31 December 2012

MCT 22nd Edition Release Blog Hop: Happy First 29th Birthday!

by Veronica

Well, hello there and Happy New Year (almost)! Welcome to the My Creative Time 22nd Edition Release Blog Hop! If you've arrived here from Tracy's blog, you're headed in the right direction. If not, head on over the Emma's blog to start this Hop from the very beginning.

My BFF, Stephanie, will be celebrating a BIG birthday in January. No, she's not turning 30 - she's turning ALMOST 30!!! I've decided that instead of her EVER turning 30, we'll just celebrate the anniversary of her 29th birthday every year. So this year will be her first ever 29th birthday.

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This cute little card is 4" square and uses very simple layering to achieve a bold effect. Here's a quick little cheat sheet on the stamps I used:

Happy, "TH", and banner die: Chocolate Greetings (the "TH" was masked using the "BIRTHDAY" stamp)
FIRST: Label Font
29: Circle Font
BIRTHDAY: Vintage Sentiments

Most of the layers were popped up, and I hand-cut the candle and flame. I used my white gel pen to make the stripes on the candle and my Copics to color in the flame. I then glittered the flame with Star Dust Stickles.


***BLOG HOP GIVEWAY ALERT***

For our Blog Hop giveaway, there will be 2 winners chosen from ALL the comments combined!  This FIRST winner will have a "GUEST DESIGN SPOT" for our next release & the SECOND winner will win a $25 Gift Card to the My Creative Time Store!  All you have to do is leave a comment here along with the rest of the design team's blogs AND also leave a way for us to contact you!  Emma will use random.org to pick the lucky winners! Just leave a comment on all blogs in this hop for more chances to win! The deadline is Sunday, January 6th at midnight! Emma will announce winners on her blog on Tuesday, January 8th!  EASY PEASY!!! GOOD LUCK!

This Just In: Emma has done it again! She's taken something awesome (this release) and made it even BETTER by adding a SALE!!! Starting right now through Sunday, January 6th at 11:59 pm, you can save 20% off your ENTIRE purchase at My Creative Time with the coupon code: NEWYEAR.

There's still more fun to come in this Hop! Click on over to our Guest Designer, Courtney's blog to she what she has in store!

I hope you were inspired!

- Veronica

69 comments :

  1. What a great idea - I could use a few of these cards myself! Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Perfect bday card!!Lee-Ann :)
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  3. This is SO ADORABLE, Veronica! Great way to use lots of MCT products to make the perfect little card!

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  4. HaHaHa....love your sentiment on the front of this card! Way to cute...thanks for sharing!

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  5. This is a fun card! I'm sure your friend will love it :)

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  6. too cute!! Love all the fonts

    Kim :)

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  7. This is a very creative use of this set - I've been thinking Valentine's but you have showed us how to use this for other occasions as well - Thanks for the inspiration!

    Lin M.
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  8. Really nice card.

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  9. GREAT card....LOVE it so much!!! Made me smile :)

    Hugs,
    Sarah
    Liveloveandscrap@hotmail.com

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  10. I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS Miss Veronica!!! EXCELLENT job my sweet friend!
    Big HUGE hugs,
    Emma;)

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  11. HI Love your card great release .Had to have it all.
    LindaB
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  12. Great job on the card. Olivia wahixane@gmail.com

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  13. Love your card with the lovely new release!
    Happy New Year!
    xxx Margreet

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  14. this card is sooo cute! love it! thanks for sharing!
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  15. Many of us are 29 and holding. Ha. Such a fun design with these amazing products!
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  16. Ha! I love it. And she will too. :) 29 is a good age to be....for a very long time. LOL Great card, Veronica!

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  17. Super cute idea. Love your card. I like the way you coordinated the new release with older releases. Thanks for sharing.
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  18. Great card. Would make a great card for a guy. Tfs Marlene sillyone323@gmail.com

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  19. LOL....how funny is that?!?! Too cute! Great combo of products! HAPPY NEW YEAR HUGS!!!

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  20. That is so cute!!! I don't know how many years I stayed 29 but it wasn't long enought cause 60 caught up with me this year!!! :)
    Victoria
    Happy New Year
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  21. GREAT job with card AWESOME card Veronica!Have a happy happy New Year my friend!!!:)

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  22. Fun idea for a card!
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  23. WOW! I love how u used all the stamps to make a bday card instead of a v-day card. TFS
    Darlene
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  24. So stinking cute! Love it!

    hugs,
    JoAnn
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  25. Very nice. Love all the details.


