In Sympathy

A sweet friend lost a family member this week. I pray he was a Godly young man. 

This is my first attempt at triple time stamping technique. Though I don't know that I did all that well, I do like how the card came out. The poppies are by My Favorite Things and I *think* (please don't hold me to it!) the border stamp is Martha Stewart. 

I used Spellbinders nestabilities label dies to create the depth I needed for this technique.

And this simply stated sentiment by My Creative Time, from the Pain, pain, go away set.

Product List:
Spellbinders nestabilities
My Favorite Things, poppies stamp set
My Creative Time, Pain, Pain, Go Away stamp set
Martha Stewart (not positive, sorry) border stamp
TH Distress ink, Peeled Paint
Memento ink, Tuxedo Black

I mustache you a question.....

....how old are you today?! Happy birthday to grandboy and official tax deduction, Feliciano, who will be 8 on April 15. This adorable birthday beaver {yeah, I know it sounds naughty, but I couldn't think of any other way to put it that sounded any less naughty so......} is from the Create a Critter cartridge. He's so adorable! The background cut is actually the gift card holder die by My Creative Time.

I used Peachy Faces, Wide Eyed Kids for the eyes, stamping them individually to make them even wider apart to fit on Beav's face. The mustache is a stamp from the Here's Lookin' at You set by My Creative Time, heat embossed with black on black and hand cut. The tooth is also hand cut. The sentiment is from My Creative Time, What's Growing On stamp and die set.

Inside message:

Mustache, banner and sentiment, and background 'happy birthday' stamp are all My Creative Time. Layered tag is hand cut and numbers are Quickutz dies, Diesel 2x2 alphabet.

My Creative Time stitched ticket dies and coordinating sentiment stamps.

Product List:
Create a Critter cricut cartridge
My Creative Time, Card Sentiments and tri-fold card die
My Creative Time, Stitched Fun Ticket dies
My Creative Time, Fun Tickets  sentiment stamps
My Creative Time, What's Growing On sentiments and mustache dies
My Creative Time, Here's Lookin' at You stamps
My Creative Time, Vintage label and banner die
My Creative Time, Fly Away With Me cloud dies
Peachy Keen Stamps, PK450, Wide Eyed Kids face assortment
Quickutz Diesel 2x2 alphabet dies
Ink, pattern paper scraps, glossy accents (eyes and tooth), heat embossing (mustache)

April Designer Challenge, MCT

This month's designer challenge comes from Cassandra. Cassandra's challenge is to create a project of your choice using any 3 of the following 6 colors of the rainbow - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple. For a more difficult challenge, if you dare ~ us ALL SIX colors! I've done pretty well with this one, I think. Using so many colors in one project is indeed a challenge for me, but I did use 5 of 6. Go me!!!

I used a paint chip sample -I love those things! - as the 'wrap' to hold the candies together inside the lollipop holder and for the flower.The label is from the Treat Slider Box die.

Super simple, quick little treat for your favorite someone. :) Hope you'll join us for this colorful challenge!!!!

Product List:
My Creative Time, Lollipop holder die
My Creative Time, Slider Box Treat Holder die
My Creative Time, Flower petals die
My Creative Time, Build a Banner kit, circle die
My Creative Time, More of My Favorite Sayings stamp set
Ink, twine, brad, paint chip samples, pattern paper by Little Yellow Bicycle

Coin Envelope Mini Book

Happy hump day! We made it...another week half over already. To my bloggy friends and their families who have been sick, please know I'm thinking of you and saying prayers for your recovery. This has been such a nasty year of bugs, germs, and all the yuk that goes along with sick.We are still feeling ill affects and it has been a couple of months now for us as well. FEEL BETTER!!! :)

Ok, so for today's project I had planned to make a mini book. When I started, this is pretty much nothing like I expected I would end up with but I totally love this!!!! It was not easy to do the binding, I'll say that right out of the gate. I have never done this accordion fold thing before and after watching several videos and checking several tutorials, mine still didn't turn out like any of those I saw. LOL!!! But the book holds together and that's the important thing I guess. ;)

For the cover I used this fab paper, already printed this way, by My Minds Eye, Lost & Found 2, Sunshine collection. Almost all of the papers in this book are from the 6x6 paper pad from that collection, as well as most of the buttons and brads.

