Hi everyone!

I posted a new page on all the photos of my Crafty Corner!

Many of you asked/emailed about wanting to see photos of my craft space once it was finished, so I went ahead and created a page for it.

GO HERE <—VIEW MY CRAFTY CORNER PAGE

or click here

https://laurenm.splitcoaststampers.com/?page_id=16872

There is a lot of great storage ideas too!

Enjoy!

(now hopefully I’ll get to use it this weekend! I miss creating)

Hi everyone!

Can you believe it’s December 1st already? I can’t!

We always have our My Time Made Easy ™ LLC Release on the 1st, and preview the releases a few days early. If you are familiar with that you may be wondering WHAT happened?! Well I sorta gave myself and the team some time off from a big release. With the holidays coming, and the fact that I just moved, and am STILL unpacking my stamp room (in between typing this up!) I needed a little break. That is why we offered a killer sale last week, and why I’m taking it easy this month!

Rest assure that in January I will resume our usual schedule!

Now we ARE releasing a few goodies, just in time for those last minute gifts 😀 CLICK HERE TO VIEW!

I couldn’t let December go by without at least a new template and some pretty patterned paper 😀

Today we have a blog hop WONDERFULLY WRAPPED with inspiration!!

The team has gotten together and used a BRAND SPANKIN NEW! template : WONDERFULLY WRAPPED with some older images and/or patterned paper, to help inspire all sorts of gift ideas, just in time for the holidays, or for ANY occasion!

So let’s see what this new template is ALL about!

Wonderfully Wrapped © Pretty Packaging Template $5
Completed Project Size
4 Inches Tall (no handle)
4 Inches Wide
3 Inches Deep

Available in PDF, SVG, GSD, DXF, WPC
This template gives a stunning new look, to an “old” packaging template, the Gable box. It looks wonderfully wrapped and ready to send off for any time of year!

I made mine long before I moved….for my hubby 😀

Here I chose a fall/masculine theme for my gift packaging by using the Autumn Leaves Collection 1 Pretty Printable Patterned Paper! My base was made from a River Rock colored cardstock, then my decorative layer used the paper for a simple POP!

For my main layer I used the Killer Curves solid frame, cut with Killer Cuves Cut File,  and stamped my sentiment from So Sentimental inside. I also snuck in a favorite, Fanciful Flourishes, since I used the Old Oak Leaf Cut File (yes that is paper!!) with some creative sponging, as my accent. I think it made this a total WOW! I also added some sweet little acorns from our $6 set: Thankful.

In this template you can quickly, easily, stylishly  and affordably package up everything from cookies, cupcakes and candies to bake mixes, stuffed toys, ornaments, stationary, beverage items, bath items, and candles! There is no limit!

We have a “handy” handle, with side closures that is true to the Gable box style, and a unique style side flap closure that can lend it itself to a world of design options! This completed projects is a wonderful size and the perfect wrap! Contents are held secure, and nicely inside, while you can carry it to the receiver in style.

No matter what gets wrapped up in the template, it is sure to be wonderful!

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC

Pretty Packaging Templates: Wonderfully Wrapped

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: So Sentimental, Killer Curves, Fanciful Flourishes

Pretty Printable Digital Paper: Autumn Leaves 1 

Pretty Pieces Cut File: Old Oak Leaf, Killer Curves

Well thanks to all of you for stopping by!

I am hoping to get my craft room done by the weekend so I can return with some MORE eye candy using this fun new template!

In the meantime I hope the team inspires you with their ideas 😀 I really need to thank my team for all their time and support this past year! I feel so blessed to have been doing what I love for this past year! Time flies 😀

Ok, enough of that. I need to organize!!

Be back soon! (and yes I WILL post photos of my room when its done :D)

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There will NOT be another sale like this in the next year!

 In honor of the holiday season, and as a thank you to all our customers

My Time Made Easy ™ LLC is offering this ONE TIME ONLY sale.

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Hi everyone! It is the last day of release projects, but the variety of ideas will really get your creative juices flowing!!

I hope you are all ready for a world of inspiring ideas as we each share something AMAZING with some of our NEW! Release items!

Using Carry It

Star of the Show

Any Way You Slice It

Sharing a card using the new sets:

Then there is me 😀 I decided to use the Star of the Show in a non-holiday manner 😀 I think people may get caught up in the star shape and not realize the world of possibilities.

Click each photo for larger view

I chose to use the Coffee Beans patterned paper for this collection! The yellow dot pattern on the base, and the floral pattern on the lid! I paired the paper with a older set called Tending the Garden. I used the leafy fronds, as my flower leaves, then added the bee. It was such a great match. The tag (from Tag You’re It)  reads: Just Bee-cause. So sweet for ANY occasion. You can fill this with real wax candles, honey flavored or floral anything!

