Throwback Thursday Challenge w/my Design Team! - Episode 179

Good Morning & welcome to another "Cricut-less/ Sketch challenge! YEP, you got it~ I decided to have another "cricut-less challenge" INCLUDING A Sketch!  Let's get right to it!

Here are the details for this challenge:

*** Link your project up to Mr. Linky, then leave a comment!

*** Deadline for this challenge will be on Wed, April 13th!

***This is a "CRICUT-LESS" challenge! You can use punches but NO CRICUT!;)

***Create a CARD using the sketch provided

*** ONE project per person please!

I made 2 cards for this challenge! For my 1st card here the sentiment I used is from my set "You're My Best Buddy" That ADORABLE little boy is from Peachy Keen Stamps "Boogie Board Max" ! That cloud technique I learned from my Peachy Sister "Janice" & you can see her video HERE! Also, HERE is the video from another Peachy Sister of mine "Lorie", this is her showing us how to color hair!

For my 2nd card, I used a few stamp sets! The sentiment is from my "I Believe in Leprechauns" stamp set!

The Chili Peppers is from a set from Market Street Stamps called "BFF's"!

My Video on how I created my 1st card!;) hope you enjoy it my friends!;)

Here are my FABULOUS Design Team's cards along w/2 VERY CREATIVE Guest Designers!;)

Here is Nikki's card using "Just A Little Note"!

Here is Abby's card using "Wow So Many Candles"

Here is Glora's card using "All Star Baby"!

Here is Vicky's card using "My One & Only"!

Here is my first "Special" Guest Desiger "Liz"! She used "Turn That Frown Upside Down"!

Here is my 2nd "Special" Guest Desiger "Martha"! She used "So Grateful For You"

Here is the sketch!

Thank you sooooo much for visiting! I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU for ALWAYS being so supportive of me & also for ALL of your FABULOUS comments! XOXOXO's to EVERYONE!!;)

P.S. Don't forget to visit my designer's blogs & leave them some love! (Including) my 2 fabulous Guest Designers as well!;) 

LUCKY WINNER OF MY STAMPS "SETS"!!!!

WOW!!! First of all, I wanted to say "THANK YOU" for ALL of your sweet comments & thank you for hopping w/us! Since we had around 4000 comments between all of our blogs, I felt like I needed to reward more than just one winner! With that said, each one of my designers picked one winner from each of their blogs including myself so there were a total of 11 winners combined! I decided for the remainder "10" winners, I am going to send each of you my "Bonus Stamp" set!!! Here are the 10 lucky winners who will be receiving this set: Julia, Cathie (creativecutter.org), Myska, Gabriel Sandoval, Belinda (The Embellished Card), Suzanne, Felkatz, Kathy (the3es.blogspot.com), Kimberly (Kimberly's Crafting Spot) AND Janet!
CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!!! I WILL EMAIL ALL OF YOU SHORTLY!

Now.... DRUMROLL PLEASE............. THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER OF ALL 4 STAMP SETS INCLUDING THE "BONUS STAMP SET" IS..............

Cindy said...

WOW!! Your card is sooo beautiful! Love the butterfly and the colors!! :)

Wish you a great weekend,

Cindy

WHOOOHOOO!!! CONGRATS TO ALL MY WINNERS~ I will email ALL of you shortly! AND THANK YOU THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HOPPED ALONG W/US!! Have a FABULUOS day & I'll see you back here tomorrow for another Throwback Thursday challenge!;)

PEACHY SNEAKY PEEK!!!!!!;)

Good Evening My Creative Peachy Peeps!!! WOW, what can I say........this newest Spring release from the BEST stamp company in the whole world has to be another one of my FAVORITES!!! Isn't this the CUTEST bug you've EVER seen??? This set is DEFINITELY going to be one of my "Go To" sets & it is called "Faceless Bugs"!!!

Monday through Thursday of this week, we'll be showing you little snippets of what our fantastic Peachy Design team has put together using the newest sets from Peachy Keen Stamps!

We are switching it up a bit w/the giveaways, so here are the details:

GIVEAWAYS!!

