12 Days of Christmas Day 1 ~ Episode 280

It's FINALLY here! Welcome to our FIRST day of our "12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop"! WOW, I hope you have your coffee, or whatever choice of beverage you usual take at this time because there is LOTS to see! Let's just say that by the time these 12 days are over, you will have ALL of your Christmas gifts/cards/home decor ALL DONE! Trust me, there is SOOO MUCH inspiration along the way, that you do NOT want to miss a blog!  Okie dokie, let's get started. I decided to kick of these 12 days w/a "Home Decor" item! I picked up this cute 17 inch "Charlie Brown" tree up @ Hobby Lobby! As soon as I saw it, I just KNEW it needed "L-O-V-E"!;) I found some  Candy Cane Chenille Stems at Hobby Lobby & just rolled them up & hot glued a toothpick behind it to make them look like lollipops! I added some tulle & twine as well! I knew my lollipops needed an "extra" touch. I decided to use the circle die from my "Build a Banner Kit" & the cute little Christmas tree from my "Anyday Bingo & Crossword"! I stamped the tree onto the circle die & added some glitter around the circle & added Lime color stickles to the little trees!

I couldn't get a PERFECT picture:( But it sure does look WAY CUTER in person!;)

You can see EXACTLY how I decorated my "Charlie Brown" tree in my video below!;)

***12 Days of Christmas Give Away Alert***

To qualify for ALL the AMAZING giveaways for the next 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop! You will have until Tues, Dec 13th @ midnight to have all of your comments in! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE LEAVE A WAY FOR US TO CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE WINNER'S!

There are some AMAZING giveaways for this special 12 day event & some SURPRISES to help celebrate "My Creative Time's" One Year Anniversary! Yep, I released my 1st set of stamps one year ago! So make sure you are tuned in for the entire 12 days because this is ONE hop you do NOT want to miss!;)

TODAY'S Giveway is:

SPONSORED BY ME!;)

Your next stop in this SUPER FUN hop is the Talented Miss Cassandra!!!

Here is the line up just in case you get lost along the way!;)

Emma~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ You are HERE!;)

Cassandra ~ http://www.ctimz3.blogspot.com/

Cathryn ~  http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/

Cindy ~ http://cindylee77.blogspot.com/

Jeanne ~ http://www.thecricutcorner.com/

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

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

Linsey ~ http://linseyrickett.blogspot.com/

Liz ~ http://www.lizspaperloft.com/

Nancy ~ http://scrappingoutofcontrol.blogspot.com/

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

Rosy ~ http://sweetdelightspapernmore.blogspot.com/

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

Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/

Tracy ~ http://tracyscricutcorner.blogspot.com/

Trell ~ http://polkadotsandpaint.blogspot.com/

Veronica ~ http://www.vkcreate.blogspot.com/

Happy Hopping! I hope you see LOTS of inspiration along the way!;) See you ALL back here tomorrow, same time, same place!:)  xoxo

Peachy Keen Challenge #66 AND Cake Pop Video!

GOOD MORNING & welcome to another Peachy Challenge! For my OH SO CUTE CARD, I used the brand new die "Christmas Tree" along w/one of  the coordinating stamp "Santa Tree"! I am SOOO VERY THRILLED that Peachy Keen Stamps is now carrying dies! It saves SOOOO much time & I just LOVE it!:) For my pattern paper, it is from Close to My Heart called "My Reflections"! VERY PRETTY paper! You can pick up this paper from Miss Melanie HERE!

Here are all the details for this challenge!

Guest Designer: Julie - http://juliescraftyspot.blogspot.com

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THE CHALLENGE

Create a card with the sketch provided. Peachy Keen Stamps are not required to participate, but we always love to see what you create with them if you have them already!

Guidelines:

Design must be new
Link up to the Peachy Keen Blog HERE by 12/12 - 11:59 pm CDT

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Peachy Design Team to see there FANTASTIC take on this challenger! You can see them all HERE!

