MCT November Release Sneak Peek Day 1

Well we have a SUPER fun release for you at My Creative Time and I'm so glad you decided to join us for our first day of sneak peeks.

I'm having lots of fun with these new stamps and dies and couldn't resist making a couple of projects for you today.

When I first saw the new Stitched Circle Tab Die the thought came to me that it looked like a little snow-globe. Then I wondered if Emma's cute little stitched snowman die from the previously released All Around Holidays set would fit inside. Well it does quite nicely. So here is my little tag I made with this idea:

The background tag piece is the Stitched Round Tab Arrow and Tag Die. The snowman is from the All Around Holidays stamp and die set (I just drew the accessories on him). The sentiment is from last months Teeny Tag Holidays. The snowglobe is made using the new Stitched Circle Tab Die and the darling little paper bow is made using the new Fun Size Stitched Bow. To make the snowglobe kind of 3D like and sparkly. I ran it through my Xyron snowman side down, then I sprinkled it with translucent glitter and covered it with Glossy Accents. The hardest part was just being patient enough to let the Glossy Accents dry.

I also made a simple card with some of the new sets.

Once again I used the Stitched Circle Tab Die and I also used the Circle Tab Sentiments from this release. Some other My Creative Time products that I used were the Anyday Bingo & Crossword (for the heart), Teeny Tag Greetings (for the sweet friend sentiment) and the Stitched 3x4 Journal Die.

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! 

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

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word! ;)

Make sure to stop by Emma's blog to see what everyone has made with these new sets. Hugs- Glora

MCT Halloween Hustle Day 1

Welcome to My Creative Time's 1st day of the Halloween Hustle. It is going to be a fun week jam packed with fun Halloween ideas. 

My project today is a door hanger. I've had this little ghost bell for a while and it was just needed to be finished up. I crocheted the little door hanger part using some Trendy Twine. After I was done I attached it to the bell.

To finish my cute decoration off I cut out the Teeny Tag Greetings stamp and die set by My Creative Time and stamped them with a sentiment off of the Treats for My Sweet stamp set. I'm glad I finally finished it off. Make sure to check out the other fun projects on Emma's blog. Hugs- Glora

Welcome to our 5 days of "Halloween Hustle"! Yep, we will have 5 days worth of last minute ideas to trick your treats!  You will ALSO see 3-D projects, home decor & even cards!  I hope you are ALL ready for some HALLOWEEN HUSTLE "FUN"! There will be giveaways all week! Check Emma's blog to see what it will be!  Also, if you missed out on our sale last week! Well....for this weekend ONLY, starting this Friday 10/25/2013 @ 12:01am PST  thru Sunday 10/27/2013 @ 11:59pm PST you can use the code OCT2013 to get 20% off your entire order in my store HERE!  Remember I told you about making a "Teeny Tag Holiday" stamp set? WELL....wait no longer, it will be available this Friday, 10/25/2013  in my store HERE!

Sunny Hello

Today starts a new Designer Challenge at My Creative Time. Amy is hosting this challenge and the theme is Summer! It has been so hot here so I totally thought a sunshine card would be perfect. I actually made two cards.

The card is 4.25" x 4.25". For the sunshine image I used an SVG from Miss Kate's Cuttables called Summer Background Shapes. I stamped on a face from the Piles of Smiles 1" face assortment by Peachy Keen Stamps. The perfect little 'hello' sentiment comes from My Creative Time's new Tab Notes Stamp Set. I think it make for a fun yet simple summer note card.

Here is version #2:

This is a standard A2 size card. I used the same cut file from Miss Kate's Cuttables but I stretched it width wise to make it 5.5". The face for this one is from the In the Garden Face Assortment by Peachy Keen Stamps. The cute and swirly 'hi' sentiment is from the Teeny Tag Greetings set by My Creative Time.

Make sure to stop by Emma's blog to see Amy's challenge and to link up your own summer project as well. Hugs- Glora

Be Mine Easy Treat Container

Well hello, it is time for another 3D Wednesday over at My Creative Time. Today we are all making boxes or containers to share. I made a little treat container using some of Emma's existing dies. It was super easy and I think it turned out pretty cute too.

