Friday, June 27, 2014

My Creative Time ~ June Release Blog Hop

Happy Friday! Welcome to the 33rd My Creative Time Blog Hop! You should have arrived from the very talented Miss Cassandra. If not, no worries either you can start over at Emma's blog, click here, or I will have the complete blog hop list below!
Well all I have to say I have LOVED every single project I have seen this week! I am surrounded by the most creative ladies ever!! Let alone these amazing new products, the wow factor has been on high for me! So lets get right to it!

Just wanted to pop in & give you an UPDATE!!! If you placed your order this morning & your inv number is between 12044 - 12194 then YOU were the LUCKY ones to get the freebie!!! CONGRATS ladies! The MCT shipping crew will include those in your pkgs! If you missed out on this, this CUTE little stamp is available for purchase here:http://shop.my-creative-time.com/My-Kids-Have-Paws-MCT-165.htm




***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 that is starting RIGHT NOW! Use the code: JUNE2014 to receive 20% off your entire purchase! Sale ends on July 4th @ midnight PST! 



I decided to use colors I normally don't work with but thought the ribbon was a perfect match for these BEE~utiful new stamps and dies! I used the Stitched Honey Comb Dies to create my background by just piecing them together. I LOVE how they fit perfectly together! I love how the beehive has embossed slits and the stitching around the edge. Just wait to you see all the bees!

Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI
Ink ~ Archival and TH
Wink of Stella pen
ribbon ~ J's
Your next stop is the very talents Miss Veronica!
 Here is the entire release ~ isn't it AMAZING!!!










BLOG HOP LINE UP
That is it for me! I hope you all have been stung, in the nicest way with this new release! Have a great weekend and THANK YOU!

Thursday, June 26, 2014

MCT ~ June Release Sneak Peek Day #4

Good morning and welcome to the last day of sneak peeks for the My Creative Time June Release. I keep saying this but I don't know how Emma comes out with the BEST releases month after month! Well today is no different than the rest of the this week. I have to say I am so super excited about today because it is the most ADORABLE sets today! Today Emma and the design team will be showcasing Loyal Friends, Live Love Bark and My Kids Have Paws. I must say that for someone who doesn't have a puppy, at the moment, I fell in love with these sets too! I have many family and friends who do and at some point I know we will be getting one, just when is the question????
For my card I used all three sets. My background is from the paw from the My Kids Have Paws set. All of my sentiments and dog bowl is from the Live Love Bark set. The puppy (there are 3 in this set),the adorable fence the dog house ( which can be used for a bird house ~ wink ~ IMO) the speech bubbles and the bones are from the Loyal Friends. Now I chose to use the tiny circle die from this set to use for my nails for my fence and my puppies bandanna is actually an ear die for another dog. Seriously there are endless ideas for this set! Totally must have!!!
I took two pictures one for the MCT Facebook guessing game. I laughed because my puppies eyes and nose look sad but yet the nose was perfect because puppies noses are always wet! LOL! Plus besides my card base, my card was created with scrap pieces! YAY me!

Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI
Ink ~ Archival and TH
Glossy Accents
Sakura pen
***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!;)

I hope you enjoyed the My Creative Time Sneak Peeks this week and I or we will all be back for the blog hop at 11am PST. See you there and Thank you for all the sweet comments this week!



Wednesday, June 25, 2014

MCT ~ June Release Sneak Peek Day #3

Well it's Day #3 of the My Creative Time June Sneak Peeks and if you haven't been blown away by now just wait until today! Emma and the design team will be showcasing the most BEE~utiful stamps and dies today! The Bee Happy, the Stitched Honey Comb Dies and the Stitched Bees & Beehive Dies! OMG ~ I am in LOVE with these too! There are 4 different bee stamps and 4 bee dies and the cutest sentiments EVER!!! Then the honey comb die ~ EEK! I cant forget the beehive either! See there are so many AMAZING products I am so overwhelmed with excitement! LOL!!!
So for my project I wanted to show you can use these Honey Comb Dies to make a card! I LOVE this idea! The best part too is it will fit in the Scalloped Stitched Envelope Die! Now I must warn you, I placed my bees PERFECTLY so that I could do it! Just don't vertical, go horizontal! LOL!

Look a skinny bee (that to me: is the female bee) and a chubby bee (of course that is the male bee) and ADORABLE little faces!!! My little hexagons are scrap pieces from the Honey Comb Die.

For my wings I used the surf board stamp from the Surfs Up stamp set!


