Tree in a Dump Truck!

Okay, before I start, I have to share how this card came about.  My brother sent me a video of my nephews' favorite new pastime.  The 6-year-old sits in their toy dump truck with his 3-year-old brother in his lap, and they roll down the hill in the backyard.  It is too funny to watch, and I just had to incorporate a dump truck into their Christmas card!

I used some of my favorite patterned paper from Echo Park's This & That:  Christmas.  The dump truck is a cut from the Cricut Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge.  I cut it at 2 1/4", twice in yellow, and once in black, so that I could cut the different sections to give it a more layered look.  I inked around the edges and added some fun metal stickers that I had in my stash.  The tree is cut at 3" from the Cricut Christmas Solutions cartridge.  I then added some Liquid Applique to the tree, truck, and road to give it a snowy look.

This sweet sentiment is from My Creative Time's Christmas House stamp set, stamped on cream cardstock cut with the MCT Stitched Oval Die.  Hopefully the boys will like their little dump truck card!

Products used on this card:

Cricut Christmas Solutions Cricut Everyday Paper Dolls PTI Rustic Cream Cardstock PTI Pinefeather Cardstock PTI Summer Sunrise Cardstock PTI True Black Cardstock *Echo Park THIS & THAT CHRISTMAS 6 x 6 Paper Pad TTC38023 PTI Vellum Cardstock MCT Stitched Oval Die ekSuccess Bumpy Road Edger Punch PTI True Black Ink Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink *Marvy Uchida Try to Flock with Liquid Applique WHITE

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MCT Show Me Your Technique Mini-Hop!

It's "Show Me Your Technique" with My Creative Time today, and Jeanne, Kim, and I are each sharing something fun with you!  I decided to step out of the box with my project and use glitter!  Those who know me well know that I don't particularly enjoy the messy side of crafting, so this was really a stretch!  I started by cutting a tree at 6" from the Cricut Christmas Solutions cartridge.  Before adhering it to my card base, I heat embossed a star from My Creative Time's Warm Holiday Fun stamp set.

Next came the fun part!  I die cut some ornaments from the dies that come with Warm Holiday Fun, and then I used The Essential Glue Pad to stamp the coordinating designs across them.  I sprinkled glitter onto each ornament, which stuck to the glue design!  I then adhered these to the tree.

I heat embossed this perfect sentiment, also from Warm Holiday Fun, on the inside.

To see this technique in action, you can watch the video below:

And below, I have a couple of tags I made for last Christmas using this technique with the MCT All Around Christmas Stamp Set and Scallop & Stitched Circle Dies.  You can see the original post here.

Now, be sure to visit Jeanne and Kim's blogs to see their fabulous techniques today!!!  Here is our hop line-up:

Jeanne

Katie <-- You are here

Kim

Products used for this card:

Cricut Christmas Solutions PTI Pinefeather Cardstock DCWV The Metallic Stack Cloud9 Design Seasonal Paper PTI Stamper's Select White Cardstock MCT Warm Holiday Fun Stamp Set The Essential Glue Pad Martha Stewart Glitter Multipack VersaMark Ink Silver Filigree Embossing Powder

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My Creative Time's March Stamp Release Blog Hop!

Welcome to the My Creative Time March Stamp Release Blog Hop!  I have to tell you, Emma, the rest of the design team, and I have been having a blast playing with this new release!  If you haven't been to Emma's blog yet today, head over now to see the video introducing all of the new products!

For my project today I am showcasing Tea Party, a darling stamp set full of hand drawn whimsical images!  I thought it would be fun to make an invitation for a child's teddy bear tea party.  My base is a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"piece of Papertrey Ink Hibiscus Burst cardstock.  The 5 1/4" x 4" patterned layer is from the Teresa Collins Spring Fling paper pack.  To get my writing, I printed it on some thinner pink cardstock from Recollections.

I left a space for "Tea Party" so that I could stamp it from this set.  I also ran this layer through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder.

