Cardz TV Mailbox Smiles DT Challenge

Hello my crafty friends!  Friday is here and time for another Cardz TV Mailbox Smiles DT Challenge. The projects were submitted for the last challenge were fabulous!

For this week's challenge I made another birthday card.  I needed another birthday card so this is what I came up with.  My wonderful friend had shared the dimensions of this card with me.  The only problem was it was in centimeters.  She asked me if I would help her figure it out.  So I did.  (I'm not sure what the fold is called)

For the sentiments, I used the "Just Chillin" stamp set and the "Mixed Messages" set.  Both great sets. The DSP is from Stampin' Up! I used framelit dies and punches from Stampin' Up! as well.

Do you think they will like it?  Do you like it?  I sure hope so.  Are you ready to take the challenge?  It's easy peasy.  Just create anything!  You have until noon EST, Thursday, June 15,2017 to enter.  I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I would really love to hear from you!  Have a great weekend!

Crafty Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Cardz TV Mailbox Smiles DT Challenge #2

Hello my crafty friends!  It's Friday and time for another Cardz TV Mailbox Smiles DT Challenge.  I have to say that those who entered our last challenge had some amazing projects!

I needed a birthday card for a dear friend who I've known for many years.  She loves receiving handmade cards because she doesn't craft.  I had made this type of card a few years ago but it got lost and I had never sent it out.  It was a little bent so I measured and recreated it using different papers.  This time I used a Thinlit die from Stampin' Up! to cut out the front panel.  I really hope she likes it.

For the the front and back sentiments I used the Cardz TV Stamps set "Good Times."  I reach for this set a lot when making birthday cards.  Full of great birthday sentiments.  I used the Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits Dies from Stampin' Up! to cut out the center of the front panel.  For the confetti on the front, I used the Confetti punch from Stampin' Up!

What do you think?  Would you like to get a card like this in the mail?  Are you ready to take our challenge?  Simply create anything.  It could be a card or a box, or even a treat holder.  The sky is the limit.  You don't even have to use Cardz TV stamps.  You have until noon, EST, Thursday, June 1, 2017.  As always, Mary will be giving away a set of her fabulous stamp sets!  I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I would really love hearing from you!  I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Crafty Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Cardz TV 3D DT Challenge #2 Birthday Card

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to the Cardz TV 3D DT Challenge!  Our challenge was to make a 3D birthday card.  We all know we need to have birthday cards on hand.  After all, we are only in February.


For my S-fold card I used the "Make A Wish," "Good Times," and the "Bigger Everyday Sayings."  These are all fabulous sets for birthdays!  One can never have too many birthday sets. The papers and punches I used are from Stampin' Up.

Now it's your turn!  Just make a 3D birthday card.  Enter it on Mary's Blog.  You have until noon EST March 3rd, 2016.  I really hope you'll join us!  Mary is giving away a set of her fabulous stamps to the winner!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I would REALLY love to hear from you!  Have a great weekend!

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Have your CAKE and eat it too!

Hello my crafty friends!  I hope you are having a good Labor Day.  In August and September we have a lot of Birthdays.  I need to get on the ball and make cards for the September birthdays.  So I wanted to share a birthday card I made using a Sizzix Circle Card Flip Die.  These are really fun and super easy to assemble.  The patterned papers I used are from Doodlebug.  The "Have your CAKE and eat it too!" sentiment is from the Cardz TV Stamps set "Good Times."  I used an old balloon punch that I've had for a very long time on the inside.  Like I said, super quick and super easy.

I'm so glad you stopped by, and I would really love to hear from you!  Have a great day!

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Happy Blooming Birthday

Hello my crafty friends!  I know it's been a while since I've posted.  You know how summer takes over and you get to do non-crafty things.  Anyway, I just wanted to quickly post a birthday card I made recently.  It's called a Dutch Fold card.  I've made them before and saw someone's and decided to make another one.  Here's an old TUTORIAL from Splitcoast Stampers if you would like to make one.  The flowers are from the Flower Patch Stampin' Up! stamp set as well as the Happy Blooming Birthday.  I used the Flower Fair Framelits to cut them out.  The inside stamp is from the Amazing Birthday stamp set from Stampin' Up!

