"It's all about the Heart " !

Hello to all of you! Today over at Cardz TV we have our 2nd card challenge of the New Year. This time we challenge you to incorporate heart/hearts anywhere on your card. My first card was actually cut in the shape of a heart using my Cricut and the Artiste cartridge...

I also cut several other hearts using my Cricut and George and Basic Shapes cartridge. I also made a stick pin which I attached and then added some baker's twine to. Several flowers with pearls and a ribbon along with the sentiment from Cardz TV Happy Days and the outside of my card was finished. Here is a look at the inside:

I used my Give a Hoot cartridge to cut that sweet owl out and add to the heart. I also used a white gel pen to make a border around my card. The sentiment I used is from the Cardz TV set, "Christmas Critter Captions". What is so cool about this stamp set is that I used only the top line of this stamp to add to my card. I cut the stamp in half (and will still be able to use the whole sentiment when I want by just stamping both pieces). Here is what the stamp set looks like:

Here is the second card I created using yet another stamp set of Mary's, "Birds and Bees"...

I used my Cricut again to cut out this sweet bird and hearts. I embossed one heart and the birds' wing. The papers are assorted from my scrap pile :).

Come join in all the fun and perhaps you will even win a set of Cardz TV stamps!

Stampz TV 1st Challenge of the Year!

Heloo everyone...I hope you all had a marvelous Holiday season and a great start to the new year.Sorry I haven't posted here but today will change that! LOL
This is the start of a new season at Cardz TV and our first challenge is for you to create a card for any occasion. I decided to create my card for my Hubby just to let him know that I am always here for him. I created a "Buckle" card. I had forgotten how much fun these could be! There is a tutorial for this card atSplitcoaststampers if you would like to try your hand at one. Here is what I created:

I used two different stamp sets for the sentiments: "Just Saying" and "Birds & Bees". Try your hand at making a card, enter it over at Cardz TV and you just might be the winner (randomly chosen) of a new Stamz TV stamp set!
Have a great day everyone!

"Let It Snow"

This time at Cardz TV the challenge is "Let it Snow". CREATE A CHRISTMAS CARD USING SNOWFLAKES AND/OR A SNOWMAN. Here is what I created...

And here is the whole card...

I used my Cricut to cut out the snowflake and letters. I used a stamp for the snowman then colored and cut it out adding a couple of gem stones for his buttons and a smile to his face. The sign is free hand cut out and stamped with a stamp from Mary's set called "Happy Days". I added the snow drifts from another stamp and then used glue and fine glitter to "dazzle" them! I used a Sakura gel pen to add the glitter look to the snowflake. My card base is cut from a piece of white card stock. I added the plaid overlay from my scrap pile....

Check out the challenge and all of the fun creations by the other members of the Design Team at Cardz TV

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