Take Time to Enjoy ...

And that is just what I did this afternoon!  I spent the morning doing necessary catch up stuff on the computer and early afternoon taking my youngest son to the oral surgeon -- has to have all four of his wisdom teeth pulled over spring break ... poor kiddo :(  So, this afternoon while watching Oprah's Oscar Special, I made this card ... just for FUN!  I {adore} the soft and shabby feel to the design ... sweet!

Cool Romance - Musical Damask Sheet Music digital paper available 2/1 at My Time Made Easy!

Doilie die and Winter in the City stamp set from My Favorite Things!

Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, cardstock, buttons from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for peeking ... have a wonderful, stampy day!!!

Challenges for this card:

My Favorite Things WSC #4 - sketch

Moxie Fab World Color Inspiration - neutrals

Flourishes Bringing Back Beauty - vintage

Tuesday Throwdown #33 - distressing

City Crafter Challenge Blog #41- sewing

JUGS #69 - 3-D flowers

Top Tip Tuesday #19 - flowers

Paperplay #4 - layers

Stamptacular Sunday #96 - whateva!

My Time Made Easy - February Peeks!

Hello friends ... so glad you could pop in today!  I have the pleasure, today,  to show you some of Lauren's newest goodies that are hot off the press for the February Release and will be available in the My Time Made Easy Shop tomorrow - February 1st!  Hold onto your hats gals, this month Lauren has some extra special treats for us all to create with!  I am absolutely smitten with it ALL :)

Ready ... here we go!  Introducing:  Creative Card Candy Template!

WOW, this template was so much fun to work with!  It's a miniature replica of a candy box that you might receive filled with chocolates for Valentine's Day!  What a GREAT template to have on hand for all those gift giving occasions that pop up throughout the year!  It's a snap to assemble ... I used my Cricut and cut the box, wrapper and cover out electronically, but this would be equally as easy to assemble by downloading the PDF version of the template and cutting by hand!  Easy peesy!!

Now onto that yummy tag ... It's called Framed Elegance and it's a cut file!

  The gorgeous stamp set is my 'new' favorite from Lauren's shop (next to A Spot of Tea!!) and it's called Monograms Defined.  Oh my ... be still my shabby heart -- this set is scrumptious!  It not only has all 26 letters of the alphabet, but it also has 31 a-mazing sentiments to coordinate - WOW!  That sweet little pink stamped flower is from the Grab a Cuppa? set. 

This candy/card box was so much fun to decorate and embellish ... a paper doile spritzed with Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist, lace trim, a trinket pin, glittered leaves, berries, tiny jingle bells, baker's twine, buttons, stain flowers, rhinestones, tinsel, glittered chipboard elements, pearls, pom-poms, 3-D paper flowers, rouched satin ribbon -- handmade with lots of {love}!  The entire nosegay is assembled on top of a patterned paper doilie -- I printed out some of the new Cool Romance - Musical Damask Sheet Music digi paper, die cut some into the shape of a doilie and then attached it to the card candy base.  Kristin hit a 'home run' with me when she designed this  shabby-licious paper!!!

I decided that instead of chocolates (or maybe along with some chocolates!!), my gift box was going to include some handmade thank you cards that I created using the new Framed Elegance stamp set along with the new Creative Card/Envelope #1 cut files!  GORGEOUS!!!

All these pieces (4 in vanilla, 4 in kraft and 4 in aqua) were cut with my Cricut and only took a couple minutes when done electronically - super easy peesy!!  Then came the magic -- inked edges to create a distressed and vintage look, some stamping ...

... and the addition of some embellishments to finish them off.  I bundled them together with some baker's twine tied in a sweet little knot for neatness.  Voila!  In less than 30 minutes I was able to create 4 thank you cards with matching envelopes to nest neatly inside my Creative Card Candy Gift Box!

And here is the complete set!  Isn't it so pretty!!  Who wouldn't love to receive such a lovely, handmade from the heart gift ... and throw in a couple of chocolates to add just the right amount of icing on the cake and you'll have a winner on your hands for sure!

