Cardz TV Anything Goes DT Challenge

Hello my crafty friends!  Tis the Friday before Christmas!  Can you believe it????  I must ask, where has time gone?  I absolutely cannot believe Christmas is Sunday.  Before we know it, it will be Valentine's Day!

Growing up it was fun to leave out the milk and cookies for Santa.  The first thing I checked Christmas morning was the plate and glass where the milk was to make sure Santa ate all of the cookies and drank all of the milk.  I was so excited to see it was all gone.  Lol.  I made this little box for a friend for her daughter to leave out for Santa.  The "Cookies For Santa" sentiment came from the Cardz TV Stamps set "Christmas Joy."  This set is full of great sentiments perfect for Christmas.

So what do you think?  Are you ready to join our challenge?  All you need to do is create anything. You have until noon EST Thursday January 5, 2017.  I can't wait to see what you create!

Thank you so much for stopping by and I would really love to hear from you!  From the Castle to your house, I wish you a blessed Christmas surrounded by your loved ones.

Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Cardz TV Anything Goes DT Challenge

Hello my crafty friends!  It's Friday and time for another Cardz TV Challenge.  Can you believe were already in the second week of December????  I've been so busy making treat holders for family and friends.  And here is one of them.

I'm having so much fun making all of these different treat holders.  This one holds a Hostess Christmas cupcake.  The box measures 3 x 3.  For the sentiments, I used the Cardz TV Stamps set "Sugar Rush" and "Gingerbread Christmas."  I love Gingerbread Christmas!   Fun sayings!   I used Stampin' Up papers and punches.

The box was made by using a 9 x 9 piece of cardstock scored at 3 inches on all 4 sides.  Fold  all of the scorelines.  Remove each of the 4 corners.  The DSP was cut at 2 3/4 x 2 3/4.   For mine I used two different patterns for the box and another for the lid.  For the lid I used a 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 piece of cardstock.  Notch two corner panels on one side, and repeat on the opposite side.  Add adhesive to the flaps.  You will need one piece that measures 2 7/8 x 2 7/8 for the lid, for the small panels of the lid you will need four pieces that measure 3/4 x 2 7/8.  I hope this makes sense.

Now it's your turn!  Just create anything!  Easy peasy!  You have until noon EST December 22, 2016.  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!   I would really love to hear from you!  Have a great weekend!

Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Anything Goes Cardz TV DT Challenge

Happy Friday my friends!  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We here at the castle had a fabulous Thanksgiving.  I'm still full!  I'll have to have a slice of peanut butter pie tomorrow.  Lol.


It's time for another Anything Goes Cardz TV DT challenge!  Christmas is quickly approaching!  Time flies!  I've been so busy making Christmas treat holders.  Gotta start early so I can get cards made, right?  For my treat holder I had to use the Cardz TV "Snow Buddies" set because they are just so cute!  And of course I had to give him a Santa hat! For the sentiment I used the "Home for Christmas" stamp set.  Sooo many fun sentiments!  The papers are from Stampin' Up! as well as the stamps for the Santa hat and punch.  As for the box, I made this by hand not machine.  At the time of this posting, I forgot to take some pictures for dimensions.  I will try to have them by Monday with this being Thanksgiving weekend.  So please be patient.

So what do you think?  Want to get in on the fun?  I sure hope so.  It's super simple.  Just create ANYTHING!  Add it to Mary's Blog before noon EST December 8th.  I can't wait to see what you create!  Also, don't forget to stop by the blogs of my DT sisters for more inspiration!

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I would really love to hear from you!  Have a fabulous weekend!

Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Easel Cocoa Holder Picture Tutorial

Hi my crafty friends!  I hope you are having a very crafty day!  Here is a picture tutorial for my Anything Goes Cardz TV DT Challenge project.  I hope this makes sense.

  I'm off to make more projects for the Art Festival.

Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Anything Goes Cardz TV DT Challenge

Hello my crafty friends!  It's time for another Cardz TV Anything Goes DT Challenge!  It's crazy how time is just flying by.  Turkey day will be here before we know it!  I mentioned on the last challenge that I will be participating in an Art Festival and this is another one of the projects.  Here around the Castle it has been unseasonably warm but we've enjoyed a few cups of hot chocolate at nightanyway.  Lol.