I got this basic idea from a treat that my Mother in law gave to my kids last year. I made a Saint Patrick's Day version of the treat container using my Gypsy last year. You can see that one by clicking HERE. Well when this assignment came up I started brainstorming and remembered that cute treat from last year and thought that Emma's 3x3 Fancy Tri-fold Card Die would work perfectly for this. It absolutely did.

 All I had to do was figure out the perfect places to score it at and the rest is a piece of cake. If you cut out the 3x3 Fancy Tri-fold Card Die all you have to do is place it on a score board straight edge in the corner and score it at 2.75", 3.5" and 6.25".

I wanted a transparent little window so I used the heart die from the 100% Sweetness stamp set to create my window. I filled a 3" wide clear bag with M&Ms and stapled the bag to the top.

 

Finishing this off was a breeze using the Teeny Tags Layer Dies and a sentiment from the Teeny Tag Greetings Stamp set along with a little bit of hemp twine from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique.

I hope you enjoyed this simple and fun little project. Make sure you stop by Emma's Blog to see what fun boxes and containers everyone else came up with. Hugs- Glora

My Creative Time - 12 Days of Christmas - Day 10

Welcome to the 10th day of My Creative Time's 12 Day of Christmas. Today I have a simply little backpack hand sanitizer from Bath and Body Works that I jazzed up a bit. You can buy the plain and simple little backpack holders for 50 cents, but if you want one with some bling or jingle bells or something then the price jumps to $3 or more. Well I thought the one with the bells on it would be cute on my daughter's backpack but I didn't want to put out the money so I bought the 50 cent one and made it up using things I already had at home.

No this isn't really going to stay on my tree but it made for an easy picture. My daughter LOVES it so I am happy and best of all it was cheap and I made it in a snap.I clustered my little bells up like some holly and added some hemp twine from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique. The sentiment comes from the From Our Family to Yours stamp set and the little tag die is from the Teeny Tags Greetings stamp set. Did you know you can buy this tags separately now? I'm sure you did but if not and you are interested in buying it separately HERE is the link to it. These are so cute on everything and being able to buy extras will really help out if you are mass producing something.

I have been SO impressed with all the awesome ideas the ladies have been sharing each day. I hope you are loving it too. If you haven't yet, make sure to stop by Emma's blog to see what everyone has done today. Hugs- Glora

HUGE GIVEAWAY ALERT!

Okay, since it's Christmas, Emma decided to give away TWELVE of her FAVORITE things to ONE LUCKY person! She will announce one of the prizes for each day in her video! So by the 12th day, you will see ALL 12 items that ONE lucky person will be receiving! All you have to do is leave your comments each day! It's that simple! ALSO, **VERY IMPORTANT** Please leave your contact information so we can contact you "IF" YOU are the lucky winner! 

Guest Designing over at Liz's Paper Loft

Hi friends, today I'm SO happy to be guest designing for Liz at Liz's Paper Loft. I have admired Liz's work for A LONG time and I have also been lucky enough to work with her on the My Creative Time Design Team! She is SO sweet and super talented. I'm certain she can hardly wait to start posting on her own blog again and I can't wait to see what creative projects she has dreamed up while recovering.

Today I wanted to share a card that I made for my daughter's dance teacher. They have just finished their dance year and dance recital and I wanted to make sure to tell her thank you.

I hope you like it, I was going for a classic ballet kind of look with just black, white and pink. The frame shape and the ballet slippers are from the Shall We Dance Cricut cartridge. The beautiful flowers were made using My Creative Time's Flower Petal dies. I also used the My Creative Time Stitched Oval die and stamped a sentiment from the Teeny Tag Greetings stamp set. I added some sweet little pink buttons and some faux stitching with my gel pen. That pretty background paper is by Doodlebug Design and is called Petite Prints.

 Have a wonderful day! Hugs- Glora

Liz has some exciting news to share with you, but not quite yet. However, in the meantime, while she's recovering, she is reading every comment! Not only is she reading them, she's counting them, because at the end of all this, she will have two announcements! The first will be a winner of some exciting BLOG CANDY! The second, it's a big one...and no, she's not coming out with stamps...you just have to wait and see!


