Welcome back everyone!

I WAS enjoying what seems like the first of Spring, as the 3 feet of snow in my yard had finally melted, and I saw GRASS! Then, we ended up getting 2 more inches, with another storm to come today. I’m so over it! LOL!

Anyway…today I wanted to share a card using the newest Pretty Pattern 02 on the My Time Made Easy ™ LLC Blog.

Sketch Keyword will be MTMEPPS02

Click here to visit the blog, and enter your creation!

Here is my take on the sketch:

A strong cup o’ tea!

I loved this sketch! It really made me want to use a lot of pattern, and layers but keep it clean too! I THINK I accomplished that.

I knew I had been wanting to use this sentiment from the Keep Strong © 11 Images set, combined with one of our “coffee or tea” themed sets ( Fancy a Cuppa? © 20 Images, Grab a Cup © 37 Images, or A Spot of Tea © 20 Images ). I am really enjoying dusting off older sets, and executing old ideas I didn’t get time to implement.

So with that being said I used the cup image from Fancy a Cuppa? . I decided to stamp my own design on the cup using the daisies in the set, colored with copic markers, and added the flourishes from the Fanciful Flourishes © 21 Images.

I cut out my cup, and layered it onto the Dotted Stripes © Collection 2 paper. The floral paper is from the Coffee Beans © collection I love how it turned out.

I stamped, colored and cut out the spoon to add to my design.

Instead of a “bow” on the sketch, I used the “tea tag” I created using the “Time for Tea” sentiment, and tea pot image from Just For You © 38 Images. I added a mini flower from the Singing Silhouette © 24 Images set.

Done!

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Fancy a Cuppa? © 20 Images, Keep Strong © 11 Images, Just For You © 38 Images,  Fanciful Flourishes © 21 Images,

Pretty Printable Digital Paper: Dotted Stripes © Collection 2, Coffee Beans ©

Now time to share a photo of my crafting sidekick!

This is my 6 year old papercrafter: Amber

She is hard at work, using my Copic markers to color in her project . Yes I said COPIC markers! She is very responsible, and I would trust her over anyone else She uses ALL my stuff! My Cricut, paper cutter, ink pads, cardstock, ATG gun…you name it.

She generally works along side me.

She goes to my website, picks out a template, and I will score it for her (explaining what I am doing). Depending on what he wants to do, she may decorate it first. I then help guide her to where the adhesive goes, and we both put it together

She always has great ideas and inspires alot of my packaging with her imagination.

Here she made the Carry It © template, and stamped with the images from  Home Improvement © 21 Images, and a new, yet to be released set of images, designed after her

She created the entire project all on her own, picking her own images, and colors. The WHOLE thing

This is one side of the creation she made for herself (and her blue nails, also painted by herself! LOL!)

Bad photo, it was dark out, and the lighting not so flattering, but she wanted a photo RIGHT away. She was so proud

But not NEARLY as proud of herself as I am of her.

She is one amazing girl.

Thanks for letting me share what I do, and how my children get involved and inspire me daily. They are my reason for everything!

My children are the best “job” I ever had, and are the best thing I’ve ever created:D

See you back here soon.

This is a peek at what is to be announced tomorrow!

Don’t miss the news, as I have several surprised up my sleeve!

Well today wraps up our February Release Projects. We like to celebrate this day with a group post. 

As I mentioned last month, we have added a NEW! feature to the end of our monthly release called A year in review. This is when the design team and myself shares a project using any previously released stamps, templates, papers, and cut files! 

This will allow you all even MORE ideas for using previously released items!

Let the inspiration begin here: 

Now let me share one of my own projects

You make me a better person

What a great reason to give a gift!

I have lots of people in my life that I feel make me want to be a better person. I love having a sentiment that tells them so!

The sentiment comes from our Sensational Sentiments set. It is by far one of my favorites.

I used last month’s template release of So Fortunate. I really wanted to focus on the fact that this is a SUPERB box/template without it having to be “Chinese take out” like themed. I really enjoyed using this with some older images. I did use the “flag” image from the What’s my fortune? Cookie Cut Filefor the pink layer (resized with my SCAL/Cricut).

I kept the design simple and the colors striking. You don’t have to go all out to make an impact.

The flowers on the main panel are from the Sensational Stems set. This is a fun and whimsical, build your own images, type of set.

For the bottom of my tag, and top border of my main panel, I paired the images with the background building set Puckered Up Patterns. I LOVE all the pattern possibilities that set has to offer and used it earlier this week on the Day 1 Peek project.

I have not yet filled this, but I have picked a recipient I know whomever receives this will know how much I appreciate them and the impact they have had on me.

  Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC

Pretty Packaging Templates: So Fortunate

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: Sensational Stems, Sensational Sentiments, Puckered Up Patterns

What’s my fortune? Cookie Cut File

Well I hope you enjoyed all that was shared!

