My Creative Time 78th Edition Blog Hop & Sale

Hey Crafty Friends!!  You should have arrived from the amazing Miss Kendra, but if not, that's okay! You can find the whole hop here!

Today we are featuring products from the 78th Edition Release from MCT!!  Be prepared to see some amazing projects from the DT featuring this awesome release!!  And stay tuned to the end of this post for all the prize and sale details!!

For my project today, I used the incredible new Kindness stamp and die set.  This is just the sweetest sentiment set and the coolest dies.

I knew I wanted to create a galaxy background to be the backdrop to my little "world".  I did it the easy way by starting with a light purple piece of cardstock and lightly blending on Distress Inks in the colours, Dusty Concord, Chipped Sapphire and a bit of Black Soot.  I used some white acrylic paint to create the splatters.

I used Tumbled Glass and Twisted Citron Distress Inks to colour the pieces of the globe as well.  The sentiment was heat embossed in white and the hearts were cut from a pink cardstock and covered in glitter pen and Glossy Accents...of course :)

I am so in love with this set of stamps and dies!  What a great way to say "thank you" to someone!!

Thank you for hopping with us today and I hope you were inspired by my design today! Your next stop is the incredible Miss Liz!!!!

***BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY***

For our blog hop giveaway, Emma is giving away a $50 gift card to the "My Creative Time" store to ONE LUCKY winner! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the MORE chances you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner!

***SALE ALERT***

ALSO, DON'T FORGET our sale starts RIGHT NOW here:http://shop.my-creative-time.com/Ne...! 

Use the code: APR2018 to receive a discount off your entire purchase! This sale applies to "IN-STOCK" items ONLY. This sale will end on Friday, April 27, 2018 @midnight PST.

My Creative Time 78th Edition Sneak Peek Day 3

Welcome back to the third and final day of the 78th Edition Sneak Peeks!!  Today we are showing you a beautiful set!

This stamp and die set is called Kindness.  The stamp set consists of awesome Kindness sentiments and the dies are so unique and pretty!  This set is sure to put a smile on the recipients face!!

I made a very clean and simple card for you today.

Isn't that little world cute??  I inked the pieces up in rainbow-ish colours because I thought it went perfectly with that sentiment.  The world is actually layered on top of two other dies in this set, which happen to be a sweet little tag!

I know you'll love this set as much I do!! There are just so many possibilities!!

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday on my blog! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the more chances you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner! For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word!;)

Stay tuned because tomorrow we are having a blog hop with tons of inspiration and of course a prize!!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...stay crafty!

Laurie

My Creative Time 78th Edition Sneak Peek Day 2

Welcome back, friends!  Today is day 2 of sneak peeks for My Creative Time!  Today we're showing off a fantastic stamp and die set called Have a Super day and the Super Tag Dies.

This set comes with a female and a male "superhero" dies.  The stamp set is full of "super" sentiments for almost every occasion.  I used the lady hero and gave her a gold glitter cape, of course:)  I used the Super Tag Dies with some pink ink blending to make her stand out and gold embossed the sentiment on that super cool bam bubble. I don't know if that's what it's called but we'll just go with that.

My next card used the male superhero figure.

This will obviously be a Father's Day card for my dad!  I love his silver cape!

I hope you enjoyed todays peek!!  I hope you'll return tomorrow for one last sneak!!

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday on my blog! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs!You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the more chances you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner! For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word!;)

Thank you for stopping by!!

Laurie

My Creative Time 78th Edition Sneak Peek Day One!!

Hello, crafty friends! Welcome to the first day of the 78th Edition Sneak Peeks for My Creative Time. This release is fantastic and I know you're going to love!

Today we're taking a little look at the new You're All Write stamp and die kit.  This set is perfect for encouraging students and thanking teachers.

I made a couple of projects with this set.  The first is a really cute, really simple bookmark.

How cute is this??  

Next, of course, I made a card!!

This would make such a cute encouragement card!

I hope you enjoyed todays sneak and return tomorrow for another!!

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday on my blog! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the more chances you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner! For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word!;)

Thanks for stopping by!!  See you soon!

Laurie

Using Small Stamps with Craftin Desert Divas!

Good morning friends and welcome back!  I'm back to share a cute and fun card that makes use of all those tiny stamps that you may have!  I'll also show you a simple yet very effective masking technique!

In almost every stamp set, there comes a variety of tiny images that are there to help you create scenes or backgrounds. I call them "filler" images. Just like the way extra sprigs, leaves and baby's breath fill out and complete a bouquet of flowers, these tiny stamps act much the same way.

