Christmas Card Challenge #7 - Inspiration Photo: Santa Hats

Hi everyone!  The Christmas Card Challenge this week is an inspiration photo. 

Here's a close up of the photo!  Don't those cupcakes look delicious?

 

I decided to make a tag this week (I just love them!), and I knew exactly the stamp set that would be perfect for this challenge.  This set is from My Time Made Easy.  I stamped and colored the Santa hat then cut it out.  For the furry parts, I used a Versamark pen and sticky embossing powder then added the Star Dust Stickles glitter.  It's really sparkly!  The sentiment and snowflakes were stamped in red and I added silver pearls to the center of the flakes.  I matted it offset on another tag in red cardstock.  Gingham ribbon and a snowflake button finished off the tag. 



 

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

 

Alanna  

  Carol  

Donna  

 Gail  

 Heather   

 Jessica  

 JoAnn  

 Margo    

Marsha  

Monica  

Shirley Anne   

Tenia

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Secret Santa (MTME)

Paper:  Recollections white, real red

Ink:  Real red

Accessories:  Tag Sale #3 die (PTI), sticky embossing powder, Stickles star dust glitter, silver pearls, snowflake button, gingham ribbon

 



Halloween Treats!

 

Happy Halloween!  I was busy making Halloween treats for my students last night.  It was a last minute idea (of course...why would I plan anything ahead of time?).  On my way home from work, I was thinking how I could get crafty and came up with covering Hershey candy bars.  Simple enough especially when I had some great DCWV Halloween paper and my Silhouette to make labels!

 

I cut the wrappers to 5.5" x 5.5" and wrapped it around the candy bar, securing it with some Scor-tape.  Then I started stamping labels.  These labels are from My Time Made Easy.  They are the Occasional Label cut file and coordinating stamp set.  I also used MTME's A Spooky Surprise stamp set for the sentiment, and Reverse Confetti's Spooky Cuties for the images.

The ghost on this one is from the MTME set and the witch's shoes are from the Reverse Confetti set.

These only took about 1.5 hours to complete 24 of them.  It was hard to not eat one!  I guess the sentiment held me back!  LOL!!

I hope you have a spooky Halloween!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  A Spooky Surprise and Occasional Labels (MTME), Spooky Cuties (Reverse Confetti)

Paper:  DCWV Halloween Stack, Neenah white

Ink:  Pumpkin pie (SU), pear tart, sweet plum, dandelion (Memento Luxe)

Accessories:  Occasional Label cut file (MTME), Scor-tape



My Final My Time Made Easy Post

Hi there friends!  Yesterday the My Time Made Easy design team posted their Year in Review projects and I thought we were posting today, so I goofed!  I also don't have a new project done because it was kind of a busy day yesterday (fun, but busy!).  So, I decided to post some of my favortie projects made over the last almost 3 years I've been on the team.  Why?  Well, this will be my last post as a MTME designer.  I felt it was time.  The new team Lauren has put together is fantastic, and I felt like it was the right time to leave.  So I'm going to leave you with some of my favorite projects.

 

Such a girlie-girl project.

Handbag and Sexy Soles templates; Bill Fold cut file

Made for my nephew!

It's in the Bag template

A slice of heaven!

Slice template

A jaw dropper the first time I saw this template!

Chair-ish You template

Why is this one of my favs?  Hint:  It's a box for wine!

Wine and Dine template

The colors were taken from my next favorite drink.  I still use this for the tea bags!

Tea Tabbed Box template

A castle fit for a princess!

Castle in the Clouds template

Who wouldn't like a ride in this elegant coach?

Riding in Coach template

I saw an ad for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups with a camoflauge lid.  Easy to recreate!

With All My Heart template

I love tiered cakes!  And this paper is my all-time favorite of all!

3-Tier template and Coffee Beans paper

I got inspiration for this from a picture of sailboats made out of fabric.

Bouncing Baby Buggy template (Yes it is!  The bottom is the buggy part!  Versatility at its best!)

 

I was so in love with this template!  I won't part with this one!

