20 October 2011

MCT Oct Release Sneak #4

by Veronica

I hosted my very first garage sale back in August. My Mom and Sister-in-Law brought all the stuff they wanted to sell and we set up shop in my garage and driveway. Of course, we all had 'first dibs' on anything we wanted and as I saw my Mom lay out some clean, fresh, perfect for crafting bottle caps, I swiped them right up! Those babies were coming with ME!

I've held onto them for the last few months not knowing what I would do with them, but always keeping in mind that SOMEDAY I would need them. And that day has come.

My Creative Time's new stamp set, All Around Birthday Time, is full of great 'sentiments in the round' and comes with this awesome clock stamp. The hands are separate stamps in the set, so you can make it whatever time you want (it's 5 o'clock somewhere, right?). I stamped my clocks and hands and punched them out with a 1" circle punch. After placing them inside my bottle caps, I filled the caps with liquid applique and set them under a lamp to dry.

(Funny side note: Trying to be environmentally {and budget} conscious, my husband and I have switched almost all of our light bulbs in the house to high-efficiency. One of the pros to HE light bulbs is that they don't get hot. This is NOT a pro when you're trying to dry a pool of liquid applique! I had to SEARCH the house for non-HE light bulbs to speed up the drying process!)

I affixed my clocks to a couple of ball chains and added some fancy brads to the chain as well (just wrap the little 'legs' of the brads around the chain). I hot-glued one of the clocks to a clothes pin that I then hot-glued to the frame itself. I opted to remove the glass of the frame to allow for a couple of brads to be added to the background.

Along with All Around Birthday Time, I also used MCT's Whimsical Calendar Days and Cherish This Moment. The date in the frame (our wedding date) was cut out using MCT's Stitched Oval Die with the blue XL Label Die behind it.

This frame will make a wonderful addition to the gallery wall in my Creative Studio. And if necessary, will serve as an easy way for my husband to remember our anniversary! LOL

Sneak Peek Giveaway Time!
Listen up "My Creative Time" friends! We are giving all of you an opportunity to win some AWESOME prizes during Sneak Peek week with a total of "6" winners to be announced during Friday's Stamp release! All you have to do is leave a comment HERE along w/the rest on the design teams blogs for a chance! These are prizes you do NOT want to miss out on!!

 1. SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release & whatever connections you may have! Let us know on "My Creative Time's" FB page that you did so! OR you can just tag My Creative Time in your post!

 2. Just comment on ALL of the designers' blogs EVERY DAY during Sneaky Peek week!  THAT'S ALL you have to do to qualify for the giveaways! ;)

All winners will "randomly" get chosen and Emma will announce all six winners on Friday, October 21st @ 12am PST in her video during the release & blog hop of this AMAZING new stamp collection! GOOD LUCK! Log onto to your facebook now & let's start spreading word!

I have an AWESOME "Grand Finale" project lined up for tomorrow's Blog Hop, so be sure to stop by!

- Veronica



56 comments :

  1. This frame of you and your husband is just gorgeous! I love the chain with the clocks and bottle caps and brads.
    Tracy
    jtg0398 at sbcglobal dot net

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  2. Beautiful frame ... Can't wait for the release tomorrow :)

    pruttybird at comcast dot net

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  3. So pretty...I love your frame!! Love the great use of the bottlecaps, and your story about drying them!!

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  4. wow this is beautiful, so creative with the bottle caps!! Great job, can't wait to see what you have made for tomorrow!!
    Kristan

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  5. Beautiful Veronica!!! LOve all the details you thought of! AND your photography is awesome, so creative!!! Love and Hugs, Cathryn :)

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  6. again - awesome pic and love the frame!! loving the week that you are sharing with me :) thanks doris
    parkernana5@cox.net

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  7. Guest Designer, I think not! You should be on a DT!!! Great job, loving this frame! TFS!

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  8. Veronica I love what you did with the frame and bottle caps. Fantastic job girl. :)

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  9. You did an AWESOME job with this frame!! I love what you did with the bottlecaps!!
    What a great week of Guest Designing!! Awesome job!
    TFS
    jessica
    chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
    eschfamily@yahoo.com

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  10. The bottle caps were perfect for this! You did a great job.

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  11. What a great frame- I just love the timepiece accents :)Amy
    amyscraftingspace.blogspot.com

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  12. You did a great job. I love the clock stamp and how you used it w/ the bottle cap. K

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  13. Youdid an amazing job this week. This card is gorgeous!!! Linda Harris Lsunflower58@aol.com

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  14. this is really pretty!
    Valarie
    snowboundstamper@yahoo.com

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  15. Love the bottle caps! Such a great idea.

