A Birthday Pocket Letter

Hello everyone! I have jumped on the Pocket Letter bandwagon. I think they are really cool, so I made one for my niece, Brooke, for her birthday. It took me awhile to make it and come up with some ideas, but in the end, I think it turned out super cute. In the pockets I've added:

• Washi tape and stickers;
• Ghirardelli chocolates;
• Decals for her nails;
• Shaker pendant necklace with her initial inside;
• Zinnia seeds for her to plant;
• Ribbon;
• Die cutouts to make some bows like the one above the birthday bear die cut;
• Die cut lacy oval to use on a project; and
• More Ghirardelli chocolate (can't have too many of those!).  

I had a lot of fun making this and will make more for other occasions. You should give them a try! I hope you enjoy my project.

Challenges:

• Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #212 - National Garden Month (Something you would find in a garden)
• DL.ART April Linky - Anything Goeshttp://dianamlarson.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/dlart-april-linky-challenge.html
• Fantabulous Cricut Challenge # 249 - Welcome Spring (Something that reminids you of spring)

FRONT SIDE

 

BACK SIDE
 



FOLDED UP TO PUT IN ENVELOPE

Materials:

Cricut: Create a Critter 2 (Teddy Bear)

 

Stamps and Dies:

 

   Cardz TV

• "Beary Sweet" Birthday Bear;
• "Critter Punnies" Hope your day Is PURR-fect!;
• "Good Times" Happy Birthday to YOU!;
• "Here Kitty" Here Kitty;
• "Just Saying" Simple things make life sweet!;
• "Mixed Messages" CHOCOLATE is only to be eaten on days ending with "Y";
• "Snail Mail" Happy Mail; and
• "Think Spring" How does your garden GROW?.   

   My Craft Spot

• "Scrapping Life - Calendar stamp" Calendar
• Small Metal Bow Die

   My Creative Time

• "Gift Card Sentiments" Mani & Pedi
• "Anyday Bingo & Crossword" BROOKE

   Peachy Keen Stamps

• "Here Kitty Kitty Face Assortment" Largest kitty face

   Spellbinder

• Lacy Oval Dies 

   Stampin' Up

• Thoughts and Prayers - Flower stamp

   Stamps of Life - When you care enough to send the very best you make it yourself!

Miscellaneous: 9 pocket page protector for trading cards, punches, rhinestones, enamel paper clips, Happy Birthday embossing folder, doilies, sheer ribbon, sheer drawstring bag for necklace, Recollection pinwheels

 

  

Cardz TV Challenge #7 - Create a 3-D Project Using Flowers

 

Hello everyone! Welcome back for the 3-D Challenge #7 at Cardz TV! This week’s challenge is to create a 3-D project using flowers. This is a perfect time for this challenge because all the spring time flowers are now in bloom. I used the Cardz TV stamp set "Think Spring". To purchase this stamp set, plus many others, click here. For my project I stamped the sentiment "Flower Power". I created a note pad cover for a junior legal pad with matching pen and added a little pocket inside. I heat embossed the sentiment onto an oval die cut on my Cricut Explore and backed it with a lacy oval die from Spellbinder. I love the colors in the patterned paper, they are so bright and cheery.

 

 

 

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Please be sure to stop by Cardz TV and see all the wonderful design team projects and to enter your 3-D Project Using Flowers for a chance to win one of Mary's Cardz TV stamp sets. You have until noon EST, Thursday, April 30th, 2015 to enter. The winner will be chosen by random.org. I look forward to seeing all of your creations!

Flower Power!!!!

Materials:

Cricut: Oval cut for sentiment layer

Dies: Spellbinder "Lacy Ovals"

Stamps: Cardz TV "Think Spring"

Other: Embossing powder, pearl adhesives, flower brad, Recollections floral embellishments, RSVP pen

Credits: I found the instructions to make the cover from Schell Fabian (Babytweetums): (Stampin Up! - Jr Legal Pad Cover with Pen)

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Happy Easter EOS Lip Balm Bunny

Hello everyone! I am just sharing a cute EOS Easter Bunny I made for an Easter gift. I stamped Happy Easter with the Cardz TV stamp set - Happy Days. The bunny design is by Lori Whitlock - EOS Lip Balm Bunny. I cut it out on my Cricut Explore. This is the first EOS cut file I've done and it was so easy. I love how it turned out. I will definitely make more using different designs for other occasions. They are so cute.

