My Creative Time December New Release Blog Hop!

Happy Monday!

Today is My Creative Time's new release blog hop! If you have arrived from Rosy's blog, then you are on the right track. If you would like to start at the beginning  click here.

Today, I am showcasing the new stamp & die set called Chocolate Greetings!

I made a fun 3-D project with flag die and one of the sentiments. 

I made this fun 3-d kiss svg and I love how it turned out. Mine holds 3 chocolate kisses, but you can fit other kinds of candy in it too. It's a perfect box for a small gift!  I thought it would be fun to share it so, the freebie file is below. 

Didn't you just LOVE this new Chocolate Greetings set!?! I especially like that the sentiments are so versatile and the die is pretty cool too!

Paper: Core'dinations
3-D Kiss SVG: Freebie (See below)
Black & White Twine: Trendy Twine
Tag Die & Sentiment: My Creative Time, Chocolate Greetings

Free File!

A few things before you download... 

1st : Please become a follower of my blog, if not already.

2nd:  Also, if you use the file and post it online, please link back to my blog.

You can download the 3-D Kiss file, here.

I made it into three versions .mtc, .svg, or .studio, so be sure to click the one you want/need.

Here is what the Chocolate Kisses stamp and die set looks like...

Guess what?

Emma designed a special stamp, as a "THANK YOU", for all of her customer's support throughout 2012! With all of her ups & downs this year, you were ALL here to support her in any way possible! Emma will FOREVER be grateful to each & everyone of you!  With that said, she is offering this mini stamp set for FREE to the first 150 shoppers starting @8am PST Mon, Dec 31st! NO SPECIAL CODE is needed. If you are among the first 150 shoppers, you will automatically have it included w/your order! ONE per shopper! If you miss out on being one of the first 150 shoppers, no worries because Emma will be offering it for sale for those of you who " just have to have it!";)

***BLOG HOP GIVEWAY ALERT***

For our Blog hop giveaway, there will be 2 winners chosen from ALL the comments combined!  This FIRST winner will have a "GUEST DESIGN SPOT" for our next release & the SECOND winner will win a $25 Gift Card to my store!  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 us to contact you!  Emma will use random.org to pick the lucky winners!  All you have to do is leave a comment on all blogs in this hop for more chances to win! The deadline is Sunday, Jan 6th at midnight! I will announce winners on my blog on Tues, Jan 8th!  

EASY PEASY!!! GOOD LUCK!:)

The next stop on the hop is Shar!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

MCT December New Releases - Sneak Peak Day 3!

Happy Sunday!

Today is day 3 of My Creative Time's December New Releases. I have another fun project for you. This was made with a new die called the Postage Stamp Frame. I also used two other dies and a sentiment that will be released as well.

This is a magnet calendar. Perfect for the front of a fridge or on the front of a filing cabinet.  These make the best small gift. 

Paper: Core'dinations & My Minds Eye
Heart Dies: My Creative Time, Stitched Heart Layering Dies
Banner/Tag Die & Sentiment: My Creative Time, Chocolate Greetings
Stamp Die: My Creative Time, Stitched Postage Frame Die
 Calendar: Impress Rubber Stamps, 2 1/4"x 1" Calendar
Magnet: Joanns

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
With all of our Sneak Peek weeks, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

 ***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! You do NOT have to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!

 ***SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release & whatever connections you may have! Let us know on the MCT facebook page.  

 Emma will randomly pick & announce all winners tomorrow during the release happening @ 8:00am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

P.S. If you watched Emma's  video today in it's entirety, she had a few announcements in there for you! The MAIN announcement she wanted you all to know is that starting TOMORROW (Monday, December 31st) @ 8am PST, you can use the code: NEWYEAR at checkout in her store HERE to get 20% off your entire purchase! YEP, that is even including ALL of her stamps that are 40% off right now here! This sale will end on Sunday, Jan 6th @ midnight PST! 

