MCT "Make It Manly"

GOOD MORNING my sweet friends & welcome to another "Make It Manly".

Today is the day that we create a couple of MASCULINE project ideas. 

As you can see, we are showcasing/featuring these ADORABLE "Cloud Dies". 

Since we are showcasing this product, it is available at a small discount price for a limited time! This special will end on Sunday, Feb 19, 2023 @ midnight PST! No code needed, it's already marked down!

I was THRILLED to finally use my new Peachy Keen face stamps! I linked the set I used below!

Click HERE to see my video on how I put my card together! :) 

I added the 2 smallest clouds on the inside of my card! :) 

MCT PRODUCTS USED:

~ Cloud Dies

~ Ginger Chefs (6x6 Paper Pad)

~ Heart Label Dies

~ Super Dad

~ XOXO Border Frame Dies

Peachy Keen Stamps

~ Jill's Favorites Face Stamp Assortment

Now onto the talented Miss Jannie! Click on her name to visit her blog to see what she used to create this fabulous project! 

Miss Jannie

I hope you all were inspired here today! Thank so very much for stopping by, have a FABULOUS day & I will see you all back here soon! :) xoxo

Inspiration Wednesday

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

Today is kind of a bittersweet post & I just could not find myself to do a video for it.  I "literally" just found out yesterday that a fellow design team member & friend lost her long battle with cancer over the weekend.  She was Miss Vivienne Holden also known as "Sweet Viv" & I was lucky to have met her through Peachy Keen Stamps.  Just being on the same team with her was SUCH an inspiration to me.  She was the sweetest person who was always so positive & left me the BEST comments on my blog! I remember getting the sweetest messages from her when I first started making stamps & one of her famous lines were "Another Smasher" release! :) Sweet Viv will TRULY be missed by ALL of her friends in the crafting community including myself.  I send my condolences to her family & her fur babies across the pond.

Now onto my special card today.  This card was inspired by Miss Nikki's tribute card she created for Sweet Viv HERE.  This was a set that the TALENTED Miss Kathy (owner of Peachy Keen Stamps) designed for Miss Vivienne a while ago.  So Miss Nikki thought it would be a great idea for all of us who have this stamp set to create a card in Sweet Viv's honor.  If you do not have this set & would like to also create a card,  you can download it for free in the Peachy Place HERE. 

This card took me almost 2 hours to watercolor!  The only reason why it took that long is because I would watercolor a section, then walk away! lol…. I wanted it to be PERFECT & I wanted to do Sweet Viv's special stamp set "PROUD".  I used my FAVE watercolors Winsor & Newton.  In addition to the "Vivienne & Friends" set, I used 2 sets of mine as well.  The sentiment is from "Treasured Moments" & the flowers are from "Window Sentiments & Flowers Stamp set".   These are not available in my store because I am in the process of revising them soon. 

I thought by adding the flowers in the background would spice up my card a tad! ;)  I also used my ruler to create a sidewalk so it wouldn't look like she was walking on air!  Last I added some shimmer from my clear Wink of Stella to her & her doll's hair bows & to her shoes.  I am very happy with how this came out! THANK GOD for skinny paint brushes because those flowers were extra small! lol….

"Vivienne & Friends" 

Creating a card or project with this set is our way to honor Viv's memory and let her family across the pond know just how special she was to us. Here's the link to The Peachy Place where you'll find Nikki's card, and a link to her blog https://www.facebook.com/groups/419054411574091/

You can ALSO download for free this Peachy Keen's "Vivienne & Friends" in the Peachy Place as well.

Now onto the AMAZING Miss Kim & Miss Nikki!  Don't forget to click on each name to visit each blog! 

Miss Kim

Miss Nikki

Thank you all for stopping by my sweet friends.

P.S.  Sweet Viv….I hope I done you PROUD my friend.  Rest in Peace sweet Angel….

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Birthday Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Birthday Blog Hop!! Today we are celebrating Lisa's (owner/designer of PPPR) birthday! She had a plan for this hop, but we (the Design Team plus guests) have a plan of our OWN because we LOVE her!!!! We are all making special birthday projects using some files from the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons store AND since birthdays are all about celebrating with friends and giving gifts, we decided to add guests to the lineup and giveaway a TON of prizes!! These awesome prizes include fun twine, stamp sets and gift certificates to some of our favorite crafty stores!! You seriously do NOT want to miss a single stop in this hop!

If you are coming to here from Jeanne's blog you are in the right place! If you have just stumbled upon this hop, make sure to head back to the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons blog! But remember - and this is important! - Lisa does NOT have the correct lineup on her blog, because she doesn't know there has been a few ADDITIONS to the lineup thanks to her DT!! SURPRISE, Lisa!! Lisa will direct you to the correct blog, but after that please disregard her lineup!!

Now onto my project!! But FIRST I would like to say "HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to YOU Miss Lisa!"

