BLING BLING! MCT Designer Challenge

Happy Thursday and welcome to the new Designer Challenge with My Creative Time. The new challenge is BLING! Use anything sparkly, glittery or shiny! Love this fun challenge....won't you join us and link up on the MCT blog.

My watermelon card measures 5 1/2 x 4 inches. It's a cut from the Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge. I love the simple shapes on the cart. They are so fun and easy to embellish in so many different ways. I added some  hand doodles too.

I used yummy shiny black jewels for my watermelon seeds, a present from my bloggy bestie Miss Nikki, Scrappin Navy Wife. :) Thank you Bestie, they are perfect! The sentiment and border stamps are from My Creative Time, Have Fun in the Sun set. 

Super cute pink/black twine with black hemp. Just a little touch.

Remember you can win goodies if you link up to the MCT Blog with your challenge project. (Link at the top of the right sidebar.) Everyone loves to win, right??

Product List:
My Creative Time, Have Fun in the Sun stamp set
Doodlecharms cartridge
Bling, Want2Scrap
Twine, ink, hand doodles

Encouragement card

Card for a friend who is training for ANOTHER marathon, this one in Detroit in October. She is so inspirational and, well, amazing! :)

Layout design is a scraplift from Shari Design that I saw on pinterest, using my creative time products.

I used the My Minds Eye, Oliver 6x6 paper pad. The flower and stitched fishtail tags are by My Creative Time.

Mini file folder and square are by Quickutz; sentiments and running man are My Creative Time.

Product List:
My Creative Time, It's All About You
My Creative Time, You Are Here
My Creative Time, My Favorite Sayings
My Creative Time, Vintage label and banner dies
My Creative Time, Flower petals die
Quickutz, file folder and square dies
My Favorite Things, fishtail tag
Button, twine, ink, staples

NEW FEATURE! Inspire Me Tuesday

Hey look, we have a new feature at My Creative Time! Tuesdays will be our day of inspiration projects. Snap a pic of something that inspires you, create a project from that inspiration piece, and share the pic on your blog with your finished project. I hope YOU will be inspired too!

Here is my finished creation...

I used the stitched hexagon button dies by My Creative Time, but didn't just stop there. I stamped them with the tiny polka dot and argyle background stamps from the Coffee Backgrounds set. Sentiment is from the Life is Good stamp set. If you look closely, you can also see the mesh stamp from the Build a Banner set.

And if that isn't enough, I added even more texture to the other side of the card using the Paper Trey Ink hexagon embossing die.

...and here is my inspiration. This is the scratch paper I use under my stamping pieces and for testing colors.These colors are so pretty together and I'm falling into the hexagon trend, as you can see. I liked them with the dots, and thought they would be nice on card so .... voila! .... birth of a new design team feature!

Product List:
My Creative Time, Stitched button dies
My Creative Time, Build a banner stamps
My Creative Time, Coffee Break background stamps
My Creative Time, Life is Good stamp set
My Creative Time, Leaf dies
Paper Trey Ink, hexagon embossing die
Glitz Vintage Blue 6x6 paper pad
Prima mini rose, ribbon, ink, pearl beads

Scrapping the little things

My subject for today's scrapbook page is my littlest grandgirl, Emmalyn aka Emmy. To look at this beautiful picture you'd think this sweet face is nothing but sugar and spice....au contraire!!!! She's just like her mom who is also like that little girl in the nursery rhyme....

There once was a girl

with a little curl

right in the middle of her forehead.

When she was good

she was very, very good

but when she was bad she was horrid!

LOL!!  Such is Emmy, little stinker. I just love her to pieces though and moments like this one pictured are so precious. :)

Banners are so sweet and I can't get enough of them. I hope you're not tired of seeing them! I love using different elements to make each one special and unique. Instead of bows at the ends, I added mini roses to this one. These are not my handmade flowers though, these are Prima. (They were so cheap on sale I couldn't resist.) Doily is by My Creative Time as are the hearts, and some of the pennants. Butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.

The brads and tags are by My Minds Eye and coordinate with the paper pad I used for the layout. Lost and Found Two, Sunshine 6x6.

I used My Creative Time, Fun in the Sun stamps to create her name using letters from different words in that set. The date is the Just Simply Live stamp set. The large flower is one I made from several premade flat flowers, and the small one is another Prima mini rose. Leaves are My Creative Time.

Fishtail tag banner dies by My Favorite Things.

Thank you for coming to see my project today. I'm loving this new "out of the box" (for me!) style and didn't even use a sketch or inspiration piece for this one, believe it or not!! I guess I'm getting more comfortable outside that box! ;)

Product List:
My Creative Time, Doily die
My Creative Time, Vintage label and banner die
My Creative Time, Stitched Layered heart dies
My Creative Time, Chocolate Greetings flag die
My Creative Time, Leaves dies
My Creative Time, Fun in the Sun stamp set
My Creative Time, Just Simply Live stamp set
My Minds Eye, Lost & Found2, Sunshine 6x6 paper pad and brads
My Favorite Things, fishtail tag dies
Martha Stewart butterfly punch
Quickutz pennant die
Prima flowers, twine, pearl beads, rhinestones, buttons

You rock!

Honestly, I made this for no one in particular and for no particular reason, I just wanted an excuse to make this card design with all the cool washi tape patterns! :) I know plenty of people who rock though, so this will definitely be sent out at some point. LOL!

Side view - star and badge attached with foam tape for dimension.

Product List:
My Creative Time, You're My Best Buddy stamp set
My Creative Time, Chocolate Greetings flag die
My Creative Time, Journaling card die
Quickutz nesting stars and nesting circles
My Minds Eye, red and turquoise decorative tape set
Stampin Up, Real Red ink