Hi all!

Sorry this is later than intended, I got busy and couldn’t get online for a while.

We have a winner for  the first MEGA Pretty Packaging Template, with 4 Co-ordinating Stamp sets, and a Color Me Pretty Prinatables paper package !!!!!

Generator Min: Max: Result: 137  

The winner was

Cindy |

I think it’s a birdhouse. Maybe fall themed?
Can’t wait to see it!!

Congrats Cindy! I will be in touch with you about your prizes!

On another note…..

I’ve received many questions about the Guest Designer positions 😀

 If you aren’t on facebook you can simply submit your entry to me via email [email protected]

And CAN submit more than one time :D, and it MUST be a new card/project.

Projects CAN be published by you on your blog or gallery 😀 That is perfectly fine.

Stay tuned…..more to come in a few hours!

Oh my gosh! I’m so excited that I don’t even know WHERE to begin! If I were talking I would be in FAST FORWARD mode.

Let me start by saying, you WILL want to read every word 😀 I have much to share and you most likely won’t want to miss all the goodness. I can tell you it took like 3+ hours just to type it all up!

September 1st is the My Time Made Easy ™ LLC Release!

You will want to grab a cup of something, get comfy in front of your screen-preferably a quiet area, relax, and read!

This month is going to be the start of an amazing next couple of month’s, all designed to enhance all your holiday gift giving! The best part is these gift items can be made, or given ANY time of year, for ALL ages. Male, female, the young and old.

I *will* be offering some holiday themed goodness begining with our Oct 1st release. These will be some amazing themed stamp sets that coordinate with our packaging templates for the ultimate gift giving experience.

Let me get started sharing all the AMAZING news and NEW! Products for September!

 We are starting early because this month we have SO MUCH to share! Now many of you took guesses at WHAT this release was ALL about, and MANY of you were spot on!

Let start with the NEW! Announcements!

I’m excited to announce that with the release on the 1st, we will FINALLY have our GALLERY open! That means you will EASILY be able to view any/all projects made by myself and the design team, in one place, right at your fingertips! To say I’m over the moon is an understatement.

As we reveal our projects for the release, we will each upload our photos to the NEW! Gallery. Because we fill out all our MTME supplies in our keywords, you can easily navigate the site and find any/all samples made with a particular product from our store!

As you may know this is a very exciting and much anticipated addition to the store! Lot’s of time, effort and research went into this addition. While it took some time to pull together, we needed it to be done RIGHT!  A HUGE thank you to my web girl Sara for getting all this together. She is like my other right hand 😀

This month’s release will go LIVE on the 1st-with projects being added to the gallery daily during our project release peek week (say that 5 times fast). ALL of the projects myself, and the current design team have created over the last 10 months will get loaded fully by Oct. 1st. We’ve made a ton of projects, and I’d like to give my team some time to get their gallery loaded, so keep checking back 😀

Now for all of you customers wanting to upload, we aren’t ready for that just yet. We want to ensure we have all our bases covered with the design team loading, before opening the gallery up to everyone who wants to load their latest and greatest MTME projects!!

So stay tuned for the announcement when the customer portion of the gallery is ready. It won’t be too long from now.

We will soon also have a blog, and forum, so stay tuned! Another thing long in the making, but I want to ensure we do things RIGHT.

MORE changes!

Geny Cassidy is no longer with MTME, and sadly this will be Dawn Easton‘s last month with us. While we are sad to see them go we are excited to bring on two new very talented ladies:

Tammy Hershberger  and Lisa Kind !!! Make sure you send them a warm welcome! I ahve worked with both these talented women on other teams and have long enjoyed and admired thier talent.

Next announcement: WE WANT YOU!

I am having a contest, in search of a GUEST Designer!

I will host a design team call every quarter! This means that every 3 months I will host a search, then pick  3 participants to be a guest for one month! After the 3 are chosen and complete thier turn, I will put my search out again!

You will be required to make a total of 6 cards for your release month! Template projects will be optional 😀

I am currently running this contest in search for guests for Oct, Nov, and Dec!

To enter our contest:

You must create a card using the Digital Paper and Images from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC. We offer several FREEBIES!! So no excuses 😀

Become a friend of MTME on Facebook–> HERE! 

Then submit a link to your creation on our FACEBOOK page < —-CLICK ME! under Guest Designer Contest Entry!!

I will choose 3 designers on the 10th of September! Winner will be announced here on my blog, and on Facebook! Details will follow to the winning contestants.

*If you aren’t picked don’t worry! You can try again in 3 months!*

I am excited to see what you enter.

Any & all questions can please be sent to [email protected]

KEEP READING!

Now time for the projects to begin! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Be sure you stop by and visit Katie Cotton, and Lesa Rapp!!

