kimberly harris studio: September 2017

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

MCT ~ Inspire Me Wednesday

Good morning! Today over at My Creative Time with Emma and the design team it's Inspire Me Wednesday!

I was inspired by a very CAS card I saw on Pinterest, unfortunately after clicking many links it never took me back to the original post...rrrrr!

What I loved about the card is it was CAS with a little flair, if that even makes sense! I pretty much used the same design but use all MCT products!

Since this card is rather basic and rather simple I won't bore you into details but will list all products used below.

Sorry for the picture but for some reason my camera was not cooperating with me!

Materials Used:

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

3 Stars Stitched Dies

Uppercase Fun Dies

Paper ~ PTI and EchoPark

vellum

Ribbon ~ PTI

Twine ~ Su

Button ~ PTI

Make sure you head on over to Emma's blog to see what the other designers have created for you!

Friday, September 22, 2017

MCT ~ 71st Edition Release Blog Hop

Good morning! Welcome to the 71th Edition Release Blog Hop over at My Creative Time with Emma and the deign team.

You should have arrived from the super talented Katie's blog, if not you can start over at Emma's or I will have a complete blog hop line up listed below.

Today I am featuring the sets Cute Santa Hat Tag Die, Cute Stocking Tag Die, Cute Gift Tag Die and the Mini Christmas Greetings stamp set. I thought today I would share with you all how to make tags for those extra specials gifts for the Christmas season. I do believe you "don't" have to go over board on tags because they really get thrown out. But today is my more fancy day tags! I used felt and boa for these tags. I think they spruce them up a bit. For my gift tag, I simply cut out the felt and used the More Stitched Circles for a polka dot affect! The sentiments were stamped on the die sets, Fun Stitched Tag Dies and Ribbon End Dies.

Super fun and easy to make!

Materials Used:

Cute Santa Hat Tag Die

Cute Stocking Tag Die

Cute Gift Tag Die

Mini Christmas Greetings

More Stitched Circle Dies

Fun Stitched Tag Dies

Ribbon End Banners

Paper ~ PTI

Felt ~ PTI

Ribbon ~ PTI

hemp

Ink ~ VersaMark and VersaFine

hemp

clear embossing powder

Your next stop is the very talented Liz's blog.

"Freebie Stamp"

Starting THIS Friday, September 22, 2017 @ 8am PST ~ Our "Freebie" for this release is the "Mini Christmas Greetings” stamp set. It will be given to the FIRST 75 shoppers! If you are one of the 1st 75 shoppers it will be automatically added to your package at the time of packaging/shipping. Once 75 shoppers come through, this stamp set will be available for purchase. So, if it’s for sale in the store, you are not one of the 75. No exceptions will be made. This freebie set is not a part of the “bundle” and will be 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 MORE chances 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 here:http://shop.my-creative-time.com/Ne...! Use the code: SEPT2017 to receive a discount off your entire purchase! This sale applies to "IN-STOCK" items ONLY. This sale will end on Fri, September 29, 2017 @midnight PST.

Blog Hop Line Up:

Kim

Liz

Nikki

Ruthie

Thanks for always being so sweet and kind! Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, September 21, 2017

MCT ~ 71st Edition Sneak Peek Day 2

Good morning! Welcome to the last day of the 71st Edition Release Sneak Peeks with Emma and the My Creative Time designers! We sure hope you enjoyed yesterdays sneaks!

Today we are featuring 3 new tags dies, Cute Santa Hat Tag Die, Cute Stocking Tag Die and Cute Gift Tag Die. These tags are sold separately. We are also showcasing the Mini Sentiment Stamp Set, where you could stamp the sentiments on the front of the tags, the inside or even on the back of the tags if you wish too.. What I truly love about these tags is that you can easily whip together all your holiday tags in literally minutes! We all know the tags can make the gift wrapping extra special, even though they are thrown away. So these no fuss tags can help you in all your holiday preparations because they are easy, fast and extra adorable! I suggest all these tags but if you can only do one tag die right now, I would highly recommend purchasing the present die. The present die can be used for birthdays, weddings and other special occasions!

