It's All Cut and Die

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

3-D Wednesday with My Creative Time!

Hello and welcome!! It's time to make a three dimensional project using goodies from My Creative Time!! I really struggle with this because I'm mostly a card maker but Emma has so many dies in the shop that make this easy!!

I started my creating a box with the Gift Card/Gift Box Die using 80lb cardstock. Before adhering it all together, I stamped a pattern on the lid portion using the polka dot stamp from the Egg Decorations Stamp Set (on sale!). I used a beautiful yellow shade of ink from Catherine Pooler called Sauna.

The real star of the show is this bunny:

I used only the front portion of the Bunny Lollipop Holder Die to create this super cute embellishment for the gift box. I simply added colour using sponge daubers and Distress Inks. This set comes with separate pieces that cut the eyes, nose and little eye brows.

The bow comes from the Sleigh Die Set and worked so good here!! I used the same yellow ink, with a gentle hand to add colour to it.

The sentiment (also from the Egg Decorations Stamps) was stamped on one of the Chunky Stitched Tag Dies using the same Sauna Ink. To give a bit of definition to the tag, I added some stitching detail with a grey marker.

And my Easter treat box is ready to go!! You could easily switch up the colours to create more of a masculine bunny, and skip the bow:).

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you found a wee bit of inspiration here today!!

See you soon!

Laurie

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Your Next Stamp New Release Preview!!

Hello, friends!! I'm so excited to be a guest for Your Next Stamp for their upcoming release!! This is another amazing release, you will not be disappointed!!

For my card today, I used the new Fishy Background Stamp. This is the most adorable stamp and will lend itself to a variety of techniques!

Of course, I just had to white heat emboss it and colour it in with my Tombow Dual Brush Pens for a simple watercolour look!

Aren't those rainbow fish so sweet?? The sentiment comes from the Snorkel Fun Fishy Stamp Set which is older but works perfectly on this card!! I did some partial die cutting of one of the Scrapworks-Strips Dies to make a label for the sentiment.

And that's my little peak at just one of the sets being released TOMORROW!! Make sure you head to the YNS Blog for a look at all the design team and guest creations featuring goodies from this release!!

See you tomorrow for the big reveal and blog hop to celebrate!!

Laurie

Friday, March 29, 2019

My Creative Time 48 Hour Flash Sale & Blog Hop!!

Welcome back to another 48 Hour Flash Sale for My Creative Time!! This sale is for 48 hours only and is going on NOW until Sunday, March 3, 2019 @ 7:00am PST. We are showcasing and AMAZING new stamp and die set called Happy For You! This set is available for purchase HERE. Don't forget to enter the code "FLASH" at checkout to get 20% off your entire IN STOCK purchase. Sale applies to items in stock only.

You have arrived from the lovely Miss Kendra's Blog!!

I'm pretty sure I've told you before that I amassed most of my MCT stash during these 48 hour sales!! It's a great time to shop!!

The set we are showcasing today is awesome! It has a great frame die with a couple of other icons which go perfectly with the sentiment stamp set! What I love most about this set is that while it contains your "run of the mill" congrats sentiments, it also has unique ones like, "adoption of your fur baby" or "congrats on the new you". You won't find sentiments like that anywhere else!

I combined this set with the older Home Sweet Home Stamp and Die Set.

The frame fits perfectly on a 3.5 X 3.5 inch note card. To create a small scene, I used the new Floating Cloud Dies and the previously released Stitched Grass Die.

After adhering the white frame to an ivory card base, the "congrats" was hard to read, so I die cut just the top portion of the frame again from white cardstock and added some colour with markers.

I think this is a great sized card to attach to a housewarming gift!

I hope you enjoyed my project for today!!

Up next is the amazing Miss Ruthie!!

Giveaway

Leave your comments for a chance to win a $25 gift card to the My Creative Time Store! Don't forget to leave a way for us to contact you just in case you are the winner!!

Thanks for hopping along with us today!!

Laurie

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Just Cards!! With My Creative Time!

I'm back today with another project for My Creative Time!! The theme today is "Just Cards"! For today's project, I combined an older set of dies with one of the newest stamp sets to create a fun encouragement card!

