Joanna's "Let's Celebrate" Blog Hop! - Episode 148

HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Also, Happy Birthday to Miss Joanna!!! I wanted to thank her also for invited me to be in this FUN blog hop!! So if you have arrived here from the talented "Peachy Princess" Angelica, then you are headed in the right direction! For my card I FINALLY used Birthday Bash cartridge! For my cute lion's face I used Peachy Keen's "Happy New Year Faces"! That perfect sentiment is "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Pink By Design! I hope you enjoy the video showing how I designed this card in my Gypsy girl!;) ENJOY!

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ONE LUCKY PERSON WILL WIN ALL FOUR OF MY BRAND NEW STAMP SETS!! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LEAVE A COMMENT HERE TELLING ME WHAT "YOUR" NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION IS!!!;) IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED ALL FOUR SETS, JUST LET ME KNOW IN YOUR COMMENT & IF YOU ARE PICKED, I WILL REFUND YOUR MONEY!! GOOD LUCK!;)

The next blog you will be visiting is the talented Erin Lee!

Me-Joanna http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/

Amy-http://caffinatedcropper.blogspot.com/

Angelica-http://handmadebyangelica.com/

Emma-http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ (You are here)

Erin-http://www.erinleecreative.com/

Kim-http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/

Lauren-http://laurenscreative.blogspot.com/

Liz-http://lizspaperloft.blogspot.com/

Mary-http://cardztv.blogspot.com/

Mel-http://scrappymel.blogspot.com/

Momo-http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/

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

Sandra-http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

Tammy-http://scrappycritters.blogspot.com/

Theresa-http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

Thank you SOOO much for joining us tonight!! I WISH EACH & EVERY ONE OF YOU THE BEST 2011 EVER!!!;) XOXOXO

P.S. If you would like to pre-order any of my new stamp sets, you can do so HERE!;) and you can have a better look at each set!

A New Announcement

 To view larger versions of the stamp sets, click here and then click on each individual set.

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Stamps are made from the highest quality polymer available. Designed by Emma V. Aguilar, these stamps are perfect for all of your projects - cards, scrapbook pages, 3D projects and more!

Using these stamps is simple!

• Peel the stamp from the plastic sheet.
• Stick the stamp on any clean, dry acrylic block.
• Apply ink to the stamp.
• Stamp onto your project

Use baby wipes, water or stamp cleaner to clean your stamps before placing stamp back onto plastic sheet.

Each set of stamps comes in a CD jewel case for storage.

Please allow to ship within 7-10 days!

My FAVORITE Top 10 Scrapbook pages for 2010!

I can't believe I forgot to post this earlier:(  Well I hope everyone had a GREAT day today! Today I wanted to feature MY top 10 FAVORITE scrapbook pages for 2010! As you can see, I'm really NOT a good scrapbook page maker!! hehehehe! They are VERY SUPER "Simple"! I hope you enjoy these!;)

This first one is a 12x12 scrapbook page that I had framed!

This is another SUPER SIMPLE 12x12 page! I LOVE this snowman!;)

This one is special because it has my 3 FAVORITE boys in it! My 2 boys & my Great Nephew!! Aren't they ALL ADORABLE!!! ;) This one was also a 12x12 page!

Now the rest of these are 8x8 pages! I'd rather do 8x8 pages instead of 12x12's in a heartbeat!! lol... they seem MUCH easier for me! This one is one of my favorites since it's of my Beautiful family whom I ADORE!;)

Here is another 8x8 page!! I just CANNOT get enough of this ADORABLE bear from Peachy Keen!! I just think she is the CUTEST little thing EVER!!!;)

Another 8x8 Fall page!! I just LOVE those ADORABLE pumpkins!!! Peachy Faces are the BEST EVER!!;)

You can't get any "SIMPLER" than this 8x8 page!! hahahaaha!! Here are my 2 FAVORITE BEAUTIFUL little boys! These boys are my WORLD!;) & it's TOTALLY okay if one is a Raider fan & the other is a Forty Niner fan!! lol......

Here is one of my FAVORITES ALSO!! I think this little 8x8 page is just too CUTE!!;)  I just need to cut my pictures down to 3x3 so they can fit in those cute square scallop frames!

This one I just ADORE!!! This ACTUALLY was my very FIRST Back to school page!!! This one is ALSO an 8x8 page!;)

Okay, this one REALLY isn't a scrapbook page, well it "Kinda" is!!!  This is a recipe page that I did for a Peachy Keen "Recipe Challenge"!  This page is 6x6!! I think this is my FAVORITE EVER!!! I just LOVE how it turned out!!;)

Here is the video showing how this was made!!! ENJOY!!