Now HOP ALONG so you can see what everyone else whipped up for you this month!

Thanks for stopping by and bearing with me as I juggle family, life, moving and business!

OK this is by far the CRAZIEST I’ve been in some time. I feel like I say that often. You know what they say, rest is for the weary! I like to be busy. I thrive on a challenge too. That being said,moving and getting things squared away (my stamp room is close to done too!) hasn’t been easy. I have orders to ship, and court with my mom in the morning! ( Praying that goes smoothly) She is also moving this coming weekend so we will be helping her too! CRAZY! I could go on and on, but I don’t have the time, nor do I want to bore you!

We have some more AMAZING samples from the team, so check out:

Now for my samples…O Christmas Tree

I had a absolute blast creating a Christmas  Tree from the Any Way You Slice It © template. As you have witnessed this template can be SO VERSATILE!

I used the Scallop Dot cut file to make my 3D layers on my tree! Each one is sponged, and staggered to create that layered branch effect! Once that was done I brushed some glue on the ends of each layer, and added fine and chinky gliiter!! My “ornaments” are adhesive rhinestones!

For the gifts under my tree I used the NEW! Dashing Through the Snow set 😀 Perfect! It completed my gift tag too!!

The idea is to create SIMPLE wow for the holidays-or any day really! These coordinating products are really the icing on the cake 😀

Thanks for stopping by! Be back tomorrow with our group post 😀

 Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC

Pretty Packaging Templates: Any Way You Slice It

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Dashing Through the Snow 

Pretty Pieces Cut File: Scallop Dot

Let me start by saying that between unpacking/moving and getting my craft room done, blogging is taking a HUGE back seat! So I need to be brief. SORRY!

Today I have a super simple project, and a card with some non-traditional colors!

I hope you like it!

You will want to get some amazing EXTRA  inspiration from:

Click on the photos for larger views!

I just made a cute and quick Santa hat by cutting my Pretty Packaging Templates:Any Way You Slice It © in red cardstock, and adding some maribou! I then stamped my Trendy Tag 1!

The card….I just did some masking and stamped the Santa hat onto the gift! I added some details to the “wrapping” paper too.

Easy peasy.

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC Pretty Packaging Templates: Any Way You Slice It

 Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Secret Santa

Pretty Printable Digital Paper: Fall Foliage

Pretty Pieces Cut File: Trendy Tags 1

More to come…..

Hi world!

Great release and amazing samples so far, don’t you agree?!

Don’t miss:

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I’m still “moving” into the new house, and our previous home will be sold on the 12th. It will be good to get it all over with, just in time for the holiday season!! Just some last minute things left over (like basement stuff-ICK!) to get out of the old house, and fully in to the new.

I’ve been on overdrive the last month and half, and I met my goal of unpacking and setting up an entire house in just 5 days! I have pictures on the walls, matching towels….looks like we lived here at least a few months 😀 Granted there are some details to finish, like getting my new stamp room built (our new house didn’t have one). I couldn’t have done ANY of it without the help of my husband (who has work along side me like a dog), our kids pitched in, and my mom, brother (who is the one building my room), and the love and help of MANY MANY friends!! Its been amazing and I am so happy to say I’ll never be moving again! LOL!

The kids LOVE it here (not as much as I do though :D). They have their own room, decorated to fit their personality (I say this because the girls previously shared a room) and Daisy has a huge yard to just run and play in! She is the happiest of all I think (after she got over the SHOCK of the move!) She chewed my stair railings and chewed up the carpet on the step corner! (GASP!).

Each morning I wake up I think it was a dream!

I WILL share photos soon, once my craft area is done 😀

I’m literally exhausted as I type this from the floor of my living room (the computer/printer is going in the stamp room so I have a makeshift set up right now! UGH!) so I’ll be brief!

Today you will want to go visit:

Today I will share a card and a coordinating package using the Carry It © template with Dashing Through the Snow, and the Secret Santa sets 😀 Click photos for a closer view!

Be sure you check out the supply list at the bottom so you can see all of what I used!

For the Carry It © box I made my own snowflake patterned paper with the image from Secret Santa! I cut my template, then stamped only the areas I wanted to have snowflakes! I LOVE the reindeer and the tree!

I love the card especially. It was an idea I had when I made the set, and to actually put it into fruition was so fun! I think the reindeer tied to the sleigh is perfection 😀 LOVE IT!!!!

