Spelling Bee Gift Card Holders

This is my third year of being in charge of making gift card holders for the participants of our school spelling bee (each child gets a gift card to a local book store), so I was very happy to have a new bee cut on the Cricut Create a Critter 2 cartridge!  He's made for Valentine's Day, but by keeping him yellow and black, I don't think it's too noticeable.  I cut him at 2 1/4" and added a Peachy Keen face.

For the holder itself, I took some American Crafts kraft cardstock, and I printed a pattern on it from the Cricut Imagine Notebook Doodles cartridge.  I love how it turned out!  When I first received this kraft cardstock in the mail,  I was a little disappointed with how lightly colored it is, but I think it will be great for printing patterns on it!  I then cut the gift card holder with My Creative Time's Embossed Gift Card Holder Die and stamped "Congratulations" from MCT's Gift Card Sentiments.  Since we are the North Stars at my school, I added a star cut with a die from Papertrey Ink's Seeing Stars Dies.  Each participant in the bee was a classroom champ, so I added "#1" from MCT's Sports Sentiments on the star.  These are pretty simple, which is a good thing, since I have 15 more to make!

Products used on this project:

Cricut Imagine Cricut Imagine Notebook Doodles Cricut Create a Critter 2 MCT Embossed Gift Card Holder Die PTI Seeing Stars Dies AC Kraft Cardstock PTI True Black Cardstock PTI Harvest Gold Cardstock PTI Lemon Tart Cardstock PTI Blueberry Sky Cardstock MCT Gift Card Sentiments Stamps MCT Sports Sentiments Peachy Keen Large Critter Faces Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen Inkadinkado Blending Chalks

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MCT 12 Days of Christmas - Day 12

It's our last day of the My Creative Time 12 Days of Christmas!  I hope you have been as inspired by all of the projects from Emma and the rest of the design team as I have been!  For my final project, I used a super cute 3D Bookplate Box file by Lori Whitlock, which I purchased in the Silhouette Studio Store.  My patterned paper was created by printing the music note pattern from the Cricut Imagine Vintage Papers cartridge on kraft cardstock.  I love the soft effect this gives.

I embellished the box with some pretty grosgrain ribbon from Stampin' Up.  The little tag was made with My Creative Time's Curly Label Die and Stitched Curly Label Die, stamped with a sentiment from All Around Christmas.  I tied it to the ribbon with a wood veneer snowflake and some thick kraft hemp from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique.

One of the things I love about this box is the little bookplate!  I personalized this for my sister, using letters from MCT's Just Simply Live.  After the holidays, she can keep this little box on her desk to hold knickknacks.  It's a pretty good size - 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"!

For now, the box is filled with Christmas tags.  Every year, my sister holds a Christmas tea for all of the ladies in my family, and we usually exchange little gifts.  I'll be giving everybody one of these boxes of tags.  I have 45 tags made; now I just have to make 4 more boxes!  If you need any tag ideas, I'll be posting lots more in the next week or so!

HUGE GIVEAWAY

Okay, since it's Christmas time, Emma decided to give away TWELVE of her FAVORITE things to ONE LUCKY person!  She will announce one of the prizes each day in her video!  So by the 12th day, you will have seen ALL 12 items that ONE lucky person will be receiving!  All you have to do is leave your comment each day!  It's that simple!  ALSO, (very important) please leave your contact information so we can contact you if you are the lucky winner!

Now, be sure to click on the link below to see what Emma and the MCT Design Team have created for you today!

Products used on this tag:

Silhouette Cameo Cricut Imagine Cricut Imagine Vintage Papers Cartridge MCT Curly Label Die MCT Stitched Curly Label Die MCT Just Simply Live PTI True Black Ink Wood Veneer Snowflakes Thick Hemp Twine

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Enjoy the Simple Things!

When I was making my circle swing cards last week, I was left with this half circle of green patterened paper.  It reminded me of a hill, so the idea for this card came to mind.  It's an A2 size card, and I used the Imagine Best Friends cartridge to make the cloud patterned paper.

This adorable tree with swing is from the Cricut Just Because Cards cartridge.  It's cut at 8" (not real size of course).  I ran the green layer through my Cuttlebug with the Polka Dots embossing folder.

I thought that this sentiment from My Creative Time's This & That stamp set was just perfect for a tree with a swing!

Products used on this card:

Cricut Imagine Cricut Imagine Best Friends Cricut Just Because Cards PTI Rustic Cream Cardstock PTI Pure Poppy Cardstock PTI Dark Chocolate Cardstock PTI Ripe Avocado Cardstock PTI 2008 Bitty Box Basics Cuttlebug Polka Dots Embossing Folder MCT This & That PTI True Black Ink Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink

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Soccer Polaroid Card

I just received an order from Papertrey Ink that included the Fabulous Frames Die Collection.  I ordered this mainly to be able to use the polaroid die with Project Life, but I got an idea for a card once I saw it in person.  I think it was inspired by all of the soccer teams that have begun practicing at my neighborhood park!

I thought it would be fun to use the silhouette of the girl soccer player from My Creative Time's Soccer stamp set.  For a fun background, I printed a patterned square using the Cricut Imagine Best Friends cartridge.  The polka dot and green patterned papers are from Echo Park's This & That:  Charming 6 x 6 pad, and I added a coordinating brad as a "thumbtack" holding the polaroid to the bulletin board.

This fun sentiment is also from MCT's Soccer.  Have you heard that My Creative Time is having a customer appreciation sale today through Sunday?  Now is your chance to get a great deal on this set:  it's on sale, plus another 20% off!

Products used for this card:

Cricut Imagine Cricut Imagine Best Friends PTI Summer Sunrise Cardstock Bazzill White Cardstock Echo Park This & That Charming 6x6 PTI Fabulous Frames Die Collection MCT Soccer Stamp Set PTI True Black Ink *Echo Park CHARMING Decorative Brads This & That THC26020

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