My Creative Time 91st Edition Sneak Peek Day Four!

Welcome to our final day of sneak peeks!  Today, we're showing you the freebie die!  This die will be available to the first 25 shoppers!  This is called the Happy Birthday Die and will come in handy time and time again!

I just had to pair with the Stitched Mini Bag Die which we showcased yesterday!  It fits perfectly on the front!  

I kept it simple and used more masculine colours.  I can't wait to make a card with this die!!

I hope you enjoyed the week of sneaks!! Remember, tomorrow is blog hop day where there will be tons of inspiration and all products will be available!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

**Sneak Peek Giveaway**

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner!! For example, the sets we showcase on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday and the sets we showcase on Thursday will be announced on Friday on the MCT Blog!  All you have to do is leave some love on each of our blogs.  You are not required to comment on every blog, but the more you do comment on, the more chances you have of winning!!   VERY IMPORTANT: Please leave a way for us to contact you with your comment, just in case you are the lucky winner! For extra entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #mycreativetime!  Good luck!!

"Masking" Challenge...Create A Smile Stamps!

Welcome to another fun challenge for Create A Smile Stamps!  This one is ALWAYS a challenge to me and that's masking!  I'm a fairly lazy card maker so when it comes to masking, I rarely do it.  While I don't mind fussy cutting images, cutting masks always seems like such a chore!  However, every time I create a project with masking, I am amazed at how cool the look can be!

I made a masked background as well as a separate masked scene for my card.  I used the Scene Builders Stamp Set for the majority.  I started by stamping the house image onto a card panel, then using a mask cut from a full stick Post-It Note, covered the image and stamped it again, overlapping the two. I needed 3 masks in total to create the background.

On a separate piece of cardstock, I stamped out a scene using some of the trees and shrubs from the set. I started with the little shrub at the front of the house and worked from there. You always start with the foremost image!  It always takes me awhile to figure this out :)

I fussy cut around the scene leaving a small white border so it would stand out a little from the background.  I used shades of grey for the background panel and went all out with the colour on the separate scene.  I glued the coloured images directly over the FIRST house I stamped on the background panel!

The sentiment comes from the Small Sentiments Stamp Set which works perfectly with the Speech Bubble Cool Cuts.  I added some sparkle pen and Nuvo Crystal Glaze to all the round windows as well as the windows and door of the coloured house. I popped the speech bubble up with some foam adhesive and added a die cut heart as well as some stitiching detail to match the stamping!

I really hope you'll join us as we LOVE to see your creations!!  Remember, you have a chance of winning a €25 gift certificate to the Create A Smile Stamps Shop!! Please visit the CAS Challenge Page where you'll find more inspiration along with link up information!!!

Thanks for stopping by!! See you soon!!

My Creative Time 91st Edition Sneak Peek Day Three!!

Welcome to the third day of sneak peeks for this fabulous birthday themed release for My Creative Time! Today we're showing you the Stitched Mini Bag Die.

This is a cute little party favour bag that comes together in a snap!

With one pass through your die cutting machine (unfortunately, this die will not fit through a Cuttlebug) you get this fantastic little bag!  I decided to use vellum for my bag.

I embellished it with a potted plant from the Healing Wishes Stamp and Die Set which I gold heat embossed onto vellum.  I thought this would make a super cute way to give plant seeds!

I used a few strips of adhesive on the flaps but this bag will stay together nicely by just tying the top together!

And that was a quick look at today's awesome die!!  Thank you for stopping in and please come back tomorrow for our last sneak peek!!

**Sneak Peek Giveaway**

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner!! For example, the sets we showcase on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday and the sets we showcase on Thursday will be announced on Friday on the MCT Blog!  All you have to do is leave some love on each of our blogs.  You are not required to comment on every blog, but the more you do comment on, the more chances you have of winning!!   VERY IMPORTANT: Please leave a way for us to contact you with your comment, just in case you are the lucky winner! For extra entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #mycreativetime!  Good luck!!

91st My Creative Time Edition Release Sneak Day Two!

As I mentioned in yesterday's sneak, this release is all about birthdays! So, let's keep this party going with a look at another die set...This is the Cake Lollipop Holder and Add-Ons Set!  Another great addition to all the lollipop holder dies Emma has in her shop!

I used the set to create more of a party favour than a lollipop holder.  The add-ons make it so easy to create the perfect cake!

I found that two bags of sequins fit perfectly inside the assembled die. What a cut and fun little gift!!

You really could have a lot of fun creating different styles on cakes with this set, which I plan to do!!

Hope you enjoyed today's sneak! Please come back tomorrow for another little look at this fun release!

