MCT Scrapping the Little Things: Bridal Party Wedding Layout

Now that I've got a baby book to get started on (soon), I'm happy to be finishing up my wedding album (finally)! I have most of the important pages done and am just filling in the album with more fun photos. 

I already have pages for the bridesmaids and groomsmen, but our photographer took such great photos after our ceremony out on the golf course - I didn't want to leave some of these shots out of the album!

MCT Products Used

Uppercase Fun Dies ("Bridal")

Let's Celebrate ("Party")

Stitched Chevy Dies

Stitched Restroom Peeps Dies (people dies)

Wishing You Both the Best (small heart die)

Of course, as I added this layout to my wedding album, I had to go back through all of the pages and started crying. These darn pregnancy hormones have made me quite emotional lately. I cry at Pampers commercials!

Speaking of the baby... if anyone is wondering...

It's a boy!!!

Thanks for stopping by today. You can see more projects for Scrapping the Little Things on Emma's blog.

I hope you were inspired!

- Veronica

MCT Tag It Tuesday: Yes to the Dress Tag

One of my dearest friends is getting married this July and she's asked me to be a part of her Big Day! Over the last week, she and I have been to four different bridal salons in search of the perfect dress. And see found it!!! To celebrate, I've ordered a custom hanger for her to hang her new bridal gown from. To add a little oomph to the gift, I created this tag.

MCT Products Used
Tag Die
Tag Die Layer
Girls' Night Out Stitched Dies (dress/hanger)
Stitched Party Dies (banner)

Some rhinestones and pearls definitely fancy up this little tag. I've been trying out hand lettering lately, and while I'm not an expert, I've been having a lot of fun playing with it. The best part is that it's not supposed to look perfect! So I can usually give myself a pass on little bumps and hiccups.

Thanks for dropping by to see today's project! You can see more fabulous tags on the MCT blog.

I hope you were inspired!

- Veronica

MCT Scrapping the Little Things: Mom & Me Wedding Layout

I'm plugging away on my wedding album. It's only be three-and-a-half years in the making. Progress is progress, right?

The MCT Design Team was asked to use a sketch (found on the MCT blog) for our layouts today. This layout is of my mom and me. Can you tell we're related?

MCT Products Used
Build A Pretty Flower (flower stamps)
Pretty Spring Wreaths (yellow dots stamp)
Build A Scripty & Watercolor Background (script stamp)

Thanks so much for dropping by today. Mosey on over to Emma's blog to see what the other designers have in store for you.

I hope you were inspired!

- Veronica

MCT Scrapping The Little Things: Love Wedding Layout

Hello there! Today at My Creative Time we're using a sketch for our scrapbook layouts. This one was a lot of fun for me. I've always loved the look of mostly 'bare' pages with a bold main focus - and this page is just that!

To create the 3" x 3" photo squares, I used the Stitched 3x4 Journal Die. After cutting out the photo first, I then re-positioned the die to cut the photo again at a smaller length. It was kind of the opposite of lengthening a die.

MCT Products Used

Stitched 3x4 Journal Die

Family Is Everything ("love" die)

Speech Bubble Sentiments ("you")

Stitched Heart Layering Dies

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Be sure to see what the other designers have created for today on Emma's blog.

I hope you were inspired!

- Veronica

MCT Scrapping The Little Things: Happy Feet Layout

For today's Scrapping The Little Things at My Creative Time, we were challenged with creating a layout using a sketch. I'm still plugging away at my wedding album and knew that I wanted a page to feature The Hubs' and my footwear.

The title is made of all MCT dies. A lot of MCT dies have layers, but for those that don't, you can make your own by simply cutting the die out in two colors and off-setting them like I did for "Happy".

MCT Products Used
Happy Thoughts ("Happy")
Lowercase Fun Dies ("feet")
Girls' Night Out Stitched Dies (high heel)
Stitched Bracket Dies (bottom edge of journal layer)
Stitched 4x6 Journal Die (side edges of journal layer)

Thanks for stopping by to see my Happy Feet layout. The other designers have fabulous pages for you to check out on the MCT blog.

I hope you were inspired!

- Veronica

MCT Scrapping The Little Things: Wedding Ceremony Layout

Bit by bit I've been working on my wedding scrapbook. We've been married for 3 years now, so while I'm definitely not on top of things, it's coming along.

The designers were challenged to use a sketch for today's post, and I think I may have cheated a little. No surprise there. I've used part of the sketch on one page and part of the sketch on the other page.

Since I like to justify when I cheat, I'll point out that I did create two pages, so since I did extra work, the judges should be lenient with their ruling. Obviously, I've been watching too many lawyer shows.