Be sure to visit the other MTME girlies' blogs to peek at their inspiration for the February release:

My Time Made Easy Design Team:

Lauren Meader (owner)

Kristin Bueter

Catherine Doucette

Katie Shawger Cotton

Pam Imholz

Lisa Kind

Tangii Crain

Debbie Marcinkiewicz (you are here!)

Monique Hansen

And our special February Guest Designer: 

Naomi Thompson

And last but not least ... the AWESOME DESIGNER'S GALLERY at the My Time Made Easy Shop!

Thanks for peeking!  Come back again tomorrow for the official RELEASE PARTY!

Challenges for this project: 

JUGS #69 - 3-D flower

W Plus 9 Color cue {11) - aqua, pink, white, neutral

Flourishes Bringing Back Beauty - vintage

Tuesday Throwdown #33 - distressing

Paperplay #4 - layers

Cupcake Inspirations #96 - photo inspiration

Top Tip Tuesday #19 - flowers

Meljen's Challenges #43 - hearts

Really Reasonable Ribbons #16 - hearts and ribbons

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenges #102 - hardware (jingle bells)

Stamptacular Sunday #96 - whateva!
Moxie Fab World Card Inspirations - Neutrals Challenge
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Love

The Shabby Tea Room #47!

Good morning friends and welcome to this week's challenge #47 at The Shabby Tea Room :)  Clare is our fabby host this week and she is challenging us all to 'Get Creative'!!!  I {LOVE} it!!!  Clare asks that we create a card or project using just stamping (no patterned papers) and handmade embellishments.  You can use the standard 'go to' supplies from your stash like punches, dies, ribbons, buttons and brads ... but no manufactured things, like store bought flowers, for example!  Isn't that so cool!  Put your thinking caps on and get busy with your treasure baskets of crafty supplies  this is a 'must play along with' challenge for sure!

I stamped the base of my card with a gorgeous flourish from the Bliss set from SU!  I inked the edges with vanilla paint to give them a shabby look.  The vintage ledger paper image is stamped with the Notably Ornate SU! set, inking and corner rounding the edges and doing a bit of machine sewing on it and adding glittered snipets of paper doiles before attaching it to the card base!  The sweet butterfly is another image from the Bliss set, stamped, fussy cut, glittered and adhered.

JustRite Stamps is our wonderful sponsor in the Tea Room this week and I was lucky enough to be provided some new goodies from the store to design this card using the brand new You Inspire Me cling stamp set (love them!) and the new Nested Sentiments dies from Spellbinders, along with the scalloped circle die - aren't they beautiful!

The handmade rolled flower was created using a Sizzix die ... cut it out, roll it up, glue at the bottom and sugar with glitter - YUM!  I completed my design with some delicious polka dot aqua satin ribbon, prima leaves with glitter and a sweet vanilla pearl added to the sentiment.  I just adore how pretty and soft this card came out ... my favorite color palette to work with - pink, white (cream), aqua and kraft ... {happy sigh}!!

Be sure to visit the other Shabby Girls' blogs this week to be inspired by their CREATIVITY ... and then hop on over to the Tea Room to play along with your bloggity friends this week!

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

Thank you for peeking today ... have a wonderful, stampy day :)

Challenges for this card:  

The Shabby Tea Room #47 - get creative!

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #32 - sketch

JUGS #69 - 3-D flower

W Plus 9 Color Cue {11} - aqua, pink, white, neutral

Flourishes Bringing Back Beauty - vintage 

Tuesday Throwdown #33 - distressing

City Crafter Challenge Blog #41 - sewing

Paper Play #4 - layers

Truly Scrumptious #49 - pink, brown, green

Stamptacular Sunday #96 - whateva!
Top Tip Tuesday #90 - flowers

Cupcake Inspirations #96 - photo inspired

Die Cut Dreams ... Top Three!!!

A big thank you to Suzi and the gals at the Die Cut Dreams Challenge Blog for choosing my digi and stamped card HERE as one of their top three from last week!

