Happy Birthday...{Manly Monday}

Good morning everyone!

It is my day to share on the MCT blog with todays Manly Monday post!

Making manly projects is always hard  but I have a fun and cute gift card idea to share that surely fits the bill.

Take a look and let me know what you think....

My son celebrated his 20th birthday this past weekend and I wanted to make something to hold an "extra" birthday present in.

The Gift Card Tag Dies are awesome for adding money or a gift card and attaching it to a gift which is exactly what I did.

I used some pretty plaid designer paper from my stash and added the birthday sentiment using the Gift Card Greetings set.

To add alittle extra detail, I die cut some stars in matching cardstock and the Star Rosette Die set to pop up onto the front of the gift card.

Some black twine and of course filled with some cash and this was ready for my birthday boy!

MCT Products Used:

Gift Card Tag Dies

Gift Card Greetings

Star Rosette Die

 Well there is my Manly Monday project for you. I sure hope you enjoyed it. It is always fun to pull out older sets and/or sets that aren't specifically holiday related to make something new and special!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Make sure to head to the MCT BLOG for more Manly Monday projects and inspiration!

Have a GREAT Monday everyone!

MCT 91st New Release Sneak Day 2

Good Morning everyone and welcome to Day 2 of sneaks for the 
91st New Release from My Creative Time!
We have another sweet set to showcase today,
introducing the 
Cake Lollipop Holder + Add Ons!
Take a look at my inspiration and let me know what you think...

Another sweet lollipop holder die that holds the yummy Original Gourmet Lollipops!

To make my treat, I used a kraft cardstock base for the lollipop holder and then added a white top for my cake pieces. The yummy frosting was die cut using Pink Paislee~ Birthday Bash designer paper. The top layer of frosting is the perfect size to fit my sentiment from the Mini Spring Greetings set (I just realized I used the same sentiment yesterday BUT it did come from a different stamp set)

I filled my holder with a lollipop and then tied it all together with a pink twine bow.

A GREAT new die set for all those party celebrations!

***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 on my blog! 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 for stopping by for Day 2 of sneaks!!

Please come back tomorrow for another fun sneak!!
Make sure to check out the rest of the inspiration from the DT over on the 

My Creative Time blog!

Emma's Surprise Birthday Hop

SURPRISE!!

Happy Birthday Miss Emma!!!

The MCT DT wanted to throw a surprise

Birthday Hop for our AWESOME DT leader and  the AMAZING owner of

My Creative Time!
Come hop along with us and wish Miss Emma a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Just like our normal hop, you can start over at Miss Emma's HERE
or if you have been following along the hop path already then you should be coming from
Emily's.

For my card I went with making a  CAS (Clean & Simple) birthday card....take a look and let me know what you think!

My card was all designed on a white card base where I stamped my sentiment using the set~ Just a Note. I just LOVE the big sentiment and beautiful font!!
Anyways, next I die cut the fun ice cream cone using the dies from the You Make Life Sweet and designer paper from American Crafts.
The ice cream cone was popped up onto the front of my card with some foam pop dots and my card was then embellished with some enamel dots.
A sweet card for a super sweet lady!!!!

We are moving right along so your next stop is
Katie!
Make sure to wish the birthday girl lots of celebration wishes today!
Thanks so much for hopping with the MCT DT and have an AWESOME
hump day!!


Surprise Birthday Hop Line-Up (in case you get lost)

Emma

Brigit

Emily

Jessica ~ME

Katie

Kim

Liz

Nikki

Ruthie

Wish Big......{MCT Tag it Tuesday}

Good Morning and welcome to another

Tag it Tuesday w/My Creative Time!

It's my son's 12th birthday tomorrow so I made a sweet treat and added a fun birthday tag to wrap it all up with. 

The Just Tags die is a perfect size to add to candy sticks and pretzel bags. I used the newly released Light The Candles stamp and die set for the cupcake and added the layers using designer paper from My Minds Eye~Quilting Bee paper pad. The sentiment, from the WOW So Many Candles stamp set was added right before the cupcake was popped up onto the tag.

Finally I added some Totally Sky Trendy Twine to my pretzel dipped Biggie Candy Bags. Sweet treat complete and ready for the birthday boy!

Well that it all I have to share :)

  Make sure you head on over to My Creative Time to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. Also mark your calendars!! Next week starts sneak for the totally AWESOME 44th New Release!!!! You are going to LOVE this one!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Tuesday!

MCT Trending Now.....{Party On!}

Good Morning Everyone!!!
Today I get to share another My Creative Time project with you all!
It is Trending Now....Party On!
The MCT DT will be showcasing party projects~anything using banners, pom poms...etc

My son is turning 12 in a few weeks so I thought I would use the AWESOME newly released gift bag die to make a project. Of course when it comes time to give this to him, it will be filled with some yummy treats and probably a gift card or two :)
To make this, I used the beautiful designer paper from Lawn Fawn and die cut the gift bag die. Next I added the super fun banner die cut and added it to the front of the gift bag. Since he is turning 12, I used the number dies from the Stitched 4x6 Journal Die set and finished the bag off with a simple tag. For that tag, I used the newly released Chalkboard Birthday stamp set and stamped it onto the Fun Stitched Tag Die. Tied it all onto the ribbon handle with some Totally White Trendy Twine and this gift bag is all ready to be filled for the birthday boy!