Yes, like any good, fun Peachy Keen Release, we will be having GIVEAWAYS!

We'll be drawing winners a little differently for this release.

Here's what you gotta do:

Check the Peachy Keen BLOG  Monday through Thursday at 7 pm Central Time this week....

Check out the SUPER cute sneak peeks HERE, and then head to the designers' blogs that are showcased each day.

Leave comments on ALL blogs and leave a comment HERE on the Peachy BLog! For a chance to win the stamp set we our showcasing during the 4 days of sneaks!

On FRIDAY {7 pm Central} we're going to have a BLOG HOP and reveal ALL the sets!

Make sure you check to see if you were a winner from the SNEAK PEEKS.

When you bee-bop through the BLOG HOP,

leave another comment on each blog along the way.

Why?

Because Peachy Keen is going to draw THREE more winners who will win some fun supplies from the

PKS Warehouse {not stamps}!

Now head on over to my other peachy sister's blogs, the TALENTED Miss Janice AND Miss Heidi's blogs to see their sneeks!;) Don't forget to leave those comments on ALL Sneaks for a chance to win any of the sets we are featuring this week! GOOD LUCK!;)

Imagine Nation Monday ~ Episode 178

Good Morning & welcome to another Imagine Nation Monday! For today's card, I decided to only use the pattern paper feature & I did the rest w/my Gypsy Girl & my regular cricut! You can see in the video how I came up w/it!;)

Here is my card! Of course, I just HAD to add some "Stardust" stickles to the cloud & I added some as well to the 3 stars on my sentiment! I embossed the sentiment "twinkle twinkle little start" using white embossing powder! I just LOVE how my stamps emboss & it has a LOT to do w/the quality of the stamp! I am VERY fortunate & not to mention LUCKY that I have the BEST manufacture available today!;) I just finished it off by adding black stitching around the edges of my card! Aren't those baby sentiments SOOO CUTE? I just LOVE this newest release of mine called "All Star Baby"This baby set has some SUPER DUPER cute sentiments that you will love!;) If you don't own those "Wide Eyed Kids" face stamps, then you sure are missing out my friends! I used the 1/8" size but these faces are also available in the assortment sizes as well! You can see those HERE! This is the CUTEST face set EVER!!! DEFINITELY, another one of my FAVS!;)

Here is the video!;)

Thank you for joining me today! Don't forget to come back tomorrow for a "Sneak Peek" for the upcoming Peachy Keen's newest release! You are NOT gonna want to miss this one!!!! Be ready because on Friday, April 1st ALL of the newest Peachy stamps will be available for purchase!! I CANNOT wait for all of you to feast your eyes on them!;)

My Creative Time Blog Hop! - Episode 177

Good Morning & welcome to "My Creative Time's"  Blog hop w/my AMAZING Design Team & myself! Today I am SOOO SUPER EXCITED that the TALENTED Joy & Melanie from Everyday Cricut are joining us!!!! I am HONORED to have them hop along w/us & show us once again their BEAUTIFUL work! Today all of us are each showcasing my newest "4th" Edition Stamp Release! Can I just say that I think this is my FAVORITE release so far! I am VERY proud at how each one of these sets turned out & I hope you enjoy EVERY project you see today! Let's get started!

I used my newest release called "Fun Borders" for my card & the sentiment is from another set of mine called "Paper Princess"! As you can see I just HAD to BLING her up!! I used lime green stickle & I also used some green adhesive rhinestones for the outline of the card!;)

Here is the back of my card which I was SOO EXCITED to use my "Exclusive" Stamp set!;)

Here is my video showing how I created my CUTE card!;)

******GIVEAWAY******

 One LUCKY Grand Prize Winner will receive ALL FOUR of my 4th Edition stamp sets ALONG w/the "Exclusive" stamp set!!! So in order to qualify, you must leave a comment on EVERY SINGLE Blog in this FUN hop!! I will choose a winner on Sunday night! GOOD LUCK My Creative Friends!;)

 I hope you liked what you saw, now it's time for you to head on over to the TALENTED & Sweet JOY & see what GORGEOUS project she has waiting just for you!;)

 Here is the hop order just in case you get lost along the way!

