Winter Gift Tags

It is time for another Designer Challenge over at My Creative Time. This challenge will be hosted by Katie. Katie's challenge is to make a winter/holiday tag or tags using some My Creative Time products.

I made a small set of coordinating 4 tags. Each tag uses the Scallop and Stitched Circle Dies and the Stitched Round Tab Arrow and Tag Dies by My Creative Time. They all also use some pretty trendy twine and some seam binding ribbon.

These tags used the All Around Holidays stamp set for the winter wishes sentiment. I used some snowflake bling for the middle.

These tags used the All Around Christmas stamp set for the sentiment and the cute snowman.

Make sure to stop by Emma's blog to join in on the challenge and to get some more fun gift tag inspiration. Hugs- Glora

MCT September Release Sneak Peek Day 2

If you are looking for the Peachy Keen Blog Hop just click HERE.

Well are you loving Emma's new mini release this month? I'm so excited to have these new My Creative Time stamps and dies. They are going to make my holiday treat giving a breeze.

When I first saw the new tag it seemed the perfect size to make a little treat slider with. I used Mini Hershey's Milk Chocolate candy bars for all of these but I believe something like a Laffy Taffy would probably work too. I made one for each of the upcoming holidays.

Here is a close up of the Halloween one:

For this one I used the new Just Tags along with last months stamp set called Treats For My Sweet. When you pull up on the ribbon the candy slides up with it, thus a TREAT slider. The slider idea wasn't my own I have seen a couple of YouTube videos in the past that showed hot chocolate and apple cider sliders I just added my own twist by making it a treat slider. This is what it looks like when you pull up on the bow:

My girls were pretty enchanted with how it could slide in and out. Simple but fun and a breeze to make.

Here is the Thanksgiving one close up:

For this one I used a Turkey from the Peachy Keen Country Bumpkin Minis stamp set along with the letters from the Just Simply Live stamp set by My Creative Time. These would make cute little Thanksgiving name place markers. The will actually stand up on their own with the candy inside.

And last of all this is a close up of the Christmas one:

For this one I used the new Just Tags, the Scallop and Stitched Circle Die, the new All Around Goodies and the previously released All Around Christmas.

Here is a REALLY quick video showing how to put one of these together. It is just music playing in the background because the kids were being lively :).

You will notice that I started the video with my tag cut out kind of like a card. I have another video that shows you how to do that with dies. You can find that video in this POST. You DO NOT have to do it that way. You could just use REALLY tacky glue on each side of two tags or you could machine stitch the sides as well. I just thought it would be easier to have one side already stuck together.

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 Friday, September 21st during the blog hop release happening @ 12:01am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

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

Make sure to go over to Emma's blog and see what she and the rest of the Design Team came up with. I'm certain it will be INCREDIBLE! Hugs- Glora

MCT 12 Days of Christmas Day 6

Hello friends and welcome to the 6th day of Emma's 12 Days of Christmas. If you arrived here from the talented Cindy's blog you are in the right spot. If not make sure to start at Emma's blog.

Today I have another simple and fun project. Homemade gift wrap. All I did was use a white lunch sack. I stamped it up randomly, colored quickly and added some Stickles for a little extra fun.

The big snowman is from Emma's All Around Accessories stamp set. The JOY sentiment is from Small Talk. The heart is from Anyday Crossword and Bingo. For the tag I used the Scalloped and Stitched Oval Dies and stamped it with a sentiment and image from the All Around Christmas stamp set. I added some baker's twine from The Twinery in red and green and I was finished. This would be kind of time consuming for EVERY present, but fun for a few gifts that you want to give that little extra personal touch! I hope you like it!

***12 Days of Christmas Give Away Alert***

To qualify for ALL the AMAZING giveaways for the next 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop! You will have until Tues, Dec 13th @ midnight to have all of your comments in! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE LEAVE A WAY FOR US TO CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE WINNER'S!

There are some AMAZING giveaways for this special 12 day event & some SURPRISES to help celebrate "My Creative Time's" One Year Anniversary! Yep, Emma released her 1st set of stamps one year ago! So make sure you are tuned in because this is ONE hop you do NOT want to miss!;)

Your next stop is the very talented Jeanne.

And here is a blog hop list in case you need it:

Emma~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Cassandra ~ http://www.ctimz3.blogspot.com/

Cathryn ~  http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/

Cindy ~ http://cindylee77.blogspot.com/

Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

Jeanne ~ http://www.thecricutcorner.com/

Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/

Leanne ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/

Linsey ~ http://linseyrickett.blogspot.com/

Liz ~ http://www.lizspaperloft.com/

Nancy ~ http://scrappingoutofcontrol.blogspot.com/

Nikki ~ http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/

Ruthie ~ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/

Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/

Tracy ~ http://tracyscricutcorner.blogspot.com/

Trell ~ http://polkadotsandpaint.blogspot.com/

Veronica ~ http://www.vkcreate.blogspot.com/

Items Used:

My Creative Time stamps - All Around Accessories
My Creative Time stamps - All Around Christmas
My Creative Time stamps - Anyday Bingo and Crossword
My Creative Time stamps - Small Talk
My Creative Time Dies - Scallop and Stitched Circle Die
Twine from The Twinery
White lunch sack
Markers
Stickles

My Creative Time Design Team Day - "Shaped Card"

Hello friends. Here we are with another fun Design Team day over at My Creative Time. Today Emma wanted us to make a shaped card. For my card I used the "All Around Christmas" stamp set.

