New Lifestyle Crafts 'It Kits' Release!

For my Scrapbuggy assignment today, I've used the Edge It Kit. Oh my. These are awesome! There are seven styles in the edges set, plus each of the three kits {Edges, Clips, and Tags} comes with a code to download digital versions so you can cut them any size you like. Bonus!

Closeup of the awesome edge. LOVE this!

Flower embellishment with branches and butterfly

Product List:
Lifestyle Crafts, It Kit, Edges
Lifestyle Crafts, Wildflower Gift Set
My Mind's Eye Paris & Co. 6x6 paper pad
Basic Grey Granola enamel brad
Bazzill Textured Cardstock
Spellbinders foliage die
Leaf punch, Martha Stewart butterfly punch
Ink, tiny adhesive pearl beads, Fiskar's paper crimper

Today's music selection is just because I love swooning over Sting. Since there is no sentiment on my card today I didn't have a theme for the song and Sting is hot, so.......  enjoy. :)

A cut above....

If I do say so myself, I love how this card came out. :)

My new spellbinders labels die, My Mind's Eye Sunshine papers, and sentiment by My Creative Time, Home Sewn.

Handmade roses, buttons with pearl beads, and leaf punch.

Product List:
My Creative Time, Home Sewn stamp set
My Mind's Eye, Lost & Found2, Sunshine 6x6 paper pad
Bazzill textured cardstock
Spellbinders Labels 22
Buttons, pearl beads, leaf punch, ink, ribbon, foam tape

Thanks for looking! Have a great week.....and try to stay warm if you have snow already. Brrr!

Olivia's Outstanding Beauty Shop

Love. :)

Color is more true in this image. Scanning pink just never seems to work for some reason. {First pic with bright pink is a scanned image.} Quickutz Flirt gift set

My Creative Time stamps and filmstrip border.

Product List:
Quickutz Flirt Gift Set {makeup}
Quickutz filmstrip border
Quickutz leaf die, RS0101
Leaf punch
Stampin Up spiral edge punch
Martha Stewart lacy heart border punch
DCWV pattern papers, Blossoms & Butterflies stack
Bazzill textured cardstock

Jeffery takes aim.....

Annual family camp out a couple of years ago. I still can't believe my little buddy is graduating high school this year. Where oh where did that time go!? {sniff, sniff}

Journaling tabs, computer generated text

Leafy embellishment

Product List:
Bazzill textured cardstock
Pattern papers by Bella Blvd, Man of the House
Various pattern paper scraps
Spellbinders foliage dies
Verve leaf dies and stamps
Quickutz billboard sign dies
Quickutz windows die {journaling tabs}
Quickutz rickrack edge die
Quickutz mini camping shapes
Stampin Up spiral edge punch

Camping, girl style

Grace at Lake Sylvia last spring for a girls weekend of camping, just her and her mom. Playing cards, reading and reading and reading, enjoying nature walks, and campfire at night....with NO GUYS to bug 'em! Sounds heavenly doesn't it. ;)

subtitle in Blossom mini Quickutz font; nesting star and Paper Trey Ink stamp.

More nesting stars

Cards hand stamp by My Creative Time, Game Night. How could I not use it with this picture!

Lots of stamps here--grungy heart is by Tim Holtz, ticket border stamp by Paper Trey Ink, words are two different sets by My Creative Time. Ticket is from the Tim Holtz ticket border die, and mini nesting star by Quickutz. I stamped right onto my photo - cool huh. This is Stampin Up ink but I've also had success with Memento inks for stamping directly on photos.

Product List:
Papers by October Afternoon, Farm Fresh
Bazzill textured cardstock
Quickutz Blossom title font
Quicktuz Blossom mini, sub title
Quicktuz nesting stars, CC-shape-5-020
Quicktuz scallop edger, CC-bdr-064 {medium edge}
Quickutz mini camping signs {square behind stars}
Stampers Anonymous grungy heart by Tim Holtz
Just the Ticket border and mini star stamps by Paper Trey Ink
My Creative Time, Have Fun in the Sun and Game Night stamp sets

Have a great weekend crafty friends! Hope you'll be inspired to create this weekend.....maybe between passing out treats to all the little ghouls and goblins! ;)

More pumpkins!