Me ~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ (you are here)

Joy ~ http://www.obsessedwithscrapbooking.com/

Melanie ~ http://courtney-lane.blogspot.com/

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vicky ~ http://luvmygypsy.blogspot.com/

Tanner ~ http://www.mrcricutcrazy.com/

P.S. You can see all of "My Creative Time's" line of stamps HERE! You can click on each one to see them larger!;)

Design Team Thursday w/the NEW RELEASES!!!

Good morning everyone! Welcome to my Design Team Thursday w/my AWESOME designers! Now to explain my very PLAIN card, I did have other ideas in mind, but I got sidetracked from some very sad news from a VERY good friend yesterday:( All I have to say is HUG your loved ones & tell them how much you love them "NOW" because "Tomorrow" is never a guarantee. Life is too short my friends...

I hope you enjoy what you are about to see! Please leave my designer's some love on their blogs because they sure deserve it!;)

For my card I used "Just a Little Note to Say..." stamp set! ALL product is from Papertrey Ink!

Here is Katie's SUPER ADORABLE card using "All Star Baby" stamp set!

Another SUPER ADORABLE card from Leanne using "Fun Borders" stamp set!

Here is Linda's Beautiful gift box w/matching cards using "My One & Only" stamp set! This is the front of the box!

Here are the matching cards using the different sentiments in this FUN, yet UNIQUE stamp set!

This is how they look all tucked away in their sweet gift box!

Tanner created this SUPER CUTE card using "Just a Little Note to Say..."!

Thank you soooo much for stopping by! Didn't my design team do an AWESOME JOB??? I sure think so! When you get a moment, please click on their names above their projects & visit each one of their blogs & leave them some love! All of these stamp sets that are shown here today are available HERE! Don't forget to come back tomorrow for a FUN blog hop that you sure DO NOT WANT TO MISS!!! See ya manana & have a FABULOUS day my Creative Friends!;) XOXO's to ALL of you!

WOW!!!!

Good Morning!!!! WOW, I got a call from my Mom this morning & she told me that we "SOLD OUT" lastnight of my new stamp release!!! I am SOOOO HAPPY that all of you are happy w/this release as much as I am! If you placed your order after 9pm (pacific time) lastnight, your orders will be shipping out at the end of NEXT WEEK! If you place your order BEFORE that time yesterday, your orders will be going out this weekend! If you haven't seen the new release, you can see them all HERE! All of my new stamps are available for purchase HERE! THANK YOU & have a GREAT day my Creative Friends!;)

New Stamp Release along w/an "Exclusive" Bonus Stamp set!

Welcome to another FABULOUS stamp release! In my opinion, this is my most FAVORITE release yet! I am SO happy w/how all of these came out & I am very proud of myself!;) In honor of  "National Crafting Month" this month, I decided to offer this "Bonus Stamp" set of 2 "FREE" to the 1st 75 customers who place their order starting NOW! YEP!!! FREE!!!! I also decided to do this to show my appreciation to all of you for your support! I wish I can offer more, but unfortunately, I'm just a "One Man" show here! lol.... Well,  I need to include my shipping department "My Mom"! lol......  I hope you enjoy these sets as much as I enjoyed designing them!;) Let me know whatcha think and hopefully "YOU" are one of those Lucky 75 shoppers who will receive this FUN bonus stamp set of 2 for FREE!;)

Stamps are available for purchase HERE!!!!
Shipping out end of next week!;)

Peachy Keen Challenge #48 & another Sneaky Peek!

Good morning my Creative Friends & welcome to another FUN Peachy Challenge!