Aren't that blog banner and those badges the cutest you've ever seen!!!

Happy stamping all :)

My Time Made Easy Peeks begin!

Stay tuned  .. the peeks for February's release begin right here Monday morning!!!

You WON'T want to miss them ... all I can say is WOWOWOWOW!!!

The Kraft Journal is TOPS ...

Thank you to the girlies over at The Kraft Journal for choosing my card HERE as one of their top 3 from last week's 'Family' challenge!  I adore working with Kraft cardstock and this card was so much fun to design!!

The Shabby Tea Room #46!

Hello and welcome to the 46th challenge at The Shabby Tea Room ... oh my, our one year birthday is coming up soon -- only 6 weeks until the BIG BIRTHDAY BASH CELEBRATION!!

Cathy is our host this week and she has supplied this beautiful photo for inspiration ...

... and asks us all to create a card or project using a 'Winter Wonderland' theme!  I had a ball designing this colorful, whimsical ... cutie pie card!!!  The silver glitter glass, red glitter paper and glittered accents on the digi image are SO PRETTY IRL!!!

Lori Boyd from By Lori Designs is our sponsor in the Tea Room this week and has provided the DT girlies with this absolutely adorable digi image called Puddle Jumper Dana!  Lori is an amazingly talented artist and has the most wonderful and sweet digi images in her shop ... you must check them out :)

Hop on over to the Tea Room to check out the inspiration from the rest of the Shabby Girls ...

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

And then give this fun 'Winter Wonderland' themed challenge a try!  We cannot wait to see what you create!

Challenges for this card: 

The Shabby Tea Room #46 - Winter Wonderland
My Favorite Things WSC #3 - sketch (snowflake die & silver glitter glass)
Die Cut Dreams #81 - use digi and rubber stamps
Simon Says Stamp & Show - childhood memory (bundling up and cutting down the Christmas tree!)

The Pink Elephant #92!

We're having a color challenge this week at The Pink Elephant #92 - Red, Pink and Brown :)  Yum!!!

Our sponsor is Baby Bud Designs and I choose to work with the Baby Buggy digital image ... isn't she cute!  I have a stampy friend who is expecting her first baby any day now, so this will go out to her when the BIG DAY arrives :)

Hop on over to TPE to be inspired by the other DT girlies cards this week and see the other Baby Bud images the team go to work with ... super cute inspiration!!!

Challenges for this card:

The Pink Elephant #92 - pink, red, brown
Card Patterns #99 - sketch
Die Cut Dreams #81 - use a digi and rubber stamp

Vintage Inpsired I {heart} U Valentine Banner ...

Today is the day I get to post my January project for The Hybrid Chick ... yippiee!  For this month's project, I decided to create a vintage inspired banner piled high with lots of embellies and {love}!

This was so much fun to design and create ... using some GORGEOUS papers, stamps and embellishments from The Digichick Shop!

I am smitten with banners these days -- creating them for each holiday and special occasion!  They are so sweet and create such a lovely effect when displayed around the home.

Even better ... create one for yourself and one to give to a friend!

Hop on over to The Hybrid Chick to check out my step-by-step tutorial and then give one of these beauties a try.  Be sure to pop back over here and leave me a link in the comments section so I can see your gorgeous creations!

Thanks for peeking and have a wonderful, stampy day :)

Challenges for this project:

Really Reasonable Ribbons #16 - hearts and ribbons
Stampin' Royalty #55 - wings
Tuesday Throwdown #32 - valentine
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenges #101 - go big
City Crafter Challenge Blog #40 - handmade flowers
Flourishes Bringing Back Beauty - vintage
Stamptacular Sunday #94 - anything but a square
Polka doodles #3 - no place like home

'Friends are Gifts' ... is a Grand WINNER!

Just poppin' in to the ol' bloggity blog tonight to share with you that my 'Friends Are Gifts' card you can see HERE won the Grand Prize today at the JustRite Friday Inspiration Challenge Blog - for {creative} scoring!

