Monday Madness... Imagine That - Shaped Card

Hello My Creative Time friends. Today is another Monday Madness... Imagine That over at My Creative Time. We are all making shaped cards using our Imagine or patterned paper. I'm using Emma's stamp set called My One and Only. I thought that this 'eternal love' sentiment might look kind of fun done up with an aged look. This isn't my normal style, but I think it is good to try new things.

This heart cut is from the Sweethearts Cricut cartridge. Since I don't have an Imagine I used some patterned paper from PaperTrey Ink. The paper is usually red and white and I inked it up with some Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The swirly heart layer and banner were cut in white paper and inked up with two shades of distress ink. I dotted around the edges of my heart and added some red rhinestones. And of course the sentiment and banner are from Emma's My One and Only stamp set.

Make sure you drop by Emma's blog to see what she and the rest of the design team have in store for you! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Sweethearts Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time Stamps - My One and Only
PaperTrey Ink - In Bloom patterned paper
Tim Holtz Distress Inks
Black Gelly Roll Pen
Adhesive Rhinestones

My Creative Time Design Team Thursday! Red White and Blue!

Hello and welcome to another fun My Creative Time design team day. Today we were all to use red, white and blue for our projects. I'm so excited to see what everyone else came up with. Click HERE to go to Emma's blog and check out everyone's projects (Blogger has been giving some of us problems, so check back later if Emma's post isn't up yet).

Well my Gypsy has been a little bit sick the past month and today she decided not to work at all so instead of digging out my cartridges I went a little different route this time. I had some old Provo Craft clip art that is really cute but that I hardly use anymore. There were some paper dolls and darling Independence Day outfits that I printed and cut out by hand. I also chose a cute background from the PC HugBug collection. Then I added this beautiful banner from Emma's 'My One and Only' stamp set and this beautiful sentiment and stars are from the 'Encouraging Quotes' stamp set.

Thanks for dropping by today! Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

My Creative Time - My One and Only
My Creative Time - Encouraging Quotes
PC Crafter HugBug clip art
Kraft Cardstock
Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Let's Face It Friday - Organize It

I absolutely LOVE to see organizational ideas and if you are like me and want to see some AMAZING and super cute ideas go and check out the design team projects and submissions for the Let's Face It Friday challenge over at Peachy Keen Stamps Blog.

For my project I wanted to make something fun and interactive for my daughter to keep up on her 'school' skills in the summer. She LOVES this so I think it will help out a lot. Last year we didn't use any charts but we did find out that if we did her reading and stuff first thing in the morning then we would remember to get it done. Otherwise the day would get busy with fun summer activities and this summer learning would get pushed aside. This chart should help too since each day each item will start up in the 'TO DO' box and then she can move them down to the 'COMPLETED' box as she finishes up each item. This chart is approximately 6" x 11"

(If you would like to see the details closer you can always click on the photo).

I made the background using Microsoft Excel. I'm an accountant so I am a bit of a spreadsheet nerd. Then I printed my spreadsheet on some super cute paper from DCWV's Mod-Retro Stack. I stamped a darling little heart from Emma's stamp set My One and Only in the corner. I cut the pieces for my project from various cartridges at about 2" each.

This cute little book is from the Sugar and Spice Cricut Lite cartridge. I stamped it with a My Creative Time stamp from the set called 'My Teacher Rocks,' and I also used the adorable Peachy Keen stamp set called 'Happy Lashes'.

This cute little pencil came from the Locker Talk Cricut cartridge. I stamped his cute face with a Simple Simon face stamp by PKS.

I made the little chalkboard myself. I used the super cute Woodgrain background stamp by Market Street Stamps. For the cute face I white embossed a darling Simple Sally face and for the numbers I welded them together using my Gypsy and the Pooh Font cartridge.

And for this cute little kitty, I used Create-a-Critter for the cat and Pooh Font for the letters. The adorable face is a Critter face stamp from Peachy Keen stamps.

I laminated everything so they will SURVIVE the summer. I have my own personal laminator that I use for lots of little things for my children. I seriously LOVE it. Then I attached everything with Velcro.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my project today. Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

*Sugar & Spice Cricut Lite cartridge
*Locker Talk Cricut cartridge
*Pooh Font Cricut cartridge
*Create a Critter Cricut cartridge
*My Creative Time stamps - My One and Only

*My Creative Time stamps - My Teacher Rocks

*Market Street Stamps - Woodgrain

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Happy Lashes

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Simons

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Sallies

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Critter Faces

*DCWV - Mod-Retro Stack

*Core'dinations cardstock

*Sakura White Gellyroll pen

*Personal Laminator

*Laminate sheet

*Velcro

My Creative Time's April Release Blog Hop

Good morning and welcome to another fun My Creative Time stamp release and blog hop. If you came here via the talented and sweet Katie's blog (Crafting With Katie) then you are in the right spot, if not make sure you start back at Emma's blog for a whole lot of inspiration and a look at some BEAUTIFUL new stamp sets. These sets are available for purchase NOW, so click HERE and check them out!

Emma asked me to use her new set called "Follow Your Dreams." This set is AWESOME! I absolutely love the cute images and the perfect sentiments. I made my cards with my nephew in mind. He is graduating from high school this year and these are his school colors. The banner is from a different one of Emma's sets called 'My One and Only' but the rest of the stamped sentiment is from 'Follow Your Dreams' even that ADORABLE little diploma he is holding is from that set.

I had such fun playing with the stamps that I ended up making another card in his school colors. Now I will have to decide which one fits my nephews style the best.

Thanks for dropping by and make sure you hop along to every stop along the way and make a comment so that you can be entered into the drawing for Emma's adorable little bonus stamp. She is giving one away at each blog stop. Isn't she the sweetest?! You have until Sunday morning, April 24th, to comment and be eligible for the bonus stamp.

You next stop is the talented Leanne.

Here is the line up in case you get lost along the way:

Nikki http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/
Abby http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/
Linda http://www.krazyquilling.com/
Katie http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/
Glora http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/
Leanne http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/
Vicky http://luvmygypsy.blogspot.com/
Tanner http://www.mrcricutcrazy.com/
 
Items Used:
 
*Everyday Paper Doll Cricut cartridge
*My Creative Time stamps - Follow Your Dreams
*My Creative Time stamps - My One and Only

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Simons

*Congratulations Cuttlebug embossing folder

*Core'dinations gold pearl paper

*Glossy Accents
*Sakura White Gellyroll pen
*Versamarker