My Creative Time August Sneak Peek #3

Are you ready for another sneak peek?  I am so excited about the new My Creative Time stamp set that I used for today's project!  Emma came up with such an original idea that is just PERFECT for those 3 x 3" cards.  Small Talk includes this dotted border and lots of cute sentiments that fit in it just perfectly!  And, you will discover that many sentiments from Emma's other stamp sets will fit in there too!

I decided to make a little box of cards for a friend's birthday.  My cards are actually 3 1/4" square.  For each one, I cut my base paper at 3 1/4" x 6 1/2" and scored at 3 1/4".  I then cut two 3" white squares - one for the outside and one for the inside.  For the outside ones, I stamped each with the dotted border and a sentiment.  All of my Cricut cuts on the cards are from the Art Philosophy cartridge.  This tree is cut at 2 1/4".

The vase of flowers is cut at 2 1/4" as well.

The flower is cut at 2".

And the present is cut at 2 1/4".  Remember, Art Philosophy is a Close to My Heart exclusive cartridge, so you can only buy it from a Close to My Heart representative.  I bought mine from Melanie of Everyday Cricut and Courtney Lane Designs.  Click here for her CTMH page.

It was easy to make coordinating envelopes using the Walk in My Garden Cricut cartridge.  I cut them at 3 1/4", and the cards fit inside perfectly!

Now, such cute cards deserve some cute packaging!  I cut this box at 6" from the Cricut Sweet Tooth Boxes cartridge.  There are several different lids to choose from, and I liked this window one that would let my cards peek through.  I just cut a square piece of transparency film (leftover from when we used overhead projectors in my school) and adhered it to the inside of the lid.  I finished it off with some pretty  organza ribbon!

Now, listen up "My Creative Time" friends!  We are giving you an opportunity to win the BEST PRIZES EVER during Sneak Peek Week, with a total of SIX winners being announced during Friday's Stamp release!  All you have to do is leave a comment HERE, as well as on the rest of the design team's blogs for a chance.  There are some AWESOME prizes with this release!  Do you want to know what the "GRAND PRIZE" is?  One lucky winner will be an "Honorary Guest Designer" for the September stamp release.  Yep!  You heard that right!  One winner will receive all four of the new stamps, along with the dies for that month and will be able to join us for the Sneak Peek Week, along with the blog hop!  Here's what to do to qualify:

1.  Spread the word to the world on Facebook & to whatever connections you have about this release.  Let us know that you did so on My Creative Time's Facebook page, OR just tag Emma in your post!

2.  Just comment on ALL of the designers' blogs EVERY DAY during Sneak Peek Week!  That's ALL you have to do to qualify for the BEST giveaways ever!

The winners will "randomly" get chosen, and Emma will announce all six winners on Friday, August 19th, at 8:00 AM PST in her video during the release of this AMAZING new stamp collection and dies! Good luck!

Now, because I am guest designing at Everyday Cricut this week, Emma has also donated her All Star Baby stamp set shown below for me to give away.  Just leave a comment on this post by Saturday at midnight, and I'll announce the winner on Sunday!  Also, if you haven't visited Everyday Cricut today, please stop by to see another fun new project that I have posted over there.  And be sure to stop by My Creative Time to see Emma's sneak peek and to get links to all of the designers' fun sneak peek projects!

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse, Royal Velvet, & Stamper's Select White Cardstock
Core'dinations Textured Cardstock
The Paper Studio "Boys and their Toys" Patterned Paper (envelopes)
My Mind's Eye "Good Day Sunshine" Patterned Paper (box lid)
Papertrey Ink "Green Boutique" Patterned Paper (present)
Echo Park "A Walk in the Park" Patterned Paper (vase)
My Creative Time's "Small Talk" Stamp Set
Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, New Leaf, & Ripe Avocado Ink
ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink
Transparency
Ribbon Boutique White Organza Ribbon