    Tina
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  26. Soft and pretty for your special gal pal how sweet of you!

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  27. Love it! Just made me smile!

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  28. How cute and fun! LOVE what you did with the sentiment!!!

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  29. Love your birthday card! Thanks for sharing.

    Kat
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  30. That's a great birthday card!

    Leslie
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  31. What an awesome birthday card! Very clever! :)

    Karen
    craftedwithlovebykaren.blogspot.com

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  32. Great idea!!! Let me think what Anniversary of my 29th I will be celebrating in March.

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  33. How cute! Love the design!

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  34. What a pleasant surprise to see how you used the cute sentiment tag on a birthday card. Love your idea of celebrating the 29th forever. Wish I had thought of that about 30 years ago. LOL
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  35. Great idea for a card!! What a great release!!
    Happy New Year!!
    Angela
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  36. What a super duper fun birthday card!!!! LOVE all the different sets you used!!
    TFS and Happy New Year!!
    Jessica
    chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
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  37. What a fun card, great idea.
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  38. Love the card. Cute using the different fonts on the card.

    Margaret
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  39. Love the idea of celebrating the anniversary of a 29th birthday! Thanks for sharing!

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  40. Love all the bits and pieces you put together to make this great card...like the idea of repeating the 29th. Very clever and fun. Thanks for sharing.
    XOXOX & Blessings,
    Carol
    hrhcva@gmail.com

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  41. Great use of the stamps and the card turned ou very pretty.

    marg0006 at verizon dot net

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  42. Cute cute! Love your card. TFS AJ-

    Happy New Year's
    AJ SCRAPBOOKING & CARDS
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  43. So cute, love the versatility of this set more than anything.

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  44. Really cute B-Day card!!
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  45. Great use of a bunch of different stamps. So cute!
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  46. OMGosh this card is adorable! What a great way to show case these fonts and sentiments! Love, love it!
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  47. veronica, you are so creative and cleaver! this is sooo cute! have a happy and healthy new year!

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  48. Great little card.

    Mary O'Neal
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  49. This is such a great card! i love how all of the stamps work together. It looks fabulous :)

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  50. Love your card, but who says you only turn 29 once...lol. Smooches... frankleecrafts [at[ gmail [dot] com

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  51. The start of another great tradition! Eventually you have to stop this one because you just are not believable to pass for 29 anymore :( Great job on your card and have fun celebrating with your friend. Happy New Year!
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  52. Super duper cute card, love how you did the candle and the flame. :) lflinesatcomcastdotnet

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  53. I would never have thought about masking off birthday to get "th" nice thinking outside of the box
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  54. Such a great little birthday card.
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  55. BEAUTIFUL! You combined stamps and dies to perfection on this one. I LOVE it! Hugs- Glora

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  56. Wow, loved the way you combined everything! It looks awesome.
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  57. This card really shows how versatile MCT dies are. I also love that you combined the phrases. Masking is something I want to learn how to do in the new year.

    Thanks for sharing your creativity :)

    Bridget
    NermalJuly14@gmail.com

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  58. Very cute, happy 29th to your friend! Happy New Year to you! Love and Hugs, Cathryn :)

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  59. Lovely card Veronika and happy first 29th b-day to your friend ;)
    May 2013 be prosperous and happy for you and yours!
    Have a lovely day!

    Liz
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  60. Cute card and great use of the set. TFS!
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  61. Awesome card, like how you used this release. Thank you for sharing.

    Carol W.
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  62. Veronica ~ Oh this is so CUTE, CLEVER and so FUNNY!!!! LOVE how you used those stamps with this card!! I am still cracking up ~ this card would be PERFECT for me and most of my friends!! Awesome job as always and so sorry I am behind on commenting! Happy New Year!

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  63. What a CUTE card!!! :) And I love the idea of never reaching 30! ;) My kids have finally caught on and tease me that I'm turning 29 for the _#th time! ;)

    Thank you so much for sharing!

    Crafty hugs,

    Jennifer

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  64. Very nice card. Thanks

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  65. Love the graphic look of this card! I should have adopted the 'Just say no to 30' policy YEARS ago!
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  66. What a cute idea I agree a little layering and it pops.

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