MCT ~ August Stamp Release Sneak #3

Hello it is day #3 of My Creative Time's August Stamp Release! I have been enjoying seeing my fellow DT's AMAZING projects! WOW! Miss Emma has really out done herself with this release ~ wouldn't you say! So many FABULOUS images, sentiments and dies!!! Today we will be showcasing the stamp set "Just Simply Live" with coordinating dies"!  This stamp set has a Polaroid die and a tape/label die that comes with it! It has Emma's signature stitching on both dies. The sentiment I will be using is "Life worth living!". I have to say I LOVE this sentiment ~ okay ALL the sentiments on this stamp set. When I think of this sentiment I think of my family. They truly are "Life worth living !".

For my first project I chose to do a layout. I chose to show you you can use it for traditional layouts. They would TOTALLY be cool to use them in Smash books and for Project Life! But since I have started my son's scrapbook ~ I wanted to keep this year the traditional way! But next year I may start changing the way I do his books. Only time will tell! I have to share with you this special day with my son. He thought he could pull out this crooked tree in our yard with his battery operated quad. My husband and I watched him for about an hour! It really was  one of those cherished memories that make our ~ "Life worth living!" I used so many sentiments from the stamp set "Inspiring Words" and one sentiment from "Have Fun In the Sun" .  These words TOTALLY fit this tape/label die and works so well with soooo many of Emma's other stamp sets. All you have to do is print wallet sized pictures and find a PERFECT MCT sentiment. The arrows are also from this stamp set. If you notice in the lower right hand corner ~ there is a date ~ well these letters and numbers come in this stamp set as well! I also used "Build A Banner Kit" and "Anyday Bingo & Crossword" stamp set. I REALLY think Emma's product work BEAUTIFULLY with layouts!  There is also another  Sneak somewhere on this layout! One important thing when doing a layout make sure you journal and put a date on it! Hey I don't care for my handwriting but later my son and grandchildren will enjoy reading  about why this day was scrapped and maybe what my handwriting looked
like!

My next project I wanted to show how you can make a picture card using the sentiment "Life worth living!" I decided to make a pedestal card of our family. I made this for my husband because at the end of September there will a be a big change in his life and our families. So I wanted to remind him family is "Life worth living!" ! I also used one of his grandma's buttons for this card just to make it more about family. The year under the sentiment on the front of the card and on the inside the "WE LOVE YOU" ~ I used the numbers and letters from this stamp set. As you can see by the date ~ this picture was taken in 2010 ~ WOW!  You can write/ journal ANYTHING you want or need!  My little red hearts came from  "Happy Mail" stamp set!

Also all of my hemp on both projects are from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique. I am not going to bore you with all the materials I used because my post is so long and I want you to go see all the other FABULOUS projects. If you have any questions just email me ~ I will try to answer any questions.

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
With all of our Sneak Peek weeks, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

 ***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! You do NOT have to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!

 ***SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release & whatever connections you may have! 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 me in your post!

 Emma will randomly pick & announce all winners on Friday, August 17th during the blog hop release happening @ 12:01am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

 Log onto to your facebook now & let start spreading word!;)

MCT ~ August Stamp Release Sneak Peek Day #2

Happy Tuesday! Well I am hoping that you all got to see Emma's, from My Creative Time, Sneak Peak Day #1! Isn't the new release FABULOUS! I think Emma and ALL the DT's did an INCREDIBLE job! Well I can guarantee you ~ you WON'T be disappointed today either! Today they will be showcasing the new stamp sets, "From our Family to Yours" , "It's A Magical Season" & "Warm Holiday Fun" . Again these sets have wonderful sentiments, images and dies! Emma really has thought of EVERYTHING with this release! I am truly so excited. I promised a short post yesterday and today but tomorrow will be a rather long post ~ so lets get to my card!

Today isn't my scheduled day to post but I just couldn't resist playing with these BEAUTIES! I decided to combine 2 of the new stamp sets together. I used the "Warm Holiday Fun" (this set has coordinating dies) and "It's a Magical Season" . I decided to make a rosette and use my Scallop & Stitched Circle Die. I stamped the CUTE new sentiment and figured out that the new jingle bell ornament fits PERFECTLY in the center! Woo hoo! Even though there are many images that do fit in the center ~ I thought I would give this a try for a change! My sentiment, the silver bell ( or jingle bell) and the lines on my card are from the stamp set ~ "Warm Holiday Fun" . The round sentiment that fits PERFECTLY is from the stamp set "It's a Magical Season" . So if you just happen to stop by ~ head on over to My Creative Time and see all the incredible projects!

Sorry for the picture ~ I have to say it looks so much better in person! I actually really like it! LOL!

