Friday, August 30, 2013

MCT 26th Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the My Creative Time 26th Release Blog Hop. I have had WAY too much fun with this new release and I hope you have enjoyed all of the fun inspiration as well. You should have come here from the talented Courtney's blog. If not you will want to make sure you start at the My Creative Time Blog so that you get the full hop in.

I have a couple of cards for you today. I will apologize in advance this is a little bit of a longer post that I usually do for a blog hop. Sorry.

On both of these projects I used the new Cocktail Party Stitched Dies. I don't drink alcohol so you would think that I would have no use for these dies but there are actually some awesome shapes in this die set and I had some fun ideas pop into my head when I first saw them. Here are a couple of these ideas.


First up is my flower birthday card. I made the flower using 3 different dies sets. For the center piece I used the Scallop and Stitched Circle Die, the petals were made by cutting out the Cocktail Party Stitched Die 5 times (the piece that I used is the part that would usually go in the wine glass as the beverage), and then for the leaves I used the Stitched Leaves Dies. The sentiment for my card is from the new Some Days Simply Require stamp set. My card base was made using the Stitched 4x6 Journal Die and the polka dot piece in the middle was also made using the Stitched 4x6 Journal Die. All I did was just run it through my die cutter twice to crop it the size that I wanted. Last of all I tied some seam binding ribbon, from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique, into a bow at the top.


For my second card I used the little olive pick piece as a cupcake topper and the little heart sprinkles are the inner piece from the heart pick which is also part of the Cocktail Party Stitched Die. The cute cupcake is from the Celebrate Good Times stamp and die set. The sentiment is the same one I used in the flower card I just masked off  the 'to you' part. The gingham piece was cut with the Stitched 3x4 Journal Die (I ran this through my Cuttlebug Machine twice so I could make it 3x3.5). I used the Stitched 4x6 Journal Die for two of my pieces, first was the kraft background piece, I ran it through my die cutter twice to make it 4x5.25". I also ran the pink strip through twice so I could get the stitching going down the sides. Then for my scallops I used the scalloped edges from the Treat Slider Box Die. And I finished it off with some Trendy Twine.

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57 comments:

  1. Awww...Glora your cards are so adorable!! Love that cupcake!!

    Hugs,
    Jess
    craftingwithjess@gmail.com

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  2. OMGEEEE!!! You are a CREATIVE GENIUS SWEET LADY!!!! I just LOVE how you just kicked these cards up LOTS of notches!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!
    HUGS,
    Emma:)

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  3. Wow X WOW! Fabulous showcase of the new release! Love these ideas! AWESOME+++
    c

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  4. WOW Glora, both birthday cards are sooo SWEET!!!SUPER job, Have a GREAT weekend my friend!!!!:)

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  5. These are fabulous! Wow...I am seeing so many ways to use the dies. I'd never have thought of that scalloped edge!!! You rock! Great job on both.

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  6. LOVE the way you used the new stuff, I had not thought of that.
    Kristi
    kidshomelove at yahoodotcom

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  7. Beautiful cards Glora and great alternative ways to use those dies - very clever! Love the pretty papers and colors on both cards - such sweetness!

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  8. Your cards are so pretty! Thanks for sharing.

    Leslie

    cascrapper at gmail dot com

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  9. ADORABLE Cards !! Thanks for sharing!

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  10. Super cute, I love that you used the die from the Cocktail Party stitched dies.

    Kat
    kat.raymond@gmail.com

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  11. What creatively amazing ways to use the dies. Love your cards. TFS.
    D~
    http://designsbydragonfly.blogspot.com

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  12. Love the way you used the dies, Glora! Very creative! ~hugs, Saundra

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  13. I always stop by your blog to admire your projects and like always I love your cards!

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  14. It was great to see other uses for these dies--thanks!
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  15. Clever should be a choice on your blog. A clever job on both cards how you used all of the dies. Great job!
    quilt 4 fun 2 at hot mail dot com

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  16. Both of your cards are beautiful!

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  17. Two adorable cards. Love how you used the olive pick for a cupcake topper. Way to multi-task that die. Good for you! I've enjoyed seeing all your projects this week.

