August 2016 Challenge at My Creative Time

It's time for a fun challenge at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/2016/08/mct-sketch-challenge.html

This is what I came up with for the challenge.

I started out cutting a rectangle using Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies.  Next I stamped the white rectangle with a stamp from Coffee Backgrounds.  I stamped and cut a cup from the Coffee Break set along with the kraft color cup sleeve which I stamped with a greeting from Teeny Tag Greetings.  I die cut the latte! from black foam using a die from All You Need Is Coffee set.  The foil balloons and the black bow were cut from the Stitched Party Dies set.  It was a manly card so the foil balloons were the only bling I added.

My Creatve Time Products Used:

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies

Teeny Tag Greetings

All You Ned is Coffee

Coffee Break

Chalkboard Birthdays

Stitched Party Dies

I had fun creating this card for a special birthday.  I hope you enjoy my card!

Janet

My Creative Time Challenge

Another fun sketch challenge!  Here is the sketch:

For some reason this sketch made me think of water and fish...this is what I came up with!

I tried to capture the sparkle in the Wink of Stella that is on the fish, wavy lines, coral and star.  I started with water coloring water color paper that I cut using the Stitched Rectangle Dies.  I colored it with Distress Inks, misted it and put some water drops on.  Then I got to work cutting with lots of dies and stamping the fish.  I love the bright colors.  A list of products used follows.

My Creative Time Products:

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

You're a Great Catch

Lost At Sea

Surf's Up

Fun Speech Bubbles

Already Missing You

Other Products:

Distress Ink

Water Color

Papertrey Ink

Misc. scraps of paper

Glossy Accents

Wink of Stella

I had a lot of fun making this card.  Thank you for dropping by and taking a look!

Janet

Challenge at My Creative Time

I like to play with challenges and so glad I played along with this one at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/  I used the berry theme colors and the sketch.  Here is what I came up with.

I started out with a white card base and then cut a kraft color paper with the Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More.  Next I embossed the kraft card with the Classic Lifestyle Crafts embossing folder that makes me think of a basket weave.  I cut a window for my sentiment from some Hawaiian Shores color card stock from PTI.  For the berries I used the strawberry from All Around Goodies stamp set and colored them in with Crayola Markers with some Wink of Stella on top.  The leaf is from Stitched Leaves Dies.  The thanks is from the Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More, to which I added some Wink of Stella.  The sentiment was a combination of stamping.  "You're So Sweet" was from Light The Candles set and the "Berry" was made using the Alpha Pack stamp set.  Maybe I should have used a nest of threads behind the berries, or a twine bow or maybe some sequins...I might have to add something later.  I had fun with the berry theme in the challenge!  Here is a list of products used.

My Creative Time:

All Around Goodies

4 x 4 Journal Die & More

Light The Candles

Alpha Pack

Stitched Leaves Dies

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

Other Products Used:

Classic Lifestyle Crafts Embossing Folder

Clear Wink Of Stella

Hawaiian Shores Paper from PTI

Recollections Papers

Thank you for coming by and taking a look!

Janet

My Creative Time Challenge

There is a fun challenge at My Creative Time.  For the challenge you can use a photo, color inspiration, a sketch or all 3.  I decided to go with the colors and sketch.  Here is a card I came up with for the challenge.

I have been wanting to use the Bokeh technique after seeing so many beautiful cards made by the design team at My Creative Time.  I used water colors in purple, yellow and orange.  After letting it dry I used Stampin' Up Whisper White Pigment Ink and a circle stencil I made using MCT dies to get the Bokeh look.  I cut an oval in vellum and then cut the Happy B-Day in black fun foam.  After the sentiment was in place I used Wink of Stella on it.  I cut a border strip using the Fun Stitched Edges.  The scallop edge looks like beads the way I cut it.  I added some clear sequins.

Here is a picture of the inside of the card.  I used foil cardstock for the balloons and tied them with Sulky Holoshimmer.  I also used the Fun Stitched Edges Scallop Die to make like a swag banner.  I then used Celebrate Good Times and It's All About You stamp sets, and stamped the sentiments to finish the inside of the card.  The following is a list of products I used.

My Creative Time Products:

Celebrate Good Times

It's All About You

Best Bots Forever

Stitched Party Dies

Tag Die Layers

Fun Stitched Edges

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

Scalloped Stitched Oval Dies

Other products used:

Papers by Papertrey Ink

Ranger Archival Jet Black

Foil Papers

Neat and Tangled Crystal Clear Sequins 

Sulky Holoshimmer  Thread

Water colors

Stampin' Up Whisper White

I had a lot of fun making my card and I am happy with how it turned out.  Thank you for visiting my blog and taking a look.  I hope you liked my card for the challenge.

