Monday, November 28, 2011

Holly Jolly Season is here! My Thoughts Exactly December Stamp Release!

Season's greetings everyone!  Are you starting to get excited for Christmas??? I'm gonna put up my tree finally this week, and can't wait to see the kids' faces covered with excitement! 

Today, you guys get a treat, 'cause it's normally on the first of every month that you see the new My Thoughts Exactly stamps - BUT I know how you've been anxiously waiting to see the newest release and also knowing that these stamps may make your life easier in all your holiday crafting projects, we decided to be super nice and release it out a few days early! (Don't expect this every month! lol...)

So, with this month's release, you are going to be seeing TWO sets - one being NON-SENTIMENT stamps! You're gonna love these! ANNND... although each set is $15 each, if you get two - it's $25 for the bundle! How can you resist???

The first one is the mix and match Holly Jolly Phrases - and again, Alyssa uses her magic into working these stamp set into a fun and practical set! Look at all the phrases here and various fonts in this set - isn't it fun? (This set is just in the works of getting them done, so it'll be a pre-order, but will be shipping out in 3~4 days!)

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The second one is the Holly Jolly Tags - and comes with 5 fun tags that you can stamp away and personalize all your gifts! Even better - get BOTH sets, and use the sentiments from the first set on the tags!  Belinda, from SVGs by Bee, is working on matching SVGs to go with these stamps, so all you have to do is to cut the tags out on your cutting machine and stamp them!

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So, anyway, I'm sure you're wondering what I've whipped up this time around...

I used the Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly (there's a matching paper pack, too here) and did print and cut with my Silhouette to create a cute little gift bag!

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You like? This is actually really easy as long as you have Silhouette or any other cutting machine that has the print and cut capability. If you've been wanting to do this for the longest time - it's the perfect time to ask Santa :) This bag that I used is from Vintage Halloween Party Bags SVG Kit and this is always a easy go-to bag whenever you're looking for a simple cute bag!

Some close ups:

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So, the tag that you see here is from the Holly Jolly Tags set. I stamped them onto two cardstock, and then cut out the white oval to place them onto the stamped blue cardstock. The rosettes are also from Vintage Halloween Party Bags SVG Kit.

Here's the skates on twine upclose:

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... and snowman having a solitude party!

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... and that's not it! I've done the sides and the back! (sorry my photos are not crisp... had a hard time with this photo shoot... :(  )

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Lastly, here's the back:

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... and the tag upclose:

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I used the same technique to this - stamped them on three separate cardstock, cut out the area wanted in that color and assembled it together. The scallop circle is from SVGs by Bee's file, but she's madly working away at getting the proper sizing to make sure that it's no fuss for you to use! But for now, you get to see what it will look like with her SVG together with stamp! For all the customers that buys the tag set, you will be e-mailed with a downloadable SVG file for these tags shortly ;)

Anyway, here it is!

Now for the fun part! Alyssa, from My Thoughts Exactly, is giving away $5 gift card from each of our blogs! Make sure that you are a follower of my blog and hers, and comment here on this post to win! I'll be picking the winner this Thursday!

And... one last thing! If you LOVE these stamps - maybe you should consider applying for their design team position right now! Don't waste time, because the deadline is November 30th!  It's a growing company and it's going to be exciting, especially with a new PRODUCT being announced in 2011! See this post to apply!

Hope you liked it and make sure that you go visit the other girl's blogs to see some inspiration done with these awesome stamp sets!

Have a crafty day everyone!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

3D Chair Wedding favors - My Thoughts Exactly DT Project.

Helloo!!!  It's my DT project day for My Thoughts Exactly!!!  and you get to see more goodness from the Many Thanks Stamp set!

I just can't tell you how clever it is to make these sets all mix and match phrases!  It's so fun to be able to put different sentiments together, and you get so much more out from one set by having the ability just use what you want.  I haven't tried yet - but I think that I've got enough sets that I can make pretty cool phrases using various sets!

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Anyway, I've been wanting to make these cute little 3D chairs for the longest time, and this project happened to be the perfect time to use it!  The chairs are from My Grafico 3D Chair Favour Box Templates.   I didn't really do anything to them - just cut them out the way they were.  For just one of them with vertical slats, I actually took my hole punch and my handy scissors and cut them out myself.  There was another chair in the file, which was the 'elegant' chair, but just didn't fit with my style for what I wanted to accomplish here :)

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I spiced up these chairs with crinkled ribbons, charm from Making Memories AND I actually used my sewing machine to make cushions for these little chairs!  I think that this is my first EVER real sewing other than doing it on paper!  I was so proud of myself! (hehehe.. okay, all those seamstresses - don't laugh at me! This was a big step for me!)  and I made a 'lace' border using Martha Stewart punch.

Anyway, here it is!

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Pretty, isn't it?

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The back of them...

