My Creative Time July New Release...Sneak Peek Day 1....{Guest Designer...Yippee}

Morning Everyone!!

I am so excited to be posting as a Guest Designer for Emma and the 

My Creative Time's July Release!

OMG it is like a crafty dream come true to be sharing all these awesome stamps and dies with you all!! And you know what...they are AMAZING!!! I SO LOVE them all!!

Welcome to Day 1 of sneaks....

Emma has decided to do things a bit differently for this release and in doing so has shared all the new stamps and dies already over on her blog HERE. She has also made the entire release available as a PRE~ORDER which will begin shipping out on Monday July 15th.That way you will all see all the FAB things you can do with your new stamps and dies and by the time we begin hopping next Wednesday, you all could have the release in your hands ready to use!! How fun is that???

So lets get on with my sneak for day 1...

I made a set of mini notebooks...3 to be exact and I would have continued making more~cause they were so fun and super easy to so~but mark my word I will be making more!!!Maybe as stocking stuffers for the kid's teachers???

Anyways here they all are...Since you will be guessing the products I used to make these cuties, I took some individual pictures so you can see each one better.

Notebook #1 would be perfect for taking notes of all the great gift ideas for your love ones, friends and teachers... Besides using a bunch of MCT products, I also added some machine stitching, 3GJ crinkle ribbon in white, a jingle bell I had laying around in my stash and some

Candy Cane Trendy Twine

Notebook #2 would be such a great throw in your purse type of mini....You could use it to jot down notes, phone numbers...really anything. Besides a bunch of MCT products :) I added more machine stitching~yeah I am obsessed..LOL.. a fun brad and some of the newly release

Bumblebee Trendy Twine

And now for notebook #3~ How fun would this be to document a trip?? Take notes on favorite places, food or what about fun facts so when you come home to scrapbook the trip all the info is right here. Yup you know what comes next....Lots of fun MCT products along with more machine stitching, a fun flower brad and some

Totally White Trendy Twine

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!

Okay, this time around we are doing something DIFFERENT! Since you ALL have seen this release in it's entirety, we decided to play a FUN game! First of all, let me tell you what you will win! ONE LUCKY person will win ALL of this! 

This is what this prize package includes:

-D-Ring 12" x 12" album - Black

Core kit

- (500) 3" x 4" Journaling cards

- (40) Bi-fold journaling cards 

- (4) 4" x 6" First page cards

- (4) 3" x 4" First page cards

- (4) 4" x 6" Last page cards

- (4) 3" x 4" Last page cards

- (60) 4" x 6" Title cards 

(60) 12" x 12" Photo pocket pages

(12) 13" x 3" Project Life dividers

14 White divider labels

We will ALSO have a 2nd prize winner who will win a $50 certificate to the store!

We decided to make our giveaway a little easier for you.  Instead of listing all of the MCT products that each designer used on their projects, try to find just one!  If you can "spy" one old or new My Creative Time product and tell us about it in the comments, you will be eligible to win one of these great prizes!

Emma will announce the winner during the blog hop on Wednesday, July 17th! 

***SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON Facebook, Instagram it #mycreativetime or even tweet about it~ about this release & Let us know on "My Creative Time's" FB page here

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Creative-Time/364568506334 

that you did so! OR you can just tag Emma in your post!

GOOD LUCK!

Let's start spreading word my friends!;)

I also want to share this AWESOME stamp YOU will be getting for FREE! Yep, it will be available for FREE for those of you who place orders starting at midnight PST tonight through Friday, July 12th! Don't worry about putting in any code or adding it to your cart because if you order within that time frame, it will automatically be put in your package! 

How adorable is this!!!

Thanks for stopping by today for Day 1. Make sure to check out all the other designers sharing their projects today, you can see them all and get the links to their blogs over at

My Creative Time.

Make sure to come back tomorrow for Day 2!!!

Peachy Keen Goodness.......{Challenge Cards}

Happy Tuesday Everyone!!!

I have 2 cards to share that I made for the Peachy Keen Stamps new release challenge going on over at 

The Peachy Keen Connection

Up first is  Challenge #1~ Lorie's Challenge: 

Color Challenge: 

Make the Christmas creation of your choice, but DON'T use red or green. Think outside the box and use non-traditional colors for this challenge.

For my card I started out with  a 4x4 square card. That adorable penguin came from the Silhouette store and of course had to add my cute PK face to him. I further embellished him using my copic markers, some white gel pen doodles and chalk for his cheeks.