Okay, I have had SEVERAL questions about my Mom's cake pops! Which she made for me for my release week using my newest die "Stitched Lollipop Holder Die"! Here are 2 of the samples:

My Mom got her recipe from this book called "Cake Pops" By "Bakerella", Angie Dudley! Here is a video by Miss "Bakerella" herself explaining how these are made! Here is Bakerella's blog! Now, keep in mind, the heart shaped pop, my Mother actually used a thick heart shaped cookie cutter for that one.

Hope this helps for all of you who had questions!:)

Thank you for stopping by! Don't forget to join us on Thursday for the first day of our 12 days of Christmas w/my design team & myself!!! It will be 12 days full of inspiration, videos, giveaways & some SURPRISES to also help celebrate my ONE YEAR Anniversary of having my very own stamp line!;) Hope to see you ALLL there my sweet creative friends! Have a FABULOUS day! xoxo

HAPPY HAPPY TURKEY DAY!:)

(This is a card from last year)

Happy Thanksgiving to ALLLL of my SWEET CREATIVE Friends!;) I have SOOO MUCH to be "Thankful" for today!:)

I know I said that I was going to do a video for today, but it didn't happen! Yesterday when I was loading up more stamps that I just packaged to take to my Mom's, I was putting them in the back of my Durango & as I was closing the back gate, I didn't move quick enough & hit my own head (my right side of my temple) w/that HEAVY door! OMG.....I think this is the first time I actually saw stars!!! So, needless to say, I was in NO condition to even do a video, let alone make a post lastnight:( THANK GOD for my boys, they helped my Mom w/shipping AND when they were done, they even helped my Mom cook for Thanksgiving today!

After MUCH icing my head & lots of Tylenol, today I don't feel dizzy & I can actually see straight now!;) I guess I get to have my Turkey dinner w/a big bump & bruise on my right side of my temple on my face:(  At least ALL of this good food will make it ALLLLL BETTER!;)

Have a FABULOUS Thanksgiving everyone! I will see you ALL back here on Dec 1st to kick off our 12 Days of Christmas hop w/my Design Team! AND I will have 12 of the BEST giveaways EVER! You definitely don't want to miss out on that!;) xoxo

LUCKY WINNER OF THE E2!!!! DRUM ROLL PLEASE..................

GOOD morning my sweet creative friends! WOW! here we go!

Here are the 19 finalists that random.org chose from each designer's blogs:

1. Saundra Luvscrappingtogether

2. Donna & Sara Teachermom

3. Tami B.

4. MeMe Pat

5. Lisa from Creative Niche

6. The Archiving Angel Sonia

7. Frank-Lee Speaking

8. Janice A. w/janiceaeschliman

9. Terri stamper 52

10. Kathy's Kreative Spot

11. Donna & Sara Teachermom

12. Sherri B.

13. Cynthia vill

14. Jovan cards by Jovan

15. Zabrina wendt

16. Trisha patnbob

17. Scrapnatic

18. Miss Georgi
19. Scrapaholicjen

Random.org chose...............DRUM ROLL PLEASE...........................#7

A HUGE CONGRATS TO MISS FRANK-LEE SPEAKING!!! YAHOOOOOO! 

You will need to email me @ creativetimeforme@gmail.com w/your addy my sweet friend so I can get your new toy out to you!

WOW! I just wanted to give ALL of you a HUGE shout out for leaving ALL of those AMAZING comments! I WISH I had 19 of these so all of you can get one!;)

UPDATE on your orders:  All I have to say is WOW! I am having a hard time keeping this ENTIRE release in stock! I am completely overwhelmed w/joy to see that ALL of you really enjoyed this release! Like I said before, this one was my most FAVORITE one to date! THANK YOU!;)

The "Lollipop Holder Die" SOLD OUT immediately!

For those of you who placed your orders on Saturday & forward, I just wanted to let you know that your "Lollipop Holder Die"  will be shipping out at the end of next week OR sooner! I apologize, but my Mother & I have been working VERY HARD at trying to get ALL of your orders out as quickly as possible!  We REALLY appreciate your patience!