NOTE: The acrylic set Dashing Through the Snow, IS in stock, if you were looking for it 😀 We had a minor glitch with the store and it is now up on the site!

I appreciate the customer emails alerting me to mishaps 😀 Once things are checked it is hard to find a glitch when they happen, as I am not shopping on my own site.  So thanks 😀

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC

Pretty Packaging Templates: Carry It

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Dashing Through the Snow, Secret Santa

Pretty Printable Digital Paper: Timeless Tradition

Pretty Pieces Cut File: Happy Holly-Day

Thanks for stopping by-check in for more tomorrow!

Today is our official November Release! CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE IS NEW! (2 pages)

Our team has gotten together to each create some Christmas/Holiday/ Winter themed cards that you can easily replicate for the holiday season! We are using all our NEW! images to get your creativity flowing.

Be sure to visit

Here are my creations! I used each of the 4 NEW! stamp sets we released

For a deer friend:

This card used the Dashing Through the Snow! I LOVE this set 😀 Reindeer are a favorite image of mine. I took the silhouette, and added the “eye” using a white singlo gel pen, and a black singlo gel pen for the eyeball, and the nose. Simple & sweet. The frame for this one was made using the Secret Surprise set, with the Secret Surprise Cut File.

I used the Timeless Traditions paper for my color combination. I stamped the heart like snowflakes on the background in white craft ink. I added some heart like “holly” to the knot on the left.

Do not open….

This is a simply adorable set by Catherine Doucette called Secret Santa. It was designed to fit in our Secret Surprise Stamp set/Cut File.

I did some masking to stamp the Santa hat onto the gift! A perfect fit.

There is glitter on the hat trim/pom pom, and the used sparkly gel pens to create a pattern on my gifts!

This was a fun one to create using an unexpected color palette using the colors from Fall Folliage! I was able to get create and really make this one POP!

Next up I made a card using the Sugar & Spice set.

This make the sweetest cards! I made this to look like a house front by cutting out the door, and adding the holly from the Secret Santa set. What is SIMPLE and elegant touch!. I combined with our Custom Construction Materials paper it truly does look like a front door!

I love this sentiment! It is actually from the Secret Santa set. I made this to resemble the door to our new home! This one just may be my family Christmas card this year.

OR it will be this one….

This is a SIMPLE card that is perfect for the holidays! You can make an entire Gingerbread Family! This was made to resemble MY family!

We have Noah, Daddy, Mommy, Alexa & Amber

I stamped the bows for the “girls” hair differently so they each have their own personality.

This set makes it easy to “build” your gingerbread family.

Speaking of family, I have a home to continue unpacking and setting up, so I need to run.

Be sure you visit the team, and thanks for stopping by!

More to share tomorrow.

We have a fabulous release for you tomorrow, November 1st! So many new items 😀 Too much to cram in the last 3 days. (I’m still moving so have to keep this all short and sweet)

Any way you slice it, this next template preview is sure to be a HUGE hit! It is extremely versatile too (as you will see as the peek projects unfold!)

Today we are using an awesome template, designed with versatility and ease os assembly (as always) in mind, and its also perfect for any occasion! It is called Any Way You Slice It!

Well, as its name suggests, a slice of “cake” is the obvious, and pure heaven! So here is my sample!

Any Way You Slice It © $5

Completed Project Size

4 3/4 Inches Tall at all points

3 1/2 Inches Deep

Available in PDF, SVG, GSD, DXF, WPC

Click photo for larger view

I used some of our NEW! Pretty Printables Digital Paper from Candy Shoppe for my cake “decor”. The Tag is from our NEW! Pretty Pieces Cut File: Tredny Tags 2 (we have a collection of 6 this month!)and the Rosette flower was made also using a NEW! Pretty Pieces Cut File: Rosey Posey Rosettes! So easy and fun! I added some flower details by using the Fanciful Flowers -which I scored, and sponged to look so pretty! The “leaves” were done using our NEW! Perfect Poinsettia cut file! (that one is amazing)

As I stated, this is sure to become the “go to” packaging when you want to really WOW someone with a unique box, with unlimited possibilities! This is one of the most versatile templates to date. Gift it horizontally, or vertically, it doesn’t matter. No matter what you decide to create with this triangular box, it is sure to please!

The opening can be in the back, or on the bottom! The tab keeps it tucked closed tightly so your treatlets are secure inside. There is a ton you can put in side to coordinate with what you are using the “slice” for. Its a SUPER size too, so enjoy!

Here are some ideas to get you started:

A piece of cake (make several to create a entire cake!)