For my project I used the Cardz TV Stamps "Gingerbread Christmas" set.  I just love this set!  The font is perfect!  I know I will be using this set a lot.  I've used papers a set called Candy Cane Lane, and the Stitched Framelits from Stampin' Up!.  This summer I had made some post it note holders and decided to see if a package of  hot chocolate would fit inside.  Voila!

Now it's your turn!  Create ANY project and add it to Mary's blog.  Easy peasy!  You have until noon EST November 24th to enter.  Mary will be giving away a set of her fabulous stamp sets.  I hope you visit my DT sisters blogs for more awesome inspiration!

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

Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Cardz TV "Anything Goes" DT Challenge #3

Hello my crafty friends!  It's Friday and time for another "Anything Goes" Challenge.  I know Halloween is on Monday, but I've been working on some items for an art festival in November that I will have a booth in.  These are one of the things I will be offering.  I recently made these boxes but for Halloween hand sanitizers.

I just love Mary's stamps!  They are perfect for these little holders.  Below are the sets I used for them.  Also I used the "Snow Buddies" die cuts.  These are fabulous!  Just pull them out of the package and attach!  Easy peasy!




Now it's your turn!  There are no limitations.  Create ANY project you would like and take our challenge.  You have until noon EST Thursday, November 10th.  I can't wait to see what you create!  I hope you check out my DT sisters' blogs for more awesome inspiration!

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

Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Cardz TV 3D DT Challenge #7

Hello my crafty friends!  It's time for our last challenge of the year for the 3D Cardz TV DT.  Where has the time gone?  Before you know it Christmas will be here!  Now for our challenge.  The challenge is to create a Christmas gift bag or box.

For my gift bag I used the wonderful new stamp set called "Glad Tidings."  This is a beautiful  set.  This is definitely a must have in my book.  I made the bag using the Gift Bag Punch Board from Stampin' Up.  I used a 2 inch circle punch and 2 3/8 scallop circle punch.  The tiny holly leaves were punched with a Studio G punch.  The snowflakes were punched with a punch that I've had for many years and topped with rhinestones.

Now it's your turn!  You have until noon EST December 24th to enter.  Mary will be giving away a set of her fabulous stamps to the winner.  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.

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Cardz TV 3D DT Challenge #6 Christmas Tag

Hello my friends!  I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  I had a hard time yesterday because this was the first Thanksgiving without my dad.  Lots of tears.  Anyway, today starts a new Cardz TV Stamps challenge.

Our challenge is to create a tag.  The "Warm Winter Wishes" sentiment is from the "Tiny Tidings" stamp set.  This set has fabulous set.  I just love the sentiments.  The little coffee mug with the reindeer was cut using a Cottage Cutz set.  It even cuts the little marshmallows.  And I just love reindeer.

Now it's your turn.  Just create a 3D tag and enter it on Mary's Blog.  You have until noon EST December 10th.   I can't wait to see what you create!  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I would really love to hear from you!  I hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend!  It's definitely time to start making those Christmas cards, tags, and treat holders!

Big Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Cardz TV 3-D Challenge #6 "Its in the Bag"

Happy Friday my crafty friends!  It's time for another Challenge at Cardz TV.  Can you believe how fast December is going?  It's going way too fast for me!  Anyway, our new challenge is to create a Christmas gift bag.
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For the sentiment I used the Cardz TV Stamps set "Christmas Critter Captions."  This set is so adorable!  I used double sided papers from Doodlebug for the bag.  The bears and stars are stickers from Doodlebug.  The trees were cut using framelits from Sizzix.  I used a mini EK Success punch for the little light bulbs and used a silver metallic Sharpie to color the ends.

Are you ready to join us?  I hope so!  Just make a Christmas gift bag, enter it on Mary's blog.  You have until noon EST December 25th.  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!

