Christmas Tree Tags

Good morning! It's time for the second week of inspiration over at the Ribbon Carousel challenge blog - and the challenge this month is Anything Goes! I have a fun tag I created a while back and haven't had a chance to share using several different Paper Smooches sets:

I made the trees using the triangle stamp from Hullabaloo, the stars are from Warm Hearts, and the sentiment is from All Yule Need. The tag was cut with a My Creative Time Die, and I added some May Arts chevron ribbon and jute twine with a star stick pin to finish it off.

Here are all the details on the challenge:

Hey there everyone!  It is getting busier and busier around here with all of the holiday festivities looming!  Remember, this months challenge an easy one, so lets see your crafting goodness!

Each month we are giving away a Ribbon Carousel to one of our randomly chosen challenge participants! 

Just a reminder that our Ribbon Carousel Crewmates have divided up into FOUR teams. Each week you will see fresh projects for this month's challenge!

 There are only three (3) rules you must follow to be eligible for the prize:

1. You MUST use ribbon, twine, thread, washi tape or anything that comes on a spool on your creation 
2. Your project must be based on the theme of the month. 
3. You must add a NEW project to the INLINKZ HERE and link directly back to your project on your blog or online gallery. (Unfortunately, we've had participants who would have won the challenge, but they didn't do a direct link to their blog and I couldn't find their creation!)

Ribbon Carousel Holiday Blog Hop

Hey everyone! We've got such a treat in store for you this weekend! To celebrate all of those beautiful Ribbon Carousels being used around the world (yes, we've shipped Carousels to 27 countries now!) to keep ribbon, twine, washi tapes and spooled items tidy, we'll be hopping around our amazing Crewmates blogs this weekend showing you all of the beautiful and creative ways that our designers use THEIR Ribbon Carousels!

Here is mine - freshly assembled and loaded - and I still have LOTS of room on it! Still can't believe how much it will hold!

I also have some tags to share, using some jute twine right off the carousel!

I used some Webster's Pages pattern paper, a couple of Lifestyle Crafts dies for the doilies, and the main tags were cut with a My Creative Time Die. Added some lace trim, a Paper Smooches Sentiment on a hand trimmed banner, and that jute twine tied in a bow with an October Afternoon button.

Would you like to win your very own Ribbon Carousel? Here is what you need to do: Visit the Designer’s blogs that are participating in each day of the blog hop and comment on their posts as you go. One of the Crewmate’s Holiday blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Crewmate’s Holiday Blog Hop post. 

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more Crewmate Blogs you comment on, the better your chances are of winning your very own Ribbon Carousel! The Blog Hop will be open until 11:59 PM Eastern Time Monday, November 25th with the winners being announced Tuesday morning on the Ribbon Carousel Blog.

Already have a Ribbon Carousel?  Share a photo of YOUR Ribbon Carousel on our FaceBook page OR email it to info@ribboncarousel.com, and we'll share it for you!  You'll be in special drawing  for your choice of a Ribbon Carousel or 4 packages of spools!

For those that want a Ribbon Carousel NOW! Mark your calendar! We'll be having our LOWEST SALE PRICE of the YEAR sale on the Ribbon Carousels and Spools beginning Wednesday, November 27 - Cyber-Monday, December 2!  No coupon code needed!  Just go to our store and enjoy some happy shopping!

Here are the participants for Day 2 of the Ribbon Carousel Holiday Blog Hop. Enjoy!

Old Fashioned Christmas Greetings

Good morning! Popping in with the details on a card I'm sharing over at My Craft Spot this morning:

I love how Kimberly designs stamps that can be used for cute and fun cards, as well as vintage and elegant cards! For this card, I used a sentiment from the stamp set "Joy to the World." I also used some Cherry Red Traditional Baker's Twine and some Natural Jute twine for my bow. My pattern paper is some older Webster's Pages Christmas paper, and I made a window with a Spellbinders Die in some kraft paper, then debossed with my PTI woodgrain Impression Plate. Used some distress ink on the edges, and my pretty button is by Basic Grey

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!!

SPS Inspiration - Gift Card Holders

Good morning! I'm over on the Shop Pumpkin Spice Blog today to share some cute little gift card sized envelopes that my girls made recently using some of October Afternoon's adorable Woodland Park 8x8 papers (these are the ones I promised last week during the My Creative Time release):

First up, my youngest, who is the one who wanted to make them. I had been making these little envelopes for a different design team, and she wanted to make her own. She is an animal lover, so of course fell in love with the cute critters on the pattern paper she chose!

She added some of the coordinating embellishments and a bit of washi tape to finish it off.

Then my oldest had to get in on the fun:

She is a little more into the elegant things in life, so she fell in love with the peacock paper - so pretty!

Added some washi tape to hers, some adhesive pearls, and some of the coordinating embellishments.

You can find this beautiful paper pack at Shop Pumpkin Spice HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!!

