2016 Baseball Season.....{MCT Scrapping the Little Things}

Good Morning

 and 

Welcome to another Scrapping the Little Things 

with My Creative Time! 

Before I share my PL cards I want to apologize for not being around the last 2 weeks. My kids were on break and then we had a death in the family that kept me away from FB and commenting here on blogger. Please know that I will catch up with everyone this week and can not wait to see everything that you all created that I missed.

Now for today's project. Baseball season is just around the corner for my son so I thought I would start his album for both his House League and Travel League.... here is what I made

I left the 2 large spaces open for Parker's team pictures. Both panels have the sentiments stamped onto the new Ribbon End Banner dies using the Alpha Pack. I also used the In Stitches die for some extra details. The 4 smaller panels were cut using the 4x4 Journal Die from designer paper from Doodlebug Designs~home run. The top panel was part of the paper that I used because...well in Parker's eyes it is all about baseball...LOL!!
The next panels I used the Pretty Bold Numbers to die cut the date. Finally the last panel was another part of the designer paper but I did add some die cut stars to show the positions Parker plays.

My Creative Time Products Used:

Ribbon End Banners

In Stitches

Pretty Bold Numbers

4x4 Journal Die + More

Alpha Pack

That is all I have for now.... I really hope you have enjoyed my  page!

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 Monday!!!

Happy First Day of School......{MCT Scrapping the Little Things}

Good Morning
 and 
Welcome to another Scrapping the Little Things with My Creative Time! 

It is back to school for so many kiddos so I thought I would get a jump start on my PL page for when my boys head back to school in a few weeks. To make my page, I used all scraps of cardstock. BONUS!!! 
Since my PL spead had 2 4x4 sections and 4 2x2 sections, I decorated the larger sections to house the pics from the first day of school. I used the 4x4 Journal Die for the bases and die cut cork paper using the Stitched Bracket Dies. The sentiment was then stamped onto the center of the cork paper using the stamp set~Write On. Some simple embellishments, staples and enamel dots finished up those 2 sections. 

 For the first section of 2x2 squares, I used the 4x4 Journal Die + More set for the bases. That adorable apple die cut is from the Love to Learn set and again I used all scraps for each of the pieces. It was popped up using foam adhesive for alittle extra dimension since it is a stand alone section. The next square was set aside for my 7th grader :( It is so hard to believe that Parker will be in 7th already! I used the Bunch of Stitched Stars and some yellow cardstock for the star and popped him up with some foam adhesive. Then using the same cork paper, I die cut the 7th out from the Number Fun Dies + Add On set.

These 2 2x2 squares were done the same way as above. The only difference was instead of the apple, I used the fun pencil die cut and added some "scribble" below it using the You are Fabulous stamp set.

I can't wait to fill these with the first day of school pics of my boys! I really LOVE the way this page turned out!

My Creative Time Products Used:

Love to Learn

Stitched Bracket Dies

Number Fun Dies + Add Ons

4x4 Journal Die + More

Write On

Bunch of Stitched Stars

You Are Fabulous

That is all I have for now.... I really hope you have enjoyed my  page!

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 Monday!!!

Gone Fishing!.....Scrapping the Little Things w/My Creative Time!

Good Morning and Welcome to another Scrapping the Little Things with My Creative Time! 

Before I share my PL cards I just want to apologize for not being around all last week. I was home in bed with pneumonia :( My oldest has been sick since before the 4th of July with pneumonia and just finished his second round of antibiotics. Then my youngest got an ear infection. Well 2 rounds of antibiotics for him as well so you know I was bound to get something from those kiddos. All last weekend I was feeling worse and worse and Monday morning it hit me hard. Off to the Dr's, a chest xray later to confirm and home to bed for the week. I did manage to make it to my son's All Star game but even sitting out in the fresh air wore me out. I am happy to say (even with this annoying cough still) I am feeling better and got in a weekend of baseball too!

Now onto my PL cards...

My kiddos are so lucky to have inlaws that have a summer home on the lake. We try so hard to make it down there are much as possible and when we do go, the boys spend HOURS fishing both on the dock and in the boat with my father in law. When Emma released those adorable new fishy stamps and dies, I knew I had to scrap some of my favorite pics of the boys fishing!
These pictures were taken last summer (I know I am WAY behind in my picture scrapping..LOL) I used the Stitched Journal Die for the 3x4 pic and shaker and the larger 4X6 Journal Die for the larger pic.
The sentiments on the smaller picture was stamped from the set~Find Joy in the Little Things on one of the tags from the Fun Stitched Tag Dies set. The larger sentiment, from the same above set was stamped onto the banner from the Vintage Stitched Label Die. I did embellish that further by adding some silver thread behind the sentiment. Kinda looks like fishing line doesnt it?
For the final 3x4 pocket, I made a fish bowl shaker. I stamped, die cut and colored the adorable goldfish and placed him inside the pocket with some blue sequins, a colored plant and then added a layer of vellum to the top. 

