My Creative Time - July Release - Sneak Peek Day 1

Hello everyone, it is time for another sneak peek week and...

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!

Listen up "My Creative Time" friends! We are giving all of you an opportunity to win a prize during Sneak peek week with 4 winners to be announced during Friday's Stamp release! All you have to do is leave a comment HERE along w/the rest on the design teams blogs for a chance!

AND we are giving you ANOTHER opportunity to win....

ALL you have to do is "SPREAD THE WORD" about My Creative Time's "8th Edition Stamp Release" happening this Friday @ 8am PST! You can announce it to all of your Facebook friends! If you don't know how to tag me in your post, then feel free to come to My Creative Time's Fan page HERE & let her know you did! We will randomly choose a winner from there to win a prize! Emma will be announcing the winner on Friday morning in her video during the release!

Well for today's post we are using a stamp set called "Many Greetings." In my opinion this is the PERFECT all around sentiment set. It just love it! I think it is a definite must have. I have several ideas for just about every sentiment on there, now if only I had enough time to make them all. Anyway, here is my sneak peek. A simple and colorful card.

I love that sentiment!!! And aren't those little Loopy Loo Polkas sweet?! Here is a little close-up.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a terrific day! Hugs- Glora
Items Used:

Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time stamps - Many Greetings
Market Street Stamps - Loopy Loo Polkas
Mandarin Twine from The Twinery
Sakura White Gellyroll Pen
Versamark Watermark Ink
Tsukineko Kaleidacolor Raised Ink Pad

PKS - Lady Bug Thank You!

Today, I have my card for the Peachy Keen Stamps Sketch Challenge #53. This challenge had an adorable sketch and a little twist to the challenge. We had to use some sort of a sponging techinque. I had a lot of fun with this challenge. I used the sponging technique on both the red dot background and the red part of the lady bug. Then I used a sponge and some ink to ink around the edges of the gray pieces.

This sketch was too cute. I'm certain I will be using it again. The cute lady bug and the thank you come on the same set Peachy Keen stamp set. They are called Lady Bug Thank You. The cute dotted background is one of my favorite background stamps by Market Street Stamps called Loopy Loo Polkas.

Items Used:

*Mini Monograms Cricut cartridge

*Market Street Stamps - Loopy Loo Polkas

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Lady Bug Thank You

*Stampendous - flourish stamp

*Sakura White Gellyroll pen
*Chalks
*Ink pads for inking
*Sponges

My Creative Time's May Stamp Release Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to another awesome stamp release blog hop. Emma has done it once again. These new stamps are BEAUTIFUL!!!!! If you have come here from Katie's blog than you are in the right place, if not the beginning of the hop starts at Emma's blog.

Emma asked me to use here beautiful new set called "Happy Homecoming." These stamps are an absolute neccessity for anyone with friends of family that serve or have served in the army, navy, or air force. Emma has designed these stamps so that you can customize your saying in SO many ways. I absolutely LOVE them. She also designed a super adorable frame that all of the sentiments can fit into. Now, if you don't have anyone near and dear serving in the armed forces, these stamps can be used for so many other occasions too. I decided to make a non-military card just so you can see how perfect they can be for other projects as well.

I made this card with my niece in mind. She is more of a blue and purple loving girl so I went with a blue theme. She just returned home after being away for 18 months serving a mission for my church. I thought this would be a perfect way to tell her welcome home.

Don't you just LOVE that adorable frame that fits the sentiment oh so perfectly? And those fonts they are just so beautiful. The beautiful dot background is one of my favorite background stamps from Market Street Stamps. It is called Loopy Loo Polkas.

Emma is so sweet and generous and she is going to give 4 lucky people a stamp set of their choice. All you need to do is hop to every stop on the hop and leave each person a comment for a chance to win. Pretty easy right? You have until Saturday night, May 21st to get your comments in.

Your next stop is Miss Leanne. I know she will have yet another BEAUTIFUL project for you. Click HERE to go to her blog.

If you get lost along the way here is the line-up for the hop:

Emma ~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/
Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/
Leanne ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/
Cathryn ~ http://www.inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/
Jen ~ http://jennyscards.blogspot.com/
Kate ~ http://www.scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Ruthie ~ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/
Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/


I also made this card to enter into the sketch (with a twist) challenge over at Market Street Stamps. I fell in love with the sketch and just had to use it for my card. The twist was to use a background stamp to make an embellishment.