To add some more details to my card, I used the snowflake border punch, my sewing machine, 3GJ crinkle ribbon and some yummy Trendy Twine. Then for my sentiment I used My Creative Time~From Our Family to Yours stamp set. I couldn't help but add some bling in the form of a pretty pink button I had in my stash :)

Supplies used:

Paper~ white, black, orange {stash}, Echo Park~Winter Park

Stamps~ Peachy Keen Stamps~Winter Wonderland Faces, My Creative Time~From Our Family to Yours

Dies/Cuts~  Penguin~Silhouette Store, Snowflake punch

Extras~  Trendy Twine~Strawberry Cupcake, 3GJ~White Crinkle Ribbon, Bling button, Sewing Machine

Copic, white gel pen, chalk, pop dots

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Also linking this up over at:

My Creative Time~Square Card

Merry Monday~Anything Goes Christmas Card

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Next up is Challenge #2~ Cindy's Challenge: 

 VACATION!!

Create the project of your choice with a vacation theme.  Have fun with this and let your imagination soar! 

When I think of vacation, I think of the kids home from school and the NEVER ending Popsicles I keep the freezer stocked with :) So for my card I made an easel card with non other than a Popsicle.

I LOVE the adorable faces that came with the June SOTM set and had to use one of cuties from that set. I inked up her eyes using my copic markers and my white gel pen as well as adding some pink chalk to her cheeks and more white gel pen doodles.

The easel card is a file from the Silhouette store that I altered slightly to cut the way I wanted. I did end up pulling the Designer Paper to the inside mat and using My Creative Time~Vintage Stitched Label Die added my sentiment also from the June SOTM. Finally I wanted to add something else to the Popsicle so I tied a bow using some Lemon Tart Trendy Twine.

Supplies used:

Paper~ Kraft, Navy {Stash}, Echo Park~A Perfect Summer

Stamps~ Peachy Keen Stamps~ June SOTM

Dies/Cuts~  Popsicle~Silhouette Store, MCT~Vintage Stitched Label Dies

Extra's~  Trendy Twine~Lemon Tart, Copic, white gel pen, chalk, pop dots

So there you have them....What do you think??

I always LOVE playing along with the PKS challenges and again was so happy I could make a few projects to share!

Thanks so much for popping in to check out my cards! Make sure to stop by tomorrow for the start of the 

July Release from My Creative Time!!

I am SO EXCITED to be the Guest Designer for the new release and let me tell you all that you will LOVE these new stamps and dies!!! 

I am having so much fun playing with them!!!!

Precious Baby.....{TKJ}

Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone!!!

It is time for a new challenge over at

 The Kraft Journal!

This week's challenge is... 

Brides or Babies

since I do not have very many baby cards in my stash I thought I would play along with the babies part of the challenge and this is the card I made....

I started out with a Brown Kraft Cardstock base and added some layers of designer paper from Carta Bella~True Friends that I purchased from Anne's Paper Boutique. I couldn't let my card go without some added stitching, so I ran my mat through my sewing machine. 

Using my Cameo and the adorable baby buggy file from the store, I cut all the layers out and inked the edges using some Distress Ink, my Ink Blending Tool, more designer paper from Carta Bella and Brown Kraft Cardstock

To further embellish my card I added some White Twill Tape (I LOVE this ribbon), some Natural Hemp Cord, a pink button from my stash and some bling from SU.

Finally to finish my card off, I stamped my sentiment using 

My Creative Time~Vintage Sentiment.

 So there you have it....my inspiration for this week's challenge.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will play along with us!

As always I have linked all the supplies I used from The Kraft Outlet throughout my description.  If you have not checked out the store yet....make sure you do! There is so much available, the prices are so reasonable and shipping is super fast!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!

Shape Card w/Ribbon.......{3GJ Challenge #21}

Good Morning Bloggers!!

It is a happy day over here....

I am hosting the new challenge over at the

3 Girl JAM Challenge Blog

and

this week's challenge is~ 

Shape Cards w/Ribbon

This week's challenge will be open for 2 weeks, July 5th~ July 18th so plenty of time to create and share!!

Our challenge is being sponsored by

our own....

Carri~abusybee from DoubleClick

Any three colors of skittles (75 total)

AND

with a $10 Gift Certificate to  3GJ

and a Guest Designer Spot

Awesome prizes for sure!!

