Snowman Cookie Boxes

 Hello my crafty friends! Been trying to catch up and get ready for the holidays. I am feeling so behind!! I gave my Cricut a workout this week making these adorable snowmen boxes for my daughter to give away to her Yearbook Co-editors and staff.

Sorry the pics aren't the greatest but I made these all the night before she had to take them to school so these are all taken in my kitchen around midnight after I bagged the baked goods and put them in the boxes.  The boxes are from My Scrap Chick. I have so many of her wonderful files and have barely even used any of them. Hopefully that will change this year as I would love to make more 3D items.  I cut out the eyes and carrot nose with my Cricut but the lashes and mouth are all hand drawn. I added some pink cheeks with chalk and white doodles with my Gelly Roll pen. I finally added the sparkle on the holly berries with my Wink Of Luna pen.

The little stitched tag is from the Craftin Desert Divas Pocket Pieces HI Dies and the sentiment is from the Baked With Love stamps. 

Here is the bunch I made. I think they turned out cute and I'm so happy her friends loved them! I don't know if I will have the time to do any crafty Christmas stuff since I am so behind but hopefully I will be able to play some more in my craft room. I hope you all have fun this time of year! I'm looking forward to NOT hosting Christmas and staying in my PJ's Christmas day LOL! Yep! I decided that I'm taking this year off from having a family Christmas dinner.

Thanks for hoppin by!!

Have a blessed day!

Thanks For Being So Mice!

Hi everyone!! It's been over a month since I've been in my craft room. Trying to find my crafty mojo again and get back into the groove. Today I am sharing a shaker card I made using the adorable sentiment and mouse from the Craftin Desert Diva's Animal Antics stamp set! This set is being featured on the blog and it is the last day it will be on sale. 

I stamped and colored my own back ground paper using the cutie pie mice with my Spectrum Noir markers. The little hearts are hand drawn. I used the oval die from the Banner Dies set to cut out the center for the shaker. The layers are from the Fancy Frame Dies. I added an extra layer of glitter white card stock and placed it on a gray card base. Finally I added a bow using this sparkly heart ribbon. I had no idea where I was going when I started this card and I hope you like the finished product!

I figured this could be a thank you card for any occasion or I could even make this into a 

Valentine's Day card with all the hearts!

Here are all the CDD products I used:

Animal Antics

Fancy Frames

Banner Dies

Thank you so much for hopping by!

Have a blessed day!

Pink & Black Pocket Letter

Hi friends! Sorry I have been away for so long. My family lost someone so dear to us and it has been a rough few weeks. I needed a distraction so I am popping in to share this pocket letter I made for a new friend that I met at the Pocket Letter Pals Valley Girl Meet Up last month. She likes pink, black, bling, butterflies, coffee, and her spotted pit bull mix pup. So I used all that info to put this together.

For the tag I used the Indie Art cartridge for the butterfly and made the wings pop up. The top row I used a card with the roses cut from the Artfully Sent cartridge. I stamped it with a sentiment from the CDD Blooming For You stamps. I got the purses from Paisley and the Formal Occasions cartridges. I added some bling and used the CDD Pocket Pieces Hi Dies for most of the stitched rectangles in my PL. The hello with the butterfly is from the Lyrical Letters cartridge. I used glitter cardstock for the pink and the white and added mini pearls to the butterfly. 

The center row I used the Artfully Sent cartridge for the beautiful cutout. The butterfly and sequins are from Craftin Desert Divas. The center pocket is sooooo sparkly I wish it showed up better in the photos. I used all glitter cardstock from DCWV and the Monogram is from the Art Philosophy cartridge. The sparkle cutout is from the Disney Tinkerbell & Friends cartridge.

The bottom row is my favorite. I used this cute pup from the Animal Kingdom cartridge and colored him with my Spectrum Noir markers to look like her pup. I added brown pearls for his eyes and stamped the sentiment & paw using the CDD Animal Antics stamps. I made the center shaker with the cut from the Wild Card cartridge. The letter inside the shaker is from the Sweethearts cartridge.  And finally the pup with the thought cloud and bone I also colored with my Spectrum Noirs, I made using a die set from My Creative Time.

For the back I made a bunny card to tuck my letter into with the Sugar and Spice cartridge.  I filled the pockets with paperclips I made with the Love You A Latte cartridge, some prima flowers, die cuts from Craftin Desert Divas, twine and some stickers.

Here is a close up of the sparkly clips I made.

Here are the Craftin Desert Divas products I used: 

Pocket Pieces Hi dies

Blooming For You

Animal Antics

Thanks so much for hopping by! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Have a blessed day!

Happy Fall Y'all

Hello friends! Today I am posting on the Craftin Desert Divas blog and sharing this Fall themed card with you. I just love the fall colors and had so much fun coloring up this sweet image from the Beary Thankful stamps using my Spectrum Noir markers.

I wanted to keep the image as the focal point and started out thinking I was going to make a clean and simple card. (I don't think I have successfully accomplished this ever, LOL!) Then I leaned towards a masculine look going for simple patterned paper with the orange and brown gingham and the kraft card stock. Then.... feeling it was too plain I added a sparkly bow and a sprinkle of sequins and ended up with this. CAS and masculine.... very challenging for me haha!