I started by creating a simple mask using the middle heart from the Nested Hearts Die Set and a piece of 4.25 X 5.5 inch copy paper.  I wanted the mask to be the same size as my card front to make lining things up easier!

I adhered the mask to the white panel using a dot adhesive and removing some of the stick with my fingers. I don't have any removable tape so this worked well!

I went through all my CDD stamps and choose some of the small images with the same theme. In this case, bugs!

The Ladybug Garden and Garden Bugs sets were perfect! I started by stamping the largest of the images I had chosen in the centre of the heart.  I wanted to make sure I had enough room for this image and also for it to be the focal point.

When stamping inside a mask, you want to be sure that some of the images are stamped "outside". This is maintain the shape you are going for.  I ended up needing a couple of more images to fill in more of the heart.  I found the cutest flowers in the Twinkle Toes stamp set and a tiny heart in the Magical Unicorn set. These finished the stamping off perfectly!! Next, I removed the mask.

I coloured all these cuties with my alcohol markers.

To emphasize the heart shape a little more, I decided to add colour around and behind the images with a light grey markers.

I trimmed this panel using the medium rectangle die from the Fancy Frames Dies.  I actually didn't get it centred so to fix this I added some twine along the right side of the panel.

The sentiment is from the Ladybug Garden set and stamped on a banner from the Flag Banner Die Set.  I adhered this panel to a piece of beige/pink cardstock cut from the largest die from Fancy Frames.

To finish off, I added a few Shimmer Sequins, some glitter pen and Glossy Accents!

I hope you enjoyed my project today and maybe found a little inspiration!  I encourage you to take a look at your stamp sets and get some use out of these itty bitty images!

Thank you for stopping by!!  You'll find a list of all products used below!!

Garden Bugs

Ladybug Garden

Magical Unicorns

Twinkle Toes

Nested Heart Dies

Flag Banner Dies

Fancy Frames

Glossy Accents

Clear Wink of Stella

Shimmer Sequins

Manly Monday with My Creative Time

Hello and welcome back! Yay, it's Monday...said no one ever!  How about we kick off the week with a masculine card?

I struggle with masculine cards but luckily MCT has stamps and dies for everyone and every occasion!  I firmly believe that everyone should have at least one alphabet die set in their stash.  They are super useful and versatile. From creating your own sentiments, easily personalizing a project or creating interesting backgrounds, they are a must!

I used the Lowercase Fun Dies on my project today.  I love the clean and simple typewriter font of these dies.

I used kraft cardstock today but to give the letters a little something extra, I used the Grainy Wood Background Stamp before die cutting.  Gives a more "manly feel", doesn't it :)?  I also cut 3 each of the letters to give a lot of dimension.

The cute little fox, leaves and sentiment come from the Fall Friends Stamp and Die set. I added the sentiment onto the smallest of the Stitched Decorative Banner Dies in an ink that kind of matched the cardstock.  

Because I had die cut many layers and stacked them together, no foam adhesive was necessary.  I glued everything to the second largest die in the Scalloped Stitched Rectangular Die Set which I embossed using an embossing folder from We R Memory Keepers.

A few matte brown enamel dots finish the card!!

Thank you popping in today, I really appreciate it!!  I hope you enjoyed my cute masculine card :)

Until next time...stay crafty!

Laurie

Throwback Thursday with My Creative Time!

Hello and happy Thursday!!  We're kickin' it old school today at My Creative Time by using older stamps and dies to create our projects!  I love this theme as it gives me chance to give some attention to my older sets!

I used the Way To Go Stamp and Die set as the focal point for my card. The bicycle is just so cute!

I created the scene by using a couple of dies from the More Stitched Edges Set. One to create a stencil for the background clouds and another to cut the grassy hill.  Everything was adhered to the largest of the rounded rectangles in the Scalloped Stitched Rectangular Dies.  The clouds are from the  Stitched Cartoon Cloud Dies and the sweet butterflies are from the Mini Butterfly Dies. 

Of course, I had the entire card assembled and had no room for the sentiment, which I seem to do almost every time!!!  I solved this little problem by die cutting one more cloud, stamping the sentiment and gluing it directly on top of one that I had adhered already!

I felt like a few of the pieces needed some sparkle and shine, so out came the Clear Sparkle Pen and Glossy Accents!

Thank you so much for stopping in today!  I hope you have a chance to give love to some of your older stamps and dies!!

Until next...stay crafty!!

Laurie