Thanks to Sharon and all the girlies at JustRite for providing such awesome inspiration week after week and especially to JustRite for providing such wonderful products for us all to create with :)

Gifts ...

Things I am thankful for at the start of this bright and shiny new year ... family, friends and health!  I was in my happy place this afternoon having finished up for the day with some remodeling we're having done on an unfinished space in our home (electricians today), because I got to pop into my crafty room and play a bit 'just for the fun of it' - WOW!!

My favorite color combo after pink and aqua is cream and kraft, so I smiled from ear to ear when I saw Cath's Tuesday Trigger today -- absolutely delicious, so I 'had to' create a card to join in on the fun :)

I used the lattice fold technique on the left spine of the card by overlaying the template, scoring the lines all down the side, cutting and the folding the scored/cut v-folds back.  To get the two-toned paper look, I first lined the spine of the card base with some yummy kraft and cream DSP from SU!

The heart is a scallop nestie from Spellbinders, and I covered it with 18 handmade rolled paper flowers -- a pearl in the center of each and then lightly sugared with glitter!  All the edges of the cardstock are inked with twill and vintage cream paint.  The nosegay is Cake Crumbs Shabby Vintage Seam Binding from my Etsy Shop along with a rhinestone butterfly from Jenni Bowlin, button, baker's twine and a rusty jingle bell!

The 'friends are a gift' sentiment is stamped using JustRite's Friendship Nested Sentiments stamp set, and the 'post card' image is from a SU! holiday set.  This card could work equally well for a birthday or even Valentine's Day - I love the untraditional colors of the design for a Valentine!

Thanks for peeking in today :)

Challenges for this card: 

The Kraft Journal #2 - family and kraft
JustRite Friday Challenge #46 - {creative} scoring
City Crafter Challenge Blog #40 - handmade flowers
Create for Cards - butterflies
Top Tip Tuesday #18 - {Sentiment}al
Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger - I'm So Pretty - photo inspiration
Fussy and Fancy #28 - sketch
4 Crafty Chicks - metal (jingle bell)
Tuesday Throwdown #32 - valentine
The Shabby Tea Room #45 - white and bright
Flourishes Bringing Back Beauty - The Beauty of Vintage
Really Reasonable Ribbons #16 - hearts and ribbons

January Card Club Project #2 ...

This is the 8th new post of projects for today ... so scroll down to peek at all the newbies in the gallery!!

Isn't she the sweetest!!!  Another one of my favie sets from SU! - Greeting Card Kids!  I used her for my Halloween, Christmas and Valentine cards in 2010/11 :)  Just love the sweet, vintage look of these little kiddos!!  We used some more new DSP from the Valentine Bundle available through SU! until 1/24.

Challenges for this card:

Flourishes Bringing Back Beauty - vintage (image)
4 Crafty Chicks - metal (rhinestones)
Tuesday Throwdown #32 - valentines
Top Tip Tuesday #18 - {Sentiment}al
Stamptacular Sunday #94 - anything but a square and stamping
The Creative Cottage #30 - something new
Paperplay #2 - cutie patootie

January Card Club Project #1 ...

For the card classes I will be teaching in January, we are having a Valentine Theme -- love this holiday with all it's {pink}, roses and prettiness!!  This first card I made with a shabby little spin -- inking the edges with pink paint and using a gorgeous heart stamp from Punch Potpouri (SU! Host Set) and the {new} Bliss stamp set from the SU! Sale-A-Bration catty ... my new favie set!  Isn't that red glitter bird wonderful!

Then for my card class girlies, I decided to clean the design concept up a bit for them ... same layout, but a crisp and clean overall design.  I used the new papers and stamp set from the Valentine bundle currently offered through SU! until 1/24!  Isn't it sweet :)  The tickets were given to me from one of my stampy neighbors -- thanks, Barb!