Tomorrow is the new release blog hop! I can't wait to show you my project.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

MCT December New Releases - Sneak Peak Day 2!

Happy Saturday!

Today is day 2 of sneaks  for My Creative Time's December new releases. Today I am using the new set called Chocolate Greetings. 

I made a shaped card.

I am in love with this new set! It has two fun dies and lots of fun sentiments! 

Using my Gypsy, I sized the base shape to 5 1/2" tall x 4 1/4" wide. Then copied, duplicated it, and weld them together. The pink piece was sized at 5 1/4" x 4" and the leopard piece was sized at 4" x 3". Using Make-the-Cut, I sized the bear at 4" tall. The hearts are from the new die set called "Stitched Heart Layering dies". 

Papers: Recollections, Core'dinations, Echo Park
Bear SVG: Scrapping Bug Designs, With a Cherry on Top
Card Base and Inset Shape: Cricut, Formal Occasion Cartridge
Face Stamp: Peachy Keen Stamps, PK-140 Teddy Bear and Reindeer Face Parts
Banner/tag die & Sentiment: My Creative Time, Chocolate Greetings
Heart Dies: My Creative Time, Stitched Heart Layering Dies

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
With all of our Sneak Peek weeks, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

 ***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! You do NOT have to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!

 ***SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release & whatever connections you may have! Let us know on the MCT facebook page.  

 Emma will randomly pick & announce all winners on Monday, Dec 31st during the release happening @ 8:00am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

Tomorrow is day 3 of sneaks! I can't wait to show you my project.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

MCT December New Releases - Sneak Peak Day 1!

Happy Friday!

Today is the first day of sneak peaks for My Creative Time's December stamp release. If you want to see all the sneaks, click here. 

I created a home decor piece with one of the new Stitched Hearts Layering dies.

 The black letters were cut out with the lowercase fun dies. I cut the "i", "u", and medium heart in red. I then took a 5 x 7 white artiste canvas and glued the letters and heart to it.  Lastly, I wrapped the ribbon around the edges and tied it in a bow at the top. You can secure it with a glue dot.

 5 x 7 Artist Canvas: Michael's
Paper: Core'dinations
Alphabet Dies: My Creative Time, Lowercase Fun Dies
Heart Dies: My Creative Time, Stitched Heart Laying Dies
Ribbon: Bo Bunny

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!With all of our Sneak Peek weeks, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

 ***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! You do NOT have to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!

 ***SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release & whatever connections you may have! Let us know on the MCT facebook page.  

 Emma will randomly pick & announce all winners on Monday, Dec 31st during the release happening @ 8:00am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

Tomorrow is day 2 of sneaks! I can't wait to show you my project.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

New Years...

Happy Friday!

Can you believe that it is almost the new year? Where the heck did 2012 go?

I have another fun shaped card for you today.

 This is one of the new Scrapping Bug Designs files. I sized the bears & clock at 5" x 5". The shadow layer is .1600 bigger, all the way around. I welded two of the shadow layers together to form the base of the card. 

Paper: PaperTrey Ink, Core'dinations
Bears SVG: Scrapping Bug Designs, Happy New Year

Kinda quick and simple, huh?

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Cheers... to a New Year!

Happy Thursday!

So... we are only a couple days from the new year and I thought it would be fun to share a project that I am working on for our new years night get-together. 

I found these single bottles of sparkling cider at Smart & Final in bulk, but you can also find them at the Dollar Tree. I thought it would be fun to dress up the bottles a bit.

These tags were really simple to make. I cut the tags and then used the stitched circle die to create the circle at the top of the tag. I scored it right below where the circle was cut and then folded it. I cut the label die and stamped it with the coordinating stamps, then cut the banner die and stamped it with the sentiment. I glued the banner to the front of the label and then attached it to the folded down portion of the tag with foam tape.

