OK its been so quiet here on the blog! Where on earth did you all go??

I was going to post one of my LONG projects, but decided to wait. I figure if everyone is busy (especially with the weekend) then I would follow suit, and keep it short and sweet too. I have stuff I want to do with my family and this shorter post will allow me the day to do just that. Especially since I’ve been even more busy packing up all the orders that come in daily 😀

Happy mail has a new meaning now 😀

Don’t miss another project from Catherine Doucette today.

Today we also have a super peek from Stephanie Kraft

Here is what she has to say:

When I first saw Lauren’s 3-D tea pot, I was both amazed and intimidated! After cutting out all of the pieces for the Tea For You © template, I was pleasantly surprised at how easily it all came together. This is the perfect gift for any tea loving friend (or even yourself!), and it combines so well the Tea Tabbed © box, A Spot of Tea © stamp set, cut files and digital papers. I made today’s project for a friend of mine, but I was so inspired that I made a complete tea set for myself (I’ll share that on our final group post day)!

Be sure you pay  Stephanie  a visit!

Many of you have told me about your plans for the Well Preseved © set! How exciting to hear what you are all going to be doing with it! I have tons more projects and ideas, and I will share them as the week progresses, but today I’m keepin it simple.

Today I’ll share a project I made to match my card I posted the other day.

It was great to have some inspiration and a starting point.

If you missed all the cards I made using the Well Preseved © set you can go here!

CLICK HERE TOO! You have to see what Katie did using the Digital Well Preserved set!

This is a jar of Peach Jam! Talk about SWEET 😀

I personally don’t make my own jam, I ahve a friend who does, and she stock piles my kitchen for me 😀 I also love to go to the local Farmers Market and/or farm-stands to purchase various types there as well. They make excellent gifts!

I did find an AMAZING book about canning that I will share later in the week. I also have some other ideas for these half pint Ball canning jars for those of you who don’t can, or have no time/interest in it.

The is the top of my jar lid.

I have to say I impressd myself with the colors of my peach! LOL! It looks quite real (I think anyway)

I had some gorgeous Peach fabric that I cut into a circle for my lid cover. I then stamped, colored and cut (using the Well Preserved Cut File) my Peach Jam Jar, and added it to the top! Easy Peasy! You can really whip up these jars in not time.

I used the Well Preserved Cut File to make is go much quicker and allow me to layer my jelly jar iamage without hardly any effort! How did I live without my Cricut?? To think I use to HAND CUT everything! No wonder I can get so much MORE done now 😀

Note: We sell the PDF versions of all our templates, some cut files are NOT available in PDF, so check the descriptions to be sure.

I also used the Well Preserved Cut File to create my circle label for my jam. I just stamped my circle tag onto the cut adhesive label I made, and stamped the leaves and “homemade” in green. The “Peach Jam” was stamped in a cantaloupe ink. Simple yet a true WOW! In the set there is even a “date:” sentiment, and some other labels that you may find useful like: From the kitchen of, Hand Picked, Just for You…to name a few. If nothing else the fruits are SO cool on their own.

Supplies

Pretty Packaging © template – Jam Packed <—if you are looking for the perfect packaging for you canned goods!

Pretty Impressions © Stamps- Well Preserved

Pretty Printables Digital Paper: Vintage Plaid

Cardstock by Couture Cardstock

Ink: Momento & Copic Markers

Pretty Pieces © Cut File- Well Preserved

 Ribbon by May Arts, DMC embroidery floss

Other: Avery Adhesive Label sheets, Fabric

There is still even more to come, so if you have some time, stop on by tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the weekend.

Well it’s the 4th and I still have SOOOOOO many ideas and projects left to share.

Today we have Pam Imholz with a super project for you!!

Here is what Pam has to say:

Nothing is more soothing than a cup of tea – whether it’s a it hot cup on a cold winter day or iced and crisp on a hot summer day. You’ve got to see the new Tea Time ideas from My Time Made Easy this month. You will be over the moon and ready for Tea Time after you see these new coordinated items.

Go ahead and check out what Pam  has done!

Don’t forget that Catherine Doucette is back with us sharing some samples too!

I have a few things to share too! Shockingly no template, I thought I’d go the card route instead. (Don’t worry lot’s more template ideas to come!)