They are using our NEW! Pretty Packaging Template, with our NEW!  Coordinating Pretty Impressions Stamp sets, and you won’t want to miss anything. (also note the gallery will feature all our projects on the 1st as well! YIPPEE!)

You will also want to see what Dawn and Tammy have to share using the NEW! Pretty Impressions Stamp sets for CARDS today!

ALL our stamp images are not only perfect for gift giving, but also  versatile because they can be used to create *any* card, tag or scrapbook project.

We are releasing ONE Mega Pretty Packaging Template-that includes 7 templates for just $10.

This template has 4 coordinating stamp sets with MANY more to follow in the next couple of months!! You will have limitless possibilities for unique gift giving in no time 😀 Especially for the holidays (wink)

Shop Around: Mega Template $10

Available in PDF, SVG, GSD, DXF, WPC

Purchase includes a Shoppe/House template with printable roof pattern, and six 3 dimensional accessories: Awning, Chimney, Pop Up Window, Stairs, Window, and Window Box! Each piece comes complete with step by step photo instructions!

Shop Around Accessories:

The Shop Accessories were designed to further enhance the design possibilities of the Shop Around Template!! They were designed to perfectly work together!

Awning:

3 1/4 Inches Wide

1 1/4 Inches Deep

Chimney:

2 Inches Tall

3/4 Inches Wide

1 Inch Deep

Pop Up Window:

1 1/4 Inch Wide

1 1/2 Inch Tall

Stairs:

2 Inches Wide

1 1/4 Inches Tall

1 Inch Deep

Window:   

2 Inches Tall

1 1/2 Inches Wide

Window Box:

1 3/4 Inches Wide

3/4 Inches Deep

1/2  Inch tall

Wait until you see all these elements used 😀

Completed project sample: Welcome Home

Home Improvement : Set of 21 Images $20– *Also Available in Digital Download*

This set was designed to not only enhance your Shop Around template, but also help make your little Shop Around box look like a home!

This set has a door, windows, curtains, window box,  flowers, grass, mailbox, fence/gate, as well as bushes/clouds, brick, stone, scallop trim, clapboard/wood grain images for endless template enhancement and background building possibilities. Now you can quickly and easily enhance your projects with this stamp set and template file combination.

 This set was designed to not only enhance your Shop Around template,  but also help make your little Shop Around box look more like a home, with little time and need for effort!

Some Stamp Sizes:

Door: 1 1/4 inches wide, 2 inches tall

Large window: 2 1/2 inches squared

Curtains: About 2 1/2 inches tall

Window Box: About 2 3/4 inches long, almost 3/4 inches tall

Completed window: About 1 inch wide, almost 1 1/2 inches tall

Mailbox: 1 1/2 inches tall

Gate/Fence: 1 inch wide, 1 1/8 inch tall

There are endless design possibilities for this one, even for cards, tags, and even scrapbook pages! Don’t miss the Pretty Pieces Cut File : Homemade Card & Envelope, also sized perfectly for use with this set!

Images from On Display 1 were designed to fit perfectly IN the window, to allow you various “store front” possibilities as well, but you can put any images you feel you want inside as well!

Shoppe Window: Set of Large 4 Images $10- *Also Available in Digital Download*

This was designed to become the PERFECT window for your Shop Around Template. Images from On Display 1 were designed to fit perfectly IN the window!  There is even the option for adding window panes to your Shop window.

It looks just like the old fashioned store windows! There is even the option for adding window panes to your Shoppe Window. You also have a lantern, and Boutique sign for an additional add on.

Window size is 3 3/4 inches tall, 2 1/2 inches wide

 On Display 1: Set of 27 images $20 *Also Available in Digital Download*

This is a wonderful stamp set on its own, but this set was also designed to coordinate with the Shop Around set, Shoppe Window, Sign It as well as the Home Improvement set, to allow you to create various themed shop windows. .

Images vary in size but most are 1 1/2 inches tall. Large enough to be the focus of your project!

Sentiments Include:

Simply Sweet   

Hope your day is as sweet as you are!

Piece of cake!  

I hope you have the time of your life      

You can soar as high as you can dream

Flyin’ by

For someone sweet

Have a ball!    

You are Paws-itively  the best!           

You “ perk me up” when I am down

You’re Tea-riffic!

With a latte thanks!

Let’s Chat!

Hello

I’m Just Sayin’

Sign It: Set of 30 Images $20 *Also Available in Digital Download*

This set was designed to allow you to highlight your gift giving occasion, or give a hint at what may be presented inside! The “sign” was created so your “Shop” template can easily have a theme! The images and sentiments coordinate to fit within the sign. This set is also meant to coordinate with the images in the On Display 1 set.   

Pretty Pieces Cut File: Home Improvements Coordinating Cuts $2.50Available in SVG, GSD, DXF, WPCThis cut file was designed to coordinate with the Home Improvement © , Shoppe Window, and Sign It © Pretty Impressions Stamp Sets.No more cutting out those stamped images 😀

and a plethora of Pretty Printables Digital Paper! Including a to DIE FOR Color Me Collection!