Papers: PaperTrey Ink, My Minds Eye, Christmas
Tag Die: My Creative Time, Tag Dies
Label Dies: My Creative Time, Vintage Stitched Label Dies
Sentiment: My Creative Time, Classy & Fabulous
Tulle: Michael's
Sparkling Cider: Smart & Final

Don't forget tomorrow will be the 1st sneak peak for My Creative Time's new releases, for this month. Yay!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

My Heart Belongs to You...

Happy Wednesday!

How was your Christmas? I took the last four days off from anything other then spending time with love ones. I the last several months we have lost several family members or close family friends. I decided , a couple weeks ago, that I needed to slow down and take time to enjoy my family and friends, especially during this time.  It was a nice break. Hopefully, your holiday was wonderful too and if you didn't celebrate, I hope you still had a restful weekend.

Today's card is my 1st Valentine's card for 2013.

I just love this svg and I thought it would be cute to use it for a Valentine's Day card.

The base of the card was cut at 4.65"w x 9". It is a shape from the Cricut Everyday cart, I welded two of them together. The circles measure 3.7"and 3.5". The bear was cut at 3" tall. The blue flag measures 5/8" x 2.25". 

Paper: PaperTrey Ink, Core'dinations, and We R Memory Keepers, Love Struck
Bear SVG: Scrapping Bug Designs, Laughter is the Best Medicine
Card Base: Provo Craft, Cricut Everyday Cartridge
Face Stamp: Peachy Keen Stamps, PK-140 Teddy Bear and Reindeer Face Parts
Sentiment: My Creative Time, You Had me at Chocolate
Valentine's Twine: Etsy

Friday starts the sneak peaks for My Creative Time's new releases. I can't wait to share all the fun projects that I am working on!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Ho Ho Ho.... Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

I am off spending time with and enjoying my loved ones, but I thought I would post a one last Christmas card today. I think this little bunny in the Santa hat is so cute.

 The bunny is from Scrapping Bug Designs. The shaped card is from Cricut's Wild Card Cartridge. The card was cut at 4.75", the two inset circles were cut at 3.5" and 3.25", and the bunny was cut at 3"tall.

Paper: PaperTrey Ink, We R Memory Keepers, Echo Park, and Core'dinations
Card Base: Cricut, Wild Card cartridge
Bunny SVG: Scrapping Bug Designs, Candy Cane Christmas

Christmas Twine: Esty
Banner Die: My Creative Time, Vintage Stitched Label Dies
Sentiment: My Creative Time, All Around Christmas

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Stocking Kitty and a freebie!

Happy  Monday & Happy Christmas Eve!

Operation "finish making or buy all my Christmas presents" (see Friday's post here, if your confused by the prior sentence), is moving along smoothly! I think I am right on track to meet my goal. Yay me! 

Anywhoo... enough about me... let's get to today's project and the freebie, shall we? First off my fabulous guest designer is my friend, Heather. She has created the cutest card with today's freebie!

My bestie, the vinyl ornament guru, also took the file and made the sweetest Christmas ornament. I LOVE how it turned out! You can find more info here.

I made a shaped card.

I sized my kitty at 4" and then created a shadow layer around her. Then I welded two the shadow layers together and created the base of the card. 

I think this little tag die was the best die Emma ever made. I use it all the time.

Paper: PaperTrey Ink, Recollections, and Core'dinations
Stocking Kitty - Freebie File (see below)
Twine: Trendy Twine, Christmas Candy Cane
Tag Die: My Creative Time,  Teeny Tag Layering Dies
Sentiment: My Creative Time, From Our Family to Yours

Free File!

A few things before you download... 

1st : Please become a follower of my blog, if not already.

2nd:  Also, if you use the file and post it online, please link back to my blog.

3rd: Hello Kitty is a registered trade mark of the Sanio Company. This file can not be used for profit.  

You can download the Hello Kitty Stocking Kitty files, here.

I made it into three versions .mtc, .svg, or .studio, so be sure to click the one you want/need.

I want to say a HUGE Thank You! to the fabulous Heather! Please don't forget to head over and leave her some blog love!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Trendy Twine Guest Designer!

