MCT "Weird Holiday" Day :)

Hello! We're doing a new thing over at MyCreativeTime. We pick a "Weird Holiday", and then make a card inspired by it. This time I chose "Bird Day" which is January 5th. Who knew?! LOL :) I'm actually borderline obsessed with birds, so this was an easy choice for me. Anyhoo...I used the new Heart Love Note Dies to create my window. I used the Fun Tweet Me Dies for the branch, and the Fun Tweet Me Stamps for the bird and greeting. I colored everything with my Copics.  

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♥ Nikki ♥ 

MCT Fave Die of the Month

Hello! It's Fave Die Of The Month day again at MyCreativeTime. This month we are featuring the Stitched Message Bubbles Dies. I cut the bubble out of white cardstock, and colored it with my Copics to match my bird. I stamped the bird from the Tweet Me set and colored him with my Copics. I used the Tweet Me Dies to cut out the bird and the branch, which I also colored with Copics. Here's a TIP for using the coordinating dies to cut out images....I use the die to cut out a scrap piece of cardstock, and then I line up the negative space over the image and pop the die in the negative. I use some washi tape to hold it in place while I run it through my machine. I do this because off kilter/uneven images really bum me out. :) I finished the card off with some wink of stella, sequins, and glossy accents. 

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♥ Nikki ♥ 

Copics Used

Y0000, Y000, Y00, Y13

B000, B00, B01, B02

YG06, YG23

E31, E33, E35 

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. 

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♥ Nikki ♥

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

Sending Love Your Way

Hello! It's Made In Minutes Monday at MyCreativeTime. I used the Cartoon Cloud Background on my card base and on the heart. I used the Stitched Rectangular Frames And More dies for my card base and panel. I used the Stitched Sweethearts And XOXO dies for the heart. I colored the birdie from the Tweet Me set and cut him out with the Tweet Me Dies. I stamped the greeting from the Tweet Me set on one of the banners from the Trio Stitched Banner Dies. 

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♥ Nikki ♥

You make my heart sing

Hello! Happy Friday to you! I spent some time this afternoon coloring these sweet images from the adorable Sweetie Pie Peepers set by PeachyKeenStamps. I first stamped the little girl, and then stamped her again on masking paper. I covered her up, and stamped the Mama over her. This way it looks like Mama is snuggling her. :) When you want and image to be in front when masking, you stamp it first. The way I remember is Front First. :) Anyhoo, I colored them with Prismacolor colored pencils. I added a soft wash of color for the scene with distress ink and water. The greeting is from the Tweet Me set by MyCreativeTime. 

I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

♥ Nikki ♥

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 ♥

Hang in there and Meow Cards

Hello! Today's Stretch Your Dies class at OnlineCardClasses was about using small dies. So I got out my Stitched Hexy Dies from MyCreativeTime. For this card I started by watercoloring my panel with mustard seed, ripe persimmon, and picked raspberry Distress Inks. I cut out the hexagons with the Stitched Hexy Dies. Then I heat embossed the awesome Hexy Background from MyCreativeTime with gold embossing powder on vellum. Then I used that to back my hexagons to make little shakers. The greeting is from the new Tweet Me set from MyCreativeTime, and will be available for purchase tomorrow. :) Here is the other card I made using the leftover hexagons...

I gold embossed the kitty from the I Knead You set by MyFavoriteThings. It was cut out with the coordinating I Knead You Dies. The greeting is also from the I Knead You set. 

I hope you've had a great day. 

♥ Nikki ♥ 

MCT Sneaks Day 4

Hello! It's day 4 of sneaks for MyCreativeTime. Today we are sneaking new sets called Tweet Me, Fun Tweet Me Dies, and Every Little Thing. I stamped the bird from Tweet Me and paper pieced her. I cut her out with the coordinating die from Fun Tweet Me Dies. I stamped the fabulous greeting from Every Little Thing with Stazon ink on vellum. I used the Bunch Of Fun Circles Dies to cut the circle in the panel.  Finally, I added 3 little hearts I cut with a die in the Fun Tweet Me Dies set. 

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***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!;)