WHEW! Are you exhausted yet? I hope not because we have MUCH more to share, as you can imagine from the other stamp set descriptions we have for you.I am just bursting at the “beams” (wink) to hear your thoughts on what you’ve seen and read so far! So lets hear it! Are you excited yet?

This release is sure to ROCK THE HOUSE!! Tune in tomorrow to see what I have IN STORE for you 😀

Before I even begin to explain WHERE I’ve been since last posting on the 7th (OH MY WORD! Has it really been that long?), and WHAT I’ve been up to, WHO wants a PEEK at what is being revealed tomorrow?

Here is a TINY view

Can you take a guess at what this months stamp/paper/template combo will be?

ALSO, we have a BIG announcement to make to, just in time for the release! So who wants to guess what that *may* be?

I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Comment on this post, to be entered to WIN the first MEGA Pretty Pacakging Template, with 4 Co-ordinating Stamp sets, and a Color Me Pretty Prinatables paper package !!!!!

Winner will be drawn TOMORROW! (Saturday 28th)

I promise this week of project will have been worth the wait since my last posting!

OK where have I been? What have I been up to?

More like what HAVEN’T I been doing?

Summer vacation = very limited crafting time for mom.

It was Amber’s 6th Birthday on the 13th! <—no party yet! We wait until Sept for that.

TONS of play dates, and time with my 18 month old niece.

We’ve all paid for the Dentist’s vacation home with all our appointments this summer!

Alexa is STILL in remission! As we had her checkup last week.

Back to school shopping.

August 23rd was our Wedding anniversary

Kristin and her daughter Tia came to stay for the last few days!! We had a BLAST! I miss them both already (they left this morning :C)

We FINALLY put our house up on the market! Granted it is the WORST time to do it, but once my hubby said OK I got right on it! I have my heart set on this house in particular, but obviously we have to wait for our home to sell. That is tough, but I believe in fate. I know God has a plan, and I just need to wait and be patient. If you know me, patience is NOT a quality I possess. I want everything yesterday, and I am willing to work my hiney off to make anything I set my mind to possible! I don’t shy away from hard work, and I’m totally dedicated to doing whatever I need to do, to get where I want to be. So having to depend on others to get to where I want to be is tough! With my business expanding and kids growing we need a little more room. We bought our home 8 years ago, and even added to it! It was originally only 2 bedrooms. We added an addition (then the market was sky high!) and have tried to make it work, but its not. Anyway….the time has come to move on. I just pray its before Christmas.

Juggling being a mom, and designing for my own company, on top of cranking out tons for samples for *every* release is quite challenging! Each release I look back and wonder HOW I got it all together! I do my best to consistently provide you with an arrangement of gift/card/tag ideas each month, in between the laundry and house keeping. MOST people would have a Nanny! LOL! I choose to do what I can in between being wife, mom, friend, maid, nurse, and taxi….to name a few of the hats we as women wear!

I’m not perfect at any of it either. As I type this post I just tried to DRINK my yogurt, instead of my coffee! (that is NOT even a joke!)

I’ve been feverishly designing for this release and finalizing all the templates and cut files for the upcoming holidays!! We have some amazing things in store, starting with our September Release! I tried to pull out all the stops in the next few months for you all to be able to create your own AFFORDABLE gifts this year.

Let’s be honest the economy isn’t what it use to be, so making your own gifts it not only heartfelt, but more affordable!

You know once the kids go back to school, and the days get shorter that it is time to start thinking FALL and gift giving. I’ll save all my blah, blah, blah, and excitement for tomorrow’s post!

In the meantime, I’ve been SUPER busy here, as I said. As you know with my children home for the summer I do my best to do as many fun & family oriented day activities as humanly possible!

This will be the FIRST year that all 3 of my children are in school FULL TIME! That is 6 hours of MY TIME! Don’t get me wrong, I am actually a bit teary about it. A day I so wanted/needed when they were at the “DRIVE ME INSANE” ages of 1, 3 and 5 are gone. I enjoy my children much more now that they are a smidgen older. I will miss them. I get so use to having them home in the summer that the first week of school I loathe the silence. I almost don’t know what to do with myself, and I watch the clock till it is time for them to come home. Once week 2 hits I get into a regular routine again. I’ve never had 6 consecutive crafting hours, so I can only imagine what I will get done!! Right now I craft like 2 MAYBE 3 hours (that includes design/computer time) a day, and more often than not that is even a stretch!

Anyway….the point is, I am here. I am still crafting! I’ve just been juggling alot (as I do most summer’s) and the payoff will be seen as the kids head off to school and the holidays unfold.

I have some amazing opportunities coming and I look forward to sharing everything with you as time allows.

