MCT Inspire Me Wednesday ~ sweet wishes!

Good morning, today is Inspire Me Wednesday over at My Creative Time.  So what does that mean?  It means we are to create something that was inspired by anything.  My project was inspired simply by springtime...yep just that simple!

I used the negative of the bicycle I cut for a different project. Then I cut the different size rectangles and did a little bit of ink blending.  For the "sweet" I die cut several of them and glued together, then covered in glossy accents.  A few glossy accents and sequins and it was complete.

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Way To Go stamp & die set

Sweet Wishes stamp & die set

Extras

Papertrey Ink Cardstock

Bristol Paper

Tim Holts Distress Inks

Glossy Accents

Sequins

VersaFine Ink

MCT April Release Blog Hop ~ healing wishes!

Welcome to My Creative Time April Release Blog Hop!  Since I know you want to get to the hopping and shopping, I'm not going to keep you long.  You should have arrived here from the fabulous Kim's blog.  If you just popped in to see me then head over to the most creative Emma's blog for the start.

I colored the image with Copic Markers with just a touch of shading.  

Then of course I had to add Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents.

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Healing Wishes

Holidays Tags

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Papertrey Ink Cardstock

Teresa Collins pattern paper

Copic Markers

Memento Ink

Baker's Twine 

Sequins

"FREEBIE DIE"

Starting THIS Friday, April 21st, 2017 @ 8am PST ~ Our "Freebie" for this release is this PRETTY “Watering Can” die. It will be given to the FIRST 75 shoppers! If you are one of the 1st 75 shoppers it will be automatically added to your package at the time of packaging/shipping. Once 75 shoppers come through, this die set will be available for purchase. So, if it’s for sale in the store, you are not one of the 75. No exceptions will be made. This freebie set is not a part of the “bundle” and will be sold separately!

***BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY***

For our blog hop giveaway, Emma is giving away a $50 gift card to the "My Creative Time" store to ONE LUCKY winner! 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 MORE chances 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!

***SALE ALERT***

ALSO, DON'T FORGET our sale starts RIGHT NOW here:http://shop.my-creative-time.com/Ne...! Use the code: APR2017 to receive a discount off your entire purchase! This sale applies to "IN-STOCK" items ONLY. This sale will end on Fri, April 28th, 2017 @midnight PST.

YOUR NEXT STOP the spectacular Nikki's blog

MCT April Release Sneak Peek Day 4 ~ a good book!

Welcome to Day 4 of My Creative Time April Sneak Peeks, and only one more day until the shopping begins!  Today I get to share with you a fun new set called So Many Books.  This is the perfect set for all of your "book worm" friends!

Wouldn't it be fun to give a coffee or book gift card with a sweet bookmark?  

This is the perfect "small gift" to have on hand for any occasion.

First stamp I the image with Memento Ink then I color with Copic Markers.  Added Wink of Stella to coffee mug and tulips and glossy accents to the coffee.  After die cutting the gift card pocket I ran it though a sizzix embossing folder for more detail.

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So Many Books stamp and die set

Healing Wishes

More Stitched Rectangular Dies

Stitched Gift Card Pocket

Extras

Papertrey Ink Cardstock

Copic Markers

Wink of Stella

Glossy Accents

Memento Ink

Embossing Folder

***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 on my blog! 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 more chances 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 & let's start spreading the word!;)

MCT April Release Sneak Peek Day 3 ~ you did it!

Hello, we are already at the half way mark for My Creative Time April Release Sneak Peeks!  Have you enjoyed the week so far?  I know I have!  Today I get to share with you Grad Night Stamp and Die set.

I need to make several graduation cards this season so I want to keep things simple.  My plan is to do this same card with their school color for the ink blended background.  

To create the background, I first heat embossed all the sentiments with white embossing powder.  After it cooled used Tim Holtz Distress Ink to ink blend, then wiped the embossed sentiments with a paper towel to brighten up the words.  Next I added the die cut hat with a pop dot to the center of the card.

