Homemade Card and Envelope MTME Group Post

Hi everyone! Today the My Time Made Easy girls are doing a group post showcasing the new Homemade Card and Envelop cut file. It's a cool cut file that sells for the amazing low price of $2.50! If you have a Cricut and SCAL program, it's a must have to compliment your Shop Around Mega Template. Here's what I did with it...minus the envelope!
I was going to create an envelope, but I started playing around with the size of this card in SCAL and didn't keep track, so no envelope! You can see what this looks like with an envelope here and here. (You can also go to the MTME Gallery here to see all the ones done with this cut file! The gallery is a great resource!)

So what I did was call up the card in SCAL, reduce it to 50%, copied it so I had two cards, flipped one and placed it so the tops of the houses overlapped, then welded the two together at the top of the house. When it cut out, all I had to do was score it and fold it in half. It sounds difficult, but really it's super easy.

The paper the card was cut on was first printed with the Citrus Peel digital paper. I loved the colors in this set of papers. The house was stamped from the Sign It stamp set and colored with copic markers. I wanted it to look "splotchy", sort of like a stucco house. The sign and sentiment are from the same set. I used the grass image from Home Improvement stamp set for the bottom of the card. I added a trim of brown crystals where the house and roof meet (and one for the door knob too) and some star dust stickles for some shimmer and was done! I know someone who is building a new home and I think I'll send this off....you only imagine, dream, and believe how your new home will look in three-dimension from a one-dimensional drawing!

Thanks for stopping in today! Stop by the My Time blog to get links to the other girls' blogs and creations! I just realized I don't have them linked on my sidebar yet...that'll be a weekend project because I'm back to work. Today was the first day of school for me with kids and I'm beat! Is it Friday yet? Hahaha!!! See you on Saturday for a new JUGs technique challenge!

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC
Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Sign It, Home Improvement
Pretty Printable Digital Paper: Citrus Peel
Pretty Pieces Cut File: Homemade Card and Envelope
Other: Copic markers, star dust stickles, crystals, dimensionals

My Time Made Easy - Wedding/Bakery Shoppe

Hi everyone! I have another Shop Around Mega Template to share with you today. This is such a cool template and the possibilities for designing one are endless! The stamps and accessories (cut files and digital paper) that compliment it are fabulous! You can see all the new products released this month at the My Time Made Easy store here.

A teacher I work with just got married in August and our team wanted to get her a gift card, and we needed something to present the gift in. I decided to make a wedding/bakery shoppe in her wedding colors. She wore an ivory gown with a pretty blue sash, so I went with those colors.
I had this real pretty ribbon to incorporate into my design which was the perfect color. I cut the template on Poison Ivory metallic paper using my Cricut and SCAL program, then I stamped the flowers from the Home Improvement stamp set. The stamp is a straight one and I wanted a swag design on the house, so I just bent the stamp on the block and stamped away! They were colored with copics (and didn't bleed through the paper, which was a nice surprise). I printed the roof on brocade blue paper using the Custom Construction Materials Color Me Pretty digital paper (love this!). I also used the scraps from what was left over to cut the door using the Home Improvements Coordinating Cuts cut file. I also used Shoppe Window stamp set for the lanterns. I added the pop up window from the accessories that come with this mega template and a window from Home Improvement stamp set. I stamped this sentiment from So Sentimental on brocade blue and punched it with an SU punch. I used the large window, curtains (stamped in brocade blue), and the attic window, all from the Home Improvement stamp set on this side of the house. I stamped the wedding cake image (from On Display 1) in the window, colored it with copics, and added some star dust stickles. On this side I stamped the fence from Home Improvement stamp set. I colored the little heart with a blue copic marker. On the final side, I stamped two small windows from Home Improvement stamp set, then stamped it again twice on scrap paper. I cut out the awning and window box and mounted them with dimensionals for a 3-D look. They were also colored with copic markers.

That's it! I hope she likes it (how can she not? LOL!!)! I love it and hate to give it away! In fact, all the Shop Around templates I've made have been given away as gifts, so I have NONE!!! But I can always make more, and I love to give them away! :-)

Stop by tomorrow to see a group MTME post. We'll all be using the Homemade Card and Envelope cut file (only $2.50!) to make some fab cards! Hope to see you back here! Today was my first day back at school with the kiddos! I'll be exhausted all week, but I won't be too exhausted to read your comments! Thanks for stopping in today!

Recipe
Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC
Pretty Packaging Templates: Shop Around Mega Template
Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Home Improvement, Shoppe Window, On Display 1, So Sentimental
Pretty Printable Digital Paper: Custom Construction Materials
Pretty Pieces Cut File: Home Improvements Coordinating Cuts
Other: Copic Markers - B18, 24, 32, 97, Y23; Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, brocade blue; Offray ribbon; SU punch; Star Dust Stickles; Dot Sparklers sticker (for door knob); dimensionals

Paper Makeup Stamps Blog Hop and Release Day

Welcome to release day for Paper Makeup Stamps! We are celebrating with a PMS DT blog hop where we are reviewing all the images and sets from the new release. You should have arrived here from Stephanie's blog. If you just happened to stop in, please go to the PMS blog and start there to get all the information you need. We are handing out letters that will spell out a secret message that will get you 15% off the entire September release.