I stamped this adorable tea pot on another piece of paper from the Spring Fling paper stack and added some darker green accents with a Copic Marker. I then cut out the pot and attached it to the invitation with some pop dots.

This cute teddy bear is from the Cricut Christmas Solutions cartridge.  I cut him at 1 3/4" and added some details with a white gel pen.

Now here's an activity that the little girls at the tea party could have lots of fun with.  I stamped the tea pots from Tea Party onto Shrinky Dink paper, using StazOn ink.  It dried right away, and then I was able to color them with Sharpies.  After punching a 1/8" hole in each, I popped them into the oven, and then attached the finished product to a bracelet.  Wouldn't little girls love this activity at their tea party?

Here's a look at the entire Tea Party stamp set, which is available in the My Creative Time Store now:

*** Blog Hop Giveaway ***

For the BLOG HOP giveaway, each one of us will be giving away a brand new release Echo Park 6x6 pad of paper!  All you have to do is leave a comment here, along along with a way for me to contact you!  Each designer will be using random.org to pick the lucky winner.  Emma and each designer will announce their winners on THEIR blogs on Wednesday, March 21.  So remember, you have 16 chances to win!  All you have to do is leave a comment on all of the blogs in this hop for more chances to win!  Easy peasy!  Good luck!!!

AND, don't forget to join the Link-up Par-TEA on Emma's blog, where you can showcase your techniques with these fun new sets!  You have two weeks to link up, and then a winner will be chosen for a FUN prize!!!

Here is the paper pack that I am giving away:

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

Here is the rest of the hop line-up:

Emma

Amy

Cassandra

Cathryn

Cindy

Glora

Jeanne

Katie <-- YOU ARE HERE

Kim

Nikki

Rosy

Shar

Tracy

Trell

Veronica

Micia

Cricut Magazine Baby Card

Before I start today, I want to thank all of you for the wonderful comments you left on my blog during the My Creative Time 12 Days of Christmas!  I enjoyed reading each and every one of them.  I have the best followers!!!

Today I am excited to share the baby card that I had published in the November issue of Cricut Magazine.  This was my first publication, so it was a big thrill!  And to make it even more fun, my friend Liz was published in it too!  You'll have to visit her blog, Liz's Paper Loft, to get a peek at her gorgeous project.

I used the crib from the Cricut Baby Steps cartridge, cut at 3 3/4".

The adorable overalls, also from Baby Steps, were cut at 2 3/4".

This little teddy bear is cut at 2 1/4" from the Christmas Solutions cartridge.

I stamped this cute curvy sentiment from My Creative Time's All Star Baby stamp set on cardstock and then trimmed around it to make a banner.  The star that it's tucked under is cut at 6 1/2" from Baby Steps and embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise, Rustic White, Enchanted Evening & Dark Chocolate Cardstock

Core'dinations Textured Cardstock

DCWV Patterned Paper

My Creative Time "All Star Baby" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate Ink

Colorbox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

Cuttlebug "Swiss Dots" Embossing Folder

Zig Memory System Writer

MCT 12 Days of Christmas - Day 6

Welcome to the My Creative Time "12 Days of Christmas"!  You are in for a lot of fun for these twelve days - daily projects by Emma and the design team, along with some fabulous prizes celebrating Emma's one year anniversary!  If you arrived here from Jeanne,  then you are headed in the right direction.  If not, please start at Emma's blog here.

Today I have a pretty simple card for you that is flat and easy to mail.  It's an A7 size card, so the base is cut at 10" x 7 1/8", scored at 5".  The brown layer is 4 3/4" x 6 7/8", and the patterned layer is cut at 4 1/2" x 6 5/8".  The beautiful branch is from the Cricut Winter Woodland cartridge, cut at 2 1/2".