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  18. Wow! you knocked my socks off with these two cards! I so love how you used "Cuts" of the new release dies to make something so totally different! You truly are an inspiration to the phrase, "Thinking Outside the Box"! Thank you for a fun inspirational release week.

    Debbie

    dhawk@centurylink.net

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  19. WELL GLORA-bee are you the ever so clever gal. You sure know how to come up so many unique and clever ideas. My goodness gracious you blew me away with what you used to come up with your cuts. Girl I'm not a drinker either so didn't get the sets but now I'm going to rethink them for a future purchase. You really truly deserve the award for most creative!!!!!

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  20. Both cards are super adorable! TFS.
    Gerda

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  21. Wow, beautiful birthday cards, thanks for sharing.

    alvinascreations.blogspot.com

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  22. Super fun cards. The flower one made is adorable. TFS

    resatwo at sbcglobal dot net

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  23. Awesome, way to think outside the box. Very creative to use the dies in a different way. love the results. ogdendoll@gmail.com

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  24. What a brilliant idea! Both of your cards are so cute:) I love the way you used the new release! Thanks for the inspiration!

    Peace, Love, & Cricut Hugs!
    Monica L.

    moni023 at yahoo dot com

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  25. Loving your cards Glora! The designs, the papers and of course the new stamps and dies!!!!
    Thanks for sharing and have a GREAT weekend!
    jessica
    chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com

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  26. Awesome card Glora! Love the fun papers and colors:) These dies and stamps are so fun! Lovin' this release!
    Sherrie K
    http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

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  27. both cards are AWESOME love the colors in the first one ;)

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  28. Very cute cards. I like the cupcake one the most.!

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  29. Very cute! Great way to change up using the dies :)

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  30. What a fun way to use the dies!!! I love the flower, so cute!!! And I love the olive pick as the cupcake topper! Too clever are you Gloria!!

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  31. Great use for the dies. Very sweet cards. Thank you

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  32. Brilliant, Gloria. You're so talented. :)

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  33. Both of your cards are very cute. I love the colors you used. Great job.

    ghost231985@yahoo.com

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  34. Now these are so cute!! I like the hearts on the cupcake. Makes me think of my special bday 5th of next month. Love these!

    TFS An'Jenic-

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  35. great cards.

    lydbug@hotmail.com

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  36. THis is what's great about Emma's dies...you can use them in different ways. Love that you found something that worked for you.

    Dorcas dtroche@Bellsouth.net

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  37. Way to think out of the box, Glora! I love how you used the dies! I think my favorite is the heart pic in the cupcake along with all of the little heart sprinkles! That looks just adorable!!!

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  38. Great cards! Love how you used them in different ways!

    Karey
    creativecraftcorner@rogers.com

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  39. Totally SWEET cards, Glora! Love them both.

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  40. So sweet Glora - both of them! I especially LOVE that sweet cupcake!!!

    housesbuiltofcards@gmail.com
    www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

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  41. Very cute! Great use of them in different ways!

    Angel
    calebsmommy1031@gmail.com

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  42. I always love your projects, Glora:-) Your floral card is so cheerful! TFS

    Tammy
    tammy dot schmitt at mac dot com
    http://thepurplemuse.blogspot.com

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  43. Your creativity is inspirational. Love this!

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  44. Fun cards. You are very creative with using the dies to fit your needs. Tfs
    Evelyn

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  45. Super cards.

    marg0006 at Verizon dot net

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  46. wow!! these cards are so adorable!! I love how you used so many different sets and put them all together!! I love the colors too! thanks for sharing!

    brwneyes46@gmail.com

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  47. thanks for showing some other ways to use these dies
    upnurse at aol dot com

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  48. Very very cute. I love the cupcake card too cute. Great way to use the fun little pick. Too cute.

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  49. Super cute cards!! Love the colors!!
    reissfam10 at aol dot com

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  50. Both are so cute and I love the alternative use for the stamps. Not a drinker here either so I passed on a lot of the release, but you thought out of the box. Thanks!

    mimiscraftcorner.blogspot.com

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  51. Cute cards, love the colors you used.

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  52. Super cute cards Glora. They are adorable. TFS!
    Melisa

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  53. Such adorable cards Glora! TFS
    have a lovely day!
    Liz O.

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