You Fill My Heart With Love....{MCT Heat Embossing}

Good Morning everyone!!
I am sharing a card today for 
My Creative Time's
Trending Now.....Heat Embossing
While blog hopping I came across a card on Pinterest that inspired my card.... you can see it
HERE
and here is my take on the card using all MCT stamps and dies along with heat embossing of the sentiment

My CAS valentine's day card was very easy to make.
I used white cardstock for the base and the small Stitched Rectangular Frame Die for the card mat
Next using Black Embossing Powder and VeraMark ink, I heat embossed the sentiment onto the card mat using the set~ Chalkboard Valentines
For the hearts, I used the die from the set You Touched My Heart and some pattern paper from SN@P. For added embellishing, I ran some Totally White Trendy Twine through the hearts and added a simple bow.

A quick and easy card to make that can be mass produced using lots of different sentiments!

I hope you like my card!
Thanks so much for stopping by and like always, please stop by the 
MCT blog for more inspiration!

MCT Stamp/Die of the Month~ Fun Speech Bubbles & Dies

Good Morning Everyone!!!
Today the MCT DT is  featuring another
 "My FAVORITE stamp OR die of the Month!  

This month we are featuring another of my  FAVE sets 
"Fun Speech Bubbles Stamp Set".
 If this set  has been on your wish list, you can pick this set up here at a discount price: http://shop.my-creative-time.com/Stamp-and-Die-Kits_c31.htm?page=all
This set will be on sale for the entire month of February! 
The sale will end on February 28th, 2015 @ 12:00am PST! 

Here is the card I made to share for today.... I am in need of some masculine cards and thought this one would be perfect!

My friend Amy of Tsurata Designs posted this card last week and I was inspired by her card design for mine. To put together my card, I used the Stitched Rectangular Frame Die for the card mat, cutting one in the designer star pattern paper and a smaller piece using the matching mustard color paper. I layered the pieces together and then stamped my sentiment from the Fun Variety on the Inside & Out stamp set. Next I used the matching die to the speech bubble sentiment and stamped it using memento tuxedo black ink. 

Before adding the "Yay" speech bubble to my card, I added some of the "newest trendy" in card making~ some gold thread behind it in a random nest :) It is adhered to the card using some foam tape and then for some added reinforcement, I placed some white enamel dots on it.
This card was both so much fun to make and very easy to put together. I will be using this card LO again for more projects. I LOVE the way this turned out!

My Creative Time Products Used:
Fun Speech Bubbles Stamp Set
Fun Variety on the Inside & Out
Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

Other Products Used:
Boy oh Boy paper pad~ Carta Bella
White card stock
Enamel Dots
gold thread
fun foam

That is all I have for now.
Make sure you head on over to My Creative Time to see what the rest of the DT made!
I know the inspiration is AWESOME!!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Tuesday!!!

Merry Christmas w/ Peachy Keen Stamps ~{Trendspotting}

Good Morning everyone!!!
If you are looking for today's What a Treat Wednesday with My Creative Time please click HERE!

I’m up on the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog today to share a Trendspotting project.

Christmas is in the air and GOLD is big right now so while searching the wonderful world of Pinterest I came across this gorgeous picture. 

Pinterest Image found HERE

I used the cow print as the basis for my project as well as the gold, black and white color combo to make my Christmas card using 3 of the newly released stamps from PK. 

Here is what I came up with....

 I love heat embossing....love the way it looks and the texture it adds to a project. I started this card out by using the PK~1437 Cow Print Square 4.25" and heat embossing it on kraft cardstock using some gold embossing powder. Then using the sentiment from the new PK~1449 Holiday Sentiments set, I stamped it onto the kraft cardstock base in between a small space I left purposely left between the cow print.  For that adorable image, I used the new PK~1439 Charlotte & Junior stamp, colored him using my copic markers and to make his vest match the cow print background, I used a gold pen to color it in.