My Creative Time Products Used:

Find Joy in the Little Things

Vintage Stitched Label Dies

Stitched Journal Die

You're a Great Catch

Stitched 4x4 Journal Die & More

Fun Stitched Tag Dies

That is all I have for now.... I really hope you have enjoyed my  page!

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 Monday!!!

Welcome Baby.....{Scrapping the Little Things w/MCT}

Good Morning and Welcome to another Scrapping the Little Things with My Creative Time!
After this past week of amazing sneaks from the DT and another AWESOME new release, I used the new Hello Baby and Bunch of Stitched Doily Dies as my theme for this months PL cards. 

For my cards, I used designer paper from Lori Whitlock's~All About a Boy. As you can see I used several additional MCT goodies to help highlight those CUTIE new release stamp and dies!
Section 1 is simple 4X4 card which I added the baby onsie too. In addition to that die, I did add a small Stitched Star to the center.
The next section I used the Bracket Die as a place for my sentiment then left a nice sized space to add a picture. Finally for that 4X4 card I added the cutie baby cow which I colored with my copics.
To finish off my PL cards, I used the small 2X2 die and added 4 of the small Stitched Doily Dies. Then using the Uppercase Alphabet Dies, I spelled out the word BABY.

My Creative Time Products Used:

Hello Baby

Bunch of Stitched Doily Dies

4x4 Journal Die & More

Bunch of Stitched Stars

Uppercase Fun Dies

Stitched Bracket Dies

That is all I have for now.... I really hope you have enjoyed my  page!

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 Monday!!!

MCT Scrapping The Little Things.....{Happy 14th Birthday}

Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend!

It is time for another "Scrapping the Little Things" with My Creative Time
where we share Project Life, Smash book or Scrapbook LO's using MCT stamps and dies!

For today's LO I grabbed one of my favorite pictures of my son from his birthday in February and made a smash page with it. 

Alittle background on the picture. He and a few of his friends are really big into playing Airsoft. If you are unfamiliar with Airsoft and how it is played, it is similar to paintball except the boys use mini plastic bb's instead of paint balls. They go to an indoor playing field where teams are formed and different games are played. I am sure you are wondering if it hurts when they get shot and the answer is yes. The dress for these games range from regular street clothes to full out camo gear (which you can kinda tell in the picture is what my son wears) They also as a safety requirement, make everyone who is playing wear goggles and a face mask.  

So for his 14th birthday he took 7 of his buddies up to play for the night. I usually don't go and watch but since it was his birthday I did and he promised me I could snap some pictures :) I was able to grab this one as he was gearing up for the first round of the night!

I wanted to keep my page pretty simple making the picture of Casey my focal point. I pulled colors from the picture to use as my theme as well as using several MCT stamps and dies.
For starters, I used the Bunch of Fun Circle Dies to make some random circles up the border of my page. Then using the numbers from the Stitched 4x6 Journal Die set, I die cut the 14 for his age. For the birthday sentiment, I used the Stitched Decorative Banners and the stamp from the Wow So Many Candles. Finally I wanted to add some additional details to the page without overcrowding it to much so when I saw the window stamps from the Main Street stamp set, I thought that would give the extra color I wanted as well as the extra details. There was no set pattern to how I stamped it and I ended up blending ink colors to match my color theme. I am happy with the way this LO turned out :) 
One last added detail~ some Trendy Twine tied in a bow and my project is all complete!

My Creative Time Products Used:
Stitched Decorative Banners
Bunch of Fun Circle Dies
Main Street
Wow So Many Candles (retired and no longer available)
Stitched 4x6 Journal Dies
Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

Additional Products Used:
Totally Navy Trendy Twine
Totally Kraft Trendy Twine

That is all I have for now.... I really hope you have enjoyed my  page!

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 Monday!!!

MCT.....Scrapping the Little Things {January Project Life}

Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone!

Welcome to "Scrapping the Little Things" with My Creative Time
where we share Project Life, Smash book or Scrapbook LO's using MCT stamps and dies!

As I mentioned last month when I shared my February Page, I am planning on making a page for every month this year. I am so not a scrapbooker and have realized that as much as I want to do Project Life, I just can not take pictures that are worthy in my eyes to be shared. Well let me rephrase, I can take pictures that look nice when the sun is shining and we are outside. For the life of me I can not take a picture inside that turns out :( and since our wonderful weather here has been nothing but snow you will have to bear with me on today's post. I am working on that and hope to take at least a basic photography class sometime in the near future. So with that said, I apologize for the poor picture of my January page! 

***my frustrated picture taking rant is over...LOL***

  

My son Parker went ice skating with his buddy Tyler a couple of weeks ago. Tyler's mom snapped these pictures with her phone to send to me.  It was Parker's first time ever on ice skates and she got some great pictures of the boys. 

