Thrifty Thursday

Welcome to another Thrifty Thursday where we use scraps and leftovers to create our projects! Today I'm using leftovers from the sneak peeks I created with the newest release. Love these paper scraps and they go so well with the fun Winter Cheer release. Check it out.

I love that this reindeer looks like he's flying, so I used a row of them to appear as if they may be pulling Santa's sleigh. The silver string/twine makes great reins and the added bling looks like they are wearing silver bells on their collars. Sort of. ;) That was the idea, anyway.

Here's a little closer view of the bling/bells/collar thingy.

I combined a couple of different stamps to make my sentiment, using I'm a Lucky Girl and the new Oh Deer sets. I also added a little more embellishment to the already nostalgic look of the pattern paper using the Post Card Add-on set and a splash of bling.

The tree was already cute here, but I jazzed it up a little more with some red bling ornaments and a bling star for the top!

Thanks for coming by today. Hope you enjoyed my scrappy leftovers card and maybe found some inspiration to get out your leftovers and create today as well.

Product List:
My Creative Time, Rectangle frames (seriously a must have for cardmakers!)
My Creative Time, Oh Deer stamp and die set
My Creative Time, Post Card Add-ons stamp set
My Creative Time, I'm a Lucky Girl stamp and die set
My Mind's Eye 6x6 pattern papers from All is Bright and Lost and Found Christmas
Silver twine, bling

Melonheadz Friends color challenge

Welcome to the new Melonheadz Friends challenge! This week we are using a Halloween and/or orange, green, purple, black theme. I combined them both into one project and love the end result. Using the adorable Miss Lucy Doris gnome image, I made her outfit more of a wizard. And the adorable little frog-friend is the perfect image to tie my idea together. :) 

Once I colored and cut out Lucy and the frog, I heat embossed them with clear embossing powder, then added glossy accents to her eyeglasses. Isn't she so adorable. The background paper I created using "trick or treat" and "stars" stamps coordinating it with the sentiment.

Join us for this fun, colorful challenge and you could win the prize drawing! If you don't yet have and want to use the adorable images by Melonheadz Illustrating, check out the Etsy store here. Thanks for stopping by today. Hope to see your project in the challenge gallery!

Product List:
Melonheadz Illustrating, Lucy Doris gnome
Melonheadz Illustrating, freebie frog
My Creative Time, Speech bubble die
My Creative Time, Trick or Treat stamp set
My Creative Time, Rectangle frames dies
Pattern papers by Pebbles, Inc, and DCWV
Embossing powder, copic markers, glossy accents

37th Edition My Creative Time Blog Hop

It's time, My Creative Time fans! Time for the October release blog hop and sale! Get your plastic ready and three...two...one... oh wait a minute....first you'll want to see the cards I made for the hop, right!?? Haha! I have two half sized cards today. Easy size - just take an A2 and cut it in half. This little guy is this month's FREEBIE!! {see details below}

***SALE ALERT***

ALSO, DON'T FORGET our sale starts RIGHT NOW! Use the code: OCT2014 to receive 20% off your entire purchase! This sale applies to "IN-STOCK" items ONLY. 
Sale ends midnight PST, Friday, October 31, 2014

***BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY***

Emma is giving away a $50 gift card to the "My Creative Time" store to ONE LUCKY winner! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave your email address in your comment in case YOU are the lucky winner! If your name is picked and we don't have a way to contact you, the prize goes to the next person picked.

"FREEBIE STAMP"

****UPDATE ON FREEBIE STAMP SET!!!!!****
Hello my sweet friends! Okay, the first 150 shoppers have already came thru! For those invoice numbers 13533 thru 13683, you are the LUCKY ones that will be getting this ADORABLE "Christmas Doggy" in your pkgs! If you missed out on this cutie patootie FREEBIE, it is available for purchase here: http://shop.my-creative-time.com/New-Release_c40.htm

Now for the rest of my projects. My first card features the adorable freebie, Christmas Doggy set. The house is from the previously released set, Loyal Friends; the bone and paw print are from the Live, Love, Bark stamp and die set.