Here you can see the accordion fold binding. Doesn't look half bad here, but seriously, don't look too close.  And as much as I would love to share how I did it, there are so many steps I went through that were wrong I don't know that I could explain how I ended up with something that works anyway. My recommendation is to check you tube for 'accordion fold binding' - or something similar. If/when I get to where I can do this in a reasonable time frame I'll try to remember to share that on the blog at some point.

For the closure, I used a brad on the front and twine with a knot through an eyelet on the back.

  

The open end of the book. I love lumpy, clumpy and chunky!

 The open view.

Inside 'pages' are coin envelopes. The flaps are tucked inside but not glued down in case you want to use them. Each envelope/pocket contains a tag.

I pretty much fell for my hubs the first time I saw him. His sexy motorcycle did nothing to dissuade me from falling either. ;)

These are the tags that are tucked inside the pocket/envelope pages. They can be used for journaling, photos, love notes or whatever you wish.

I love embellishing and the tags add so much fun, and chunk!, to the book.

Thanks for checking out my 3D project today. I really love it and hope you are inspired to make one too. Mini books are so super fun for me, I need to remember that I don't have to have a reason to make one! LOL Go forth and create, my favorite peeps! ♥

Product List:
My Creative Time, Tags
My Creative Time, Stitched XL label die
My Creative Time, Doily
My Creative Time, Treat Slider Box
My Creative Time, Vintage label and banner
My Creative Time, Chocolate Greetings tag
My Creative Time, Stitched Tickets
My Creative Time, Chunky Jar Accessories
My Creative Time, Stitched Circle
My Creative Time, Stitched Buttons
My Creative Time, Stitched Layered Hearts
My Creative Time, Fly Away With Me, cloud die
My Creative Time, Flower Petal dies
My Creative Time, Curly label die
My Creative Time, More of My Favorite Sayings stamp set
Lifestyle Crafts, coin envelope die
Lifestyle Crafts, tag die
My Favorite Things, small rolled flower die
My Favorite Things, nesting hexagon dies
Martha Stewart branch punch
My Minds Eye, Lost & Found 2, Sunshine 6x6 paper pad, coordinating buttons and brads
Various pattern paper scraps, twine, ribbon, staples, Cuttlebug baby die (tiny hearts),

Scrapping the little things

quick note: malware issues have been fixed and blogger has taken care of some issues that were doing weird things to my posts and pictures. If you didn't notice, yay! If you did, they've been resolved, yay! Sorry for any inconvenience. We're back in business now so carry on...... 

Welcome to Monday. I hope you had a pleasant Easter weekend. On Mondays we do our scrapbook layouts, Project Life or Smash Books at My Creative Time, and I've been trying to get better at the 'smash' look so one day I might venture into my pile of Smash supplies. Yes. I admit it. I hoard. {shameful} I have tons of Smash goodies and fear of messing up my book by putting stuff in it. It's pitiful. Sigh. Layouts, on the other hand, I have no problem with, so I'm working at adding smash to my pages. Hope it rubs off soon onto my books cuz there is new stuff out there now that I want and, as every good crafter knows, you can't justify new till you use what you got! ;) 

My page today features my prankster grandgirl, Mila. Is she a hoot or what. This kid is generally quiet and pensive, an artist with amazing talent for her age, and is more a doer than a "talking about it-er". When daughter Sally shared this pic, I nearly wet my pants laughing. Not only the hump, but the nose and glasses....hilarious. She's so pretty normally. Hahaha.

Title letters by My Creative Time, Fun Alphabet, lowercase; and Just Simply Live stamps.

Fun tags just because. Sentiment again from Just Simply Live set. The 'hand' is from Cherish This Moment.

Vintage label and stitched ticket dies. 'One of a Kind' sentiment from More of My Favorite Sayings; arrow stamp from Just Simply Live.

More fun tags because I wanted a banner on this page. :)

... and even more tags. This banner was so much fun. I actually made three more tags, but it was too long. LOL They'll turn up on some other page, most definitely.

Product List:
My Creative Time, Doily
My Creative Time, Vintage label and banner
My Creative Time, Fun alphabet, lowercase
My Creative Time, Ticket
My Creative Time, Chunky Jar Accessories
My Creative Time, Stitched buttons
My Creative Time, Layered hearts
My Creative Time, You're My Pot of Gold
My Creative Time, Just Simply Live stamps
My Creative Time, More of My Favorite Sayings
My Creative Time, Cherish This Moment
My Creative Time, Teeny Tags
October Afternoon, 5 and Dime paper collection
Twine, buttons, ink, tulle, MS butterfly punch, QK circle die