"Alumni Guest Designer Day!" ~ Miss Cassandra :)

HAPPY FRIDAY my sweet friends!!!  WOW, I have been waiting for this day to come since Monday!! lol…. "seriously though, it's true!" ;)

Okay, today is a SPECIAL day because we are featuring another one of my FABULOUS & TALENTED "Alumni Guest Designer's!" Please welcome back Miss Cassandra!  You are in for a TREAT today my friends! This is just ONE of the AWESOME projects she created using some items from our last release! I am so in love w/her BEAUTIFUL project she created using our "Heart 2 Heart  Love Frame Dies". (Which will be back in stock on Feb 4th) 
I just LOVE how Miss Cassandra used this die as a pretty frame! What a PERFECT gift this would make….don't you think? I just LOVE it!

Go ahead & visit Miss Cassandra's blog HERE to see her other AMAZING projects she has created for you today! :) 

Miss Cassandra

I hope you ALL have a FABULOUS weekend my sweet friends & I will see you all back here on Monday! xoxo :) 

Throwback Thursday "Do Over" & my homework for Clean & Simple 4 online card class day 3

GOOD MORNING my sweet friends & welcome to our first Throwback Thursday "Do Over".

This is a NEW segment we will be doing on our blog! I think it's an AWESOME idea! :)  

Basically what we need to do is make over a project from the past & post the before & after pic! Well, to be honest w/you ALL….I "THINK" I did mine wrong!!! lol….. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to use the doggie again….but I just RE-DID the entire card! I just did a WHOLE NEW MAKE OVER! hahahaha!  After seeing my design team's before & after pics….that's when I realized….'houston, we have a teensy problem!!!'  hehehe! 

Well, here is my "original" card!  To be honest, I think I like my ORIGINAL card BETTER!!!! LOL…..

Okay, what I ALSO incorporated with my card was the technique I learned from one of the teachers, the TALENTED Miss Karolyn Loncon from the online card class!  She did this FUN stamping technique that I HAD to try! I explained in my video below exactly how I created it! 

MCT Products used:

~ Forever stamp

~ Fun Stitched Edges

~ Build a Scripty & Watercolor Background stamp

~ Grainy Wood Background stamp

Here is my video for you today! :)

Okay, now onto my AMAZING design team! Don't forget to click on each name to visit each blog & see their original project! :) 

Miss Kim

Miss Liz

Miss Nikki

Didn't my team do an AMAZING job???  Well, I hope we inspired all of YOU to take an older card that you created & "do it over!" ;)  Thank you ALL for stopping by & I will see you ALL SOON!!! :)
Have a FABULOUS day my sweet friends! xoxo

Inspiration Wednesday & my homework for "Clean & Simple 4" online card class!

GOOD MORNING my sweet friends & welcome to another "Inspiration Wednesday!" 

For my card card today, I was inspired by the talented Miss Shari Carroll!  She is one of the teachers for the "Clean & Simple 4" online card class & she did a technique by die cutting an image out of fun foam & using it as a stamp!  I adhered the die cut to an acrylic block, inked it up & stamped it directly to my card! Using that same foam that I inked up, I removed it from my acrylic block then adhered it slightly on top of the stamped butterfly! Next I used the smaller butterfly die & just cut it out using the same fun foam, but just kept it white!  I added some wink of stella to all 3 of my butterflies! I used some gold/bronzey paint & flicked a tiny bit of splatters on to my card.  I added 3 different kinds of washi tape to the right edge of my card & this is what Miss Shari did to her card & I LOVED that touch! Before I adhered that front panel to the base of my card, I used some gold/bronzey thread, tied it around a few times & made a simple bow~!  I used my Label Font stamp set & stamped out HELLO using that same ink I used for the butterflies which was Simon Says AUDREY BLUE! Then I used some clear embossing powder on top of the sentiment to give it a little shine, then layered it on top of a gold card stock! Last, but certainly not least, I added sequins! 

MCT Products:

~ Pretty Butterflies & Dragonfly dies (will be back in stock on Feb 9)

~ Label Font stamps

Now onto my AWESOME design team! :) Don't forget to click on each name to see what "THERE" inspiration was behind these GORGEOUS projects!

Miss Katie

Miss Kim

Miss Lucia

Miss Nikki

Didn't my team do an AWESOME job like ALWAYS?  Don't forget to visit their blogs to leave them some LOVE!

I just wanted to let you know that I will do a video for you tomorrow!  It's been a crazy busy week & there were NOT enough hours in the day for me to make videos for you these last few days :(
But I will, because I feel like my blog isn't complete w/o a video for you! :)

Thank you ALL for stopping by & I hope you all have a FABULOUS day my sweet friends! xoxo

Favorite Stamp/Die of the Month & my homework for "Clean & Simple 4" online class

Good morning my sweet friends & welcome to another "My Favorite Stamp/Die of the Month!" 

For today, I am combining 2 things in my post together! The first thing, I am featuring our die of the month which is "Teeny Tag Layering Dies!" You have until Sunday, Jan 31, 2015 to pick this die set up HERE at a sale price! 

The second thing I did today was do a new technique that I learned from the latest "Clean & Simple 4 Online Card Class"  There were a few embossing techniques & right away this one caught my eye because I have never did it before! You all know me, I get BORED EASILY & I LOVE to learn new techniques! Let's just say that I will DEFINITELY be doing this again! The next time I do it, I will do it in a video for you! ;)  

Basically, it's a lot of heat embossing using clear embossing powder! I was able to use for the first time my "Clear Gloss Ultra High" embossing powder by WOW!  I actually LOVED it!!! I picked mine up from my trustee amazon.com HERE!  I also used it on the tags too, but you can't see all the shininess in my pic :(  For my inks, I used my pigment inks from Memento luxe PEAR TART & BAHAMA BLUE! These inks are MY FAVE pigment inks because the colors are BEAUTIFUL & VIBRANT! 

