MCT Manly Monday

It's Manly Monday with My Creative Time! For my project today, I made a birthday card for my brother-in-law.  I used the Circle Border Die to trim the edge of my card base.  I thought it would be fun to fill in the circles with pops of color, and I was able to do that using the large single circle die included in the set to make the circles that I adhered behind the small circular openings.  For the larger circular openings, I used a die from You Are Spot On.  To make the border really pop (and to give myself a place to write a message), I lined the inside of the card with a piece of light blue cardstock.

Next I heat embossed my sentiment, from the Just a Note stamp and die set, with white embossing powder.  The beer bottles are a cut from the Silhouette Online Store.  I added star die cuts to them from the 4x4 Journal Die + More set, and layered both of them onto a circle made with one of the More Stitched Circle Dies.

Be sure to stop by Emma's blog for more Manly Monday inspiration!

Snowflake Thank You

It's time to write those thank you notes!  I was browsing through some of my older stamps, and I came across this Papertrey Ink Snowflake Medley set.  It really has not gotten enough use!  I decided to heat emboss some flakes with white embossing powder, along with a sentiment from My Creative Time's Santa Stamps set, and then blend some Tim Holtz Distress Ink over them in Tumbled Glass.  Lastly, I trimmed the piece with one of the MCT Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies and then mounted it onto a light gray card base.  I like the soft effect!

Christmas Potbellies

Merry Christmas!  I did not get a single Christmas card sent out this year since I seemed to get sick with one thing after the other this last month, but I did spend some time this past weekend making 19 of these adorable Papertrey Ink Potbellies to have on our Christmas tables tonight!  I just couldn't resist these when they came out in a recent PTI release.  I hope you all have a wonderful day today!  

A Crocheted Scarf & a Tag

Merry Christmas Eve!  Are you ready?  I finished up this crocheted scarf for my mom just in time!  I made a beanie for her with this same Caron Simply Soft Yarn earlier this year that she wears when walking early in the morning, and she requested a matching scarf.  I pretty much followed the Little Red Riding Hooded Scarf pattern by Deja Joy on Ravelry for the stitches, but I just made it the length and width I liked.

I'm so happy to have the My Creative Time Made with Love stamp and die set for making tags to go with my crocheted and knitted gifts!  For this one, I heat embossed the sentiment and added a snowflake from the MCT Winter Flake Dies set.

On the back of the tag there are cute little stamped images that indicate the spots for me to write fiber content and care instructions!

MCT 86th Edition Release Blog Hop & Sale!

Welcome to the My Creative Time 86th Edition Release Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here from the very talented Jessica.  If you just happened upon here, you might want to head over to Emma's blog, to the beginning of the hop.  This is a very fun release, and I hope you are as excited about it as we are!

For my project today, I used a flower from the beautiful new Amazing stamp and die set.   I stamped it onto Strathmore Bristol cardstock and colored it with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens.  The "thank you" was made with two of the dies from You Dies #1, our freebie this month!  I just adore this font!!!  I adhered both of these to a cute little die cut made with one of the Stitched Postage Frame Dies and then trimmed off a corner of it to fit it onto my square card base.  Some pretty sequins finished off this card!

Here's a closer look at Amazing.  It is available now in the My Creative Time Store! 

Starting today... Friday, December 21, 2018 @ 8AM PST, we will be giving away this ADORABLE new You Dies #1 to the FIRST 25 shoppers!  If you are one of the first 25 shoppers, it will be automatically added to your package at the time of packaging/shipping.  Once 25 shoppers come through, the set will be available for purchase.  So if it's for sale in the store, you are not one of the 25.  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 $25 gift card to the "My Creative Time Store" to one LUCKY winner!  All you have to do is leave your comments on our blogs!  You are NOT required to comment on ALL blogs, but the more you comment on, the better chances you have for winning!  Very important, please leave a way for us to contact you with your comment, just in case you are the lucky winner! 

**SALE ALERT**

Also, DON'T FORGET our sale that is starting RIGHT NOW here!  Use the code DEC2018 to receive a 15% discount off your entire purchase! This sale applies to "IN-STOCK" items ONLY.  This sale will end on Friday, December 28, 2018, at midnight PST.

Your next stop is the incredibly talented Kendra!

Here's the full line-up:

Emma

Emily

Gaylynn

Jessica

Katie (YOU ARE HERE)

Kendra

Laurie

Ruthie

MCT 86th Edition Release Sneak Peek #2

Are you ready for another day of the My Creative Time 86th Edition Release sneak peeks?  Today we have some fun new die sets:  You Dies #1 and You Dies #2.  

