Trendy Twine~Valentine Secret Cupid

Good Morning and Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!
I am here to share a project that I made for Trendy Twine.
The design team did something a little different this year for Valentine's Day -- Secret Cupid.  Names were assigned to us and no one knew who had who.  We designed a card or tag and sent along a little treat to our assigned DT sister to make her Valentine's Day a bit more happy.  Today we are sharing our projects with you. 

My secret Valentine was DT member Beth and here is what I made for her.

I love the skinny tumbler cup and I just recently added these to my Etsy store.  They make great teacher gifts, friend gifts or of course just a personal on the go cup for yourself. I thought Beth would enjoy this filled with some yummy Valentine's Day chocolate. I decorated her cup with some vinyl and then added my gift tag to the straw.

Here is what the card/tag looks like up close. I used a few My Creative Time products to make this~ 3x3 Fancy Tri-Fold Card for the base and the 100% Sweetness for the sentiment and the Stitched Heart Die. A few added enamel dots and a sweet message inside finished up my tag. To attach it to my cup, I added some Cherry Cupcake Trendy Twine.

Well I hope you have enjoyed my Valentine's Day project. Make sure to stop on by the Trendy Twine Blog to see what the rest of the DT has to share!
Have a GREAT heart day!!!

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 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!!!

You're My Most Favorite....{Trendy Twine Candy Tin}

Good Morning everyone!
 I am up on the Trendy Twine blog today with another sweet treat :)

 Have you started making Valentine's Day treats yet?

Need some more inspiration??

 I have another fun gift giving idea to share using a Candy Tin and the newly released Pinkberry Sorbet Trendy Twine!

These Candy Tin's from the Trendy Twine store are perfect for adding wrapped chocolate nuggets. I was able to fill my tin with 12 chocolates, wrapping each one in a piece of 1x3" designer paper from We Are Memory Keepers. Next to decorate the outside of the  tin, I wrapped a piece of beautiful White 7/8" Embroidery Satin Ribbon around the tin and tied it in a bow.

For my sentiment, I used both a stamp set and some dies from My Creative Time. I wanted to add more than just a twine bow to hold my tag onto my tin, so I die cut a small heart into the top layer of my tag. Next using small pieces of Pinkberry Sorbet Trendy Twine, I added them to the back of my twine so it covered the entire die cut.  The color of the twine fills the die cut so beautifully, don't you think??? This is one of my favorite techniques when playing around with my twine.

To finish off my project, I tied the tag onto the ribbon using a double bow of Pinkberry Sorbet Trendy Twine  and added some matching enamel dots.

My Creative Time Products Used:
Best Bots Forever
Just Tags
Stitched Heart Layering Dies

Trendy Twine Products Used:

Pinkberry Sorbet Trendy Twine 

White 7/8" Embroidery Satin Ribbon

Candy Tin

Additional Products Used:

We Are Memory Keepers Designer Paper
Enamel Dots

Make sure to check out the Trendy Twine store for more awesome Valentine's Day specials

You can see all the twine sale items HERE

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and the

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Don't forget to visit the 

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 Store HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by.

 I hope you have enjoyed my project and have a great Wednesday!

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

Have a Sweet Valentine's Day.......{Tag it Tuesday w/MCT}

Good Morning and welcome to 

Tag it Tuesday w/My Creative Time!

Today the DT will be sharing tag projects using of course My Creative Time stamps and dies!

Since Valentine's Day is fast approaching, I thought I would share some sweet Valentine treats using 2 newly released stamp and die sets. Hopefully for all you MCT fan's, this will give you another fun ans easy idea for when your HAPPY MAIL arrives :)

So here is what I made....

I LOVE making candy sticks and adding a fun tag to the tops. Not only do they look awesome but give alittle extra surprise to the person receiving them. For these, I started out using the Just Tags Dies, cutting the bottom layer using kraft cardstock and the top layer using pink polka dot paper. Next I used the new heart die from the Heart 2 Heart Love Frame and die cut 3 using some red cardstock.  I popped the hearts up onto the center of the tags and then arranged the sentiments to fit around the heart. I used the sentiments from the new You Make My Heart Smile stamp set, placing one on top of the heart and the other below the heart. Next I used the banner die from the Just Simply Live set and die cut that out using white cardstock. My "valentine" sentiment fit perfectly across that die!