 Have a wonderful day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

*Shall We Dance Cricut cartridge
*My Creative Time - Teeny Tag Greetings
*My Creative Time Dies - Stitched Oval Die
*My Creative Time Dies - Flower Petal Dies
*Sakura White Gellyroll Pen
*Doodlebug Design - Petite Prints
*buttons

MCT February Release Sneak Peek Day #2

Hi and welcome to day 2 of sneak peeks from My Creative Time's newest stamp release. Today we are showcasing a couple of background stamps called Spring Chicken. These are darling. The background that I used is really chicken wire but I thought it also looked a lot like honeycomb so I made a 3.25" note card using the chicken wire/honeycomb background.

To get the pretty glossy (honey) finish on the background stamp I inked it with watermark ink and then I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I ALWAYS love how clear embossing powder looks on a background stamp! The sweet little sentiment and tag are from Emma's January release and are called Teeny Tag Greetings. The cute little bee is from Create a Critter and stamped with the Snow Cuties face by Peachy Keen Stamps.

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
With all of our Sneak Peek weeks, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

 ***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! You do NOT have to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!

 ***SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release & 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 Emma in your post!

 Emma will randomly pick & announce all winners on Thursday, Feb 16th during this AWESOME release happening @ 12:01am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

 Log onto to your facebook now & let start spreading word!;)

Make sure to stop by Emma's blog and see what everyone has made with these beautiful background stamps! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

*Create a Critter Cricut cartridge

*My Creative Time stamps - Spring Chicken

*My Creative Time stamps - Teeny Tag Greetings

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Snow Cuties

*Tim Holtz Distress Ink

*Clear Embossing Powder

*Sakura White Gellyroll pen

*Twine from The Twinery

*Crystal Stickles

*Chalk

Simply Crafts Challenge for February

Hi and welcome to another Simply Crafts Challenge. It is the first Wednesday of the month so my crafting bestie Pam and I do a cut challenge and now you can join in the fun too. Just join us HERE at the Simply Crafts Challenge Blog for more details.

This month Pam chose the cut and it is the tree from the Sweethearts Cricut cartridge. I decided to make a shaped card for my sweet Valentine.

I changed the tree just a little. I added hearts instead of using the leaves that come with the cut. I gave the tree a woodgrain texture with a background stamp by Market Street Stamps called Woodgrain. The beautiful 'Be Mine' sentiment is from Emma's new set called Teeny Tag Greetings. I LOVE this darling set. The hearts have glossy accents on them to give some extra dimension and the edges were all inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink.

You will DEFINITELY need to see what Pam made! I'm totally in LOVE with the darling little scene she made. It is SO clever and ADORABLE. Click HERE to go to her blog.

And yes, there is a prize. Some Peachy Keen Stamps! In fact the exact set you see below:

Aren't these the cutest?! I absolutely LOVE these faces!!!! So what are you waiting for? Hop on over to Simply Crafts and join in the fun! Have a great day! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Sweetheart Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time stamps - Teeny Tag Greetings
Market Street Stamps - Woodgrain
Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Glossy Accents
Twine from Trendy Twine

MCT January Stamp Release Sneak Peek #3

Hello My Creative Time friends, are you ready for sneak peek day #3? I just LOVE this awesome little set that includes two mini dies and a bunch of sentiments. It is called Teeny Tag Greetings. I think you will just love this die set and the great variety of sentiments too.

For my project I made a card. This is a long card that will fit in a business sized envelope. I wish you could see the whole card a little better but I will show you the whole thing so you can see how it looks and then I will show you a couple of close ups too.

So here is the whole card...

A closeup of the Princess with her Princess Face from Peachy Keen Stamps

And a closeup with the wagon. The sentiment on the heart is from Emma's existing stamp set called 100% Sweetness and that darling little tag and sentiment are from her new set called Teeny Tag Greetings. 

Don't these tags look like so much FUN?!!!! 

 Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
With all of our Sneak Peek weeks, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! You do NOT have to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!

***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 Emma in your post! 

Emma will randomly pick and announce all winners on Friday, January 20th during this AWESOME release happening @ 12:01am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

 Log onto to your facebook now and let's start spreading the word!;)

Have a terrific day and make sure that you check out what Emma and the rest of the team did with this set! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Playtime Cricut Lite Cartridge

Sugar and Spice Cricut Lite cartridge

My Creative Time stamps - 100% Sweetness

My Creative Time stamps - Teeny Tag Greetings

Peachy Keen Stamps - Princess Faces

SEI paper pad

Stickles

Glossy Accents

Sakura Gellyroll Pens

Twine from the Twinery

Chalk