I used You Die #2 for my project today.  This set contains four word dies:  thank, love, miss, and you. You Die #1 has the same four dies, but in a thinner font.  I love this chunky font, and I thought it would look really pretty in black on top of a water colored background.  I watercolored on some Strathmore Watercolor paper and then trimmed that piece with one of the XOXO Border Dies.  I mounted this on some polka-dot patterned paper, and then finished off the card with some pretty sequins!

*Sneak Peek Giveaway***

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner!  For example, for the set we showcase on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner in her video on Thursday, and for the set we showcase on Thursday, she will announce on Friday, and so on... ALL you have to do to be eligible to win is to leave a comment on our blogs!  You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have of winning!  VERY IMPORTANT, please leave your contact information with 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 EVERYBODY, & let's start spreading the word!

Be sure to stop by Emma's blog to see what she and the rest of the design team have for you today!

MCT 86th Edition Release Sneak Peek #1

It's day 1 of My Creative Time's 86th Edition Sneak Peeks!  We have such a fun release for you this month, and I am so excited about today's sneak!  It is a gorgeous new stamp and die set called Amazing!

This set has the most beautiful flower stamps with coordinating dies!  I stamped them onto Strathmore Bristol cardstock and colored them with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens.  They really are such a huge focal point of the card, that the only other thing I needed was a strip of striped patterned paper and then my sentiment, from the Springtime Smiles stamp set.  I think it makes for a beautiful sympathy card.

*Sneak Peek Giveaway***

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner!  For example, for the set we showcase on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner in her video on Thursday, and for the set we showcase on Thursday, she will announce on Friday, and so on... ALL you have to do to be eligible to win is to leave a comment on our blogs!  You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have of winning!  VERY IMPORTANT, please leave your contact information with 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 EVERYBODY, & let's start spreading the word!

Be sure to stop by Emma's blog to see what she and the rest of the design team have for you today!

Sporty Birthday Card

A boy in my class celebrated his birthday recently.  Since he is very sporty, I found cuts of a soccer, ball, basketball, and football in Cricut Design Space that would work perfectly!  I then made a background by putting strips of painter's tape across some white cardstock, inking up the remaining space with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Twisted Citron, and then adding some white polka dots using Hero Arts Hero Hues Unicorn Ink and a Heidi Swapp stencil.  A sentiment from My Creative Time's Time to Celebrate finished off this card!

MCT Thoughtful Tuesday

It's Thoughtful Tuesday with My Creative Time, a time to just let somebody know you are thinking about them.  I've always loved the little Watering Can Die, and I thought it would look cute filled up with some flowers from Thank You Mom.  I inked up a bit of a stamp from Get Schooled to give some interest to the background.  A sentiment from Friendship are Forever was perfect to finish off this card!

Be sure to stop by Emma's blog for more Thoughtful Tuesday inspiration!

MCT Throwback Thursday

It's Throwback Thursday with My Creative Time!  Time to pull out those older MCT sets and make a fun project!  For my card today I used one of my favorite winter sets - last year's Chill Out, for the cute snowman, and the adorable The Adventure Begins set for the balloons.  I watercolored them on some Strathmore Watercolor paper. The sentiment is from Time to Celebrate.  Of course I used some MCT staples for my layers:  Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More and Stitched Postage Frame Dies.  I just love pulling together stamps and dies from old sets to make something new!

Be sure to stop by Emma's blog for more Throwback Thursday inspiration!

Birthday Shaker Card with Tulle!

I'm working my way through Online Card Classes' Clean & Simple Holiday, and I was so inspired by Jennifer McGuire's shaker cards made with tulle!  I thought it would be fun to try making a birthday card using this concept.

I started by trimming my light blue panel with one of My Creative Time's Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies.  After positioning this on top of my folded white card base, I ran it through my Vagabond with one of MCT's Stitched Circle Balloon Dies.  This cut through the blue piece and left an impression on the white card base, so I was able to remove the blue piece, nestle the die into that impression on the card base and run it through again.  This time it cut through the front of the card base and left an impression on the back part, so I opened up the card base, nestled the die into the impression on the back part, and ran it through a third time, with the card open.

Now I was ready to adhere a piece of tulle to the front of the card base, and another to the back of the blue piece.  I did this using 1/8" double sided tape, right around the edge of the balloon cut out.  Next I adhered the balloon string die cut and the "celebrate" die cut, which came from the MCT Let's Party Word Dies.

Now I was ready to put some sequins on top of the tule on the card base, add some liquid adhesive on the blue piece and put them together!  Such a fun card!