My Creative Time - New Release Hop and Giveaway

Good morning! The end of the week has finally arrived, and sneak peeks are finished - the new release from My Creative Time is available now for purchase! Don't forget to SAVE 20% on your ENTIRE order with code OCT2013!

I am hopping one last day as a guest designer with Emma's fabulous design team - if you have just arrived here from Veronica, you are the right place! If not, make sure and head to My Creative Time to start at the beginning! I should warn you - this is a pretty picture heavy post...I just couldn't seem to quit creating! Up first, a couple of fun Christmas postcards with the new Build a Postcard and Postcard Add-ons, as well as the new Holiday Tickets:

I started off by just trimming a piece of PTI cardstock to standard A2 card size (4.25" x 5.5") and rounding the corners. 

I built all the different elements, using some red and green zing embossing powder to heat emboss, then adding some grey Versafine ink to soften things up a bit.

I finished off by using some Tim Holtz distress ink on the edges. LOVE the texture that the heat embossing adds, while still keeping it one layer.

Next up I made a two sided postcard in must softer, more neutral colors. I used Stitched 4x6 Journal Die to cut out the solid cardstock, and a 5x7 photo that I had on hand.

My photo was a soft sepia toned picture, and I stamped the "Missing You" sentiment, as well as the brackets and arrow from It's All About You using Staz-on Black ink, so it wouldn't smudge off the photo.

I stuck them together, then decorated the back, and my daughter's wrote a note to their "adopted" Auntie Tara, and we dropped it in the mail. I'm happy to report it arrived in one piece as well! YAY! I will definitely be making more of these to send to family and friends! As my daughter's said: "Now we can use our OWN pictures for postcards, and not just go buy them!"

And finally...I just HAD to use this sweet Scallop Stitched Envelope Die to make another gift package! This time I glitzed it up quite a bit!

I used some DCWV Glitter paper to cut the Small Stitched Scallop Bow, as well as the tie closures for the envelope - and used some blingy brads to anchor them.

I tucked a little piece of doily under the bow, added a jewel bling to the center, then decorated up a Stitched Fun Ticket Die with the new Holiday Tickets Stamp Set.

After I finished this, my daughters begged to have me make an envelope for them as well! They decorated them all up cute! I didn't have a chance to get a picture of them, but I will get those photographed and posted soon! I'm the last stop on the hop - so now you are free to go SHOPPING! Before you leave, here is the giveaway info and blog hop line-up in case you get lost:

BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY!

For our blog hop giveaway, we will have 2 winners! 

Winner #1 ~  $50 gift card to "My Creative Time's Store'! 

Winner #2 ~ will be our "Guest Designer" for our Next Release! 

All you have to do is leave your comments on our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on ALL blogs, but the more you comment on, the better chances you have! 

GOOD LUCK! :)

Blog Hop Lineup:

Emma~ http://www.creativetimeforme.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/

Courtney ~ http://courtscrafts.blogspot.com/

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

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

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

Rosy ~ 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/

Heather ~ http://housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com/  (You are here)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!!! Thanks again Emma for the fun opportunity to guest design for you this week! I had so much fun playing with the new goodies!!!

My Creative Time Sneak Peeks - Day 4

Good morning! Welcome to the 4th and final day of sneak peeks of the new release at My Creative Time, where I am joining in for the week as a guest designer! Tomorrow morning is the full reveal and blog hop! Today we are sharing peaks of the "Scallop Stitched Envelope" - so many fun things to do with these! I made two of them, but am sure I will be making more of them in the future:

I thought it was the perfect size for a gift card holder, so I started off by making something to hold a nice little gift card to cheer someone up! I used one of Emma's other sets that I just love - "You are Perk-fect" to decorate up my envelope. Added some color with my Tim Holtz distress markers, and a little bit of Stickles for sparkle. I made sure to mark "Venti," because you know if you need cheering up that is probably how much you need, right? :-)

Here is the reverse side. I added eyelets to the holders, and then used some natural jute twine to wrap it together. Don't you just love the stitching on there?

The next one I just cut out of some pattern paper, and added some fun sparkly brads and bright baker's twine to tie it together. 

Haven't quite decided what I'm going to do with it - but I realized it would be great to use on a scrapbook layout to include a little memento or something, don't you think? 

Sneak Peek giveaway!

We will be giving away the set we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Monday, we will announce the winner of that on Tuesday & so on......

ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning! 

For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word! ;)

Good luck to everyone! Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a wonderful day - and I will see you again tomorrow for the new release blog hop!!!!

