MCT Thrifty Thursday

Hello! Today is another Thrifty Thursday over at MyCreativeTime. For my card today I've used more scraps from my Hello Luscious pad by Basic Grey. I cut out the cute girl in the tub using the Playtime cricut cartridge. The card base is from the Songbird cricut cartridge. The girl's face is from the adorable Princess Face Assortment from PeachyKeenStamps. I white heat embossed the sentiment from the So Grateful For You set from MyCreativeTime. 

For the "metal" parts of the tub, I used brushed pewter distress stain. Then I wanted to add shine, so I coated them with glossy accents. Then, a happy accident happened! :) When the glossy accents had dried, the brushed pewter appeared cracked underneath, COOL! :) And for the bubbles, I used rock candy stickles. 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more thrifty creations! :)

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. This card is a Thank You card for my Mom in Law. She got me my favorite Origin's Ginger bath goodies for my birthday. She spoils me! :) 

Don't forget to SMILE...and a Sneakie Peekie!!!

Hello! For my card today, I'm just going to dive right into the pictures of it..and I swear it is ONE card...

smile...

wink...

oh...

See, same card with four faces because it is a SPINNER card!!! The adorable faces are from the stamp set called Cute and Cuddly Faces from PeachyKeenStamps.com. The card is found on the Wild Card cartridge on page 51 and cut out at 5.5 inches on both the blackout key and the liner key {for the spinner circle. The flower is from the Hello Kitty Greetings cartridge on page 47 and is found on the clothes layer and cut out at 4 inches. I mixed up a drop of distress ink reinker and a tiny scoop of perfect pearls with water in a mini mister to give my flower some color and sparkle...

See it shimmer? OH and the sentiment is from Emma's {MyCreativeTime} set called Camera Shy. Head over to the Everyday Cricut Blog to see two more examples of this type of card. ;)

***Sneakie Peekie Time***

You are going to LOVE the new releases from Emma!!! Here I am showcasing 2 stamp sets that coordinate just beautifully together called... Inspiring Words and Inspiring Words Accents. These will be available on Friday. So PRETTY, right??!!! My sweet sleeping little girl is from the Playtime cartridge. Her precious face is from the Just Baby Faces set from PeachyKeenStamps.com.

I get a lot of questions about what kind of white ink I use and the answer is I NEVER use white ink. In fact, every white ink pad I have ever tried has ended up in the trash! I stamp my images with Tim Holtz embossing ink {my favorite} and heat emboss with white embossing powder.

Ok...I hope you found some inspiration here! NOW for chances to WIN some awesome stamps from Emma....Comment on this post and then head over to her BLOG and comment there as well!!!

PHEW...this was a LONG post! Hehehehe

Happy Crafting!!!

♥ Nikki ♥

Sneakie Peekie ;)

Hiya!!! I have a quick sneak of one of Emma's {My Creative Time} newest stamp sets that are being released on Friday. This sentiment is from the set called Encouraging Quotes. I don't know about you, but bubble baths are my FAVORITE thing in the world and definitely make me HAPPY! My girl in the tub is from the Playtime cricut cartridge. Her sweet face is from the Princess Face Assortment from PeachyKeenStamps.com. The papers I used are from the Stella and Rose "Hattie Papers" from My Mind's Eye. OH and to make the tub legs and faucet metallic I used my silver Sakura pen.

Be sure to leave a comment here and over on Emma's BLOG because she is giving away some stamp sets!!! COOL! ;)

and since Emma said this better than I could....

"AND I  am giving you ANOTHER opportunity to win.... ALL you have to do is "SPREAD THE WORD" about My Creative Time's "7th Edition Stamp Release" happening this Friday @ 8am PST! You can post it to your Facebook page & you can even "Tweet" about it! My DT & I will be checking out Facebook this week & we will randomly choose a winner from there to win ONE stamp set of your choice from My Creative Time! I will be announcing the winners on Friday morning in my video during the release!"

♥ Nikki ♥

Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day! I made this card for my hubby using the Playtime cartridge that sweet Emma got me for my birthday!!! We found out last week that he advanced and is now a First Class Petty Officer in the United States Navy!!! WOOT!!!! It was GREAT to finally get some good news for a change! ;o)

The girl's face is from the Wide Eyed Kids assortment and the kitty {my Simba} is from the Critter Faces Small set...both from PeachyKeenStamps.com. The sentiment is from Emma's graduation set {see, super versatile} called Follow Your Dreams.

♥ Nikki ♥