A Tree

Party Hat

Santa Hat

Pilgrim Hat

Witch Hat

Slice of Pie

Santa, Turkey, Scarecrow, Bunny, Reindeer, or even a Witch Face!

Candy Corn

Sandwich

Pizza Slice

Flag

Team Spirit Flag

Ice Cream Cone

Cornucopia

Fruit Slice: watermelon, orange, lemon, lime, strawberry (to name a few)

I think you get the idea!!!

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC

Pretty Packaging Templates: Any Way You Slice It ©

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: On Display (1 cake image), Tending the Garden (happy birthday sent.)

Pretty Printable Digital Paper: Candy Shoppe (YUM!)

Pretty Pieces Cut File: Trendy Tags 2, Rosey Posey Rosettes, Fanciful Flowers

Tomorrow we have our November Release, and a Group Post/Blog Hop, with tons of inspiring gift ideas just in time for the holidays!

See you then.

Are you ready for some more AMAZING samples??

Well then today you will want to check in with:

Today we are all featuring samples using our latest template Carry It ©! (I tired to get these in order, but it wasn’t working-since I’m moving I don’t have time to mess with it any longer-sorry!) Some views are the plain version so you can visualize some design options.

It so so easy to whip this up. Click on photos for larger view!

Carry It © Template $5

Completed Project Size

3 3/4 Wide

3 Inches Deep

5 Inches Tall

Available in PDF, SVG, GSD, DXF, WPC

Looking for a perfectly amazing, and versatile box, complete with handle to “carry” your sweet treats in? Well then this is the template for you. Another great sized packaging option for all sorts of treats. The handle design allows you to “carry it” to the receiver, use for that cookie swap, or decorate just like a home, or Gingerbread house, to suit MANY occasions! You can also choose to add a window for a peek at what you are presenting!

No matter  what you “carry” in “it”, it is sure to please a crowd!

I loved combining both the Gingersnap’s and Sugar & Spice sets together to create a Gingerbread house! Every holiday I partake in a cookie swap with 12 women. How adorable would this be filled with Gingerbread Men?! Print the recipe on the back-LOVE IT! I know it would get re-used, or go on display somewhere 😀 It takes the simplest ordinary gift, and makes it extraordinary!!

I just embossed my gingerbread house images in white, then colored in with my Copic markers. The gingerbread people are stamped on Kraft, then cut out 😀

The Gingersnap’s © Set of 17 images ONLY $6

*Also available in Digital-combined with the Sugar & Spice set for $12*

When designing this set I made sure to make it versatile, so it could be used ANY time of year. This set is so cute and a real value!!

Does it get ANY cuter?

Gingerbread cookies hold a special place in my heart and fond memories  every Christmas! My mom always made fresh Gingerbread cookies every holiday! She would decorate them to look *just* like the images I have illustrated here! Now, I can take a holiday tradition and get that “warm my heart” feeling all year long!

This set is the perfect “gingerbread cookie” building set.

Gingerbread family sizes:

Boy & Girl: 2 Inches Tall, 1 1/2 inches Wide

There are a bunch of “sweet” sentiments too!

I love you this much! (That fits in between their arms!)

You make life sweet

Warmest Holiday Wishes

From our family to yours

You warm my heart

Hugs & Kisses

Sugar & Spice with everything nice!

If you like this set you will want the coordinating Sugar & Spice stamp  set! It is a build your own Gingerbread “house”  set, with sentiments to match!

This set is the perfect companion for the Carry It ©, Shoppe Around © and Welcome Home © template, as well as perfect for use in its own!

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Sugar & Spice © Set of 17 images $12

Designed by Catherine Doucette

*Also available in Digital-combined with The Gingersnap’s for $12*

We have added the perfect set to our collection just in time for the holidays! I think you will agree that this has all the elements you could want or need to build your own unique Gingerbread House every time.

Elements include: Door, 2 windows, fancy frosting shingles, piping /frosting like decor, peppermint candy, lollipop, gumball/ball candies, peppermint stick, and of course gumdrops!

Sentiments include:

Home Sweet Home

Baked with love

Sweet Christmas Wishes

If you like this set you will want the coordinating Gingersnap’s stamp  set! It is a Gingerbread “family” with sentiments to match!

This set is the perfect companion for the Carry It ©, Shoppe Around © and Welcome Home © template, as well as perfect for use in its own!

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC

Pretty Packaging Templates: Carry It

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: The Gingersnap’s, Sugar & Spice

Well I hope all of today’s projects inspire you with some great gift packaging for those gifts this holiday season!! Tune in tomorrow-