Here is another angle of my card where you can see the beautiful heat embossed background. I also placed the image up on some foam pop dots for a bit more dimension :)

Peachy Keen Stamps Used:

PK~1437 Cow Print Square 4.25"

PK~1439 Charlotte & Junior

PK~1449 Holiday Sentiments

Peachy Keen has some awesome December Specials available and you can see them all HERE. Don't forget about the SWEET PK sale that is going on as well. All the details are below and can be found in the PKS Store also!

MERRY CHRISTMAS from Peachy Keen Stamps 

YES!!! The Christmas season is JOYFUL!! Though sometimes a bit STRESSFUL when it comes to shopping! Trying to get to a store or a website before a sale ends is MADDENING! We FEEL your pain as we still have to shop too! I can't even begin to count how many times I've been to Kohl's!  LOL!

After a meeting here today, PKS decided to take all the guessing out of it for you!! We are beginning this sale today and it runs through JANUARY 1st, 2015. We want your shopping experience here to be as simple and hassle-free as possible!

• December 2014 RANGE 1, PROMO CODE: SAVE20 Save 20% when you spend $5.00 to $35.00
• December 2014 RANGE 2, PROMO CODE: SAVE25 Save 25% when you spend $35.01 to $75.00
• December 2014 RANGE 3, PROMO CODE: SAVE30 Save 30% when you spend $75.01 to  $100.00
• December 2014 RANGE 4, PROMO CODE: SAVE35 Save 35% when you spend 100.01 and over!
• USA ONLY: ENJOY!!  99 cent shipping on any order under $75.00 (after discounts) 
• USA ONLY: All orders over $75.00 (after discounts) ship free EVERYDAY!

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my Trendspotting project! Hope you all have a GREAT Wednesday!!!

~Jessica~

My Creative Time Sneak Peek Day 2

Good Morning and 

Welcome to Day 2 of sneaks for the new
My Creative Time 32nd Release!

Today we are sharing projects using the new sets...

Lost at Sea & Stripey Background

I had so much fun playing with these sets that I made 2 different cards to share today....

For my first card I used the new Stripey Background, some Tim Holtz distress ink and some clear embossing powder to make my red, white and blue background. Then using the fun sentiment (one of MANY) from the Lost at Sea stamp set, I stamped it in between the bottom blue layers.  Using one of the circle dies from yesterday's sneak~ Bunch of Fun Circles, I die cut it in kraft cardstock and placed it behind the fun porthole die, also from the Lost at Sea set. I added some gold brads to the holes and then layered it onto the kraft circle. Using my cameo and an SVG from SVG Cutting Files~Kawaii Transportation, I cut out the ship and popped it up inside the porthole. It did have the adorable kawaii face, but I hid it so it was just the ship. 
To finish up my card I added a fancy knot using some thick hemp twine and some white gel pen dots to the ship.

For my next card, I again used the Lost at Sea stamp and die set, this time using both of the layers of the porthole die and inside the hole adding the waves, sailboat and seagull from the stamp set. Again I added some brads to the holes on the porthole and popped that layer up using some foam dots.
The sentiment is another one from this set and I stamped it onto the die from the Just Simply Live Stamp and Die set. Some machine stitching to the border and another fancy knot and my card was completed.

Well there are my sneaks for today. I hope you have enjoyed them!!!!
Make sure to check out what the rest of the DT has made using these new sets over on Miss Emma's blog HERE!
They are AWESOME!!!

***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 in her video!
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 better chance 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 so much for stopping by today and I will see you all tomorrow for Day 3 of sneaks!!!

Love You Forever.....{Trendy Twine}

Good Morning Trendy Twiners!!!!

It is that time again.....our Trendy Twine Group post and boy are all the projects AWESOME!!! 