I hope you all have a very Happy Easter!!

 

Materials:

SVG file: Lori Whitlock - EOS Lip Balm Bunny

Sentiment: Cardz TV stamp set - Happy Days

Miscellaneous: Melted pony bead, sheer ribbon, clear cellophane bag, D'vine Swirl embossing folder (on bow)

Cardz TV Challenge # 6 Create a Home Decor Project for Spring

Hello everyone! Welcome back for the 3D Challenge #6 at Cardz TV! This week’s challenge is to create a Home Décor Project for Spring. For my project, I used the Cardz TV stamp set "Think Spring". After this freezing cold winter and numerous snow storms, I sure am ready for Spring! To purchase this stamp set, plus many others, click here. For my project I used the sentiment "Ladybug hugs and daisy kisses". That is such a cute sentiment and I love anything with ladybugs. I found an adorable SVG cut from Treasure Box Designs "Flower Baby". I thought this went perfectly with the "Think Spring" stamp set.

 

 

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Please be sure to stop by Cardz TV and see all the wonderful design team projects and to enter your 3D Home Décor Project for Spring for a chance to win one of Mary's Cardz TV stamp sets. You have until noon EST, Thursday, April 16th, 2015 to enter. The winner will be chosen by random.org. I am look forward to seeing all of your creations!

Happy Spring!!!!

Materials:

Cricut Explore: SVG cut from Treasure Box Designs "Flower Baby"

Stamps: Cardz TV "Think Spring". and PK -1300 "Sweet and Innocent Face"

Other: Gel pen, chalk, wink of stella, clear acrylic picture frame.

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Angel Kisses

Hello everyone. I want to share a card that I made using the new stamp set from Cardz TV "Heavenly". I love angels so this stamp set is perfect. I can see me using this for many projects. I heat embossed the two sentiments "Angel Kisses" and "Heaven knows I love you!" with gold embossing powder. Super cute. I added some Skittles from DoubleClick - AKA Abusybee in the corners. I also added sheer ribbon on top of the background paper from a 6x6 My Mind's Eye "Indie Chic" stack that I received from my secret Santa--Creations by Rachelle (thanks!). The angel herself is Peachy Keen Stamp of the Month from January 2012 that I colored in with colored pencils and added glitter and glossy accents and added her to a Spellbinder die.

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Challenges:

Craftin Desert Diva: Link It Up - Anything Goes

 

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Cardz TV Challenge #5 3D Easter Card or Treat Box

Hello everyone! Welcome back for the 3D Challenge #5 at Cardz TV! This week’s challenge is to create a card treat box or bag for Easter. For my project, I used the Cardz TV stamp set "Easter Punnies" This set has SO many cute sentiments. To purchase this stamp set, plus many others, click here. For the baskets, I used three Cricut cartridges: Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2, Elmo & Friends, and Easter 2010 Seasonal. I love all three of these baskets. I cut them out on my Cricut Explore and really like how they turned out.  

 

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Please be sure to stop by CardzTV and see all the wonderful design team projects and to enter your 3D Card, Treat Box, Bag, Basket for Easter for a chance to win one of Mary's Cardz TV stamp sets. You have until noon EST, Thursday, March April 2nd, 2015 to enter. The winner will be chosen by random.org. I am look forward to seeing all of your creations!

Happy Easter!!!!