If you have ANY questions at all, PLEASE email me @ creativetimeforme@gmail.com!  Thank you sooo much for stopping by & I will see you back here tomorrow for an EXTRA SPECIAL Thanksgiving video from an EXTRA SPECIAL guest!:) xoxo

Jingle Bell Rock w/Tim Holtz Winter ink! ~ Episode 279

GOOD MORNING my creative sweet friends! I have had several questions on the Tim Holtz Distressed inks & how "I" use them! Just so you know, I'm not "professional", so be nice! hehehe!

I used the Winter Limited Edition Tim Holtz inks which you can find HERE!

I also used two of my FAVORITE stamp sets! They are "Small Talk" & "Mixed Holiday Sentiments"! I just added some little jingle bells & a cute little pine cone w/my twine! I picked up the embellies from Michael's & Richard's arts & craft stores!

Here is my video showing how I made this QUICK & EASY card!;)

My card really looks better in person! :)  Well, THANK YOU for stopping by & don't forget to come back tomorrow, to see if YOU were the LUCKY winner of the E2!;)

Have a FABULOUS day my sweet friends! xoxo

Simple Christmas Tags ~ Episode 278

I am super duper Happy with how my cute little tags turned out!;) I used one of my FAVORITE stamp sets "Everyday Bingo & Crossword" & "XL Label Borders" sets for BOTH tags! To make that ADORABLE decorative edge, I simple used my "Embossed Gift Card Holder Die"!

Here is my video showing you how these were made!;) ENJOY!

I hope you enjoyed my super simple tags today using "Anyday Bingo & Crossword", "XL Label Border" stamp sets along w/my "Embossed Gift Card Holder Die"!;)

Don't forget, my brand new release, the 12th Editions, which you can see HERE, will be on sale until Friday, Nov 25th~! Sale will end on the 25th @ 11:59pm! You can purchase these stamps HERE! This is my VERY 1st SALE to kick off my One Year Anniversary party! Yep, can you believe I announced the launch of my new stamp line almost a year ago in Dec??? I still can't believe it myself!;) Thank you sooo much for stopping by & I will see you back here soon!;) Have a FABULOUS day! xoxo

P.S. Please be patient w/our "shipping department"! We are working as fast as we can do get all of your orders out to you as quickly as we can! If you haven't received your delivery confirmation yet, I promise it will be coming VERY SOON!;) My Mother "Thanks ALL of you for your patience"! I am just so happy that you all were happy w/this release! This is DEFINITELY my most FAVORITE one to date!;)

November Stamp Release Blog Hop! ~ Episode 276

Go to PEACHY KEEN Blog Hop HERE!

Welcome to my 12th Edition of stamps being released this month! I am SOOO EXCITED! Here are all the stamps AND the video is below! I announced 7 winners in my video, so DON'T FORGET to watch! It just "MIGHT BE YOU"! ;)

Here is my Video!!!

***HUGE GIVEAWAY ALERT!***

For our giveway today, we are  giving ONE LUCKY winner an E2! If you have always wanted an E2, here is your BIG chance to win one! OR if you have one already, just think if you did win, you would make someone SUPER HAPPY by giving it to them as a gift since Christmas is right around the corner!  All you have to do is leave a comment here along w/the rest of the design team's blogs AND also leave a way for me to contact you! Each designer will be picking a winner, then I will use random.org to pick the lucky winner out of those 19 names! So remember you  have "19" chances to win! All you have to do is leave a comment on ALL blogs in this hop! The deadline is Sunday night at midnight! EASY PEASY!!! GOOD LUCK!:)

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Here is the BLog Hop line up!