They have their own ice skating rink in their backyard...how fun right? Alittle dusk time skate/hockey game :)

So I found these new Simple Stories PL pages. They have 2 larger 4x4 slots and then 4 smaller 2x2 slots. They work perfectly with the 4x4 Journal Die + More set from My Creative Time!!! Let's take a closer look at what I did for my page.

For this 2x2 square, I used the 4X4 Journal Die + More set to die cut the cute little square.  To make it more like a journal spot, I stamped the "paper" using one of the stamps from the Get Schooled stamp set. I stamped the lines in black and then added the red lines which is also part of that set. I knew this was going to be my "date" section so using the Type Calendar stamp set, I stamped the month and the year in blue Tim Holtz ink. To finish this off, I used the medium sized snow flake from the Winter Flake Dies set and then added a big silver sparkle enamel dot to the center.

 I just LOVE this picture! Parker is all ready to play some hockey (that is when he could stay up on his feet...LOL) For this part, I again used the 4x4 Journal Die + More for the picture and then used the adorable larger banner from the Stitched Decorative Banners set for the sentiment. I couldn't resist using this sentiment from Winter Cheer...its perfect for this picture! Another snowflake and enamel dot and this was done!

My final picture is of these adorable ice skates I used, again from the Winter Cheer set. I made them more like hockey skates, die cutting them in black rather than white. Then for some fun added detail, I used some silver thread and made a nest behind the skates.

My Creative Time Products Used:

Winter Flake Dies

Stitched Decorative Banners

4x4 Journal Die + More

Winter Cheer

Type Calendar

Get Schooled

That is all I have for now.... I really hope you have enjoyed my PL page!

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 Monday!!!

MCT......Scrapping the Little Things {February Project Life}

Good Morning everyone!!

Welcome to "Scrapping the Little Things" with My Creative Time
where we share Project Life, Smash book or Scrapbook LO's using MCT stamps and dies!

Ok I have to admit that I am not much of a scrapbooker, I am trying and....I do however hope to change that a bit for this year and I will continue working on adding to my PL book. Right now it is pretty empty except for the past projects I have done for My Creative Time BUT I am going to put it on my list of projects to do at least once a month. I will share my PL cards for January (when I finish them..LOL) but my project for today is my February PL cards. I hope to get some pictures of my boys and maybe ever a family picture to add to these.

I have to keep telling myself that an overload of embellishing for these cards do not necessarily mean they look better. Right??? I am actually pretty proud of the way these turned out. Can not wait to add some pictures too :)
So let me walk you through them.
The first card uses the new Heart 2 Heart Love Frame and I popped it up using some foam pop dots. My hope is to maybe get a picture of me and the hubs to slide into it. I added the date using the Fun Number Dies and for some added texture on the heart, I stamped the Grainy Wood Background onto it.
The next 2 cards are the ones that I will add the pictures of my boys to. They are simple 3x4 Journal cards with 2 of the new Heart 2 Heart Love Frame dies on them. 

The final card is my favorite maybe :) I used the Social Media Die to hastag my sentiment...how fun is that! I again used the same heart from the new release....LOVE it.... and placed it on 2 Bunch of Fun Circle Dies. I then added the sentiment to the Stitched Decorative Banner Die and embellished with some enamel dots.

My Creative Time Products Used:

Best Bots Forever

Grainy Wood Background

Stitched Journal Die

Number Fun Dies + Add Ons

Stitched Decorative Banners

Social Media Dies

Bunch of Fun Circle Dies

Heart 2 Heart Love Frame

Stitched 4X6 Journal Dies

Other Products Used:

Becky Higgins PL Page

Kraft, Red, White cardstock

Fancy Pants~Love Note Designer Paper

foam pop dots

enamel dots

That is all I have for now.... I really hope you have enjoyed my PL page!

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 Monday!!!

Linking this up to:
Bimini Moose~Anything Goes Pocket Scrapbooking Challenge

Baseball MVP.....Scrapping the Little Things w/MCT

Good Morning everyone!!

Welcome to "Scrapping the Little Things" with My Creative Time
where we share Project Life, Smash book or Scrapbook LO's using MCT stamps and dies!

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For today's "Scrapping the Little Things", the DT was given this sketch to base our projects on.....

And here is my smash page.....

My son is playing his first year as a travel baseball player and we have had some amazing moments...with me there snapping away on the camera :) He is always telling me I take too many pictures, my response~ "then I wouldn't be able scrap all your fun times!"  Plus who says there are too many pictures? You can never have enough and thanks to Miss Emma and her "Scrapping the Little Things" segment, it makes me take those pictures from my camera and actually scrap them rather that put them aside for another day!