HERE IS THE CHALLENGE:***Create a card or layout based on the SKETCH provided

***Link your project up to Mr. Linky on the Peachy Keen Blog!

For my card, I used another one of my FAVORITE stamp sets from Peachy Keen "Happy Birthday Kids"! This is the CUTEST CUTEST Birthday set EVER!!! You definitely have to check this out along w/the pink acrylic blocks that will fit this set PERFECTLY!!;) Did you notice that ADORABLE Border background stamp that is at the top & at the bottom card? Well, that is another one of my Sneaky peeks! I said it before & I'll say it again, Peachy stamps & my Creative time stamps work SO Well together! I just LOVE it!;) This set is called "Fun Borders" which will be one of my sets I'll be releasing tonight! I think you are going to just LOVE the other 3 that go w/the stamp set! Being that Peachy Keen is the manufacturer, you are guarenteed a PERFECT crisp image! I used clear embossing powder to get this AWESOME look! That sentiment is from my set called "Wow! So Many Candles"!

Here is the sketch to follow!

Here is the Prize for this AWESOME challenge! "Spring Words!"

I hope to see ALOT of you Peachy peeps participating in this challenge! Don't forget to check out the rest of the design team's blogs to see the ADORABLE projects they created w/this sketch! Also, don't forget to visit our AWESOME Guest Designer "Stephanie"! Stop by her blog & leave her some love also my friends!;) I will see ALL of you at my ustream tonight HERE for the release of 4 of my newest & my FAVORITE stamp sets to date!;) See ya tonight & have a GREAT day!;)

Here are the different time zones for the ustream tonight!
8pm- Central Time

6pm- Pacific Time
7pm- Mountain Time
9pm- Eastern Time
Hope to see you all there!;)

I Love You & a Sneaky Peek:)

Happy Sunday night everyone! I am SOOO VERY behind on EVERYTHING!!! I STILL haven't attacked all my emails yet:(  This weekend I literally just hung out, watched movies. I didn't even turn on my computer & not to mention, the weather was HORRIBLE this weekend. Due to our nasty weather, the boys opening ceremonies & games were cancelled! I am so happy that my parents live around the corner from us because we still did our weekly Saturday night dinner w/them & we ALWAYS have a GREAT time! I have to say that I seriously have the BEST parents EVER! They are ALWAY ALWAYS there for me in a "Heartbeat" when I need them or "Just Because"! I feel truly blessed! I hope all of you enjoyed your weekend:)

Okay, onto my card! Can I just say that this month's release of new stamps are my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE!!! Especially this set here! I created a banner stamp image & it has 11 sentiments that fit perfectly in that adorable banner!;) I wanted to design an Anniversary/wedding/love set that you don't see out there today! I wanted it to have a unique yet edgy look to it & I just LOVE how it turned out! Now it's no secret on how much I just LOVE my vampire shows & that had a huge influence on this set as well! This new set that will be releasing this Tuesday is called "My One & Only"! I dedicate this stamp set to my hubby, for obvious reasons;) If you have the "Immortal Love" paper stack from DCWV, then you are in luck! In my opinion, I think this stamp set goes along PERFECTLY w/that paper stack! I used that stack for my card & that "rose" I actually got from a tutorial from Erin w/DCWV herself! Of course, mine isn't as beautiful as hers is, but it was my very first one & I think it's "passable"! lol..... You see a video of the tutorial for these paper flowers HERE.

I hope you like my card today my sweet friends! ALSO, WOW, I can't believe how many cards my hubby is getting!! All of you are TOTALLY making him one HAPPY man!;) I will see you back here soon! Don't forget on Tuesday I will be having a ustream releasing 4 new stamp sets along w/a "Surprise"!!!;) Have a GREAT night everyone & huge XOXOXO's to ALL of YOU!;)

Latest on my Hubby! & Picture of my Sis!

First of all, I want to explain the pictures of my sis!!! I had a "Last Minute" ustream tonight & I showed a picture of sister from highschool & she wasn't happy about that particularly one that I showed! LOL...... Well, I thought it was a PRETTY pic, but she didn't think so!;) So I promised that I would show everyone an updated one of  her! Once again, I FAILED to record the ustream (sorry) :( 