**Sneak Peek Giveaway**

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner!! For example, the sets we showcase on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday and the sets we showcase on Thursday will be announced on Friday on the MCT Blog!  All you have to do is leave some love on each of our blogs.  You are not required to comment on every blog, but the more you do comment on, the more chances you have of winning!!   VERY IMPORTANT: Please leave a way for us to contact you with your comment, just in case you are the lucky winner! For extra entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #mycreativetime!  Good luck!!

Laurie

MCT 91st Edition Sneak Peek Day One!

Welcome to the start of sneak peeks for the upcoming 91st Edition Release from My Creative Time!! This release is all about birthdays as this is Emma's birthday month!!

Today, we are taking a look at the new Cute Cupcake Tag Die!  This is the next instalment of this adorable line of tags which you won't want to be without!

This little tag comes together in no time and is a great way to use up scraps, which I did here.  

And the from flap is not only pretty, it's functional! It hides a sentiment perfectly!!

And that's a look at the first die set being released this month!  So cute, right??

**Sneak Peek Giveaway**

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner!! For example, the sets we showcase on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday and the sets we showcase on Thursday will be announced on Friday on the MCT Blog!  All you have to do is leave some love on each of our blogs.  You are not required to comment on every blog, but the more you do comment on, the more chances you have of winning!!   VERY IMPORTANT: Please leave a way for us to contact you with your comment, just in case you are the lucky winner! For extra entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #mycreativetime!  Good luck!!

Come back tomorrow for another sneaky peeky!!

Laurie

3-D Wednesday with My Creative Time!

Welcome to another 3D Wednesday!  Today is all about home decor and die cutting!  This is a fairly lengthy post as I wanted to show you how I did what I did!

Here's how this started:

I've had these battery operated candles for a long time. Not pretty but thats what we're going to do today.  I made candle holders out of paper!!  I started by using a 5.5 X 8.5 inch piece of typing paper. I wanted to start this with cheap paper! I used the Flower Border Die on the long edge of the paper, this involves some partial die cutting, but we'll get to that later!

I loosely wrapped this piece around the largest candle and decided that a 1inch flap would would to close it.

So now it was time to work with real cardstock. For these candle holders, I used an 80lb weight, white cardstock cut at 5.5 X 8.5 inches.  

Line up the die as normal along the top of the 8.5 inch side. I left the very end plus one flower uncovered by the top cutting plate then ran it through.  I removed the die and lined up the die using one of the notches on the die..

Now place the cutting plate over so the end of the die is not covered. If this portion is covered, it will cut the border out completely.  It should look like this:

I did this three times to create all three holders.  To make the holders fit the different heights of the candles, I trimmed 1 inch off the bottom for the tallest candle, making it 8.5 X 4.5, the middle candle was 8.5 X 3.5 and the smallest ended up being 8.5 X 2.75 inches.

Now the fun part part!  To decorate, I used the Stitched Pretty Flower and Leaves Dies along with the Bunch of Stitched Doily Dies.  I went with a simple black and white theme.

I used the largest doily as a little mat and the other three as a backdrop for the flowers.

I think these turned out kind of cute.  Start to finish they took about an hour to make, that's including making a template!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed todays longer post and found a little inspiration!

See you soon!!

Laurie

Paper Smooches Flower Challenge!!

Hello friends!!  It has been awhile since I've participated in any sort of challenge...not design team related.  Paper Smooches always has great challenges, and I used to participate in them often!  So, when I seen this month's challenge, "Flowers", I just had to play along!

I dug through my PS stash of stamps and dies and chose the Best Buds stamp set for all my flowers.  I picked the small florals in the stamp and using the Gina K Wreath Builder Template, created a 4X4 wreath.

I stamped everything in a alcohol marker safe, grey ink.  I thought I'd stray away from a bold, black ink.  I coloured all those adorable flowers with Copic markers.

My collection of Copics is fairly small, so I tend to use the same colours over and over in my projects. But I don't mind, I LOVE these colours!  I was flip flopping on what to do next and thought I'd place a cute critter in the centre of the wreath. So I used the bee and the bear images from the Courteous Cuties stamp set and used the co-ordinating dies to cut them out.  

And yes, I decided to cut the centre of my wreath out using the smallest of the Pinked Circle Dies. I found that with all that stamping, the critters got "lost". Plus, I didn't really want to cover too much of those pretty flowers!

After I die cut the circle out of the front panel, I lined everything up and cut it out of the front of the cardbase as well.  I stamped the sentiment (from Courteous Cuties) onto the positive die cut using white embossing powder and adhered it onto the inside of the card.  I added a ton of foam adhesive to the stamped panel and popped it on top.

Of course, I didn't let those critters go to waste!  I glued the bear on the inside of the card and he looks super cute there!!

I was going to add some sequins to the front, but went with a few white gel pen details instead.

I'm really happy with the way this card turned out. I'm not gonna lie, this one took me awhile :)

Thanks for stopping by today!! See you soon!

Laurie