I really want to thank ALL my loyal readers/followers/friends/customers and everyone in between for hanging in with me through the summer. I’m sure you have all been as busy as I have, and maybe you too are looking forward to returning to the routine of fall.

I hope you plan on stopping by because tomorrow will prove to be the start of a very exciting release!!!!!!!!!!!

See you then.

Today is the last day of scheduled projects for My Time Made Easy ™ LLC using the August Release.

We have all had a blast with this latest products, so you are sure to get a ton of inspiration overload by visiting the team members blogs for more projects.

Here is the list of places to visit:

I decided to save the best for last so to speak! I plan on offering more projects through the month (that is the PLAN anyway) but I am also getting ready for my children to go back to school and gear up for the holiday releases!! It is coming quicker than I evern imagined.

So let me share what I have today!

If you are on the store’s email list you have seen a peek at this project as it also came with an EXCLUSIVE SALE.

As the bag reads: $ALE! Guilt Free $hopping $pree, many of my store subscribers were able to take advantage of the sale by going on a little shopping spree!! I love that all the “S” letters in the set are actually $ signs 😀

I love the Tote-All Package and the NEW! Money Well Spent set! They are a perfect match.

I am totally in LOVE with the Shopping Shirley’s paper collections! Here I used the Candies Apple Thistlestalk collection for all my projects!!

For my bag I printed the Shopping Shirley’s paper  made it from the added some plain cardstock to the bottom to add to design and break up the pattern.

I, of course printed the other side of my cardstock using the confetti dots paper. I love being able to pick and choose patterns that will make up my dual sided paper!

On the main image I made my gift bag 3D, with a little tissue sticking out the top 😀

Super simple gift bag that looks far more involved than it actually was.

Now one of my favorite templates to date: Shop Til You Drop! Designed to coordinate with my Tote-All Package

How cute is this?

I used the shopping cart ot package up my travel size bath & body works lotion/shower gel! 

I tied the ribbon just like the ribbon on the gift image from the NEW! Money Well Spent set.

I chose to SHRINK the Purse-onality Cut File to become my 3 D tag! I can’t recall what size I shrunk it too (SORRY!!!)

Open it up and you can write the To: and From: info or a message! I used the purse pattern paper from the Shopping Shirley’s paper  from my purse tag, and a button brad for the accent.

I love having the sentiment fit on the front of the tag.

This file comes complete with the heart wheel layers.I used the dashed circle image from the Just For You to add some additional detail to wheels.

I didn’t use the open cart pattern that comes with the file because I wanted the paper to shine.

As we move towards the front of the shopping cart you can see the little shopping cart image that I used to decorate the cart with!!

Here is a more frontal view.

I Love that the cart image is OPEN because it allows you to stamp something IN that negative space. The SALE sentiment from NEW! Money Well Spent fits perfectly in there.

I;mjust in love. All the fun shopping images and sentiments within the Money Well Spent are so fun and easy to use. A true quick option when you need something and fast.

This one has not gotten nearly enough use from me, but I will make a note to use it more in the next few weeks.

OK now I’ll move on to the coordinating gift card holder using the Purse-onality Cut File

This was designed to look *just* like the tag on the shopping cart! Same paper and all!

I used the Tending the Garden set to create my “pockets”, and stamped the flower image from Argyle Amazement in the centers since it seemed like a match to the pockets.

I added pearls to flower centers. The flap closure is held securely closed by tucking under the bow of my purse.

Now here is the inside….

OK I didn’t actually have a gift card, so I used a coupon card I had on hand to show how it will hold a card when I actually gift it to someone.

This is a FAB teen template too!! Older teens can be hard to buy for and even harder to make something for. You can’t go wrong with some $$$!!!!

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC

Pretty Packaging Templates: Shop Til You Drop, Tote-All Package

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Money Well Spent, Just For You, Argyle Amazement, Tending the Garden

Pretty Printable Digital Paper: Shopping Shirley’sCardstock by Couture Cardstock:Pretty Pieces Cut File: Purse-onalityWell thank you all for stopping by! This has been a fabulous release.

I am hoping to post through the month and share some family stuff too as time permits!

Amber’s 6th birthday is Friday August 13th! Lots to do for that……

Be back soon, but until then, happy shopping.

Hi all!

Hope you are having an enjoyable weekend!!

Today Tracey Cuccia and I have some projects to share. Be sure you stop by Tracey Cuccia‘s blog today to see just what she has up her sleeve! 

When I posted the August Release I told you all how fabulous the Handy Man © Cut File was, and that it matches the Trendy Tool Tote ©

Many time when you see something you get an idea in your head, and it just ends there. I want you all to see that this file has MANY more possibilities!! One of them being able to be used for a feminine card!

Would you believe that THIS is the Handy Man © Cut File?

Stunning isn’t it?

