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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Just Us Girls #171 - Technique Challenge

Today is Saturday (yeah!!!), so that means it's time for another Just Us Girls challenge. This week is a technique challenge and Maria is giving us two options this week: Use the Double Embossed Enamel technique found here or just ink up your dry embossing.

I chose to ink up my dry embossing. I actually had this embossed piece already inked up, so I decided to use it. I stamped the bee from Tending the Garden stamp set from My Time Made Easy onto this doily from Martha Stewart. I colored it with a SU marker, added some Star Dust Stickles, and mounted it on a black circle. The sentiment is from the Bee-Loved Sentiments stamp set. I stamped it on a flag I die cut using the WPlus9 banner die. I added some yellow glitter dots for more sparkle.

You can see more inspiration at the design team blogs.

JUGs blog

Vicki Dutcher

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Thursday, January 10, 2013

My Time Made Easy: Year in Review

Hey everyone! Today's post is the monthly Year in Review post for My Time Made Easy. This is where the entire design team creates with products that were previously released to remind you of all the fun and amazing products that are available instantly. We just had our January release and you can see the new products here.

The products I'm using today are the Pucker Up template, Vintage Dots Collection 2 digital paper, and Sentimental Occasions acrylic stamp set.

I started with this template. It's one of my favorites (I say that all the time, but it really is!), and it's quite large. However, I like to play around with resizing these templates and resized this to 70% of its original size. I cut it out of Riding Hood Red cardstock to match the Vintage Dots paper. This is the first time I'm using this paper, and it's really quite pretty! I added a white Martha Stewart doily, pink ruffled ribbon, a red flower and a pretty scrolled heart button. The ribbon and heart are a belly band that I created so that you can open the box. It opens from either side, not the top or bottom.

I had some some of the Vintage Dots paper left over, so I created this card. I used the same doily, but a different heart and flower. The sentiment is from Sentimental Occasions stamped in Riding Hood Red.

The entire team is posting today, so make sure you visit these blogs.

MTME Store

MTME Gallery

Lauren Meader

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Farida Rone

Lori Kalus

Tina Hale

Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

My Time Made Easy: Post Release Day

Hello there! Have you seen the new products released yesterday at My Time Made Easy? Some great stuff to see! Today is our post release day posts and I have the new Just a Gift template to share with you. What a cute template!

It's just a box, but take a look at the sides. They are rounded! I decorated the box with the previously released Blonde Birthday digital paper.

The top is what's also different about this box. The bow is so pretty and it interlocks to close the top.

The tag has some new products too. The too cute giraffe is from the new BFF Valentine digital stamp set. The tag was cut using the new BFF Valentine Tags cut file. The sentiment is from the previously released Lunch Box Love Notes digital stamp set. Love how the pattern paper and the sentiment tie in together.

Some of the design team are posting today, so stop by these blogs to see what they have for you.

MTME Store
MTME Gallery
Lauren Meader
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Farida Rone
Kimberly Morrow
Lori Hairston

Thanks for stopping by today!

Monday, January 7, 2013

My Time Made Easy January Release: With All My Heart

Today is release day at My Time Made Easy, and we have some fabulous new Valentine products for you this month? Have you seen the previews? You can go to Lauren's blog and see her projects and links to the design team projects too. The all the new products here.

I have the new With All My Heart template to share with you today. It's a traditional Valentine heart-shaped box that you can personalize any way you choose!

Here's a close-up of the box. So Pretty! I used SU's Melon Mambo for the base of the template with the white scalloped top and bottom. The pattern paper is from the previously released Grammy's Pretty Patterns and I framed it in SU's Lucky Limeade.

The flower is the previously released Rambling Rose cut file. Lauren has a tutorial on how to create this lovely flower. I cut it out of white paper then added some color with Melon Mambo ink. The leaves are from the Fanciful Flowers cut file. I added a white glitter dot in the center.

For the card, I used the same papers and added a flourish from Fanciful Flourishes digital stamp set that I colored in GIMP. The tag is from the new BFFs Valentine Tags cut file. I just cut off the rounded part of the tag and punched a new hole. It just didn't work with my layout! The sentiment is also from the new BFFs Valentine Sentiments digital stamp set. I just used part of the sentiment. The entire sentiment says "Hip Hip Hooray, It's Valentine's Day!" So nice to work with digis, because you can crop easily!

The sketch is from this week's Clean and Simple sketch.

The entire MTME design team is posting projects today. You can see them at these blogs.

MTME Store

MTME Gallery

Lauren Meader

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Farida Rone

Lori Kalus

Tina Hale

Thanks for stopping by today!

Saturday, January 5, 2013

My Time Made Easy - With Love Preview Day 1

Hi everyone! Today is the first preview day for the My Time Made Easy January release. We put it off a week so we could enjoy the holidays. The release will happen Monday, January 7.

I used the new template called Clam-ped Up. It's the cutest little template! I cut it out of black cardstock and decorated it with a new pattern from the BFF Valentine Papers digital paper pack.

I added a pearl flourish and a pretty satin belly band bow with a dainty pink rose.

Here is the template open. It fit four of these sweet-smelling tea lights. I told you it was a very cute template! And super easy to put together too!

You can see more of the release on these blogs.

MTME Store

MTME Gallery

Lauren Meader

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Farida Rone

Kimberly Morrow

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back on Monday with the group post for Release Day!

Just Us Girls #170 - Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone! I'm here this week with the Just Us Girls sketch challenge. But first, the JUGs team has an announcement to make. Last week we said farewell to our wonderful DT member Lynn Mangan, and we have someone equally as talented to fill her spot. Please welcome Tangii Crain to our team! Tangii has been a friend since our Paper Makeup Stamps days! She's a great designer and I'm sure she'll be a wonderful addition to our team. Welcome Tangii!

Now on to the challenge. Here is the sketch that our amazing Andrea created for this challenge.

Cool sketch, huh? Well I went a little crazy with this sketch! Those diagonal circles reminded me of a tire track, so...

...that's what I used! The tire track is actually a SU wheel that I've had forever! I paired that panel with a car paper from the Wander paper pack by Basic Grey. Then I added the sentiment from Paper Makeup Stamps' Home Matters set and the heart button. What do you think? I think it's kind of funny!

You can visit these blogs to see some great inspiration from the design team.

JUGs blog

Vicki Dutcher

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Just Us Girls #169 - New Year's Theme with SPARKLE!

Hi there everyone! I'm back with another Just Us Girls challenge. This week is our Wild Card Challenge, which simply means the hostess can choose whatever type of challenge she wants! Our marvelous Maria has chosen the challenge of making a New Year's themed card with SPARKLE! My type of card, cause I love sparkle!

But before we get to the challenge, I have something special to say...kind of sad! We are saying farewell to our very lovely and talented Lynn Mangan. She has been a very special addition to our JUGs design team for quite a while, and has chosen to move on. But she has told us she will still play along with us from time to time! Best wishes, Lynn and Happy New Year! We will miss you!

OK, so on with the challenge!

I chose a very literal interpretation to this challenge. I love sparkle, and this Art Glitter is so cool! It doesn't leave glitter all over the place (including my face, clothing, and fingers!) like regular glitter. You burnish it into the paper with your fingers and it doesn't come off! Love it! I ran my numbers through the Xyron machine so the glitter would stick to it. The dp is Delovely from Cosmo Cricket and I punched it with a star punch. I backed it with a piece of turquoise paper. The punch stars were not wasted. I just added a bit of glue and placed them on the card. It made it look more festive!