Round and Round template

So in love with this template, I made another!  This one I reluctantly gave away as a present!

Round and Round template

 

Are these adorably filled with spring?

Bloomin' Wonderful template

Lauren out-did herself on this one!  Look at the details!

Made in the USA package



 I loved how this 3-tier Christmas stars came together!

Star of the Show template

 

Simply sweet!

To the Point/Dreidle Box template

And this was my very first project as a MTME designer.  I love dogs and thought this was Paw-fect!

Shop Around Mega template



As I was going through my gallery on MTME, there were so many more I could have included in this post, but it would go on forever!  I love these templates...that's what drew me to Lauren and her company.  I may not be a MTME designer anymore, but I will always go to her store to purchase these fabulous templates! 

 

Thanks to Lauren for giving me the chance to work with her creative genious and to the MTME girls for their kind words and fabulous designs! 

 

Thanks for stopping by everyone!

 



My Time Made Easy Release Day and Just Us Girls #191 Sketch Challenge

Hey there friends!  Busy day on the blog today!  Today is the June release from My Time Made Easy and a new sketch challenge from Just Us Girls.  I'll get to that in a minute.  Here's my project for today.  Let's get into the template first.

This is the Welcome Home template, which was previously released.  I've used it quite a few times, once making it into a dog house by cutting off the chimney.   The new product on it is the paper.  It's called Tiny Town.  I have to say that the pictures don't do it justice!  I hate that!  I distressed it quite a bit because it was just too white and clean!  LOL!!  I cut the heart out of the center of the front panel using the BFF Valentine Tags cut file and added a piece of green paper behind it.

Here's a top view so you can see the pretty bow.  The template actually opens from the top.  

 Now for the card.  This is the great sketch that our lovely Elise created for us this week.

I used the same papers as in the template.  The house was cut using the new Home Sweet Home digital stamp set on the Tiny Town paper.  The image in the set has a heart in the center, so I cut a heart from the green paper using the BFF Valentine Tags cut file.  The sentiment is also from the new Home Sweet Home digital stamp set.  Lots of distressing here too!

I have lots of blogs for you to visit from both teams.  First us is the MTME team.

 

MTME Store

MTME Gallery

Lauren Meader

Dawn Barwick

Jackie Randolph

Karien van der Westhuizen

Kimberly Morrow

Lori Hairston

Lori Kalus

Mary Vogel

Pattie Goldman

Romaine Rancier

Tracy Holmes

Wendy McGaffey

 

And here are blogs from the JUGs team.

 

JUGs blog

Elise Durenberger

Maria Levine

Marisa Ritzen

Nancy Leppek

Tangii Crain

Vicki Dutcher

 

Thanks for stopping by today!



My Time Made Easy Preview Day: Simply Stunning Gifts

Can you believe we are previewing the June release of My Time Made Easy?  So happy June is on its way because that means SUMMER!  This month we only have one template (keeping it simple for the summer!) and it's called Tapered Off.  It's quite large and very easy to pull together.  I decorated it with a new digital paper pack called Tiny Town.

Here's a top view so you can see my pretty bow!  The tag was made using the BFF Valentine Tags cut file and I added this adorable door and sentiment from the new There's No Place Like Home digital stamp set.  This is a very cool set.  It comes with five different wreaths to add to the door for various holidays, several sentiments, and a window with several different accents for it, as well as other items for a home.  Very versatile!

There is a topper to the template that comes off.  Sort of like the roof.  This is what it looks like with the top off.

And this is what the template looks like open.  I always forget to take pictures of the templates open, so today I remembered!  

 

Like I said before, this template is roomy.  I had a jar candle on hand to show the size better.  It fit in there with lots of room for other things you might give as a house warming gift.

 

So what might you put in this template?

The whole team is posting today.  Stop by their blogs and see what they've created.

