Thoughtful Thursday

It's Thoughtful Thursday with My Creative Time - a day to create a special card to let somebody know you are thinking about them!  I had fun creating a little dressing room scene for my card today!  I used a digital paper from Echo Park's This & That Christmas collection for my wall and added a thin strip of brown cardstock for my baseboard.

My cute little dresses were made with My Creative Time's Girls' Night Out Stitched Dies, using some fun tie dye paper from The Paper Studio.  Aren't those little hanger dies just adorable?  I hung them up using some little Paper Studio brads.

This sweet mirror was cut at  4 1/2" from the Forever Young Cricut cartridge.  I cut the mirror part with some silver paper that is really reflective.  The gorgeous sentiment, from MCT's Girls' Night Out was stamped with Staz-On Cotton White Opaque Ink.

Here's another look with my camera reflecting, just to show you that it really looks like a mirror!

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

Products used on this card:

Girly Birthday Gift Bag

Yeah!  It's Friday!  I'm so happy to have this long week over with.  Teaching and then having parent-teacher conferences every afternoon has wiped me out!  Tomorrow will be a fun day, though.  We are finally celebrating the summer birthdays in my family.  Yes, I know it's October, but it's hard to coordinate everybody's schedule with a big family! 

Today I'm sharing a gift bag I made for my sister.  I got her a present at Ann Taylor.  Can you guess what it is?  The gift tag is a clue.  I decided to repurpose the shopping bag, since it was easy to cover up the writing that was only at the bottom of the bag.  I cut strips of hot pink cardstock 2" wide, and trimmed them with a border punch.  Then I added 1" strips of black cardstock on top of those and trimmed the strips to fit around the entire bag.

Before adhering the black strip to the pink on the front of the bag, I heat embossed this sentiment from My Creative Time's Polka Dot "Surprise" stamp set.

My gift tag was made with the Forever Young Cricut cartridge, cut at 3 1/2".  Instead of using the flower layer, I cut three 1 3/4" daisies from Flower Shoppe and adhered them and a button with some twine to the purse.

I hope you all have a GREAT weekend!

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz, True Black, & Stamper's Select White Cardstock

DCWV Patterned Paper

ekSuccess Bumpy Roads Edger Punch

My Creative Time "Polka Dot Surprise" Stamp Set

Versamark Ink

White Filigree Embossing Powder

Papertrey Ink Vintage Button

Trendy Twine

Monday Madness... Imagine That!

We're starting a new segment on the My Creative Time website.  The design team is now posting projects with Emma every Monday!  For this birthday card, I cut three different 3" girls from the Cricut Forever Young cartridge. For their dresses, I used cardstock printed with a pattern from the All Wrapped Up Imagine cartridge. I used this same pattern for one of the background layers.

The sentiment is from My Creative Time's Polka Dot "SURPRISE" stamp set.  Be sure to stop by My Creative Time to see what Emma and the rest of the design team has created for you today!

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink True Black & Summer Sunrise Cardstock

Bazzill White Cardstock

ColorBok White Textured Cardstock

Black Core'dinations Cardstock

ekSuccess Bumpy Road Edger Punch

My Creative Time's "Polka Dot SURPRISE" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink "Polka Dot Basics" Stamp Set

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise Ink

Mini Card Sets

Today is my last day of school! I'm so happy summer is here, although I am sad to be losing the best class ever. I also was lucky to have two wonderful room moms this year, and to show my appreciation, I made them little sets of 3" cards and envelopes.

My inspiration for these came from my friend Linda Kaiser, who made cute sets using her Imagine. I decided to use some of my new Papertrey Ink stamps for mine.

The envelopes are cut at 3" from the Walk in My Garden cartridge, using patterned paper (not cardstock).

I used the same purse Linda used for her project. It's from Forever Young, cut at "Fit to Page." It fits the cards perfectly!

Recipe:

(all materials Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise specified)

Rustic White, Rustic Cream, Ripe Avocado, Hawaiian Shores, & Pure Poppy Cardstock

"Road Trip" Patterned Paper

DCWV "Mat Stack 6" Paper Stack

Recollections "All Girl" Paper Stack

"Mega Mixed Messages," "Wildflower Garden," & "Botanical Silhouettes" Stamp Sets

Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado, Orange Zest, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores, & Chai Ink

Prima Flowers

Recollections Brads

Throwback Thursday Challenge with My Creative Time!