This is it!!! WOW, this has been one heck of a GREAT year for me! I am SOOOO ready for 2011!!! There is so much I want to do!  I am looking forward to a GREAT NEW YEAR!!! I wish ALL of  My Creative Friends a HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR & do know that I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU & THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS HOBBY OF MINE THAT MUCH MORE FUN!!!;)  Thank you SOOO much again for visiting my blog on the last day of 2010!!!! XOXOXOXO!!

 Be safe out there tonight!

P.S. I just came out w/my BRAND NEW "My Creative Time" stamp line! You can pre-order them HERE!;)

"My" Favorite Top 10 cards of 2010!

Hello My Creative Friends~!!! WOW! 2010 has been ONE AWESOME year for me!;) I have gained LOTS of GREAT new Followers & Friends. I had the honor of meeting some GREAT crafters whom "I've"  admired for along time! AND I was able to meet some of  my viewers in Chicago @ CHA this summer & that was the BEST feeling ever!!! It was very "Surreal" to me! I was VERY surprised to think that all the GREAT crafters I have met "Actually" think "I" am somebody "Important"!!!;) Trust me, I am just one normal, down to earth, crafty gal just like ALL OF YOU!;) I am VERY APPRECIATIVE of ALL of you who made this SO MUCH FUN FOR ME! ALSO, not to mention ALL of those AWESOME & ENCOURAGING comments that ALWAYS made me just want to do that much more! Well, I hope you enjoy "MY" top 10 FAVORITE cards of 2010! I've ALSO included a video of how to re-create my MOST FAVORITE #1 card of 2010! Enjoy~!;)

I chose this 1st card because I thought it came out SOOO PRETTY! "Silvermist" is one of my Favorite princesses! I actually used the Crik-its gel pens to draw her w/my cricut & then I colored her in using my FAVORITE, Copic Markers!

For my 2nd choice, I chose this "Tropical" drink card because I LOVED how it turned out!

This was one of my FAVORITES because the clouds came out ADORABLE all "Peachified" out! I used the "Princess" faces! (My favorite);)

Okay, I just LOVED my Father's Day card!!! I LOVE this little bears & they look ADORABLE w/this OH SO CUTE faces from my beloved "Peachy Keen"!;)

How could I NOT include this ADORABLE little girl using my ALL TIME FAVORITE~ "Everyday Character Faces"!  Those sentiments were PERFECT for this sweet card! They are from My Pink Stamper!

I think this is my FAVORITE halloween card! I think I love this just as much as my "Frankie" card! This is the PERFECT face for my "Scary" CUTE pumpkin! hehehehe!! I used the "Make A Monster" face asst!

 Now, for my Chickie card, I just LOVE IT!!!

This card was sent off to the Peachy Queen!!! I just thought this "Candy" shaped card came out ADORABLE! I used the die called "Tear Bear" from Peachy Keen for my card! And, that CUTE sentiment is from my "Digi Stamps" that came w/my last DvD "Gypsy Magic & more"!

Well, I just can't say enough about this one!!! All I know is that I LOVE IT!!!!! I used the "Happy Lashes"

set from Peachy Keen & the sentiment is from Pink By Design!

Now for my #1 ALL TIME FAVORITE CARD of 2010!!! My "Cutie Patootie" choo choo train card!!! I just LOVE EVERYTHING about it!!! I used the "Critter Faces"  Small & X-Large for the CUTE faces & the sentiment is from My Pink Stamper!

Here is the video showing you how I created this "Masterpiece"!!! hehehehe!;)

Thank you SOOO MUCH for joining me today! I will see you back here tomorrow for my FAVORITE top ten "Scrapbook" pages for 2010! Have a FABULOUS day my friends!;)

P.S. Don't forget to join Nikki & I tonight HERE for some EXCITING NEWS!;)

Here are the times for all the Time Zones!
8pm- Central Time

6pm- Pacific Time
7pm- Mountain Time
9pm- Eastern Time
Hope to see you ALL there!

WINNERS!!!!!!!!

Hello Everybody!!! I hope ALL of you had a GREAT holiday!!! I know I SURE did!;) The BEST part of it for me was spending the holiday w/my family, just laughing , eating & having the BEST time!!! ALSO, my Dad is doing MUCH better!!! Thank you for ALL of your thoughts & prayers!;) Okay, now on to the winners!