Materials:

Cricut: Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2, Elmo & Friends, Easter 2010 Seasonal

Stamps: Cardz TV "Easter Punnies"

Other: Googly eyes, bling, wink of stella, EK Success "Real Estate Sign" Punch

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Cardz TV 3D Challenge #4 Treat Box or Bag for St. Patrick's Day

Hello everyone! Welcome back for the 3D Challenge #4 at Cardz TV! This week’s challenge is to create a treat box or bag for St. Patrick's Day. For my project, I used the Cardz TV stamp set "Happy Days". To purchase this stamp set, plus many others, click here. I stamped the "Happy St. Patrick's Day" sentiment using gold embossing powder. It looks so pretty and matches the gold coins. The pot and leprechaun both came from the Cricut cartridge Simply Charmed. I used the print and cut feature on my Cricut Explore to cut the leprechaun and put him on an action wobble. I cut two of the black pot images out of black glitter cardstock and made an insert for the coins to sit in and cut a long strip of card stock for the handle. Super cute.

 

 

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Please be sure to stop by CardzTV and see all the wonderful design team projects and to enter your 3D Treat Box or Bag for St. Patrick's Day for a chance to win one of Mary's Cardz TV stamp sets. You have until noon EST, Thursday, March 19th, 2015 to enter. The winner will be chosen by random.org. I am look forward to seeing all of your creations!

Materials:

Cricut: Simply Charmed

Stamps: Cardz TV "Happy Days"

Other: Gold embossing for sentiment, action wobble, twine, bling, googly eyes, wink of stella

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Cardz TV 3D Challenge #3 Gift Bag for a New Baby

Hello everyone! I am really excited about the new 3D challenge at Cardz TV! This week’s challenge is to create a gift bag for a new baby. Well, this one is perfect for me because I am going to have a new baby grandson due in June!!! I will use this gift bag at the baby shower in April. Perfect timing, right?

For my gift bag, I used the Cardz TV stamp set "That's My Boy". To purchase this stamp set, plus many others, click here. I stamped the sentiment onto a die from Spellbinder "Grommet Tags". For the images, I used two Cricut cartridges: Baby Steps and Elegant Edges. I used the print and cut feature on my Cricut Explore and hid the face on the baby so I could stamp his cute little face.

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Please be sure to stop by CardzTV and see all the wonderful design team projects and to enter your 3D New Baby Gift Bag in this week’s challenge for a chance to win one of Mary's Cardz TV stamp sets. You have until noon EST, Thursday, March 5th, 2015 to enter. The winner will be chosen by random.org. I am look forward to seeing all of your creations!

Materials:

Cricut: Baby Steps, Elegant Edges

Stamps: Cardz TV "That's My Boy", Peachy Keen PK-650 "Just Baby Faces"

Dies: Spellbinder "Grommet Tags"

Other: Gift Bag from Dollar Tree decorated with Washi Tape, American Craft Markers, Glossy Accent, Wink of Stella Markers, Buttons, Twine, Foam Tape, Enamel dots (baked pony beads)

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Valentine's Card for my Hubby

Hello everyone! Just sharing the valentine card I made for my husband this year. I used my Cricut Explore and the print and cut feature for the Smiley Face Heart. Enjoy and hope everyone is having a great Valentine's Day!

 

 

 

Materials:

 

Cricut: Smiley Cards cartridge

 

Stamps: Front Whimsical Designs "Whimsical Fun Vol 1." Inside Cardz TV "Happy Days" and "Hugs and Kisses"

 

 

 

Cardz TV 3D Challenge #2 Treat Box or Bag for Valentine's Day

Hello everyone!! Ready for a new 3D challenge at Cardz TV? This weeks challenge is to create a treat box or bag for Valentine's Day. Treat boxes and bags are some of my favorite crafts to make so I had a lot of fun with this one. I used 3 of the Cardz TV stamp sets Beary Sweet, Ticket Talk, and TOAD-ally Awesome. To purchase any of these sets, plus many others click here.  I also used the Cricut cartridge Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2. I cut the mailboxes out using the Cricut Explore and wow that scoring pen was a big help when putting these boxes together.

 

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Please be sure to stop by CardzTV and see all the wonderful design team projects and to enter your 3D Valentine's treat box or bag in this week’s challenge for a chance to win one of Mary's Cardz TV stamp sets. The winner will be chosen by random.org. I am look forward to seeing all of your creations!

