Scrappy Monday!

Good morning my creative friends! Well, I hope you ALL had a FABULOUS weekend! I am still waiting for the 3-day weekend to be invented because 2 days, is NOT cutting it! lol..... Unfortunately, I wasn't feeling well yesterday:( I ate way TOOO MUCH & my tummy didn't agree:(  I was SOOO BUMMED because I designed the CUTEST Halloween layout in my gypsy & didn't have the strength to get it done:( I will have to make it for another day! THANK GOD for my AWESOME design team because they made some AMAZING layouts for you today! Today our theme was "Halloween" & I just LOVE what everyone did!  Click on everyone's blog to visit them & leave them some L-O-V-E!

Miss Katie

Miss Kim 

Miss Shar

Miss Liz

Miss Nancy

Miss Micia

Well, I hope my team inspired ALL of you to go work on some super cute Halloween layouts! Don't forget to join us tomorrow for another "Show Me Your Technique" which I am THOROUGHLY enjoying!;) ALSO, don't forget to check in tomorrow too to see if YOU were one of the lucky winners from our "Beary Special Blog Hop" we had on Friday! Thank you for stopping by & have a FABULOUS day my sweet friends! xoxo

P.S. ~ Just a quick reminder to join us in our most recent "Designer's Challenge" HERE! It's a SUPER FUN "GOOGLY EYES" challenge hosted by our very own Miss Tracy! Come join the fun!;)

Beary Special Blog Hop ~ Episode 401

 GOOD MORNING my creative friends! 

Even though its not quite Halloween, I have decided to give you all a "Beary Special Treat"! This doesn't cause weight gain but will cause CUTENESS OVERLOAD! Included in this hop, you will see a "Beary Special" stamp set that I designed for this special hop!  Also, joining us for this hop are 5 VERY TALENTED "Guest Designers"!  

With that said, can I just say that I am OVER THE MOON EXCITED that today is FINALLY here!!! YAHOO!;) With all of the teddy bear inspiration EVERYWHERE, I thought it would be a GOOD idea to design a set that focused on Teddy bears!  Hey, why not...right?? I just have to say that this is my FAVORITE set by far to date!  In this set you will find 2 cute teddy bears along w/18 FUN sentiments! 

For my 1st card, all of the images & sentiment are from this set! (my glossy accents on the eyes were still wet) I added all embellishments from Liz's Paper Loft boutique along w/paper from Echo park ~"So happy together", added some stitching that made a PERFECT card!;)

 Here is a Christmas tag I made using my newest "Just Tags" die along w/embellishments from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique! This little cutie bear is the 2nd image that is included in this new stamp set! The sticker hat (jolee's boutique) & the bell are from Joann's! That sentiment is one of my faves from "Mixed Holiday Sentiments" which MANY of you have already! I know because I CANNOT keep this set on the shelves! lol.... I used copic markers to color in my teddy bears! You can see in my video below exactly how I colored them!;)

I just LOVE how this turned out! On the back, I stamped the To: & From: that is included w/the "Just Tags" die set! I CANNOT wait to start mass producing my tags this year!!!;)

I am SO IN LOVE w/my next Baby Tag!!! Again, these are my newest "Just Tags" die set that I used again here! I thought this sentiment was PERFECT since alot of us call our kids "Baby Bears", which came from us "Mama Bears"! lol.... hehehehe!

Embellishments again are from Liz's Paper Loft boutique (my FAVORITE boutique ever!) The button is from Papertrey Ink. OH, I forgot that I did add a little stickles to the adorable patch on his body!

OMG! Last, but certainly not least! Here is another tag I made using my "Tag Dies", which I just CAN'T get enough of and I got to use my brand new "Teddy Bear Parade" cartridge! HOW PERFECT is this cartridge to use my new stamps with?? This cartridge has the CUTEST CUTEST bears ever on here! I used the blackout feature to cut out my bear at 3 inches! The reason I used the blackout feature is because I was DYING to use my Peachy Keen's "Tear Bear Face Parts". What a PERFECT face stamp set (in my opinion) for this cartridge! I just want to hug all of my teddy bears today!;)  

The ribbon is from May Arts, hemp twine & the cute little white rose in her hair are from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique! I thought this sentiment was PERFECT for her AND I was so happy to see that this sentiment fit PERFECTLY onto my "Oval Stitched Die"! 