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My awesome chair cushions :)

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See how perfect these stamps go with my project! Thesse cute envelopes that I used to stamp my sentiments onto are from SVG Cuts My Big Day SVG Collection.   There are three different envelope SVG, and oh, so cute!

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Oh, I even added on the cone on to the side of the chair (I meant to put a little bouquet of flowers, but couldn't find anything in my house that would work) I just rolled up one of those doilies that you can purchase from the baking section, and made it into a cone!

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...and the chair even opens up where you can put little goodies in for the guests! Aren't these the cutest thing? I've come across so much cute and creative stuff for personalizing your own weddings - I would love to get married again! (well, to the same person, of course!)

Oh, and did you notice my good ol' flower topiary in the back of these pictures???

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Anyway, that's it for today! Be sure to visit Lenae's blog, SugarGem, for more inspiration with these stamp sets!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Merry Advent Calendar - SVG Cuts DT Project.

Hey all! It's been a LLOOONG time again!

It's been pretty hectic lately, and I've been hardly home during the day EVERYDAY!  I'm at a point I actually just want a day at home so I can catch up on my laundry!  I know it has only started and it's just gonna get busier for a little while...  So, please just get used to the idea of seeing a new blog post once a week until Christmas...  I'm sure you're also busy - so I'm being nice.  The more posts I make, I'm taking your time away from all the things you need to get done. Right?  Me always thinking of others :)

Anyway, it's another SVG Cuts DT project day!!!! and I was soo excited to share this one.  I have always wanted to make 3D Letters - I see so many of you making them, but I had never made them before.  As well, I had such a blast making my last Halloween Advent Calendar, so I HAD to make one for Christmas.  So... why not combine these two files and make a 3D Letters calendar??? 

Okay, honestly, I wasn't too sure how it was going to work out...  Having never made these letters before, I didn't know if the compartments would fit.  The depth of the calendar and the 3D letters are different - how would I go about that?  All in all... after some serious thinking, it all came to me! I maximized the letters big enough to be able to cut on a 12x12 mat and I broke apart the doors, and brought them over to the letters.  IT FIT! Barely, but it worked! I also changed the height of the compartments to match the depth of the letters! It worked like a charm!

So... here's my project!!! Yes, finally you get to see it!

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Okay, I don't want to brag about this, but I think that this turned out pretty darn cute. It was so fun to make - this definitely is one of my favorite projects that I've EVER done in my mod paperie life :)

Don't you just love the paper? It's the Season's Greetings Collection from Echo Park - LOVE their papers - I must get EVERY LINE that they make! The numbers that I used the dates are from the stickers from Christmas Dots & Stripes collection - the dates went up to day 25, so it was just PERFECT!

Okay, you are so lucky today - you're gonna be able to see LOTS of pics from me and get all the fine details that I've put into my project!

Letter M

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Love the 3D poinsettia - from the 3D Wintergreens SVG Kit :)

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Arent' the stamps cute? It's from the Holiday Traditions set from Punkin' Patch Stamps - and I also used the matching Stampables to create the exact cut around the stamps! Neato!

Letter E

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Holly, again from 3D Wintergreens SVG Kit.

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This stamp is from Holiday Traditions, too! Such cute stamps!

Letter R

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Okay, I think that this stamp usage is my favorite one - on an airmail package! You can get the file from the Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree SVG Collection. I just love how it brings out the stamp from the Gingerbread Kisses set.

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Second Letter R

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I added the icicles and the snowflakes on this one to make it all frosty!

Letter Y

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This Santa Sleigh was the VERY last element that I added to the project. I wanted something to finish off the project, but didn't want a heavy looking embellishment - it would look unbalanced. Then, it hit me - Christmas Eve... SANTA! and it's the last letter! AND, better yet - there was a simple Santa sleigh SVG file from Christmas in the Village SVG Collection!

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...and beautiful pinecones to finish off the last letter! from 3D Wintergreens SVG Kit. I used Sno Writer and made nice white puffy surface on the tips of the pinecones.

So, here's how I did it! For more info on the sizes and exact files used, please go visit SVG Cuts blog.

Here's the quick run down - to make this project possible - you need TWO collections from SVG Cuts. They are 3D Letters SVG Kit and Classic Advent Calendar SVG Kit.

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You resize, break apart, paste and such and each of the letters before cutting out should look like this:

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You also need to adjust the compartment height from the Advent Calendar to fit the letters.

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These compartments will be deeper than the regular advent, so it will give you more space to fill up with goodies :)

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Then comes assembly - when assembling, because you are adding in such a tight space, you WILL NEED to cut off parts of the tabs. Then add some heavy weight material (I used rice), in order to make the letters stable to stand :)

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Anyway, don't get overwhelmed - it's actually pretty fun to make, and once you make one letter, you'll get a hang of it! You don't have to embellish like mine - you can do whatever you want with it!

That's it folks! and leave me some love if you like my project! (Only if you like my project! LOL!)