The reason I made this card on a larger scale is because of the intricacy of the gorgeous ornaments.  They are from the Christmas Solutions cartridge, which was one of the free downloads to they Gypsy last year.  I cut this red one at 2 1/2", and the purple one is cut at 3".  To attach them to the branch, I used some embroidery floss.

For my sentiment, I die cut a banner from Emma's Build a Banner Kit and stamped it with a sentiment from her All Around Christmas stamp set.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Ripe Avocado & Dark Chocolate Cardstock

Close to My Heart "Typeset" Patterned Paper

Core'dinations Textured Cardstock

DCWV "The Metallic Stack"

My Creative Time "Build a Banner Kit"

My Creative Time "All Around Christmas" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate Ink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

DMC Embroidery Floss

*** 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Alert ***

To qualify for ALL of the AMAZING giveaways for the 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop!  You will have until Tuesday, December 13th @ midnight, to post all of your comments.  Very important:  please leave a way for us to contact you if you are one of the winners!  There are some amazing giveaways for this 12 day event and some surprises to help celebrate My Creative Time's One Year Anniversary!  Yes, Emma released her first set of stamps one year ago!  So make sure you are tuned in, because this is ONE hop that you do NOT want to miss!!!

Your next stop is the ever so talented Leanne.  Here's the full line-up, in case you get lost:

Emma

Cassandra

Cathryn

Cindy

Glora

Jeanne

Katie <-- YOU ARE HERE

Leanne

Linsey

Liz

Nancy

Nikki

Ruthie

Shar

Tracy

Trell

Veronica

MCT 12 Days of Christmas - Day 4

Welcome to the My Creative Time "12 Days of Christmas"!  You are in for a lot of fun for these twelve days - daily projects by Emma and the design team, along with some fabulous prizes celebrating Emma's one year anniversary!  If you arrived here from Jeanne,  then you are headed in the right direction.  If not, please start at Emma's blog here.

Today's card is A2 size.  To make my white layer, I cut my cardstock 5 1/2" wide and trimmed one end with my Martha Stewart Icicle Punch.  I was then able to size the height at 4".  The light blue patterned paper is cut at 5 1/2" x 3 1/4".

The pick-up truck is from the Cricut Just Because Cards cartridge.  I apologize - Blogger ate my original post with my sizes.  I'm pretty sure it was cut at 5 1/2" (remember the Just Because Cards cuts coordinate with the card size you choose, so they are unusual sizes).  The tree is from Christmas Solutions, and I played around with a size that would fit, using my Gypsy.  I just can't remember what that turned out to be!

For my gorgeous sentiment, I used Emma's Stitched Oval Die and then heat embossed "Merry Christmas" using her Gift Card Sentiments stamp set.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that the embossing powder does not get stuck in the stitching.  I wasn't sure how that would work, but it turned out great!

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Pine Feather, Stamper's Select White, & Dark Chocolate Cardstock

Bazzill "Glazed Christmas" Patterned Paper

Recollections "Sugar Plums" Patterned Paper

DCWV "The Metallic Stack"

Martha Stewart Icicle Punch

My Creative Time's "Stitched Oval Die" & "Gift Card Sentiments" Stamp Set

Versamark Ink

Silver Filigree Embossing Powder

*** 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Alert ***

To qualify for ALL of the AMAZING giveaways for the 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop!  You will have until Tuesday, December 13th @ midnight, to post all of your comments.  Very important:  please leave a way for us to contact you if you are one of the winners!  There are some amazing giveaways for this 12 day event and some surprises to help celebrate My Creative Time's One Year Anniversary!  Yes, Emma released her first set of stamps one year ago!  So make sure you are tuned in, because this is ONE hop that you do NOT want to miss!!!

Your next stop is the ever so talented Leanne.  Here's the full line-up, in case you get lost:

Emma

Cassandra

Cathryn

Cindy

Jeanne

Katie <-- YOU ARE HERE

Leanne

Linsey

Liz

Nancy

Nikki

Ruthie

Shar

Tracy

Trell

Veronica