This month the Trendy Twine DT is spotlighting all the solid colors of twine. LOVE the variety that is offered and there are more colors in the works!
Hey did you know that the Totally White can be colored using your copic markers? There will never be a project again that doesn't match! Just thought I would let you all know :)

For my card today, I used the Totally White Trendy Twine (a must have!) and I followed the new challenge~

Say It With a Sentiment:
Recipe:
(1) Sentiment as the focal point
(2)  Trendy Twine

**If you do not have Trendy Twine, use hemp, jute, 
embroidery thread, or yarn only; NO ribbon
(no other brands of bakers twine)**
  
Deadline is 11:59 p.m. central time, Friday May 23rd

Here is my card....... Hope you like it!

I wanted to try some new things with my card that I have seen others in bloggy land do~ embossing on vellum and doing the lasso type thing with twine. I am very happy with the way this card turned out too! What are your thoughts?

I started with some black card stock as my base and added a layer of white and then a very light pink card stock. I heat embossed the "forever" sentiment using  Paper Smooches~We Connect stamp set and then with my sewing machine stitched it to my card mats.

The additional sentiments are also from the same Paper Smooches stamp set and those adorable hearts are from the My Guy set.

I did color the hearts using my copic markers, randomly placed some silver sequins onto my card and wrapped the Totally White Trendy Twine through the vellum, leaving it loose and in no particular pattern.

New to Trendy Twine??? Check out the other places where we share our projects .....

Trendy Twine Blog~ HERE

and the

Trendy Twine Facebook page~ HERE

Don't forget to visit the 

 new and improved, packed with tons of product

 Store HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!

Don't forget to enter our challenge!!!!

And please stop by the Trendy Twine blog to see what the rest of the DT created! I know you will LOVE all the inspiration!

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Entering this into the following challenges:
Curtain Call~ Pretty & Pink
Simon Says Stamp~Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes
My Craft Spot~Black/White and one Color
Just B Creative Crazy~linky party
Ribbon Carousel Blog
Paper Smooches~ Anything Goes 

Bumblebee Sneak......{Trendy Twine}

Good Morning everyone!!

It is my DT day over on the Trendy Twine blog 

and this month the DT is showcasing the FAB new

Bumblebee Twine

I have a sneak of my project but you will have to head on over to the TT blog for the full project :)

I love making CAS cards and for this card I did just that...used some awesome new stamps from My Creative Time and played around with some heat embossing and paint.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock~ Black, white (all from my stash)

Stamps~ My Creative Time~ Things I Love...., Hexy Background

Dies~ My Creative Time~Vintage Stitched Label Dies

Embellishments~ Trendy Twine~Bumblebee Twine

Creative Inspirations Paint~Deliquesce Fine White Embossing Powder, Sunshine

New to Trendy Twine??? 

Check out the other places where we share our projects .....

Trendy Twine Blog~ HERE

and the

Trendy Twine Facebook page~ HERE

Don't forget to visit the 

 new and improved, packed with tons of product

 Store HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Day!!!

CI Paint Inspired By~ Anything Goes

Good Morning everyone!!!

It is time for another fun

Inspired By Challenge 

over at

Creative Inspirations Paint!!

This weeks Challenge~

Inspired By: Anything Goes

a fan favorite for sure and here is the project I made....

I wanted to play along in this week's The Kraft Journal challenge which was White on Kraft and what better way to do that then use Creative Inspirations Paint Deliquesce White embossing powder on Kraft card stock! I just LOVE the look of that together...don't you??? I embossed the frame with the white embossing powder then cut out the image and glued it to the tag base. I then stamped the heart and painted it with CI Paint in Garnet and embossed the letter "u" with more white embossing powder. I was going for a CAS look so I just finished it off with some Trendy Twine in Krazy for Kraft and Chocolate Truffle and 3GJ Crinkle ribbon in Antique White. The stamps that I used for this tag are from The Alley Way Stamps~ Doodle Frames, Cover Ups, Jibber Jabber and Alphabet Soup.

I hope you like my project and will play along with us over at

Creative Inspirations Paint!

