My Craft Spot Fall Release Party - Day 3

It's Wednesday and Day 3 of the My Craft Spot Fall Release Party! All week long, we'll be sharing projects created with the FIVE NEW stamp sets and FOUR NEW sets of metal dies. On Saturday, we'll end things with a full reveal and blog hop. Today, we are showcasing projects created with the fun NEW Banner Sentiments - Fall stamp set. This fantastic NEW set contains 18 banner sentiments!!

As we have a black cat, I decided to use the "Black Cat Café" sentiment for my creation. I cut a window shape out of my black mat and then embossed the mat with a Tim Holtz Bricked embossing folder. I cut the window frame and flower box out of a metallic cardstock and embossed them with a Tim Holtz Woodgrain folder. Along the top of my card, I added a drippy border created with the NEW Fancy Edges - Halloween metal die set and a spider web cut from the NEW Halloween Shapes metal die set. (This set has so many fun little shapes!) I added Glossy Accents to both the drippy edge and spider web for a bit of added spookiness. 

Inside the window, I used a little bat from the Stamping All Around Fall stamp set and a spider web from Jar Full of Halloween to stamp a little eeriness. The crooked sign for my café was actually created with a die from the Washi Tape metal die set! Before embossing it with a Tim Holtz Woodgrain folder, I stamped it with one of the sentiments from the NEW Banner Sentiments - Fall stamp set. I also added two little black gems for "nails". Finally, what's a Black Cat Café without a black cat? I used the NEW Halloween Shapes metal die set to cut the black cat.

Please be sure to head over to My Craft Spot to see more projects created with the NEW Banner Sentiments - Fall stamp set. Don't forget to leave a comment for Kimberly for your chance to win today's prize: jute string!! (One lucky winner will get 10 yards/9.144 meters EACH of orange, black, parrot green and purple!)

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My Craft Spot Mini-Release: Speech Bubbles Metal Dies!

Hello crafting friends! Welcome to Day 2 of the My Craft Spot Mini-Release!! I'm still camping but return home today. It's bittersweet as I have only two weeks left of my summer holidays before I return to work. We've been so busy this summer that the time has flown by. I can't believe it's August already!!

Today, we are showcasing projects created with the NEW Speech Bubbles metal dies. These dies are just the right size for the My Craft Spot Banner Sentiments as well as a number of other sentiments too!! How perfect!! Last week, Miss Kate Cuttables had a free crab file available and I couldn't resist using him to create my card. Although you can't tell from the photos, I used Glossy Accents on the sunglasses. So fun!

To create the background, I cut three layers of the brown paper using one of the Fancy Edges metal dies. The speech bubble was created with the larger of the NEW Speech Bubbles metal dies and I stamped a fun sentiment from Cute Critters. Perfect fit! I decided the scene needed a little something more and so cut a cute little camera using Scrapping Life Cards metal dies.

BOTH NEW metal die sets are available for purchase at the My Craft Spot Shop!. PLUS, if you head over to the My Craft Spot blog to see what Kimberly and the other design team members have created, be sure to leave a comment for Kimberly for your chance to win a $15US gift certificate to the My Craft Spot Shop!!
 

Day 1 - Flowers - Daisy

 

Day 2 - Speech Bubbles

*The speech bubble die set is just the right size for all of the banner sentiments plus sentiments from a lot of the other stamp sets. How fun!

Day 1 prize:

Day 2 prize:

Also, Kimberly will pick a winner from customer orders for a $20.00 gift certificate. WOW!

Thanks so much for visiting!! Have a fabulous weekend!

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Day One of the My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party!

Welcome to Day 1 of the My Craft Spot Stamp Release Party!  Each day this week, the design team will be sharing projects made with the FIVE new stamp sets and THREE new sets of metal dies.  On Saturday, Kimberly will make the full reveal - AND there will be a blog hop with prizes at EACH stop along the way!  I'm so excited!

For today's sneak peeks, we're showing off the NEW Christmas Banner stamp set and TWO NEW Ribbon Banner metal die sets (straight and arched).  When I first saw the metal dies, I gasped with excitement.  I LOVE them!!  In fact, I used them for a few projects this week!