Here is my video showing how I color in my new teddy bears from "Beary Special Thoughts"!

Now, introducing my NEW "FAVORITE set EVER" that was created especially for this FUN hop!

Beary Special Thoughts

**GIVEAWAY ALERT**

Emma has a few GREAT giveaways to give to THREE LUCKY peeps! 

 1st prize ~ "Teddy Bear Parade" cartridge AND this newest stamp set "Beary Special Thoughts" stamp set

2nd prize ~ "Create a Critter 2" cartridge "Beary Special Thoughts" stamp set

3rd prize ~ this newest set "Beary Special Thoughts" stamp set

How FUN is this! All you have to do is leave your comments on each designer's blogs! The more blogs you comment on, the BETTER your chances are at winning! Random.org will pick all the winners on Tuesday! So you have until Sunday, Sept 30th by midnight to get all of your comments in! AND PLEASE don't forget to include a way for us to contact you just in case YOU are one of the lucky winners! Good Luck!:)

Okay, up next in this FUN HOP is the OH SO TALENTED Miss Joy! Hop on over to her blog because I am POSITIVO that she has something AMAZING 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/

Amy ~ http://www.scrappingmommy.com/

Cassandra ~ http://www.ctimz3.blogspot.com/

Cathryn ~ http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/

Cheryl ~ http://dragonflydesigns58.blogspot.com/

Cindy B. ~ http://www.cindybcreations.blogspot.com/

Debbie C. ~ http://www.bugjuiced.blogspot.com/

Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

Jayne ~ http://www.jayne-designs.blogspot.com/

Jeanne ~ http://www.jeannespapercrafts.com/

Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/

Kim H.~ http://www.scrapinmomofoneinspiringlittleboy.blogspot.com/

Kim S. ~ http://www.paperpunchaddiction.com/

Leanne ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/

Liz ~ http://www.lizspaperloft.com/

Micia ~ http://yellowbirdcreation.blogspot.com/

Nancy ~ http://scrappingoutofcontrol.blogspot.com/

Nikki ~ http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/

Rosie ~ http://sweetdelightspapernmore.blogspot.com/

Ruthie ~ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/

Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/

Tracy ~ http://tracyscricutcorner.blogspot.com/

Veronica ~ http://www.vkcreate.blogspot.com/

This brand new "Beary Special Thoughts" is available now HERE for purchase! It will be on sale until next Friday, Oct 5th @ midnight PST!

Thank you SO VERY MUCH for stopping by today & joining us for this AMAZING blog hop! Have a FABULOUS day & Happy Hopping peeps!;) xoxo

Designer Challenge Host..... Tracy!

Hi Tracy here from Tracy's Cricut Corner!! I'm so excited to be hosting this week's Designer's Challenge!! 

 If you have visited my blog then chances are you know I LOVE googly eyes!! I just think they make everything a little bit  more fun!  lol!! So for my challenge you can make any project you like, just include googly eyes somewhere on it! Easy peasy as Emma would say! :)  

 I made a Halloween card using the Mini Monsters cartridge!

The card is a 5X7 size.  Frank is cut out at 5 1/2 inches.  I added some orange glitter glue to his tie and Glossy Accents to his shoes (which then made his hair look weird so I added some to there too!). The sentiment is from MCT's  Mixed Holiday Sentiment stamp set.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you join along in this challenge!  I look forward to seeing what you all come up with!

Tracy

And now for some EYE popping (hee hee) inspiration from the MCT Design Team

Miss Cassandra 

Miss Amy

Miss Cathryn

 Miss Cindy B.

Miss Glora

Jeanne

Emma;) that's me! hehehe!

What a fun challenge this was from Miss Tracy! As soon as Miss Tracy decided she wanted this to be a "Googly Eyes" challenge, I knew EXACTLY what I wanted to make! I've been dying to use my glasses & mustache dies on my newest die (Just Tags) I I just LOVE how it turned out! I was just at Hobby Lobby earlier today & picked up the fibers (on sale 40% off) that I used for this! You can obviously see the black fiber, but I also used the cream color one to put in between each layer of the tags!

I'd thought that this sentiment from "you had me at chocolate" was PERFECT for this! 