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

Cassandra ~ http://www.ctimz3.blogspot.com/
Cathryn ~  http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/
Cindy ~ http://cindylee77.blogspot.com/
Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/
Jeanne ~ http://www.thecricutcorner.com/
Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/
Leanne ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/
Linsey ~ http://linseyrickett.blogspot.com/
Liz ~ http://www.lizspaperloft.com/
Nancy ~ http://scrappingoutofcontrol.blogspot.com/
Nikki ~ http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/
Rosy ~ http://sweetdelightspapernmore.blogspot.com/
Ruthie ~ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/
Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/
Tracy ~ http://tracyscricutcorner.blogspot.com/
Trell ~ http://polkadotsandpaint.blogspot.com/
Veronica ~ http://www.vkcreate.blogspot.com/
Kelley ~ http://myfrontporch-kelley.blogspot.com/

HAPPY HOPPING!!!
 All stamps are available for purchase HERE! Will start shipping out today!;)
THANK YOU for stopping by!;)

CONTEST HAS ENDED!!! WILL ANNOUNCE WINNER OF E2 ON WED, NOV 23, 2011!

Peachy Keen Kut Outs Blog Hop!

Peachy Keen Stamps, are always working to bring Kathy's cheery images into new format for artists of all trades to enjoy. It is with great pleasure that Peachy Keen Stamps introduces you to the newest product to be released from the Peachy Keen line - Peachy Keen Kut Outs! These thin metal dies can be used in most of the leading die-cut machines such as Cuttlebug™ by Provo Craft, BigShot™ by Sizzix, and The Grand Calibur™ by Spellbinders!

For my project above, I used the ADORABLE "Scarecrow Boy" along w/the "Scarecrow Boy Die"! I just cannot get over how ADORABLE these new dies are! A DEFINITELY "MUST HAVE:!;)

I decided to do Lollipop Holders w/mine because I need something to gift to both of my boys' classroom on Wednesday! Now, I could've Jazzed him up even MORE, but I had to stop myself & think about it! Being that I have to make 65 of these, I decided to keep him CUTE & SIMPLE!;)

As soon as I saw this CUTIE PATOOTIE, I KNEW he would be PERFECT in a Gift Card Holder!!! I'll have to make another one & I will give my boys a gift for Valentine's in these! AREN'T these new Peachy Keen Dies JUST SO PRECIOUS??? I LOVE them SOOO MUCH! Just the fact that we DON'T have to do anymore cutting is just the icing on the cake!;) hehehe!

He is the "Snow Boy w/Envelope" along w/the "Winter Character w/Hunter Hat Die"!

PRIZES:

PKS will be drawing 3 winners. The winners will receive their choice of one (1) Peachy Keen Kut Out die and one (1) coordinating stamp set. Winners will be chosen amongst ALL comments left on all the blogs across the hop!

EDIT- 11/17: Hi Ladies, we are offering an incentive this weekend - FREE shipping this weekend only 11/18-11/20 and an additional 5% off promo code - KUTOUT5 - which means customers will receive 15% off (promo code + everyday savings of 10% off)!

Okie dokie! Next up in this hop, is the AMAZING Miss Samantha! I can GUARANTEE you, that you are going to leave her blog w/a HUGE smile on your face!;)

BLOG HOP Order:

PKS Blog - http://peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com

Kathy - http://peachykeenstamps-kathy.blogspot.com

Viv - http://craftinghaven.blogspot.com

Lorie - http://thethinkinspot.blogspot.com

Janice - http://stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com

Nikki - http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com

Emma - http://creativetimeforme.com

Samantha - http://samanthacasey.blogspot.com

Lisa - http://our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com

Kim - http://paperpunchaddiction.com

Heidi - http://gotscraps.blogspot.com

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

Erin - http://erinleecreative.com

Ruthie - http://septemberninth.blogspot.com

Angelica - http://handmadebyangelica.com

Jeanne - http://www.thecricutcorner.com

Zeni - http://www.scrappyzeni.com/

Candace -www.scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com

Michelle - http://www.scrappinwithmybug.com

PKS Blog - http://peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com

Happy Hopping my sweet Peachy friends!;)