Believe in Your Dreams....MCT Dec Stamp/Die of the Month

Good Morning everyone and welcome to another

"My FAVORITE stamp/die of the Month" with My Creative Time! 

This month we are featuring the stamp set

 "Believe in Your Dreams"

If this set has been on your wish list, you can pick this set up here at a discount price HERE! 

This set will be on sale for the entire month of December 

and the sale will end on December 31st, 2015 @ 12:00am PST!  

Here is the card I made using this beautiful set! 
To make my card I started with a kraft cardstock base, added a layer of white cardstock and then die cut the mat using the largest of the Stitched Rectangular Frame Die. For the designer paper I used a new paper pad I picked up from My Minds Eye~Fancy That. I grabbed the new Stitched Postage Frame Dies to add another layer to my card base as well as to add my sentiment and die cut feathers from the Believe in your Dreams set. Some gold thread bunched behind the feathers and some random gold enamel dots finish off my card!

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!!

MCT Tutorial Thursday.....{Making Your Own Stencils using Dies}

Good Morning everyone and welcome to a new feature on the My Creative Time blog! 
This one is Tutorial Thursday~ where the DT will share video or written tutorials using MCT stamps and dies!

Remember this card I made for the "Trending Now~Stencil it" post? Well I had some questions regarding how I made my stencil so I thought I would share a very easy written tutorial and another card using a homemade stencil.
Here is the new card I made using some of the newest releases......

Gold is HOT right now and I just LOVE the new sentiment from the You're My Hero Stamp set so I made a new stencil using 2 of the new star dies and did some heat embossing too. 
Here is how I did this...

I start out with a piece of acetate that I get at the Office Supply store. I actually go to the copy department and buy the sheets individually, they maybe cost $0.20 each...really cheap. I cut a piece down to about 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 so it can easily be placed over a standard A2 size card. Next I pulled out 2 of the new Bunch of Stitched Stars dies and arranged them onto my acetate. Making no specific pattern I die cut the stars and repeat until I get the pattern I want.

Here you can see my acetate laying on top of my card mat. Since the mat is the smallest of the Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies, you can see that the stencil lays over the actual cardstock. That is fine, I can save this stencil and use it over and over again :) Next I taped the stencil down over my cardstock to begin the inking and embossing part. Using my Versamark ink I tapped it on top of the stencil making sure to really cover the entire open stencil part. Since the ink will rub of the stencil I didnt worry about ruining that...I just wanted the best coverage for my embossing. Next I pulled the stencil off and covered the cardstock with some gold embossing powder. Heated it up and I have a beautiful embossed background using MCT dies!

Next for the sentiment, I used the circle cut out from the Surprise Pop-Out Card Die to stamp my sentiment onto. Now for this part I have had some questions about this too...adding thread to cards. Here is what the backside of my thread nest looks like. Nothing pretty but flip it over and it adds so much added details to a card :)

My Creative Time Products Used:

You're My Hero

Bunch of Stitched Stars

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

Surprise Pop-Out Card Die

Additional Products Used:

Acetate

Gold Embossing Powder

Gold thread

Fun Foam

Black, White and Gold cardstock

So what did you think of my card? 

You should really go through all your MCT dies and make some of your own stencils. The possibilities are endless and oh so much fun!!!

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 41st New Release Sneak Day 1

 Good Morning and welcome to Day 1 of sneaks for the new

My Creative Time 41st New Release!

Miss Emma has another AMAZING new release and the DT can not wait to share all of our projects with you! We all know you are going to LOVE everything in this release.

So sit back and get ready for a GREAT week of inspiration followed by our blog hop on Friday when we will show you all the entire new release and it will be available for purchase!

Today the DT will be showcasing projects using the new set~

Circle Stitched Pattern Die

Since St. Patty's day is tomorrow I thought I would make a CAS card for today's project. I used the new Circle Stitching Pattern Dies as a border and then die cut the adorable shamrock to pop up as my "pop of color" Before adhering it to my card front, I did stamp my sentiment and then pulled out some gold thread to add behind the shamrock. Then I popped it up onto the card front using some fun foam. I thought it still needed something more so I randomly placed some matching green and gold sequins on. The whole card front was then popped up onto the kraft card base using more fun foam.

My Creative Time Products Used:

Circle Stitching Pattern Dies (New Release)

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

You're My Pot of Gold

I Believe in Leprechauns

 ***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 better chance 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 2!

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

MCT Stamp/Die of the Month~ Fun Speech Bubbles & Dies

Good Morning Everyone!!!
Today the MCT DT is  featuring another
 "My FAVORITE stamp OR die of the Month!  

This month we are featuring another of my  FAVE sets 
"Fun Speech Bubbles Stamp Set".
 If this set  has been on your wish list, you can pick this set up here at a discount price: http://shop.my-creative-time.com/Stamp-and-Die-Kits_c31.htm?page=all
This set will be on sale for the entire month of February! 
The sale will end on February 28th, 2015 @ 12:00am PST! 

Here is the card I made to share for today.... I am in need of some masculine cards and thought this one would be perfect!

My friend Amy of Tsurata Designs posted this card last week and I was inspired by her card design for mine. To put together my card, I used the Stitched Rectangular Frame Die for the card mat, cutting one in the designer star pattern paper and a smaller piece using the matching mustard color paper. I layered the pieces together and then stamped my sentiment from the Fun Variety on the Inside & Out stamp set. Next I used the matching die to the speech bubble sentiment and stamped it using memento tuxedo black ink. 

Before adding the "Yay" speech bubble to my card, I added some of the "newest trendy" in card making~ some gold thread behind it in a random nest :) It is adhered to the card using some foam tape and then for some added reinforcement, I placed some white enamel dots on it.
This card was both so much fun to make and very easy to put together. I will be using this card LO again for more projects. I LOVE the way this turned out!

My Creative Time Products Used:
Fun Speech Bubbles Stamp Set
Fun Variety on the Inside & Out
Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

Other Products Used:
Boy oh Boy paper pad~ Carta Bella
White card stock
Enamel Dots
gold thread
fun foam

That is all I have for now.
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 Tuesday!!!