I’ll be back soon with more cards and gift ideas as the month move along and time allows. We are heading into a busy Chemo/Raditaion week for my mom. So prayers are being said she has a good week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hi everyone!
Sorry my post today will be late (and may get skipped :C). I spent ALL DAY in the hospital with my mom yesterday, so am TOO tired to do anything tonight (as I type this!). Her surgery went well and we await biopsy results this week. 

I have my own doctor appointment today. I realized I better take care of me, so I don’t fall apart when my family needs me most! So wish me the best! I can’t afford to have any issues! LOL!

There is STILL some amazing samples though! Check out:

I’ll be back soon with some eye candy!!

Happy New Year!!  

I want to wish you all a happy & healthy 2011!!  

Today we ring in the New Year with a new release from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC!!  

You can view all our new products —-> HERE!   

We have:  

 1 New! Pretty Packaging Template: So Fortunate  

1 New! Pretty Pieces Cut File: What’s My Fortune? Cookie  

1 New! Pretty Impressions Stamp set (acrylic & digital): So Fortunate  

3 New! Pretty Printables Digital Paper Collections  

The new release wouldn’t be fun without several great ideas, so be sure you visit the team for an amazing BLOG HOP, packed with inspiration for the New Year!

You will also want to VISIT THE GALLERY for loads of ideas using our products, new & old!

Now let me share the first of the samples today, using our new products! 

This month’s release theme is Good Fortune in the New Year! 

Good Fortune! 

 How fortunate will someone feel when they receive such a sweetly wrapped treasure, full of surprise! This is a modernized version of a Chinese”take out” box, that also has a coordinating stamp set: So Fortunate, and a 3 dimesional ”fortune cookie” cut file (sold separately) to help further the gift giving possibilities and excitement!! 

 About the So Fortunate template:

 3 3/4 Inches Wide 

 Available in PDF, SVG,GSD, DXF, WPC 

This template coordinates perfectly with the So Fortunate Pretty Impressions stamp set, as well as the What’s My Fortune? Cookie Pretty Pieces Cut File. 

The template also includes the decorative mat layers. I could have just stamped direct on the box, but I wanted some dimension, keeping my focus on the stunning images that Catherine designed.

 I stamped the sentiment along the top of the template. I love how it came out. There are so many sentiment ”building”  possibilities within the set, as well as many other useful sentiments, to enhance just about any gift.

As you can see it has a wonderful, and functional handle. The side panels just slip over the handle for a unique way to unwrap your gift! Fill this with any arrangement of treats!!

Here you can see I have a Cherry Blossom scented travel size Lotion, and Body Wash from Bath & Body Works!

Or use our So Fortunate Pretty Impressions stamp set, as well as the What’s My Fortune? Cookie Pretty Pieces Cut File.

You can use the What’s My Fortune? Cookie Pretty Pieces Cut File to customize your very own fortune filled paper surprises by using the So Fortunate Pretty Impressions stamp set. Can it get any more FABULOUS? Nope. I don’t think so! LOL!

Ever wish you could take that adorable edible version of a fortune cookie, and make your own personalized fortunes filled treats, from cardstock or patterned paper? Now you can! This fantastic cut file will allow you to quickly and easily make your own fortune filled treats for everyone on your gift list!

for Valentine’s Day!possiblities UNIQUE twist on the nd even puts a FUN andThis coordination of products is such a fun idea for EVERY occasion, a

This stamp set coordinates perfectly with the So Fortunate Pretty Packaging Template ,as well as the What’s My Fortune? cookie Pretty Pieces Cut File.

This is a charming set of images that is sure to bring the feelings of good fortune to any receiver! This set has MANY amazing images, as you will see, that can have unlimited possiblities for ALL YEAR ROUND! They will step up your gift giving ideas a notch or two. Designed with the idea that you can use the sentiments to fill the What’s My Fortune? cookie Pretty Pieces Cut File, it is the perfect set for any occasion when well wishes are in order.

I love the Chinese symbols in the set, paired with their meaning. They really add to the design possibilities!

Pair this with our So Fortunate Pretty Packaging Template, and you have a complete gift packaging set that is unique and full of character!

Sentiments include:  

Symbol for Happiness

Symbol for Love 

Symbol for Good Fortune 

Fortune has smiled upon you 

A surprise is in store for you 

Happiness is on its way to you 

thank you 

You will have many birthday wishes 

Chinese takeout is in your future 

A small blessing with soon arrive 

Good Fortune 

in your marriage 

in your new home 

to have a friend like you 

Using our NEW! products, what a great gift set this made!

This is just the beginning of possibilities.

Supplies from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC

Pretty Packaging Templates: So Fortunate

Pretty Impressions Stamp Set: So Fortunate

Pretty Pieces Cut File: What’s my fortune? cookie

I hope you enjoy what you’ve seen so far! We have several more days of amazing eye candy for you, to spark those creative juices.

We are also going to be doing a monthly “year in review“, so stay tuned for details on that! If you’ve purchased any of our past releases you will be very happy with this addition to line up, as we continue to share NEW IDEAS with our OLD products!

Until tomorrow, May Good Fortune Smile Upon You!