It's Throwback Thursday at My Creative Time! This week's challenge is to create a project of your choice using any older cartridge, along with the colors green and yellow. I decided to pull out Wild Card and Forever Young. I just don't use Wild Card enough, and I LOVE the different shaped cards! I cut this one at 7". My Forever Young girl is cut at 5 1/2", but I used the "flip sideways" button on my Gypsy to have her fit better on my card base.

I wanted a yellow patterned paper on my card, but I didn't have any that I was really happy with, so I used my Imagine to print a full sheet of paper from the Best Friends cartridge. I then used this for the layer on the card and for the envelope (also cut at 7"). The reason I didn't just flood fill the layer and cut it on the Imagine is that it comes with a little window on the front, which I did not want. By using my Gypsy, I was able to hide the window. I'm hoping that capability comes to the Imagine soon!

My sentiment is from a new My Creative Time stamp set: "This and That". I thought it fit perfectly on this card!

Here is a look at the entire set. Click here for ordering information. Don't forget to stop by My Creative Time to see what Emma and the rest of the design team have created for this challenge and to join in the fun!

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Ripe Avocado Cardstock & Distressed Dots Patterned Paper

Bazill White Cardstock (for Imagine print)

Core'dinations Cardstock

My Creative Time's "This and That" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate Ink

ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

A Quick Thank You

You can never have too many thank you notes in your stash! For my design post for Creative Critterz Imaginations this week, I made a simple thank you note with my Imagine. The patterns and colors are all from the Lori's Garden cartridge. My flower was cut at 3.5" from Forever Young and run through several different Cuttlebug folders. For the patterned rectangles, I used a rectangle from Designer's Calendar, estimating the size I would need, and then just cut them down a bit to fit my card. The larger pink pattern is cut at 4" x 5 1/4", and the text pattern is cut at 3 1/4" x 5".

If you're sure an Imagine owner, be sure to join in our first Creative Critterz Imaginations challenge this week. Anything goes, and we're giving away an Imagine Blast Off cartridge!

Recipe:

8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Papertrey Ink Kraft Cardstock, scored at 4 1/4"

Bazzill White Cardstock for Imagine Cuts

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, Polka Dots, & Seeing Spots Embossing Folder

Papertrey Ink "Asian Fusion" Stamp Set, True Black Ink, & Melon Berry Swiss Dot Satin Ribbon

ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

Mini Thank You Cards

The school year is coming to an end, and I needed to make thank you cards to go with the little gifts I picked up for my room mothers and aides. I've been wanting to make envelopes on my Cricut, so I decided to try making 3" square cards with coordinating envelopes. The envelopes are from the "Walk in My Garden" cartridge, and the flowers are from "Forever Young".

Recipe

(all materials from Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise specified)

Envelopes: DCWV Stack 6 and Michael's Open Stock paper

Cardstock: Berry Sorbet, Lemon Tart, New Leaf, Stamper's Select White, Plum Pudding, & Spring Moss

Ribbon: Topnotch Twill Berry Sorbet

Sentiment: Mega Mixed Messages

Ink: Dark Chocolate

Card is made from a 3" x 6" piece of cardstock, scored at 3"

2 3/4" x 2 3/4" layer

flower cut at 2 1/2"

Envelope cut at 3"

Forever Young Graduation Card

My cousin's daughter is graduating from high school next weekend, and her school's colors are red and blue. I thought it would be fun to use one of the Forever Young girls with the graduation cap from Everyday Paper Dolls. This card is cut to fit in a regular business sized envelope.

Recipe:

(All supplies from Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise specified)

Pure Poppy card base cut at 9 1/4" x 8", scored at 4"

Vintage White layer cut at 9" x 3 3/4"

Girl cut at 6" in True Black

Patterned layer from "Men of Life" collection

Blue cardstock is Recollections (from Michael's)

Sentiment from "For the Graduate" Set

Pure Poppy Topnotch Twill Ribbon

Spots and Dots Cuttlebug Folder

National Scrapbook Day Challenge #2

My Pink Stamper's 2nd challenge today is to create something with scraps. I made this card using the Don Juan font and the girl from Forever Young. All paper is Papertrey Ink, and I used the "Spots and Dots" Cuttlebug folder.