Feliz Cumpleanos

Well Pam and I like to do a cut challenge each month. We were doing it on the first Wednesday of the month and having it as an open challenge. We have both had a lot going on so we decided that for the time being we will just keep the cut challenge between ourselves.

I chose the cut this month, the 6 candle cut from the Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge. I like this cut and haven't used it before. I thought it would be a cute cut for my nephew's birthday.

I kept the colors bright and basic because it is for a boy. I also used my Peachy Keen stamps for the faces. I used both Simple Simons and the December 2012 SKOTM for the faces. The Spanish birthday sentiment is from Emma's (My Creative Time's) Wow So Many Candles! stamp set. I used Versamarker around all the edges and did some accenting with my Sakura Gelly Roll Pen. I also pop dotted the candles up and rounded some corners as well.

Don't those faces make you smile? I hope they will bring a smile to the birthday boy's face too. Make sure to check out Pam's blog (HERE) so you can see what she did with this cut too. I can't wait to check it out as well. Have a terrific day! Hugs- Glora

Now I'm Talking to the Sunbeams

I'm currently the volunteer Primary President, in charge of our church's children's organization - Sunday School instruction for young children ages 3-12. It can be challenging to coordinate the different teachers, classes, lessons, songs, and activities, but it is always rewarding!

Since this is the new year, the three-turning-four-year-old "Sunbeams" class is full of new and excited young ones who just graduated from the nursery (which is for the 18 months - 3 year old children). I made these shape cards, with a unique design for each youth, and wrote a welcome message for each child.

So no, I'm not going crazy. In this instance, talking to "Sunbeams" is perfectly normal!

Face: Peachy Keen Stamps - Happy Lashes

The sunshine comes from the Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge. I modified them in the Gypsy.

Face: Peachy Keen Stamps - Critter Faces XL

 Peachy Keen Stamps finish these off perfectly! And I'm also entering this in their Anything Goes challenge.

Face: Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Simons

These cards fit perfectly inside of Emma's 3x3 Fancy Envelope Die. I love that thing, it is perfect for all my 3x3 notecards.

Face: Peachy Keen Stamps - Basic Paper Doll Faces

Incidentally, the class name of "Sunbeam" comes from both St. Matthew 5:16 ("Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.") and their class song (lyrics below). What better group to represent these values than 3-and-4-year-olds?!

Face: Peachy Keen Stamps - Critter Faces XL

Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam

Words by Nellie Talbot, © Intellectual Reserve, Inc.

1. Jesus wants me for a sunbeam,

To shine for him each day;

In every way try to please him,

At home, at school, at play.

Chorus

A sunbeam, a sunbeam,

Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.

A sunbeam, a sunbeam,

I'll be a sunbeam for him.

2. Jesus wants me to be loving

And kind to all I see,

Showing how pleasant and happy

His little one can be.

Repeat Chorus

MCT February Release Sneak Peek Day #3

Happy Wednesday and welcome to day 3 of sneak peeks of the February stamp release over at My Creative Time. Aren't you loving these sets so far? They are ADORABLE! I'm totally in love with every single stamp, I think Emma REALLY outdid herself this time.

Today, I think you will see some pretty classy and beautiful projects, mine however, is a little on the fun side of things. I saw these darling egg dies that come with this Hello Spring set and my mind starting thinking of all sorts of possibilities with them. They are going to be USED a lot this year I'm certain. One of the fun and crazy ideas was to make some little 'EGG' people and so here is my egg people card.

I know they are silly, but I LOVE them! I can't help it they make me SMILE. The beautiful stitched egg is the die that comes with the Hello Spring set and the darling flower and swirl patterns on the eggs are stamps that come with this set and coordinate perfectly with this die. The perfect sentiment for my egg card is from the Happy Hunting stamp set that we showcased on Monday. I stamped the sentiment onto Emma's Stitched Oval Die. The cute hands and legs for these eggs come from the February 2012 Stamp of the Month by Peachy Keen Stamps and the faces are also by Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Simons and Simple Sallies. I cut the grass from Everyday Paper Dolls and the clouds from Create a Critter.

