You've Got Mail Cardz TV Blog Hop

I'm so glad you could join us today for our Cardz TV You've Got Mail Blog Hop! We hoped you enjoyed Day 1 of the blog hop with the Saturday Team. Welcome to the Sunday Team. Grab your favorite beverage, sit back and relax, and get ready for some fun, inspiration, and the chance to win some blog candy too! And don’t forget to go back to Cardz TV for Day 1 with our Saturday team, for even more fun, inspiration and another chance to win some great blog candy!

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Here's what I made for today's blog hop using Cardz TV Stamp set Snail Mail.

My card base is green card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I added a dark purple mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and the patterned paper mat cut at 3 7/8" X 5 1/8". I did that because I just wanted a little of the purple mat to show.

My snail is from the Birthday Bash cartridge and was cut at 3". I added some stickles to his antenna's. and used my white gel pen to add some freckles to his pink cheeks and some faux stitching on the envelope flap. I use a purple marker to add the faux stitching to the white envelope. I stamped the heart from the Love in a Jar Cardz TV stamp set on white card stock using Rosebud Memento Ink. I cut out the heart and added it to my envelope flap. My snail is attached to my card front with one thickness of foam tape. I stamped my sentiments using the Rosebud ink. To finish the card I added 3 buttons in the upper corner.

What's a blog hop without some blog candy! Look what I have for you today! Just in time for Father's Day a 6" x6" paper pad pefect for masculine cards. It is called Swagger.

To have a chance to win this awesome paper pad, you need to be a follower and leave a comment here on this post with a way for me to get a hold of you. I will use Random.org to pick a winner on Monday and post the winner's name by 7pm PDT.(US Mailing address only).


Mary will be giving 2 sets of Cardz TV Stamps for her blog candy, so if you’re a follower of Cardz TV, just leave  a comment on her blog! Mary will use random.org to pick a winner, and will announce the WINNER on Monday!

Your next stop along the way is Karen.

Below is a list of all the stops in today's You've Got Mail Blog Hop. Blog Hop. If you get lost, just come back here to check the list and find your way again!
Thank you for hopping with us today…we hope you had fun!



1. Mary - http://www.cardztv.blogspot.com/
2. Ginger - http://www.mysistersscrapper.com/
3. Jennifer - http://www.creativecricutdesigns.blogspot.com/
4. Sharon - http://www.meemeescreations.blogspot.com/
5. Kristin - http://www.pinkldycrafter.blogspot.com/
6. Deanna - http://www.deannaspapercrafts.blogspot.com/
7. Karen - http://www.littlescrappieces.blogspot.com/
8. Shawnee - http://www.quiverofangels.blogspot.com/
9. Gloria - http://www.girliascards.blogspot.com/
10. Amanda - http://www.craftsbyamanda.blogspot.com/
11. Julie - http://www.readysetstamp.com/
12. Nicole - http://www.teachdanz.blogspot.com/
13. Rachelle - http://www.creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/
14. Jeri - http://www.bugnme.blogspot.com/
15. Jo -http://www.jwscrapshack.blogspot.com/

Happy Mother's Day!!

I hope you and your family have an awesome day together!!!

My Version of a Gate Fold Card

When I set out to design this project, I knew I wanted to do something a bit different then my typical A2 card. I did some blog hopping and decided I wanted to make a gate fold card. But I decided I wanted to create my own version of a gate fold card and that is what I did.

I started with a piece of white card stock cut to 5 1/2" X 12". I die cut one edge using a Tim Holtz on the edge butterfly die. (Check with Kim if you are interested in this die). My next thought was how to dress up the butterlies. Once again Tim Holtz to the rescue. I placed several different colors of distress stain (I used Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade and Shaded Lilac) I then spritzed the distress stains with water and and swished my butterflies in the stain. I then let them dry. I added some Buttercup and Lavendar Lace Liquid Pearls to the bodies of the butterflies. Once the butterflies were all dried I scored my card stock at 3 1/2" from each end. I heavily inked all the edges of my card with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink (this is one of my favorite colors).  I added a black mat and then my patterned paper mats. I also did the inside of the card.