Here is another angle of the tags. Simple to put together and perfect for class parties or to give to the kiddo's :)

And here is what the candy sticks look like all put together. I added some holiday M & M's to the skinny candy bags and then tied the tags to the tops of the bags using some Cherry Cupcake Trendy Twine. 

I used the current MCT Designer's Challenge picture for my inspiration. Pulling the kraft, pink and red colors from the picture as well as the heart :)

Photo Credit

Here are the details for this challenge~ You still have plenty of time to play along!!!
~Please use the following photo inspiration or the sketch (you can see the sketch HERE) OR you can use BOTH!
~Project must feature at least ONE My Creative Time product.
~ You can make any project of your choice.
~ Deadline for challenge will be on Feb 3, 2015 @ midnight PST.

My Creative Time Products Used:
Heart 2 Heart Love Frame
You Make My Heart Smile
Just Tags
Just Simply Live

Other Products Used:
Trendy Twine~ Cherry Cupcake
Trendy Twine~Skinny Candy Bags
Red, White, Kraft Cardstock
Recollections Pink Polka Dot designer paper

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.
Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Tuesday!

MCT 39th New Release Blog Hop!

Good Morning 

and 

Welcome to the much anticipated 

39th 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! She really ROCKED this release (well she always does, doesn't she?? Of course!!)

Today I get to showcase this releases FREEBIE stamp set~ 

I Love You Beary Much 

along with the new 

 Bear Dies

All the details on how you can get this set for free is listed at the bottom of my post..but if you have been following all the sneaks this week I am sure you have purchased your new release already before even hopping along....RIGHT?!?! It is another must have for sure!!

Here is my hop project.....I hope you think it is as sweet as I do :)

When I saw the "Hello honey" sentiment on the freebie stamp set, I immediately though of some honey sticks I just purchased at the store. I packaged them up to add to a tea basket for a friend. I used the Just Tags die, cut the bottom layer in kraft cardstock and added the top layer using some honeycomb designer paper from Recollections. Next I stamped my sentiment (from the I Love You Beary Much set) and added some gold enamel dots to the bottom.

Using the new Bear Dies, the teddy bear from the Beary Special Thoughts Stamp Set and some white cardstock, I stamped the bear and then die cut him out. I added some color to him using my copic markers and then popped him up onto the front of my tag. 
To finish my gift set up, I wrapped 4 honey sticks with some yellow sheer ribbon and tied the tag with a bow to the front.
A cute and fun way to give otherwise boring honey sticks.....right??!

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

"FREEBIE STAMP"

For our "Freebie" stamp for this release, we are giving away this ADORABLE stamp "I Love You Beary Much" to the FIRST 200 shoppers! YEP, you heard that right, this stamp will go to the FIRST 200 shoppers for FREE! You do NOT have to add it in your cart, Emma & her shipping crew will automatically include it in your pkg, ONLY to the first 200 shoppers! IF you happen to come through AFTER the 200th shopper, no worries because this stamp will be available for sale! 

Emma, knows there will be questions on whether YOU made the first 200? 

AFTER the 200 shoppers come through, then you will see this set available for PURCHASE along w/the new release items! 

UPDATE ON FREEBIE STAMP!!!
It is now 11:30am PST & our 200th shopper came through!!! If your invoice number is between 14463 - 14664, YOU are the LUCKY shoppers who will be receiving this stamp set in your HAPPY MAIL! :) THANK YOU & I CAN'T WAIT to see what you ALL create w/this new release!! xoxo

IF you are interested in this "I Love You Beary Much" stamp set, it is available now HERE for sale! Please remember, this set is NOT included w/the Entire Release Bundle….it is sold separately! :) 

***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 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! 

 ***SALE ALERT***
ALSO, DON'T FORGET our sale starts RIGHT NOW! Use the code: JAN2015 to receive a discount off your entire purchase! This sale applies to "IN-STOCK" items ONLY. This sale will end on Friday, January 23rd @midnight PST. 

And here is the whole release!

  

BLOG HOP LINE UP
Emma 
Brigit
Cindy
Emily
Jessica~ ME~
Katie 
Kim
Liz 
Lucia 
Nikki 
Ruthie 
Veronica 
Audrey ~ Guest Designer

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!!!

Don't forget about commenting on each day's projects! There is an AMAZING prize to be won...the details on below :)