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
With all of our Sneak Peek weeks, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

 ***All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! You do NOT have to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!

 ***SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release & whatever connections you may have! Let us know on "My Creative Time's" FB page here http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Creative-Time/364568506334 that you did so! OR you can just tag Emma in your post!

 Emma will randomly pick & announce all winners on Thursday, Feb 16th during this AWESOME release happening @ 12:01am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

 Log onto to your facebook now & let start spreading word!;)

Alright, now make sure to check out Emma's blog if you haven't already, I'm certain you won't want to miss all the beautiful samples by her and the design team. I will see you all tomorrow for the blog hop :). Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

*Create a Critter Cricut cartridge

*Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge

*My Creative Time stamps - Hello Spring

*My Creative Time stamps - Happy Hunting

*My Creative Time Dies - Stitched Oval

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Simons

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Sallies

*Peachy Keen Stamps - February 2012 SOTM

*Twine from Trendy Twine

*Ink for inking

*Chalk

*Glossy Accents

Wish Big...

Hi crafty friends, just a super quick post to show you a card that I made for the Peachy Keen sketch challenge and for my nephew's 16th birthday. I hope you like it.

The stamps are from the Wow! So Many Candles and Many Greetings stamp set by My Creative Time and the face stamp is a Simple Simon face stamp by Peachy Keen Stamps.

Items Used:

Locker Talk Cricut cartridge
Micky Font Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time stamps - Wow! So Many Candles
My Creative Time stamps - Many Greetings
Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Simons
DCWV- Citrus stack (patterned paper)
Twine from Trendy Twine
Sakura White Gellyroll Pen
American Crafts Black Pen

You are Truly Appreciated - Gift Card Holder

This is a fun gift card holder that I made for my daughter's teacher. I designed this on my Gypsy. It was super fun and I LOVE how it turned out.

Here is a picture of it with the gift card peeking out. It is a pocket type card. We just wrote a little note on the back of the crayon box.



Items Used:

Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge

Gypsy

My Creative Time stamps - My Teacher Rocks!

Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Simons

Sakura White Gellyroll pen

Black Zig Writer

Let's Hit the Beach!

This is my card for the the Peachy Keen Challenge #52. I used sand paper sheets for the sand and I layered it but it is hard to see the layers in the picture. I also used Emma's super cute Have Fun in the Sun stamp set. It is such a fun summer set. I LOVE it!!!

Items Used:

Life's a Beach Cricut cartridge
Dreams Come True Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time stamps- Have Fun in the Sun
Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Simons
Peachy Keen Stamps - Simple Sallies
Sakura Gellyroll pen
Adhesive pearls
Sand paper sheets

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

Halloween Treat Holder

This little project is for Peachy Keen Stamps Let's Face It Challenge #1. My container is the Easter basket from the Easter 2010 cartridge. I just tweaked the scallops for ghosts and pumpkins on my Gypsy. Here is a view of the front of the basket.

This is a view from the top. I switched out the Easter flower for a bat.

Here is one of the side views:

And here is a corner view. The candy is all pop dotted to give some added dimension.

I hope you liked it. Below is a list of items used:

Doodlecharms: candy

Easter 2010: basket

Paper Doll Dress Up: ghosts and bat

Create a Critter: pumpkins

Peachy Keen Stamps

Simple Sallies for the pumpkins

Simple Simons for the long candies

Everyday Face Parts for the suckers

Funshine Face Parts for the candy corn

The bats face was stamped with a discontinued fall set

Coredinations cardstock and paper from my scraps

Ribbon

Candy 

Sweets For the Sweet

I made up these cute little goodie bags for some super sweet people. It is a pocket card and the candy part slides out. I hope you enjoy it.

This is a view of the card with the candy being pulled out

And last of all of picture of the candy slider next to the bag.

As a side note you can always click on any of the pictures to get a close up on the details.

Items Used:
Doodlecharms
Peachy Keen Stamps- Simple Sallies and Simple Simons
My Pink Stampers - Spooky Puns
Black Bic Writer
Ribbon

Have a SWEET DAY!!!