I used the CUTIE PATOOTIE "Candy Corn Guy" HERE! For those of you who know me, you know that Candy Corn is my MOST FAVORITE CANDY EVERRR! ;) I knew this was a birthday hop & I was determined to make this little cutie into a birthday card! My vision for this was to make my little candy corn look like it was stepping out of the frame to give Miss Lisa her balloons for her birthday! ;)

Here is a pic of the matching envelope I made to match my card! ;)

Supplies used:

~ "Candy Corn Guy" download file

~ Peachy Keen's "In the Garden Face Asst"

~ Teresa Collin's "Masquerade Party" 6x6 paper pad

~ Stitched Fun Ticket Dies

~ Stitched Capture Frame

~ Stitched Party Dies

~ Celebrate Good Times stamp set

GIVEAWAY from the Birthday girl! ;)

For a chance to win, you must be a follower of each blog and also leave a comment on each blog. For extra chances, you can also 'LIKE' Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons on Facebook and/or sign up for the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Newsletter. A random winner will be chosen for the prize on Tuesday, September 24th. Only US or Canadian mailing addresses please.

Okay, now for my giveaway! Yep, I am giving away 2 stamp sets from the My Creative Time store! These 2 stamp sets will go perfectly w/the 2 files that Miss Jeanne is giving away on her blog HERE!

"You are Perkfect"

&

"I'm Here for You Rain or Shine"

To qualify for my giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment here! You will have until Monday night 8/23/2013 at midnight PST to leave your comments! Random.org will choose the winner on Tuesday! GOOD LUCK my creative friends! :)

With our blog hop also comes a new Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Challenge!! The theme of the challenge is Birthday and you can link up your projects at the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons blog until Sunday, October 12th for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the store. We can't wait to see what you create using PPPR files!!

Now onto the next stop in the hop!! Head on over to Miss Melisa's blog!!

Here is the CORRECT hop lineup in case you get lost along the way!!

Lisa ~ http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/

Barb ~ http://BugBites411.blogspot.com/

Julie K. ~http://jk-littlebitofbling.blogspot.com/

Brianna ~ http://www.Bloeffelbein.blogspot.com/

Jessica Esch ~http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com

Candace ~ http://scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com/

Monica ~http://www.monicascreativemadness.com/

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

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

Melisa ~ http://www.melisascraftycreations.blogspot.com/

Nanne ~ http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/

Nicole ~ http://teachdanz.blogspot.com/

Kathy ~ http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/

Shannon ~ http://designsofapaddymack.typepad.com/

Sarah ~ http://pinkcricut.com/

Tanya ~ http://nonnascraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Ana Maria ~ http://shortycreations.blogspot.com/

THANK YOU for stopping by & HAPPY HOPPING!!! ;)

Designer Challenge Thursday ~ CRITTER CARD CHALLENGE

Hi this is Glora and today I have your new Designer Challenge. My challenge is to make a set of 4, 3"x3" cards. If you are up to an extra challenge make the cards with a critter theme, but all that is REQUIRED for my challenge is a set of 4, 3" x 3" cards. I hope you will join in the fun and thanks to Emma for letting me host a challenge on her blog.

Here is my set of 3" x 3" cards:

For these cards I used My Creative Time's Small Talk stamp set. It is perfect for 3x3 cards and it has an awesome variety of sentiments too. The faces are by Peachy Keen Stamps and the Teddy Bear cut is from Miss Kate's Cuttables.

I had to make little envelopes for my set of cards too, so here they are with their envelopes (made using the  3x3 Fancy Envelope Die):

I hope you will join in on the fun! Hugs- Glora

Now onto our AMAZING design team!  Don't forget to click on each name to visit their blogs & leave them some LOVE! ;)

Miss Nikki

Miss Shar

Miss Micia 

Miss Leanne

Miss Emma (that's me) 

I was so inspired by this challenge that I made 2 sets of 3x3 cards! Did you know that you can make 8 3x3 cards out of ONE 12x12 cardstock? ;)

Supplies used for my 'Just a note' card set:

~ "Stitced Mini Frame & arrow die" set

~ "Happy Mail" stamp set

~ Simple Stories Urban Traveler 6x6 paper pad

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Supplies used for my doggy & kitty card set:

~ "Stitced Mini Frame & arrow die" set

~ "Happy Mail" stamp set

~ Simple Stories 24 Seven 6x6 paper pad

~ Happy Go Lucky Dog Face Asst

~  Here Kitty Kitty Face Asst

Isn't this such a FUN challenge? I was up to the "extra" challenge & used the critter theme!  I LOVE making 3x3 cards so this challenge was right up my alley!;)

 Okay, here is a recap for this challenge:

~If you are up to an "Extra challenge",  make the cards with a critter theme

 ~But all that is REQUIRED for Miss Glora's challenge is to make a set of 4, 3" x 3" cards.
~Last day for this challenge is Tuesday, May 14th at midnight PST

I sure hope to see LOTS of you participating in this super fun challenge!