My Time Made Easy  ™ LLC is have a HUGE SALE in honor of BLACK FRIDAY!!

So check in tomorrow!

I’m so thankful for my family this year. I have so much to be thankful for-the love and health of my family & children, my friends near and far, a buisness that I love running, and our new home that we worked so hard for, and just waking up everyday! It was a year of trails and I’m so thankful that God saw us through e…very step of the way! Now my FAVORITE quote: The journey of 1,ooo miles, begins with a single step!

Happy Thanksgiving

Hi everyone!!

I’m here, but still working on getting my stamp room DONE! I’m really hoping that this weekend will be the time!! Then I have to sort and ORGANIZE everything! WHEW! I cannot wait to get crafty again. I miss it so much!

Anyway…..Today My Time Made Easy ™ LLC is sponsoring a Challenge & Giveaway at Embellish Magazine!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DETAILS AND ENTER TO WIN!

My jaw hit the floor when I saw what the team created using our Dashing Through the Snow, The Gingersnap’s and Carry It template, in coordination with some of our Pretty Printable Digital papers!

I hope you give the challenge a try, and it gets your creative juices flowing in time for making those holiday treats!

Hi world!

Lots to share!

While I haven’t been getting creative these last few weeks, others have!

If YOU have a My Time Made Easy ™ LLC project to share add a comment in the link section! New or old!!

Check out what Catherine made just in time for Thanksgiving!! <—-CLICK IT!

I failed to link Catherine during our last blog hop (sorry! the move had me in RARE form and I forgot all sorts of stuff! What can I say, I’m human, and make lots of mistakes these days!) So please check our her project.

MTME has sponsored a challenge at the Shabby Tea Room!! CLICK HERE to play along and your chance to WIN!

CLICK HERE to see what Debbie did too

I feel like I have a never ending list of TO DO’s these days, and my computer time is almost non-existent! My stamp room is being completed sometime within the next week (or two :O) so until then things will be really sporadic and crazy. I am still putting the final touches on our new home, as we prepare for the sale of our older one! I don’t think I’ve ever had so little sleep or cleaned so much in my life! I cleaned my house (and de-cluttered very often) and I THOUGHT my house was pretty clean, but after moving from somewhere after 8 years, SPRING cleaning will take on a whole new dimesniosion of things to clean that I never even thought about!

I WILL be posting pictures of our home in the next few weeks, I have way too much to do first, but promise to post. I found some awesome deals on stuff too, so I’ll share all my own tips for how I got things done as I post a new room each day We are looking at another week or two before that happens. I can’t even wait for my stamp room to be done. Quite honestly I’m glad its not yet so I don’t feel pulled to my new haven

OK back to the daily grind

I hope you all are enjoying your time, no matter what you are up to!

My Time Made Easy ™ LLC has sponsored the JUGS Challenge with the In Suspense template!!

Make sure you check it out, and play along, so you get entered to win the Giveaway!!

I’ve been trying to get the last of my samples done for our November Release. Having a release while moving was a CRAZY IDEA, but when they gave us our date, I wasn’t going to say NO! We are closing a few days earlier than originally planned. Which works out even better! I will get to move in boxes of our stuff for a few days before all our friends help us move on the 30th!!

It feels very unreal right now. So close yet so far away. I’m terrified something will POP UP, and my dreams will burst. It all just went so smooth…..I can’t even believe it. I’ve been wanting this my whole life Everything is just perfect. I have a wonderful, supportive  husband who loves me and is an amazing father to our children, 3 gorgeous, crazy, loving, HEALTHY children, my lil dog Daisy, a job I LOVE, and the love of family & friends, and to top it off, moving into my dream home.

Now my dream home isn’t some HUGE expensive house, with tons of land, expensive fixtures, and all that fancy stuff. Its just a nice sized home, where my kids have their own room, with a nice yard, on a culdesac, in a nice neighborhood. We have a cute front porch, and a deck for summer gatherings. Its only a few years new, (no more big house projects! unless we WANT to do something) and perfect for raising our children in. We plan on being there with our grandchildren. It can’t get any better.

Anyway, my life right now is PACKING ! PACKING!! PACKING!!!, and TRYING to keep things together! I WILL somehow get it all done. Right now though it seems impossible.

I’ll keep you posted.

On the 29th our November Release peeks begin, so come back then!

Hope you and yours have a happy & creative weekend!

Hi everyone! I have something important to share today.

STAMP SALE FOR A CAUSE<—-CLICK HERE!

I just wanted to pop in here quickly and let you all know that a few months ago I DONATED ALL my Papertrey Ink stamps to my friend Alicia for a very worthy cause! She is selling the sets to raise money for Neuroblastoma Research. Last June she lost her son Ethan who was only 4 to this horrible disease, and all money raised from the sale of these sets will go to Ethan’s Rodeo.

You can read more HERE!

She is asking:

 $15 for the $24 sets

 $10 for the $15 sets

and $2 for the $5 set. 

Happy shopping!