What was nice was that I already had all those stars die cut and just waiting to be used on a project!! I took a piece of white cardstock and trimmed it down with the largest of the More Stitched Rectangular Dies. I used my Misti to stamp the sentiment along with a bit of masking to ink up that awesome sentiment from the new Amazing Things Stamp and Die Set.

I added some glitter pen to all the stars along with the "brilliant" portion of the sentiment. And to finish off, a spattering of clear sequins!

It's a simple design, but I kind of like how it turned out and I hope you do too!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!! See you VERY soon :)

Laurie

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Birthday Palooza with My Creative Time!!

Hello, friends and welcome back!! I'm back to share a fun yet clean and simple birthday card using some fabulous goodies from My Creative Time!! This card features quite a bit of die cutting along with a few stamped images!

I started by cutting a white card front down with the second largest of the Stitched Postage Frame Dies. In the centre of that panel, I die cut the word "celebrate" which comes from the Tag Die Layers Set.

On a white card base, I used the polka dot stencil from the A Sunny Hello Kit (which is still available for purchase!!), and Broken China Distress Ink. Before foam mounting the die cut panel, I inked a scrap piece of cardstock with the same ink and glued it behind the "celebrate". I wanted a solid colour so it was easy to read. I also stamped the "your day" in black ink which comes from the Just Because Stamp and Die Set.

I was actually going to leave the card like that!! But I decided it was a bit TOO clean and simple so I added some flowers from the A Beautiful Day Stamp and Die Set.

I used the Broken China Distress Ink to add the colour and also added some darker detail with a blue coloured pencil. The leaves come from the Stitched Pretty Flowers and Leaves Die Set which were inked with Crushed Olive Distress Ink.

A bit of glitter pen to the flowers and a few black gems finish this card off!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! I love it when you visit!!

See you soon!!

Laurie

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Create A Smile Stamps Challenge...Monochrome!

Welcome back to another challenge hosted by Create a Smile Stamps!! This challenge is to create a monochromatic project.

I started by using Black Soot Distress Ink and the Focal Point Stencil on a white panel cut with one of the Scalloped Rectangles Cool Cuts. I made a little scene by creating a cat and dog "snow animal" using the Made of Snow Stamp Set.

I used Cool Grey Copic markers to colour the images in. I thought it would be fun to use the Small Sentiments Set to create a conversation between the two. These sentiments are made to work with the Speech Bubbles Cool Cuts, which is one of my favourite die sets!

I foam mounted all the images to the ink blended panel. To add a bit more black, I added a strip of cardstock that I inked up with the Black Soot ink. I adhered the panel to a white card base that's approximately 3.25 X 5.5 inches.

I finished the card off with a few clear sequins, white accents with a gel pen and a bit of Nuvo Crystal Glaze on the noses and buttons.

I hope you'll join us for this challenge!! I love seeing what you're creating!! Simply visit the Create A Smile Challenge Blog to upload your project!!

Pink and Main 5th Birthday Blog Hop!!!!

Welcome my friends!! Today is a super special day as we are celebrating the 5th Birthday for Pink & Main!! I've been on the design team for close to a year and have loved every minute of it!! Michelle is such a delight as well as all her amazing products. So, Happy Birthday to this amazing company!!

Today, is also release day so the products used on my card today, are available to purchase!

I stamped a background panel using the new Party Balloons Stamp Set. This also has co-ordinating dies but I didn't use them. I love the solid images and the separate stamps to decorate them. I cut down the stamped panel with one of the Stitched Rectangles Set 2 Dies.

There's a new interactive element die set available today called the Pull and Flip Dies. It creates a waterfall effect on your cards and is super cool! The star, present and party hat dies on this card all come from this set. In retrospect, I should have used different colours on these die cuts to make them stand out a bit more. To help a bit, I cut a Scalloped Rectangle Die from a piece of vellum and used foam tape to adhere them.

I heat embossed the sentiment (also from the Party Balloons Set) onto the vellum, then used liquid glue behind the star, present and party and adhered to the balloon panel.

I added a few Rainbow Glossy Dots for a bit of shine. If you are new to these, I highly recommend them! There is nothing else like them on the market :)

Now, onto the fun stuff...PRIZES!!

Pink & Main is kindly giving away a $50 store credit to FIVE lucky, random commenters!! Please note: You must comment on every stop of the hop to qualify to win!! Good luck!

Here is the entire blog hop lineup!!