Remember you do not need CI Paints on your project but if you have them we would

LOVE to see how you use them!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party #6

DL Art~ Linky Party

The Kraft Journal~ White on Kraft
Simon Says Stamp and Show~ Metal-ology
Little Scrap Pieces~ Emboss It
Pumpkin Spice~ X and O'x

CI Paints Inspired By: Case It

Good Morning Bloggers!

It is time for another fun

Inspired By Challenge 

over at

Creative Inspirations Paint!!

This weeks Challenge~

Inspired By: Case It

We want to see your projects that are inspired by another,

whether it a project you previously did and are casing it with different colors or papers

 or

 a project you are casing from another crafter..

Anything will do as long as you link your original inspiration in your post!

I decided to case a card my friend

Amy from Tsuruta Designs

made....here is her gorgeous card

 And here is my take on it

I went with the same basic idea Amy did...

 CAS with a tag

I just changed up the colors and the embellishments

Here is a close-up of the embossing on the tag and the heart.

You can also see the sparkle that the embossing powder left on the letter "u"

Supplies Used:

Paper~ PTI~White, Scarlet Jewel

Black

Cork

Stamps~The Alley Way Stamps~

Love Knots 

Sentiment~ EAD Designs

Ink~Versamark

Dies/Cuts~ PTI~ Tags Sale #3

My Creative Time~ Heart

Other~ Creative Inspirations Paint

Deliquesce Clear

Deliquesce Gold Crystal

3 Girl Jam Crinkle Ribbon~

Wine and Jewels Bundle~ Merlot

chipboard letter

I hope you like my project and will play along with us over at

Creative Inspirations Paint!

Remember you do not need CI Paints on your project but if you have them we would

LOVE to see how you use them!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!!

Ho Ho Ho~Gift Card Holder w/Peachy Keen Stamps

Good Morning Everyone!!

I can not believe it is Christmas Eve Day....

I hope you all have a VERY Merry Christmas and let the festivities begin!!

I do plan of popping in tomorrow to announce the winner of the

 "Owl Be Home For Christmas" Blog hop prize...

If you didn't get a chance to hop you can still check back to my post HERE for a chance to win a spool of Trendy Twine!! I will keep the comments for that prize open until tonight :)

So for my project today

I still had a few last minute gifts to wrap including making some gift card holders...

I don't care too much for the ones that come with the gift cards so I thought I would make my own

and enter them into this week's 

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge which is 

Anything Goes 

but you have to use Peachy Keen Stamps

I used this stamp set

PK~322 Christmas Tag Minis

And made this gift card.....

What do you think???

I ended up making 2 of these because I LOVE the way they turned out!!

And the best thing about this....it was so easy to put together!!

I used My Creative Time's~ Embossed Gift Card Holder Die

and die cut it with my cuttlebug and Core'dination card stock.

For Santa's belt I just cut a strip of black card stock at 1" and used the buckle from the

witch's hat from SVG Cuts~ Gimme Candy Boxes SVG Kit.

I added some silver stickles to the buckle and then using the sentiments from the Christmas Tag Mini's I heat embossed them with Creative Inspirations Paint~ Deliquesce Black embossing powder!

That was it!

These will be going to 2 kiddo's ages 12 and 15....I hope they like them 

But know at that age it is more about what is inside that counts...Right!!

So that is all I have for today!!

Again I hope you like my gift card!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Christmas Eve Day!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge~ Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces~ Fun Friday "Santa Baby"

DL Art~ Thankful Thursday 

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

Simon Says Stamps~ Anything Christmas
Pause Dream Enjoy~ December Celebrations
Sentimental Sundays~Focus on the Sentiment
Stamptacular Sunday~ Emboss Me

Creative Inspirations Paint Holiday Blog Hop (2nd post)

Good Morning and Happy Friday!!!

(if you are looking for my TAWS Be Re-Inspired project click HERE)

 Welcome to the Creative Inspirations Paint

Holiday Blog Hop 

We are sharing all these fun Christmas projects using our 

Creative Inspirations Paint 

and adorable images from Great Impression Stamps

Make sure to hop on through all the blogs and comment for your chance to win 

5 paints of your choice!!