 

MTME Store

MTME Gallery

Lauren Meader

Dawn Barwick

Jackie Randolph

Karien van der Westhuizen

Kimberly Morrow

Lori Hairston

Lori Kalus

Mary Vogel

Pattie Goldman

Romaine Rancier

Tracy Holmes

Wendy McGaffey



 

The MTME June release will be on Saturday, June 1.  All items are digital, so they will be ready to purchase, download, and use that day!  No waiting!

 

Thanks for stopping by!



My Time Made Easy - Year in Review

Hi everyone!  Have you seen the new products from My Time Made Easy?  You can see them here. 

 

Today is our Year in Review post where we use old and new products.  I chose to use this new cut file called Tiny Tucker Tab.  It is the cutest little box!

Here's the box.  It's all one piece, cut from one piece of cardstock.  I printed this print from the Bee Mine digital paper pack onto the cardstock and cut out the template.

On top is this bee.  I stamped the bee from Bee-Loved stamp set onto the bee cut file from the My Bee Loved cut file.  I added some glitter to the wings for some sparkle.  I also added a button on the front threaded with some black and white baker's twine.

I created a tag to go along with the box.  The tag is from the BFF Valentine Tags cut file.   I stamped the flower from Bee-Loved stamp set in Crushed Curry ink, then stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set .  I added some of the decorative paper on the bottom and finished it off with some ribbon and a button.

You can see more My Time Made Easy inspiration at these blogs.

 

MTME Store

MTME Gallery

Lauren Meader

Dawn Barwick

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Jackie Randolph

Karien van der Westhuizen

Kimberly Morrow

Lori Hairston

Lori Kalus

Mary Vogel

Pattie Goldman

Romaine Rancier

Tracy Holmes

Wendy McGaffey

 

I also have to mention the winner of the MTME template of her choice:  Lori Aragon.  Please go the Lauren's blog to find out how to claim your prize!  Congrats!

 

Thanks for stopping by!



My Time Made Easy - Release Day

Today is the day!  My Time Made Easy release day, and you can see all the new products here.  Did you guess what the template was in our peek giveaway contest?  Well today we get to tell you that the new template is a grill called Great Grillin.  Perfect timing for Father's Day.  This is the cutest little template to package up some grillin' stuff. 

 

I cut the top of the template from S'more S'mores digital paper and accented it with Marina Mist and Early Espresso SU cardstock.  The mits were cut using the Sizzling Servings cut file.

When you open the lid of the grill, you will see a grill that can be lifted off to reveal a box that you can put your gift in.  I put some red filler paper inside to make it look like the grill was in use.

The entire team is posting today.  You can see what they created with this template at these blogs.

 

MTME Store

MTME Gallery

Lauren Meader

Dawn Barwick

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Jackie Randolph

Karien van der Westhuizen

Kimberly Morrow

Lori Hairston

Lori Kalus

Mary Vogel

Pattie Goldman

Romaine Rancier

Tracy Holmes

Wendy McGaffey

 

Tomorrow I'll announce the winner of our contest from yesterday, so come back then!  Thanks for stopping by!

 



May You Have a Peek - GIVEAWAY CONTEST!

It's the last day of April, so don't be a fool! Here is a peek at a project, that is sure to make you drool.

 

Tell me what do you think, what could it be? Leave me a guess, and you may win a template for FREE!

 

Here are the details:

My Time Made Easy is having their monthly release of new products tomorrow on May 1st. Check out all the amazing Pretty Packaging Templates My Time Made Easy has to offer HERE! There are OVER 100 to choose from. They offer templates in PDF (printer friendly) SVG, GSD, DXF, and WPC.

 

So take a look at all the project peeks each design team member has to share and leave a comment with each one of them. Every time you leave a comment at a blog it is another chance to win.

Lauren Meader
Dawn Barwick
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Jackie Randolph
Karien van der Westhuizen
Kimberly Morrow
Lori Hairston
Lori Kalus
Mary Vogel
Pattie Goldman
Romaine Rancier
Tracy Holmes
Wendy McGaffey

 

ONE person from EACH blog will be chosen randomly to win a FREE template of their choice! Winners will be announced on May 2nd.

Thanks for stopping by!  See you tomorrow with the full reveal!