My Creative Time New Release - Day 3

Good morning! Welcome to the 3rd day of sneak peeks of the new release at My Creative Time, where I am joining in for the week as a guest designer! Today we are sharing sneak peeks of "Medium Bow Die" and "Small Bow Die" - and boy are they CUTE!!! I made a project with each one today - first up, a gift bag with the larger one:

I used a pre-made kraft gift bag as my base, then used Emma's "Stitched 4x6 Journal Die" for my background. I then cut the girl and frame using my Silhouette Cameo. I embossed the frame with PTI's Woodgrain Impression plate, then used a little distress ink on the edges for some depth. I attached it with foam adhesive for a tiny bit of dimension.

I cut the large bow die using some Crate Paper pattern paper scraps and used some distress ink on the edges of that as well. Next, I glued it over the bow that was included in the cut file, added a sentiment from "Wow So Many Candles" and finished off with a bit of bling that I found at Michael's recently. 

Next up, I made a coordinating little treat box:

For this, I used the "Small Bow Die" and the same pattern paper, then used some coordinating pattern paper to cut out Emma's "Bubblegum Treat Box." I tied it closed with some Ivory Jute Twine, then attached my little bow on top! SUPER simple and quick!

Sneak Peek giveaway!

We will be giving away the set we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Monday, we will announce the winner of that on Tuesday & so on......

ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning! 

For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word! ;)

Good luck to everyone! Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a wonderful day - and I will see you again tomorrow with more sneak peeks!

My Creative Time New Release - Day 2

Good morning! This is Day 2 of the new release where I have the privilege of joining in for the week as a guest designer at My Creative Time! Today the sneak peeks are focused on the new die set called "Rosette Dies," and the new stamp set "All Around Holidays." I used both sets to create this tag:

I used a scrap of some Crate Paper to make the larger of the two rosettes, then used Emma's Scallop and Stitched Circle Die together with the new "All Around Holiday" stamp set to create the center. I cut the center with vellum, then cut one of the tiny coordinating stitched die elements from "All Around Holiday" to cut a snowman and attach it behind the vellum. 

I then put foam adhesive on the back of the snowman ONLY to attach it to the scallop portion for a little dimension. It is kind of hard to see in the pictures, but I think this shows it a little better:

I tucked a jute twine bow behind it, attached it to my rosette, then attached the entire thing to my pre-made tag base after adding a couple strips of washi tape along the bottom. Added some lace trim and ric-rac that I got in the dollar section at Michael's a while back, tied it with jute twine, and finished off with the "to" and "from" from the "Holiday Ticket" stamp set that I sneaked yesterday.

Sneak Peek giveaway!

We will be giving away the set we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Monday, we will announce the winner of that on Tuesday & so on......

ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning! 

For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word! ;)

Good luck to everyone! Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a wonderful day - and I will see you all throughout the week with more sneak peeks!

My Creative Time New Release - Day 1

Good morning! I am so excited this morning to be joining in for the week as a guest designer for the new release at My Creative Time! Today the design team is sneaking "Build a Postcard," "Postcard Add Ons," and "Holiday Tickets." As soon as I saw the fun sentiments in the "Holiday Ticket" set, I immediately had to try out a chalkboard technique card! They were perfect! 

I used an older die, MCT Tag Dies and some chalkboard paper to create my tag. I then stamped the sentiment from the new release with Versamark ink and heat embossed with white powder. I added some doodles and such with a white colored pencil as well.

I added some crinkle ribbon from my stash, and some blue jute twine from American Crafts, then a tiny blue gem that I picked up from Michael's a while back.

Tucked a doily behind, and added some pattern paper from an older MME Christmas pad, then mounted the tag on the card with foam adhesive. Yep...this is a pretty bumpy card! Good luck to whoever might try to fit it in an envelope! :-)

Sneak Peek giveaway!

We will be giving away the set we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Monday, we will announce the winner of that on Tuesday & so on......

ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning! 

For EXTRA entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE & let's start spreading the word! ;)

Good luck to everyone! Thanks so much for visiting today! Have a wonderful day - and I will see you all throughout the week with more sneak peeks!

#1 Dad...

Good morning! Father's Day is almost here - and I have one last card to share:

I used a My Creative Time die to cut the stitched tag, then the rest is cut with my Silhouette Cameo.

Used some distress ink on the edges, washi tape on the background, and tied some jute twine at the top.

Another super simple Father's Day card! 

SPS Inspiration - Father's Day Eye Chart

Good morning! I'm posting today over at Shop Pumpkin Spice, and sharing another Father's Day card with you! Hard to believe that it is almost here already! 

I used some paper from Crate Paper's Story Teller 6x6 Paper Pad as well as Crate Paper's Pretty Party 6x6 Paper Pad.

The eye chart was cut with my Silhouette Cameo and Silhouette Studio Designer Edition Software.

Added the die cut glasses and arrows from My Creative Time, and a bit of jute twine to finish off.

Here are all the products I used from Shop Pumpkin Spice:

Crate Paper Story Teller 6x6 Paper Pad

Crate Paper Pretty Party 6x6 Paper Pad

Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette Studio Designer Edition Software

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you are having a beautiful summer day!