Since I began My Time Made Easy ™ LLCback in December MANY of you have since taken the plunge to try your hand at new things!! Things you’ve never tried before 😀 I cannot tell you how good it feels to know that many of you have tried your hand at something new using my products!!

One thing that may have you intimidated is the Pretty Impressions Digital version of our stamps. Now I totally get it! I’m generally note a HUGE digital stamp person, but the last year I have grown to appreciate the possibilities they can offer. That being said I’ve begun to offer select sets in a digital version. Over the last year or so I’ve started to use them more and more, and even enjoy it. I recall when I first tried acrylic stamps. I HATED them, now that is ALL I will use! I love and prefer them. When storage space and money are a factor the digital stamps can be a great option too 😀

One of my customers: Terri Moore alerted me to something she put together using MTME! She created a step by step video tutorial on using the A Spot of Tea Digital set!! She did an amazing job! THANK YOU TERRI!!

You can view her VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE!

Each of our digital images come with step by step photo instructions. You can try one of our digi’s FREE—>HERE!

Today I created 3 different cards using the A Spot of Tea Digital set, and combined it with the Digital version of the Just For You set!

I also used the Tea Parlor papers in Plum/ Silent Night, Nomad’s Warm Apple Cider , and the Darling Dots collection.

First up You & Me for tea

If there is ONE thing I love it is combining stamps sets! I love having the ability to mix and match all my images, and sentiments with other sets in my collection. Now when I design I keep these possibilities in mind. This novelty is further expanded when you use any of our Pretty Impressions Digital version of the sets!

I enlarged the tea pot from the Just For You , and digitally added the butterfly (from the same set) along with the rose flourish-which I was able to MIRROR in the program! How cool!!

The tea pot is on some layered I made using the Killer Curves: Fancy Framescut file. I stamped one of the corner adorner’s from the Killer Curves: Fancy Frames stamp set.

The tea cups were mirrored too 😀 As you can see one goes in the original direction, and the other points the opposite way. I used my photo software to color in my images too! While I love to color with my Copic’s, I find this is a GREAT option to have, especially if you are going to mass produce something like invitations 😀

Please Join Us for Tea

Like this 😀

OK you could certainly make it much more simple…but I love this one!! I also used the Vintage Plaid collection

My sentiment is from the actual A Spot of Tea STAMP set, but the rest was all digital 😀 Or hybrid as most like to call it.

Also note on my tea cup, I arranged the rose bus images to my liking 😀 Something not so easily done with stamps.

I love purple and yellow! I know many of you out there aren’t purple fans…but you can use whatever Tea Parlor collection you like in your favorite  colors to recreate your own version.

Now for my favorite one!

No yellow, bit I think this is so sweet and dainty 😀

In this one I combined my images together (the same completed tea pot, and my plain tea cup). My sentiment also stamped.

When I designed the A Spot of Tea set, I didn’t NEED to design a tea pot because I knew I already had an “adjustable” one is the Just For You digital set. Its cool to have BOTH the acrylic and digital version. I like being able to touch and feel my stamps, but SOMETIMES (like in this case) I have an image that I wish were adjustable!

Now you don’t have to digitally color it. You can print it, like a coloring book page 😀 and handcolor it. No one would ever know it was digital! You can then make it as BIG or as small as you want. Add other images to it…..flip it…..whatever you want!

As you can see (and I feel like a broken record saying this but it is true) the possibilities are ENDLESS!

I think that should be my moto! LOL!!!

Supplies:

Pretty Impressions © Stamps- A Spot of  Tea acrylic & digital, Killer Curves: Fanciful Frames, Just for You

Pretty Printables Digital Paper: Tea Parlor Collection, Vintage Plaid, Darling Dots

Cardstock by Couture Cardstock

 flower by Prima, Ribbon by May Arts, Buttons by Foo Fa La

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope the projects whet your creative pallet!

I’ll be back with even more tomorrow 😀

Well the MTME release has come and gone, but the projects will continue ALL week long 😀 I still have so many great projects to come, so make sure you stop by all week.

On thing I think we can all agree on is that is has been “tea-riffic” Release!!

Today Silke Ledlow has a STUNNING project for you!