                                 

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Grad Night Stamp and Die set

Extras

Papertrey Ink Cardstock

Bristol Paper

VersaMark Ink

Hero Arts White Embossing Powder

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Enamel Dot

***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 on my blog! 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 more chances 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 & let's start spreading the word!;)

MCT April Release Sneak Peek Day 2 ~ thinking of you!

Hey it's Day 2 of My Creative Time's April Release Sneak Peeks!  Today we are sharing with you Healing Wishes stamp and die set.  If you like to color this is the set for you!

I colored the flowers and pot with Copic Markers, the stamp is small enough if you don't want to add shading yet still big enough if you choose to.  I added Wink of Stella to the tulips...I just love that stuff!

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Healing Wishes

Extras

Papertrey Ink Cardstock

Copic Markers

Memento Ink

Wink of Stella

***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 on my blog! 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 more chances 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 & let's start spreading the word!;)

MCT April Release Sneak Peek Day 1 ~ spring!

Hello, My Creative Time's April Release Sneak Peak is here!  Are you ready for Spring?  Then stick around this week for all the cute spring designs.

For my projects I'm starting off with Water Can die, which just happens to be this month's freebie (rules apply).

After die cutting the stamp on watercolor paper, I gave it a quick wash of distress ink.  For the flower centers I added Wink of Stella and Glossy Accent.  I stamped the inside with a sentiment which I forgot to take a picture.  In fact I didn't take pictures of any of the inside sentiments for my projects this week, so hopefully you will see them on my DT sister's projects.

***Sorry, I've been a bit disconnected, while we've been working on 

a rental house for the last few months***

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Water Can die (freebie)

Thank You Mom ~ flowers

Stitched Postage Frame Die

Extras

Papertrey Ink Cardstock

Bristol Paper

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Sizzix Embossing Folder

Wink of Stella

Glossy Accents

On my next project I did some ink blending to create the square background and the "plaid" on Bristol paper.  Then I die cute the stem three times and the flower three times.  When I attached the last stem, I didn't add glue to the leaves and bent them forward so they would pop up.  Baker's Twine and few sequins and it was complete.

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Thank You Mom 

Extras

Papertrey Ink Cardstock

Bristol Paper

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Wink of Stella

Glossy Accents

Baker's Twine

Sequins

***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 on my blog! 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 more chances 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 & let's start spreading the word!;)

MCT Whatever Wednesday ~ many thanks!

Hi happy Wednesday!  Today over at My Creative Time is Whatever Wednesday!  My card today has a ton of heat embossing, so if you like to get messy this is for you.  :)

First I taped off a square with painters tape and did a quick watercolor background and let dry.  Next I used a die to dry emboss the butterfly on watercolor paper.  Then I water colored the dry embossed butterfly, once it was dry I was able to fully die cut the butterfly.  Last thing was to heat emboss the bike about 6 times with silver to give it a metal look.  Also I heat embossed the butterfly with clear about 5 times.  

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Way To Go Stamp and Die set

Pretty Butterflies & Dragonfly Die

Extras

Tim Holtz watercolor paper

Silver Embossing Powder

Clear Embossing Powder

VersaMark Ink

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Simon Says Stamp Pad

MCT Trending Now: Stitching ~ happy birthday!

Hello, today over at My Creative Time is Trending Now: Stitching, real or faux.  Stitching on paper is on of those things that adds so much to a project.  Sometimes when I'm not happy with my card, I add just a small amount of stitching and it's just what it needs.  

You know it doesn't have to be a lot to add the right amount of detail.

To create the background I heat embossed the stripes with white embossing powder, then used Distress Ink for ink blending.  The flowers and butterfly were stamped with Memento Ink and colored with Copic Markers.  I added a small amount of Wink of Stella to the flower center and butterfly.  Since I used vellum for the sentiment, stitching became the perfect way to attach it, as adhesive would have shown through.

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Stitched Starburst Dies

Stripey Background Stamp

Ribbon End Banner Dies

A Beautiful Day

Extras

Papertrey Ink Cardstock and Vellum

Copip Markers

Memento Ink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

VersaMark Ink

Hero Arts white embossing powder

Thread

Wink of Stella