I used some chalk to rosy up his cheeks and added some cute freckles with my white gel pen. I colored the handle and wheels with metallic silver and added sparkles to the red in his hat. Finally I added this perfect sentiment from the Hey Pumpkin stamps. The stitched layers are from the Fancy Frame dies and I inked the edges with Distress Ink.

Well that is my simple card and I hope you like it!!

Here are the CDD products I used and you can find these 

and so much more at the CDD Shop:

Beary Thankful

Fancy Frames

Hey Pumpkin

Thanks so much for hopping by!!

Have a wonderful day!!

Beary Best Wishes Rilakkuma SVG

Hello my crafty friends! Today I am sharing a card I made for one of my daughter's friend's birthday. These teenagers are all crazy over Rilakkuma. We bought her a bunch of stuff from Amazon and the Japan store at the mall but of course there are no cards. So I decided to give it a try and make my own svg. 

The card size is 5"x7". I found these images and I'm so happy with how it turned out! His little arms up made me think he would be so cute holding balloons. And I made this head into a perfect gift tag. The balloons, clouds, sentiment and voice bubble are all from Craftin Desert Divas. 

I sprinkled the background with iridescent sequins and then doodled the balloons with my white gel pen. I cut the clouds out with glitter card stock. I added glossy accents to the eyes and nose. Finally I added the twine for the string.

For the inside I stamped the Happy Birthday and added a couple more balloons.

Thanks so much for hopping by!!

Have a wonderful day!

Craftin Desert Divas October Release Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the CDD Stamp & Die Release Blog Hop. 

All stamps & Dies are in the CDD Shop and now available for purchase.

Here's what I've created for you...



I made a thank you card using this cutie pie wolf cub from the Chilly set. I colored him and the background with my Spectrum Noir markers. I used the colorless blender to give a cloudy effect. I cut him out using the new Stitched In Circle Dies. 



I used some sparkly background cardstock and used my Cuttlebug to emboss using the Swiss Dots folder.  The "thanks" is from the new In Line Dies and I cut it out 3 times to add thickness and the red glittery heart. 

I added some metallic silver and flocking powder to his cap for some texture. I cut a few  layers using the Outdoor Landscape dies and I also sprinkled them with Flower Soft for the snow. 

I was going for clean and simple with some dimension. 

This is as CAS as I know how to get LOL!!

Here are the specials for this release:
**FREE MINI BANNER DIE to the first 60 orders (purchase must be $40 minimum before tax & shipping, one free banner per address) PLUS 1 BAG OF FREE SEQUINS on all orders placed on 10/23-10/25, no code necessary!! Ends 10/25 at 10pm MST. Just leave your choice of sequins in the comment section as you place your order. Stamps & Dies are made in the USA.

Here is today's SVG freebie. Each stop along the way there will be a code letter that spells a word for the freebie code. You must comment and follow each blog in order to get the free file. The file will be available in the shop at craftindesertdivas.com just for that day. Just add it to your cart and enter the letters you collected at each stop for the special code word at checkout to receive your free file download. **The code word and free file will be available that day ONLY so please be sure to visit the link.

I hope you have enjoyed this release and all the design team inspiration. 
Thank you so much for joining us!!

I am the last stop today. Your final code letter from me is: R  You can find the freebie here  http://craftindesertdivas.com/rockin-christmas-tree/

Have a great day!!

Craftin Desert Divas Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the CDD Stamp & Die Release Blog Hop. 

All stamps & Dies are in the CDD Shop and now available for purchase.

Here's what I've created for you...

I used these cuties from the Polar Pals and colored them up with my Spectrum Noir markers. I used the new Stitched In Circles for the scalloped circle and to make the wreath. The background layer is from the Fancy Frame Dies. I also used the rectangle die from the Pocket Pieces Hi Dies. The music paper is printed from my Cricut Explore. 

I used the free mini banner to cut the red glitter cardstock and added the holly leaf from the Tis The Season stamps. I used glossy accents on the berries.

I added some red flower rhinestones on the wreath and cut out the bow using the Party Dies.

For the inside I used the Fancy Frame Dies for the layers, and a sentiment and music notes from the new Rudy stamps.

Here are the specials for this release:
**FREE MINI BANNER DIE to the first 60 orders (purchase must be $40 minimum before tax & shipping, one free banner per address) PLUS 1 BAG OF FREE SEQUINS on all orders placed on 10/23-10/25, no code necessary!! Ends 10/25 at 10pm MST. Just leave your choice of sequins in the comment section as you place your order. Stamps & Dies are made in the USA.

Here is today's SVG freebie. Each stop along the way there will be a code letter that spells a word for the freebie code. You must comment and follow each blog in order to get the free file. The file will be available in the shop at craftindesertdivas.com just for that day. Just add it to your cart and enter the letters you collected at each stop for the special code word at checkout to receive your free file download. **The code word and free file will be available that day ONLY so please be sure to visit the link.

I hope you have enjoyed this release and will join us again tomorrow for more projects.

I am the last stop today. Your final code letter from me is:   S  You can find the freebie here  http://craftindesertdivas.com/christmas-light-reindeer/

We hope you can join us again tomorrow for our Day 2 blog hop. 

Have a great day!!