The doggy and hat are this month's freebie set (if you make the first 150 shoppers) and you can see I added the holly from the new release, Boughs of Holly. The sweet little Santa hat and sentiment come with the Christmas Doggy set. I added bling to the holly and awesome puffy liquid embroidery paint to the hat to make it look fluffy.

My second card features the new Oh Deer set. Again, I used the Boughs of Holly along with it, adding bling berries and also a bling nose for my "Rudolph". 

The sentiment, as well as the cool musical notes, is part of this set also. I kept this one super simple and used pattern paper that already had the collage-y-ness added. Love the look of it!

Up next is Miss Nikki! 

Product List:
card 1:
My Creative Time, Christmas Doggy *new release*
My Creative Time, Boughs of Holly *new release*
My Creative Time, Rectangle frames
My Creative Time, Live, Love, Bark
My Creative Time, Loyal Friends
My Mind's Eye, Merry and Bright 6x6 paper pad
Bling, puffy paint, foam tape

card 2:
My Creative Time, Oh Deer *new release*
My Creative Time, Boughs of Holly *new release*
My Mind's Eye, Merry and Bright 6x6 paper pad
Bling

Sneak Peek, Day 4 - My Creative Time

So what do you think of the new release!? Be sure to get your shopping list ready and your plastic close at hand in the morning. This week went by so fast, tomorrow is the big reveal blop hop and sale and you surely don't want to miss it. :) Here is my card for today's sneak.

From the new set Oh Deer, I used the flying reindeer with a sentiment from the, also new, Christmas Doggy set. I layered the deer with chipboard and used my xacto to cut around the flags to give it more dimension.

This lovely flowing music bar is also included in the Oh Deer set. I love this stamp!!!! I though it was the perfect addition to this pattern paper and to give it a more coordinated look to match the vintage-y feel, I stamped it in Vintage Photo distress ink, stamped off first. I also added the sparkly gem collar to the reindeer thinking it makes him look more like he is a Christmas reindeer. :) 

***Sneak Peek Giveaway!***

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday in her video!

ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning! 

VERY IMPORTANT

PLEASE leave your email address in your comment in case YOU are the lucky winner! If you are picked and we have no way to contact you, we have to pick someone else.

For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime!

Product List:
My Creative Time, Oh Deer *new release*
My Creative Time, Christmas Doggy *new release*
My Creative Time, Rectangle frames dies
My Mind's Eye, 6x6 All is Bright and 6x6 Lost and Found Christmas paper pads
Twine, bling

Sneak Peek, Day 3 - My Creative Time

Welcome to Day 3 Sneak Peek! Are you making your shopping list for Friday? Well, you're sure to want to add today's featured set, Winter Cheer. I think this one might be my favorite of the whole release. But don't quote me... ;) 

***Sneak Peek Giveaway!***

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday in her video!

ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning! 

VERY IMPORTANT

PLEASE leave your email address in your comment in case YOU are the lucky winner! If you are picked and we have no way to contact you, we have to pick someone else.

For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime!

Here's the whole card. I've never been ice skating, but the skates are so cute I will pretend. ;)

For my background layer I used the vintage label die cutting it once from pattern paper and once in vellum which I heat embossed with these pretty snowflakes, in silver, which are also included in this set! I layered the vellum then added bling to some of the silvery snowflakes for a little extra pretty-ness. Oh yes, the "cuffs" on the skates...that is red fluffy stuff by Doodlebug. Since I don't remember the real name, it is now known in my craft room as red fluffy stuff. :) 

Even the sentiment is cute! Love the fonts with this one. And the holly leaves are also new, from the Boughs of Holly set we featured yesterday. Don't forget to add BLING!

Product List:
My Creative Time, Winter Cheer *new release*
My Creative Time, Boughs of Holly *new release*
My Creative Time, Rectangle frames
My Creative Time, Vintage Label
My Mind's Eye, All is Bright 6x6 paper pad
Bling, Doodlebug fluffy stuff, embossing powder, foam tape

Sneak Peek, Day 2 - My Creative Time

Here we are on Day 2 of Sneak Peek week. Featured set today is Boughs of Holly. Isn't it pretty?