This cute little pumpkin trio is a stamp and die set by Peachy Keen. Love the cute little faces, but the pumpkins can also be used without them. For my card today, I combined the pumpkins with flourishes and leaves to make a viney pumpkin patchy-looking embellishment. Again using scraps from my stash, I'm feeling pretty good about myself. Cuz you know what that means when you use your stuff......you have to buy new! Yeep! LOL! ;)

Sorry for the crappy photos. Not sure what's up with that the past couple days. I can't believe Halloween is already this coming weekend. It snuck up on me! But never fear, costumes and candy waiting in the closet....just in case we get any little goblins at the door this year. ;)

Product List:
Peachy Keen/Cottage Cutz pumpkin trio stamp and die set
My Creative Time sentiment, All Around Halloween stamp set
Cottage Cutz rose die {leaves}
Quickutz flourishes, Rev0024
Inks, foam tape, various pattern paper scraps

Boo

I love making fall cards and I love using pumpkins and adding vines to them. Here's one I did using just some scraps I had in my stash. Love it!

Lots of foam tape cuz foam tape is da bomb, yanno. ;)  Boo stamp is by My Creative Time.

Product List:
Various pattern paper scraps
My Creative Time sentiment, Small Talk stamp set
Quickutz Rev0024, flourish
Quickutz Rev0246, pumpkin
Lifestyle Crafts nesting frames, 0176
Cottage Cutz rose {leaves}
Ink, foam tape

Blog Hop Winner!

Chosen by random.org, #104 -JustJules....who said:

The layout is way to cute!! TFS! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Congrats, Jules!! You're going to love the Cherish This Moment set!!! Watch for my email! :)

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It's Tuesday and that means it's time for a Scrapbuggy project. For my card base I used the fancy frames nesting set by Lifestyle Crafts. I love the bracket shape and with several sizes in the set, you can easily stack and mat them like I did here. 

The large maple leaf is one of my favorite fall dies.

I also used mini maple leaves from the Lifestyle Crafts tree/leaf border die, BDR052, and for my sentiment tag, one of the nesting lacy rectangles.

Product List:
Lifestyle Crafts nesting frames
Lifestyle Crafts nesting lacy rectangles
Lifestyle Crafts tree/leaf border, LD-BDR-052
Quickutz leaf, Rev0249
Various pattern paper scraps
Buttons, twine, computer generated text

Thanks for stopping by the studio today. Be crafty! :)

Arrr, li'l buccaneer!

Today's card features the new MCT set, All Around Birthday Time stamp set, Buggy Designs Button Bear die, Quickutz pirates scroll die, and New Arrival Cricut cartridge {pile of gifts}.

The bandana and eye patch I cut by hand {didn't they turn out cute though!} and the sword is a QK die.

Such a perfect die for the sentiment, I couldn't not use the pirate scroll!! I love this die for journaling, but it couldn't have been any better for this card sentiment.

Thanks for coming by the studio today. I challenge you this week to alter a shape using your own imagination! You might surprise yourself. ;)

Product List:
Quickutz Gingerbread mini book {card base}
Quickutz pirate scroll die, Rev0080
Quickutz pirate sword die, RS0778
Quickutz 4x8 alphabet, Haunted
Scrapbuggy Buggy Die, Button Bear
Cricut Cartridge, New Arrival
My Creative Time, All Around Birthday Time stamp set {sentiment; jolly roger flag}
My Creative Time, Cherish This Moment stamp set {pointing hand}

My Creative Time October Release Blog Hop and Giveaway!!!

*** GIVEAWAY ALERT ***

Today's giveaway is the set I am showcasing in my layout, Cherish This Moment!  All you have to do is leave a comment here and follow my blog by Sunday midnight to be entered in the drawing. You'll love this set, guaranteed.  

EASY PEASY!!! GOOD LUCK! 

I also used the XL label and new label border dies on this layout. They are so versatile, you really need the die and borders set. I'm not kidding. ;)

And my layout. Please excuse the wonky stitching....the plaid paper is not crooked like this in real life. Not sure how that happened but I hope it won't detract from the awesome stamps I'm showcasing today. Also the pearl bead shifted as I was squishing the lumps in the scanner, so I've fixed that as well. The title, Life is Beautiful, and journaling lines are both part of the Cherish This Moment set that you could win. FAB! This is grandgirl, Grace, on one of many camping trips. 

Flower embellishment. As you probably know by now, flowrs are one of my most favorite things to make. :) For this one, I used Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die by Sizzix. "G" tag for Grace.

Ok, so here's the line up! You're near the end if you started here, so be sure to hop back up to Emma's blog at My Creative Time to start at the beginning.  