Happy Friday!

My friend Lesley over at Trendy Twine asked if I would be a guest designer on her blog and of course I said yes. :) I love all of her twine! She has some great color combinations. I used one of my favorites on today's project.

I made a shaped card with a treat! 

I found this cute penguin svg on the Lettering Delights site. I thought he was the perfect shape for a "sweet treat cup" card.  I also thought that the Valentine Cherry Cupcake Trendy Twine would be perfect for his scarf.   I took the scarf piece,that I cut out, and wrapped it with the twine.

In the video below, I show you how I designed and put him together. 

Papers: PaperTrey Ink and Core'dinations

Penguin SVG: Lettering Delights, Stashing Through the Snow
Treat Cup: Stampin Up!, Sweet Treat Cups 
Face Stamp: Peachy Keen Stamps, PK-521 Winter Faces
Twine: Trendy Twine, Valentine Cherry Cupcake
Tic Tac's: Target

Here's a video tutorial showing how I made him.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Grateful for You

Happy Thursday!

Six more days until Christmas! Are you ready? I'm still working on it, I have a few more things to do and then I will be finished.

I have a Christmas easel card for you today. 

I fell in love with this svg file when I saw it. My adopted mom use to collect owls, when I was growing up. The last 10 years or so, she has grown to love penguins, so this svg file could not have been more perfect for her. 

He's so cute that, I kind of want to keep it for myself  so I can keep it on my desk and stare at it everyday. I won't, but I want too. :)

Papers: PaperTrey Ink, Echo Park & Core'dinations
Christmas Twine: Etsy
Penguin SVG: Designs on Cloud 9, Cool Winter Caps
Label SVG: Cricut, Wild Card II Cartridge
Label Die: My Creative Time, Vintage Stitched Label Dies
Sentiment: My Creative Time, Card Sentiments Stamp Set with 3x3 Card Die

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Homemade Vanilla Exract

Happy Wednesday!

Have you ever tried making your own vanilla extract? It's really simple and inexpensive to make and is the most wonderful gift to receive! 

Here is a great article, that I found, with all the specific's and "how too's". I decided that since my blog is about "crafts", it was best if I stick with paper craft tutorials and leave the vanilla making tutorials to a "food blog" pro. :)

But... I am going to share what the finished bottles look like.

I have never made Vanilla Extract before, so I am hoping it turns out!  I will definitely be making it again next year too, even if I have to try a different recipe. (Keep you fingers crossed that I don't have too) I am thinking that they would make great adult stocking stuffers too!

 I know that I design for her, so I am partial, but Emma @ My Creative Time has the most amazing products! They helped me make my plain brown glass bottles into fancy custom labeled vanilla bottles, in no time! 

Paper: Core'dinations & My Minds Eye
Tag Die: My Creative Time, Teeny Tag Dies
Label Die: My Creative Time, Vinatge Stitched Label
Round Stamps: My Creative Time, All Around Goodies
Letter Stamps: My Creative Time, Just Simply Live 
Black & White Twine: Trendy Twine

Do you have a vanilla extract recipe that you make? I would love for you to share it!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Rudolph the "bright" nosed reindeer!

Happy Tuesday!

I saw this ornament a couple weeks ago on Brigit's blog.  I thought he was so cute and I knew that my nephew would love him, so I had to try making one too.

Crazy talented Brigit has all the instructions on her blog. I followed them, with exception for the tongue, instead of a circle. I just turned the nose piece upside down and used that for the tongue.

Here he is with his nose turned on.

 So fun right?!?

Paper: Core'dinations
Reindeer SVG: SVG Cuts.com, Christmas Cuddly Friends
Embossing Folder: CuttleBug, Swiss dots
Christmas Twine: Etsy
LED Tea Light: Floral Supply
I sized him in Make-the-Cut and cut him out with my Silhouette.

I hope you have a wonderful day!