MCT 3D Wednesday- No Line Easel Card

Hello! It's 3D Wednesday at MyCreativeTime. I made an easel card, and it is one of my all time favorite cards! :) Making an easel card really packs a punch, and it just couldn't be easier. Click HERE for the SCS tutorial. :) Anyhoo, I made my background by no line watercoloring the cherries from the Berry Special set. I used distress markers to stamp and paint. Time consuming? Yes. Great results? YES! :) I also no line colored the focal cherries with Copics, and fussy cut them out. They actually look real in person, but the pics don't capture that. Boo. HA! I gave em a coat of glossy accents. Glossy accents makes everything better. :) 

I used the More Stitched Rectangles set and the Doily Circles set. The greeting on the front of the card is from the You Make Life Sweet set. 

The greeting inside was made with the Berry Special set and the Mom set. It's good to remember to combine sets to make custom greetings. :) 

Ok, that's it! Have a great day. 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more projects. 

♥ Nikki ♥ 

MCT Trending Now "Watercolor"

Hello! Today for Trending Now we are watercoloring. I white heat embossed the balloon and greeting from the new Love Is In The Air set. I then used my distress markers to watercolor. Easy peasy. I also used the Stitched Postage Frame Dies. 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more. 

♥ Nikki ♥

MCT Sneaks Day 4

It's day 4 of sneaks, and today we're showing off the new All Is Calm set. I've used one of the wreath shapes to make a loosely watercolored look. I used distress markers to stamp with, and added water with a brush. I repeated the process until I got the look I wanted. Really easy! The deer head is also from the new All Is Calm set. To finish, I added splatters and sequins. 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more sneaks. 

♥ Nikki ♥ 

***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 on my blog! 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 more chances 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!;)

MCT Blog Hop

Hello! It's blog hop day, YAY! You should have arrived from Lucia's Blog, if not, head HERE to start at the beginning. I used the new Mom set to white heat emboss the flowers, and cut it out with the coordinating dies. I watercolored with distress markers. I used the new "freebie" You Inspire Me set for the greeting and the label it's on. I inked up the Stripey Background with distress markers and sprayed with water to stamp the background. I also used the Stitched Oval Dies. 

Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous RUTHIE. 

♥ Nikki ♥

"FREEBIE DIE"

Starting THIS Friday, April 22, 2016 @ 8am PST ~ Our "Freebie" for this release is this ADORABLE "INSPIRE" Stamp and die set. It will be given to the FIRST 150 shoppers! If you are one of the 1st 150 shoppers it will be automatically added to your package at the time of packaging/shipping. Once 150 shoppers come through, this die will be available for purchase. So, if it’s for sale in the store, you are not one of the 150. No exceptions will be made. This freebie set is not a part of the “bundle” and will be sold separately!






***BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY***


For our blog hop giveaway, Emma is giving away a $50 gift card to the "My Creative Time" store to ONE LUCKY winner! 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 MORE chances 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!


***SALE ALERT***


ALSO, DON'T FORGET our sale starts RIGHT NOW here:http://shop.my-creative-time.com/Ne...! Use the code: APRIL2016 to receive a discount off your entire purchase! This sale applies to "IN-STOCK" items ONLY. This sale will end on Fri, April 29th, 2016 @midnight PST.

I miss you. a lot.

Hello! Here is my "homework" for today's Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Techniques class at OnlineCardClasses. I painted a beach scene with my distress markers and water. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies and the Stitched Oval Dies from MyCreativeTime. The greeting is from the Miss You Lots set by Wplus9. To finish it off, I drew in 3 little birds with a black pen. 

I hope you have a peaceful day. 

♥ Nikki ♥

You Rock

Hello! The theme of the Periscope Art Challenge this week is Music. I made this card as a kind of tribute to David Bowie's "Space Oddity". What an incredible talent he was. :( I used the Space Cadet set by Paper Smooches for the little planets and the alien. I drew in the huge planet. Then I went nuts with distress inks. If you look closely, the galaxy is covered in music notes. 

