Monday, Monday...

Happy Monday everyone! I don't know about you but Monday is the toughest day of the week for me.... I always have a hard time sleeping on Sunday nights. Not sure why!
Anyway... I thought I would share a card I made for a co-worker whose sister passed away suddenly last Friday. I have the hardest time making sympathy cards....(almost as hard as falling asleep on Sunday evenings...lol).

I used my Cricut Explore to cut out the flowers which I glued onto the purple Cardstock. The purple yardstick was embossed using a Swiss dots folder by Cricut. A purple ribbon laid over a strip of white yardstick. I added some pearl embellishments, a butterfly die cut and the sentiment to finish off the card.
I never am sure of just how much is too gaudy but hope this will be fine...I want the card to show my respect and care to the receiver in their time of grief. Hopefully this card will.

I would like to enter the following challenges:
Inspiration Destination: Anything Goes
Paperback Weekly : ribbon

Mothers...

Today the card challenge for CardzTV is all about your Mums, Moms, Mothers,Mamas, or whatever term of endearment you use for your Mom. We are celebrating Mother's Day in a couple of weeks and thought that it would be a great time to honor her with cards. Just think...you can create a card for your Mom ahead of time, enter our challenge and possible be the winner of a wonderful stamp set from CardzTV !
Here is the card I have created...

I used paper from Recollections for my base and all layers. I used an embossing folder from Darice called "Grass" to emboss my layers with. I added a touch of "rick-rack" to the bottom of the card. The ovals were cut out using Spellbinders dies. I used foam tape to elevate the ovals on the card. A Copic marker was used to lightly go over all of the embossed images to help bring them "up front" a little better. Two different CardzTV stamp sets were used for the card. On this front section I used a sentiment from the "Happy Days" set. Here is a close up of the inside of the card...

The stamp used on the inside of the card is from the "Heavenly" stamp set. Again I used the Spellbinder dies to cut my ovals. The finishing touches to both the inside and outside of the card are my sweet butterflies. They are from a Martha Stewart punch.
Please hop on over to CardzTV and check out all of the wonderful cards made by my design team sisters. Then sometime in the next two weeks plan on joining in on the fun! I hope I see you there!

Butterflies are Free...

Good morning everyone and happy Friday! Today is my last day of my vacation and Monday will find me back in my classroom...But enough about me! Our card challenge is all about butterflies. Create a card using butterflies. Easy peasy!
Here is my card for the card challenge over at Cardz TV.

I used my Cricut Explore to cut out all of the parts of my card. My Cuttlebug was used to emboss two of the bigger blue butterflies. Then the fun began...putting it all together! My paper is from Loopah and I love the design on it.The mason jar and smaller butterflies are from the Kate's ABC's cartridge.The papers for my die cuts are from my scrap pile. The three pearl embellishments are from the $1 spot at Michael's.The stamp set that I used is one of the newest ones from CardzTV. It is called Mixed Messages.

Come check out the other team members cards and join in the fun ! All creations must be new. No back posting allowed. You just might be the next owner of a wonderful stamp set from Cardz TV!

Easter Greetings

Hello everyone! It is hard to believe that Easter is almost upon us ! Maybe it is so hard to believe as it is still snowing where I live...
But...it is coming so today I would like to share a card that I have created using a sentiment stamp from CardzTV. We have a challenge that you could become a part of and in the process might become the winner of a new stamp set too!
Here is the card that I have created :

The image was created using the print and cut option on my new Cricut Explore. I have found a new love in my life! The Explore is quite fantastic and has made me love die cutting again. The new print and cut is an added bonus.
I used a basic a2 card base to which I added designer paper from iron orchid designs. The 6x6 pad is called Loolah and really has beautiful soft papers. I used a scrap piece of cardstock to cut out my hearts with a Fiskers heart punch. The sentiment is from the "Easter Blessings" stamp set at CardzTV.
Please go on over to CardzTV and check out our challenge and all the "love" my fellow team members have to show you. I hope you will be able to find the time to join in our challenge and join in the fun!
I would like to join in the following challenges :
Inspiration Destination #26 - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs - Flowers with a twist (flowers on the bushes)
Paperback Weekly - A cut above

Is It Spring Yet?

I don't know about you but I am so tired of snow, snow and more snow...! Over at Cardz TV we are starting a new challenge: Make a "Spring" card! Here is what I have created:

I used 2 different punches (scallop and round) from Stampin' Up to create the opening and the flower for my gate fold card. I used some green card stock from Michael's as my card base. I also used designer paper from Studio G for the outside of the card. A couple of more punches created my flower from scraps and I free hand cut the leaves and stem. My belly band to put around the card was "aged" along the edges with some Tim Holtz distress ink. I used a new heart punch I bought from Fiskers to decorate the belly band. It slides up around the card to keep it closed. My flower center uses a sentiment from Cardz TV set called "Happy Days":

I love this stamp set and find myself reaching for it so much when creating cards!
Here is the inside of my card...

And here is a close up of that flower...

Go on over to Cardz TV and check out all of the oter creations done by my team mates. Then enter our challenge for your chance to be the winner of one of Mary's awesome stamp sets!

Luck of The Irish

With St Patty's day coming up quickly; CardzTV has a new challenge for you. This challenge we would like to see your shamrocks/clovers! I used the Hello Kitty Cricut cartridge to create my card:

My sentiment is from CardzTV stamp set; "It's All About You". I love this stamp set! I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for my "shamrock balloon". The original die cut shows Hello Kitty holding a bunch of balloons which I switched to the shamrock instead. The shamrock is from the Create a Critter 2 cartridge. The smaller shamrocks were cut with the same cartridge.
So...go on over to Cardz TV and check out all of the great cards the design team have created for you. Try your hand and enter our challenge and you could be the next proud winner of a stamp set from Cardz TV.

"Ribbon Me This..."

Did you like my title of this post? LOL I was thinking of when I was younger and used to watch Batman all the time. The Riddler always said; "Riddle me this" when he talked to Batman. Thus my title!
This time the new challenge at Cardz TV is to use ribbon on your card. I've created two different cards for the challenge. My first card was done using an old file folder as my card base and my tag. I also embossed with my Cuttlebug then used some Smooch ink to paint over the raised embossing. I used an old stamp set from Stampin' Up for my flower. The ribbon is from Michael's and the sentiment stamps are from Cardz TV. THe addition of some rhinestone stick-ons (from the $1 spot at Michael's) and my card was complete! Here is a look at it:

My second card was done using my Cricut die cut machine and "Mickey & Friends" cartridge. I used paper that I bought from my local stamp store when they had their garage sale this last Fall. The ribbon on the bottom of my card is from Stampin' Up. The photo strip is also cut from the "Mickey & Friends" cartridge. My sentiment is from the "Happy Days" stamp set from Cardz TV .Here is my second card which I created for one of my students at school. I hope he likes it. (Mickey is his favorite).

Come join in the fun at Cardz TV and you just might be the winner of a new stamp set from Cardz TV!
I would like to enter the following challenges:
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Hearts & Flowers (use hearts and/or flowers) I am entering my 1st card with the flowers