We have lots of back to school shopping to get done.  My daughter has had a growth spurt.  School starts in two weeks.  I can't believe it.  I hope to be posting more when school starts up again.  Lol  Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Party Hardy!

Hello my crafty friends!  I know I've been MIA for a while.  It's been crazy!  Sorry.  I hope to get in more crafty time.  I wanted to share a card I made for a dear friend who is visiting from Germany.  She is an amazing, giving, and caring friend.  Her birthday was yesterday and I made her this card.

The papers are from a 6 x 6 Doodlebug stack called Sugar Shoppe.  It has lots of fun papers for birthdays.  I used the Owl Builder punch from Stampin' Up.  The owl is on an action wobble.   I used the Cupcake Builder punch from Stampin' Up.  The stamps are from the Cardz TV Stamps set "Good Times."  This set has lots of great birthday sayings.  If you would like to make a card like this, here is a tutorial a friend and I found.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  I would love to hear from you.

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Cardz TV 3-D DT Birthday Challenge

Hello my crafty friends!  Today kicks off another Cardz TV Stamps 3-D challenge.  Our challenge is to make a 3-D project for a birthday.  My great-niece recently turned 1 year old, so here's the card I made for her.
      
I used the Cardz TV Stamps set "Make A Wish" for the "Look who's ONE!", and "Good Times" for the "Happy Birthday to YOU.!"  Both of these sets are awesome for birthdays.  The papers are from Recollections.  The Hello Kitty is from an embellishment set I bought at Joanns.  I have the Hello Kitty cartridges, but I saw this fun package and decided to use it.   I cut the 1 out of the Birthday Bash cartridge at 2 inches for the number and shadow.  I used an old balloon punch I've had forever, the presents were punched from a Martha Stewart punch, and for the cupcakes I used the Stampin' Up cupcake builder punch.  I used my favorite EK Success photo corner punch on the corners, and the Artisan punch for the sentiment.

What do you think?  Are you ready to join our challenge?  Just create a 3-D project for a birthday.  You have until  noon EST Thursday March 6, 2014.  Mary is giving away a set of her fabulous stamps to the winner.  Please stop by all of my design team sisters' blogs for more inspiration.  You won't be disappointed!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope to hear from you!  Have a great weekend!

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Birthday Card

Hello my crafty friends!  I hope your weekend has been going well.  Here's a card I made for my daughter's teacher.  I recently earned this free set of Sale-a-bration stamps from Stampin' Up.  I love free stamps!

The patterned papers are from a paper stack from Hobby Lobby.  I used my favorite corner punch from EK Success, and the balloons were punched with an old punch I've had forever.  The "Happy Birthday to YOU!" is from the Cardz TV Stamps set "Good Times."
                                                     
Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope to hear from you!

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Hoo's having a BIRTHDAY!

Hello my crafty friends!  I hope your Monday has started out great!  In our family, we have many birthdays in August and September.  I was looking through my cards and came across a Diamond Fold card I had made a long time ago for Halloween.  So I decided to make one for a birthday card.  I had recently purchased the Owl builder punch from Stampin' Up! (thanks Annette!)  My daughter and I have had fun with it.  Any hoo, the sentiments are from the Cardz TV Stamps set "For the Birds."  This set is perfect for my owl punch. The polka dot paper is from a 6 x 6 Bo Bunny pad.  The cupcake paper is from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope to hear from you!  Have a great day.

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Birthday Card

Hello my crafty friends!  If you are looking for my Cardz TV Go-To Galz Challenge  Click Here.  My dad's birthday was last week and here's the card I made for him.  My dad has a bunch of coffee mugs with mustaches.  So I decided to make a card with mustaches.  The balloons are from the Life's A Party cartridge and were cut at 3 3/4 inches.  For the sentiments I used the Cardz TV Stamps set "Good Times."  This is a must have for birthday cards.  For the Celebrate I used the Stampin' UP! Word Window punch and the Modern Label punch.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I would really love to hear from you!  Have a great day!

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Have a Beary Happy Birthday!

