My Creative Time August Sneak Peek #1

Before I get started, I'd like to welcome any new visitors from Everyday Cricut!  If you like what you see, please follow or subscribe. :-)  This is a very fun week!  In addition to my being a guest designer at Everyday Cricut, we are doing sneak peaks of the four brand new stamp sets that Emma, at My Creative Time, is releasing this Friday!  You will not get over how cute these stamps are!

I created this card completely in my Gypsy.  It's 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", and I made it by resizing and welding together ovals and rectangle from Gypsy Font.  If you've never tried welding on your Gypsy, I made a quick video explaining how to make this.

Here is the sneak peek.  Emma has created this adorable stitched oval die that I absolutely love!  So many of her sentiments from all different stamp sets will fit in here!  This sweet "Thanks sew much" sentiment is from a brand new set called Home Sewn.

Last month I found the cutest set of Doodlebug brads that just happen to go perfectly with Home Sewn!  I thought the scissors brad looked pretty cute on the crinkle ribbon bow.

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 Happy Mail Stamp Set and Embossed Envelope die 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 Kraft Cardstock

The Paper Company Kraft Cardstock

BasicGrey "Life of the Party" Patterned Paper

My Creative Time "Home Sewn" Stamp Set

My Creative Time "Stitched Oval" Die

Papertrey Ink Enchanted Evening Ink

Prairie Bird Boutique Crinkle Ribbon

doodlebug designs inc. boutique brads:  nifty notions assortment

Pumpkin Patch Layout

This month's Cricut Circle Challenge is to create a scene in your project. I had to join in, since I love making scenes anyway.  The inspiration for the design of my layout came from Jana Eubank, one of the Circle designers.  She is the layout queen, and has tons of great sketches on her blog.  See her Aug. 2nd post.

All right, I've got lots of pics and details for this post, so settle in.

First, the cute little sun and clouds cut is from Pop-Up Neighborhood, cut at 2 1/2".

For my title, I used Cheerful Seasons for "pumpkin".  Don't you love that mixed up font?  It's cut at 1 3/4".  I used my Gypsy to weld together 1 1/2" letters from Gypsy Font to create "patch".  That adorable apple basket is another cut from Cheerful Seasons.  It's cut at 2 1/4".

I love this scarecrow!  It's also cut from Cheerful Seasons, at 4".

Okay, on to the 2nd page!

I made my journaling tag with the Elegant Edges cartridge.  It's cut at 3", and then I turned it on its side.  The adorable scalloped accent was made with some of the latest My Creative Time products.  The stamps are from Emma's All Around Halloween stamp set, and the stitched circle and scalloped circle are made with the Scallop & Stitched Circle die.  I just love that embossed stitched circle!

My cute tractor is another cut from Pop-Up Neighborhood.  It is cut at 3 1/4".  I used some of the patterned paper from the scallop and my background design to try to tie it all together.

The corn is also from Pop-Up Neighborhood.  There are a lot of gems on there!  I cut it at 3 1/2", and then trimmed off part of it to put on the first page.  There are four pumpkins on this layout.  They are from Create a Critter.  I used my Gypsy to hide their faces and cut two at 1 1/4" and two at 1 3/4".  For each set, I flipped one so the stem would point in the other direction.  I ran the orange part of the pumpkins through my Distressed Stripes Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Recipe:

DCWV The Autumn Splendor Stack

Cloud 9 Design Seasonal Patterned Paper

The Paper Company Kraft Cardstock

Core'dinations Cardstock

Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes Embossing Folder

ekSuccess Bumpy Roads Edger Punch

My Creative Time's "All Around Halloween" Stamp Set

My Creative Time's "Scallop & Stitched Circle" Dies

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate & New Leaf Ink

Joann Craft Essentials Markers

ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

Holiday Planner

Today I'm sharing my project for Craft Junkie Too's Design Team. This week we were asked to share Christmas organization tips. Since I find myself with all sorts of lists stuffed into my purse at this time of year (gifts to buy, cards to send, thank you notes to write), I decided to make myself a little holiday planer. I used my new Your Story Photo and a 4" x 6" green book cover that came with it.

For the cover, I cut brown cardstock at 5 3/4" x 3 3/4" and layered it with a patterned paper cut at 5 1/2" x 3 1/2". The topnote is cut from Accent Essentials. I played around with my Gypsy to make a shadow. The white layer is 4.09" x 2.65", and the brown layer is 4.42" x 3.01". I also used some felt with a Papertrey Ink Die to accent my circle.

For the inside of my book, I make some lined pages by creating a template in Word and then running white cardstock through my printer and cutting it down to 4" x 6" sheets.

I made three sections for my planner: Cards, Gifts, and Thank Yous. For each one, I made a divider sheet with a 4" x 6" piece of brown cardstock, layered with a 3 3/4" x 5 3/4" piece of patterned paper. All of the elves are cut from Jolly Holidays at 3.5". The "cards" was made by welding together 1.88" letters from Gyspy Font.

Recipe

(all materials Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise specified)

Your Story Photo Cover

Dark Chocolate and Rustic White Cardstock

sei Christmas Mint Patterned Paper

Bazzill Basics Textured Cardstock

Limitless Layers 1 3/4" Circle Collection and Just the Ticket Dies

Holiday Button Bits, 2010 Holiday Tags, Just the Ticket, Through the Trees, Mega Mixed Messages, and Daily Design Sentiments Stamp Sets

Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate, New Leaf, and Chamomile Ink

Pure Poppy Felt

Vintage Buttons

Pure Poppy Baker's Twine

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to visit Craft Junkie Too today to learn some more organization tips from the rest of the design team! Also, stop by here again on Saturday to see the Your Story Photo in action again. I'll be part of the Your Story Photo Blog Hop!

Father's Day Card (MPS Challenge)

Robyn, at My Pink Stamper, has a Father's Day Project challenge going on. It got me to make my dad's card two week early! Yeah! I used my Gypsy to weld together 1 1/2" letters from Gypsy Font to created the word "Dad" and shadow. The tree stamp is from Papertrey Ink's "Through the Trees" set.

Recipe:

(all materials from Papertrey Ink)

11" x 4 1/4" Kraft cardstock, scored at 5 1/2"

4" x 5 1/2" Ripe Avocado cardstock

3 3/4" x 5" Rustic White cardstock

"Dad" cut in Ripe Avocado and Dark Chocolate

Ink: Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate, and Chai

Ripe Avocado button

Rustic Jute Button Twine