 My hearts are from the stamp set Happy Thoughts

Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI, Bobunny and Wausua
Ink ~ Archival
twine
chalk
Sakura pen
***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!;)

I will be back tomorrow for one more day of sneak peaks!




Tuesday, June 24, 2014

MCT ~ June Release Sneak Peek Day #2

Welcome to the My Creative Time June Release Sneak Peek Day #2. I told you this release is AWESOME and AMAZING!!!! Emma totally AMAZES me every single release! My goal again is to keep my posts short so you don't miss one thing!
Alright for today's projects Emma and the design team will be showcasing the stamp sets Surfs Up and Sit Back &Relax. You all saw the Sit Back & Relax stamp set with flip flop dies on Friday! Wasn't that the CUTEST stamp set? Well the Surfs Up is too and comes 5 dies. Well this set is going to come in handy for my family this year, we are going on a beach vacation it has the BEST sentiments and dies for the occasion!!! WHOO HOO!! So I thought I would do a PL card to start our trip off. I have wanted a beach themed set forever and what PERFECT timing!!! I wanted to do more but I am still planning our trip and all the fun things we will be doing so I thought just doing one was a good start. Plus I wanted to use soft subtle colors and real sand.
Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI and EP
Ink ~ Archival , TH and Stampin Up
brads
***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!;)

Alight that is it for me today! Thank You for always being so sweet and kind & I will see you all back here tomorrow!



Monday, June 23, 2014

MCT ~ June Release Sneak Peek Day #1

Welcome to the My Creative Time June Release Sneak Peek Day #1. This week will be jammed packed with Emma's new products! I have to say I just think this release is AWESOME and AMAZING!!!! My goal again is to keep my posts short so you don't miss one thing!
Lets get started! Today Emma and the design team will be sneaking "Happy Thoughts" and "You are Fabulous" stamp sets. I used both of these stamp sets for my card today. I needed to make Ryan's coach a "Thank You" card and wanted to use his team colors. I LOVE how big the sentiments are in the You are Fabulous and all the fun images coordinate with existing dies, like the stars I have on my card. My "Thanks" die cut is from the Happy Thoughts.
Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI
Ink ~ Stampin Up and Versa Mark
clear embossing powder
Sakura pen

***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 for stopping by and I will see you all back here tomorrow...






Friday, June 20, 2014

MCT ~ Happy Flip Flop Day Blog Hop!


HELLO everyone & welcome to our "Happy Flip Flop Day Blog Hop!"  We are ALL SUPER EXCITED because we will be showcasing a set called "Sit Back & Relax" that will be released next week! This FUN set includes a total of 19 stamps with coordinating dies! But, just for hopping today & leaving comments on all of our blogs, Emma decided to have 5 of us give away this FABULOUS set to 5 lucky peeps BEFORE it's released! We will not be saying which 5 of us are giving it away, so you might want to comment on ALL the blogs so you won't miss out! :) All 5 winners will be announced on Emma's Blog on Sunday, June 22nd at noon PST! So you have until Saturday, June 21st at midnight PST to leave your comments.  
You should have arrived from the very talented Miss Cassandra's blog.
I have to say I just ADORE these little flip flops! They were so fun and easy to put together! I wanted to keep my card extremely CAS. My circles are from scraps I had in my stash. I didn't have the paper to match my ink, so I just inked the circle and viola! I pop dotted the circle and used tissue paper to make my flowers! I LOVE that Emma incorporated the Stitched Button Dies to go with this stamp set. Your going to flip and flop over this stamp set!





Materials Used:
Sit Back & Relax
Bunch of Fun Circle Dies
Stitched Button Dies
Paper ~ PTI
Ink ~ Stampin Up
twine and hemp
Your next stop is the amazing Miss Veronica!
HAPPY HOPPING!



Here is the line up just in case you get lost along the way!



BLOG HOP LINE UP






P.S. This set will not be available to purchase until next Friday, June 27th on blog hop day!

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

MCT ~ Inspiration Wednesday

Happy hump day! Today is Inspiration Wednesday over at My Creative Time. This is when Emma and the design team make a project of our choice based on an inspiration subject.
Today my inspiration subject is about a sweet high school friend and her last day of chemotherapy. Her positive attitude, her strength and her courage is truly beyond words.