There is a little peek of it for you. Now you need to go check her out.

You will also want to look in on Catherine Doucette! She is whipping up the projects this week!

I have a project too! OF COURSE 😀

We are all utilizing the A Spot of Tea © stamp set

This is available in BOTH acrylic and digital! So something for everyone!

WOW! You all love your tea!!

A Spot of Tea has SOLD OUT! It is expected to be back in stock by mid month. Per request I have decided to allow you to still order the A Spot of Tea as well as the So Sentimental set!

Keep in  mind that part of your order will not ship until the set arrives back in stock (as stated in the store)

We do have our A Spot of Tea digital file available as well More to come with this I promise 😀

Here is my project for today.

Homemade Chocolates

How DELICIOUS does this look?

I decided today I would show you a project using the Tea Tabbed Box (without the tea slot cut out) to give you some ideas of how pretty and fancy it can be, even when NOT using it for tea 😀

I used mine for chocolate!!

Don’t you just LOVE the tabbed front? So many design options.

It was the perfect fit for the All Tied Up: Oval (which was shrunken a bit :D) to use my sentiment from Well Preserved set on. I stamped my “Homemade” and then my “Chocolate” onto the tag, over the little stamped rosebud. I was so pleased to be able to have THAT particular combination within the set 😀 Its also perfect for chocolate covered fruits 😀

For my box I kept it simple and used the Tea Parlor paper,  which is just so GORGEOUS! I fell in lobe with it from first glance.

You don’t need lots of bells and whistles when you have paper like that.

Here is the top view. I wanted my tea cup to be the focus of this, and obviously the Tea Parlor paper was my GO TO for inspiration. If you haven’t tried out Digital paper yet you should!! We have several FREE packages for you to try, so you can see the QUALITY before you even buy 😀

I also have a video on how to use the digital paper—> HERE!

I stamped my lined and scallop tea cup pattern from the A Spot of Tea © stamp set on the top & bottom of my cup, which was made using the A Spot of Tea Cut File. I then inked up the roses! For a subtle additional WOW! I used the flourish pattern from Fanciful Flourishes, in a pale pear ink.

I colored the “tea” on my cup.

I added some ribbon onto the handle, then for a stunning addition used a wired butterfly I had in my stash of dingle-hoppers (remember the lil mermaid?).

Now what do we have tucked inside?

A perfect treat of homemade chocolate covered toffee, and some afternoon tea! OF COURSE!

YUMMY!

See that little “something” on the right side. Well that my friends is our NEW! Time for Tea Bag Pretty Pieces Cut File

I knew NO tea pot template or A Spot of Tea © stamp set would be complete without a “tea bag” style “tea” holder!

Time for Tea Bag $2.50

Available in PDF, SVG, WPC, DXF, GSD 

Ever wish you had the perfect little “tea bag” wrapper to give your own tea samplers to others? Well this is the perfect cut file for you! In just a minute you can make the ultimate tea favor! Complete with 2 pretty pockets, sized perfectly to hold your special tea bags! 

You will definitely want to check out our A Spot of Tea Pretty Impressions Stamp set, as well as the Tea For You & Tea Tabbed Pretty Packaging to complete the plethora of amazing tea gifts, cards, tags, favors and ideas!

Note: I used the A Spot of Tea Cut File for my little tag too 😀

My tea bag was first printed using the Vintage Stripes Collection 2 A simple bow, and my tag from the A Spot of Tea © set was a perfectly simple touchHere is the side view. Tucked together, just like a tea bag 😀 Even my tag is hung like that of a real tea bag.

I used a magnetic closure for my project

It literally just unfolds!

Each side holds one to two teabags, with the idea they can enjoy a cup with you or a friend! Makes a super party favor or tea sampler!

OR for some other ideas:

Put in some Crystal Light or other “TO – GO” flavor packets that everyone sells now too!!

You can use it as a money holder

A dip packet holder (I LOVE Tastefully Simple dip mixes, and they make great gifts)

Movie tickets

Homemade coupons for chores, babysitting…..

Facial packets

Maybe put in some Tylenol travel packets???

Design 2 mini cards to keep tucked away…..

You get the idea. 

Open side 1

Here you can see I utilized the Flourished Frame from Killer Curves: Fancy Frames to “frame” my sentiment.