So here is the card I made....
I took the Peachy Keen Stamps Sketch for this week

and rotated it. Also instead of using a circle shape as my base I made it a bracket shaped card (Hope that is alright for the challenge )
So here is my fun birthday card for my nephew who LOVES tractors. I thought he would get a kick out of this one :)

So I started out with a bracket shaped card base that I picked up from the Silhouette store and added a few layers of designer papers from my stash in blue for the sky and green for the ground. Then using another file from the Silhouette store I cut the cute tractor and added my PK face to the little boy. This is so how my nephew looks when he comes to our house and rides the tractor with my husband. Seeing that the "scene" needed something else, I stamped the adorable corn stalk, also from PKS, colored it with my copic markers and then cut the whole stamp out to glue to the card mat. After added some white pen doodles and popping the tractor up for added dimension I went to work on the sun.

I wanted to do something different with my ribbon...other than tying it in a bow so I thought the sunflower crinkle ribbon would look so fun as the sun rays coming out of the sun. I cut a bunch of strips of ribbon and then cut them in half. To give them the fluff (how I described it to my husband..LOL) I pulled apart the fray a bit more to fill out the sun but still show some separate pieces. I think it turned out pretty cute.....

What do you think???

I sure hope you have enjoyed my project and will play along with us over at the 

3 Girl JAM Challenge Blog!

Remember this challenge will run for 2 weeks so lots of time to get those 

Shape Cards w/Ribbon 

projects in!!

Thanks so very much for stopping by!!

Have a GREAT Friday!! 

Supplies Used:

Paper~ Kraft (TK Outlet), scrap designer papers from my stash

Stamps~  PK~292 Faceless Corn, PK~531 Simple Sallies Face Assortment (PKS)

Inks~ Copic Markers, memento tuxedo black

Embellishments~ Sunflower Crinkle Ribbon (3GJ), 

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Craftin' Desert Diva's~On the Farm Linky Party

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

Inspire Me Friday's~ Linky Party

Peachy Keen Stamps~ Sketch Challenge

(I rotated the sketch and used a bracket shape instead of a circle)

Sting Like a Bee.....{Trendy Twine Blog Hop}

Good Morning 

and Welcome to the 

Trendy Twine

"Sting Like a Bee Blog Hop"

The Trendy Twine DT is so excited to be showcasing a new color being released....

Bumblebee!!!

Isn't it beautiful!?!?!?!

Along with a fun hop to showcase the new color,  we have 2 new designers joining the team
Make sure to give a HUGE welcome to Brigit and Candace!!!
I know you are probably already familiar with their gorgeous work, I know you will LOVE all their projects using Trendy Twine!

You should be coming from the start~ 
over at the Trendy Twine blog HERE....
if not head on back for all the details on this new twine color, the special one day sale on this beautiful new color and to find out about the hop prize...you will need to hop through the whole line-up to be entered to win........ 
Yippee!!!!

Now I am sure you want to see what I made for my hop project.....I am super excited about this and think it turned out cuter than I imaged :)

 Here it is.....Pretty cute huh???? So let me walk you through what I made....

My project started out using the Clear Skinny Candy Bags and the cute bee and sentiment from Paper Smooches. After cutting, coloring and adding my stickles to the image, attaching the tags to the bags using the Bumblebee Trendy Twine, I thought the project needed something more. I LOVED the way they all turned out but it got me thinking as to what I could use to hold them....

That is what inspired the beehive holder. I used the Candy Tube Holder Pack from SVG Cutting Files, removed the one hole and centered the other hole. I added some designer paper from My Minds Eye~Unforgettable, cut the cute beehive from a file I picked up in the Silhouette store and wrapped the hive with more Bumblebee Trendy Twine. I couldn't leave the hive without another cutie bee so I printed, cut and colored another, popped him up on the hive and added some curly antenna using some wired string. 

Last picture....promise :) Here is a closeup of the tag. You can see where I added the stickles to the wings and the body of the bee. I used my 3GJ bow maker to add double bows to the tops of all the tags. I also added some flat back gems in black to the centers of the bows.

Finally since this is all about the bumblebees, I found white and yellow chocolate candies to fill my skinny bags with.

Well there you have it! 
I hope you have enjoyed my project!! I know I had a blast designing it!!

It is time to hop along to the very creative 
Jessi

I know she will have something super adorable to share!!!

But before you leave I want to remind you about this awesome 
Jaded Blossom stamp set~ Love Stings
being offered to one lucky hopper!!

All you have to do is hop and leave a comment at EVERY stop along the hop
and be a Trendy Twine blog follower HERE
Super easy!!!

Don't forget to make a stop at the Trendy Twine store HERE to pick up this new released color.
It will be on sale at a special hop price today only!

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Here is the complete line-up in case you get lost!

