Joining the Planner Wagon!

Hi friends! I decided to hop on the planner wagon! Well truth be told, I've always used a planner but I have never decorated one or used cutesy clips.... my planners have always been straight forward and very plain! 

I ordered my planner from Amazon and after a little bit of research I decided on the Webster's Pages personal planner. It was really inexpensive and came with all the inserts. I actually ordered it as a Mother's Day present to myself but never got around to opening it up until a couple weeks ago. 

I started out using some stickers I've had forever... I have SO many stickers!! I stamped and doodled and messed around with what I might do... I decided to color code my writing by using colored pens. Purple for me, green for my son, pink for my daughter and blue for everyday.

Next I decided to print my own stickers.  I went on Design Space and printed some images from all those Imagine Cartridges that I have on there and also created my own. These images are from Lori's Garden. I liked this coordinated look better. The pages are not very thick and when you stamp with black ink it will show through on the other side. I will try lighter colored inks next time. 

Here are some of the clips I created. The Minions are from Okie Ladybugs blog. I've been following her blog for a long time and she created these adorable Minion SVGs. Her blog is terrific and I really enjoy her personality and crafting advice. I encourage you to go visit her blog. The Hipster Kitty stamp is from My Creative Time. The top bunny is from the Cricut Noah's ABC Animals and the other two bunnies are from the Pet Shop Cartridge. 

Thanks so much for hopping by!

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 Mother's Day!!

Hello friends and Happy Mother's Day to all you Moms out there!! Today I am sharing a Mother's Day shaker card on the CDD blog.  I used the CDD Fur-ever Friends & Just For Mom stamps. I made this card for my mom since we are both crazy about our pups.

 All the cuts are from my Cricut except for the fabulous CDD stitched Banner Die. I cut out a heart balloon and filled it with the CDD Heart Breaker sequins. I colored the lil pup with my Spectrum Noir markers and added some twine for the string. Isn't this pup the cutest?!

 Here are pics of all the CDD products I used. 

You can find all of these and more at the CDD SHOP!!

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Thanks for hopping by!

Have a blessed day!!

Craftin Desert Diva's February 2015 New Release Hop

We're so happy to share with you our February stamp release. We have 5 new 

stamp sets that are being released today. All stamps are in the CDD Shop and 

available for purchase.

Without further ado, here are the February stamps:

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Here are the SVG cut files for each stamp:

All stamps have an SVG outline that is free to you. This makes it so easy. You just

 cut out the image with your machine and then stamp on it. The SVG file will be in 

the CDD Gallery  under the file tab and available for you to download.

Here are the release specials for you:

1. Use Code: FEB to receive 10% off your entire order. 

Sale ends 2/22 10pm MST.

2. Use Code: FreeShip to receive free shipping in the US with a $30 minimum 

purchase (before tax & shipping) in the CDD Shop. Offer ends Feb.22

There is a link to this free SVG pattern somewhere in today's hop lineup.

Now here is what I have created...

My first card is a shaker card using the adorable bunny stamp from Deer Friends.

 This is my favorite set of this release (although I do love them all). I colored him 

with my Spectrum  Noir  pens. I used the Cricut Artiste cartridge and the Elegant

 Edges for the card base and banner. The voice bubble is from Create A Critter.

I added some sparkle to the belly and tail using my Wink of Stella pen. Here is the 

sentiment close up. The "Hi" is from the CDD Say It Big set.

For my second card I colored the adorable little fox. I stamped this sentiment from 

the CDD Sending Love set on the hearts.

I embossed the tree from the Cricut Sweethearts cartridge and cut

 the tree down to fit the card base. This will be another love

note for my hubby.

We will have a new lineup and freebie for tomorrow's hop!

Giveaways!!!

1. Craftin Desert Divas- 1 stamp each day.

2. Too Cute by Jessica - $25. gift card for regularly-priced patterns.

You must follow and comment on each blog to be eligible for the prizes. 

Winners will be announced on Tuesday.

Your next stop on the hop is LEAH

Here's today's line up:

CDD- http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/

Mayra- http://mayrasdesigns.blogspot.com/

Kathy- http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/

Saundra- http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/

Kimberly- http://hellocutiecrafts.blogspot.com/

Tina- http://thescrappinrabbit.blogspot.com/  (You are here)

Leah- http://leahschaeffer.blogspot.com/

Karen- http://craftedwithlovebykaren.blogspot.com/

Heidi - http://www.craftytime4u.blogspot.com/

TCBJ- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Too-Cute-by-Jessica/196421370434846

Thanks for hopping by! Have a great day!