Challenges for this card:

Really Reasonable Ribbons #16 - hearts and ribbons
Tuesday Throwdown #32 - valentine
Stamptacular Sunday #94 - anything but a square and stamping
The Creative Cottage #30 - something new
Paperplay #2 - cutie patootie

Paper Craft Class Project #5 ...

Isn't this simply sweet?   The girls and I made this adorable gift box with 2 scalloped envelope die cuts from SU! and some pretty papers, ribbon, baker's twine, satin & organza flowers and a teeny tiny tag :)  These would make wonderful favors for a bridal shower or wedding!!  When glued together, the two envelope die cuts make a box and we filled our's with Ghiradelli Chocolates - yum!

Challenges for this project:

Tuesday Throwdown #32 - valentine
Stamptacular Sunday #94 - anything but a square and stamping
The Creative Cottage #30 - something new

Paper Craft Class Project #4 ...

The 4th project we made was a sweet valentine card using some of the new glitter paper from SU! - YUM!!

Oh so sweet and pretty in {pink}!

Challenges for this card:

Tuesday Throwdown #32 - Valentine
4 Crafty Chicks - metal (brads)
Really Reasonable Ribbons #16 - hearts and ribbons
The Creative Cottage #30 - something new
Stamptacular Sunday #94 - anything but a square and stamping

Paper Craft Class Project #3 ...

This was fun to make ... it's a hot cocoa wrap that looks like a present!  A suitable project for any little gift-giving occasion!!  Isn't that bow technique fabby ... my stampy friend, Nicole, found it on SCS :)

Mine is filled with Tastefully Simple Butterscotch Kisses Cocoa Mix - YUM!

Challenges for this project: 

4 Crafty Chicks - metal (glitter brad)

Really Reasonable Ribbons #16 - heart and ribbon

Paperplay #2 - cutie patootie

Simon Says Stamp & Show - polka dots

ToThe Creative Cottage #30 - somthing new

Stamptacular Sunday #94 - anything but a square and stamping

Paper Craft Class Project #2 ...



This is the sweetest little tea bag holder!  We made it a thank you gift, but it could easily become a shower or wedding favor or birthday gift too!

Peppermint tea ... yummy!!!

Challenges for this project:

Stamptacular Sunday #94 - anything but a square and stamping

The Creative Cottage #30 - something new

Paper Craft Class Project #1 ...

I held a paper crafting class this past Saturday here at my home and enjoyed such a wonderful afternoon filled with great friends, yummy food and ... PAPER CRAFTING the afternoon away FUN :)  I'm popping in here quickly to share the project we made with you :)

A sweet mitten card with a shabby feel to it ...

Challenges for this card:

Stamptacular Sunday #94 - anything but a square with stamping
Really Reasonable Ribbons #16 - heart and ribbon
4 Crafty Chicks - metal (flower brad and library clip)
The Creative Cottage #30 - something new

December Club Project #2 ...

This is the second project I made with my paper crafting club girlies in December ... just getting around to post and share it with you all today -- slammed busy here for weeks now.  Thought January would be moving at a slower pace, but it seems to be stuck in 'fast mode' unfortunately :(

Don't you {heart} this sparkly snowflake ... we only used one dimensional to attach the snowflake flourish to the card base so that it could be removed and used as an ornament on the tree, package topper or hand it in a window for decoration!!  Don't you love that handmade flower ... we used the coordinating fabric that matches the DSP from Stampin' Up!

Challenges for this card:

City Crafter Challenge  Blog #40 - handmade flowers
Simon Says Stamp & Show - polka dots
Crafty Creations - new beginnings
4 Crafty Chicks - metal
Top Tip Tuesday #18 - {Sentiment}al
The Creative Cottage #30 - something new

December Club Project #1 ...

I made this cutie-patootie candy wrapper in December with my club girlies.  We had made a similar one at the club I'm a member of and I also saw this adorable melted snowman technique on page 70 (Silly Snowman) of the Paper Crafts Holiday Cards Magazine - made by Heidi VanLaar ... just too cute :)

Challenges for this project:

Stamptacular Sunday #94 - anything but a square with stamping
Paperplay #2 - cutie patootie

The Shabby Tea Room #45!