Trendy Twine

Jessica ~~ME~~

Jessi ~NEXT~~

Jamie

Kate

Helen

Sukie

Candi

Brigit

Candace

Thanks so much for stopping by and hopping with us!!
Have an awesome 4th of July!!!!
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Entering this into the following challenges:
Pile it On~ Bling
Inspire Me Fridays~ Anything Goes
Everyday is an Occasion~Linky Party
Simon Says Stamp and Show~Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon~Anything But a Card
Aud Sentiments Challenge~ Two Words

Happy Birthday America.......{Challenge Card}

Good Morning!!!

I wanted to pop in with a card that I made to enter a bunch of challenges! With the 4th of July just days away there are tons of awesome Red/White and Blue challenges going on that I so want to play along with!

So using the new Mojo Monday Sketch

The Colors from the inspiration photo over at The Pink Elephant and playing along with my friend Stacey who is celebrating her birthday with a fun linky party..

 

I came up with this....Hope you like it!!!!!

I started with a Kraft cardstock base and added my layers of designer papers, following the sketch,  using Little Yellow Bicycle~Vintage Summer papers. I did add machine stitching to my mats (well all except for the circle...can not sew in a circle for the life of me) just for a more finished look...plus you know me...I love my sewing machine....LOL!

Then using the adorable Lollipop Firecracker Finn from By Lori Designs I colored him using my copic markers and added some yellow stickles to his firecracker and diamond stickles to his shirt. I ended up die cutting a star using my Cameo and adding a star button and some Totally White Trendy Twine as my extra embellishment.

Finally for the sentiment I used a stamp set that has been sitting in my stash forever... 

My Pink Stamper~Yankee Doodles.  I just recently found it while cleaning out my crafty space....bonus!!!

Well there you have it!! I hope you have enjoyed my card! 

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

Don't forget to stop back on Thursday for our

Trendy Twine

I am so excited to share my project!!!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Mojo Monday~ 300 Celebration

The Pink Elephant~ Photo Inspiration

Stacey's Stamping Stage~ Birthday Linky Party

Paper Playtime~Red/White and Blue

DL Art~ Patriotic

Simon Says Stamps~ Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show~Anything Goes

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Country Colors
Scrappy Moms Stamps~ Red White and Blue
Cut it Up Challenge Blog~ New Nations
Pile it On~Bling
The Paper Players~Tic Tac Toe (Blue, Bling, Friendship)

3D Wooden Patriotic Flag..........{GD for 2 Creative Chicks}

Good morning Everyone!!
It's time for another Challenge over at

And I am so excited to be one of July's Guest Designer!!
Those talented ladies have another fun challenge for this month...
 they want to see anything
3D
And here is just a bit more info before I share my project....
The challenge starts today....Monday, July 1
and ends on Wednesday, July 31.
There are also some awesome sponsors....

Tabitha's Designs

Prize: Digi Paper Pack Winners Choice

 and

Creative Bug Digis

Prize: 5 Free Digi Files Winner's Choice

So now that you have all the important info I am super excited to share my project with you. 

I LOVE making 3D projects...especially when I am not thinking about having to make one for a specific challenge....So after chatting for a few days with my friend Beckie and starting more than one project, only to toss it aside to start all over again, I had that Ah Ha moment!!
I knew I wanted to make something for the 4th of July and something that I could use to decorate my house sooooooo I remembered that my Father in Law had these wooden blocks sitting in his garage that he originally started years ago for my kids. They are since past the block playing stage so I asked if I could use a few. He were actually looking to toss them so I took them all and here is what I made with some of them....
I hope you like it :)

I started out by taking the blocks I wanted and staining them all using Tim Holtz distress ink in gathered twigs. Then using my designer paper from Authentique (paper I specifically picked up for my 4th of July projects) I cut them down to fit on my blocks. Before gluing them down, I did add more inking to the edges and then glued them in place using Tombow Mono Multi glue (LOVE that stuff!!!)

Once everything was the way I wanted I added some natural ribbon that I had in my stash, and wrapped it around the entire set of block to hold them all together. I did not attach the blocks to one another because I wanted whomever got these to be able to arrange the block however they wanted. All the sides are decorated so the possibilities to arrange them are endless. 

So what do you think??? Such a fun home decor project right????
I know I had so much fun making this and have a bunch more blocks so be on the lookout for more projects :)
Thanks so much for stopping by and make sure to check out the fun challenge and other Guest Designer projects!!!
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Entering this into the following challenges:
Paper Playtime~Red/White and Blue
DL Art~ Patriotic
Simon Says Stamps~ Anything Goes
Decorate to Celebrate~Summer Celebration
Little Scrap Pieces~ Fun Friday "Let Freedom Ring"
Simon Says Stamp and Show~Anything Goes
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party