Materials Used:

Cute Santa Hat Tag Die

Cute Stocking Tag Die

Cute Gift Tag Die

Mini Christmas Greeting

Winter Flake Dies ~ snowflake

Holiday Tags and Stamp Set ~ holly

Paper ~ PTI

Ribbon ~ PTI

Twine ~ SU

Ink ~ VersaMark and VersaFine

clear embossing powder

Doodlebug Design Sprinkles

***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 on my blog! 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 more chances 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!;)

Head on over to Emma's blog to see what the other design team members have created for you all!

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

MCT ~ 71st Edition Release Sneak Peek Day 1

Today is Day 1 of the 71st Edition Release Sneak Peeks over at My Creative Time with Emma and the design team.

We are showcasing these adorable new sets called, Pocketful of Holidays and Pocketful of Holiday Sentiments. They are packed with sweet sentiments and images/dies!

I decided to share the witch feet from this set but I can tell you they can also be elves feet! Yep ~ its a two for one deal with this image! I simple colored the image, die cut the pocket and heat embossed the sentiment! I did use rectangular dies but if you look at the purple rectangle, I used these sweet little dots that come with the Pocketful of Holidays to create my own pattern paper.

These two new sets are so fun to create with!

Materials Used:

Pocketful of Holidays

Pocketful of Holiday Sentiments

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

More Stitched Rectangular Dies

Paper ~ PTI

Ink ~ VersaMark and VersaFine

Ribbon ~ May Arts

Copic

white embossing powder

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***

Head on over to Emma's blog to see what the other design team has created for you!

Thursday, September 14, 2017

MCT ~ Thoughtful Thursday

Hello! I am back again this week! I hope your week is going great! I can't wait for the weekend! By Thursday ~I am beyond done!

Anyway, today is Thoughtful Thursday over at My Creative Time with Emma and the design team. This is when us designers create a thoughtful project! Well, I might have missed the boat on this one! I made a wedding card for a sweet friend of mine who is attending a wedding this coming weekend! It's thoughtful right?? LOL!

I asked her what colors she needed and wine/plum and metallic is what she requested. I wanted to keep this as CAS as possible.

I adore the wedding cake from the Wishing You Both the Best set, which I popped up by cutting out again with kid foam. To keep this card CAS, I tried to shade the cake and flowers with some gray and some hints of wine/plum with the flowers and beading on the cake. I did use the Wink of Stella pen, I never get to show up in my pictures and to be honest I could barely tell I used it in person. I might have to investigate on why this is happening. Anyway I reached for one of my favorite die sets, MORE Stitched Rectangular Dies, I love to use these dies. It totally gives any project dimension! I have to say I do LOVE the shiny paper I used that looks like a mirror, it does scratch easy and is almost impossible to get a great picture (hence why I have two pictures today) but the look in person is awesome!

Super simple card!

Materials Used:

Wishing You Both the Best

MORE Stitched Rectangular Dies

Paper ~ PTI & Mirror paper

Ink ~ VersaMark

Ribbon ~ M's

embossing powder

Wink of Stella pen

Make sure you head on over to Emma's blog to see what the others have created for today!

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

MCT ~ Tag It Tuesday

Good morning! Today over at My Creative Time with Emma and the design team, it's all about tags!

I thought I would turn this coffin from the Spooky Time stamp & die set into a tag! I used the More Stitched Edges dies to create a spooky background. Then I stamped the wicked looking tree from the Spooky Time set, I tried to make it foggy looking by using Archival ink. My sentiment is from the Spooky and Creepy Night stamp & die set, which I heat embossed. The fun little bats are from Wicked Fun Dies, love how tiny these are. Added a eyelet, ribbon, hemp and a button.

Simple but fun!

Materials Used:

Spooky & Creepy Night

Spooky Time

More Stitched Edges Dies

Wicked Fun Dies

Paper ~ PTI and Vellum

ink ~ PTI, Archival and VersaMark

Ribbon ~ SU

hemp. button ~ stash

clear embossing powder

Make sure to head on over to Emma's blog to see what the other designers have created for Tag it Tuesday!

Monday, September 4, 2017

MCT ~ Cook-N-Craft

Good morning! I hope you all are having a wonderful Labor Day! My heart goes out to all affected by Hurricane Harvey... Texas Strong! All my family, thankfully are all safe and weathered the storm better than most...Thank GOD!