Welcome friends ... I am hosting the Week #45 challenge at The Shabby Tea Room and it's a color inspiration challenge this week!

You are challenged this week to create a card or project inspired by this lovely photo and to use WHITE AND/OR CREAM PLUS ONE ADDITIONAL COLOR!  I used vintage cream and my additional color is aqua!

I used almost all Webster's Pages supplies to create this card ... since they are this week's sponsor -- YIPPIEE!!!  Such lovelies as Petite Papers - Lullaby Lane & Life's Portrait, Hello! Beautiful Journaling Cards, bloomers, sparklers and fluffy trim!

Brandin O'Neal, owner and creator of Webster's Pages,  has been kind enough to provide this week's Tea Room winner with a lovely {new release} Spring Market prize package - WOW!

Please be sure to visit the Shabby Girls' blogs to see what they have created this week for your inspiration:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures (you are here!)

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

Thanks for peeking ... see you in the Tea Room :)

Challenges for this card:

The Shabby Tea Room #45 - White and Bright
Meljen's  #41 - square or round card
Flourishes Bringing Back Beauty - vintage
Create for Cards - butterflies
The Kraft Journal #2 - family and kraft (my brother's engagement)
Really Reasonable Ribbons #16 - hearts and ribbons
Top Tip Tuesday #17 - anything
Berry Scrap Challenge #18 - friendship or love
Fussy and Fancy #28 - sketch
The Creative Cottage #30 - something new (satin flowers/stamp set)
4 Crafty Chicks - metal (trinket pin)

The Shabby Tea Room #44!

Good morning friends and welcome to this week's challenge at The Shabby Tea Room!  Week #44 brings Pattie as our fabby host and she is challenging us to our VERY FIRST sketch challenge ever!  WOW!

I {heart} working with sketches ... they are such a wonderful springboard of inspiration to begin creating with!

 This sketch sure doesn't disappoint ... isn't it amazing with all it's lovely layers!

 

And here is my little ol' take on the sketch!  It was so much fun to play with!!  I used a digital image from Robyn's Fettish - this week's Tea Room sponsor - called 'Sammy Snowman', some new papers and stamp set from Papertrey Ink and some pretty digital snowflake papers from My Time Made Easy!  These snowflake papers are FREE, so hop on over to MTME and print yourself off a set to play with :)

Robyn is providing this week's Tea Room winner with 2 complimentary digital images!

Please visit the Tea Room for all the challenge and prize details and to be inspired by the Shabby Girls' creations this week:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures (you are here!)

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

Melissa Bove - Creating From the Heart

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch 

Thanks for peeking ... have a wonderful stampy day :)

Challenges for this card:

The Shabby Tea Room #44 - sketch

Flourishes - The Colors of Love

Top Tip Tuesday #16 - metal

The Creative Cottage #30 - something new

Really Reasonable Ribbons #15 - something new and ribbon

Polka Doodles #1 - New Year's wish

The Pink Elephant #91!

Happy New Year all and welcome back to the fun bi-weekly challenges at The Pink Elephant!  Lori has challenged all of Ella's girlies this week to use an image from BLD Designs with the colors of pink, aqua and orange -- how delicious :)

I chose to work with Presley Lollipop ... isn't she the cutest thing ever!

I {heart} her little bunny slippers and bunny 'friend' :)

I used digi papers from My Time Made Easy to create this card - Darling Dots - YUM!

Be sure to visit TPE blog to check out the other DT girlies' inspiration using these precious images!!

Challenges for this card:

The Pink Elephant #91 - pink, aqua, orange

Berry Sweet Challenge #17 - sketch

Really Reasonable Ribbons #15 - something new and ribbons

Tuesday Throwdown #30 - embossing

The Creative Cottage #30 - something new

Paperplay #1 - CAS

Stampin' Royalty #53 - birthday

New Items Added to Etsy ...