So I'm using the new wordart and oh so cute pinwheel on my card..
I had to use the pinwheel image just so I could use the pinwheel dp from Cosmo Cricket's dp Togetherness! I just fell in love with the design and colors! I stamped the image twice, colored it with copics to match the dp and cut one out entirely. Then I cut just part of the pinwheel and layered it on the first one and added bling in the center. The wordart was colored with SU markers, stamped, and cut and embossed with a tag die. I then swirled some so saffron ink around it and added the ribbon. I love that Martha Stewart punch, too! Another very simple and quick card to create!
Now my letter for you is B and I'm going to send you to a guest filling in for Sherry Campbell who recently stepped down. Please hop over and welcome Elaine Hughes. She is the owner of England's Quixotic Paperie and is the only carrier of PMS stamps in Europe!

Remember our Release Party tonight in the PMS forum at 8:00 CST pm. We always have fun and would love for you to come party with us!

Thanks for hopping with us today!

Recipe
Stamps: Windmill and Life is Daring wordart (PMS)
Paper: PTI vintage cream, garden green, Togetherness dp (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, so saffron, SU markers: black, ruby red, garden green
Copic Markers: YR21, 23,; YG17, 45; R14, 27; E33
Accessories: Shapeabilities tag die, MS punch, ribbon, star dust stickles, bling, dimensionals

PMS Sneak Peek Day 4

Happy Labor Day! I hope your day is going well and that you are spending it with family and friends! Today is the last day of peeks for the September Paper Makeup Stamps release.

I hope you enjoyed the new sentiment set called Nothing Left to Say that we released Saturday because we have another sentiment set being released. It's called Little Moments and here is a picture of all the "little" sentiments included in it.I just know this is going to be a go-to set in the future for me. There are so many uses for this set. I decided to make a winter card with the Let It Snow sentiment.

I need to get a head start on my holiday cards, so I used a set released last year called Snow Happy. This cute little snowman was the perfect match for the Let It Snow sentiment. I used retired Christmas Cocoa paper from SU as my inspiration. The sentiment was stamped three times: once in soft suede and twice in real red. The snowman was colored to match the dp with copic markers. I ruffled the ribbon by placing a piece of Scor-tape down, then tacked down the ribbon making ruffles along the way. The bling snowflakes are from Memory Box. Very simple and easy card to pull together.

The PMS Design Team has many cards using this set that you can see on the PMS blog. There are some contests going on over there, so make sure you check it out. Tomorrow all the new images and sets will be released, and we'll have our blog hop and release party in the PMS forum at 8:00 CST. Check out the release party button on my sidebar. Hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by again today, and enjoy your holiday!

Recipe

Stamps: Little Moments and Snow Happy (PMS)

Paper: Neenah white, real red, Christmas Cocoa dp (SU)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, real red, soft suede

Copic Markers: R20, 29, 39; E4o, 42, 43

Accessories: Nesties, ribbon, Scor-tape, star dust and red stickles, Memory Box jewel snowflakes, dimensionals

PMS Sneak Peek Day 3

Hi everyone! Welcome back for day 2 of the Paper Makeup Stamps sneak peek of the September release. Today we are sneaking several images, including three fairies, two retro critters, and a few others. I have a new fairy to show you today called Chatty Cathy. Remember that doll? I don't think this fairy looks like her, but she is "chatting" on the phone!Isn't she just adorable? And look at that old-fashioned phone! I just had to add my little keychain phone that my grandmother gave me. She used to work at the phone company here in Buffalo, NY and she had a bunch of these to give away. I've kept mine all these years! I always wanted one of these princess phones as a kid. This was as close to it as I got!

Back to the card. The Martha Stewart punch sort of reminded me of a curly phone cord, so I used the punch around technique and created the square behind Chatty Cathy. The dp is SU's Rich Razzleberry. I also used Melon Mambo for the base. The ribbon is Crushed Curry dotted grosgrain, and I made an easy tailored bow. I cut the image using the out-of-the-box technique and colored it with copics. The sentiment is from the new set called When There's Nothing Left to Say, which was sneaked yesterday. Here is a picture of the entire set.Stop by the PMS blog because there are some contests going on. We have one more sneak tomorrow, then Tuesday, September 7 is our release day hop and release party in our PMS forum. You can see the details of that party on the release party button on m sidebar.

Thanks for stopping into today! See you tomorrow!

Recipe
Stamps: Chatty Cathy and When There's Nothing Left to Say sentiment set (PMS)
Paper: Neenah white, melon mambo, Rich Razzleberry dp (SU)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, crushed curry
Copic Markers: RV14, 23, 25; Y00, 02, 08, 19; E00, 02, 15, 18, 29; C-1, 3, 5; R32
Accessories: Nesties, crushed curry ribbon, bling, star dust stickles, Martha Stewart loop punches, dimensionals

PMS Sneak Peek Day 2 and Just Us Girls - Sketch Challenge

It's the beginning of September and time for another Paper Makeup Stamps release! Do you love our new peek logo? Our Senior DT member Shaela Odd created it as well as the Release Party reminder button on my sidebar. Check out the PMS blog to see how you could win a $20 shopping spree at Paper Makeup Stamps for displaying the button on your blog!

