Please help me welcome my Guest Designer... Laura!! And... Oh! Oh! Oh! A challenge for ya too!! :)

Happy Fabulous Friday everyone!!  Over the next few weeks, I will be featuring a few friends here -- Some are Bloggie-Land friends I've had for a while, and others are NEW friends who may have just started blogging or haven't had much recognition...  Recently, I asked the Love To Crop! Facebook Fans to leave a link to their blogs so that we could visit one another.   Laura from Laura's Crafts and More posted her link, and I fell in love with the box card on her blog and just HAD to ask her to share it with all of you!!   Laura graciously agreed...  So I would really appreciate if, after you check out her AWESOME tutorial here, you would pop over to her blog (click here) and show her some bloggie-love -- Become a follower and leave a comment!!  I'll be sending a RAK to one person who does (so be sure to tell her that you're stopping over after you saw her here, so I know who to draw from!!)...  And if you would like to be considered for a future Guest Designer spot, please leave a link to your blog in the comments on this post so I can come visit you too!! :)

And now, I give you...  Laura from Laura's Crafts and More!! :)

I am SO excited!! I feel so honored to be asked to be a guest designer! This is my 1st time but hopefully not my last! :) Let's start with a little about me...My name is Laura & I have been stamping for about 10 yrs...And then a couple of years ago I got my Cricut!! Combining stamping & Cricut has been so much fun! About 3 yrs ago, a friend asked me to make her some baby invitations & from then on I have slowly built up a small business & hope to get more customers soon!!

I have been married for almost 21 yrs to my HS sweetheart & we have 2 boys (16 & 13...Eeeekkk!! Teenage boys!!) I am a SAHM & can spend hours if not days (LOL!!) in my craft area!

Enough about me...Let's get to the fun stuff!! :) I chose to make a "box card" today. I saw this on Splitcoaststampers on the Weekly Inkling (If you do not subscribe to this...do it now!! There are some AMAZING ideas on this site!!) My Mom tried this first & told me I HAD to try it...I finally did & now I am SERIOUSLY ADDICTED to making them! (Thanks Mom!!) They are so easy! Here is the original tutorial...I HIGHLY recommend watching the video at the bottom, Trust me!! I am usually a visual person, but after an hour trying this, I almost gave up!! Then I watched the video & BAM!! Gorgeous card!!

Here is the finished card (outside view)

And here is the back...

This is great for a small note or even any flat candy (Ghiradelli choc come to mind!!) but this time I decided to use it for a gift card holder! So here is the inside...

I cut a piece of cardstock to 4x4, used my tab punch to make the tabs to hold the gift card & I used a CuttleBug border embossing folder on the bottom for some texture. And of course added some bling!! :)

Here is the finished inside...

I used all Stampin Up paper (Cottage Wall-retired)  &cardstock (Rich Razzleberry)

Well I have really enjoyed this guest spot & I hope to see some of you over on my blog!! Thank you SO much Amy!! This was a blast!! :)

Until next time...

♥ Laura ♥

WOW!!  Laura, that was GREAT!!  For those of you who would like to make one of these, we'd LOVE to see yours too!!  So add a link in the Linky-List below so we can come and check it out -- You have two weeks to enter YOUR box card for a chance to win a little something-something (I'll add a picture of the prize in just a bit)