Thrifty Thursday w/a Sketch!

GOOD MORNING my sweet friends & welcome to another "Thrifty Thursday!" Today we have a twist to go along w/our scraps! YEP, we challenged ourselves to use this sketch below that our very own "Miss Liz" created for us! We were ALL to use our scraps & make something using this sketch & I think it's safe to say that we ALL pulled it off! ;) 

Here is a picture of my scraps that I used for my card! 

Here is my card I made~! Let's just say that this card was "ALMOST" a tragedy BUT, I was able to salvage it! lol…… I basically added everything on to my card & thought it was too "white", so I decided to ink it up! WELL……I inked up the edges w/shabby shutters & peeled paint ink & it came out HORRIBLE :( Sooooo, I grabbed my mini mister & sprayed water onto the edges with out thinking that this was NOT watercolor paper! At this point I actually wanted to cry because I did NOT want to do this over! I used my heat gun & dried it but it was ALLL warpy.  After it was dried, it needed something ELSE, so that is when I grabbed my tattered rose ink pad & stamped my Script Type background onto my card in the top right side! Now, it was starting to come together so since the edges still were NOT pretty, I took my distressing tool & distressed the edges & just used glued it straight down onto the base of my card! PHEW, this was a labor of love! hehehehe! :)

MCT products used:

~ You had me at chocolate

~ Fun stitched edge dies

~ Fun pockets

~ Script type backgrounds

~ Stitched tab die

~ Stitched pretty flowers & leaves (sneak peek! these are coming SOON!)

~ All paper is from my scraps!

Other products used:

~ Shabby shutters distress ink

~ Peeled paint distress ink

~ Tattered rose distress ink

~ Wink of stella clear

Now onto the GREATEST Design team EVER! I just LOVE how they ALL used this sketch! Please click on each name to visit these AMAZING blogs for more inspiration! 

Miss Liz

Miss Candace

Miss Cassandra

Miss Cindy

Miss Emily

Miss Lee-Ann

 Miss Nikki 

Miss Shar

Miss Teri

WOW!!!! Weren't these ALLLL just FABULOUS?  I just LOVE my team! ;)

THank you ALL for visiting my blog! Have a FABULOUS day & I will see you back here SOON! :)

P.S. I just wanted to say "I apologize" for not picking the winner for our "Monochromatic Challenge" here! I have been so busy, it slipped my mind so I just want to say THANK YOU to those who nicely reminded me! :)  Okay, since I feel BAD that I didn't pick the winner yet… I decided to pick 3 winners! YEP, you heard it right…..3 winners! Since sneak peeks for my new release will be starting on the 21st, I thought it would be fun to SURPRISE my 3 winners & give them each one new product from this new release coming up rapidly! Okay, are you ready to see if "YOU" were one of the lucky winners???? 

Winner #1

#8 Gerda

Winner #2

#5 Penny L

Winner #3

#14 Amie Kiger

CONGRATS to ALL my winners! Please grab this code to the right of my blog---->, it is the "Designer Challenge Winner" button for you to proudly display on your blogs ladies! 

Please email me your addresses so I can get your prize out to you! Here is my email:

 info@my-creative-time.com

DESIGNER CHALLENGE -- AMY

Hello everyone!!  This is Amy from Scrapping Mommy and I get to host the Designer Challenge this week.

Summer is in full swing and I thought it would be fun to do a Summer themed challenge, so create anything with a Summer theme and share it with us in the links below.

For my project, I created a side step card (I watched a video on YouTube to figure out how to make one) and then decorated it with cuts from my Cricut and the the Pack Your Bags cartridge.

 

I did a little embossing and added some foam adhesive to give the front panel a little bit of dimension and texture.

The waves and sun all have Stickles glitter glue added to them.....I think that it really makes the waves stand out better than they did before I added it.

To finish off my card, I added the perfect sentiment with the Fly Away With Me sentiments and die cut image along with a little bit of bakers twine.

I hope that this card has inspired you to create a summer themed card and join us in the challenge.

Hugs,

Amy

Now onto our AMAZING design team!

Miss Cassandra

Miss Cindy

Miss Courtney

Miss Glora

Miss Kim

Miss Shar

Our "Guest Desinger" for this month "Miss Jessica"

Emma (that's me)  :)

Hello my sweet creative friends! I have a super simple card for you today! I actually WATER COLORED for you & I had SOOO MUCH FUN! You can see in my video exactly how I colored it & there is also a list of supplies below that I used!

Supplies used: 
~ Fun Pockets
~ Canson Water Color paper
~ Water brush

Here is my video for you!

I hope you are ALLL inspired to work in a "Summer Theme" project!

Here is a recap of the challenge:
~ Project must be a "SUMMER THEME"
~ Last day to enter is Tuesday, August 6th @ midnight PST
~ You can enter up to 3 times
~ Project MUST BE NEW for this challenge
~ Link up your project to Mr. Linky below
~ Lastly HAVE FUN! ;)

Are you ready to see who the winner of the "Square Card Challenge" way? RANDOM.ORG chose:

#31 Diana L
.