This is the set:

It is REALLY pretty (as you will see) and coordinates with a cut file: Killer Curves Frame

The frame was stamped and embossed with white embossing powder.

The dashed circle border is from Just For You, and the sentiment, and Rose bud is from A Spot of Tea ©

Open Side 2

On the other side of the tea bag I repeated my design, only this time I used the Time for Tea sentiment from the Just For You set.

Supplies:

Pretty Packaging © template – Tea Tabbed Box

Pretty Impressions © Stamps- A Spot of  Tea, Well Preserved, Killer Curves: Fanciful Frames, Just for You, Fanciful Flourishes

Pretty Printables Digital Paper: Tea Parlor Collection, Vintage Stripes

Cardstock by Couture Cardstock: OSW White, Disclosure, Blushing

Ink: Momento, Copic Markers

Pretty Pieces © Cut File- Time For Tea Bag, All Tied Up: Oval

 flower by Prima, Ribbon by May Arts

Thanks so much for stopping by. I can’t wait to see what YOU make using all our new goodies! Tomorrow I have another special project, so I will see you back here then!

Until tomorrow.

For those of you hoping to use the PDF sketch—> CLICK here!

The link in my post was previously disabled.

WOW! You all love your tea!!

A Spot of Tea has SOLD OUT! It is expected to be back in stock by mid month. Per request I have decided to allow you to still order the A Spot of Tea as well as the So Sentimental set!

Keep in  mind that part of your order will not ship until the set arrives back in stock (as stated in the store)

We do have our A Spot of Tea digital file available as well 😀

I’m happy you are all enjoying this release 😀 I cannot wait to see your projects.

Well I hope you are ready for some SWEET projects today!!

 Today Katie Cotton has a peek to share with you!

Katie says:

Who knew you could make something like this out of paper?!  Well, Lauren did obviously!  This makes the perfect gift for the tea drinker in your life!  Just think of the goodies you can put inside, but also what an adorable little decoration it would make for any table!  I knew exactly who I had in mind when making this sweet little …stop by Katie Cotton‘s Blog and see!

You will also want to look in on Catherine Doucette! She has a project using the Well Preserved set!!!

On that note, I decided I would share a project with you that incorporates the Well Preserved set-in a non “canning fruit” sort of way. I told you I’ll make you see it for other uses, if it KILLS me 😀 In reality the set and images are just “scent-sational” and I have TONS of ideas that I hope to share with you, using it. Bottom line: it is NOT just for people who make preserves and other canned goodness OK!

Now once I previewed the Jam Packed © Pretty Packaging templateI told you all that is isn’t *just* for jams and jellies. You CAN alter it to be used for so many other treats! I figured it would be far easier to SHOW you how with this quick video:
 

Well what did you think? Easy peasy right?

You “CAN” do this too you know!

Now let me share my project details with you.

You make life sweet-(love the pun on this gift!)

My colors and “flavors” in this design came from my “candy”. I found some Country Time Lemonade hard candies in the store! Not only are they colorful, but they are delicious! There is Peach, Pink Lemonade, Raspberry, and Strawberry. YUM-E!

Now some details

Did your ever think to cut a window in the top of the Jam Packed template? Or anything for that matter!

Well, you can! I have my Cricut do mine for me, but even you PDF users can do this too.

I think it looks STUNNING!

Here is my window!

I used a rounded square for my top cut out, in my lid.

I decided to use a Meadow cardstock, and enlarged my All Tied Up: Square  to mat my template lid. Then using my cricut, I cut out the same size rounded square from the center of the All Tied Up: Square frame.

Once my frame was cut I used the Killer Curves: Fancy Frames to stamp my borders.

I then cut some acetate to fit behind my open frame. I stamped the rounded tag from the  Well Preserved set in center , along with the “you make life sweet” sentiment, using white stazon. Adhered this over the cup out in my lid and DONE!

A simply sweet design.

Going with the SWEET theme, and based on my treats……..

I was able to quickly create my own patterned paper using some of the fruit images from the Well Preserved set. I just randomly stamped them all over. So fun. I was able to avoid “unnecessary” work by cutting my base panel in white lineal cardstock first, then stamping it.