Emma ~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com 

Nikki ~ http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/

Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/

Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/
Leann ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/

Cathryn ~ http://www.inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/
Jen ~ http://jennyscards.blogspot.com/
Kate ~ http://www.scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Ruthie ~ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/
YOU ARE HERE -------> http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com

Cindy~ http://cindylee77.blogspot.com/

Liz ~ http://www.lizspaperloft.com/

Veronica ~ http://www.vkcreate.blogspot.com/ *

*Please note, if you have bookmarked Veronica's blog previously, she has a new URL
so you'll need to make that change to keep up with her gorgeous work. Thanks!

Product List:
My Creative Time, Cherish This Moment
My Creative Time, XL Label Die
My Creative Time, XL Label Border stamp set
Bazzill textured cardstock
October Afternoon, Farm Fresh paper collection
Quickutz Rev0001 index tab die
Quickutz scallop edger die
Quicktuz RS0101 leaf die
Sizzix Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die
Spellbinders foliage dies
Ink, buttons, beads, ribbon, metal tag, white pen

My Creative Time Final Sneak Peek #4, Oct Release

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
Listen up "My Creative Time" friends! We are giving all of you an opportunity to win some AWESOME prizes during Sneak peek week with a total of "6" winners to be announced during Friday's Stamp release! All you have to do is leave a comment HERE along w/the rest on the design teams blogs for a chance! These are prizes you do NOT want to miss out on!!

 1. SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release and whatever connections you may have! Let us know on "My Creative Time's" FB page here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Creative-Time/364568506334 that you did so! OR you can just tag me in your post!

 2. Just comment on ALL of the designers blogs EVERYDAY during Sneaky Peek week and become a follower!  THAT's ALL you have to do to qualify for the giveaways!

All winners will be chosen randomly and Emma will announce all six winners on Friday, October 21st in her video during the release and blog hop of this AMAZING new stamp collection! GOOD LUCK! Log onto to your facebook now and start spreading word!

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Ok, for the last sneak peek of the week, we are using the new All Around Birthday Time stamps with the previously released Scallop and Stitch Circle Die Set. 

For my girly card, I used the cute little truffle image and "happy birthday princess" sentiment. 

And also the mini crown with bling added because every little girl deserves bling on her birthday!

Product List:
My Creative Time, All Around Birthday Time
My Creative Time, Scallop and Stitched Circle Die set
Pattern papers by October Afternoon, Thrift Shop
Martha Stewart border punches
Quickutz tag die, RS0800
Quickutz nesting circle dies
Sheer ribbon, ruffled lace, ink, sharpie fine marker, bling

Don't forget to comment on all the designer blogs and follow here if you aren't already a follower for your chance to win big in the giveaway this week! Tomorrow is the big day for the full release so you won't want to miss that! See you then with lots of fun goodies to share!!!

My Creative Time Sneak Peek #3, Oct Release

Finally got the music issue resolved! YAY!!

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
Listen up "My Creative Time" friends! We are giving all of you an opportunity to win some AWESOME prizes during Sneak peek week with a total of "6" winners to be announced during Friday's Stamp release! All you have to do is leave a comment HERE along w/the rest on the design teams blogs for a chance! These are prizes you do NOT want to miss out on!!

 1. SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release and whatever connections you may have! Let us know on "My Creative Time's" FB page here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Creative-Time/364568506334 that you did so! OR you can just tag me in your post!

 2. Just comment on ALL of the designers blogs EVERYDAY during Sneaky Peek week and become a follower!  THAT's ALL you have to do to qualify for the giveaways!

All winners will be chosen randomly and Emma will announce all six winners on Friday, October 21st in her video during the release and blog hop of this AMAZING new stamp collection! GOOD LUCK! Log onto to your facebook now and start spreading word!

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Today's sneak is from the XL Label Borders set, with the previously released XL Label Die.  I love having borders that fit perfectly on this die cut!!! 

For my card, you can see I used the border on only a portion of the die cut. I didn't want to stamp on the birdcage image so I left that part of the stamp uninked.

...and the sentiment. I love the grungy feel of this font, and it goes perfectly with the sort of grungy-goth look of my pattern paper.

Product List:
My Creative Time, XL Label Border stamps
My Creative Time, XL Label Die
My Creative Time, Mixed Holiday Sentiments
DCWV LaCreme stack
Pattern Paper by Pink Paislee
Quickutz raven, KS0971
Handmade ribbon flower
Martha Stewart border punch
Ribbon, button, ink

Thanks for stopping again today. Be sure to check out the other designer blogs as well and comment for your chance to win in the giveaways. Also, remember to come back Friday for the big release blog hop!! See you then!