CONGRATS Miss Diane! Feel free to grab the code to your "Designer Challenge Winner" button on the right side of my blog & display on your blog proudly my friend! Miss Diane, please email me here:

 info@my-creative-time.com with your address so I can get your prize out to you! 

Thank you ALL so much for stopping by & I hope to see LOTS of you playing along w/out brand new "SUMMER THEME" project challenge! Have a FABULOUS day & I will see you all back here SOON!

XOXO

Thoughtful Thursday 3/28

GOOD MORNING my creative friends & welcome to another "Thoughtful Thursday"! On this day, my AWESOME design team & myself create a variety of cards to "actually" send to someone!;) I know that I am horrible about mailing out cards, but NOW, I am forced to & I LOVE it!;)
For my card today, I made a baby card for a friend of mine! Instead of using baby (pastel) colors, I stuck w/bright colors instead! I also got to play w/one of my older sets called "All Star Baby". As you can see, this is just a SIMPLE card & I love how it came out.:)

Here is the inside of the card where I added an extra piece of cardstock to make a pocket for the gift card & sewed it on!

Supplies Used:
~ All Star Baby stamp set
~ Anytime Bingo & Crossword stamp set
~  Fun Pockets stamp & die set
~ Stitched Button Dies
~ Thin red hemp

Here is my video for you today!;)

Now onto my AWESOME design team! :)

Miss Cindy

Miss Cassandra

Miss Kim

Miss Cheryl

Miss Cathryn

Miss Court

Miss Shar

Miss Nikki

Miss Amy

Well, I hope you were inspired to make a card & sent it off to that someone who needs their spirits lifted, someone who had a baby, birthday, new job....etc......!;)

Don't forget to click on each design team member to visit each of their blogs & leave them some LOVE.:)

Thank you so much for visiting! Have a FABULOUS day. xoxo

P.S. Don't forget to join in on our latest "TIC TAC TOE" challenge we have going on right HERE!

MCT 12 Days of Christmas Day 1 ~ Episode 420

GOOD MORNING my creative friends & welcome to our 1st day of our "Twelve Days of Christmas"!  Okie dokie, there are TONS of pics here for you to see today! I am NOT HAPPY w/my pictures because it was already to dark to use the light outside:( I promise, my "Countdown to Christmas" is MUCH PRETTIER in person!;) I have been SO INSPIRED by all of these advent calendars lately that I just HAD to make one of my own! WOW, where do I start.....basically, all I did was adhere 25 of my cute little pocket dies to a kraft color 12x12 cardstock! I decorated every pocket using SEVERAL of my products & I just LOVE how it came out!

For this title, I finally used my Cameo & cut out this free file (the banner)! I'm not sure exactly what size it is, I just made it big enough to fit across the entire 12x12 cutting mat! Then I was SO HAPPY to use my "Lower Case Fun Dies" for my title! I added some glass glitter to my snowflakes!

Here are some pictures of all the pockets!

This is one of the goodies that are tucked in a few of the pockets! I thought it would be a good idea to put a message that states "Read" & when the boys pick this, I will let them either go to Barnes & Noble OR let them order a book online! I thought this was PERFECT because BOTH of my boys LOVE to read! I used the cloud die for this message!

I put little clothespins on the little tags so it would be easier for the boy to take them out!;)

This next one I used my heart die & stamped a candy on here so they can pick a candy this day!;) 

This next one, I used one of the banners from my "Build a Banner Kit" & stamped a little chocolate kiss here! 

This next one, is pretty self explanatory! lol..... YEP, when the boys choose this one, there will DEFINITELY be a Starbucks run!;) 

This one is my FAVORITE! When they pick this, they will give me lots of hugs & kisses~! ;) There will be ONE DAY that they "might" think they are too cool to give their Mommy hugs & kisses, so I will take as many as I can get now!;) 

I'm not going to lie & say that this was SUPER EASY......lol...it took me 2 days to complete it, but I am in love w/the end result! I landed up "recycling" this frame that Miss Liz,  Miss Katie & myself made either last year OR earlier this year! I had this frame in my craftroom w/a few of my favorite cards on it! I just removed the cards & used it for this~! I thought this frame was a PERFECT fit for this! (Pretend you don't see the hot glue on the right side of the frame) hahahaha! I forgot to remove it before my picture taking!  Oh well, I hope you like it my sweet friends!

Here is my video on how I put this together!

Supplies I used:

~ Fun Pockets Stamp set

~ Circle Font set

~ All Around Christmas

~ Fly Away w/me Sentiments (banner die)

~ Coffee Break set

~ Lower Case Fun Dies

~ Mixed Holiday Sentiments

~ 100% Sweetness

~ Classmate Valentines

~ Stitched Curly Label die

~ My Teacher Rocks

~ Do The Cocoa Motion

~ Warm Holiday Fun

~ Fly Away w/me dies

~ From Our Family to Yours

~ Build a Banner Kit

~ Maraschino Twine

~ Kraft Hemp

~ Wood Veneer Snowflakes

~ Square shiny button

~ Mini Cookie Cutters (Hobby Lobby)

Okay, 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 Amy

Miss Cassandra

Miss Cheryl 

Miss Ruthie

Miss Cathryn

Miss Katie

Miss Shar

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