I just LOVE that darling Merry Christmas sentiment on Emma's All Around Christmas Stamp set. It is such a fun font. I love it! And if you have followed my blog for a while you will know that I can't make a 'rocking horse' project without attaching it to an Action Wobble. It is just the perfect motion for these sorts of things. Although they can be fun to add to just about anything. And as always I made a VERY short video demonstrating how cute this little elf looks rocking on his rocking horse.



Make sure to drop by the My Creative Time blog and see what Emma and the other Design Team members have made. I'm certain there will be some beautiful inspiration to be seen. Have a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious day! HUGS- Glora

Items Used:

*Jolly Holidays Cricut Lite cartridge - (elf)
*Easter 2010 Cricut cartridge - (card base)
*My Creative Time stamps - All Around Christmas (sentiment)
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Wide Eyed Kids (elf face)
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Critter Faces (horse)
*Action Wobble to give rocking horse motion
*DCWV - Christmas Stack - all patterned paper
*Glossy Accents  - used for the eyes
*Sakura White Gellyroll Pen - used for doodling and whites of eyes
*Zig Marker- used to hand draw mane and tail hair

My Creative Time's July Stamp release BLOG HOP!

Well it has been a fun release week with tons of sneaky peek inspiration. I've enjoyed seeing all the beautiful sneak peek projects and I hope you have too. Well today all of these beautiful stamps and dies are available for sale and we are hopping! If you came here from the sweet and talented Miss Katie's blog than you are in the right spot. If not, make sure you start back at Emma's so that you don't miss out on a single bit of inspiration and lots of chances to win some beautiful dies.

For my projects I got to use the All Around Christmas stamp set along with the beautiful Scallop Die and Stitched Circle Die combo. I tried to do a couple of projects to show you how versatile these dies and stamps can be. First I made up some ornaments. My children have a little Christmas tree and we will hang these on it at Christmas time.

Here are some pictures of a set of the ornaments I made. I actually made two of each while I was at it. They are going to look so cute on their little tree.

I also wanted to use one of the stamps to make my own wrapping paper and then I used the dies to make a coordinating gift tag/card.

Did you notice that one of the edges of the gift card/tag is straight? That is because I used the scallop circle die to make a mini-shaped card. Below is a picture of it opened up. I really like this idea for gift tags.

Here is a look at this whole set of stamps:

Anyway, I've kept you long enough. So thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my projects.

***GIVEWAY ALERT***

For my giveway today, I am giving away the die that coordinates w/this stamp set! So that's right one lucky winner will receive the darling scallop and stitched circle die set. All you have to do is leave a comment here AND a way for me to contact you! You have "11" chances to win! All you have to do is leave a comment on ALL blogs in this hop! EASY PEASY!!! GOOD LUCK!:) And thanks to Emma for sponsoring this awesome giveaway and for making such beautiful stamps and dies!!!! Below is a picture of what you have a chance to win!

Alright, your next stop on the hop is the sweet and talented Leanne! Go and check out what awesome creation she has in store for you! Click HERE to go to Leanne's blog!

Here is a list of the hop order in case you get lost along the way!

Emma ~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/
Nikki ~ http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/
Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/
Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/
Leanne ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/
Cathryn ~ http://www.inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/
Jen ~ http://jennyscards.blogspot.com/
Kate ~ http://www.scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Ruthie ~ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/
Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/
Cindy ~ http://cindylee77.blogspot.com/
 
Items Used:
 
My Creative Time stamps - All Around Christmas
My Creative Time Dies - Scallop and Stitched Circle set
Cuttlebug
Twine from The Twinery
Copic Markers
Stickles - Crystal
Paper sack (for wrapping paper base)

My Creative Time - July Release -Sneak Peek Day 4

Yay, Christmas in July, that's what this set it all about! Today Emma and her My Creative Time Design Team are featuring the beautiful All Around Christmas sentiment set. There is also a darling die set that coordinates perfectly with this stamp set. For my project I used the All Around Christmas sentiment set, the scallop die, and the stitched circle EMBOSSING only plate. The paper is very metallic and hard to photograph but here you have it.

And here is a close up of the colored image that I popped up and spritzed with some glimmer mist.

Isn't that snowman ADORABLE?!!!!! I love that Emma drew him up all on her own. He is just too cute!

Here are the giveaway details once again, if you need them...

Listen up "My Creative Time" friends! We are giving all of you an opportunity to win a prize during Sneak peek week with 4 winners to be announced during Friday's Stamp release! All you have to do is leave a comment HERE along w/the rest on the design teams blogs for a chance!

AND we are giving you ANOTHER opportunity to win....

ALL you have to do is "SPREAD THE WORD" about My Creative Time's "8th Edition Stamp Release" happening this Friday @ 8am PST! You can announce it to all of your Facebook friends! If you don't know how to tag me in your post, then feel free to come to My Creative Time's Fan page HERE & let her know you did! We will randomly choose a winner from there to win a prize! Emma will be announcing the winner on Friday morning in her video during the release!

Items Used:

My Creative Time stamps - All Around Christmas
My Creative Time dies - Scallop Circle
My Creative Time embossing plate - Stitched Circle
Glimmer Mist
Sheer Ribbon
Markers