Today is Cook-N-Craft over at My Creative Time with Emma and the design team. This is when we share a recipes. I am sharing a super meal/snack that you can have ready and waiting.

First my project...

I made this card for our new neighbors who welcomed a little boy just a month ago... he is the sweetest little thing! I wanted to keep it super simple. I will list all materials used under the picture since this card is pretty self explanatory.

Materials Used:

Hello Baby
Baby Word Die

MORE Stitched Rectangular Dies

Bunch of Stitched Stars

Thanks For The Lift (smaller stars)

Paper ~ PTI and MFT

Ink ~ VersaFine and VersaMark

Copic markers

Now for my recipe for Cook-N-Craft...

I make this for my son on baseball practice nights because I can have it ready in a heart beat once all the prep is done! Plus its all done on the grill, super easy right???

I grill my chicken first, with just salt and pepper, you can add whatever spices your family likes though. Cut up whatever your family loves. mine love green onions. olives and some tomatoes. Drained and rinsed canned beans and corn, which you could do fresh but since I was being lazy I used canned! LOL! The pictures will show my steps instead of boring you with a lengthy post!!!

Ingredients

Slightly warm tortillas

Add whatever you and your family likes to half of the tortilla

Fold in half. Flip over a few minutes. I start off with a low temperature to make sure everything cooks and melts.

Cut them into triangles or leave the whole...again whatever you want!

Final product, ready to serve with sour cream, guacamole and Red Hot sauce for my family!

Yummy!

Make sure you head on over to Emma's blog to see what the other designers have created for you all!

Have a great day!

Friday, September 1, 2017

MCT ~ 48 Hour FlashSale & Blog Hop

Good morning & welcome to another "48 Hour Flash Sale!" This sale is for 48 hours ONLY that is going on right NOW & will end on Sunday, September 3, 2017 @ 7am PST.

For the first time, "My Creative Time" is offering a brand new KIT! This kit will consist of a stamp set with a coordinating die along with a coordinating STENCIL! YEP, you saw that right ...... a "STENCIL". I am SUPER EXCITED to share this new "EXCLUSIVE" kit with all of you! Now, since this is an "EXCLUSIVE" kit, basically once these kits are sold out, they are gone FOREVER!

This is SUCH A FUN kit, I cannot wait for you to see all the projects the team has created using it! Don't forget to use the code FLASH at checkout to get 20% off of your entire "in-stock" only purchase!

I introduce to you:

"Frightful Greetings"

BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY!

Leave your comments on every stop for a chance to win a $25.00 Gift Card to the "My Creative Time" store! Don't forget to leave a way for us to contact you "just in case" YOU are the LUCKY winner! Good Luck!

Come hop along with us for some AMAZING inspiration using this new kit "Frightful Greetings" from the team! :)

Good morning! I hope you all are in for a fun filled 48 Flash Sale/ Blog Hop over at My Creative Time with Emma and the design team! Emma has put this amazing new kit together and let me tell you all, I am in LOVE with it! OMG! This skeleton, the sentiments and the stencil are beyond fun to work with!

You should have arrived from the super talented Katie's blog, if not head on over to Emma's and start from the beginning or I will have a complete blog hop list below this post!

The first thing I did was stamped this awesome skeleton, then die cut him out. I then die cut out another skeleton shape, adhered the stamped one on top, obviously! LOL! I did this to make it a tad more sturdy for my next step because if you don't it will curl up. I then used the Ranger Distress Crackle Paint - clear rock candy and applied it on my stamped skeleton image. Do this first because it takes awhile to dry! Yes, you can use your heat gun to make this go faster but I like how it looks the natural drying process. How do I know this? Because I am that impatient crafter and did one using the heat gun! Not horrible results though!

Next I used the fun stencil to create my background, inked up my edges, then die cut it out using the Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More. I then die cut the coffin from the Spooky Time set ( THIS SET IS NOT PART OF THE KIT) to have my skeleton wrap himself around something totally fun! My sentiment is stamped on one of the Stitched Zig Zag Dies. Added a button and some hemp and called it done!