Yesterday some of the girls sneaked the new PMS kit called Arelia's World of Make Believe. Check out the PMS blog for more information on that as well. Such a pretty kit this month!

Today also begins a new challenge over at Just Us Girls. Alicia came up with a great sketch. I used the sketch in conjuntion with a new sentiment set being released this month by PMS called When There's Nothing Left to Say. Here is a picture of all the sentiments in the set.Here's my card using two of the sentiments in the set.Since the sketch had a butterfly on it, I decided to use this sentiment. It reminded me of a butterfly, and I paired it with the Togetherness dp from Cosmo Cricket and this butterfly image from PMS called Color It Summer, which was released last month. It matched the dp so nicely.

That's it for my nice and easy card! So now I'm going to send you to two other blogs that you have to check out. First go to the PMS blog and drool over all over the peeks for this sentiment set, then go to the JUGs blog and drool again over what the JUGS DT did with this fab sketch! Make sure you stop by their personal blogs, too! They love hearing from you! Then we'd love for you to join our JUGs challenge. Who doesn't love a good sketch?

Hope you are going to enjoy this holiday weekend (before school starts...boo hoo) with family and friends! See you tomorrow with another PMS peek!

Recipe
Stamps: When There's Nothing Left to Say, Color It Summer (PMS)
Paper: PTI vintage creme, ruby red, so saffron, Togetherness (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Ruby red, bermuda bay
Copic Markers: BG05, 45; R24, 27, 29; YR21
Accessories: Nesties (labels 14), so saffron grosgrain ribbon, star dust stickles, corner rounder, dimensionals

MTME Release Day and Blog Hop!

Hi everyone! Today is the day of the My Time Made Easy September release! There is so much being released this month and if you've been looking at the sneaks, you already know that!

So we have the hop today with some hidden treasure! Each design team member is featuring a different themed house/Shoppe! You won't want to miss anyone!! Here's the lineup for you to follow:

· Lauren Meader

. Katie Cotton

· Lesa Rapp

· Lisa Kind (me!)

· Pam Imholz

· Silke Ledlow

· Stephanie Kraft

· Tracey Cuccia

· Tammy Hershberger

and Dawn Easton and Kristin Bueter

Be sure you leave a comment on each design team member's blog today because TWO of the design team members are going to be picked to have someone from their blog comments WIN a $50 Gift Certificate to My Time Made Easy ™ LLC! NO ONE knows which two designers are hiding the treasure, so don't forget to stop by each design team member's blog and leave a little love there. Include your email address so you can be contacted if YOU are one of the lucky winners! Winners will be drawn September 3rd and announced on Lauren Meader's blog .

Don't miss viewing all our NEW! Release items.

Stop by and view our NEW! Gallery!!

Now I can share my shoppe with you! I chose to do a Pet Shoppe as soon as I was asked what I wanted to create. I love dogs, so it was the natural thing for me to do!

I made this last week before we went to dinner at our friends' house. They have a golden retriever, and I wanted to make something to give to them. They just built this really pretty red sided house, so I sort of recreated their house here. I started with Riding Hood Red cardstock and printed the vinyl siding design from the Construction Materials Color Me Pretty digital paper on it. The roof is from the Construction Materials Pretty Printables digital paper. This paper is a must have if you are purchasing this Shop Around template. So many options.

I made the stairs and chimney using the accessories included with the template. I also used it for the door, windows, and signs. I used my SCAL and Cricut machine to cut all these as well as the template. Makes life so easy! I then stamped the door and windows using the Home Improvement stamp set. I used a silver pearl for the door knob.

The large sign, sentiment, and paw print on the sign are from the Sign It stamp set. The boutique stamp is from Shoppe Window stamp set. The dog is from the On Display 1 stamp set and was stamped in More Mustard ink. I colored her color in red and added a smaller silver pearl for her collar tag, then cut her out and mounted her on the steps. I added the perfect paw print ribbon (from Michael's).

The card was created using the Homemade Card and Envelope cut file. I stamped the paw from Sign It and the sentiment from On Display 1. I had some extra windows left over, so I made it into a dog tag. I just edged it with a silver pen and added the sentiment (from the previously released Well Preserved stamp set).

My friends loved their gift, and Maggie, their dog, loved the contents! They have this proudly displayed on their counter! Love that!

Thanks so much for stopping in today! Make sure you visit the other team members for your chance to win !

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC
Pretty Packaging Templates: Shop Around and Shop Around Accessories Mega Template
Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Home Improvement, On Display 1, Sign It, Shoppe Window, Well Preserved
Pretty Printable Digital Paper: Construction Materials, Construction Materials Color Me Pretty
Pretty Pieces Cut File: Homemade Card and Envelope cut file
Other: Riding hood red, basic gray, neenah white cardstock; silver pearls; ribbon; star dust stickles; dimensionals