First winner of this FABULOUS prize is from the Peachy Queen's Birthday blog hop! The LUCKY winner is......................................

Miss Giebel said...

Emma, I love your little cake for Kathy and your card too!! Your video was so sweet!! Your husband is such a good sport to sing with you and your boys!! The picture of Kathy with the candle on the cake was hysterical!! She's going to love it!!

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Now, the 2nd winner of this FABULOUS "Cricut for Beginners" DVD is from the "Embellish Me w/Quilling Blog Hop"!  DRUM ROLL PLEASE.........................

Jennifer said...

Ohmygoodness, Emma!!! :) Those quilled pieces are fabulous! And I love what you made with them!!!!!! I am really inspired to give quilling a try...

Even though it seems like I've had my Cricut for a while (almost 6 months), I've only made a few things with it (it has spent more time in the box than not, between the move, painting my craft room, etc.). This book sure would come in handy!

Thank you so much for sharing and for the chance to win,

Jennifer

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CONGRATS ladies!!! I will be contacting you soon! Okay, on another note, Mark your calendars & join Nikki & I for a ustream on Wednesday, Dec.29th! Come chat w/us & hear some EXCITING NEWS!!!! You can tune in HERE!

Here are the times for all the Time Zones!

8pm- Central Time

6pm- Pacific Time

7pm- Mountain Time

9pm- Eastern Time

Hope to see you ALL there!

Wishing you ALL a Merry Christmas Wrapped in Joy! -Episode 147

Good Morning & Happy Christmas EVE!!! Of COURSE, I'm still not ready for tonight, but I sure am pretending that I am so I won't stress out!! LOL...... I decided to do a "Cricut-Less" Throwback Thursday (on a Friday!)  I just had to make this ADORABLE card for ALL of You! Here is a SHORT & Sweet video for ya! I hope you enjoy it my Creative Friends!;)

Thank you SOOO Much for visiting me today! I want to wish ALL OF YOU a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope Santa brings you ALL LOTS of CRAFTY new toys!!! I will see you back here on Monday!;)  XOXOXOXO's

Imagine Nation Monday - Episode 146

Good morning & welcome to another Imagination Monday! Sara & I decided to hold off on the challenges until the new year since it's SOOO CRAZY right now w/everybody getting ready for Christmas "THIS WEEK"!!!! WOW, I thought I was caught up on everything, but I'm really NOT!!! lol.... it's okay, nothing I can't handle, right?? :)  Well, for my project today, I used my handy dandy 'Shrinky dinks' once again w/my Imagine to make some Christmas gifts for my 3 younger nieces!  I also created some CUTE matching gift boxes that coordination w/the bracelets/barret I made! I think they actually came out pretty cute! I hope you enjoy them!

I made my niece a matching barrett/hairclip to match her box, but the picture came out HORRIBLE:(  But if you would like to see it, you can do so in my video!;)

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Here is my niece's matching box to go w/her CUTE bracelet!;) Also, I wanted to show you how cute the box is even w/o the ribbon!

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 My other niece's cute matching bracelet & giftbox set! 

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I would like to give a warm welcome to my VERY TALENTED Guest Designer: Vicky w/luvmygypsy.blogspot.com!  Vicky has entered almost everyone of my challenges & I just enjoy ALL of  her work! So I was happy she agreed to be my honorary guest today~!  Isn't her gift bag ADORABLE? You can head on over to her blog to see how she created this! I believe she has 2 projects over there for ya! So don't forget to head on over to her & leave her some love!;)

THank you SOOO much everybody for stopping by! I will see you back here SOON!;) Have a FABULOUS Monday AND THANK YOU VICKY for being my Guest Designer today!;)

Embellish Me w/Quilling Blog Hop w/Linda!;)

Good morning My Creative friends & welcome to the very 1st "Quilling Blog Hop" hosted by the "OH SO TALENTED"~  Miss Linda! I was SOOO excited she invited me to do this w/her & the rest of these amazing ladies! Now, I have NO idea how to quill, so Linda graciously sent me some samples to work with! Can I just say that I was SCARED to make anything w/them only because they were SOOO BEAUTIFUL & I didn't wanted to ruin her product! lol..... I actually called her & told her this too!!!;) So Miss Linda, I hope you like what I came up with! The 1st 2 are cards & the last 2 are Tags!

