MCT Manly Monday

Hello! It's Manly Monday at MyCreativeTime. I made this card for my incredibly awesome artist friend, Collin Chan. You can check out his awesome work HERE and you can buy prints HERE. I used the fabulous Let's Paint The Town set for the background and the paint brushes. I used the My Thoughts Are With You set for the jar. I stamped it on vellum and made it a shaker. The greeting is also from the Let's Paint The Town set. I watercolored with distress inks, and used the black from my Gansai Tambi set to make the splatters. 

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♥ Nikki ♥

MCT Trending Now- Embossing

Hello! It's Trending Now day at MyCreativeTime. Today we are taking a look at embossing. I made 2  similar cards because my "practice" piece turned out pretty. :) For both cards I started by embossing the die from the Hey There Little Lady set into watercolor card stock that I had already cut with the Stitched Oval Dies. I used the Spellbinders tan embossing mat to emboss the die. Then I gold heat embossed the coordinating image from Hey There Little Lady. I used distress inks and water to paint the flowers for both cards. 

For this card I gold heat embossed the greeting from the My Thoughts Are With You set onto the banner from the Vintage Labels Dies. I gold heat embossed the Grainy Wood Background onto a panel cut with the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies. 

For this card I again gold heat embossed a greeting from the My Thoughts Are With You set. I also used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More Dies. I kept this card much more informal. I used a dot embossing folder to emboss the patterned paper I chose. {which I'm not sure I've done before and I super love the way it looks!} :)

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♥ Nikki ♥

MCT Tutorial Thursday- Just a note

Hello! It's tutorial Thursday at MyCreativeTime. Today I have a little photo tutorial showing the making of my jar background using the My Thoughts Are With You set. 

1. Use the jar die to make a stamp out of fun foam. 

2. Stamp the jar in a random pattern to make the background. 

3. Use the jar stamp to add the image over the solid jars. Wonkily. ;)

4. Add greeting from It's All About You on circle over vellum circle. 

I used the Bunch Of Fun Circles dies for the circles. I finished it off by adding wink of stella to the jars, and a few sequins. 

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♥ Nikki ♥

p.s. Forgot to say that I just use tape runner to stick my fun foam stamp to the acrylic block. When I'm done with it, I just toss it. Then I use an alcohol swab to get the sticky off the block. :) Works great, and cleans the ink off your block! 

MCT 45th Edition Release Blog Hop!

Hello! You should have arrived from Lucia's Blog, if not, head HERE to start at the beginning. For my first card I used the new Hey There Little Lady set, and a lot of masking to create all the flowers. I colored the flowers, ladybug, and the sky with my Copics. The greeting is also from the new Hey There Little Lady set. And for my next card, I took some pictures of the masking in progress...

I again used the new Hey There Little Lady set, and the jar from the new My Thoughts Are With You set. The photos show the masking process. The green is the masking paper.  :) And here is the finished card...

I colored the images with my Copics. I used the Stitched 3x4 Journal Die and the Stitched Grass Die. I colored the grass with my Copics, and I promise it looks better in real life. LOL. I stamped the Cartoon Cloud Background with Sea Glass Simon Says Stamp ink. The greeting is from the new Hey There Little Lady set. 

Your next stop on the hop is RUTHIE 

"FREEBIE STAMP"

Our "Freebie" for this release is this ADORABLE "Find Joy in the Little Things" 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, the stamp set 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 stamp 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/New-Release_c40.htm! Use the code: JULY2015 to receive a discount off your entire purchase! This sale applies to "IN-STOCK" items ONLY. This sale will end on Friday, July 24th @midnight PST.

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. 

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♥ 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!;)