Supplies I used:

~ Just Tags

~What's Growing On

~ Oval shaped googly eyes (hobby lobby)

~ Black & cream color fibers (hobby lobby)

~ Teeny Tag Greetings

~ You had me at chocolate

Didn't Miss Tracy do an AMAZING job w/her challenge & aren't these the CUTEST "Googly Eyes" projects EVER???  They ALL put a HUGE smile on my face!;) I hope to see LOTS of you playing along w/this challenge! 

Just a recap of this FUN challenge:

~ Make ANY PROJECT of YOUR choice using "GOOGLY EYES"

~ Deadline for challenge is Tuesday, Oct 9th @ midnight PST

~ Link your "Googly Eyes" project to Mr. Linky HERE on this post

~ Then Leave a comment!;)

Okay, now onto our LUCKY winner from the last "Designer Challenge" which was a "Recycle" challenge that was hosted by Miss Veronica~! FIRST of all, I was SOOOO IMPRESSED w/ALL of the AMAZING entrees, that I had random.org choose TWO winners!!!;) The 2 lucky winners are:

#24 ~ Jill Rugg

&

#12 ~ Rhonda-Bumblebee Creations

CONGRATS ladies! Please email me your addresses to info@my-creative-time.com! So I can ALSO give you your AwESOMe winning badges for your blogs!:)

Okay my Creative Friends! Are you as ANXIOUS as I am for tomorrow's hop?? I CANNOT wait to hop tomorrow right along w/you with some AMAZINGLY TALENTED ladies! You are ALL in for a TREAT, TONS of INSPIRATION AND the BEST giveaways EVER!;) See you all tomorrow @ 8am PST right here!;)

THANK YOU for visiting my blog & I will see you all back here tomorrow for the BEST hop EVER!:) Have a FABULOUS day my sweet friends! xoxo

3-D Wednesday ~ Episode 400

Good morning my creative friends & welcome to another "3-D Wednesday"! I just LOVE this day of the week because I SOO ENJOY making 3-D projects! For today, my AWESOME design team & myself are showcasing "Photo Displays"!

You can see in the video below EXACTLY how I made these!;)

Supplies I used:

~ Natural Burlap

~Teeny Tag Greetings

~ Gift Card Sentiments

~ 4x4 Canvas from Hobby Lobby

Here is my video!

Onto my FABULOUS design team! Click on each of their names to visit their blogs & see more details on these BEAUTIFUL "Photo Displays"!

Miss Shar 

Miss Nikki

Miss Rosy

Miss Tracy

Miss Ruthie 

Miss Veronica

I just LOVE my design team! I am SO VERY PROUD to have each & every one of them on my team! Well, I hope you are inspired to create a love Photo Display of your own! 

I just want to CONGRATULATE our TWO LUCKY winners from the Release Blog Hop! You will be getting a "SURPRISE" Gift bag full of goodies along w/a stamp set that will be release VERY VERY SOON!;) Can I get a drum roll please.......... random.org chose:

First Winner:

dreamer September 24, 2012 3:36 PM
OMG what a fabulous mini release, your excited !, what about all you followers I just love opening you blog , to see what goodies you come up with make s my day thankyou Emma 
love super ausie-- 

Second Winner: 

Sue D
Great projects using these wonderful products! My favorite is the tree sentiment.

CONGRATS ladies! Please email me here info@my-creative-time.com w/your addresses so I can get your GOODIES out to you ASAP!:)

Well, I'm not sure if you've heard, but my FABULOUS team, myself, along w/ 5 SPECIAL "Guest Designers" are having a "Beary Special" blog hop on Friday!!! We will have AMAZING prizes along w/TONS of BEAUTIFUL projects! Stop by & hop w/us, you will NOT want to miss this one!;)

Feel free to grab the code at the top on the right side of my blog & display this ADORABLE badge on all of YOUR blogs! 

Thank you SO VERY MUCH for visiting my blog! Have a FABULOUS day my sweet friends & I will see you all back here tomorrow for another "Designer's Challenge"! xoxo

"Show Me Your Technique"

GOOD MORNING my creative friends! Today we are ALL in for a treat! It is another "Show me your technique" mini blog hop...... I am SOOO EXCITED to see what these 3 designers have in store for all of us today! Be sure to visit each of their blogs & leave them some love because I am POSITIVE you are about to see some AMAZING techniques today! Are you ready??? Get comfy, grab your FAVORITE morning beverage of choice & "ENJOY"!;)  Be sure to come back here & let me know what you thought! I am about to hop right along w/you! :)

Here is the line up:

Miss Leanne

Miss Liz

Miss Micia

Thank you SOOO very much for visiting me today! Have a FABULOUS day & I will see you all back here tomorrow for another FUN 3-D Wednesday! 

