My Time Made Easy - Post Release

Did you see the new products from My Time Made Easy?  Yesterday we released some fabulous new products!  Today I've used the new Slice template, but repurposed it.  When I made it yesterday, I thought it looked like a purse.

I printed this fun hexagon print from the new Picnic of Patterns digital paper pack.  It reminded me of some of the quilted purses you see in the stores. 

The bottom portion of the template was created using red cardstock.  I added large eyelets on each side so I could create a handle from ribbon.  For the latch, I used one of the tags from the Fine Finish cut file.  I used small magnets to keep the latch closed and added a big crystal to spiff it up.

The card was created using the same hexagon pattern paper and red cardstock.  The senitment is from the previously released Money Well Spent digital stamp set.  I colored them with matching copic markers.  I added some crystals to make the one on the latch of the purse.

This is the sketch I used from Card Positioning Systems.

Some of the design team is posting their post release projects.  Stop by these blogs to see for yourself.

MTME Store

MTME Gallery

Lauren Meader

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Farida Rone

Kimberly Morrow

Tina Hale

Thanks for stopping in today!

Pretty Palette #64

We changed things up a bit over at the Pretty Palette challenge.  Our challenges have changed to every other week and we changed our posting date to Thursdays.  You will have two weeks to play.  On the opposite Thursdays, you can participate in the Pretty Pattens challenge which will also run for two weeks.

 This is what I came up with for this week's color challenge.  I used the Seas the Day digital stamp set and colored it in GIMP.  I shaded some bashful blue ink around the image while it was still in the die.  A little darker on the bottom to mimic the water and lighter on top for the sky.  I also distressed it a bit with some tea dye distress ink.  The sentiment is from the So Sentimental acrylic stamp set.  The paper was the perfect fit for these colors.  It's from My Mind's Eye called Blink of an Eye.  I used the flag die from WPlus9 and an SU scallop border punch for the side.

This is the sketch I used from Card Positioning Systems.

You can see more from the design team on these blogs.

MTME blog
Jackie Randolph
Mary Vogel
Romaine Rancier

 

Thanks for stopping by!

My Time Made Easy Post Release Day - Blue Collar

Gosh, this month over at My Time Made Easy is so exciting!  There are so many cool templates to choose from and they are all easy to put together!  This one included!  It's called Blue Collar and it's the shape of a shirt!  How cool is that!  And it's roomy too.  I'll show you that in a little bit.

Here's the closeup of the template.  I started with my paper from the new Vintage Points Bright digital paper pack.  I paired it with Basic Gray cardstock.  Love these colors together!  I added some buttons to the collar to make it look like a button down and in the shirt pocket I added some paper to make it look like a handkerchief in it.  I also added some orange circles to the tie to match the tie on the card!  

This box and card are going to be for my father-in-law for Father's Day.  He always uses cotton handkerchiefs, so I always buy him a pack of them for holidays.  This pack contained nine of them, and they all fit into the box.

The card uses the same paper, scaled down a bit.  The image and sentiment are both from the new digital stamp set called Dad's Day to Relax.  I colored the tie in GIMP to match the paper.  The Happy Father's Day sentiment is stacked in the set, but I digitally cut it apart and made it linear so I could used this Spellbinder's die to cut it out.

The layout is based on this one from Card Positioning Systems.

Some of the design team is posting today, so stop by their blogs listed below to see what awesome things they've done with the new MTME products.

MTME Blog

MTME Gallery

Lauren Meader

Farida Rone

Kimberly Morrow

Pattie Goldman

Tangii Crain

Thanks for stopping by today! 

 

Just Us Girls #127 - Technique Challenge

Hi everybody!  Are you ready for another new challenge from Just Us Girls?  This week is our technique challenge, and our very talented Andrea chose the Faux Embossing with Die Cuts.  You can find it on SCS in the Resources section here.

I started my project by choosing this flower paper from Jillibean.  Then I die cut the brown flowers using the Upsy Daisy die from My Favorite Things and adhered them to the same brown paper.  I ran it through my Cuttlebug using the embossing mat.  I couldn't believe how it really pushed the die cut into the paper!  So cool!  I finished it off with three more flowers from the same die set in a larger size and some green leaves.  The sentiment is from Everyday Basics from PTI.  (This set must have been a free one because I don't see it on their site.)

I used this sketch from Card Positioning Systems.  Great sketch!

You can see more inspiration using this technique on the following blogs.