I just made my Handy Man © Cut File from a Nomad (yellow) cardstock, and it went on from there!

I wanted this to look like a flower box with a handle! So I added my Perfect Pansy’s to the front of it.

I plan on creating a video this week, if there is any interest in seeing HOW these are made, but I assure you it is VERY easy with our PERFECT PANSY CUT FILE.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE PERFECT PANSY CUT FILE

So simple and so fun! You can make and endless amount of your own realistic flowers.

My pansy’s on here were inspired by a flower photo I googled.

I re-sized the smaller pansy’s to I THINK 75%.

There is a wide variety of colors and even styles of Pansy flowers, so you can really use this Perfect Pansy’s file and easily replicate the look of ANY pansy you find!!

I used my wide yellow gingham ribbon to embellish the bottom, with a little lace trim.

The tag was stamped with the sentiment from Money Well Spent.

Now here is the OPEN version so you can see HOW my Perfect Pansy’s are attached.

I used the frame image from Money Well Spent to cover my gift card.

I stamped the pansy like flower from the Tending the Garden set, and paired it with the sentiment from So Sentimental.

So Sentimental is a fabulous set of main sentiments mixed with verses to match!

I chose to put the Happy Birthday at the top, then my sentiment underneath!

The gift card will be under the stamped gift card overlay. Now it doesn’t matter if your gift card matched your project, you can customize (aka cover) it to match.

So super simple and a definitely WOW!

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Money Well Spent, Tending the Garden, So Sentimental

Pretty Pieces Cut File: Perfect Pansy, Handy Man

Well I hope you enjoyed the project and that you get to give the Perfect Pansy’s a try!

Tomorrow I return with a group blog hop to celebrate the end of the August release! I have a trio of project’s to share that you won’t want to miss!

See you then.

Be sure you stop by and visit Lesa Rapp!! She has a great sample for you today!!!!!

Every single Pretty Packaging Template that I design has endless limits and possibilities.

No matter what YOUR style is you can truly take these designs and make them your own. By putting your own touch or personal spin on them, each one can be different from the last! You can really get a whole new look each time you use a Pretty Packaging Template!

I love to get inspired by the item I am packaging, an ad with wonderful colors in a magazine or on TV, and sometimes it’s as simple as some patterned paper. No matter what you always need a idea or starting element.

Today I want to share 2 project using the NEW! Tuck-ered Out!

You will CLEARLY see how this one box can go from an elegant Wedding favor, to a child’s birthday party favor!

First up we have a party favor for a Wedding next May.

My inspiration came from the scented sachet in the background.

A friend of mine is getting married in NH at a gorgeous place, in a Gazebo, in the middle of a garden. So, that being said she asked me to do a mock up of what I think would be the perfect wedding favor for such an event. Since her dress (and the grounds) has lots of lavender and it is her color scheme I was over the moon to give it whirl!!

 She will be carrying lavender roses, and they will also make up the centerpieces.

She hasn’t finalized her decisions, but inside this sweet favor box, that will sit at each seat will either be: a sachet of fresh lavender, lavender soap, lavender scented candle, or mini flower pots with seeds, or just packet of flower seeds.

I love the drawer sachet idea, but she is still thinking, and she has plenty of time. In the meantime they will be making these for the big day.

So all that being said, my NEW! Tuck-ered Out template was made from carousel cardstock. I printed the Gardening Greats: Plum Silent Night paper collection to accent my packaging.

I chose to use the watering can with layering images from Tending the Garden. Icut it out to hang from the satin ribbon that tes around my box. Since she is carrying roses, I stamped the rose buds on the label and added a Prima rose to the center of my bow.

I added a little lace trim along the top for a touch of elegance.

Now we move on to the kids party favor.

Amber is going to be 6 on August 13th. She loves Tinkerbell and has toyed with a Fairy dress up party. So I’ve been toying with a colorful arrangement of quick and simple favor ideas.

We are thinking about a rainbow theme of colors.

I thought that I would use the star confetti design from the Taylors Teeth collection of papers, to make each box a different color! It would be like a rainbow of favor boxes, unless she decides on a specific color for her party.

By printing these on the confetti paper most of the design is done.

For this one I stamped my fairy on this kids toy embellishment maker (I think they are called SPOTZ) with black StazOn. I sandwiched in some acetate to add some start glittery confetti that I had 😀 So its like a fairy shaker.

I added some siler cording, and glued on some glittery stars

Super simple and super sweet.

Talk about an affordable favor 😀

Now the original size of the package is perfect for any party favor! You can fit just the right amount inside without it being “cheap” or “over the top”. Since hosting my three children’s birthday parties year after year I am a pro at the perfect party favor 😀 I really enjoy making the elements that make the party come together and leave people talking.

