The Inking Spot of Crain Creations

Back to school card set, Made Easy!

The August release from My Time Made Easy is now live on the site!!  Today the entire DT is posting a set of cards made with the Back to School set.  The set is a digi, which is perfect for getting your images the exact size you want for all of your back to school gift making!

For my set of cards, all of my quotes and images are from the Back to School set.  I used Gimp to seperate the images I wanted from the set, then sized them... easy as pie!  Toss on a few embellies here and there and voila!  Done!!

Now go and visit the rest of the DT to see the fabulousness they've put together for you...

Lauren Maeder

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Kathryn Berthiaume

Katie Cotton

Lisa Kind

Monique Hansen

Thanks for stopping by, tomorrow I'll have another project for you from this month's release... see ya then!

Pretty Patterns sketch #20!

Hey yall!  Time for another Pretty Patterns Sketch and this week we are doing something a little different... this week choose your favorite sketch from weeks 1 through 6 and use it!  Head over to the MTME Blog to check out the sketches and some inspiration from the Sketch team.  Make sure you use MTMEPPS20 as your keyword if youa re posting to a gallery.  For my card I used the Bee-Loved stamp set.  Want to win a FREE Pretty Packaging of your choice?  All you have to do is play in sketches 18, 19, 20 and 21!  Easy as pie!!! Ok, time to get inky... have fun :) Can't wait to see your creations!

Pretty Patterns Sketch!

So sorry for the uber-quick post!  I have been working way too many hours lately and today I was able to stop just long enough to get this card and the sketch posts done! Here is this week's sketch...

I turned it on it's side for my card, my wordart fit perfectly!  This is for a gal at work, for her last day.  The word art is from the All A Flutter Sentiments set from My Time Made Easy .  Head over here to view all of the deets for this weeks sketch, for some Sketch Team inspiration and to link up your creation!  We wanna see what you've got!!!  Thanks for popping in, hope to see you again soon!

My Time's Pretty Pattern Sketch Challenge

Just realized this post never published, so sorry for the delay!

It's time for another Pretty Patterns Sketch!  Head over to the My Time Made Easy blog for all of the deets and to see how you can win a FREE Pretty Packaging of your choice (it's really easy peasy!!!!).  This was such a fun card to make, Lauren did this sketch and I am just loving all of the layers!!!  For my focal image I used the tulip from Bee-Loved.  I stamped it twice, once on my panel and then again on scraps so I could cut out the leaf and flower.  I colored the image on my panel and the scrap image.  After cutting out the flower and the petal, I adhered the base of the leaf and the bottom of the flower directly to the panel, but used a pop dot on the end of the leaf and top of the flower... this gives the whole flower some fun dimension!  For the "honeycomb" panel, I used the honeycomb image from the Bee-Loved Sentiment set, stamping it in a pattern to mimic a honeycomb.  Thanks for popping in and can't wait to see your take on this week's sketch, make sure you link it up here.

PMS July Review #1 with some MOJO!

Happy Sunday!  Hope you are having a fabulous and restful weekend.  Today is the first day of Reviews for PMS' July release (available now, here).  This great little sentiment is from the Build A Sentiment Additions set (which works fabulously with the Build A Sentiment set released in May), which paired perfectly with this week's Mojo sketch!  You can head on over to the PMS Blog to see more inspiration from the DT.  And don't forget that Release Party Challenges are back and you still have a few days to get yours done!  Head here for all the details and to enter your creations for a chance to win a PMS Gift Certificate.

Stamps: Build A Sentiment Additions (Paper Makeup Stamps)  
Paper: Stella Rose Hattie Papers (MME)  Challenges: MOJO198  

Happy Release Day! Time for a little PMS...

Happy Release day! Paper Makeup's July release goes live TODAY, and the PMS DT has been busy puttin' together some awesome inspiration to get those inky brain cells going!  If you didn't begin this hop at the PMS Blog, you'll want to head right over to get the deets on how you can save some $$ on some rockin rubbah!!  Today I used one of the frames from the Framed set paired up with one of the sentiments from the Birthday Cheer Sentiment set.  Sorry for the quick post but this migraine is about to win the battle :(  Grab your latte and get hoppin'!  You should have come here from the amazing Lisa K, and your next stop is Miss Michelle. I have a little something for you before you leave...

See ya tonight at the Release Party (Dawn has some uber fun stuff in store for us!) at the PMS Forum!

