MCT- Made In Minutes

Hello! It's Made In Minutes Monday at MyCreativeTime. It's also my birthday today! :) So I made a birthday card that I'd love to receive. Anything with a kitty on it is aces in my book. :) I started by stamping the party hat from the Tweet Me set. Then I masked it off and stamped the kitty from the You Had Me At Meow over it. This way it puts the hat on kitty's head. Then I just had fun experimenting with my Copics. It's not "purrfect", but I like it. ;) I added some lines, dots, and squiggles with my white gel pen. The greeting is also from the You Had Me At Meow set. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More dies for the panel and card base. 

Pop over to MyCreativeTime to see more creations!

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. Copics are on sale this week at Michaels. Buy one, get one 50% off. :)

Always thinking of Mew

Hiya and happy Wednesday! I made this card today to play along in the MyFavoriteThings Sketch Challenge. I used the adorable I Knead You set from MyFavoriteThings along with the Coordinating Dies. I colored kitty with my Prismacolor colored pencils. I used the little rounded square from the 4x4 Journal Die & More set from MyCreativeTime. I stamped the sky on it with the Cartoon Cloud Background from MyCreativeTime. I used mint julep Hero Arts shadow ink for the sky, and lime green shadow ink for the grass. For the greeting I used the "mew" from the I Knead You set and the "always thinking of" is from the new Tweet Me set from MyCreativeTime. The greeting is on the banner from the Vintage Labels set from MyCreativeTime. I embossed the bottom of the panel with a dots folder, and added two embossed lines with my scoring board at the top. I stamped the Candy Stripe Background from PeachyKeenStamps with mint julep ink...btw this stamp is one off my all time faves and is only 7 bucks!!! Better get it before it's gone! :)

I hope you're having a relaxing evening. 

♥ Nikki ♥

You're purr-fect!

Hello! As soon as I saw the fabulous new I Knead You set from My Favorite Things I knew I wanted to make this card! :) I used the awesome Stitched Window Dies And Accessories from MyCreativeTime for the window and shelf. I sandwiched acetate in the window for the "glass". I colored the sweet kitty from the I Knead You set with my Prismacolor colored pencils. The beauty part of this guy is that he also has a backside stamp! SO CUTE! So I used both the I Knead You Stamps and I Knead You Dies to make this card. And here is the inside...

Eek! I wub his kitty backside! SO CUTE! And because I wanted to keep the card pretty on the inside {so nothing could be seen through the window} I made a "flap" inside so I can flip it up and write in there. The greeting on the front is from the You Had Me At Meow set from MyCreativeTime. 

Happy almost Friday! :)

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. As I type this, my orange kitty Simba is in the window. :)

MCT 40th Edition Release Blog Hop!

Hello! You should have arrived from Lucia's blog, if not, head HERE to start at the beginning. For my cards today I have used the adorable new You Had Me At Meow set. KITTIES! Yay!!! :) Did you know I love kitties???? Well, I do! Anyhoo...for this first card I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies for the card base and shaker layer. 

I used the Stitched Sweethearts and XOXO dies for the shaker window. I paper pieced the kitty from the You Had Me At Meow set. I also gave her a collar from the set. I used the coordinating dies that come with the set to cut her out. The greeting that I love so much is also from the same set. 

For this card I used the Uppercase Fun Dies to partially die cut MEW. I used the kitty die from the You Had Me At Meow to replace the O, although "mew" is also a kitty noise. ;) I colored the kitty to look like my guy Simba using my Prismacolor colored pencils. 

I used the You Had Me At Meow for the birthday greeting as well. LOVE LOVE LOVE this new set. Oh, and I gave kitty the other collar option in the stamp set. A fishy collar. Cute! :)

Your next stop on the hop is RUTHIE 

"FREEBIE STAMP"

UPDATE ON FREEBIE! 
THE 150TH SHOPPER CAME THROUGH ALREADY! IF your invoice numbers were between 14911 - 15064 then YOU my friends will have this stamp in your pkg! 
If you missed out on this freebie, no worries because it is available for purchaseHERE! 

***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! 

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ALSO, DON'T FORGET our sale starts RIGHT NOW! Use the code: FEB2015 to receive a discount off your entire purchase! This sale applies to "IN-STOCK" items ONLY. This sale will end on Friday, March 1st @midnight PST. 

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BLOG HOP LINE UP

Emma - http://www.creativetimeforme.com

Brigit - http://www.brigitsscraps.com

Cindy - http://cindylee77.blogspot.de

Emily - http://creationsofanarmywife.blogspot.com

Jessica - http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com

Katie - http://www.craftingwithkatie.com

Kim - http://www.kimberlyharrisstudio.blogspot.com

Liz - http://www.lizspaperloft.com 

Lucia - http://www.todoconpapel.com

Nikki - http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com You Are Here 

Ruthie - www.septemberninthdesigns.com

Veronica - http://vkcreate.blogspot.com
Jo PaperDrama - http://paperdrama.blogspot.com
Vicky - http://www.clips-n-cuts.com

Sending Warm Fuzzies Shaker

Hiya! I have been loving the Clean And Simple 3 class, but today I just had a hankerin' to make a layery shaker. ;) I started by paper piecing the adorable kitty from the Tropical Vacation Kitty Cat set by PeachyKeenStamps. I ♥ her so much! For my card base I used the 4x4 Journal Die And More from MyCreativeTime. I used the Vintage Label Dies for my sentiment strip. The greeting is from the Everyday Sayings set by Hero Arts. 

I filled my shaker with sequins. Yay, sequins! :) I used the Fun Stitched Edges Dies from MyCreativeTime for my scalloped border. And to finish it off, I added 3 hearts I cut with the Stitched Sweethearts and XOXO dies from MyCreativeTime. The patterned papers are from the Lets Polka 6x6 paper pad by Lawn Fawn. 

♥ Nikki ♥

You're One Cool Cat

Hello! First off I apologize for the horrible photo's. Grr. I'll have my new camera soon. Yay! Anyhoo, I started this card by coloring the adorable kitty from the Diddle Diddle set from PeachyKeenStamps. For the body of the kitty I used only one distress marker in spiced marmalade. I controlled the color by adding more and less water to my brush. I used vintage photo for the violin and spun sugar for his ears. I used the Polka Dots stencil by Heidi Swapp to create my patterned paper with orange soda and bubble gum hero arts shadow inks. Then I cut a circle out of the side with a die. 

That greeting is from the Cool Cats set from PeachyKeenStamps.  I finished it off with sequins, gems, and some sakura glitter pen on the violin. :)

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. HAPPY WALKING DEAD DAY! :) 

I ♥ you

Hello! Happy Saturday to ya! This morning I played with the adorable new set from PeachyKeenStamps called Tropical Vacation Kitty Cat. Is that not the cutest kitty ever???!!! I paper pieced her with papers from the Sweethearts collection by Doodlebug. Loving this cute paper. 

The sentiment is from the new February 2014 set from PeachyKeenStamps. I love how this one turned out. EEK, I ♥ that kitty! Oh, the sweet face is also from the new Tropical Vacation Kitty Cat set. 

♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. Sorry for my horrible pictures lately, I've had to use my phone...BUT that's about to change because I finally ordered a new camera today, yay! :)