For my project I decided to make a bulls eye using the Fun Bunch of Circle Dies. I thought they were PERFECTLY lined for a bulls eye! I LOVE how they have stitching and some pierced holes! I wanted the date to be center focus so I used the Vintage Stitched Label Die two times, scored the white one and just layered the pink one for some dimension. Then I pulled out Chocolate Greeting stamp and die set. I cut the little banner die 3 times. Again added some dimension the date and thought I could use the third one for an arrow. Just a simple card for a sweet friend. The rest of my materials I will list below.

Make sure you check out all the design teams projects, just in case you happen to stumble on my blog. Click here.




Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI and Stampin Up
Ink ~ Archival, Versa mark and Stampin Up
Ribbon ~ May Arts
white embossing powder
Sakura pen

Simple right??

That is it for me today. I will be back on Friday and starting next week get ready for some more AMAZING new products from Emma over at My Creative Time!











Thursday, June 12, 2014

MCT ~ Thrifty Thursday

Hello everyone! I know I have been a tad mia lately but with the school year ending, baseball, craft room renovation and our school picnic, this girl is one busy & tired mom!


So today over at My Creative Time, Emma and the design team are trying our best to use our scraps. I have tons of scrap pieces of paper in various shapes and sizes. I seem to keep everything! If I don't like how I stamped a background, I save that piece for a later use. I even save the tiniest piece of paper because they are PERFECT for Emma's dies! Well today I put a itty bitty teeny weeny dent in mine. Besides the card base everything was from scrap and I TOTALLY forgot to take pictures!

Well I just ADORE the new Live, Love, Laugh & Be Happy stamp set and the Pretty Butterflies & Dragonfly Dies. I LOVE the butterflies and the coordinating stamps for them. I think the sentiments are so perfect for so many occasions. Plus we know how much I LOVE Emma's dies! Just a real simple and quick card!

Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI
Ribbon ~ PTI
Ink Archival and Stampin Up

Don't forget we still have the My Creative Time ~ Masculine Theme Designer Challenge happening. Click here for all the details.








Tuesday, June 3, 2014

MCT ~ Tag It Tuesday ~ Summer Theme

Good morning! Today is Tag It Tuesday over at My Creative Time with Emma and the design team. Today we will be sharing tags with you with a Summer theme!


I decided to do two tags today! for my first tag, the first thing that came to mind was bicycles, sun, blue skies and green grass. I remember riding my bike for hours a day and had to be in the house when the street lights came on. Boy things have changed a bit since I was young. I decided to use the new background stamp, Build A Scripty & Watercolor Background. My creative design team sister, Katie, gave me this idea and I loved it. Click here to see her post. The rest of my materials I will list below the picture.
Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI
Ribbon ~ Stampin Up
Ink ~ Memento and Archival
rhinestones


For my second tag I decided to make another summer time favorite is to go get ice cream! I mean who doesn't love to have cold and refreshing ice cream on a hot summer evening!
Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI and Echo Park
Ink ~ Archival
Ribbon from stash

Well that is it for me today!
Thanks for stopping by and always being so kind!


Monday, June 2, 2014

MCT ~ Scrapping The Little Things

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a beautiful weekend! I know we did! I finally got my floor in my craft room put down! I am over the moon, even though I am far away from it being done. It's been a slow process but us DYI people here it's a tad hard between work and our baseball schedule. But eventually it will get done, right?


It's Scrapping The Little Things over at My Creative Time. With that said this is when Emma and the design team are get caught up on our scrap books. I chose to do a very simple layout! I wanted to use some things from the newest release. You can click here to see the entire release and purchase it.


I chose this random picture of my son. We were watching a movie one night and I just happened to look over and someone, besides me, fell asleep during it! So I grabbed my phone and snapped a picture. I actually took 2 pictures and developed the wrong one, oh well.


I LOVE these dragonfly dies from Pretty Butterflies & Dragonfly Dies. I thought I would add them to add a little whimsy to my page. Miss Emma also came out with the Speech Bubble Sentiments. This set has coordinating dies and sentiments. I just LOVE this set too! I die cut the "you are" multiple times and glue them together, to add some dimension.  The sentiments were a perfect way to tell my son how I feel about him. I could have used almost all of the sentiments from this set to describe my feelings towards him. I also used a ribbon punch that I found while packing and moving my craft room. I don't think I have ever used this before EVER! LOL!

Materials Used:
Paper ~ PTI and DCWV  (Linen Closet)
Ribbon ~ PTI
Ink ~ Archival and Versa Mark
clear embossing powder
hemp

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you head over and see all the inspiring scrap pages the ladies have done today!