I love the FRESH look I was able to achieve in just 2-3 minutes!!

Now let’s open that lid shall we?

WOW! Doesn’t that look SWEET!

Inside this Jam Packed © I “jammed” in some Clear Square Tubes. They come taller than I needed them so I used a hobby blade to cut them down to 4 inches tall 😀

Now if you are like me, and you like to AFFORDABLY make and package your own gifts then SKS BOTTLE is the place to buy all the additional items you use for your Pretty Packaging templates It is like you are buying wholesale and saving yourself $! There are many other companies out there who purchase these SAME tubes from this company, then just mark up the cost (naturally). I prefer to share the info with you. I’ve been buying from them for years how and an always pleased with how fast I receive things (Im not affiliated with them, nor do I get anything for promoting them-just a happy customer)

Each  candy tube top has a stamped  coordinating fruit on the lid, that way they know which flavor is what. (I personally don’t like candy flavor surprises! LOL!)

Plus is looks so pretty and colorful!

How literally SWEET did this project actually turn out? This is a great gift packaging for a SIMPLE treat.

I know alot of people who enjoy hard candies.  How perfect would this be for a co-workers desk, or anyone in an office or school setting? Simple & affordable, yet looks well thought out 😀 I remember my Meme use to always have hard candies by her bed when she was alive.

This is the tube out of the box. The Clear Square Tubes. come taller than I needed them, so I used a hobby blade to cut them down to 4 inches tall 😀 It was really neat to be able to make this a perfect fit 😀

I did toss some green Easter grass in the bottom so it looked “festive” when the tubes were taken out. I have issues with NEATNESS everywhere!! It makes a huge difference I think.

Here is a close up of one of the tube tops

As you can see I used a clear page pebble on top to make it POP!

The best part is that the tubes can EASILY be refilled!

Supplies:

Pretty Packaging © template – Jam Packed

Pretty Impressions © Stamps- Well Preserved,Killer Curves: Fancy Frames

Cardstock by Couture Cardstock: Lineal White, Lineal Black, Meadow

Other: Acetate sheet

Ink: Momento & Copic

Pretty Pieces © Cut File- All Tied Up! Square

Cricut, Clear Square Tube,  page pebble

Well thank you for stopping by.

I hope you enjoyed the projects we all had to share today. There will be even more tomorrow!

I’ve had an absolute blast with all of this (although the several hour blog posts are KILLING ME! LOL!) so I hope you have found some inspiration from it.

Until tomorrow!

YEAH! The store is now back up and running!

Hi everyone

 You may find my store website is temporarily out of service! OH MY WORD!!!!!! WHY TODAY?

I called my service provider and SADLY there is an outage on the East Coast that they are working on.

I will let you know when it is back up.

This stinks!

YEAH! The My Time Made Easy ™ LLC June Release is FINALLY here!

Check out our release details: HERE! 

or VIEW ALL OUR NEW PRODUCTS HERE!

I have to say thank you to all my design team, for thier hard work. They are KILLING the samples this month. I am very blessed to have such a wonderful team. I also want to thank Sara Williams, as she loads all my stuff and does a TON of other things, amongst designing paper for me too. I also want to thank Kristin as well for all her hard work and design contributions this month, despite her busy schedule! She not only has the paper, but also designs some of the cut files with me, one in which inspired 2 stamp sets!

Now as you have seen ALL our new products coordinate! They always make the perfect items for gift giving 😀 I like showing you that what we have is very versatile and perfect for the “card-maker” or scrapper! So today my design team and I are ALL sharing some CARD ideas with you, using the NEW! Pretty Impressions stamps from the June Release.

Once you are done here, be sure to hop along for some amazing ideas:

Now the ideas do NOT end today! We have a week left of sharing more and more projects with you. I am so proud to have a company that offers THIS MANY projects over an extended period of time 😀 Endless ideas.

If time allowed I personally could make a 100 projects with everything we put out monthly! LOL! My brain gets running, but so does the clock.

Any-who…..

I really wanted to show you all just how fun and versatile the Well Preserved stamp set actually is! I also think it will help you to visualize just HOW MUCH you are getting in just one set 😀

Between all the fun various fruit images, and the “everyday” fruity sentiments I knew I could make a bunch of cards for any occasion.