You've asked for it and I am listening ... I just added several of my handmade with love My Time Made Easy gift sets to my Etsy Shop.

These are all single creations and most are one-of-a kind.  If you've seen something you liked in the past, but it is unavailable, please ask me about it ... I might be able to reproduce it again coming close to what the original item looked like.

Thanks for peeking ... enjoy your visit and come back soon!

Spellbinders 2011 Design Team Finalist!

Oh, be still my shabby little heart!  I found out yesterday that I am one of the lucky round one finalists to be considered for the round two application process at Spellbinders for the 2011 Design Team!  I am absolutely speechless and completely humbled!

The list of finalists for the first round call are truly amazing designers and their talent is over the top wonderful!  I am among the company of some of the best paper crafters out there and I'm shaking a little bit in my lil 'ol boots!

Putting my thinking cap on to come up with a 'wow' design for my round two application project.  I'll be sure to share pics here with you all when I can.

In the meantime, won't you think a good thought for me!

Hugs

xoxoxoxoxo

Top Three with the JUGS Girlies!

 

Thank you to Kathryn and the JUGS girlies for choosing my Vintage card HERE as one of the top three creations for the #65 sketch challenge.

Just {love} you girlies and adore your sweet challenges!

xoxoxoxoxoxo

My Time Made Easy January Group Post!

Hello to all my sweet bloggity blog friends and welcome to today's GROUP POST at My Time Made Easy!

For today's project, Lauren asked her entire design team to pick their favorite template from 2010 and make a gift and matching card set!  Well, I thought and thought and then thought some more ... to pick just ONE of Lauren's templates as a favorite is just impossible for me -- I {heart} them all!

I know you all thought I'd go with either the tea pot or tea cup templates in pink, right?  Nope!

What I've decided to do is to add onto the village I started back in November when I designed the Vintage Gingerbread Carry It house.  Today I'm excited to introduce you to the next house in this village series ...

Carry It Valentine Cottage!

Oh be still my shabby little heart ... this little cottage is simply precious IRL!!  I cut the template out with my Cricut and then printed out several pages of digital papers from the Love Notes collection - what GORGEOUS papers!!!  The door was stamped using the Sugar and Spice stamp set and I inked the edges of the house and door with twill paint.

Then came the fun part ... moving in and decorating!!!  A sweet chenille heart shaped wreath with satin flower, rhinestone and baker's twine adorns the front door!  A glittered chipboard floruish hangs above the door to welcome guests!  A pretty little rhinestone tree decorates the front yard with the sweetest tree topper!  The roof is decorated with rhinestones, glitter, pom-pom trim, lace, satin ribbon bows, bloomers, tinsel, glittered chipboard hearts, silver bells and baker's twine bows!

For the matching card, I printed a beautiful  Bingo Card from the Love Notes digi paper set and used some of the Love Poem and Floral papers for my accents.  More delicious and shabby goodness here including a pearl trinket pin, sheet music rhinestoned butterfly and glittered leaves!  The sentiment is stamped using the Gingersnaps stamp set - a perfect set anytime you want to give a 'sweet treat' :)

My gift box house is filled with Pepperment Ghirardelli Chocolate candies - the red and white packaging goes perfect with the red and white theme of this set!!

Thanks for peeking!  Don't forget to visit the MTME Designer's Gallery for loads more inspiration from all the girlies and then pop on over to the individual blogs to see what the girls have designed today as their 'favorite template' from 2010!

Challenges for this project:

The Shabby Tea Room #43 - 11 elements
My Favorite Things WSC #1 - sketch
Cupcake Inspirations #92 - photo
Floruishes Timeless Tuesday Challenges #99 - flowers
Top Tip Tuesday #16 - metal
Fussy & Fancy #27 - celebrate card and gift
The Creative Cottage #30 - something new (digi papers)
Tuesday Throwdown #30 - embossing
Really Reasonable Ribbons #15 - something new and ribbons
City Crafter Challenge Blog #38 - white + 1 (black/neutral)
Flourishes Bringing Back Beauty - Vintage