Happy 50th Birthday Lorie!

My sweet friend Lorie is celebrating her 50th birthday today! I just had to join in the fun and make her a card for her extra special birthday. She is just the sweetest ever and I hope she loves her big birthday card surprise (lots of people joined in the fun).

I thought this turtle svg was so cute! It is from a set called Nancy's Party that is sold by Lettering Delights. I decided to make it into a shape card.

The adorable little turtle face is from the Pile of 1" Smiles by Peachy Keen Stamps. The '50' stamped on the hat is from Just Simply Live by My Creative Time and the HB2U sentiment along the side is from Fun Gift Pocket Sentiments by My Creative Time.

I used the basic color scheme for the current My Creative Time Challenge and so I'm linking it over there.

I had tons of fun making this card for Lorie and I will be sending it in the mail so she can have it soon. Happy birthday Lorie! I hope it is the BEST day!!!! Love ya!

Have a great one! Hugs- Glora

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Happy Anniversary Tag - 55 Years

Today's project is near and dear to my heart. It is for my parent's 55th wedding anniversary. I feel very blessed to celebrating this day with them. We almost lost my dad about a year and a half ago and I'm treasuring every moment we have with him.

My love of all things Disney came from many early childhood memories with my family. We are all kind of Disney nuts. Anyway, when Emma came out with her Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves last month I knew that the little flower circles would make a cute Mickey icon. What do you think? 

Emma's products made this tag SO easy and I think it turned out really cute too. Don't you love how that stitching around the circle makes a little Mickey head? This tag is going to be tied onto some new luggage that my parents need for their anniversary trip to Disneyland.

Here is the backside of the tag (the perfect spot to add a gift card for their trip too):

I LOVE this little pocket for gift cards. Isn't it perfect?! Here are the items I used for this tag (all of which are My Creative Time products): Tag Dies (tag), Vintage Stitched Label (banner), Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves (Mickey icon), Stitched Sweetheart & XOXO Dies (hearts), Tag Gift Pocket Die (gift card pocket), Fun gift Pocket Sentiments (a little something sentiment), Gift Card Sentiments (happy anniversary sentiment), and All Around Birthday Time (55th sentiment).

I hope you enjoyed my little tag! Have a wonderful day! Hugs- Glora

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MCT April Sneak Peeks Day 3

Wow, here we are already at the 3rd day of sneak peeks for My Creative Time's new release. I'm so thankful to be guest designing for Emma for this months release!

I have a couple of cards for you today. The first is a fun little scene created by using stamps and dies from the new Wishing You Were Here set.

Aren't those dies with coordinating stamps sweet? I LOVE them! The only other thing I used for this card beyond this new stamp and die set is the Stitched 3x4 Journal Die.

I had intended on using these beautiful Stitched Pretty Flowers and Leaves Dies as they were designed to be used but took them out of the bag with the tulips being upside down. They looked just like little Pac-Man ghosts to me so I just HAD to go with the idea. I grew up playing a fair amount of Pac-Man and so did my husband so we both got a kick out of this card.

I used several things for this card. First off the ghosts, the power pellets (circles), and the ghosts eyes were all cut using the new Stitched Pretty Flowers and Leaves Dies. Pac-Man was cut with the Scallop and Stitched Circle Die (I was able to cut the perfect little wedge out from his mouth by using one of the points from the 3 Star Stitched Dies). I used the Stitched 4x6 Journal Die to get the lines of stitching on the black and yellow pieces. The HAPPY and BIRTHDAY across the top and bottom come from Chocolate Greetings and the HB2U comes from the Fun Gift Pocket Sentiments.

***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! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner! 

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

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE and let's start spreading the word!

Make sure to check out all of the other awesome projects on Emma's blog and the regular design team member's blogs as well! Have a terrific day! Hugs- Glora

Fun Note Cards

Here are some fun and simple note cards that I put together pretty quick. I got TONS of inspiration for using these new stamps and dies from Emma and her My Creative Time design team. I decided to join the current monochromatic challenge going on at My Creative Time with THIS card (the rest were just for fun):

I went a little crazy with this next one. I'm not sure I like it as well as the others but I figured I'd show it anyway. Plus I REALLY love the font for the Gracias. I think it is my current favorite font that Emma has been using!

And how about one going a different direction?

These cards took very little time and I was able to mix and match the pieces from all of them to make the cards in a short amount of time. All of these cards use the new Fun Gift Pocket Sentiments and the Stitched Chevy Dies from My Creative Time's February release. However, the last card features a unique item from the others (a heart). This heart die is from the Stitched Heart Layering Dies.

I hope you have a terrific weekend! Hugs- Glora

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