Stamp TV has a card challenge by Cheri Weston:

I've got a different challenge for you this week and I'm calling it "Make it a Double" and here it is:

As stampers we have many stamps.  Sometimes we look at them as only focal image stamps or sentiment.  I'd like you to look at your stamps a bit differently for this challenge.  My challenge is for you to pick ONE stamp from your collection and use it first as a background stamp and then as the focal image. The only other stamp you're allowed to use is a sentiment stamp.

So here is my card for this week's challenge:

Have a great day and enjoy those hot summer days while we can...

Just got back from a fun weekend and wanted to give credit where credit it due... I received my CardMaker magazine in the mail a couple of weeks ago and on the cover was a card with quilled leaves on it.... so I just wanted to let everyone know this is where the idea came from, i just put my own spin on it :-)  Have a great week!

Cardz TV Design Team Challenge #12 "Anything Goes!"

Happy Friday everyone!  It’s cooler here today so the card I’m entering into Mary’s card challenge is a fall card, with quilled leaves.  It makes me think of those beautiful trees changing colors and frosty mornings.  Well I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, we are headed to the beach to play and I will be back Monday.  Oh as usual my ipone is my main camera right now… gotta change that so sorry for the less than beautiful picture quality lol J

Christmas in July - Stamp TV Challenge

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to share a card that I made for the Stamp TV "Christmas in July" series... Thinking about Christmas and cooler days when it's been hot has been so much fun...besides now I'm getting a head start on Christmas cards, I need all the help I can get - so thanks all you great ladies out there!

The Stamp TV web challenge link:
http://stamptv.ning.com/photo/photo/listTagged?tag=STVLIVECHAT4

Hi everyone~  I wanted to share a card with you that is great for sending the “great  vacation shots” off to friends or family (I know grandma & grandpa would love this)! This incorporates the picture with the card along with a protective sleeve so that the picture doesn’t get scratched in transit.

Creative Memories tools are pictured below.  They are: 

·         12x12 mat and blades from the custom cutting system along with the smallest oval,

·         border maker system,

·         tape runner,

·         Precision point adhesive pen,

·         two pens (green and brown),

·         and the Cricut cartridge “Traveler”

·         cardstock in brown, green, cloud, deep blue, and royal blue. (The bright carnival blue came from Gina k. designs paper J) 

·         Oh I also used a little of the Tim Holtz distress ink in Broken China for the back row of waves. 

·         Creative Memories has transparent memorabilia pockets that you can use to preserve the photo in transit.  Today I used a “transparent archival bag” from Recollections.

In pictures here's how it went together:

I left room on bottom left hand side for a sentiment and didn't go crazy with inking around edges so this card could be put together quickly.  Hope you enjoyed a little beachy summer card and look back in a couple of days for the 12x12 scrapbook layout!   I will try to make a video soon and start adding those to my blog too :-)  Until then have a wonderful sun-shinny day.  Laura

CardzTV "Christmas in July Challenge"

Today I was surfing through my favorite YouTube channels and watched Mary’s wonderful video titled “Christmas In July Challenge and Another Sneak Peek!!”  She is at CardzTV  http://www.cardztv.blogspot.com/ and I just love, love, love her card ideas and stamps that she has.

The challenge was to make a Christmas card that either had a snowman or a snowflake on it, I couldn’t decide and so I put both on my card today J

• ·         This card is a 5”x7” base
• ·         1” strips of scrap paper added to a patterned piece- then sewed together (I need practice at that)
• ·         Cut and embossed the scalloped oval from the Spellbinders Nestabilities “lacy ovals” (largest size)
• ·         Stamped and embossed snowman and snowflakes using VersaMark and white detailed embossing powder from Recollections.
• ·         Snowman and snowflakes are from the Tis the Season stamp set by Fiskars  http://www2.fiskars.com/Products/Crafting/Stamping/Clear-Stamps/8-x-8/8-x8-Clear-Stamps-Tis-the-Season
• ·         The Merry Christmas stamp came from the Holiday Hoopla stamp set by Fiskars and cut out at a 1” strip added to the bottom of the card.  http://www2.fiskars.com/Products/Crafting/Stamping/Simple-Stick-Rubber-Stamps/Holiday-Hooplah-Simple-Stick-Rubber-Stamps-4-x-8
• ·         I found a few embellishments in my stash and surprise… a card finally appeared!  (picture was taken from my iphone)

Have fun surfing all of the wonderful cards other crafty people have put together for this challenge and have a super day.  

Extra card:  quilled snowflake!