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
With all of our Sneak Peek weeks, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

 ***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! You do NOT have to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!

 ***SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release & whatever connections you may have! 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 me in your post!

 Emma will randomly pick & announce all winners on Friday, August 17th during the blog hop release happening @ 12:01am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

 Log onto to your facebook now & let start spreading word!;)

August Stamp Release Sneak Peak #1

Good morning and welcome to My Creative Time August Sneak Peek Day #1! Well after a long Summer Miss Emma is back with yet another FABULOUS release! Let me just say there is so many wonderful images and sentiments for so many occasions! Not to mention ALL the dies! You WON'T be disappointed ~ TRUST me! My goal this week is not to keep you long so lets get right into my projects.
Today I will be showcasing the Stamp set "Treats For My Sweet" and the sentiment from this stamp set ~ "Just say Boo"! I had so much fun with this stamp set ~  I had to make 2 projects! I also Sneak Peaked something else that will coming on Wednesday. It has Emma's signature stitching ~ which I LOVE!!!  So the adorable ghosts, bats and spider webs are on this set ~ with tons more too! I heat embossed the spider webs! Let me just say they emboss BEAUTIFULLY! I must have embossed a whole sheet of them!! I found them rather addicting!

For my next card I wanted to show how versatile Emma's other sentiments and dies can be with this new release. So I used the XL Label Die, the sentiment and die from the stamp set "Fly Away With Me Sentiments & Banner Dies" and the die from "Build A Banner Stamp Kit".  I decided to use that Gypsy and make a shape card. I thought it would be cute to have my sentiment say ~ "Flying by to  ~ Just say Boo"! Perfect for a Halloween card for someone!

Okay I made it as short as possible! Now head on over to Emma's blog at My Creative Time and see ALL the AMAZING projects that the other creative DT's made! But before you go...

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
With all of our Sneak Peek weeks, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

 ***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! You do NOT have to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!

 ***SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release & whatever connections you may have! 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 me in your post!

 Emma will randomly pick & announce all winners on Friday, August 17th during the blog hop release happening @ 12:01am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

 Log onto to your facebook now & let start spreading word!;)

Peachy Keen Challenge 30:: Just Cards :: Popped Up

Happy Sunday! Peachy Keen Stamps is having a challenge this week about "popping up" our cards! I LOVE to add dimension to not only cards but to my layouts as well! Sometimes I add too much dimension ~ it makes my cards thick and hard to fit into an envelope~ but honestly ~ I like it that way! You can click here for all the details.

So for my card today my son is invited to a bowling birthday party in just a few hours! So I thought why no make a bowling card for the birthday boy. Simple, quick and easy right! Well as many as you know I RARELY use my Gypsy! Let me just say it would TOTALLY be quick for ALL of you but this took me some time! Eventually I decided to just cut the 2 middle pins out separately!! I could not get it them to weld right! Oh well practice makes perfect! I used the "In Stitches Face Assortment" stamp set! I thought it would be perfect because the pins look like they were having fun until the one realized it was going to be hit by that heavy bowling ball! It actually is cracking me up as I right! Poor pins constantly getting hit by bowling balls! LOL! I used my XL Label Die from My Creative Time for the background. For my popping I ended up adding an Action Wobble! Those things give anything wonderful dimension and it wobbles too!

I am slightly bummed you can't see the dimension! I tried taking pictures from the side but the sun is so bright here today and making them all blurry! But trust me ~ there is dimension!

Materials Used:

Peachy Keen Stamps ~ "In Stitches Face Assortment" faces

My Creative Time ~ Stitched Oval Die ~

My Creative Time ~ XL Label Die ~

My Creative Time ~ "Wow! So Many Candles" ~ sentiment

Liz's Paper Loft Boutique ~ hemp bow ties

Cricut Cartridge ~ Nifty Fifties ~ bowling pins and ball

Paper ~ Stampin Up and Paper Trey Ink

Sakura pen

Action Wobble

Okay DON'T forget in just a few short hours Emma and the My Creative Time design team will be sneaking peaks for the August release! Click here for all the details! TRUST me you will be AMAZED!!! This release has so many... oops I almost slipped and told you!

Peachy Keen August Release Party Challenges

Peachy Keen Stamps just had their big August Release! Oh my Miss Kathy has really out done herself this time ! They are just AMAZING!!! I love them all and the design team has showcased them beautifully! If you haven't seen them ~ you must stop on over! So they had a release party on Sunday but I wasn't able to attend! But that is okay because they have 2 challenges going on!!! Head on over to the Peachy Connection for all the details. I will be listing all my materials under each picture since I am combining both challenges!.