On with the hop.....

You should be coming from the very talented

Dana 

if you are just stopping by head on back to 

Creative Inspirations Paint 

you will not want to miss anything!

For my card I used this sketch from Damaris  ...At Studio D

And came up with this......

I just fell in love with these adorable reindeer and knew they would be super adorable on a card!!

Here is a close-up of this trio....are they not some of the cutest ever!!

I heat embossed them with my favorite embossing powder~

Deliquesce Black Embossing Powder from Creative Inspirations Paint

then colored them in with my copics.

For the jingle bells around their necks I used 

Evergreen, Rustic Red and Silver Frost paints

To add some more shimmer I painted my bells with the same matching paint...

The pictures so not do the paint shimmer justice...they look awesome in the light!!!

Supplies Used:
Paper~Kraft,White
Core'dination, Bazzill
Recollections~ Festivus
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics
Stamps~ Great Impression Stamp~
Reindeer Trio
The Alley Way Stamps~
Jolly Holiday
Dies/Cuts~ My Creative Time~
Vintage Label Die
Ornaments~
Silhouette Store
Other~ Creative Inspirations Paint~
Evergreen, Silver Frost, Rustic Red
Deliquesce Black Embossing Powder
Trendy Twine~
Christmas Candy Cane
sewing machine

I hope you like my holiday card.....
You are now off to my sweet friend
Kendra
Thanks so much for hopping with us!!
And just another reminder...
All products in the Creative Inspirations Paint store are on sale!!

If you love all these projects, this is a GREAT time to stock up!!!


Here is the whole lineup in case you get lost
Creative Inspirations Paint 

Dana 

Jessica~ ME~ 

Kendra ~ NEXT~

Kimberly 

Michelle  

Creative Inspirations Paint 

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Entering this into the following challenges:
At Studio D~ Sketch Challenge
The Kraft Journal~ Anything Goes
DL Art~ Thankful Thursday
The Old Back Porch~ 52 card pickup week 50
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky party
Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Holiday Spirit
Joyful Stamper~ Inspire Me Friday
Great Impressions~ December Anything Goes Challenge
Pile it On~ Pile on the Embellishments

TAWS December New Release & Re-Inspired!!

Good Morning Bloggers! 

It is  New Release Day for

  The Alley Way Stamps

and here are December's Stamp Sets....

And for the month of December only..

 you get this free Holiday Sparkles set (3x4) when you spend $40.00 or more..

Aren't these sets AWESOME!!! 

I think so which brings me to my card for today's post....

Inspired by this photo for 

The Alley Way Stamps Be Inspired Challenge

and the sketch from The Paper Players

I came up with this.....

Using the new Holiday Sparkles set I embossed all the snowflakes using a mix of

Creative Inspirations Paint

 Deliquesce Clear Embossing Powder and Resplendence Angel Dust Glitter

which is a perfect match for this adorable sentiment!

What do you think???

Supplies Used:

Paper~ PTI Enchanted Evening, Stampers Select White, Spring Rain

Echo Park~ Winter Park

Stamps~ The Alley Way Stamps~

Holiday Sparkles

Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black

Versamark

Dies~ My Creative Time~

Vintage Stitched Label Die

Other~ Creative Inspirations Paint

Deliquesce Clear Embossing Powder

Resplendence Angel Dust Glitter

Irock~ bling

So that is all I have for you today!

Don't forget to hop on over to The Alley Way Stamps store to pick up this new release!!

And don't forget about this new set as well..

It is perfect for all those holiday tags!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Friday!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

The Paper Players~ Sketch Challenge #123

Paper Issues~ Holiday Happy

Tuesday Throwdown~ Lots of Layers

DL Art~ Linky Party

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

The Old Back Porch~ 52 Card Pickup

The Friday Mashup~ Photo Inspiration