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Monday, March 19, 2012

Monday Madness... Imagine That!


It's time for another My Creative Time "Monday Madness... Imagine That" post, and this week we're having a color challenge, where YOU can join in the fun!  The challenge is to create something with your Imagine (or patterned paper, if you don't own one), using the colors pink, white, black, and gray.

For my project, I made an anniversary card for my parents, who will be celebrating 48 years of marriage next month!  I started with a 4 1/4" x 11" pink card base, scored at 5 1/2".  I used my Imagine to print on strips of pink and white cardstock, using the Black & White Imagine cartridge.  After printing, I cut them to the size I wanted and notched one end. 


 I then adhered them to a 5 1/4" x 4 1/4" piece of dark gray cardstock and stitched across the top of them with black thread.


To make my calendar, I began by using the My Creative Time XL Label Die to cut the pretty shape out of light gray cardstock.  I didn't really like the color against my card, so I sponged over it with some old Papertrey Ink Sweet Blush ink (not the new formula).  I love the soft color this created!  I then stamped the frame and calendar from My Creative Time's Whimsical Calendar Days with black ink.  The calendar has 31 days, but I just covered the 31st with scotch tape while inking up the stamp.  A pretty Teresa Collins brad was just the right accent, and then I popped the whole thing up with dimensional adhesive.


The adorable "Anniversary Wishes" sentiment is from My Creative Time's Teeny Tag Greetings stamp set.  I heat embossed it with white embossing powder.


Be sure to stop by My Creative Time to see more fun Imagine projects by Emma and some of the design team.  Also, you'll have one week to join our color challenge!  The pic of the colors above is to get you inspired.

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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Quick Last Minute Treat Boxes!


Every year I host a St. Patrick's Day dinner for some of my family.  Because of everybody's schedule, we did it today.  At the last minute, I decided it would be fun to make little party favors to put on each guest's plate.  With two pieces of cardstock, my Cricut Imagine and the My Creative Time Bubblegum Treat Box Die, I was able to put eight of these together in less than half an hour.


I started by using the Imagine Black & White cartridge to print polka dots on two sheets of 12" x 12" green cardstock.  I was then able to cut 4 of the treat boxes out of each 12" x 12" sheet.  After sliding a few Hershey's Nuggets in each, I tied the ends with some twine.  I then used the My Creative Time Teeny Tag Die for my sentiments, stamped from My Creative Time's I Believe in Leprechauns stamp set.  So easy, and everybody loved their little treats!







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Monday, January 23, 2012

Monday Madness... Imagine That!


Happy Chinese New Year!  For My Creative Time's "Monday Madness... Imagine That," Emma asked us to use our Imagines and create something with the colors red, white, and black.  How perfect for Chinese New Year!  I used the Silhouette Studio software to create my A2 sized card base by welding together a rectangle and the zig zag border that is one of the images that comes with the program.  On top of that I layered a piece of gold cardstock cut at 2 3/4" x 5 1/2" and a piece of 2 1/2" x 5 1/2" diamond patterned cardstock that I printed with my Cricut Imagine Black & White cartridge.


I definitely wanted to use a dragon for this card, since it is the year of the dragon.  This one is from the Silhouette Studio Online Store.  I cut it at 3.365" in both red and black cardstock.  I offset them a bit to give a shadow effect.  A little bit of gold Stickles made the dragon's eye.


For my sentiment, I heat embossed "Happy New Year" from My Creative Time's Small Talk stamp set with gold embossing powder.  I had to do a little masking, as the original sentiment had "Happy" above "New Year."

Be sure to stop by My Creative Time to see more projects by Emma and the design team!  Gung Hay Fat Choy!

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Friday, January 20, 2012

My Creative Time January Stamp Release Blog Hop!


Welcome to the first My Creative Time Blog Hop of 2012!  Emma has some awesome stamps and dies releasing today!  If you haven't been to her blog yet today, head over there now to see her video introducing each of the new sets.  And, be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this post to see today's awesome giveaway!

For my layout today, I am showcasing one of Emma's brand new sport sets:  Soccer.  Eric played soccer for several years in elementary school, so I was thrilled to have a stamp set that I can use while scrapping those pictures.  This is a 12 x 12 layout.  I made my polka dot paper by printing a pattern from the Cricut Imagine Black & White cartridge on kraft cardstock from The Paper Company.  The rest of my patterned paper is from the Teresa Collins Sports Edition II collection.


I cropped my four action shots, printed them at 2" x 3", and mounted them on scarlet cardstock, which was mounted on black cardstock edged with the ekSuccess Binding Edge punch.  I love how it gives it that torn notebook paper effect.


My funny soccer player was cut at 7 1/2" from the Cricut All Sports cartridge (the ball is part of the cut).  I made the grass with my Martha Stewart Icicle punch on the green cardstock.  I love how I get double duty out of that punch!


This journaling block was part of the Teresa Collins Sports Edition II collection.  I stamped "Eat, Sleep, Play" from Soccer and added a button and twine.


For my title, I used the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to cut my ticket and layer at 1 1/2".  I heat embossed this awesome sentiment from Soccer and mounted the whole thing on a chipboard ticket that came in my Art Philosophy bundle.

Here's a peek at the full Soccer stamp set.  You can purchase it today at My Creative Time.


***HUGE GIVEAWAY ALERT***

For our giveaway today, we are giving ONE LUCKY winner a $100 gift certificate to Custom Crops!  All you have to do is leave a comment here, as well as on the rest of the design team's blogs, AND also leave a way for me to contact you!  Each designer will be picking a winner, and then Emma will use random.org to pick the winner of those 18 names.  So remember, you have 18 chances to win!  The deadline is Sunday night at midnight!  Easy peasy!  Good luck!


ALSO, don't forget that all of the stamps and dies are available right now for purchase at Emma's store. There are three different bundles being offered for sale until Friday, January 27th @ midnight!  All orders will start shipping out on Monday.  The "Be Mine" stamp shown above will be offered for ONE CENT for the first 100 shoppers!  It was supposed to be FREE, but Emma realized she had to put in a dollar amount so that she could keep track of when she hit the 100th shopper.  As soon as the 100th shopper hits, then she will offer this stamp for $3.99.

Your next stop on the hop is the wonderfully talented Leanne!

Here is the rest of the hop line-up:

Katie <-- YOU ARE HERE

Here are the products I used for today's layout:

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