Friday, December 23, 2011

Merry Christmas - Gift Card Holder and Treat

Good Morning!  Today I have a gift card holder I made for my Mom to show you.  I used My Creative Time's Gift Card Holder Die which you can see here.   Emma is having a fabulous sale right now so it's the best time to pick up some stamps and dies you have had on your wish list!  I tied the bow to the front cover so it can be opened without pulling it apart.

Supplies:
Yuletide Paper Pad  -  K&Co
Angel Charm -  Dress It Up
Sheer Ribbon and Berries  -  Michaels
Festive Berries and Evergreen Bough Distress Ink
Jolees Crystals
Gift Card Sentiments Stamp Set  -  My Creative Time

Next is a little treat holder.  I made this using the Lollipop Holder Die which you can see here.  I put a little bag of Hershey Kisses inside instead of a lollipop.
 Supplies:
Yuletide Paper Pad  -  K&Co
Scallop and Stitched Circle Dies  -  My Creative Time
All Around Christmas Stamp Set  -  My Creative Time
Copic Markers
Cello Bag and Twist Ties

My Family and I would like to wish you a Very Merry Christmas!!  Enjoy your holiday whatever you  celebrate!  Thank you for all of your support this year!
Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Christmas Gift Card Holders

Good Morning!  Sorry I haven't been around for a while.  I needed to do some holiday preparations.  After the 12 Days of Christmas I was a little bit behind!  Today I altered some Starbucks Gift Card Holders to look a bit more festive!  Pretty quick and easy!  I was even able to use my scraps.



Supplies I Used:
Scallop and Stitched Circle Dies  -  My Creative Time
Starbucks Gift Card Holder
Wonderful Winder Stack  -  My Minds Eye
Yuletide pad  -  K&Co
Festive Berries Distress Ink
Jolees Snowman Stickers
Button  -  Dress It Up
Crystal Stickles
I hope you are having a happy and productive week.  I will see you tomorrow for another gift card project!  Thank you for stopping by!
Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)

Monday, December 12, 2011

Day 12 - The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time

 If you are looking for the Monday Scraptastic Challenge scroll down or click here!

Good Morning and Welcome to Day 12 of The 12 Days of Christmas with My Creative Time.  The last day is here, I can't believe it!  I hope you have enjoyed my creations.  I wanted to give you some inspiration for your holiday gifts and decorations.  Hopefully I suceeded!  Today I am using Miss Emma's Gift Card Sentiments Stamp Set.
You should have arrived here from Cassandra's blog.  If not you can start at the beginning here.
Today I made some cute little Christmas Tree crayons that my twins are giving their classmates this year.
In order to make the crayons  I took some Crayola Crayons and removed the paper.  I broke them up and put about 2 crayons in each tree of the Wilton Mini Tree Silicone Pan.  Put them in a 250 degree oven for about 20 minutes (until they have melted to a nice flat back).  I let them cool for about 35 minutes then popped them out of the pan.


My Supplies:
Gift Card Sentiments  -  My Creative Time
Wilton Mini Tree Silicone Pan
Crayola Crayons
Christmas Cheer Cricut Cartridge for Snow Globe cut at 5", for Banner cut at .82"
The Christmas Stack  -  DCWV
Yuletide  -  K&Company
Coordinations Red Glitter Paper
Festive Berries and Evergreen Bough Distress Inks
Crop-A-Dial and Eyelet
Sheer Ribbon  -  Michaels

***12 Days of Christmas Give Away Alert***

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Your next stop is Cindy's Blog. Here is the entire line up in case you lose your way.
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Thank you for visiting my blog for these 12 Days of Christmas.  I enjoyed challenging myself to come up with 12 new projects in 12 days!  I read and appreciated every single comment you have all left me.  I wish you all luck in winning the fabulous prizes that Miss Emma has for you!  Have a happy and healthy holiday season!
Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)


Love and Hugs,

Cathryn :)







Scraptastic Monday Challenge 6 - Christmas Tree Ornament

Welcome to Scraptastic Monday Challenge 6.  This weeks challenge is to create an actual Christmas tree ornament,card or a tag but it must include a Christmas ball and some bling.  To play along you may use other images or your cricut but we would love to see you use Cindy's digi's but it is not required.
I used Cindy's Christmas Snowman with Wreath.  I took two coasters from the dollar spot, put some patterned paper on and then added the cut out image.  I added some Christmas ball minis and some stickles for my bling!