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  16. Oh, It just turned out Beautiful! Good thing you grabbed those bottle Caps. They look Great! Thanks for Sharing! I'm a follower. :0)
    cindymarshall63 at hotmail dot com

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  17. Beautiful frame, I love the way you decorated!!!

    alvinadiaz@msn.com
    alvinascreations.blogspot.com

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  18. Oh Veronica this is SO super gorgeous!!!! I just love how you did the date! Awesome idea!!!! And the dies and stamps that you used were perfect! I LOVE it all! Hugs- Glora

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  19. Love the idea of putting the "clocks" in the bottle tops. Great frame!

    Niki

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  20. What an awesome project! Love your used of the bottlecaps and clock stamps. Sooooo nice. It was fun having you as a Guest Designer this week. Nice job :)

    cassandracaubleatyahoodotcom
    www.Ctimz3.blogspot.com

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  21. This looks Awesome. Definitely love the bottlecaps on your project. You did really well GDT this week.

    Hugs,
    Kate

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  22. Great photo frame display! Like the recycled bottle caps. Thanks for sharing.

    coupondenise at live dot com

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  23. Wow your picture frame is amazing. Love all the little clocks!
    Candy
    candyscraftcorner.blogspot.com

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  24. What a neat way to make this picture frame your own and so unique. To be able to save those bottle caps and then find a use in crafting--a truly talented person.

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  25. you did a great job and thanks for sharing all week! can't wait until 3am!! LOL

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  26. Wow this is amazing!! I love how you took the pictures, so fun! I also love how you added the bottle caps as an embellishment! Great job!!

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  27. WOW, it is beautiful! What a great way to use bottle caps. TFS.

    Debbie B.

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  28. A wonderful framed project...love the bottle caps...I would not have thought of that :D Great job!
    quilt 4 fun 2 at hot mail dot com

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  29. So beautiful! And I'm loving your clocks! So clever and I enjoyed reading about your light bulb dilemma! We've done the same thing! Thanks for sharing all your wonderful projects this week! I'm now a follower!
    hugs,
    joni

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  30. Oh goodness, your sneak peeks have been just beautiful, Veronica!! Thank you for joining us all week. This is just gorge!!!

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  31. Adorable frame. I love the idea with the bottle caps. Thank you for sharing.

    brittmartin1288@yahoo.com

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  32. What a unique way to use this stamp set. I love the clocks in the bottle caps! Great job, Miss Veronica!

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  33. WOW! Those bottle cap clocks are awesome! I love how they look and such a funny story about your environmentally friendly light bulbs!!

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  34. Veronica ... THIS is SUPER crafty FUN!!! What a brilliant way to use the stamps!! I actually thought in the first photo that the clothespin was an actual watch band!! Enjoyed your projects this week!!

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  35. WOW,what a beautiful frame!!! Beautiful photo!! I love the bottlecaps!! Great use for them!! :) Love the idea!!!
    Cindy

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  36. Wow this is Beautiful. Love the color tone on this. Great Job Girlie. Smooches... Felicia - frankleecrafts [at] gmail [dot] com

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  37. Beautiful card and I liked the way you used the clocks. Great job! TFS

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  38. WOW, Veronica! This is absolutely gorgeous!!! You are so talented and creative! Thanks for inspiring me think outside the box more!

    Kelley

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  39. Great frame--I have a bunch of bottle caps too--thanks for the great idea.

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  40. Creative, original! Wonderful project. You really rocked this release Veronica!

    mimi2trentdrew.blogspot.com

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  41. Very cool...I love what you did with the bottle caps- very crafty...

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  42. Wowzers Veronica!!! This is totally & completely AWESOME!!! You really outdid yourself with this, it's perfect, I love the use of the bottle caps & the time stamp!!! (I collect them, but haven't ever done anything with mine either lol) Yes, hubby will have no excuses for your anniversary!
    Am really happy had you as a guest designer this week, you are really creative, but I already knew that!!!
    Puppy Hugs!

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  43. This is so totally awesome!!! Thanks for showcasing your talent this week!!!

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  44. this is so awesome! I love the colors you picked. these stamps are so cute and very versatile. thanks for giving me inspiration this week .

    Micia
    yellowbirdcreation@gmail.com

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  45. Love this! Turned out great! TFS!

    Emily (coolcricutcreations at yahoo dot com)

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  46. Hi Veronica!
    Wow! Your project is BEAUTIFUL! Love the bottle cap embellishments. Thank you for sharing your amazing creations as the guest designer. I've been inspired by all of your projects :)

    Suzanne
    suzwatanabe@yahoo.com

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  47. Cute idea for those bottle caps.

    Sue
    rolfe974@prodigy.net

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  48. Love the photo display great embelishments
    Hugs Janet

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  49. This is so pretty!!!! And your story about the bottle caps are just to funny....but they look awesome with this.....love it....tfs

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  50. Great idea, really cute.
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  51. What a beautiful frame and isn't it great to use some of your stash. I really like those clock stamps and they look great inside the bottle caps, tfs

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