MCT Whatever Wednesday- Happy First Birthday Jackson! :)

Hello! It's "Whatever Wednesday" at MyCreativeTime. Today we make whatever we want. :) Well folks, today our precious nephew Jackson turns ONE! This is the card I made him for his special day. I used the Light The Candles set for the cupcake. I colored it with my Copics. I turned the "1" from the Number Fun Dies into a candle using the flame from the Light The Candles set. I used the Stitched Party Dies to make the banner, and the Alpha Pack to personalize it with his age and initial. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies and the Stitched Postage Frame Dies as well. 

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♥ Nikki ♥

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKSON! Aunt Nikki loves you. :)  

MCT Inspire Me Wednesday

Hello! It's Inspire Me Wednesday at MyCreativeTime. My card is inspired by one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands. The song is called "Ain't got the blues" by Blackberry Smoke. I LOVE THIS BAND SOOOO MUCH. I just got tickets to see them again in November, and a friend from back home in Chicagoland is flying down to Jacksonville...and then we are taking a mini road trip down to Orlando to see them! I made this card for her, and an extra to give away in the Blackberry Smoke Fan Group. :) YAY FOR MUSIC! But I digress, HA! I used the Pretty Bold Letter Dies for the shaker window word. I used the Stitched Trio Banner Dies and the Alpha Pack for the other lyrics. I heat embossed them with sparkle embossing powder by Wow. 

I hope you'll give this song a listen below, I promise it will make you HAPPY! :) I hope YOU shine a big sparklin' shine today! :) 

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. I'm going to see Chris Stapleton tomorrow! I'm going solo, and I'm so excited! :)

MCT Made In Minutes

Hello! I have 2 card designs to share today for Made In Minutes at MyCreativeTime. I used the fabulous Pretty Bold Letter Dies for my cards. I cut the word Risen from masking paper, and used both the positive and negative portions. For this first card, I used the positive to mask the word to stay white while I inked over top of it. I used Simon Says Stamp inks. 

And for this card, I used the negative space to ink the scene within the word. I used the same inks. On both cards I used the Alpha Pack set to stamp "He is". I also used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More dies for the panels. 

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♥ Nikki ♥

I can't conseal how I feel ;)

Hiya bloggy friends! :) For my punny Valentine today, I cut the seal from the Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge. I made his face with 2 sets from PeachyKeenStamps, The Happy Penguin Couples Assortment for his eye, and The Moodies 1 1/8 set for the mouth. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies from MyCreativeTime for the panel and patterned paper layer on it. I also used the Fun Stitches Edges Dies from MyCreativeTime for the scalloped border. 

I used the Alpha Pack from MyCreativeTime to stamp my punny greeting. :) I stamped SEAL in darker gray to make it stand out more. I also went over the letters with a sakura glitter pen for sparkle. I added wink of stella clear glitter marker to the ball and his hat. 

I hope you're having a great week thus far! Just a heads up...tonight at midnight Eastern starts 24 hour craft day on HSN. :)

♥ Nikki ♥ 

MCT Fave Die of the Month

Hiya! Whoa, it's been a looooong break! I'm so glad to get back into the swing of things. Happy 2015 to ya! The fave of the month for January at MyCreativeTime are the Teeny Tag Layering Dies. For my card I used them to make a banner. I strung some sequins on thread to "hang" them. I used the largest alpha stamps in the Alpha Pack to stamp the greeting and the year. 

I used metallic distress stains and gold lame color shine for my splatters and little banners at the bottom. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies and More for the card base and layer. The year is stamped on the banner from the Vintage Label Dies. 

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♥ Nikki ♥

Today we are featuring another "My FAVORITE stamp OR die of the Month!  This month we are featuring one of my FAVE dies "Teeny Tag Layering Dies!".  If this set of dies has been on your wish list, you can pick this set up HERE at a discounted price.

This set will be on sale for the entire month of January! The sale will end on January 31, 2015 @ 12:00am PST!  

MCT Inspiration Wednesday

Hello! It's Inspiration Wednesday at MyCreativeTime. My best friend since we were knee high to a grasshopper just had a baby girl on Monday! I've already made her a card, but I was inspired to make one for her parents. Grandparents deserve a card for all the spoiling they're gonna do! ;) I cut out my panel with the Stitched Rectangular Frames and More Dies. 

I used the tall font in the Alpha Pack to make my custom greeting. I used some K and Company patterned paper that I've had forever. For a simple embellishment, I cut out a little elephant from one of the patterns in the collections. I added a little wink of stella to her. I really like the simple modern feel to this card. :) 

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♥ Nikki ♥

MCT Designer Challenge

Photo Credit 

Hiya! It's time for another Designer Challenge at MyCreativeTime! This time we have the above photo and color combo to use as inspiration. Here is my card...

I used the Stitched Chunky Jar Dies to create my shaker window. I inked up the lid with soft granite Hero Arts shadow ink. I used the tall font in the Alpha Pack to white heat emboss my greeting on the shaker window. 

I cut the lemons from white cardstock with the Preserves Cricut cartridge. I colored them with squeezed lemonade distress ink, and lemon yellow Hero Arts shadow ink. I used shabby shutters and crushed olive distress inks on the leaves. 

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♥ Nikki ♥

Tag It Tuesday "Oh Ship!"

Here is the inspiration for today...I chose to use the top three colors on the right. :)

Hello! It's Tag It Tuesday at MyCreativeTime. Here is my mildly naughty nautical card. ;) I used the Tag Dies for my tag. I embossed it with a stars cuttlebug folder. I stamped the card base with the Build A Scripty & Watercolor Background set with stone wash Hero Arts shadow ink. I stamped the sailboat from the Lost At Sea set with soft granite, stone wash, and pale tomato Hero Arts shadow inks. I put in on a vellum circle I cut with the Bunch Of Fun Circles Dies. 

I stamped my funny greeting onto the Trio Stitched Banner Dies using the fabulous Alpha Pack. This is a belated birthday card...get it? Oh ship! {i missed your birthday} :) I crack me up. 

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♥ Nikki ♥

MCT Sneaks Day 3 - "Whoa Baby"

Hello! Today is day 3 of sneaks for MyCreativeTime. Today we are sneaking the new Alpha Pack stamp set and Trio Stitched Banners. For my card today I started by stamping the card base with the new Grainy Wood background. {yes, woodgrain on a baby card...I'm addicted to this stamp! don't judge} For all my stamping I used pink pastel colorbox fluid chalk ink. It's really light, so a little hard to see in the pics. Sorry about that. I cut the 3x4 Jounal die...and used the baby carriage die from the Classy Girl Accessories set. I traced the opening on cardstock and glued my sequins. {My fave thing to do} :)

I cut the banner from the new Trio Stitched Banners dies. And I stamped my own greeting using the fabulous new Alpha Pack stamp sets! You NEED this set! :) 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more sneaks...but first...

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***

We will be giving away the sets we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner! For example, the set we are showcasing on Wednesday, Emma will announce the winner of that on Thursday & the sets we are showcasing on Thursday, Emma will announce that winner on Friday in her video!

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! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner! 

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!;)