Materials:

Cricut: Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2 (Mailboxes) and Create a Critter 2 (Frog and Bear)

Stamps: Cardz TV Beary Sweet, Ticket Talk, and TOAD-ally Awesome

Miscellaneous: Designer paper (K&Company), solid papers (Recollections), googly eyes, heart bling,

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Cardz TV 3-D Challenge #1 "Create a 3-D Birthday Card"

Hello everyone!! Welcome back to another 3-D challenge at Cardz TV! It's been a while since we've had a 3-D challenge and this is a fun one. This challenge is to create a 3-D birthday card (easel, box, gate-fold etc...) I am posting the birthday card I made for my Grandson's 8th birthday. This was my first box card and I had a blast making it.  Super easy and very cute. This design came from the Silhouette Design ID #56514. For the sentiment I chose to use the Cardz TV stamp set "Good Times". This is a great set as it has lots of birthday and other party and celebration sentiments. This is one of my favorite sets.

 

 

Please be sure to stop by CardzTV and see all the wonderful design team projects and to enter your 3‑D birthday card in this week’s challenge for a chance to win one of Mary's Cardz TV stamp sets. The winner will be chosen by random.org. You have until noon, EDT, Thursday February 5, 2015 to enter. I am look forward to seeing all of your creations!

Materials:

Silhouette: 3-D Birthday Box Card Set Design # 56514

Stamps: Cardz TV (Good Times)

Other: Twine, foam tape.

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Snowman Waterfall Folio Album

Hello everyone! I'm sharing a waterfall folio album I made. This was my first one and it was so fun, easy and pretty quick! I love this photo book. I will definitely be making more of these. I watched the youtube video by Ginger from My Sisters Scrapper. Great video and very easy to follow. I got the inspiration to make this album from Krystal at Krystal Klear Creations. You can see her waterfall folio here. All of the stamped sentiments came from Cardz TV "Snow Day" set.

Challenges:

• Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party #47 - 3D Project
• Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #243 - Snowmen 

Materials:

Cricut: Snow Friends cartridge (snowman on front cover)

Stamps: Cardz TV "Snow Day"; Stamps of Life "snowman2build"

Die: Stamps of Life "Snowman Club Die Set" (snowman on inside)

Other: Fiskars "Snow" border punch, bling, twine, snowflake eyelets, wink of stella, decorative scissors

Happy Alcoholidays Tag

Hello everyone! I am sharing a cute wine bottle tag that I made for my friend for Christmas this year. The cutting file is Drunken Santa from SVG Cutting Files. Love this guy! I used my Cricut Explore to cut him out, added some googly eyes, and heat embossed the sentiment "Happy Alcoholidays" from Jaded Blossom's Bah Humbug stamp set. I love how this turned out!

 

Challenges entered:

• SVG Cutting Files Anything Christmas Blog Challenge

 

 

 

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Cardz TV 3-D Challenge #6 “It’s in the Bag”

Hello everyone! Time for another 3D challenge at Cardz TV. This is Challenge #6 “It’s in the Bag” - Create a Christmas Gift Bag (bag may be purchased). For my project, I chose to cut my bag and tag from the Cricut Artiste cartridge (page 32). I cut the bag at fit to page and it will hold 3 bottles of nail polish perfectly (Essie brand). I cut out the cute snowman from the Snow Friends cartridge using my Cricut Explore. The sentiment "from one FLAKE to another!" is from Cardz TV "Snow Day" stamp set. It goes perfectly with a snowman gift bag☺. I love this stamp set. There are so many cute winter sayings on it! Here is my project:

 

 

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Be sure to stop by Cardz TV and see all the wonderful design team projects and to enter your Christmas gift bag in this weeks challenge for a chance to win one of Mary's Cardz TV stamp sets. The winner will be chosen by random.org. You have until noon EST, Thursday, December 25, 2014 to enter your project. I am look forward to seeing all of your creations!

Materials:

Cricut: CTMH Artiste (Bag and Tag on page 32), Snow Friends (Snowman)

Stamps: Cardz TV (Snow Day)

Other: Rhinestones, Jute, Snowflake stickers from Dollar Tree, ink, foam tape.

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