PMS Peek day

Today the PMS team is peeking some Fairies and Silhouettes (including a Fairy designed for our very own Tina!).  I am showing off the Madeline Fairy Silhouette and if you've been a fan of PMS from the beginning you'll know that Madeline was one of the first PMS fairies :)  This week's SCS Sketch challenge was the perfect layout.  Head over to the PMS Blog to see some more peeks, or visit my fellow DTers to see their peeks.

Katie, Lisa K, Randee, Tina

Dawn, Andrea, Jackie, Jenn

Stamps: Madeline Silhouette (Paper Makeup Stamps)  
Paper: Wild Daisy Rd (Heidi Grace)  
Challenges: SCS339

Some MFT playtime

I always love playing with the MFT Wednesday Sketches, and I've recently gotten up the nerve to play along with the Guest DT challenges.  Today I've combined both challenges and had a great time creating... just for the fun of it!  The Guest DT Challenge was Touch of Texture.  

For my texture pieces, I added some Sage FlowerSoft on my trees, a grosgrain ribbon sash, a scallopy button and of course my dp is textured :)  I paper pieced her dress (I {heart} paper piecing!).  Thanks to the MFT team for 2 crazy fun challenges!

Stamps: Pure Innocence: Start the Day with Whee (My Favorite Things)  Paper: In the Treetops (SEI)  Copics: E000, E00, E21, E47, E49, E99, G82, G94, R20. R81, Y21, YR23  Challenges: MFTWSC26, MFTGUESTDT0711

Butterflies throwin' it down!

Check me out doin' another Color Challenge! I think I have enarly gotten over my "fear" of color challenges!  Today the My Time team is sharing some of their favs from the past year.  I LOVE this "Year in Review" idea... it is a fabulous way to play with some older things!!  Today I am using the Flutters and Flowers cut file, I sometimes forget about the cut-files because I get so wrapped up in the templates and stamps.

For my card I used the the Color Throwdown challenge, this card by my dear friend Kristin inspired me.  I loved her idea of her "elements" on a basically white card, white cards are VERY hard for me but I was thinking, "Hmmmm, butterflies in a framed window!"  I really love the look.  My tag at the bottom uses one of the uber-cute sentiments from the All a Flutter stamp set.  One of the great things about getting the cut-files in an .svg format is the ability to size them.  I adjusted the sizes of my butterflies to fit my window and then again to fit my label... Easy peasy!

For my giftie package, I used the Pinch Me template, added more Flutterbys, ribbons and a button...done!  I love this little set, and I especially love how quick it can be!!  Today is a group post so be sure to visit the rest of my My Time friends to see what their favs from the past year are.

Lauren Maeder

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Kathryn Berthiaume

Katie Cotton

Lisa Kind

Monique Hansen

Birthday gift set, made easy...

This seems to be a BIG Birthday month, I have several friends celebrating.  These little gift package sets are perfect to have laying around for busy months like this.  

My box was made using the BRAND new For Keeps template from My Time Made Easy.  Check out the Gallery for the For Keeps template, there are 2 ways to put this together... they are both fabulous!!!

 I swiped the sketch for my card from this week's JUGs sketch challenge...fabulous sketch!  Visit some of my My Time friends to see what they've whipped up for ya...

 

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Lisa Kind

Monique Hansen

Tangii Crain

 

Stamps: Keep Strong, Sentimental Occassions, Killer Curves (My Time Made Easy)  Paper: in the Treetops (SEI), Dark Chocolate (PTI), Very Vanilla (SU!)  Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Angel Pink (Memento)  Template:  For Keeps (My Time Made Easy)  Challenges: JUGS91

Pucker Up, baby!

 

Today we are mixin' it up a little!  New stamps/old templates or old stamps/new templates...  I used the Pucker Up template along with a few stamp sets (the way these stamps mix & match is phenom!!).

On the label of my package I used the label from the Be Dazzled digi set, along with the sentiment from the same set.  I used Gimp to seperate the images from the set, color in the frame YELLOW and place the sentiment right  where I wanted it  (and sized both the label and sentiment to perfectly fit).  The floweres are from the Fanciful Flourishes set, these were stamped with ink :)  Sprinkle some rhinestones in the flower centers and Voila!  You're a Gem!!!!

For my card, I used this week's Mojo sketch.  Once again I used the Fanciful Flourishes set, this time using one of the Flourishes along with the flowers.  I stamped them in ink again on white cardstock, then grabbed the sentiment from the Sensational Sentiments set.  The sentiment is stamped on Vellum, just so it shows up a little bolder.  Such an easy peasy gift set and it looks...FABULOUS!

Make sure to visit some my My Time friends to see what they've put together for ya...

 

Kathryn Berthiaume

Katie Cotton

Lauren Maeder

Thanks for popping in!  Hope to see you again soon :)