CHALLENGE #1  is from Saundra, one of the design team members. She would like us to create a "special fold" card and we must use at least 3 pattern papers on it! Well I have to admit ~ I admired so many of you out there who can do this! I seem to struggle with using pattern paper. let alone 3! But I really want to Thank her for challenging me to give this a try! I actually really enjoyed doing this challenge! Thank You Saundra! I actually like how my card turned out! I need to do this more often!

So for my first card I thought I would get a jump on my Christmas cards. I do admit most of the time we send out photo cards of our son but there are a few I like to send something extra too! I decided to leave my sentiment on the inside! Unfortunately I can't show this because it something new from My Creative Time that will be happening next week! Come back to see!

Materials Used:

Peachy Keen Stamps ~ "Snow Much Love" ~ cute snowman

Paper ~ Paper Trey Ink & Fancy Pants "Winterland"

Liz's Paper Loft Boutique ~ hemp & jute

Spellbinders

Copic Markers

CHALLENGE #2 is coming from no other that the Peachy Queen herself ~ Miss Kathy! Her card had this ADORABLE little girl jumping rope ~ oh that image is just darling!!! So for this challenge Kathy has provided a sketch to follow! Easy right! I wanted to keep this card simple and a little bright! So I decided to use some colors and patterns I normally would not use together! Trying to step out of my comfort zone ~ again still thinking of Saundra's challenge!

Materials Used:

Peachy Keen Stamps ~ "Happy Lil' Frog" ~ my favorite frog EVER

Peachy Keen Stamps ~ "Cloudy Day" ~ cloud background

My Creative Time ~ "Just A Note to Say..." ~ sentiment

My Creative Time ~ "Stitched Oval Die" ~ die

Paper ~ Paper Trey Ink & Jillibean Soup ~"Blossom Soup"

Paper Trey Ink ribbon

Copic Markers

Spellbinders

Memento Ink

So if you haven't seen this new release or the design teams projects ~ you need to head on over to Peachy Keen Stamps!



Peachy Challenge 29:: Color Inspiration

Good morning! This week Peachy Keen Stamps is having a color challenge! Click here for details. Well I have to say I LOVE color challenges and this one is no exception! When I first saw these colors I immediately see Halloween or Fall! Well I love this time of the year because of these colors so I decided to get a jump on a few Halloween cards! I pulled out their die Candy Monsters. Again I must admit I have had this since last year and have never used it! It is has the CUTEST little monsters!  I inked them a little, used my sakura pen and added some cheeks! I thought My Creative Time sentiment with the Stitched Oval Die was PERFECT for this card! Added a few details and my card is ready to go!

Materials Used

Peachy Keen ~ "Candy Monster Dies" ~ little monsters/candy

My Creative Time ~ "All Around Halloween" ~ sentiment

My Creative Time ~ Stitched Oval Die ~ die

Paper ~ Paper Trey Ink

Spellbinders

Martha Stewart Punch

Kaiser Rhinestone

Ink ~ Stampin Up, Memento and Tim Holtz

Sakura Pen

Copic Markers

Kites, Kites and More Kites!

I just wanted to share with you a few cards I made using Emma from My Creative Time June release. In her last release she had these CUTE kites!!! I wanted to make the cards real simple. I have been loving simple lately!  So I decided these kites were it! I LOVE the saying "Flying by to say..." that I used them on ALL of my cards. But I wanted each card to have a different saying or meaning to it. So I looked thru all of Emma's stamps and found the ones I thought I would use the most. I will list all the stamp sets below. I also wanted them all to be a tad different. Whether it be by color, technique or material I used. I pop dotted most of my kites for dimension. Some I added hemp from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique or added some twine. I paper pieced some of the bows, some I just colored the bows. All are pretty much the same but a tad different. Emma's sentiments can be mixed and matched to fit your personal need! That is why I LOVE them! I am so relieved to have a small stash of cards on hand ~ FINALLY!!!

Sorry for the picture ~ I must have had a smudge mark on my lens! My poor little pink card looks messy!

Materials Used

My Creative Time ~ "Fly Away With Me" ~ kite image

My Creative Time ~ "Fly Away With Me Sentiments" ~ all cards and purple card

My Creative Time ~  "Pain, Pain Go Away!" ~ blue card

My Creative Time ~ "Happy Mail" ~ aqua card

My Creative Time ~ "Small Talk" ~ pink card & orange card

My Creative Time ~ " Teeny Tag Greetings" ~ green card

My Creative Time ~ "Bloom Where You are Planted" ~ yellow card

Liz Paper Loft Boutique ~ hemp

Paper Trey Ink ~ paper

Stampin Up ~ Archival ~ ink

twine