Items Used:

My Creative Time stamps - Happy Homecoming

Market Street Stamps - Loopy Loo Polkas

Die Cuts With a View - Posies

Stampendous clear embossing powder

Grosgrain ribbon

Navy ink for inking

Button

String

Livestrong Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Livestrong Blog Hop. If you just came from Monica's blog than you are in the right spot, if not, the beginning of the hop starts with Maria.

Our projects for today are to focus on hope and encouragement. I wanted to make some small note cards that were simple, bright and cheerful for my project. I hope you like them. All of them were embossed with clear embossing powder.

This first one uses Follow Your Dreams stamp set by My Creative Time and the Loopy Loo Polka background stamp by Market Street Stamps.

This one uses Turn That Frown Upside Down by My Creative Time and Paisley by Market Street Stamps.

This one is My Favorite Sayings by My Creative Time and Sweet Lace by Market Street Stamps

This one uses Pain Pain Go Away! by My Creative Time and Punched Tin by Market Street Stamps.

Here is a picture of all of them together.

I have a small giveaway of Circle dies for your Cuttlebug (pictured below). All you have to do to have a chance to win is leave a comment on this post by Monday morning and have a US or Canada mailing address. I will pick a random winner on Monday, May 9th.

Your next stop on the hop is to Martha. Click HERE to go to Martha's blog.

I wanted to mention that Emma over at My Creative Time has just released a special stamp set that coincides perfectly with this hop. I wanted to post a picture of it and a link to her blog. By purchasing this stamp set, you are partnering with "My Creative Time" to help stamp out breast cancer. For each set that is purchased, My Creative Time will donate $2 to Susan G. Komen for the cure! Click HERE to check out this stamp set.

I'm glad you could stop by. Have a great day.

Items Used:

*My Creative Time stamps - Follow Your Dreams
*My Creative Time stamps- Turn That Frown Upside Down
*My Creative Time stamps - My Favorite Sayings
*My Creative Time stamps - Pain Pain Go Away!
*Market Street Stamps - Loopy Loo Polkas
*Market Street Stamps - Paisley
*Market Street Stamps - Sweet Lace
*Market Street Stamps - Punched Tin
*Twine from The Twinery
*Grosgrain ribbon

Birthday Celebration Day 2 - Market Street Stamps

Hello everyone! Welcome to day 2 of my virtual birthday party. I'm SO excited because today I am spotlighting one of my favorite stamp companies, Market Street Stamps. These stamps are of amazing quality, they are manufactured by Peachy Keen Stamps, so they have the same beautiful Peachy color and quality. Angelica (co-owner and artist) has some beautiful, fun and trendy stamp sets and some amazing background stamps as well. The background stamps are HUGE (full A2 size) and they stamp beautifully. I LOVE them to pieces!!!! I think there is something perfect for every taste and style at Market Street Stamps so if you haven't heard of them before you definitely need to check them out.

For my card today I used one of Market Street Stamps background stamps called Loopy Loo Polka's. The image is also from Market Street Stamps and is called Robo Star. I paperpieced this cutie in turquoise and pink.

Market Street Stamps was SUPER generous and have donated two of their beautiful (A2 sized) background stamps. One lucky commenter will get the Loopy Loo Polka's background stamp.

And a different lucky commenter will get the Vintage Music Background Stamp.

Here is a reminder on the RULES for my birthday week:

#1: Each day you will have up to three chances to enter for that day's prize. The first way is to simply make a comment on that day's post. You do not have to be a follower of my blog, but I would love it if you wanted to. The second and third ways will vary each day, but you will have to make a SEPARATE comment for each entry for it to count, if you group them all together it will only count as one entry for that day.

#2: If you win I will only be mailing to a US or Canadian address. I will be mailing out a lot of prizes next week and I need to keep the shipping costs reasonable, I hope you will understand.

#3: You must contact me to claim your prize. I will announce all the winners on Monday, May 2nd and you will have one week to contact me with your mailing information.

#4: All entries for the whole week will be combined together for a chance to win the Disney/Pixar Cars Cricut cartridge pictured below.

Bonus Entry #1:  'LIKE' Market Street Stamps on FaceBook (click HERE to go to their page). Then come back and leave me a comment here saying that you did so. On their FaceBook page they notify you of stamp releases, special promotions, giveaways, and of course project inspiration. You definitely won't regret it. (If you already 'like' them simply state so in a comment below).