Janet

My Creative Time Challenge

It is the March challenge over at My Creative Time!  Don't you love a good challenge?  I do!  I like the sketches and pictures as inspiration to follow.  Here are the challenge picture, sketch and rules.

CHALLENGE DETAILS:

~For today the challenge is you can choose the photo/color inspiration OR the sketch…OR all 3! 

For the sketch, you are welcome to flip it, stretch it…. or whatever! ;) 

~ You can create any project of your choice using at least ONE My Creative Time product

~ Please link up your project to Mr. Linky to the right of my blog----> 

~ Leave a comment

~ Deadline for challenge will be on April 4 at midnight PST!

Here is a picture of what I came up with for the challenge.

I made this card for my Sister who has had some bad luck and broke her wrist and that is why the cast is on the puppies right arm.  The troubles for her continue as she will be having surgery on her wrist also next week.  I thought the little puppy would help cheer her up as she loves dogs.

I started my card with a stencil background of hearts that were from a stencil I made using the small hearts from Seasonal Greetings.  I inked it up darker to lighter.  I used a tag cut from Tag Dies using PTI Hawaiian Shores even though it looks green in the picture.  I will list the products I used at the end of this post.  I cute the puppy and cut the right leg in white for the cast.  I cute the dog house and stamped the wood.  I then cut a rectangle from scraps and circle to follow the sketch.  I used many stamps for the circle and inside.  I tied a bow using chocolate bakers twine before adding the sentiment circle and house.  I hope my Sister gets a laugh from her card.

MCT Products:

Seasonal Greetings - hearts for stencil

Tag Dies - tag

Grainy Wood Background - house

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More - pink background

Love To Learn - stripe scrap rectangle

Bunch of Fun Circle Dies - sentiment circle

Loyal Friends - house, bone and puppy

Sentiments:

I'm Here For You Rain Or Shine

Alpha Pack

Pain Pain Go Away

This & That

Other Products:

Papertrey Ink - all paper but the stripe (scrap)

Distress Ink - Vintage Photo, Broken China and Festive Berries

Ranger - Inkssentials Watermark resist and Archival Jet Black

Timeless Twine - Chocolate Chip

Thank you for dropping by and taking a look.  I hope you liked my take on the challenge.

Janet

MCT Challenge

It is challenge time at My Creative Time!  You can find the challenge here: http://www.creativetimeforme.com/  There is still time to play along!  Here are the challenge pictures and rules!

~ Create a project of your choice using the Sketch, Colors or Photo OR any combination of the three for inspiration.

~ Must use at least ONE My Creative Time product.

~ Deadline for challenge is on March 5, 2015 @ midnight PST.

I always need Birthday cards and my Daughter-in-Law has a birthday coming up and she loves cats, so I had to put one on her card.  I borrowed the window idea from Crafting With Katie at http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/2015/01/mct-inspiration-wednesday.html  I thought it would look cute on my card.  I cut the window using Square Stitched Goody Dies and stamped the sentiment through the window using one of my favorites, It's All About You stamp set.  I then stamped a pale yellow background using Peachy Keen Stamps Cat Background.  I stamped, chalked and fussy cut the cat with a Peachy Keen Stamp Cool Cats set.  I cut some balloons from Best Bots Forever and Stitched Party Dies, and stamped some using Watermark Resist ink and one in yellow.

Oh My!  The chalking glows in the picture but looks much softer in real life.  The Purr-fect sentiment is from Peachy Keen Cool Cats.  I chalked some brown around the cat to ground her some.  I added gold thread to the balloons and tied it to the tail.  I then added some clear sequins for a little bling.  I was going for the colors in the photo and sketch...the blue balloon does match, but looks green in my photo.  I had fun making my card.  Here is a list of products used.

MCT Products:

Square Stitched Goody Dies

Stitched Party Dies

Best Bots Forever

It's All About You

Other products:

Peachy Keen Stamps - Cool Cats

Peachy Keen Stamps - Cat Background

Stamp n' Up Inks

PTI color papers - white and kraft from stash

sequins

gold thread

Thank you for dropping by and taking a look!

Janet

MCT Designer Challenge

My Creative Time has such fun challenges!  Here are the inspiration picture and sketch.

Here is my take on the challenge using the sketch, colors and heart love.