If you would like to take this card class, it's not too late, you can do so HERE!

MCT Products used:

~ Teeny Tag Layering Dies

~ Teeny Tag Holidays

~ Pretty Butterfly & Dragonfly Dies (will be back in stock in 2 weeks)

Now onto the BEST design team EVERRR! :) Be sure to visit each blog & leave them some bloggy LOVE! 

Miss Brigit

Miss Kim

Miss Ruthie

Miss Veronica

Didn't my team do any AMAZING job w/their GORGEOUS projects? Well, I hope we inspired all of "YOU" if you have these dies to wipe the dust off of them & make something cute! ;)  If you don't have them, you can pick them up HERE! 

Thank you ALL for stopping by & I will see you all back here very soon! Have a fABULOUS day my sweet friends! :) xoxo

Scrapping the Little Things!

GOOD MORNING my sweet friends & welcome to another "Scrapping the Little Things!"

I hope you ALL had a GREAT weekend! My boys are FINALLY better, but now I feel like I am coming down w/something :( BOOOOO!!! So I made myself EXTRA vitamix smoothies yesterday & just RESTED the entire day! My body "seriously" did not let me do anything :(  I don't feel full blown sick, but I feel like if I would've done EVERYTHING I wanted to do yesterday, I probably would've regretted it today!  I will be back HOPEFULLY tomorrow w/a project for you! ;)

In the mean time, my design team has done an OUTSTANDING job w/their pages today!

ALSO, I am SUPER EXCITED to have Miss Nancy joining us today! YEP, I have sure MISSED her smash book projects AND videos! Maybe next time I can bribe her into making a video for us! hehehe! 

Like always, click on each designer's name to visit each blog to see MORE & to leave them all some much DESERVED bloggy "L-O-V-E!"

Miss Nancy "Guest Designer"

Miss Emily

Miss Jessica

Miss Liz

Thank you ALL so very much for stopping by AND for all the get well wishes for my boys! ;) 

Have a FABULOUS DAY my sweet friends & I will see you all back here tomorrow! 

xoxo

"Alumni Guest Designer" ~ Miss Candace

GOOD MORNING my sweet friends & welcome to our FIRST "Alumni Guest Designer" spotlight! YEP, I am SUPER EXCITED to have our first guest…..the TALENTED Miss Candace w/Candi O Designs!  

All I have to say is "WOW….WOW….WOW!" Isn't here little robot card the CUTEST EVER???

I hope you all were able to pick up this "Best Bots Forever" because it has to be one of my FAVORITES from our last release! 

You definitely want to visit Miss Candace's bloggy blog because she has created the CUTEST projects for you today using new items from our latest release! I REALLY wanted to post ALL of her pics here, but I didn't want to spoil all of you! hehehe! ;) 

So stop by Miss Candace's blog & leave her some LOVE! 

Miss Candace

Thank you ALL for stopping by! Don't forget to visit our AWESOME guest's blog HERE to see ALL of her BEAUTIFUL projects she has for you! 

I hope you ALL have a FABULOUS weekend & I will see you all back here on Monday! xoxo

Trending Now Thursday ~ Wood & Lace!

GOOD MORNING my sweet friends & welcome to another "Trending Now"! 

I was able to sneak in my craft room while my boys were both napping! They are still under the weather, but getting a little better! THANK YOU for your get well wishes for them! ;) 

Okay for our cards today, we have incorporated some kind of lace & wood! It didn't necessarily have to be actual "wood", some of us also used a woodgrain background as well!

For my card, I was able to wipe the dust off of my veneer wood paper I had picked up from Joann's about 4 or 5 years ago! lol…. I was holding on to it & just KNEW I would use it eventually! ;) I LOVE this stuff because this material cuts w/my dies BEAUTIFULLY! I couldn't find a link to this particular paper, but thanks to my team member Miss Nikki, found some HERE if you want to try it out! 

I LOVE this stuff because you can also heat emboss it too! I'm not sure if you can see it or not,  but I used my Grainy Wood Background stamp & heat embossed it onto that piece of veneer wood that everything is layered on top of! I used a embossing powder from WOW -Vintage Champagne & you can find it HERE!

MCT products used:

~ Bear Dies

~ Beary Special Thoughts

~ Stitched Scallop Heart Die Set (will be back in stock on Feb 3)

~ Teeny Tag Dies

~ Fun Stitched Edge Dies
~ Grainy Wood Background Stamp

Here is my QUICK video for you today! :)

Now onto my AMAZING design team in the whole world! ;)  Don't forget to click on each name to visit each blog & leave them some bloggy love! :)

Miss Cindy

Miss Liz

Miss Lucia

Miss Nikki

OMG!!! I just LOVE my team because EVERYTHING each & everyone of them create just puts a HUGE smile on my face! ;)  They represent My Creative Time to "perfection!"

Don't forget to visit each blog to see more!

I want to say "THANK YOU" for stopping by & I will see you ALL back here SOON! Have a FABULOUS day my sweet friends!

xoxo

P.S. Tomorrow, Friday, Jan 23, 2015 is the last day of my sale in my store! If you decide to purchase before then, don't forget to use the code JAN2015 to receive a discount off your entire purchase! If you missed out on the new release, you can pick it all up HERE! The Bundle & the Heart 2 Heart dies are available for pre-order & will be back in stock on Feb 2nd or 3rd, I know my site said they will be back in stock on the 1st, but my manufacturer informed me that they may come in closer to the 3rd!