So to share with you the different looks you can achieve, and prove just how easy it CAN be…….I used the same layout, along with every fruit image in the Well Preserved set: Apple, Blueberry, Cherry, Grape, Orange which can also be a Lemon/Lime/or Grapefruit) , Maple Leaf, Peach (can be apricot, or plum too), Pear, Raspberry (can be blackberry or other berry), and the Strawberry-to create 10 cards!

Here is the MTME Sketch 01:

I created a special PDF document of the Sketch for you to download! It has the sizes of the layers, as well as the sketch photo for you to use as a reference!

MTME Sketch PDF<—-Click that to download/print/save a PDF

(Send me a link if you decide to give this sketch a try :D)

Between the 10 cards, I made sure to use the 2 jar styles 5 times each.

 I utilized the Well Preserved Cut file to make this process of mass production go quickly too. CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO

Some of you may prefer one jar style over the other, but either way both are seriously cute and are well served in the set. I was also sure to make each card a little special and unique by doing something to make it a little different than the others.

When creating my designs I decided I wanted to use all the various sentiments, and found they would all fit in various “ovals”. I was also able to use both of the little leaves in the set, stamped on either side of the sentiments. NO SENTIMENT IS REPEATED!! How cool is that?

I also used the various patterns from the NEW! 5 Preserve It © Collections, the Vintage Plaid ©, Fruit Medley, and Vintage Stripes, and the Flower Fusion (last month) Pretty Printables Digital Paper collections. Since everything coordinates my “job” was made SUPAH easy peasy. (said in my Massachusetts accent)

So let me get started! I will break my creations down per collection.

First collection Preserve It © : Cherries & Peaches

As you can see I used two different jars, used fruit paper on the top panel, and plaid paper on the bottom.

I also paper pieces both lids, one having a bow, the other not. One card used buttons, and the other the fruit image in the side squares.

1) First up we have Hand Picked Friend

How simply country sweet is this layout?

 I altered the All Tied Up: Oval for my sentiment. The Hand Picked is part of the Well Preserved set. The “friend” is from So Sentimental (expected to be back in stock next week).

I love how this turned out. I used the cherry patterned paper, and thought that it would be fun to mix it up by using some flower buttons on my side blocks.

I *just* noticed that my cherry paper is up-side-down! LOL!!! Oh well! I’ll give it to someonw with “bad eyes” and pray they don’t notice!

I used the same plaid paper to paper piece the lid of my cherry jar.

Now we have 2) Peachy Keen

I loved coloring my peaches!  The peach paper is cute. I love how Sara made all the half eaten fruit!

The sentiment is PERFECTION!

On this card I used the rounded jar, and again paper pieced my lid, using the plaid paper, tied with some embroidery floss. I love that.

Next set of cards is the Preserve It © : Apples & Pears

For this collection I made each different. I LOVE the colors, and the use of Sunflower cardstock as the main layer!

I can’t believe how different each card ACTUALLY looks.

3) Just Pear-fect

I LOVE having the blue & green on my pear card. I wouldn’t have thought to add the touch of blue, had I not printed my vintage stripped paper! For the oval I used a scallop cut file I had in my files, but the SU! Scallop/Oval would work too 😀

I love pears and the “Pear-fect” sentiment. The paper makes this POP. My pear “jam” is colored in a pale green, and again my lid is paper pieced. What stands out to me is the colors. Again, I love them.

4) Apple of my eye

I love this. Every detail.

I used the Apple sentiment from  the Well Preserved set, then for the “of my eye” sentiment, I used the Lunch Box Love Notes Add On’s . Mixin and matchin!!

My “oval” is from So Sentimental (expected to be back in stock next week). I also used the So Sentimental Frame to cut it out.

I love the fruit medley of paper! Its such a great option. I went to an older release, and used Flower Fusions for my leafy patterned paper!

 The Apple image in the set can be colored in, but it also has a separate “core” image that you can choose to stamp in the center! I think that makes it SO much more fun and versatile!

My lid is colored and stamped with the plaid image for my lid. The base of the jelly jar is paper pieced with colored patterned paper.

Next collection: Preserve It © : Blueberries & Grapes

Both of these are so full of color! What is NOT to love?