 My Supplies:
2 Coasters
Winter wonder Stack  -  DCWV
Blue Felt Ric Rac
Trendy Twine in Blue
Mini Tree Treasures  -  Nicole
Copic Markers
Glossy Accents
Orange Peel, Waterfall, Green and Xmas Red Stickles
Wrinkled Ribbon  -  Prairie Bird Boutique

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you link YOUR project up to the Scraptastic Designs blog!  Have a fabulous day!
Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Day 11 - The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time

Good Morning! Welcome to Day 11 of The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time!  You should have arrived here from Cassandra's Blog.  If not you can start at the beginning here.
Today I made a 6 x 6 card.  I've been trying to make mostly projects that are not cards but I had this idea in my head and I really wanted to do it.  This is also going to be part of my entry for the Peachy Keen Stamps Design Call.  Hey ya never know huh?!!
Today I used Miss Emma's Mixed Holiday Sentiments Stamp Set.


  
 I used Winter Frolic Cricut Cartridge for my little girl cut at 5" and Create-A-Critter Cart for the pond cut at 2".
Supplies I Used:
Mixed Holiday Sentiments  -  My Creative Time
PK-641 Princess Faces 1 1/8"  -  Peachy Keen Stamps
Mambi Sheets  -  Me & My Big Ideas
Harvest Gold, True Black and Pure Poppy Cardstock  -  Papertrey Ink
 White Glitter Paper  -  Coordinations
 Foil Paper for pond  -  Recollections
Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Iced Spruce and Festive Berries Distress Ink
Snow Writer  -  DecoArt
 Jolees Boutique Holly Repeats
E02 Fruit Pink and 0 Colorless Blender Copic Markers
Pine Needles Double Edge Punch  -  Martha Stewart

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Your next stop is Cindy's Blog. Here is the entire line up in case you lose your way.

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Thank you for visiting again today. I will be back again tomorrow for the LAST day of The Twelve Days of Christmas! Enjoy your day!
Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)


Saturday, December 10, 2011

Day 10 - The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time

Good Morning and Welcome to Day 10 of The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time!  You should have arrived here from Cassandra's Blog. If not you can start at the beginning here.
Today I made a Christmas Stocking hanger that holds some cute Candy Cane Chapstick.  It's amazing how much inspiration you can get just walking around a drug store! Hehehe!  I used My Creative Time's Curly Label Die, Happy Homecoming Stamp Set and XL Label Borders Stamp Set which are all available here.



The stocking is from Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge cut at 5".  I cut two of the shadow feature so I could use brads to pinch the front piece of the stocking in order to make space for the chapstick to slide in.  Then the extra shadow cut covers the backs of the brads on the other side.
I covered the brads on the front with boa and extra cuts of the toe and heel.
My Supplies:
Tis The Season Paper Stack  -  DCWV
Mambi Sheets  -  Me & My Big Ideas
Pinefeather and Pure Poppy Cardstock  -   Papertrey Ink
Chapstick
Peapod and Marachino Twine  -  The Twinery
Boa and Ribbon  -  Michaels
Crop-A-Dial and Eyelets
Hot Glue and Gel Pen

***12 Days of Christmas Give Away Alert***

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Your next stop is Cindy's Blog. Here is the entire line up in case you lose your way.
You are Here - Cathryn

Thank you for visiting again today. I will be back again tomorrow for Day 11!  Only two more days of inspiration left!  Have a wonderful day today!
Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)

Friday, December 9, 2011

Day 9 - The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time

Welcome to Day 9 of The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time.  You should have arrived here from Cassandra's Blog.  If not you can start from the beginning here!
Today I made some gift packaging that can be used for candy or small gifts.  I used Miss Emma's All Around Christmas Stamp Set along with her Scallop and Stitched Circle Dies.

  
I used the Life's A Party Cricut Cartridge for to box cut at 8".  I usually hide the score line marks on the image but there are a lot of them on this box.  I left them in this time because it was too confusing to score without them.  The Velcro dots are attached with hot glue so they stay on securely.
Other Supplies I Used:
Scallop and Stitched Circle Dies  -  My Creative Time
Sugar Plums Paper Pad  -  Recollections
Festive Berries and Evergreen Bough Distress Inks
Marachino and Peapod Twine  -  The Twinery
Velcro Circles
Stickles and Copic Markers

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Your next stop is Cindy's Blog. Here is the entire line up in case you lose your way.

You are Here - Cathryn

Thank you for visiting today. I hope you are enjoying all the holiday ideas along the hop! Have a wonderful day today!
Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Day 8 - The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative time

Hello crafty peeps!  Today is Day 9 of the Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time.  You should have arrived here from Cassandra's Blog.
For today's project I altered a metal box into a hot chocolate holder.  I used the Anyday Bingo and Crossword Stamp set and the Fancy Frame die that Miss Emma Created.  You could find a bunch of different gifts to put in this box.