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC

Pretty Packaging Templates: Tuck-ered Out

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Lost My Tooth, Tending the Garden

Pretty Printable Digital Paper: Taylors Teeth, Gardening Greats

Ribbon by May Arts, Spots , Glitter Confetti, Rose by Prima, silver cord, star embellishments

Thanks for stopping by once again. Tomorrow I have even more to share, as does the team! So see you then!

How is everyone doing?

Summer is close to and end, which is sad, but my family and I have a very full and fun weekend coming. It our our towns annual Hot Air Balloon Rally, which we always look forward to.

In the meantime we have some more ideas to share with you. Make sure you check out: Stephanie Kraft, and Kristin Bueter for some more inspiration and ideas.

Each and every release I feel like there is so much to make and so little time. I always have ALL these crazy ideas, and a lot of times to add to the fun I want to pull out an older template, or dust off an older stamp set. More often than not I need to keep the focus on the new (so you get ideas :D) and resist the urge to go back because as a company owner I;m constantly moving forward.

Generally I show all my new release sets with all my new release templates. It can be hard to get off the NEW! focus and just go with it!

Well that is finally just what I did here.

Just for you-

I had been so drawn to wanting to use the NEW! Tote-all Package (which I could use over and over and over again) with some older papers, and older sets!

For my base, I kept it plain and simple and just used some Warm Apple Cider cardstock.

This uses the OLD Lovely Labels 1, Just For You and Tending the Garden (on the back side).

It also used the OLD Fresh Flowers and Get Graphic 2 (on back pocket) Pretty Printables Digital paper.

For the front I used the Lovely Labels 1 Cut File, stamped my Lovely Labels 1 frame. In the label I stamped my flower, and sentiment “Just for you” from the Just For You set.

I printed my Fresh Flowerspaper onto a kraft cardstock which gave my paper a totally new look! A great perk to having your own printable papers 😀 I then cut the lid for my template.

I wanted to mimic the flower in the label, on my lid/flap closure so I went ahead and used the OLD Fanciful Flowers Cut File (the middle flower on the left) to cut my flower from a thin piece of CORK!!!

 Isn’t that the coolest? (thanks to Sara for the idea of a cork flower :D) My cricut cut it out no problem! Make sure you mat us super sticky though, then be careful pulling it up!! My spatula came in handy then!

I just dabbed on some pigment ink and it was perfection! I layered on a felt flower and some Primas.

Here is the tote opened.

I used some magnets for an added closure. In the instructions I give a very handy tying tip for a ribbon handle just like this one, that is perfect every time!

Not sure exactly what I will gift in here, but with the “just for you” label it is wide open to ANY occasion!!

Here is the back of the tote.

I kept with the flower them with my ribbon. As I stated above the paper is from the Get Graphic 2 collection

I believe all sides of something need to be pretty. You don’t have to use the pocket but it is a nice addition 😀

I added the butterfly (from Tending the Garden) with the hand picked sentiment (from Just for you set). I think its so pretty.

I stuck a gift card to the OUTBACK in here. See it fits gift cards perfectly!!! Also a great place to tuck in the To: and From: note-card. Sometimes you don’t want that hanging off your bag! Now you can tuck it inside there if you like.

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLCPretty Packaging Templates: Tote-All Package

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Lovely Lables 1, Just For You, Tending the Garden

Pretty Printable Digital Paper: Get Graphic 2, Fresh Flowers

Cardstock by Couture Cardstock: OSW White, Ganache, Warm Apple Cider, Rusty Hinge

Pretty Pieces Cut File: Fanciful FlowersWell I hope you like today’s example because we have so much more to share.

OK here we are again!

Are you ready for more creative ideas and inspiration from myself and my team?

Today Pam Imholz and Geny Cassady have some samples. Make sure you pay them a visit 😀 You won’t be sorry 😀

Today I am going to share an enlarged version of the Tuck-ered Out © template.

Not only is tuck-ered out a FAB gift box and or party favor but it also makes the PERFECT purse!! 

I enlarged it to 155%!

It ends up measuring 5 1/4 inches across, 3 3/4 inches tall, 3 1/2 inches deep. LOVE IT!

I was obviously in love and inspired by the awesome Shopping Shirley’s Sweetheart Paper Bag collection for my colors. You just can’t go wrong with pink and brown!!

This template comes with a handle piece (also enlarged to 155%) that I added to the top in a Ganache cardstock, with sweet little brads.

The ribbon is from May Arts 😀

The tag was made to look like a price tag. I stamped my gift image from the Money Well Spent set in a chocolate ink and colored them in. I stamped the SALE on the tag.

The main center image is stamped with the sentiment For A Fab Purse-On. It is layers on the Shopping Shirley’s Sweetheart Paper Bag purse pattern and a scallop oval cut with my Cricut machine (I LOVE IT!)

I made my decorative flap/back layer but cutting the template again in the patterned paper, the cuttin off the side panel –>PERFECTION!!