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For all of you "Cricut Beginners", this is the PERFECT giveaway for YOU! All you have to do is leave a comment here on this post w/a way for me to contact you! GOOD LUCK!;)

I hope you enjoyed my projects! Next in line for this hop is Sonya! Head on over to her blog to see what  AWESOME "Quilling" project she has to share w/you!;)

Here is the blog order just is case you get lost along the way!;)

Linda-http://www.krazyquilling.com/

Momo-http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/

Jennifer-http://creativequilledcreations.blogspot.com/

Carri-http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/

Leesandra-http://sweetspotcards.blogspot.com/

Trish-http://techniquesbytrish.blogspot.com/

Christina-http://cardcreationsbyc.blogspot.com/

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

Sonya-http://appelquilling.blogspot.com/

Jessica-http://www.kinderstampo.com/

Cheryl-http://cardsbycheryl.blogspot.com/

Carol-http://happyexpressions.blogspot.com/

Tracey-http://quillynilly.blogspot.com/

Debbie-http://craftydeb-ddscrafts.blogspot.com/

Linda-http://www.krazyquilling.com/

Thank you SOOO Much for hopping w/us today! Have a FABULOUS weekend!;)

P.S. Thanks Again to Miss Linda  w/My Quilling Nest for sending me the BEAUTIFUL quilling pieces to use for my projects today!;)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE "PEACHY QUEEN" Blog Hop! - Episode 145

 HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHY  to my FAVORITE QUEEN"!!! Okay, if you just came from Erin's blog, then you are headed in the right direction! Kathy, how does it feel to be "21" all over again! ;) I hope you are not tired yet my friend because you have LOTS of hopping to do this morning to some FABULOUS blogs! Well Miss Kathy, I decided to do something a little different! I made you a mini cupcake "Cake" using my new Cricut Mini cake machine! I hope you like it! ALSO, KATHY, I have a "Special" short 3 1/2 minutes video for you ~I hope you enjoy it to the end! LUV YA!;)

I FINALLY used my BRAND NEW Pretty Mini Cricut Cake Machine! No, those are not edible bling or ribbon!!! hahahahahaa!!;) I just couldn't help myself! I had to make a pretty little cake fit for a "QUEEN"!;)

oooops, I forgot to add my card earlier! Here it is!!! I made this card using my Imagine!  I was SOOO HAPPY to see this peach in "Better Together" Imagine cartridge because I was able to add my ADORABLE Peachy face to it! The stamp set is Snow Cuties Asst!;)

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My BIRTHDAY Giveaway for this SPECIAL Day is sponsored by Imaginisce!

All you have to do is leave a comment HERE & leave some Birthday Love for Miss Kathy! I will pick the winner on Sunday!;) GOOD LUCK!

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Also, Angelica is giving away 10 of Kathy's FAVORITE Crafting products! To qualify for any of those, you must leave a comment on ALL the blogs in this hop to have a chance to win some AWESOME prizes!  Have fun hopping my friends!;)

Here is a list of all the blogs hopping w/us today just in case you get lost along the way!;)

Angelica & Adrianne - http://www.handmadebyangelica.com/

Viv - http://craftinghaven.blogspot.com/

Kim - http://www.paperpunchaddiction.com/

Lorie - http://www.thethinkinspot.blogspot.com/

Heidi - http://gotscraps.blogspot.com/

Janice - http://stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com/

Joanna - http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/

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

Erin - http://www.erinleecreative.com/

Emma - http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ YOU ARE HERE!;)

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

Samantha - http://samanthacasey.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com/

Jessica B. - http://thatzuneek.blogspot.com/

Abby - http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/

Gaby - http://www.gabycreates.com/

Linda- http://www.krazyquilling.com/

Dobea - http://dobeaalberts.blogspot.com/

Theresa - http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

Jessica K. - http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/

Glorajean - http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

Liz - http://skittles-and-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Jessica M.- http://www.kinderstampo.com/

Jenny - http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Kimmy - http://scrappinwithkimmy.blogspot.com/

Sandra - http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

Sarah - http://www.pinkcricut.com/

Mandy - http://stamping4u.blogspot.com/

Lauren - http://laurenscraps.blogspot.com/

Raven - http://love4stamps.blogspot.com/

Janis - http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/

Momo - http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/

Paula - http://morethanfavors.blogspot.com/

Corri - http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/

You can now go visit the talented Ruthie who is next in line!

Again, Happy Happy Birthday Miss Peachy Queen, I hope you have a FABULOUS day my friend!;) Lots of luv & Peachy hugs!;)