Here's the last peek at it:

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Ohhh, did you hear the latest in my exciting news??? Leo and Mary from SVG Cuts have given us the whole DT team a Sizzix Eclips and eCAL software as a Christmas bonus!!! We were so shocked when we found out!!! This is the machine that they recommend as the BEST - so I can't wait!! I am not braggin' here... I just want to express my thanks to Leo and Mary and let you all know how generous these two are, and how well they treat us :) I must say that I am very lucky to be working for a such great company! Stay tuned for my posts on Sizzix Eclips!

Have a great crafty day!

Saturday, November 12, 2011

My two things that I made today!

Just thought that I'd share two cool things that I've made today!

One - is a quick card for the SVG Cuts newest collection - Merry and Bright SVG Kit!  It was actually hard to pick which I should attempt as they are all so pretty! The collection features NINE cards that are already presized to what you need to cut, so it's really simple!  This is the free gift of the week if you spend $9.98 or over with coupon: FREEGIFT!!!

I chose the Snow Houses card.  I used My Mind's Eye 12 Days of Christmas paper (I love this line - so cute!) and made a whimsical cheerful holiday card out of it! I used the Snow Writer and The Twinery twine to embellish the card.  The hills were adhered using the foam tape to give dimension to each of the layers.

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and don't you just love the stamp? It's from the Holiday Traditions stamp set - my favorite!

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Okay, and the second thing that I made today was my own 'mod paperie' stamp using my Teresa Collins Stampmaker. It's been a while since I've touched this machine, and this is actually the reason that I got it in the first place! I finally got the hang of it, and this time, my letter images were nice and crisp! Take a look!

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Now that I have this, I can stamp onto all my cards at the back :) Pretty cool, I think!

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Anyway, that's it folks! Just a quick little post in case you've been missing me! (Yes, my SVG Cuts project should be coming out real soon... )

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

My Thoughts Exactly - November Stamp Release!

Happy November!!!  Ack - it's hard to believe that next month is already Christmas!!!  Gotta starting thinking about my annual Christmas cards...  stressful, but how exciting!

Did ya all have a great Halloween?  We sure did!  I took the kids out to the farm for a hayride and a pumpkin pickin' and decorating in the morning. The kids had so much fun and it would've been so nice to have pictures from that but silly me - took my camera, only to realize that I had forgotten to reinsert my battery which I freshly charged up at home! Then we had friends over in the evening and went Trick-or-treating together - and my kids were well behaved and only had ONE candy before going to bed!  Oh, we also do this tradition where the kids put aside a portion of the candy that they get for the 'Halloween witch' and in return, they get something instead...  yes, only if the kids would realize that this witch is ME! Muahahaha... (hope none of your kids are reading this)

Anyway, back to my post...  The day has come.  I'm sure you've all been wondering what the next stamp set was going to be...  This one is NOT holiday related, so you can use this ALL year round... and so versatile to use, because they've done it again!  (Well, it's so fitting as Thanksgiving is coming up in the States :) ) It's a Thank you set, but it has a sentiment for pretty much any 'thank you' you can even think of!  How clever is that?  My Thoughts Exactly Stamps rock!

So... you ready to see this set?  Of course you are! 

Here it is!!!!  Many Thanks stamp set!


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Isn't it cute?  Well, I actually found more appreciation for these stamps when I started playing with them and made some cards.  They are so fun and easy to put together a simple card!

For my project, I made 3 cards to share with you today!

Here's my first one:

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I went with the retro feel with this card using the Cosmo Cricket Odds and Ends digital packs.  Oh, I just love these vintage images!

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See how pretty it is to use these stamps on this card? 

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I used Crackle Accents on the pen nib - love the look that it adds!

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Okay, for my next two cards, I went super simple, but loved how both turned out!

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This is using the images from Back to School Elements pack.  I print and cut the memo books and stamped these sentiments onto them making it look like it was written on a note.  I added the box in front of each of the sentiments and checked off each one.

It kind of makes sense right?  These stamp sets are made to mix and match, so why not take the advantage of this feature and make a card out of it?

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The last card is actually my fave - I cut out a heart on a cardstock, covered with an acetate sheet, used foam tape to bring it out from the card and placed various thank you stamped sentiments inside. 

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The main sentiment just ties it all together... on a ribbon strip (cut by hand)... get it? All the 'thanks' images are on the bottom of the acetate heart?

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So, here it is!!!  You like these stamps? Sure you do! Head on over to My Thoughts Exactly - and be one of the first ones to have these cool stamps in your hands!

Make sure that you go and visit all my fellow DT members to get some inspiration with this amazing release!

Belinda (Bee's Hive O'Drama)
Bee (Dare to bee creative)
Jessica (Crafty Rocket Science)
Jennifer (Our Change of Art)
Lenae (Sugar Gem)

Thanks for stopping by - have a crafty day everyone!

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