I cut out two hearts from the Heart 2 Heart Love Frame Dies.  It looks grey in the photo but the heart background is a tan with white hearts that was printed on my printer.  The card base is Chocolate PTI paper.  I cut the arrow from scraps of kraft and a pink stripe strip, from the 4X4 Journal Die + More die set.  I cut the white frame using dies from Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More set.  I like how the card turned out but still think it needs something more.  I had fun trying to come up with something a little different.  Below is a list of products used.

MCT Products Used:

4x4 Journal Die + More - the arrow

Heart 2 Heart Love Frame Dies - the hearts

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More - the white frame

I hope you liked my take on this fun challenge.  Thank you for dropping by!

Janet

MCT Designer Challenge



 

 

There is a fun challenge at My Creative Time and I had a good time playing along.  I decided to go with using the sketch.  It is Advent and the sketch reminded me of candles.  I stamped the Grainy Wood Background with Ranger Watermark Resist, onto Paper Trey Ink Chocolate Paper, that had been die cut using Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More.  I cut 4 of the Stitched Decorative Banners and colored them purple and pink using Distress Inks.  Next, using the largest heart, I double cut the Stitched Heart Layering Dies, on yellow paper to make a flame shape.  I inked them up with Distress Ink to give some color and dimension.  I stamped the boughs from Boughs of Holly onto green paper to make the candles appear to be on an Advent Wreath.  The banner was made using a stamp from A Day in December set.  It is stamped using brown ink and cut to leave a white frame around the stamped shape.  I added some Diamond Stickles to the boughs for a little sparkle.  Here is a picture of what I came up with.

 



 

 

 

MCT products used:

 

A Day in December-Banner

Boughs Of Holly-Pine Boughs

Stitched Heart Layering Dies-Flames

Stitched Decorative Banners-Candles

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More-card front layer

Grainy Wood Background-stamp on front layer

 

Other products used:

Paper Trey Ink-solid color papers

Hero Arts-Cup O' Joe

Ranger Watermark Resist

Distress Inks-Dusty Concord, Festive Berries, Scattered Straw,

Spiced Marmalade

Stampin' Up-Whisper White, Mellow Moss, Garden Green

Staz On Forest Green

Stickles-Diamond

 

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look!

 

Janet





MCT Challenge

I always like to play along with the challenge at My Creative Time.  I decided to go with the sketch for inspiration.  Here is the card I came up with for the challenge.

I loved the colors in the sketch and went with them pretty much.  I used the Happy Birthday embossing folder for the kraft background that was cut using the Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More.  I used the Stitched Party Dies for some of the balloons and the circle and oval from Seasonal Greetings.  I inked up the balloons for some dimension.  I glued them down and attached black sewing thread for balloon strings.  I cut two layers for the label in blue and white using the label layers from the Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More.  I also used the Celebrate die from that set.  I stamped the sentiment from Celebrate Good Times and mounted the card front to a chocolate card base.  I had fun making this card for the challenge.  I hope you like it...thank you for stopping by.

Janet

MCT September Challenge

I always like a good challenge and glad I finally managed to squeeze some time in to make something for the challenge at My Creative Time.  Here is what I came up with for the challenge.

I always need a good thank you card ready to send out.  I love the sentiment dies and thought it would be fun to use the thanks die from the Happy Thoughts stamp and die set.  I cut the thanks from paint chips that I had from the True Value Store.  I cut the S off of the last one to say thank and cut the you from the Picture Perfect stamp and die set.  I glued the sentiment die cuts onto a scrap of black paper I had.  I prepared a scrap of paper with some metal sticky tape from the hardware store...this comes on a large roll and is very sticky.  I cut two Fun Stitched Edges from it to go on each side of the black paper.  Thank you for dropping by and taking a look.

MCT Products Used:

Happy Thoughts - thanks

Picture Perfect - you

Fun Stitched Edges

I have been busy planning for a Bridal Shower I hosted.  I made a bunch of envelopes for the shower invitations and as a gift for the Bride with Thank You cards, postage stamps and address labels.  I found it was faster to make the envelopes by cutting the papers 3 at a time using my Rotary Cutter, Rotary Mat and Ruler.  These items are usually used for cutting fabric but I often use them to accurately cut my papers instead of my paper trimmer.  I was able to use 3 squares at a time in the Envelope Board.

The shower was for giving towards the Honeymoon Trip which will be in Jamaica so the table favors just had to have a tropical and beach theme.  Here is a picture of what I came up with.

I made over 30 of them and I am happy with how they turned out.  I used an SVG from Miss Kate Cuttables for the palm tree leaves.  I used a hole punch for the coconuts.