My next dilemma was how to finish the card. It just needed a bit more. I took another piece of white card stock and again applied some distress stains to my mat. This time I used Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves, Salty Ocean and the Burnish Pewter Metallic stain (again Kim can order these for you, just ask). I again squirted the stains with water on my mat and just swished the paper across my mat to color the entire page. I then spritz the paper with a bit of water to get the colors to flow. I allowed the paper to dry thoroughly. I cut two butterflies using my Silhouette cameo. I cut the base layer using the stained paper I created. The top layer was cut using the tracing paper I have it is a bit transparent.

To finish the front of the card, I cut a mat using Elegant Edges (again Kim can order this for you) at 3". I cut the shadow out of black and the base layer out of white. I inked the white mat with the Peacock Feathers distress stain and stamped my sentiment and the butterfly. I used my Turquoise Spica pen to enhance the lines of the butterfly and use the Clear Spica pen to add sparkle inside the wings.

I sure hope you enjoyed my version of a Gate Fold card. I would love to see you all create your own version as well and share it with me. I think this card would work well for a Mother's Day card, Birthday Card, or even a Graduation Day card. What do you think?

New Scrappy Frogs Challenge

It is time for a new challenge over at Scrappy Frogs. This month the challenge is Free Choice. Make a project of your choice! This is what I came up with.

My card is a 4 1/2" square card. I started with a light lavendar card stock and cut and scored it for my base. I added a dark purple mat cut at 4 1/4" square. I then cut my patterned paper at 4" square. My flower was cut at 3" from the Create-a-Critter cartridge. I used my Gypsy to hide the face so I could stamp it with a Peachy Keen Stamp face. I used my white gel pen to add some white to the eyes and some freckles to the cheeks and some doodle dots to the flower petals. I used pink chalk to give the flower rosy cheeks. I folded the leaf and used some green chalk to highlight the vein down the middle of the leaf. My sentiment is stamped with Concord Grape distress ink.

Thanks for visiting. I sure hope you will join in the challenge.

Ain't no Other Like my Mother Challenge

The new challenge over at Cardz TV is to make a project for Mother's Day. Here is what I came up with.

I started with a white card stock base, but and scored to make a 4 1/4"  X 5 1/2" card. I added a blue mat cut at 4 1/8" X 5 3/8". My patterned paper is cut at 4" X 5 1/4". I also took a piece of the blue paper and cut it at 1" X 4" and ran it through my eBosser and embossed it with a Cuttlebug border embossing folder.

My bird house is a Marianne die that I cut from white card stock. I used my Spectrum Noir markers to color the flowers and the house. I then stamped the butterfly on it and colored it with some liquid pearls using a fine paint brush. My little wooden birds are from Recollections and are colored with Squeezed Lemonade and Picked Raspberry. I added a small blue ribbon bow to the top of my bird house. I stamped my sentiment from the Happy Day's stamp set with some Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I thank you for visiting today and hope you will join us in the challenge over at Cardz TV.

Hello Sunshine!

We have had some awesome weather the last few days and it just seemed like a good idea to make a card that  celebrated our sunshine. For my card I made a circle easel card. It was a fun a quick card to put together. The card base and all the pieces but the bee were made using dies and my eBosser. I used a Scalloped Spellbinder Die to make my card base, the front and the little part on the inside of the card so it would stand up. I also used a set of circle dies that Kim special ordered for me. Here are pictures of the die sets I used.

I started with a piece of  white card stock that I cut and score to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I then took my Scalloped Spellbinder Dies and using the biggest die in the set I cut the die shape out of my folded card base, being careful to place the die about a 1/2" above the fold line on my card base. This created the hinge in my card and gave me the scalloped circle card. I then cut the largest die again out of a second piece of white paper so I had a complete scallop. I took my scalloped card base and scored it down the middle so I could fold it in half. I also scored it at 2" from the top of one of the scallops.  Here is a picture of the inside of the card so you can see the score lines.

Next I the circle die set the Kim special ordered for me. I cut the largest of the circle out of black. I cut the next size circle out of some patterned paper from the Echo Park Country Drive paper pad. (The store is currently out of stock but if you are interested in the paper pad please contact Kim through the Customer Service link in the store.) Once I had adhered the different layers to the single scallop which would serve as my card front I attached it to my card base. I used my Scotch Quick Dry adhesive to put all my pieces and layers together. While the glue does dry quickly you still have a few seconds to move your layers around to be sure they like up properly. This is one of my favorite adhesives and I use it on almost all my projects.