My Creative Time Products Used:

Chalkboard Birthday

You're My Hero

Fun Stitched Tag Dies

Stitched 4x6 Journal Dies

Stitched Party Dies

Additional Products Used:

Totally White Trendy Twine

white ribbon

Lawn Fawn~ High Seas designer paper

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 Thursday!!!

MCT 43rd New Release Sneak Day 4

  Good Morning and welcome to Day 4 of sneaks for the new

My Creative Time 43rd New Release!

I can not believe how fast this week is going and hope you all have enjoyed all the AMAZING sneaks everyone has been sharing! We have one more day and I know you are all going to FLIP when you see what Emma has come up with for us to showcase today :)

Ready for this one...... 

 introducing the new 
Chalkboard Birthday stamp and die set!!

Here is my project. I am just LOVING that new and totally ADORABLE mini gift bag! Lets take a closer look.....

How AWESOME is this??????? The perfect size for a gift card, mini card and some yummy treats!!! To make this bag, I used designer paper from Carta Bella. I put the bag together, added some eyelets for the handle to go through and then stamped the new sentiment onto one of the oval dies. Then popping it up onto the front of the gift bag I added 2 matching designer paper stars.

For my mini card, I used the 3x3 Fancy Tri-Fold Die and stamped another of the new release sentiments onto the front. I ended up paper piecing the candles to match the gift bag and added some Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents to the candles. Tied some Totally Black Trendy Twine is a bow and my project is ready to give :)

My Creative Time Products Used:

Chalkboard Birthday (new release)
Scalloped Stitched Oval Dies
Bunch of Stitched Stars
3x3 Fancy Tri-Fold Card (Card Sentiment set)

Additional Products Used:

Totally Black Trendy Twine
Glossy Accents
Foam pop dots
eyelets

***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 and I will see you all back here tomorrow for the reveal and blog hop!

Make sure to check out the rest of the AMAZING inspiration! You can see it all over on the My Creative Time blog!

MCT 43rd New Release Sneak Day 2

  Good Morning and welcome to Day 2 of sneaks for the new

My Creative Time 43rd New Release!

What did you think of yesterday's sneaks?? Pretty AWESOME right? Well today the DT has ton's more to share!!!!

Today we  will be showcasing projects using the new set~

Light The Candles

And here is the projects I made using this set! I am LOVING all the fun party themed sentiment and dies in this set and thought I would make a cute gift card holder and treat!

To start off, I will show you a close-up of the treat using the Treat Slider Box Die. I stamped the cutie sentiment onto the slider box and die cut 2 of the cherries that come with this new release. To add some extra detail to them, I used my glossy accents to make them shiny. I wanted to add some leaves to the tops of the cherries so I used the Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves Dies. Next I wrapped some chocolate nuggets and stamped the XOXO that is part of the Light The Candles set.

Here is a close-up of the gift card holder I made. If you do not own this die yet the ~Embossed Gift Card Holder Die~ you have to grab it from the store!!!!! I LOVE using this for those last minute gifts. 

Anyways I used the technique that Jennifer McGuire shared not to long ago called Spotlight  Die Cutting, you can see her video HERE

After stamping, die cutting and stamping again, I popped up the candles onto the sentiment using some foam dots. For some extra sparkle on the flames, I used my Wink of Stella pen and then added some glossy accents on top.

I finished this gift card off with some hemp twine and a few random die cut hearts. Couldn't help but pop those cuties up too with some glossy accents :)

My Creative Time Products Used:

Light The Candles (new release)

Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves Dies

Treat Slider Box Die
Embossed Gift Card Holder Die

Additional Products Used:

Lawn Fawn Designer paper
hemp twine 
glossy accents

***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 and I will see you all back here tomorrow for day 3!

Make sure to check out the rest of the AMAZING inspiration! You can see it all over on the My Creative Time blog!

Cupcake Thanks Candy Sticks...{Challenge Project}

Good Morning everyone! 

I am popping in with a non DT related project, but with an entry for a few challenges!

It has been a while since I played along with any so I thought I would share an order I just completed that happened to fit into a few I love to play along with.

A friend of mine contacted me looking for some birthday party favors. She wanted some candy sticks, purple~her daughters favorite color~ a birthday theme with a thank you message so these are what I created.

Hope you like them!

Candy sticks are so fun to make! Decorating the tags to fit the theme, have just endless possibilities. For my tags, I used some freebie images I got from Paper Smooches (links down below) and I designed them to fit inside my circle and scallop die cut~ all using my Silhouette Designer Studio.

Once I had the design in place, I printed and cut the shapes, assembled the tag and then added diamond stickles to the frosting and cotton candy stickles to the cherries.
Once they were all dry, I attached them to my skinny candy bags (already filled with white and purple candy jewels) with some Grape Fizz Trendy Twine.