MCT Products Used:

Stitched Lollipop Holder

Live, Love, Laugh & Be Happy - large butterfly stamp for the sand

You Are Fabulous - for the ocean blue

Surf's Up - the cute starfish

Sit Back & Relax - flip flops

Stitched & Scallop Circle

Teeny Tag Greetings - for the sentiment

I found some bags with ties at a Party City store and filled them with Bliss, Hugs and Kisses.  I looked for some fancy suckers but didn't have much luck. Then the thought hit me that pretzel sticks looked a lot like a tree trunk...more than a sucker stick...so pretzel rods is what I used.  The party was last Saturday and I believe we all had a good time.  I hope to have more time now to get caught up on yard work and cards.  Thanks for taking a look.

Janet

My Creative Time August Challenge

I finally was able to get a card together for the challenge at My Creative Time.  Here is a picture of the challenge.

I made a card for a friend who recently moved.  

I started with some PTI paper and embossed it with D'vine Swirls.  I cut the Trio Stitched Banners and used the medium size stamped with Congratulations from the Gift Card Sentiments set.  I wrapped the card with Orange twine and cut a frame from the Stitched Mini Frame & Arrow Dies.  I stamped the "On Your New Home" from the Home Sewn stamp set and I stamped the little house from the All Around Everything Accessories stamp set.  I colored the house with color pencils.  I cut flowers and leaves from the Flower Petal Dies and Stitched Leaves Dies.  I added a silver circle for the flower center.  I had fun playing with the colors in this challenge.  Thanks for dropping by and taking a look!

MCT products used:

All Around Everything Accessories-the house stamp

Home Sewn-On Your New Home

Gift Card Sentiments-Congratulations

Stitched Mini Frame & Arrow Dies-frame

Trio Stitched Banners-medium banner

Flower Petal Dies-flower

Stitched Leaves Dies-leaf

Other products:

Papertrey Ink

Timeless Twine

D'vine Swirls embossing folder

Janet

My Creative Time June Challenge

Today I am sharing a card I have made for the challenge over at
http://www.creativetimeforme.com/2014/06/designer-challenge-patriotic-theme.html
We are to create a card or layout using a sketch and color theme.

Here is what I came up with!

The papers I used were Papertrey Ink and Colorbok pattern papers.  One rose is of vellum.  The white card is from Georgia-Pacific.   A little inking around the sentiment with Distress Ink.

MCT Products used:

Rolled Flower Dies-roses

Stitched Leaves Dies

Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves Dies

Surf's Up-surprise flowers

Wow So Many Candles

Gift Card Sentiments

Lowercase Fun Dies

I pretty much chose a neutral background and then made flowers and leaves in the colors needed for the challenge.  I had a lot of fun arranging them and mixing until I was happy with the placement.  Don't you love a good challenge?  I do!  

Thank You for stopping by to take a look!

Janet

Masculine Themed Challenge at My Creative Time

There is a fun challenge at My Creative Time...The rules are as follows:


~With Father’s Day this month,today’s challenge is to make a MASCULINE THEMED card, layout, tag OR a 3-D item. Anything “guyish” – manly color palette, favorite sport, dad’s favorite chair, etc


Today I am posting a card that I have made for the challenge.  I started with a white card stock and inked up the sky and sand with the Build a Scripty & Watercolor Background using distress inks.  I stamped the birds with the Lost At Sea stamps.  The anchor and chain were cut with the new Anchor & Heart Dies.  I then cut the "you are" from Speech Bubble Sentiments in black card stock and added the "my anchor" from the Hey Sailor! stamp set.

On the inside I cut the sides of white card stock with the Make A Splash Die.  The sentiments are from Here's Lookin' At You and It's All About You  stamp sets.  I added the smaller anchor from the Anchors & Heart Dies, tied with Timeless Twine in Firecracker.

My Creative Time Supplies used:

Anchors & Heart Dies

Build a Scripty & Watercolor Background

Here's Lookin' At You

Hey Sailor!

It's All About You

Lost At Sea

Make A Splash Die

Speech Bubble Sentiments

other supplies are misc. papers and inks

Timeless Twine-Firecracker

Thank You for dropping by and taking a look!

Janet

MCT May Challenge

Today I am posting a card that I made for the color challenge at My Creative Time.  I was playing with water color paints and the Hexy Background stamp and got the idea it looked almost tie died.  So I thought the card should say Far Out and to use the Label Font.  After the card was done I was not sure I liked the card base color or should have layered a frame color around the watercolor or what color I should use.  I guess I need to think on what would be better looking.  Just not enough contrast around the water color.