JUGs blog

Andrea Matthews

Elise Durenberger

Lynn Mangan

Maria Levine

Pam Imholz

Vicki Dutcher

Marisa Ritzen, Featured Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!

Paper Makeup Stamps - September Release in Review

***To see my Pretty Palette post, please click here.***

Did you see all the fun stuff released this week from Paper Makeup Stamps?  You can see them all here in the PMS store.  Today is the last day of reviews for this release, and I have this cute image called Beyond Measure.  It's from a NEW line called Color Kids.  We released three of them this month and they are so adorable and fun to color!

 I started with a sketch from Card Positioning Systems and a new paper pack from Authentique called Blissful.  I picked this up at a stamp show I went to a couple of weeks ago.  I love the yellows, grays, and black in this dp.  I colored the image to match the dp.  I used the X-Press It Blending paper for the image.  I usually use PTI's white paper, but I thought I'd give this another try.  It worked fine for my image.

Stop by the PMS blog to see more of the new release and creations from the PMS team.

Lisa McKinney

Tina Hale

Randee Elsing

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great week!

Paper Makeup Stamps Sneak Peek - Day 3: Fairies and Silhouettes

Hi everyone!  Did you have a fun 4th of July celebration?  We were at our cabin and had lots of fun...good food, good friends, and good fireworks!  That's a good recipe for a fun celebration!

Today is day 3 of the Paper Makeup Stamps sneak peeks.  We are sneaking fairies and fairy silhouettes today...my favs!  I have the silhouette of Emma Fairy to share today.  I know I say this all the time, but she really is up there in my top five PMS fairies!  She was one of the first ones I purchased when PMS was created.

I was working with digis this month, so I decided to color this silhouette in red to match my dp.  I thought it looked fun in the red silhouette instead of the traditional black silhouette.  I added Star Dust Stickles to the raindrops and made a puddle with it as well.  The paper is from My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary collection.  I was working with this Card Positioning Systems sketch, but changed it up a little.  The sentiment is from the Raindrops and Rainbows digi set...I reduced it to fit the size I needed.   Lastly, I added the red grosgrain ribbon and those metal raindrops.  I've been waiting to use those for a long time!

 

Want to see more?  The PMS DT has lots to share, so please stop by the PMS blog.  Thanks for stopping by!

Paper Makeup Stamps - May Review Day #2

Hi everyone! Today is the last review day for the Paper Makeup Stamps May release. It's been a great release, with some different images being released. You can view the entire release here. I have a new fairy to share with you today. This is Lars with all his wonderful gifts!I found this pattern paper in the Life is Good paper pack from Basic Grey and colored Lars and his gifts to match. The yellow cardstock is one of my new favs from SU called Daffodil Delight. I'm lovin' the bright colors of this card. The "surprise" sentiment is this month's freebie with every PMS order. The "happy birthday" sentiment is from a new set called Celebration Sentiments.

I chose to use the sketch from Card Positioning Systems. Nice and simple, plus I love the banner!

Stop by the PMS blog to see what the other girls are reviewing! Thanks for stopping by today!

Recipe
Stamps: Lars, Celebration Sentiments (PMS)
Paper: PTI white, daffodil delight, Life is Good dp (BG)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, copic markers
Accessories: Nesties, pearls, star dust stickles, dimensionals

A Charming Hop with Artful INKables!

We hope you are enjoying our Artful INKables Charming Hop! If you've come from Deb's blog, you are on the right track. If not, start at the Artful INKables blog to get the details and follow this "Charming Hop"! The premise of this hop is to showcase the variety of beautiful charms Artful INKables has and to reacquaint you with some of the wonderful stamps in the AI inventory.

I have chosen Greek Gardens to share with you today. I can honestly say that I really like this set. I puchased it a while back and just love the images and sentiments in it. I especially like this sentiment. I wish the photo would show how much green I put on the vase. It is so washed out on it here in the picture. I also put star dust stickles on the water. I paired this image with a beautiful butterfly charm. Here is a closeup of the charm.I love the detail on this pretty charm! I just put a jump ring on it and attached it to the ribbon with embroidery floss. The sketch is from this week's Card Positioning System sketch (CPS).


So, to continue on this Charming Hop, please head on over to Michelle's blog. She always has something amazing to share! There will be a prize giveaway at the end of the hop, but you need to leave a comment on the blogs along the way in order to be entered into the random.org drawing. So, don't forget to leave some nice comments for the AI DT.

Thanks for stopping in today! I hope you enjoyed your Charming Hop!