Here is the LUCKY winner from our last challenge that was hosted by Miss Cassandra! Okay, random.org chose:

#9 Ema Perez

CONGRATS Miss Ema! Please email me at: info@my-creative-time.com your address so I can get your prize out to you ASAP! 

Thank you SOOO MUCH for stopping by! Have a FABULOUS day & we will see you all back here soon! xoxo

Spring Fling Hop Day 2

If you are looking for "THRIFTY THURSDAY" please go

 HERE!

Good morning my creative friends & welcome to our "Spring Fling Hope Day 2"! Thank you for joining us for this super fun hop today. If you are coming from Miss Jeanne's blog, then you are so headed in the right direction! Okay, for my super sweet card today, I decided to use this ADORABLE set by Peachy keen called "Somebunny Special"! Isn't he just SOOO CUTE ? You can see in my video below how I created this SIMPLE card! :)

Supplies used:

~ Peachy Keen's "Somebunny Special"

~ Stitched Capture Frame die

~ Stitched Daisy die

~ Chunky Jar Accessories

Here is my quick video for you today!

GIVEAWAY!!!

Okay, this wouldn't be a party w/o blog candy...right? Here is what the AMAZING giveaway is today! All you have to do is leave your comments on each stop in this hop for a chance to win all 3 of these AMAZING sets! GOOD LUCK!

The Moodies!!

(All three sets to one winner!!!!!)

Your next stop in this FUN hop is the OH SO TALENTED Miss Nikki :)

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

Peachy Keen Stamps Blog - http://www.peachykeenstamps.blogspot.com/

Amanda Bodine - http://amandascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/

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

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

Cassandra Cauble - http://www.ctimz3.blogspot.com/

Amy Crockett - http://www.scrappingmommy.com/

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

Lorie Souther - http://www.thinkinspot.com/

Melissa Haas - http://doxiemeldesigns.blogspot.com/

Michelle Criswell - http://www.scrappinwithmybug.com/

Vivienne Holden - http://www.craftinghaven.blogspot.com/

Jeanne Streiff - http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

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

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

Saundra Rega - http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/

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

HAPPY HOPPING! 

I love you more than chocolate!:)

GOOD MORNING & HAPPY HAPPY FRIDAY!;) Welcome to part 2 of my Non-traditional valentine color card! I was SO HAPPY to find my "Gypsy girl" & design w/her for my card today! Yep, she was "MIA" & when I wasn't looking for her, I found her!;) It was SOOO NICE to sit on my couch & design my card! You can see in the video below EXACTLY how I did it using my "gypsy girl"!;)

For my card base, I designed it using the "Artiste" cartridge from Close to my heart! I also used "Chocolate Greetings", "100% Sweetness" & the banner die from "Vintage Label Dies"! 

Supplies I used for my card today:

~ Artiste Cricut cartridge

~ Chocolate Greetings

~ 100% Sweetness

~ Vintage Label dies (banner)

~ For the Record 2 6x6 paper pad

~ Coordinating decorative brad

~ Thick Kraft color hemp

~ Peachy Keen's "Teddy Bear Asst" faces

Here is my video showing you how I designed my card using my "Gypsy Girl"!;)

I hope you enjoyed my non-Valentine colored card today! Thank you for joining me today & I will see you back here 1st thing Monday morning w/my AWESOME design team! Have a FABULOUS weekend! xoxo

ALSO, you should ALL have shipping notices VERY SOOOON! 

MCT 12 Days of Christmas Day 8

Good morning & welcome to Day 8 of our 12 days of Christmas! I apologize for my terrible pictures! I just can't get a good one! I promise you that my project looks SOOO MUCH PRETTIER in person!;) 

I tried to make my version of a snow globe using this CUTE Peachy Stamp!!

You can see in my video how I put this together!

Supplies I used:

~ It's a Magical Season

~ Peachy Keen Stamps

Now onto the BEST Design team in the WHOLE WORLD!;) Click on each of their names to see more pics & let them some bloggy love!

 Miss Cassandra

Miss Leanne

Miss Nancy

Miss Nikki

Miss Rosy

Miss Ruthie

Miss Shar

Miss Tracy

Miss Veronica

HUGE GIVEAWAY ALERT

Okay, since it's Christmas, I have decided to give away TWELVE of my FAVORITE things to ONE LUCKY person! I will announce one of the prizes for each day in my video! So by the 12th day, you will see ALL 12 items that ONE lucky person will be receiving! All you have to do is leave your comments each day! It's that simple!

**VERY IMPORTANT** 

Please leave your contact information so we can contact you should you be the lucky winner.

I hope you all enjoyed what you saw here today! I will see you all back here tomorrow same time, same place for some MORE Christmas inspiration! Thank you SO VERY MUCH for visiting my blog & have a FANTASTIC day my sweet friends! xoxo

If you missed our 1st day, go HERE!

If you missed our 2nd day, go HERE!

If you missed our 3rd day, go HERE!

If you missed our 4th day, go HERE!

If you missed our 5th day, go HERE!

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If you missed our 7th day, go HERE!