My Supplies:
Fancy Frame Die and Stamp Set  -  My Creative Time
Metal flip top box  -  Michaels
Tis The Season Paper Stack  -  DCWV
Glossy Accents and Black Diamond Stickles
White Gel Pen
Crop-A-Dial and Eyelets

***12 Days of Christmas Give Away Alert***
To qualify for ALL the AMAZING giveaways for the next 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop! You will have until Tues, Dec 13th @ midnight to have all of your comments in! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE LEAVE A WAY FOR US TO CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE WINNER'S!

Your next stop is Cindy's Blog. Here is the entire line up in case you lose your way.

You are Here - Cathryn

Thank you for visiting today.  I hope you are enjoying these hops everyday!  Have a wonderful day today!
Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Day 7 - The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time

Good morning friends!  Today is Day 7 of the Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time.  You should have arrived here from Cassandra's Blog.
Today I turned a plain box I had laying around into a great gift box.  I used My Creative Time's All Around Christmas and Gift Card Sentiments Stamp Sets.


My Supplies:
My Creative Time
Cricut Cartridge Winter Woodland for Holly cut at 4"
Me & My Big Ideas Mambi Sheets PADX-173
New Leaf and Pure Poppy Cardstock, Holiday Mix Vintage Buttons  -  Papertrey Ink
Grren Sheen glitter Paper an Celebrate It Ribbon  -  Michaels
Facets - Tim Holtz
Peapod and Marachino Twine  -  The Twinery
Festive Berry and Everghreen Bough Distress Inks

***12 Days of Christmas Give Away Alert***
To qualify for ALL the AMAZING giveaways for the next 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop! You will have until Tues, Dec 13th @ midnight to have all of your comments in! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE LEAVE A WAY FOR US TO CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE WINNER'S!

There are some AMAZING giveaways for this special 12 day event & some SURPRISES to help celebrate "My Creative Time's" One Year Anniversary! Yep, Emma released her 1st set of stamps one year ago! So make sure you are tuned in because this is ONE hop you do NOT want to miss!;)

Your next stop is Cindy's Blog. Here is the blog line up if you get lost.

You are Here - Cathryn

Thank you for stopping by again today!  I am so thrilled to have you all visit!  I will be back tomorrow for Day 8!  Have a great day!
Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Day 6 - The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time

Good Morning!  Today is Day 6 of The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time.  You should have arrived here from Cassandra's Blog.
Today I have made a super quick Christmas magnet using Miss Emma's Whimsical Calendar Days stamp set and the XL Label die.  This could also be used as the cover of a mini album.  I used a coaster as the base.  Traced it onto my patterned paper.  Then cut the circle out, glued it on and filed the edges with a nail file.  Then I inked the edges with some distress ink and hot glued the magnets on the back.


 My Supplies:
Whimsical Calendar Days Stamp Set  -  My Creative Time
XL Lable Die  -  My Creative Time
Wonderand 8 x 8 paper pad  -  Cosmo Cricket
Festive Berry, Evergreen Bough, Iced Spruce and Tea Dye Distress Inks
Silk Ribbon  -  Papertrey Ink
Rich Cocoa Ink  -  Memento
Bells  and Coaster -  Michaels
Irock and Jolees gems

***12 Days of Christmas Give Away Alert***

To qualify for ALL the AMAZING giveaways for the next 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop! You will have until Tues, Dec 13th @ midnight to have all of your comments in! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE LEAVE A WAY FOR US TO CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE WINNER'S!

There are some AMAZING giveaways for this special 12 day event & some SURPRISES to help celebrate "My Creative Time's" One Year Anniversary! Yep, Emma released her 1st set of stamps one year ago! So make sure you are tuned in because this is ONE hop you do NOT want to miss!;)

Your next stop is Cindy's Blog. Here is the blog line up if you get lost.

You are Here - Cathryn
 
Thank you for hopping along with us.  See you back here tomorrow for Day 7!  Enjoy the rest of the hop and have a fabulous day!
Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)

Monday, December 5, 2011

Day 5 - The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time

Hello my friends.  Today is day 5 of the Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time.  You should have arrived here from Cassandra's Blog.
Today I have made some 3 x 3 cards with Emma's Small Talk Stamp Set.  I used a box of premade 3 x 3 cards I purchased at Michaels.  I also used some Peachy Keen Stamps for the cute faces but you could even use stickers or chipboard pieces to make it a bit quicker.