Supplies Used:

Paper Smooches Cupcake Freebie

Paper Smooches Sentiment Freebie

Purple, white cardstock

PPPR Halloween White Polka Dots digi paper

Trendy Twine Grape Fizz

Trendy Twine Skinny Candy Bags

diamond stickles

cotton candy stickles

And there are my treats. I am sure hoping my friend and the birthday girl love these!!!
That is all I have to share for today. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:
My Craft Spot~#143 Birthday!
PDE Linky Party~Tags

Paper Smooches~ Anything Goes Challenge

Happy Winter Birthday....{PKS New Release Challenge}

Morning Everyone!!
I am back with another card to share~ this one for the 
Peachy Keen Stamps December New Release Challenge

The Challenge :: It’s Your Birthday
Create a birthday card.

So in honor of Vivienne and Kathy's birthday I made a card based on the
 current sketch from Seize the Sketch

Hope the birthday ladies like it :)

Isn't that snowman so adorable!!! I added some color to him using my copic markers and then paper pieced the rest of him with matching designer paper from MME.

I just love the colors of this paper...makes for a perfect feminine winter birthday card...don't you think :)

Supplies Used:

Paper~ My Minds Eye~Merry Little Christmas

Kraft, White, Green Cardstock

Stamps~ PKS-Snow Me a Man

Dies/Cuts~ MCT-Stitched Party Dies
MCT-Vintage Stitched Label Dies

Embellishments~ copics, chalk, pop dots

Well that is all I have for today! 
BIG Happy Birthday to the PK Ladies!!!!
Thanks so very much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!!

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Entering this into the following Challenges:
Peachy Keen Stamps~ December New Release Challenge
Seize the Sketch
Just B Creative Crazy~ Dec Linky Party
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Craftin Desert Diva's~ Christmas 
Paper Playtime~Winter Fun
Word Art Wednesday~Anything Goes
DL Art~Dec Linky Party
Simon Says Stamps~ Let it Snow
Seize the Birthday~ Winter Birthday Card

Operation Tag ~ A Birthday Celebration......{Trendy Twine}

Happy Tuesday everyone!
Today is Janice's birthday (Trendy Twine Lesley's Mom) and the DT and some of the Trendy Twiners created some BEAUTIFUL tags to help her celebrate her special day.  
I LOVE making tags and was very excited to be a part of wishing Janice a VERY Happy Birthday!
Here is my tag that I sent to her...Hope she likes it!

I just LOVE MCT stamps and dies....they make putting together projects so easy!
I used the Just Tags die for the base layer and the stitched layer and then stamped my sentiment right onto my designer paper.
Then using the Stitched Party Die banner in coordinating paper, I used my sewing machine to stitch the banner to my tag. I added some Totally White Trendy Twine to the banner edges and further embellished with some matching sequins.
To finish my tag, I added some Christmas Candy 3GJ crinkle ribbon and a sparkly button.

Supplies Used:

Paper~ White, Echo Park~Beautiful Life

Stamps~ My Creative Time~Teeny Tag Holidays

Dies~ My Creative Time~Just Tags

My Creative Time~Stitched Party Die

Embellishments~ Trendy Twine~Totally White

3GJ Crinkle Ribbon~ Christmas Candy

Sequins, Sewing Machine, sparkly button

Make sure you stop over at the Trendy Twine blog to see what everyone else created and to wish Lesley's mom a Happy Birthday!
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT rest of your day!!
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Entering this into the following challenges:

Ribbon Carousel Blog~Holiday's and Celebrations

Just B Creative Crazy~ November Linky

Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes
Everyday is an Occasion~Sunday Funday #15

Happy Birthday Old Bird....and ...I WON!

I'm sorry for this quick post but I have been so busy. I have a sick kiddo home so between doctors appoinments and running errands today I have had little time for crafting. Plus I am planning my project for the upcoming Red Hatter's Blog Hop that I'm participating in this weekend.

Here is my card for today. Something simple.

As I was blog hopping today I found out I won over at Pretty Little Paper Love for the TPV blog hop. How much fun is that! Can't wait to get my prize :) A 7gypsies Printer Tray!!
What should I do with it?

My post tomorrow will be better. I promise.
So until tomorrow.....

Hap-bee Birthday

There is just never enough hours in the day to get everything done that needs to get done. I usually have my kids ready for bed with all homework, reading, spelling and math facts done by 8:00. Tonight we didn't make it to bed until 8:45...uh oh rough morning tomorrow i'm sure! Your probably saying whats 45 minutes late....to us it means ALOT! I'll let you all know tomorrow :)
So I was in school helping level some 2nd grade books when I found out it was one of the staff's birthday. Normally I would have just wished her a happy birthday but now I have an excuse to craft :) I came home and made this birthday card for her. I used the sketch from 365 Cards- Day 1 which I will enter this card for. The inside (which I don't have a picture of says---Hap-bee Birthday)

Hope you like it! Until tomorrow.....