blog 
a newer segment where the DT makes a  card or project centered around the... thinking of you, thank you, sympathy, etc theme :)

For my card, I made another shaker that is perfect for  fall/thanksgiving time.

I used several MCT products for my card, including the newly releases Holiday Tag dies and the Belly Band Stamps.

 I LOVE these gorgeous leaves from the A Thankful Heart set. The details in the leaves are so beautiful!

Here is a closeup of the sequins in my shaker as well as the new Belly Band sentiment. I matched the sequins with the beautiful fall striped paper from Simple Stories. I finished my card off with some random sequins on the outside and a small Totally Natural Trendy Twine bow.

My Creative Time Products Used:

Holiday Tag

A Thankful Heart

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

Belly Band Stamps

So what do you think????? Want to see more projects?

Make sure you head on over to My Creative Time to see what the rest of the DT made!

I know the inspiration is AWESOME!!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!

Trendy Twine & Batty Sequins! {POST #2}

Good Morning everyone!!

If you are looking for my Trending Now project with My Creative Time, please click HERE or scroll down to the next post.

Today is a fun group post day over on the 

Trendy Twine blog!

The DT is showcasing some new Halloween sequins being added to the store that are perfect for all those Halloween shaker cards!!

For my card, I am showcasing the new Grape Licorice Trendy Twine and the adorable Grape Licorice Batty Sequins.

I LOVE making shaker cards! They add such a fun added element to cards and tags! To make my card, I started by die cutting 3 circles using the Bunch of Fun Circle Dies from MCT. I then added a piece of acetate to hold the sequins in the circle die cuts. Next I added a layer of fun foam to fit the circle cut outs and to add the room necessary to place my sequins inside. Before I added all the layers, I made sure to stamp my sentiment into the largest of the circle so everything lined up and the sentiment could be seen perfectly. The fun part comes next...adding the sequins! I filled each section with the amount of the Grape Licorice Batty Sequins I wanted and closed it up by placing another piece of acetate onto the back. Those sequins have plenty of room to shake and are not going to fall out!
I finished my card off my added some Grape Licorice Trendy Twine to the top of my card. Such a beautiful color of twine!!!
Some random extra sequins and some cute bat die cuts complete my Halloween card!

Trendy Twine Products Used:

Grape Licorice Batty Sequins

Grape Licorice Trendy Twine

My Creative Time Products Used:

Wicked Fun Dies

Bunch of Fun Circle Dies

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

Belly Band Stamps

New to Trendy Twine??? Check out the other places where we share our projects .....

Trendy Twine Blog~ HERE

and the

Trendy Twine Facebook page~ HERE

Don't forget to visit the 

new and improved, packed with tons of product

Store HERE

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card! 

Make sure to head on over to the

Trendy Twine Blog to see all the other AWESOME projects made by the DT!!

Happy Halloween.... MCT Trending Now {Color Blocking}

Good Morning everyone and welcome to
My Creative Time's Trending Now!
Today the DT is showcasing projects using the Color Blocking Technique

After google searching Color Blocking, I found this chart that I then used to make my card.
I went with Analogous Color Schemes.....which is using colors next to each other on the color wheel

I am hoping that I did this project correctly...LOL! 
Here is my Halloween card

To make my card, I started by die cutting 3 different color pieces of cardstock in close color ranges to one another using the largest of the Stitched Rectangular Frame Die.
Once I had the layout set up, I took the orange piece of cardstock, trimmed it down and then die cut the "Happy" sentiment out. I filled in some of the missing pieces in the wording but left other parts so you could see the yellow through it..looks kinda cool don't you think?
I stamped the "Halloween" sentiment under my die cut "Happy" and then embellished with some hemp twine and some matching sequins.

My Creative Time Products Used:
Happy Everything
Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

So what do you think????? Want to see more projects?

Make sure you head on over to My Creative Time to see what the rest of the DT made!

I know the inspiration is AWESOME!!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!