Now, onto my hubby, today we did find out that he has NO aneurysm "THANK GOD"!!!!! So being that he is still fatigued & still hasn't quite had his appetite back 100%, I still need answers! So, they did another chest xray, they want to see his heart again & they also took an abdomen xray as well! I got a copy of ALL the blood work & every test that was taken on him & I am having someone else look into it more "Thoroughly" for me! Basically, that was it, but I did LOVE the Dr. we saw today because she actually sat there & completely answered EVERY single question I had for her & then some! She was GOOD! That was it! I just feel a whole weight lifted off my shoulders because when they originally said he had an aneurysm, they described it as being so big that it could burst anytime:( So you can understand the relief I had just knowing this!;) Like I said before & I'll say it again, THANK YOU SOOO MUCH EVERYONE for being here for me! I didn't mean to get all emotionally tonight on my ustream, I tried my hardest NOT to, but I couldn't help it:( I still can't believe how much support I am getting from ALL of you & I still have to tackle  the 3200 emails I have gotten from SOOO many of you! So THANK YOU & my Hubby THANKS you from the bottom of our hearts:) Well, I better take myself to bed now! Tomorrow is my boys opening day ceremonies for baseball AND they are having their very 1st game! I am SOO EXCITED about that! & I know they are too!!! ;) Have a GREAT night everyone & don't forget, I will have another ustream Tuesday night! I wasn't going to do a stamp release for this month, but my hubby made me! he still wants me to have one! I'm glad he convinced me to because not only am I releasing 4 new sets, I have a SURPRISE FOR YA! I can't wait!;)  I will see ya back here soon! BIG XOXOXOXO's to ALL Of you!;) Luv Ya!

My sister can have ANY color hair she wants & still be beautiful!;)

last minute ustream tonight in 10 minutes!

If you would like to join Nikki & I, we will ustreaming in 10 minutes! I will update you on my hubby as well! Here is the link for it!  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/my-creative-time

Throwback Thursday Challenge & My Design Team!

Happy St. Patty's Day everyone! This is a bittersweet day for us because, we are on pins & needles & have to wait ONE MORE day to hear my hubby's results! Someone asked me how could I have the strength to be making cards at a time like this? Well, to be honest w/you, this is the only thing that is really keeping me going! During the day, I am distracted by the boys & my hubby, but when they go to sleep, that's when I constantly start thinking about everything all over again:( So crafting seriously is my Therapy at the moment!
 As soon as everyone wakes up, I am going to shop for my cornbeef & cabbage and some mint chip ice cream! I always make us milkshakes w/that every year for St. Patty's day! (My Favorite!)

Okay, welcome to another throwback Thursday challenge w/my FABULOUS design team! Here are the details for this challenge:
*** Link your project up to Mr. Linky, then leave a comment!

*** Deadline for this challenge will be on Wed, March 30th!
***Use ANY OLDER CARTRIDGE OF YOUR CHOICE for this challenge & make sure your project has the color GREEN in it***
***Make a project of YOUR choice!
*** ONE project per person please!

Sorry, I'm still not ready to do a video yet. But I did make a card for this challenge!
Here is my card, I used Create a Critter for the worm & apple shaped card. I also used 3 Birds on Parade for the little cute cloud! That ADORABLE face on my worm is from Peachy Keen's Large "Critter Faces" set! Did I forget about that Super Perfect Teacher stamp?? Yep, that is from my stamp set called "My Teacher Rocks"! I colored it in to make it look like it's on a post-it note & I also used red stickles for that tiny cute apple!;) Oh, I also embossed the apple using the "Book Print" Impression Plate from Papertrey Ink!

Here is Miss Glora's super cute card also using "My Teacher Rocks" stamp set!

Here is Miss Nikki's Manly Man card using "You're My Best Buddy" stamp set!

Here is Miss Abby's adorable card also using "You're My Best Buddy" stamp set!

Here is Miss Vickie's adorable card & she used "So Grateful For You" stamp set!

Now onto the LUCKY winner of our last Throwback Challenge....... Random.org  chose.......#62

CONGRATS Miss Cassandra!!!! You can see her CUTE card HERE! Cassandra is the winner of a stamp set of her choice from my stamp line!!!;) So Miss Cassandra, go ahead & email me & let me know which stamp set YOU would like & I would also need your address!

Don't forget to click on each one of my Designer's names to visit their blogs to see how they created their AMAZING cards AND while you are there, don't forget to leave them some love!;)