P.S. Don't forget to mark your calendars for this Fri, Sept 28th @ 8am PST! My design team & myself are having a SPECIAL Blog Hop that you DO NOT want to miss my sweet friendS!;) I can't wait!

"Scrapping the Little things!" ~ Episode 399

GOOD MORNING my creative friends! WOW! where did the weekend go??? Well, I am so EXCITING for today because it is another "Scrapping the Little Things" which we like to do every OTHER Monday! This is the day that my design team & myself will showcase "Project Life", "Project Life "like" layouts as well as "Smashbooking! Two of my new FAVORITE things right now!;) I am SUPER EXCITED to do my FIRST "project life" page here for you today! In my video below, I explain a little about it for those of you who are NOT familiar w/it! It reminds me of "old school" photo album"ing" w/ updated inserts that have pockets! I just want to share w/you how QUICK this was for me to put together! I had JUST made myself this cup of "Pumpkin Spice Latte via" & I didn't even finish it because this page was put together in NO TIME AT ALL! 

YEP, can you believe this was finished BEFORE I was able to finish my FAVORITE coffee drink in the whole wide world?? lol..... This is why I am going to thoroughly ENJOY making this pages just because they are "THAT FAST AND not to mention EASY"!  I decided to finally print these pictures from when we took my boys to their very FIRST Giant's game! Since it was on July 13th, we also celebrated my hubby's birthday there too! His birthday was on July 7th! This was ALSO 2 weeks after Baby Aaron had gotten out of the hospital! So this whole adventure was to ALSO lift his spirits up again & make sure that him & his brother had the BEST time ever!:) 

Okay, here are some close-ups! The sentiment & die tag are both from MCT's "Just Simply Live" set! I just LOVE this picture of my THREE FAVORITE men!;) Look at my hubby TRYING to make a silly face back there! lol......

Here is me w/my BEAUTIFUL boys! I just melt ALL THE time w/both of their AMAZING smiles!;) 

I just HAD to add 2 extra pictures of my boys 2 FAVORITE players! Here on the left is the "one & only" BUSTER POSY! You should of seen my boys faces when he made a homerun that night! It was simply "priceless"!;) Then of course, here are my boys again w/that BEST background of the beautiful baseball field!

Now, on the left here is my boys other FAVORITE player "the one & only" ANGEL PAGAN! The boys were SO EXCITING to see one of their FAVORITE outfielders just making the BEST plays EVER! On the right, I matted the die from "Just Simply Live" onto some black cardstock & this is where I will journal about this AMAZING night!;)

Last but not least, the night ended w/beautiful fireworks! It was hard to take this picture, but I took a picture of my boys back of their heads watching the fireworks! Talk about a PERFECT night!;)

Supplies I used:

~ Just Simply Live stamp/die set

~  Inserts for my Project Life pages

Here is my video for you!:)

Now onto my FABULOUS design team members! Click on each of their names to visit their blogs & leave some love!;)

Miss Kim 

Miss Leanne

Miss Liz

Miss Katie

Miss Nancy

Miss Micia

That is is for today my sweet friends! Please join us back here tomorrow for "one of my FAVORITE" new segments called "Show me your technique"!  THANK YOU for stopping by & have a FABULOUS day! xoxo

P.S. Update on ALL orders! As of 6pm PST yesterday 9/23/2012 ALL ORDERS HAVE GONE OUT!;) Just to let you know that we DID sell out of this release! If you have seen it yet, you can see it HERE! I did make this release available for pre-order HERE just so you all can take advantage of the sale price! I like to run my sales for a week just to give everyone a chance & you don't have to rush to get it right away! ALL products WILL BE BACK IN STOCK on Sept 29th! It is a SHORTER wait this time around! hehehe!;) THANK YOU ALLL again for ALWAYS making what I LOVE to do, that much MORE ENJOYABLE! The BEST part is me seeing ALL of your BEAUTIFUL projects that you ALL create showcasing all of my products! That ALONE is ALL WORTH IT!;)