This double-layout features my wedding ceremony from June 2011.

Fun fact: Like many women, I had dreamed about my wedding for as long as I could remember and there were a few minor details that I made sure the pastor was clear on...

1. I wanted to say "I do" during our vows, not "I will." He even changed the wording of his 'script' to make sure that happened.


2. I wanted him to tell my new husband to kiss "his bride", not "the bride."

Silly to some, yes. But these little things were so important to me.

The first page shows the actual ceremony being held. I included a program on the page to remember the order of the service. For those of you wanting the full experience, feel free to listen to Canon in D when viewing these pages. Ha!

For the second page, I kept it very simple and let our first kiss as husband and wife tell the story. I used the "&" from And Then Some and letters from Lowercase Fun Dies to make a statement. I cut each die out twice: once in its designated color and once in white. I then layered the white die cuts behind the colored/patterned versions to create a shadow. It really helps the letters to pop.

Thank you so much for stopping by to relive a bit of the happiest day of my life with me. You can see other fabulous scrapbook layouts on the MCT blog.

I hope you were inspired!

- Veronica

MCT Designer Challenge: Sketch!

Hey there! Today My Creative Time is hosting a scrapbook layout Sketch Challenge, so I created a new page for my wedding album - and it's all about CAKE! Yum!

This layout somewhat follows the sketch posted on the MCT blog. I definitely took some creative liberties with it, but I think that's kinda the point - make it your own! The cake was hand-cut (very simple) and then embellished with embossing folders, rhinestones and Stickles. I used a few MCT dies on my page: Stitched Sweetheart & XOXO Dies, 4x4 Journal Die, Lowercase Fun Dies. For the "you take", I used two different stamps from Treasured Moments - inking only the words I needed and stamping them side-by-side.

Here's a close-up of some of the page:

I'd like to take a moment to point out my face in the second photo and defend myself. I realize that I look mean and angry in that photo, but let me explain. My husband had just lovingly placed delicious wedding cake in my mouth. I, on the other hand, couldn't pass up an opportunity to smoosh just a wee bit of cake in his face. As I did this, I started to laugh - but I still had cake in my mouth. The demon-ish look on my face was my sad attempt at trying to keep my mouth closed while it was full of cake and I was laughing. Since you and I are such close friends, I trust that you'll keep this photo between us. *wink wink*

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share with you today. You can see how the other designers interpreted the sketch on the My Creative Time blog.

I hope you were inspired!

- Veronica

MCT Design Team Farewell Blog Hop: Love Wedding Card

My Giveaway Today

Today is the day. It's the last Blog Hop for the current MCT Design Team. It's so much fun being on this
team. Not only do we get to work with AWESOME products, but the team really becomes a family of sorts.

During the Hop, EACH Design Team member has a giveaway. To enter to win, just leave comments on the blog posts. Emma will announce all of the will on Monday, 12/23/13 on her blog. I'm giving away the Hexy Background Stamp (pictured right).

If you love seeing all of the Design Team creations, you'd probably LOVE actually being ON the Design Team, too! Today is the LAST DAY to get your DT submission in to be considered to be on the 2014 team. You can find out more information here.

For my project today, I've created a clean and simple card for a friend of my husband and I who just got married this week. We were SHOCKED when we found out the news. And we weren't the only ones. Only  their parents knew they were up and getting married. What an exciting time!

We are celebrating with the couple tomorrow at a very casual house party. Of course, we can't show up empty-handed! We're not quite sure what to give them yet (The Hubs would like to bring a gift and not just a check), but I knew we'd need a card. Voila!

Since the newlyweds are pretty low-key, I decided to keep the card that way, too. I stamped "LOVE" from 100% Sweetness onto the larger die from Square Stitched Goody Dies.

The wedding bands were made from different size circle punches. A little paper piercing around the edge of the blue layer adds some more texture while the pop dots behind some of the layers give the card dimension.

***SALE ALERT***
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Thanks so much for joining us on the Farewell Blog Hop today. I'm your last stop. Have a great weekend and a Merry Christmas!

I hope you were inspired!

- Veronica

MCT Scrapping the Little Things: Father of the Bride

It's not often that I'm wiping tears away as I write up a blog post. But today is pretty special.

Two years ago today, I married my very best friend. Our wedding day was not without a few interesting moments (such as not being able to find my Mom and then being told she was outside... mowing my lawn. {She wanted it to look its best for pictures *giggle*}), but despite not having the proper flavor for the top tier of our wedding cake (see below) and any other hiccups, the day was perfect.