The honeycombed pattern paper is actually the reverse side of the  blue bee paper. To get these layers, I used the scalloped dies starting with the largest and going one step down for each layer. I cut the base layer in white, the next layer in black and the final layer out of the honeycombed patterned paper. When I cut these I cut only half of the die out. Once I had them all cut I trimmed them down so I could layer them. The white layer is approximately 2", the black layer is approximately 1 3/4" and the patterned paper layer is approximately 1 1/2". I stamped my sentiment with some Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The Memento ink is my go to ink and I strongly recommend it. Now for my little bee! He was cut at 2 1/2" from the Create A Critter cartridge. This is one of my favorite cartridges and Kim can special order it for you. I cut the base layer out of black, the second layer out of the yellow and the wing layer out of some heavy tracing paper that my DH gave me from his work. For the wings, I wanted a bit of sparkle to them so I used some Butterscotch Glimmer Glam to the wings to give them some sparkle. I added the bee to my card front with some foam tape and added some Black Stickles to the ends of the antennas. I sure hope you have enjoyed my card. I would love to hear what you think.

Your the Man Blog Hop!

I'm so glad you could join us today for our Your the Man Blog Hop! We have divided the Cardz TV Design Team into a Saturday Team and a Sunday Team, so grab your favorite beverage, sit back and relax, and get ready for some fun, inspiration, and the chance to win some blog candy too! And don’t forget to come back tomorrow to Cardz TV for Day 2 with our Sunday team, for even more fun, inspiration and another chance to win some great blog candy!

Here's what I made for today's blog hop using Cardz TV Stamps Your the Man stamp set.

My card base is Kraft card stock cut and scored to make a 4" X 9" card base. (This card will fit in a regular business size envelope). I cut a blue mat at 3 3/4" X 8 3/4". My patterned paper is from an Authentique paper pad. The blue patterned paper is cut at 3 1/2" X 6". I then cut a brown mat from the same paper pad at 3 1/2" X 3". Finally to cover the seam where the papers covered each I used the reverse side of the blue patterned paper and cut a strip 3 1/2" X 1". I inked the edges of all my papers with some Tea Dye distress ink.

My gentleman is from the Art Deco Cricut cartridge. I cut him at 6". I used some Glimmer Glaze and a small paintbrush to add some stitching to his jacket and to the small blue patterned mat.



I used an EK Success punch to punch out the mat for my sentiment, and inked it with Tea Dye distress ink as well. Rich Cocoa Memento Ink to stamp my sentiment.

What's a blog hop without some blog candy!  Mary will be giving 2 sets of Cardz TV Stamps for her blog candy, so if you’re a follower of Cardz TV, just leave  a comment on her blog! Mary will use random.org to pick a winner, and will announce the WINNER on Monday!

Below is a list of all the stops in today's Your the Man Blog Hop. If you get lost, just come back here to check the list and find your way again!

Thank you for hopping with us today…we hope you had fun! See you tomorrow at Cardz TV for Day 2 with our Sunday Design Team, and lots more fun!

Your next stop is Karen.

1. Mary - http://www.cardztv.blogspot.com/
2. Jeri - http://www.bugnme.blogspot.com/
3. Ginger - http://www.mysistersscrapper.com/
4. Jennifer - http://www.creativecricutdesigns.blogspot.com/
5. Sharon - http://www.meemeescreations.blogspot.com/
6. Kristin - http://www.pinkldycrafter.blogspot.com/
7. Deanna - http://www.deannaspapercrafts.blogspot.com/
8. Karen - http://www.littlescrappieces.blogspot.com/
9. Shawnee - http://www.quiverofangels.blogspot.com/
10. Gloria - http://www.girliascards.blogspot.com/
11. Amanda - http://www.craftsbyamanda.blogspot.com/
12. Julie - http://www.readysetstamp.com/
13. Nicole - http://www.teachdanz.blogspot.com/
14. Rachelle - http://www.creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/