Happy Friday my crafty friends!  If you are looking for my Cardz TV "Love In a Jar" challenge CLICK HERE.  I made this card for a friend of mine for her birthday.  A friend of mine shared the directions for this card.  It has a pocket on the inside and outside.
                                      
I used the Cardz TV Stamps set called "Beary Sweet."  This goes perfectly with the Teddy Bear Parade cartridge.  The teddy bear and layers were cut at 3 inches.  I used the Polka Dots Cuttlebug folder on the balloons, and a Sizzix folder on the hat.  I used a small punch for the flower on the bear's shirt.  The papers are from my stash.  I know the yellow and cupcake paper are from a 6 x 6 mat stack by Kathy Davis called Hello Sunshine!  I found it at Joanns for 60% off.  I just love those kinds of deals.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I would love to hear from you!  Have a great weekend!

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

"Good Times!" CTVS DT Blog Hop

Welcome to the Cardz TV Design Team "Good Times" Stamp release Blog Hop!  We're so happy you're hopping with us today!

                        

Grab a cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate, sit back and relax as we show you what we've created for this blog hop using this brand new Cardz TV Stamps release called "Good Times."

Here's my creation.  It's a double gate fold card.  The all of the cuts are from the Create a Critter cartridge.  The barn was cut at 2 1/4 inches, the cows were cut at 1 3/4 inches.  I used the Flip function on one of them.  The balloons were cut at 1 3/4 inches.  I bought the party hats and presents from Michaels.  The grass was cut using a Fiskars border punch.  The sentiment mats were punched using  McGill and  EK Success punches.  The pink and white twine came from my good friend Julie, the red and white twine and white twine is from Recollections.  

What's a blog hop without some blog candy!  If you're a follower of Cardz TV, and leave her a comment, Mary will use random.org to pick a winner.  She will announce the winner on Monday March 25th.  Below is a list of all the Cardz TV Design Team members participating in the "Good Times" Blog Hop.  From here you'll go to the super crafty Ginger.  Now for my blog candy!  This is a Spellbinders Shapeabilities Pendant set.  All you have to do is be a follower of my blog, leave me a comment and a way to e-mail you if you are a winner.  I will announce the winner on Monday March 25th.  Thanks so much for stopping by and I would really love to hear from you!

                      

Here is a list of the Design Team members in case you get lost along the way.  

 1.   Mary     START HERE

 2.   Janis

 3.   Sheree

 4.   Melissa

 5.   Gloria

 6.   Shawnee

 7.   Susan

 8.   De Netra

 9.   Amanda

10.  Rachelle

11.  Nicole

12.  Jennifer

13.  Elaine

14.  Dana

15.  Sharon

16.  Kristin

17.  Cathy

18.  Candice

19.  Sarah

20.  Julie

21.  Jo

22.  Karen

23.  Jeri

24.  ME

25.  Ginger

26.  Michelle    END HERE

Sweet Birthday Card

For our family, August and September are loaded with birthdays.  I made this card for someone's birthday this month.  I decided to make an easel card since I haven't made one in a while.  I found the patterned paper at Michaels.  It's two-sided.  The little cupcake came from Michaels and is from Recollections.  I decided to put an action wobble on the back of the cupcake.  I used the  Cardz TV Stamp set "Make A Wish" for all of the sentiments.   On the sides of the cupcake I used two balloon brads.  On the corners I used my favorite EK Success corner punch and added some bling.  For the SWEET! sentiment I placed a toothpick behind it.  I embossed the pink paper on the bottom with a Sizzix birthday set.  For the white mat, I used a Spellbinder's die.  The ink is from Memento and is called Rose Bud.

Well I hope you all are having a wonderful week!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  I would love to hear from you.

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Birthday Card

This is a card I created for my daughter's friend.  She just turned 8.  On the sentiment it looks like 81 but it says 8 with an exclamation point.  I printed it out on the computer.  This is a variation of a Gate Fold card.  The idea came from Stampin Up!.  I used the Labels Four Nestabilities set for the sentiment mats.  The cute little embellishments and patterned paper came from Bennion Crafts.  They had cute sets that were on sale for .50!  There are about 8 of these in the set with foam tape on the back.  The Happy Birthday! sentiment came from the Cardz TV Stamp set "Make A Wish."

I hope you all are enjoying your weekend!  Thanks so much for stopping by and I would really love to hear from you!

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)