I decided to use the new products to dress up a gift bag.   The little elf is from Jolly Holidays and I stamped his face with a Peachy Keen stamp.  It's hard to tell under all that boa trim I used for his hat!!  It might be a bit much, but I just couldn't resist...  For extra fun, I added Glossy Accents to his boots and buttons and a bit of sparkle to the string of lights he's holding.

The "Elf-made just for you" sentiment is from the NEW Christmas Banners stamp set and I stamped it across a banner created with one of the NEW Ribbon Banner - Arched metal dies.  I also used the NEW Christmas Banners stamp set for the "Merry Christmas!" sentiment.

I finished everything off with a bow and now I've got a fun bag for gift giving!

Be sure to head over to My Craft Spot to see the rest of the design team creations.  They're amazing!!  And don't forget to leave a comment over at My Craft Spot for your chance to win today's prize: a Jingle All The Way stamp set!

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Game Controller Card and Box

My son has a birthday party to attend for one of his classmates.  When I first saw "Wrap It Up", I immediately noticed the game controller and thought it would be perfect to use on a boy's card.

I created the card at 3.5 inches.  As I did the base in black, I wanted a lighter colour for the inside on which to write.  I used the main image and manipulated it to fit inside the card.  I used a Cuttlebug Koi embossing folder for the handles of the controller.  Initially, I had cut the front of the card at 3.5 as well, but did not like the look so manipulated the image in order to have a bit of a frame around it and re-cut it.  I then ran it through the Cuttlebug using a Polka Dots embossing folder.  I hid some contours when cutting out the buttons of the controller and then cut the little bits out separately in red.  I used Glossy Accents on the buttons too.

I cut the box at 6.75 inches and also ran it through the Cuttlebug using a Polka Dots embossing folder.  The controller was embossed using a Swiss Dots folder.  I added Glossy Accents to the buttons on the box as well.  I hand cut a piece of coordinating red cardstock to go behind the window, first embossing it with a Happy Birthday folder.

My children were so excited about these and were pretending to use the card as a controller!  As I was waiting for the Glossy Accents to dry, my son received a call inviting him to attend another party next weekend.  His friend is renting a video game store for the entire night so the boys will be able to play to their hearts' content.  I think I will make another set for that party as well.  It seems fitting!

I will enter this project at The Cuttlebug Spot, where this week the inspiration challenge is children's games and at My Time to Craft where the challenge is spots and dots.

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Fish Thanks Card

I was trying to decide if I had enough time to create a special card for my youngest son's swim teacher but decided I would just grab something from my stash.  However, when I learned that this week's challenge at Bitten by the Bug 2 was to create something with a fish (preferably from Camp Out), I just knew it was "a sign" to make a special card for Brittney.

I made the card base by welding (of all things) the chocolate chip cookie from Sesame Street Friends to a rounded corner square from George and Basic Shapes.  I also welded the "thank you" shadow from Alphalicious to the card base.  I cut an extra "cookie" to attach to the base for a complete look on the front.  I then used bubbled patterned paper and cut it a bit smaller than the base.  In Design Studio, I created a frame for the font to be smaller than the cardbase but larger than the patterned paper.  The inner (cut out) circle was smaller than the patterned paper.  I cut this frame with the cardsock that I had used for the base, and ran it through my Cuttlebug to give it the look of pool tiles.  I also coloured a few of the "tiles" in with a purple glitter gel pen.

The fish was cut using Sesame Street Friends.  I cut a couple of layers from a shiny cardstock and then cut the top layer using some fanastic shiny paper that I've had for ages.  (I had no purpose when I bought it, but knew it would be great for something one day!)  I cut the "thank you" from the same cardstock used for the bottom layers of the fish, and then did a bit of doodling on the letters.  I added a black rhinestone for the fish's eye and used my Inkssentials Glossy Accents to create a few more bubbles for the fish.  I also added a frame and mat on the inside of the card.  I tied a coordinating bow to the outside and asked Peter to write a thank you inside.

I'm submitting this card at Bitten by the Bug 2's fish challenge.  After all, they inspired me to make it!!  Thanks BBTB2!  Peter was thrilled with the card to give his swim teacher.

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