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Cookies For Santa

Hello my crafty friends!  I thought I would pop in and share these cookie boxes I made for my aunt to give to her luncheon friends. (I forgot to take pictures of the other ones.  LOL) After messing around with dimensions, this is what I came up with.

The papers are from Doodlebug.  I used the Apothecary Framelits set from Stampin' Up! to make the window.  I used the Cardz TV Stamps set "Tiny Tidings" for the "May your holidays be SWEET!" and the "Christmas Joy" for the "Cookies for SANTA!."  And let's not for get the Oreos.

Well, back to making cards, treat holders, and LOTS of shopping!  It has been so nice around the castle, it's been in the upper 50's.  Yesterday afternoon I was able to take my jacket off outside.  The last time I went without a coat outside in December is when I lived in Hawaii.  Crazy!  Friday is supposed to be 61!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to hear from you!

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Cardz TV 3D DT Challenge "Tag You're It"

Hello my crafty friends and Happy Black Friday!  I hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Today starts another challenge over at Cardz TV.  Our challenge is to create 3 tags for Christmas.  We can all use those at this time of year.

For the tree tag and Santa tag, I used Cardz TV stamp set "Tiny Tidings."  For the "from one Flake to another!, I used the "Snow Day" set.  I love these stamps!  There are so many fun ones for Christmas.  For the tree, I used the Stampin' Up! tree punch, the bows were punched with a new EK Success punch.  For the Santa tag I used an EK Success small banner punch, and the Stampin' Up! banner punch.  Santa is a sticker from Doodlebug.  The snowman is a stamp from a stamp set I found at Michaels on clearance.  I punched the top with a 3" scallop circle punch from EK Success.

Now it's your turn!  Just create 3 tags for Christmas.  You have until noon EST Thursday December 11th.  Mary will be giving away a set of her stamps to the winner.  I hope you join us, I would love to see what you create!  Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope to hear from you.  Have a safe and wonderful weekend!

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

CTVS 3D DT Challenge "Just For You"

Hello my crafty friends and happy Friday!  Today starts another challenge over at Cardz TV.  Mary gave our 3-D DT a challenge to make a Christmas gift card holder.  Can you believe Christmas is next month????  I usually make a lot of gift card holders every year.  Sometimes it's easier to give a gift card to that hard to shop for person.

For my gift card holder I used the Cardz TV Stamps set "Very Merry" for the "Something for your stocking!"  The "Merry Christmas!" came from the "Tiny Tidings" set.  These sets contain many wonderful sentiments for your holiday projects.  When you open this gift card holder, the top flap pulls up the gift card.  I made it using an EK Success Envelope Punch Board.   Here's a tutorial I found.  The paper came from a 6 x 6 paper pad from Doodlebug.  I used a Fiskars punch for the stocking, a 3-inch scallop circle punch from EK Success, scallop oval punch, small oval punch, word window punch, modern label punch from Stampin' Up!

Now it's your turn to make one.  Just create a Christmas gift card holder, head on over to Cardz TV and add your project.  You have until Noon November 27th to enter.  Mary will be giving away a set of her amazing stamps to the winner.  I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks so much for stopping by, I would really love to hear from you!  I hope you have a safe and warm wonderful weekend!  Here around the castle it has been very cold.  Brrrr

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)

Gift Card Holders

Hello my crafty friends!  I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!  Sorry I've been MIA.  I have been so busy.  I wanted to share some gift card holders I had made for my family get together yesterday.  The papers I've used are from Stampin' Up, Doodlebug, and Bo Bunny.  I used the Stampin' Up Pop N' Cuts die, and the WRMK Envelope Punch Board for the one that has three mini envelopes.

The sentiments are from Cardz TV stamps sets, the ornament stamps, Dec. 25,  Naughty or Nice, snowman, and reindeer are from Stampin' Up stamps.  The little ornaments were punched using a Stampin' Up punch.  The stocking punch is from Fiskars.

Well I hope to change gears soon to start on Valentine's projects.  Right now it's time to put away Christmas papers.  Let me tell you, they are all over my craft table.  I hope you all have a great weekend!  I would love to hear from you.

Lots of Hugs,
Laura
(The Queen)