My Creative Time DT Call

Hi everyone!

If you knew what kind of day I've had...well...to make a long story short, my little one, Bryan (6) has been under the weather.  When I took him to the doctor today I was told he has pneumonia.  Yes...pneumonia.  So, we are taking extra special care of him.

Tonight I'm going out on a limb.  I have only recently discovered Emma at My Creative Time.  She truly has a great product.  I have four different sets (dies and stamps) and the quality is great.  The best part is that she is very quick to help.  The first time I purchased a set from her, she sent me a link to a video so that I could learn how to use them.  She's really awesome.

That said...she's having a call for design team members.  I decided, "hey, why not?"  If she doesn't select me, I'm still going to love her stamps and will keep buying trying to improve.  As a stress relief, I sat at my desk tonight and came up with a Thanksgiving card.  I love Thanksgiving.  This was my dad's holiday.  He was always in charge of the turkey.  As long as I can remember, I would stay at mom's house to smell the turkey in the oven and watch the parade.  Those days are gone now, but I hope that this year (only the second one without him), we will start new traditions and honor the ones he set for us.

Without further adieu, here's my little turkey using My Creative Time's Small Talk set.  Check out her store HERE.

WOW I just noticed my dad's picture in the background from Thanksgiving 1996 or so...wearing his chef hat.  Miss him!

Recipe:
Turkey cut at 3.5" from Simply Charmed using Stampin Up
Base is Recollections ivory
Layer 1 is Sahara Sand from Stampin Up
Layer 2 is from DCWV
ink - Stampin Up Chocolate Chip (I always gravitate to this one)
gold gel pen for the squiggly lines
Cinnamon Stickles on turkey feathers
I also used a Fiskers corner rounder

I sure hope you've enjoyed this card.  Brought back great memories for me.

Happy Birthday Card

Yesterday I made a super quick birthday card for our Pastor.  I used kraft paper as the base and Stampin Up paper for the rest, of course.  The sentiment is from the Michael's $1 bin and the ink is Brocade Blue from SU.  I cut the balloons from the Simply Charmed cartridge (which I didn't realize I had...wow) using my gypsy.  They are cut at 3.5". I cut the strings off and taped hemp cord to the back to add a little flair.  The top note is SU.  I actually don't have the top note cutting die, but bought a lot on ebay and use that instead.  

Hope you like!

Birthday Cards

I know I haven't had much time to craft lately.  Today I spent all day organizing my paper stash and looking at Christina's blog for inspiration.  Check her out Here.  Her craftroom changes all the time.  I think it's amazing! 


Well, this post is for two birthday cards I made for two young friends. They are two special girls.  I used my gypsy and my Simply Charmed cartridge for the gift. It's cut at 4.75".  The paper is a DCWV scrap. The base and dark pink is Stampin Up (Pink Pirouette and Melon Mambo).  Ink is also Melon Mambo. 

The second card is a stamped card...which I'm still new to.  I used Happy Moments Stamps Set from Stampin Up.  Abby turns 7, so I colored it with the Stampin Up Markers and used only 7 candles.  The flowers have Stickled centers and I used crystal gel for the flames and the plate.  The circle is 2.5" and the scallop is 3".  The solid paper is all stampin up from the brights set and the patterned paper is DCWV.  The ribbon is Making Memories which I won from my friend Liz at My WhichCraft.  I used a ticket corner punch to change it up a little bit.  I hope she likes it.  :)

I love the Crystal Gel effect.  It makes the flames look real and the plate look like porcelain.