***Sneak Peek Giveaway!***

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday in her video!

ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning! 

VERY IMPORTANT

PLEASE leave your email address in your comment in case YOU are the lucky winner! If you are picked and we have no way to contact you, we have to pick someone else.

For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime!

Love this simple sentiment that is part of the Boughs of Holly set. So are the fir boughs and holly dies and stamps.

I spruced (no pun intended, fir tree fans LOL) up my fir boughs with some pretty red embossing powder. I wanted it to look more like it was glittery, but wouldn't you know, of all the glitter I do have, there is NO RED. LOL So I improvised. I like the way it turned out. Especially with the holly and bling berries with the pretty gold jingle bell from a previously released set.

So there you go. Another great holiday stamp and die set you simply MUST have! Really! ;)

Product List:
My Creative Time, Boughs of Holly *new release*
My Creative Time, Rectangle frames
My Creative Time, Warm Holiday Fun
Bling, embossing powder
My Mind's Eye, All is Bright 6x6 paper pad

Sneak Peek, Day 1 - My Creative Time

It's time!!! Release week is here with sneak peeks for you each day until the big hop on Friday. Today's featured new set(s) are Whimsical Trees and Seasonal Greetings. But, before I get to the deets, here's my card: 

***Sneak Peek Giveaway!***

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday in her video!

ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning! 

VERY IMPORTANT

PLEASE leave your email address in your comment in case YOU are the lucky winner! If you are picked and we have no way to contact you, we have to pick someone else.

For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime!

Totally loving these trees and the super cute matching stamps. The squigglies on each of them is a stamp--yeah! I know, right?!

I used the oval tree for my sentiment block and added green bling to spice it up a tad, stamped my sentiment in Crushed Olive distress ink and matched my button and twine to the color scheme of the card. Love it! The tree stamps and dies are so simple and so sweet.

Product List:
My Creative Time, Whimsical Trees *new release*
My Creative Time, Seasonal Greetings *new release*
My Creative Time, Rectangle frames
Sheer ribbon, twine, button, bling
TH Distress Ink, Crushed Olive
Jillibean Soup 6x6 paper pad, Dutch Mustard Soup

Tag it Tuesday with My Creative Time

Hello hello! It's been awhile, I know, but for good reason....my craft room update is nearly complete and I can't wait to get things put away so I can play every day again. But I digress. For now, it's time to share my tag for Tag It Tuesday with My Creative Time. Today we have a photo/color inspiration to follow for our project. Here's my take:

I used the smallest of the rectangle frames for my base tag, the layers tag dies for the tag, wicked fun dies for the spiders and webs and the sentiment,  and for a splash of extra fun I used the smaller of the flourishes from the fright night set. I also used the spider stamp from that set to make my background spiders using versamark ink.

The pattern paper is my My Mind's Eye and I colored the potion bottles with copics. Added some sequins and twine and hot glued a witch button on the bow.

Here's the inspiration photo if you want to play along!

Die of the Month with My Creative Time

Back by popular demand, Stamp/Die of the Month! Today's favorite is the potty people dies, AND a photo inspiration as well {see pic below}. I used the colors of the photo as my inspiration. The colors are perfect for Halloween so I went with that theme for my card. My apologies for the blurry photo.
If you have been waiting to get this set click here and grab this one on sale, now through midnight Pacific Time, October 31.

Along with the potty people die, I used the newest release dies, spider web, spider, and "spooky" word die.

The sentiment pieces are also from the Wicked Fun Dies set. I added glossy accents to the spider, a shadow behind the spooky word die {just cut a second word in black and offset them} and for a little extra fun, ONE googly eyeball to the potty man. LOL

Inspiration photo

Product List:
My Creative Time, Die of the Month - potty people
My Creative Time, Stitched Rectangular Frames
My Creative Time, Wicked Fun Dies
Pattern papers by My Mind's Eye, Mischievous 6x6 paper pad
Tiny googly eye, glossy accents