Color My Christmas...

Cardz TV challenge this time is to make a Christmas card using only the colors: red, pink, green and white. Here is what I created:

My stamped image is from Tiddly Inks. Isn't she adorable? I stamped her onto kraft paper then colored with Copic markers and a white gel pen. The heart was stamped with red ink from Stampin Up and then cut out. I used pop dots to place it on the card front. My sentiment is from the Cardz TV stamp set; "Just Saying". I used an embossing folder and my Cuttlebug to emboss the pink edging with hearts. I then used some ink to distress them a bit. My final touch was drawing a border around the kraft paper with a brown journaling pen.
Here is the second card that I created for this challenge:

For this card I used a Unity stamp with Olive Green ink from Stampin Up for my owl. I cut him out and used pop dots to place him on the card. My card base for both cards is white card stock that I cut into A2 card size. I used a piece of designer paper that I had in my scrap pile for the horizontal lines. My sentiment was also stamped in the same Olive Green ink. I distressed the edges of the sentiment and then placed on another scrap of paper in a complimentary color. Then I cut out three hearts from the same scrap paper as my horizontal lines paper. These were glued down in a row and outlined with a gold gel pen.
I also used the same pen to draw dashed lines on the top part of my horizontal paper.
I hope you feel intrigued to join us in this challenge. Please check out my fellow designers creation at Cardz TV and join in the fun! You just might win a Cardz TV stamp set of your choice!
Have a great weekend everyone and stay warm!
PS I live in Buffalo NY...perhaps you have seen my town in the news this week? lol
I would like to enter the following challenges:
Crafting By Designs - Get Ready for Christmas

Giving Thanks...

This time around the challenge at CardzTV is to create something giving thanks. I thought with Thanksgiving right around the corner and our neighbors to the North(Canada)just celebrating their Thanksgiving I would create a Thanksgiving card. So without further ado here it is:

I used two different stamp sets from Cardz TV for the sentiments;

My card base is 4 1/2" by 5 1/4". The striped background paper is from Michael's. I cut my turkey out of the Cricut cartridge "Autumn Celebrations" using my Expression. A little self stick glitter tape,three "dots", and my image placed on pop dots and my card was finished... I left the inside blank so I could write a nice note to my nephew when I send it.
Check out the challenge and all of my team mates creations at CardzTV, then join in the fun! You might just be the winner of one of Mary's wonderful stamp sets! The challenge runs for two weeks ending November 21st.
I would like to enter the following challenges:
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Crafting by Design - Anything Goes

Create a Scene...Yup!

This time around at Cardz TV we want you to create a scene...( Now don't go busting into your doctor's office and start yelling about having to wait for 2 hours to be seen) That's not the kind of scene we have in mind...lol!
We challenge you to make a scene on your Halloween card only!
Here is what I created using a stamp set from Cardz TV entitled, "Happy Days"...

My mummy and other costumed character along with the fence and the tree were cut out using my Cricut and the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge. The bats are from a Martha Stewart punch. One pumpkin is from the same cartridge and the other pumpkin was stamped, colored and cut out. The card base is kraft paper.

Go on over to the Cardz TV blog and check out all of the great creations done by my teammates and then plan on creating your own scene...You have until noon EDT, Thursday, November 6, 2014. Many of you have asked, and no, you don't have to use Cardz TV Stamps to enter! We do ask that your entries be new projects...no back links please. Have fun creating your scene!

Cardztv challenge..."To Die For" !

Hello all my fellow crafters! Today and for the next two weeks there is a new challenge over at Cardz TV. We are challenging you to get out your die cutting machine or one of your dies and join us in our Halloween challenge "To Die For". I created two different cards using a new stamp set called "Frankly Frightful". Have a look:

I added lots of bling to those spider trails and also to the witches hat which was cut using my Cricut Expression. The sentiment was embossed with black glossy embossing powder from Stampin' Up.

Here is a look at the second card I made using the same sentiment set:

I used a CTMH stamp for the pumpkin which was inked using a Tim Holtz distress ink. The bats and the sign are both cut out using my Expression once again. I added some googly eyes to those bats for some added fun. The possibilities are endless with this new stamp set, "Frankly Frightful"

Go on over to the Cardz TV blog and check out all of the cool creations done by my team mates and then plan on joining in the fun. Have a great Friday everyone!
I would like to enter the following challenges:
My Crafty Spot - Trick or Treat
Divas by Design - orange & Black
Creative Cutting - Halloween

Yahoo! Back to Fun Times!!

Summer is finally just a memory as we all say Hello to Autumn. This means crisp fall smells like apples and beautiful falling leaves... It also means that I am back with CARDZ TV after the summer hiatus. This time around the team was broken into three different categories. First are the Card Designers (that's me!), the 3D Team, and the Gallery Designers. Today I am going to share a card I created using various papers from my stash and a sentiment from Cardz TV.

My papers are from Creative Imagination(polka dot), Stampin' Up (solid tan) and the striped is a piece of paper that I bought in a pack of loose papers at a garage sale (so I don't know the company). The brown ribbon is from Michael's as well as the buttons and twine. My stamped banners are from a stamp set from CTMH. The inks I used are from Stampin' Up. The sentiment is from the Cardz TV stamp set "Good Times". A little Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink was used around all the edges of the paper to give them more of an aged look.
I thought this card would be perfect for a guy as it isn't too "frilly and fluffy". Of course it would be perfect for a gal also!
Have a great day and be sure to go over to Cardz TV to see all of the wonderful cards made by my team mates!
I would like to enter the following challenges:
Paperminutes - Fall (my colors are all representative of Fall)
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Oldie But Goodie - Anything Old (my stamp sets, paper and ribbon)
Through the Craft Door (TTCD)- Anything goes

I'm Back...!

Hello everyone. I am so sorry that I was away most of the summer. I had such a busy summer that I didn't even have time to sit and blog! Lots of good family times and a trip to Las Vegas with my girlfriend where I also spent time with more of my family !
I am now off of my wonderful long vacation and back to the "real world". Back to school! My students this year are such little sweethearts. I know I will love the school year!
Anyway... I did have time to work on some things this summer. So I will share some of my creations here with you.

This card was done with a Wiff of Joy stamp that I bought at a garage sale this summer. Isn't that mouse adorable? His name is Henry... The sentiment is from Close to My Heart.

This card again uses a sentiment stamp from Close to MY Heart. I tried to do a simple card, not sure if it is but it turned out alright I guess. The butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch.
I would like to enter the following challenges:
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes (my 1st card)
Crafting By Design - Anything Goes

Christmas in July

This is a very sad post for me today! It's a sad post because I love to play at Jellypark Friends.It's a sad post because Claire has made the very difficult decision to close down the Jellypark Challenge Blog. The good news is that the store will be staying open. We'll still be able to get hold of all of her fabulous images. Here is my creation...

I used little pie tins that I painted. To these I added two different images from Jellypark that were colored with Copic markers. A few little doodads for embellishments and they are finished. I really like how they turned out. Here is a close up of each ornament...

Please join us for our last challenge and come on over and see all of the great creations made by our DT. You should also check out the store for some of these wonderful images to purchase for your own...