I used the rounded jelly jar for both. Then the fruits on the square panels.

5) Blueberry thank you 

I was ecstatic over the blueberry image when it was done! I think its perfectly perfect 😀

I used the Fruit Medley paper on it, and my frame was from the All Tied Up: Oval

 My children, hubby and I go blueberry picking every year! So this has happy thoughts attached for me.

I found stamping them in a blue ink, then coloring was best. It’s so simple, and I love that.

Now we have 6) Thanks a bunch

I love the text/fruit bkgd paper on this one! LOVE IT! So elelgant looking.

This card is possibly my fave from the set. Maybe because its purple?! LOL!

I went back to the  So Sentimental set for the frame, and I also used the So Sentimental Frame cut file.

The grapes can be ANY color, and even used for WINE! Endless possibilities. My jar was handcolored, as was my lid , which was also stamped with the plaid image.

I just enjoyed this one.

Next up we have another sweet collection: Preserve It © Oranges & Strawberries

I love the colors of ALL these collections. I had WAY too much fun, in case you can’t tell.

Having a layout is GREAT! Makes the process FLOW.

7) Here is the “Orange you sweet”

I have to admit I felt SO CLEVER thinking up this one! I inked up my “orange” sentiment, then I used markers to ink up the “you” and “sweet” from the “You make life sweet” sentiment.

I actually wanted to KICK myself for NOT putting it IN the set originally, but I didn’t even THINK of it until I made the card!

I adore the orange/lemon/lime/grapefruit wedge immensely! Makes me think of Iced Tea in the summer. I know sounds weird, but I have fond memories of my mom and I, sitting out on the porch all summer sipping ice tea with fresh lemons and having girl talk.

8) Homemade Just For You

OH! I do love that sentiment label that fits right IN the label jar!

I also love that there is a larger version for your creations too!

On this one I used the Fruit Medley paper, and some Vintage Stripes paper. So summery to me! My ribbon is suede, and is just to die for. I enjoyed coloring my jelly jar!

Now we move onto the next collection: Preserve It © Lemon & Raspberry

OK so I didn’t make ANY lemon anything for this post! Instead I took the Maple Leaf in the set to complete my need to use ALL the images within the set!

9) Maple Sweet

Could you just die for this one? I love that is seems masculine, and so fall. Living in NH Fall leaves, and of COURSE Maple Syrup is a BIG part of our State! I love fresh Maple Syrup and of COURSE Maple candy! So I had to include my own version of a Maple Leaf.

Now my favorite part! (aside from the textured jelly jar and awesome multicolored leaf)….

I was able to incorporate my Fanciful Flourishes set, and after doing so, I remembered this MINI bird I bought some time ago in Michael’s.

He is just sitting there. I LOVED how this one turned out. Being I’m not big into masculine, this one was my top favorite from the set of 10!

Now we have yet another! Last but NOT least

10) Sweet Raspberries

How fun is this one? This time I used the Vintage Plaid paper on top, and my leaf prints on the bottom

The FUN detail, my pom pom ribbon!! I felt it went perfectly with the Raspberries!

Then I used the leafy paper for my lid. I was SO proud of myself for NOT using another plaid (although admittedly I love it).

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Pretty Impressions © Stamps- Well Preserved, So Sentimental, Fanciful Flourishes, Lunch Box Love Notes

Pretty Printables Paper ©- Preserve It Collections, Vintage Plaid Collections, Vintage Stripes, Floral Fushion and Mini Leafy stripes

ALL my cardstock Cardstock by Couture Cardstock

Ink: Momento

Pretty Pieces © Cut File- Well Preserved, All Tied Up! Oval, So Sentimental Frame

Buttons by SEI, Ribbon by May Arts, DMC embroidery floss

WHEW! I hope you are STILL with me here!

I also hope that whether you “CAN” fruit or not (personally I don’t can! LOL!) you can see the value and use within this set 😀 It is really cute 😀

No matter, I will do my best to continue to convince you WHY you need it, as the week progresses 😀 But in the meantime, It is time for me to move on to the next project!

I hope you enjoy all the projects. I have killed myself trying to pull out some extra stuff to better share with you all the possibilities! I have even more to come, so I hope you stop by again 😀

Till tomorrow!

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