Bonus Entry #2: "Follow" Market Street Stamps Blog (click HERE to go to their blog). They have just started doing challenges, they have project inspiration and stamp release parties, speaking of which, they have a stamp release happening this very week!!! There are lots of chances to win some of their amazing stamps. I'm already in love with the new Paisley background stamp!! So what are you waiting for, go and follow their blog and then come back and leave me a comment saying that you have. (If you already follow them simply state so in a comment below).

Items Used:

*Market Street Stamps - Robo Star
*Market Street Stamps - Loopy Loo Polkas
*My Creative Time stamps - Wow! So Many Candles

*Pink Sorbet twine from The Twinery
* Caribbean Blue twine from the Twinery
*Crystal Stickles
*Glossy Accents
*Versamarker

Throwback Thursday Lite Style

Hello everyone, it is time for another fabulous Throwback Thursday at My Creative Time. For the challenge this time we want you to use a Cricut Lite cartridge and make a layout. I hope you will come and join in the fun.

I am WAY behind on my scrapbooking so this was a great challenge for me. I used the Sugar and Spice Cricut cartridge to make a birthday page for my daughter's scrapbook. (You can always click on the pictures to see the details closer up if you would like ).

 Isn't this bear the cutest? I used the new and adorable Cute and Cuddly face stamps by Peachy Keen Stamps. I LOVE these!

I used Emma's (My Creative Time's) Wow! So Many Candles stamp set for my project. This set is perfect for all of your birthday projects. I repeatedly stamped Wish Big with watermark ink to make a fun and subtle patterned paper.

I also stamped the 'Happy Birthday' and 'Little Princess' with Market Street Stamps Loopy Loo Polka background stamp. I can't get enough of that background stamp!

I may be biased but I think Peachy Keen stamps manufactures the best stamps around!

I hope you get a chance to play along. Also make sure that you stop by My Creative Time so that you can see Emma and her Design Team's fabulous layouts.

Items Used:

*Sugar and Spice Cricut Lite cartridge

*Once Upon a Princess Cricut cartridge

*My Creative Time stamps - Wow! So Many Candles

*Peachy Keen Stamps- Cute and Cuddly Face Assortment
*Market Street Stamps- Loopy Loo Polkas
*Watermark Ink pad
*Tim Holtz Distress Inks
*Sakura White Gellyroll pen
*Adhesive pearls
*Chalks

My Creative Time New Release Blog Hop

Welcome to Emma's newest release blog hop. If you came here from the sweet and talented Katie's blog you are in the right place if not make sure you start back at Emma's blog, you won't want to miss a SINGLE stop.

Emma asked me to use her new Fun Borders stamps. These are SO much fun. I absolutely LOVE them. For the sentiment I used Emma's stamp set called Wow! So Many Candles. I also had a lot of fun with some clear embossing powder.

Emma is offering up all 4 sets of stamps for blog candy, just make sure you make a comment on every stop along the way. Easy peasy.

Your next stop is the very talented Leanne. I know she has something awesome waiting for you.

Here is the blog hop line up just in case you get lost along the way.

Emma ~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/
Joy ~ http://www.obsessedwithscrapbooking.com/
Melanie ~ http://courtney-lane.blogspot.com/
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/


If you are interested I have listed the items I used for my card below:

*Once Upon a Princess Cricut cartridge
*My Creative Time Stamps - Fun Borders
*My Creative Time Stamps - Wow! So Many Candles
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Wide Eyed Kids

*Market Street Stamps - Perfectly Pretty Grid

*Market Street Stamps - Loopy Loo Polkas

*Clear Embossing Powder
*Sakura White Gellyroll pen
*Versamarker
*Twine
*Bling
*Chalk

Party Til the Cows Come Home

Here is a card that I made a couple of days ago. I had a blast with the Loopy Loo Polka background stamp from Market Street Stamps. I'm certain I will use this one A LOT!

The cute little banner on the side is something that my design team sister Katie does a lot. I really like the look. Thanks Katie.

I am submitting this card for the Lets Face It Friday challenge. The challenge is to use a peachy face and make your own flowers. I made bakers twine flowers for mine :).

Items Used:

*Create a Critter Cricut cartridge
*Market Street Stamps - Loopy Loo Polkas
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Critter Faces

*Pink By Design stamps - Take the Cake
*Baker's Twine from The Twinery
*Glossy Accents
*Black Ultrathin Bic Marker
*Sakura White Gellyroll pen