So that takes me to this weeks smash page. Parker and his team recently competed in the Akron Tournament (we lost but that is ok). At the end of the game, our coach picks one player from the opposite team to award MVP and then their coach does the same for one of our players. Parker was chosen from our team!! He did have an AMAZING game~ he is one of our catchers so as he was playing catcher, he made 2 AWESOME outs at second base. He also hit like a champ. Being his mom I always think he plays great BUT this was one incredible day for him! 

My design is very simple for this page and I kept it like that so I could spotlight the pictures. Using the sketch as my guideline, I used the frame die from the Just Simply Live stamp set to place 3 of my favorite pictures from the tournament. Since the Clarence team colors are Red and Black, those are the only colors I used throughout the design. In matching with the sketch, I die cut one of the Tag Dies, extending it a little to make it stretch longer onto my LO. After die cutting the "MVP" using the Lowercase Fun Dies, adding the small Star Stitched Die and placing all my pieces onto my LO, I added my stamped wording. For both the "2014" and "Akron Tournament" I used the new release Alpha Pack. Love this new set and it is going to come in handy with all the journaling and sentiment making for both cards and LO's! Plus there are 3 different type letters in this set! 

My Creative Time Products Used:

Alpha Pack
3 Star Stitched Dies
Tag Dies

Lowercase Fun Dies
Just Simply Live Stamp Set

Other Products Used:

Simple Stories Smash Book Page
Doodlebug Designs~Patriotic Parade paper pack

That is all I have for now.... I really hope you have enjoyed my smash page!

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 Monday!!!

Scrapping the Little Things.....w/MCT

Good Morning everyone!!

Welcome to "Scrapping the Little Things" with My Creative Time
where we share Project Life, Smash book or Scrapbook LO's using MCT stamps and dies!

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For today's "Scrapping the Little Things", the DT was given this inspiration photo to base our projects on 

and since this past weekend was the 4th of July and we always spend it at my in~laws cottage on Lake Chautauqua, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to scrap one of my FAVORITE pictures I took of my oldest son Casey tubing. I think he would spend all day riding around if we gave him the chance...LOL! 

So here is my smash page.....

I used TONS of MCT products for my page and I always forget how rewarding it is to complete a page. I really need to make time to create more pages to fill up my book. I know I have the best intention when I snap these pictures :)
I ended up using the colors from the photo and the water from the picture as my inspiration for this page. I had a bunch of pictures I took with my FIL and hubs took him out and LOVE how the photobooth die let me add a few of them while still having my page focus on that great picture of Casey. I added just a few extra elements to this page, the machine stitching to the banner pieces and some random sequins but let all the awesome MCT stamps and dies do the story telling :)
My Creative Time Products Used:

Happy Thoughts

Warm Holiday Fun

Stripey Background Stamp

You are Fabulous

Hey Sailor!

3 Star Stitched Dies

Make a Splash Die

Stitched 4x6 Journal Die

Photobooth Stitched Die

Vintage Stitched Label Dies

Other Products Used:

Kraft, Red and White cardstock

Sequins
Sewing Machine

Faded Jeans Distress Ink

Sky Blue Pigment Ink

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

That is all I have for now.... I really hope you have enjoyed my smash page!

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 Monday!!!

Scrapping The Little Things......{MCT}

Good Morning everyone!!
Welcome to "Scrapping the Little Things" with My Creative Time
where we share Project Life, Smash book or Scrapbook LO's using MCT stamps and dies!

Today I have some Project Life cards to share that I made for Easter.

Since I am not a scrapbooker, I have taken a huge liking to these PL pages and find it not only a GREAT way to scrapbook easily, but I can plan ahead (like I did with these card) and all I have to do is some quick journaling and add some pictures.

Here are the cards I made, hope you like them!

I LOVE this Sn@P Paper from Simple Stories and used several of the colored papers for my cards. Mixed with all the My Creative Time dies made these cards very easy to put together. 

The Lowercase Fun Dies are my favorite to use for adding lettering to my projects! They are such a great size and leave plenty of room for some journaling and picture :)

I made a shaker in one of the pockets, adding a Stitched Journal Die as my background and filling it with some sequins and die cut eggs from Hello Chickie! Then using my sewing machine, I ran a stitch line to close up the pocket so nothing falls out. Don't you just love that cute bunny??? I just had to add an enamel dot for his tail....LOL!
The frame was adhered to the journal card on 3 sides so when I get my pic of the kids coloring their eggs I can easily slide it in!

MCT Products Used:

Stitched Journal Die

4x4 Journal Die + More

Stitched 4x6 Journal Dies

Stitched Bracket Dies

Hello Chickie! 

To My Best Peep

A Day in December

Lowercase Fun Dies

Other products used:

Simple Stories SN@P! Basics paper pad

Enamel Dots

sequins, sewing machine

What do you think????

Now all I have to do is add my Easter Pictures!

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 Monday!!!