Now you *may* be wondering what is inside!

Godiva truffles! An entire 10 oz. bag of them!!

I LOVE Godiva chocolate. Raspberry Starfish are my personal FAVORITE. SO a gift like this would make me fall over with a feather.

Now keep this in its originally intended size and this would be a ultra awesome party favor or gift for the girls at the office or ANYWHERE really!

TIP: I put a magnet on the inside of the tab, and then on the inside of the front slot so this stay securely closed 😀 Gotta love that!

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC

Pretty Packaging Templates: Tuck-ered Out

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Money Well Spent

Pretty Printable Digital Paper: Shopping Shirley’s Sweetheart Paper Bag

May Arts Ribbon, Basic Grey magnets, Tag and oval shapes.Well that is that for me!I have a tutorial I hope to get to ASAP for an upcoming project! I am so in love with the finished result, and once you SEE it, I think you will be too.Stay tuned because the team and I will be back with more tomorrow.

Back again!!

I hope you all are ready for some MORE project ideas!! Stop by see what Silke Ledlow has to share today!!! I’m sure you will be BLOWN AWAY!

I have a BOY project! After-all, I DO have a son and he goes to a lot of parties. He always wants to give the same thing HE would love to receive-a gift card to the game store. Yes, he IS obsessed with video games, and YES we do have to limit them. That being said, now that he knows how to read it’s great that most of the games do require that so I don’t feel AS guilty sometimes.

OK enough of that, let me finally share some boy themed gift idea.

What would you say to bringing this combo to the next party?!

This super cute (and masculine/boyish) bag was made using the NEW! Tote-All Package and the NEW! Money Well Spent set.

Today I wanted to show you that not everything HAS to be girly!

As it says in the description of the Tote-All Package: Sometimes you just need a great gift bag! Even if you aren’t giving a large gift you can still package it up in a UBER * CUTE bag right?

I resized the Tote-All Package to be 65%. I didn’t use the pocket, OR the cute lid, and it is STILL amazing!!

I tied the tag onto my ribbon handle. I stamped the controller image onto a acrylic tag with black StazOn. I then used a singlo gel pen for my buttons. I think its a super easy and super cute touch.

So for my gift set I used the NEW! Pretty Printables digital paper in Shopping Shirley’s: Ganache Sprinkles & Taylor’s Teeth Ganache Sprinkles!

I used a lightweight special “flyer-scrapbook-photo” paper (I get mine cheap at Target!)to keep down the bulk on my project! Just another PLUS to printing your OWN paper 😀 You can choose the paper color (I could have printed on a pale blue cardstock), weight, size, and scale you print with! No waste, and ENDLESS use of the pattern. I had NO worries about running out of my pattern! I can just print more 😀 That is more cost effective because I don’t WASTE my $ on a pattern I love, but am afraid to use for fear of running out of it forever, fear I won’t have enough for my project, or it NOT being in stock/made available again.

I love that we have various patterned paper, in coordinating colors, so mixing and matching is SO EASY!

I also love that in the Shopping Shirley’s Collection you receive the game controller and general shopping themed papers the color collection of your choice, so there is much versatility!!

You can see the dimension I got my cutting out the controller. I added bling to the buttons for some added “star gamer” quality! NO BOW on this project per strict orders of Noah! LOL!

The little strip of cardstock going around the tin was done using the game controller patterned from the Shopping Shirley’s: Ganache Sprinkles. I did the same thing on my gift tote.

I think it is so simple but totally adds to the WOW of this SIMPLE design. You could whip up a variety of gift sets like this for ALL the holidays. OR to keep on hand when you don’t have time to run out for a gift!

See how perfectly my gift card fits in there

Creating this little box is just that little bit of an extra touch that says you care. As I’ve said before I just LOVE coordinating items, the more the better, and seeing the tin perfectly tucked inside just makes me smile!

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLCPretty Packaging Templates: Tote-All Package

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Money Well Spent

Pretty Printable Digital Paper: Ganche Sprinkles in Shopping Shirley & Taylor’s Teeth

Cardstock by Couture Cardstock: Gumshoe

Thank you for stopping by yet again, in between your busy summer schedule. I’ll be back tomorrow with even MORE ideas to share!

We are back with lot’s more inspiration to share!

Today you will want to stop by and see what Katie Cotton has to share with you!

Here is what Katie Cotton had to say

Right away when I saw the Shop Til You Drop template, I knew I wanted to create a little coin collecting basket because we always have loose change around the house!  And as it turned out i was away from home more than AT home this past month, I didnt have my normal tools which meant *GASP* no cutting machine!  But this template turned out super cute by just coloring IN the negative spaces!  So this template is just as fabulous as a PDF version as a cutting template!  Check it out for more details!Today I am focusing on gifts made using the NEW! Lost My Tooth © set. Now this set has a stunning fairy shilouette and some other images, so it is also great for cards and tags too!