I've been looking through our wedding album today (or at least, what I've completed so far) and read through the letters we wrote to each other to read before walking down the aisle (hence the tears). Maybe one day I'll share the page that holds those letters. But for now, in honor of our 2nd anniversary and of yesterday being Father's Day, I'd like to share my Father of the Bride layout.

I used several different chipboard letter sets to create the title on this layout. I hand-wrote "the" myself.

I just love the way the banners turned out at the top of the second page. I drew inspiration from fellow DT member, Katie's, Banner Graduation Card for that. Even though the main background patterns on the two pages aren't the same, using similar colors really tie them together.

MCT Products Used
Build a Banner Kit (banners)
Chocolate Greetings Stamp Set (banners)
Vintage Stitched Label Dies (banners)
Just Simply Live Stamp Set (banners)
Stitched Journal Die (journaling card)
Journal It! Stamp Set (lines/banner on journaling card)

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Be sure to check out what the other designers have in store for you at Emma's blog.

I hope you were inspired!

- Veronica

P.S. While our guests were served Pineapple Mandarin Orange European Torte for dessert (a fancy and DELICIOUS cake), the wedding party was supposed to enjoy Tiramisu (the top tier of the cake). Unfortunately, the bakery made a mistake and we all had the Pineapple Mandarin Orange. It wasn't a big deal, of course and the bakery offered us a free Tiramisu Torte to pick up whenever we wanted. We decided to wait to have the Tiramisu until our first anniversary and make it a tradition. So today, I'm picking up our Anniversary Tiramisu from the same bakery to help us celebrate!

MCT Scrappy Monday: Bridesmaids Layout

Have you seen the movie, Bridesmaids? It is on my top Top 3 Most Hilarious Movies list. Now, I'm sure that the timing of when this movie came out has something to do with how it 'struck a chord' with me. The movie came out in May 2011; I was married a month later.

Bridesmaids from left to right: Christina, SIL; Amanda, SIL; Stacey, Sister; Kim, SIL; Stephanie, BFF; Jen, SIL

You might have seen a few layouts I've created for my wedding album (it's not finished yet and I'd like to re-iterate that I was married almost two years ago. I know, I know... I'll get on it). This one is dedicated to my very own bridesmaids.

A few weeks before the wedding, several bridesmaids, my Mom, Grandma, and (now) Mother-in-Law took me to the theater to see Bridesmaids and we had a blast! When creating my layout, I decided to pay homage to the movie by using my favorite quote, "You are more beautiful than Cinderella. You smell like pine needles and have a face like sunshine". I figured it summed up my girls quite nicely. *giggle*

So many Cricut Cartridges were used on this layout (I used My Cut Search to find cartridges that would have the words I was looking for and pieced the quote together, ransom note-style). And to be honest, while making this layout, I didn't write down all the cartridges I used. Some words were part of other phrases, some were stand-alone and others are just made using alphabet cartridges.

Don't be afraid to mix lots of fonts on your pages. It adds such a fun touch!

Not a lot of stamping was done on this layout - I saved it only for the little banner on the first page and the movie title at the bottom of the second (MCT's Just Simply Live stamp set).

The jeweled accents were hand-set and the white, sparkly "BRIDES" and pink "pine" & "like" are chipboard letters. I used some Star Dust Stickles to add more sparkle to the quote.

This is definitely a busy layout - but every once in a while - I like a little 'busy' *smile*

Thanks for dropping by today. Check out Emma's blog to see what the other designer's have up their sleeves for you.

I hope you were inspired!

- Veronica

MCT Scrapping The Little Things: Wedding Prep Layout

Welcome back to another installment of Scrapping the Little Things. Last week, I cheated and shared a home decor 'layout'. But this week, I'm right on task!!! In fact, I've tried to make up for last week by sharing a TWO-PAGE layout this time! *giggle*

Almost two years ago, I was lucky enough to marry my very best friend. After more than 8 years together, we finally 'tied the knot'. This is a layout sharing some of the 'prep-work' that went into making me look my best on that special day. C'mon, folks. I don't wake UP that gorgeous! *giggle*

The layout itself is quite simple to really showcase the photos taken by our amazing photographer. There are a few special mementos on the page: lace that 'hung' my dress on the hanger, silver cord that tied onto the box my jewelry came in.

I used MCT's Cherish This Moment to highlight a few of my favorite photos on the pages. Some black studded brads and a silver sparkly bookplate (turned vertical) reminded me of buttons on a tuxedo shirt and adds a little interest.

Thanks for stopping by and letting me share today. Check out Emma's blog to see what the other designer's created.

I hope you were inspired!

- Veronica