♥ Nikki ♥

'ello

Hello! I finally played with the London Mouse set by My Favorite Things. It's such a fun and quirky set. I stamped the scene, and drew in a sidewalk and street. I drew a teeny talk bubble, and wrote "ello" for a greeting. I watercolored with my distress markers.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

♥ Nikki ♥ 

Season's greetings

Hello! Today's Holiday Style class at OnlineCardClasses was all about soft and subtle. The wildly talented Dawn from Wplus9 made a beautiful wreath, and she inspired me to give it a go. I don't have any of her holiday sets, so I busted out the Pretty Peonies set by Wplus9 and just went for it. I was going for a shabby Victorian-ish look with non traditional colors. I had my Nana in mind while making this, and this is so right up her alley! I used my distress markers to stamp, and to paint with. I added some rock candy stickles to some of the flowers for a sugared look. {which you can't really see in the pic} The greeting is from the Winter Cheer set by MyCreativeTime. 

I hope you're having a wonderful evening. 

♥ Nikki ♥

Warm wishes and sunny smiles

Hello! I hope you're having a beautiful day. :) I finally broke in the Penguins In Paradise set by MyFavoriteThings today. First I made them a beach by watercoloring with distress markers. I colored the penguins and the palm tree with my Copics. I added wink of stella and glossy accents to the penguin's swimmie. I also added glossy accents to the floating penguin's sunglasses. I used a few sequins for coconuts on the palm tree. The greeting is from the Polynesian Paradise set by MyFavoriteThings. 

I am trying to keep myself busy until the Cubs play tonight! Eek! The antici....pation! 

♥ Nikki ♥

A watercolored hello

Hello! I have really been loving watercoloring since the latest Watercolor For Card Makers class at OnlineCardClasses! Dawn {the Wplus9 watercoloring genius} is such an inspiration! :) Anyhoo,  I did lots of masking with the Flora And Fauna 2 set by Wplus9. Then I watercolored with distress inks. I cut out around the top of the butterfly and top of the flowers... and popped that whole bit up on foam tape. So, basically, the stamped area is all one piece and popped up. :)  The greeting is from the Hand Lettered Hello set by Wplus9. 

I hope you've had a wonderful weekend! 

♥ Nikki ♥

MCT sneaks day 2

Hello! It's day 2 of sneaks for MyCreativeTime. Today we are sneaking a new set called My Thoughts Are With You. I white heat embossed the jar and flowers, and water colored them with distress markers. I used pumice stone distress ink and water to do the background. I used wink of stella on the jar, and then covered it with glossy accents. I promise this looks better in real life. LOL. The greeting is from the new My Thoughts Are With You set. I used wet cement Hero Arts shadow ink to stamp it twice to make it darker. Oh, I also used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies. 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more sneaks. 

♥ Nikki ♥

***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 more chances 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!;)

Happy Birthday Stripes

Hello! Happy Monday to ya! For my card today I started by white heat embossing the fabulous Candy Stripe background from PeachyKeenStamps. It's called Candy Stripe, but as you can see it's totally not just for Christmas. :) I colored it in with the newest rainbow of distress markers, and then I sprayed it half to death with a mixture of perfect pearls and water in a mini mister. That sentiment is from the Reverse Sentiments set from PeachyKeenStamps. It's super cool because it stamps the background and the text will show through in whatever color paper you stamp on. Lots of possibilities! OH, and I put that sentiment on a Wobble so it wiggles. :)

I hope you're having a fantastic day! See ya tomorrow. :)

♥ Nikki ♥

Peachy Keen Sneaks- 3 cards

Hello there! ;) It's sneak peek time for PeachyKeenStamps! I have 3 cards to share today because I got on a water-coloring with distress markers roll and decided to make 3 similar cards. :) All of them use the new October 2013 set from PeachyKeenStamps. I ♥ this set so much!!! Anyhoo, I'd tell you which distress markers I used for all of them, but then this post would never end! ha! So I'll just show the cards and split. ;) 

I just love this crate that can be filled with different things like pears or...

...Sunflowers. :) I added antique linen distress stickles to the centers of them. So there ya have it, 3 very similar cards. 

Pop over to the PeachyKeen Blog to see more sneaks! 

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. I did some searching and found that this embossing folder is in THIS set. :)