The supplies I used are

My Creative Time:

Hexy Background

Label Font

Surprise Pop-Out Card Die-for the label

Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves Dies

Fun Stitched Edges Dies

Wow So Many Candles

Other items

PTI card stock

GooseBumpz Classic Embossing Folder

I had a lot of fun playing with the water colors and playing along with the challenge!  Thank You for dropping by and taking a look!

Janet

#2 Mother's Day Challenge at My Creative Time

Today I have another Mother's Day Card that I will enter in the challenge at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/
I really liked the box cards so many people have been making and thought it would be fun to make for my Mom.  It was quite easy to put together and I found it was easier to decorate or stamp, the outside of the box first, before closing or adhering it into a box shape.  This was so fun to make with lots of flowers from
the Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves Dies from My Creative Time.  I was hand delivering this one so I could put the Scallop & Stitched Circle up higher.

Card closed

 A view of the front

 A view from the side.  I like the dimension!

 My Creative Time Products:

Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves Dies

Pretty Spring Wreaths-sentiments

All Around Everything-sentiment

Stitched Curly Label Die

Curly Label Die

Scallop & Stitched Circle Die

Stitched Grass Die

Stitched Sweetheart & XOXO-heart

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Foliage Two, was used for vines and leaves that I attached the flowers to.  I think next time I will make them 2 layers thick for a little more sturdiness.

I had a lot of fun playing with the flower die cuts, mixing and matching all of the shapes, sizes and cuts.  I watched quite a few videos and found some measurements to use to make my card.  I plan to make more of these box cards.  So great you can fold these flat and mail them in an A2 envelope.  Thank you for taking a look.  I do hope you will give this type of card a try.

Janet

Mother's Day Challenge at My Creative Time

Today I have a card I made for Mother's Day and will be entering in the challenge at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/2014/05/designer-challenge-mothers-day.html
There is still time to join in on this fun challenge.

For my card I used the newly released Pretty Spring Wreaths stamp set and Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves Dies.  I also used the Fun Size Scallop Stitched Bow Die for the pretty bow.  I was inspired by a card made by Miss Cheryl at http://dragonflydesigns58.blogspot.com/2014/05/springtime-wreath.html
I just love the pretty sentiments in this stamp set.  It has 3 wreaths that can stand alone or be decorated with many flowers, leaves and other add on stamps.  It is such a fun set to use!  The new Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves Dies can be used to create a multitude of fun beautiful flowers and arrangements.  Here is what I came up with.

I used the inlay technique for the XOXO's and Heart on the inside of my Mom's card.  This is so fun to do...I plan to do much more of this technique.

My Creative Time products used:

Pretty Spring Wreaths

Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves Dies

Fun Size Scallop Stitched Bow Die

Stitched Sweetheart & XOXO Dies

Fun Stitched Edges Dies

Other products used are:

Paper Trey Ink for the colored papers

Stampin' Up inks

Georgia Pacific white card

Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink

I hope you enjoyed my Mother's Day Card for this fun challenge.  Thank You for taking a look!

Janet

Two Cute! Baby Shower Card

Today I just wanted to share a special card I made for my Niece who is expecting twins very soon.  Today was her Babies Shower and the theme was Thing #1 and Thing #2 from Dr. Seuss.  How fun was this to make a card using those two rascals?  I thought it would be cute to use the Stork & Baby cutting file from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons and use the Things in a Dr. Seuss sort of way.  On the inside I used a card idea I had seen that looks like 3-D baby blocks.  I inked up the edges to make them look more block like.  I stamped a number of cute small stamps from My Creative Time's (http://www.creativetimeforme.com/) All Around Everything Accessories.  They fit the one inch blocks perfectly.  The letters clouds and sentiments were also from My Creative Time.  The sun, ball, bat and drink were from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons at http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/

Here is the front of my card

 The inside

 The boy side

 The girl side

This was a lot of fun to make...I hope you enjoy seeing it!  The card was a large 8.5" x 8.5"

Products used:

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons cutting files

Cool Sun

Baseball & Bat

Stork & Baby

My Creative Time Stamps & Dies

All Around Everything Accessories

Lowercase Fun Dies

Fly Away With Me Dies

All Star Baby

The ballerina is a Lettering Delight cutting file with a Peachy Keen face from Princess Faces.

Thank You for taking a look!

Janet

Happy 93rd Birthday Mom!

A quick post today with a Birthday card that I made for my sweet Mother-in-Law!  I am planning on entering it in the current My Creative Time Challenge.  The challenge is to use no patterned paper! You can make your own pattern paper by using any of My Creative Time's stamps OR dies,  but no store bought patterned paper allowed for the challenge.