Candi O Designs

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Day 4 ~ My Creative Time Sneak Peek

It's our last day of My Creative Time Sneaky Peeks, and we've got two GREAT ones to share with you today: "Springtime in Paris" & "And Then Some". Both these sets come with coordinating dies!!

I took on the "Springtime in Paris" set and made this lotion holder. I found these mini lotion and shower gel bottles at Bath & Body Works and instantly knew they were perfect for this stamp set! Isn't it a great gift!! I'm loving the flourish stamps that come with this set ~ add so much elegance to your projects.

Close up of box ~ sentiment stamp is from this set too!! I used 2 label dies to make a "ribbon" banner look.

Products Used:

Paper: Echo Park Paper

My Creative Time:

Springtime in Paris (new release)

Vintage Stitched Label Dies

SVG Cutting Files: Mini Bottle Carrier

Ribbon and Sprinkles

***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!

To see more sneaks from today's release, click here.

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Day 3 ~ My Creative Time New Release

Hope you are enjoying the Sneaky Peeks so far.......this release is sooo much fun.

Today I am sneaking "Wishing You Were Here" & "Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves". The Wishing You were Here set is stamps and comes with coordinating dies. Flowers & Leaves are straight die cuts and I LOVE them!!! You may have seen last release where a couple of Design Team Ladies sneak peeked these for you! I was a little unsure how to showcase the Wishing you were Here, but ended up loving the bench stamp with die! I thought this was a perfect combo of stamps and dies to use on a CD calendar page for May. Now I'll have to keep up with each monthly page as I go but this will not be a hard task with MCT products!! Special bonus for you ~ here is the calendar to print for yourself here courtesy of Paper Crafts Magazine ~ enjoy!

Here is a close up of the flowers and leaves die cuts ~ I used the small flower stamps from Pretty Spring Wreaths to stamp in middle of die cut flowers, then added sprinkles.

Products Used:

Paper: Simple Stories

My Creative Time:

Wishing You Were Here (new release)

Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves Dies (new release)

Pretty Spring Wreaths (new release)

Vintage Stitched Label Dies

Sprinkles and twine

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***

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!

To see more sneaks from today's release, click here.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Day 2 ~ Sneak Peek for MCT Release

Today I am showcasing "Main Street Stamp Set" and "Way To Go Stamp Set with coordinating dies". I found this notebook on clearance at Michaels and knew I could cover the front flap with paper and do my own thing on it! My daughter loves to write in notebooks so thought of her as I decorated the cover. These two new sets were the perfect combination to completing this notebook! Now my daughter can record her daily activities in her own "life" journal!

LOVE the new bike die!! Isn't it adorable!!

I embossed the sentiment stamp to really highlight and be seen on the black background.

Products Used:

Paper: Echo Park Paper

My Creative Time:

Main Street (new release)

Way To Go (new release)

Stitched Cartoon Cloud Dies

Twine & I-Rocks

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***

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!

To see more sneaks from today's release, click here.

Monday, April 21, 2014

Day 1 ~ Sneak Peek for MCT Release

Today is the first day of sneaks for this months My Creative Time's new release.

We are showcasing the new stamp sets Pretty Spring Wreaths and Build a Pretty Flower. I love the Build a Pretty Flower stamp set and how the flowers look like you've watercolored after stamping! Here is a card I made using the flower stamp set and the sentiment is from the Pretty Spring Wreaths stamp set. You are gonna love these Stamp Sets!!

Close up of flowers ~ see the watercolor look just from stamping ~ love it!!

Products Used:

Paper: Simple Stories

My Creative Time:

Pretty Spring Wreaths (new release)

Build a Pretty Flower (new release)

Vintage Stitched Label Dies

EK Success: Circle Punch

Sprinkles

***Sneak Peek giveaway!***

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!

To see more sneaks from today's release, click here.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Whatever Wednesday

Happy Wednesday Everyone!! It's another Whatever Wednesday over on My Creative Time blog.
I pulled out another vacation photo with the new Jillibean Soup Collection ~ Sightseeing Stew and scrapped away! Love making layouts with all of Emma's goodies!!

Here is a close up of the dies I used ~ LOVE the Geotag die!!

Products Used:

Paper and Cardstock Pieces: Jillibean Soup ~ Sightseeing Stew

My Creative Time: Tag Dies

Lowercase Fun Dies

Fun Stitched Edges

Vintage Stitched Label Dies

Never Be Lost

Stitched Tab Die

Just Simply Live

For more Whatever Wednesday inspiration, click here.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Try Me Tuesday ~ Ghost Stamping

Happy Tuesday! It's Try Me Tuesday over at My Creative Time.
Today we are doing "Ghost Stamping" technique. I've never done this before and researching all about it, I found a couple of different ways you can do it. One way is to stamp your image with white ink and once dry, stamp same image over top with a color and offset just a tad so you have a white "ghost" of a shadow behind color. Another way to do this technique is to stamp your image with white ink on white paper and once dry, rub a color over the stamped image. This is the technique I tried as I just couldn't get a stamped image right doing the other technique. The technique I did actually makes a dry embossed look to me but love how it gives a whole new way to use your stamps!!

Here is a close up showing how you can see the stamped images once colored with ink. I just rubbed across the white stamped images with a sponge dauber to bring out the design.

Products Used:

Paper: My Mind's Eye

My Creative Time: Vintage Sentiments

Build a Banner Kit

Stitched Leaves Dies

Flower Petal Dies

Vintage Stitched Label Dies

Vintage Label Stamps

Jellies: Queen & Co.

Sewing Machine

Hope this inspired you to try this technique!!
For more Try Me Tuesday, click here.

Friday, April 11, 2014

Anniversary

It's my Anniversary this weekend and was totally inspired by a card on Pinterest here to create. The stamping technique with a die cut was right up my ally to try!! I cut half a heart from the pattern paper, lined it up on my card base and then stamped with the large polka dot heart from Puffy Hearts Stamp Set. Love how it turned out and know Hubby will like it too!! Used 2 different stamp sets by My Creative Time to get the "happy anniversary" that I liked.