I’d like to share with you some projects I made for my children. Nowadays what I do for one, I have to do for all.

Also think of how sweet this would be as a unique baby gift 😀

I have 3 kids, all in prime “tooth losing” ages, so this was a super fun project for me to complete! The boxes had to be a surprise to my kids, so I asked then (since it changes sometime) what thier current favorite color was.

Alexa is 10-favorite color pink

Noah is 7- favorite color blue

Amber is almost 6-favorite color purple

So with the I grabbed my NEW! Lost My Tooth © set and made them each something special!

An entire Tooth Fairy Gift set, complete with notes FROM the tooth fairy 😀

NOTE: We do have a little TYPO :C in the set. This sentiment will be replaced within the set, so for anyone ordering you will get the corrected version of the sentiment!

How sweet is this little ensemble?!

I made my first mini tooth fairy tin years ago when I did a craft show and they sold out within an HOUR! That was also improvising with images and stuff. If I had this set it would have been so fun and EASY! Maybe even sold better 😀 People LOVED the concept if it.

Now the Lost My Tooth © set is also available in digital download so you could even customize your labels with the child’s name too!

First up ….Pretty in Pink is Alexa’s set!

Alexa is “older” and so I wanted a more elegant look, so I made her less “cutesy” .

Here we have:

The large fairy box, that holds the actual tooth slider tin and notes to or from the tooth fairy

I used a large hinge top tin for this. Note: Metal Hinge Top Tin can be found here: https://www.sks-bottle.com/340c/fin7b.htmlI used a shimmery pink cardstock, and stamped the label image from Money Well Spent for the top.

I used my Circut to cut an oval for the top, where I used the Lost My Tooth ©  set to stamp my sweet, large fairy shilouette, then over her the poem that I made up. I love that poem!

The simple addition of some paper roses, and some ribbon and it was done! You can really whip these up!

Now to go with the tin (which can fit your gift) would be a tooth shaped note FROM the tooth fairy! This was made using the Lost My Tooth © Pretty Pieces Cut File, and stamped with the large tooth image from the set.

The type looks like handwriting, and the fairy shilouette just completes it!

On the back of the note you can attach a coin, or even some cash. That is also why the larger gift tin comes in handy!

Now another shaped note….TO the tooth fairy!

I used the smaller fairy shilouette for this one.

The little tooth box was made using the label with the “My Little Tooth Box” sentiment. A childs tooth is sure to be secure in there!

Next we have the other girly creation: Amber’s Bling Box

They ALL have the same elements, just in different colors and a little something different and special about each! I made sure each top was designed differently.

(this is the sentiment with the typo)

Amber is always wanting MORE sparkle and MORE bling on everything I do, so here she gets it!

I used the Lost My Tooth © Pretty Pieces Cut File for my 3D fairy. I just added some stickles to her wings. For her fluter trail I used the Fanciful Flourishes set

Look at how I used the star trail in the set, with the tooth image to decorate the sides of my large hinge top tin!

I used glitter pens to color the stars, then Liquid Pearls on the teeth! SUPER cute!

Here is everything tucked away nicely for the awakening after “the” night!

You have your sweet note from the tooth fairy with the money on the back! What a super sweet surprise 😀

Now for the every difficult boy. I told you this set is made to be gender neutral and I swear it is. If my 7 year old son didn’t say anything about it beign TOO girly, trust me you are good to go! LOL!

Here is Noah’s set:

While I think the fairy is still appropriate I think that the stars and teeth are even more so!

That eing said this was my boy version, which can also be used for girls!

This time I the tooth and added it as my main focus to the tin!

With the poem TO the tooth fairy, I chose to use the small tooth image, and the “build a wand” using the star as my topper. See, nothing girly about it. There is even BLING without it being over the top “ew” to boys.

I layered the tooth onto a vellum cardstock layer which was stamped using the Fanciful Flourishes set.

Around the bottom I varied my pattern from the purple one to use just the stars. I cut out the small tooth as my embellishment to replace my personal need for a “bow”, and kept it boyish with a ginham check ribbon.

Here is the tin opened with the “goods” from the tooth fairy. Honestly my kids get more than a quarter (much to my hubby’s shock with the years of inflation from what he as a child received! LOL! But you could adhere a stack of quaters too.

All in all the note from the tooth fairy is such a cute surprise to kids 😀 Money on it or not.

Use the tins for that!

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Lost My Tooth © , Fanciful Flourishes

Cardstock by Couture Cardstock: OSW white,

Pretty Pieces Cut File: Lost My Tooth © Pretty Pieces Cut File

So this was *just* the tip of the iceberg of ideas! I hope it sparked some ideas for you and your creative gift giving. Maybe even some possible projects for you to do with your children, or for children you know.

Be sure you come back each day this week, because we are just getting started.