Supplies I Used:
Small Talk Stamp Set  -  My Creative Time
3 x 3 Note Cards  -  Recollections
Dress It Up Buttons
Copic Markers, Stickles and Glossy Accents
Button Twine  -  Papertrey Ink
Peapod Twine  -  The Twinery

***12 Days of Christmas Give Away Alert***

To qualify for ALL the AMAZING giveaways for the next 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop! You will have until Tues, Dec 13th @ midnight to have all of your comments in! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE LEAVE A WAY FOR US TO CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE WINNER'S!

There are some AMAZING giveaways for this special 12 day event & some SURPRISES to help celebrate "My Creative Time's" One Year Anniversary! Yep, Emma released her 1st set of stamps one year ago! So make sure you are tuned in because this is ONE hop you do NOT want to miss!;)

Your next stop is Cindy's Blog. Here is the blog line up if you get lost.

You are Here - Cathryn



Thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope you are getting some useful ideas for your holiday needs!  I will see you tomorrow for day 6!
Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Day 4 - The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time

Good Morning!  Welcome all my friends to day 4 of The 12 Days of Christmas with My Creative Time.  You should have arrived here from Cassandra's Blog.
For today's project I dressed up a plain gift bag.  I even wandered into the jewelry section and picked up some chain and barrel clasps to make my own attachment for the tag.  It would be easier to tie it with twine or ribbon but I wanted a little something shiny and different this time!

  
To make the tag very sturdy I cut a coaster from Papertrey Ink with the XL Label die.  These coasters are sturdy but lightweight, thin and cut beautifully with Emma's dies.
Supplies I Used:
Jolly by Golly paper  -  Cosmo Cricket
Boa and Sheer Ribbon  -  Michaels
Glue Gun, Jolees Crystals and IRock
Spun Sugar Distress Ink
Jewelry Chain and Barrel Clasps
Eyelet and Crop-A-Dial

***12 Days of Christmas Give Away Alert***

To qualify for ALL the AMAZING giveaways for the next 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop! You will have until Tues, Dec 13th @ midnight to have all of your comments in! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE LEAVE A WAY FOR US TO CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE WINNER'S!

There are some AMAZING giveaways for this special 12 day event & some SURPRISES to help celebrate "My Creative Time's" One Year Anniversary! Yep, Emma released her 1st set of stamps one year ago! So make sure you are tuned in because this is ONE hop you do NOT want to miss!;)

Your next stop is Cindy's Blog.  Here is the blog line up if you get lost.

You are Here - Cathryn

Thank you for all of your supportive comments.  They give me energy and inspiration every day!!! Enjoy the rest of the DT's creations and have a great day!
Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Day 3 - The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time

Hello!  Today is day 3 of The Twelve Days of Christmas with My Creative Time.  You should have arrived here from Cassandra's blog.
Today I have made some very quick inexpensive gifts you can make a bunch of in no time.  I intend to use these for all the nice people I see every day that I would like to remember at the holidays. The post office people, the secretaries at the kids school, my coffee lady etc.
I purchased a bucket of biscotti from my warehouse store.  When I figured it out it cost me only about 50 cents each for these little gifts.  You can get 3 of these biscotti sleeves out of 1 piece of 12 X 12 piece of paper.


I used Tags, Bags, Boxes and More for this cut.  It is the 4th row down, 1st image on the left. I used my Gypsy to size it correctly by unlinking the height and width.  4.25" wide and 11.25" high.
I scored the fold, used Red Tape on the edges,  put one glue dot on the back of the cookie wrapper to secure it nicely to the inside of the package, wrapped a pretty ribbon around it, added the tag with sentiment and done!

Supplies I Used:
Cricut Cartridge Tags, Bags,  Boxes and More
Festive Berries and Evergreen Bough Distress Inks
Terrifically Tacky Tape
Glue Dots
Lady Bug Red and Tuxedo Black Ink Pads - Memento

***12 Days of Christmas Give Away Alert***

To qualify for ALL the AMAZING giveaways for the next 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop! You will have until Tues, Dec 13th @ midnight to have all of your comments in! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE LEAVE A WAY FOR US TO CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE WINNER'S!

There are some AMAZING giveaways for this special 12 day event & some SURPRISES to help celebrate "My Creative Time's" One Year Anniversary! Yep, Emma released her 1st set of stamps one year ago! So make sure you are tuned in because this is ONE hop you do NOT want to miss!;)

Ok your next stop is Cindy's blog. If you get lost here is the entire line up.
You are Here - Cathryn

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed my project for today.  Please check back again tomorrow.  I hope to give you some useful quick and inexpensive ideas to make your holiday just a little bit easier!  Have a fantastic day!
Love and Hugs,
Cathryn :)