TCBJ Birthday Hop featuring Craftin Desert Divas!

Hello my crafty friends!! Happy Valentine's Day!! Today is Day 2 of the Too Cute By Jessica Birthday Hop featuring Craftin Desert Divas on facebook. There are new Digi stamps at CDD and new svgs at TCBJ along with a great SALE and FREEBIES!! You can join in on all the fun and it starts HERE.

These are the projects I made for the celebration!!

I made a trio of shaker tags using the CDD Tag Essentials Dies. The balloons are the new Kawaii Birthday Balloons digi stamp. I colored them up with my Spectrum Noirs and I also inked that cloud background. It took a few times to get that right. It was my first time trying that technique! I filled the shakers with the Hearts sequins. The banner is cut from my Cricut When I Was A Kid cartridge and the sentiment from the CDD Happy Celebrations stamps.

Here is a closeup. It is hard to see in this picture but the balloons are very sparkly!

Next I used the new TCBJ Kawaii Birthday Cake svg to make a couple more tags.

I LOVE anything kawaii and these images are SO cute!! I made a tag base using the svg by welding it in Design Space and cut it at 4 inches. I cut the layers using Doodlebug papers. The bow is from the Cricut Leather Bow. I did modify it a bit to pull in tighter through the middle. I glittered the bows and frosting all up using Wink of Stella and Stickles.

 

Yellow cake and of course I had to do chocolate!! I doodled and chalked their sweet cheeks!

Here are the CDD products I used:

Kawaii Balloons & Party Hat Digi stamps

Happy Celebrations

Blue Heart Sequins

Fuschia Heart Sequins

Green Heart Sequins

Pink Heart Sequins

Thank you all so much for hopping by! 

Have a blessed day!

CDD February 2015 New Release Sneak Peek

Today is Day 3 of the sneak peeks for the February stamp release at Craftin Desert Divas. We have 5 new stamp sets in this release.

  These images and sentiments come with a SVG outline that is FREE to you. They are in the CDD Gallery on Facebook under the files tab.

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

Each day, there will be a new FREE SVG pattern.  You can email craftindesertdivas@gmail.com or send a message to the CDD  Facebook page to request it. You must comment and follow each blog in order to get the free file. Join us this Saturday & Sunday for our hop and more free files!!!

Today we are showcasing the Deer Friends stamps

Here is what I created for the sneak peek....

I have a couple projects for you today. First I made a set of Chocolate Bunny cards. The bunny is from Miss Kate Cuttables. I thought this sentiment was perfect for these adorable bunnies with the bitten ears.

The tag is from the Cricut Artiste cartridge. Here is a close up of the sentiment:

For my second project I made a card for my hubby. I'm going to stick it in his briefcase as a surprise.

I just had to use the glasses for this sentiment. My whole family wears them and I immediately thought of this cute SVG from Too Cute By Jessica called Hipster Animals.

The cute paper is Prima's All About Me. I added glossy accents and then pearls to one of the glasses. I also used the envelope stamp from the CDD Sending Love stamp set. Here is a close up of the sentiment:

And look how cute today's free pattern is!!!!

Be sure to comment and follow each blog in order to get the freebie pattern.

CDD stamps are..

 4x6 stamps

Made in the USA

Stamps will be available to order on Saturday.

We hope you will stop by the Craftin Desert Divas Shop and the Craftin Desert Divas Gallery Facebook group. We would love for you to join us and share your creations with us using Craftin Desert Divas' stamps. In this group, we show previews first, have giveaways and much more!

Thank you so much for joining us today.  I hope you will visit the CDD blog tomorrow for more sneak peeks.

Have a wonderful day!

Beary Sweet and Cute Cocoa Cup

Hello my crafty friends!  It has been such a busy time and I haven't been able to craft since before Christmas. I am looking forward to my kids going back to school and being on a regular schedule again. I had fun making this sweet card using the Too Cute By Jessica Cute Cocoa Cups file. 

I'm still experimenting with using lots of patterned papers on my projects. Sometimes it is hard for me and I go straight for the plain cardstock. I wanted this to be a fun design so I just went for it and I used a bunch of my holiday paper scraps :) 

I added Stickles on the hats and also on the whipped cream. I also added little pom poms on the hats.  The sentiment is from a Craftin Desert Diva's July freebie.

Here is the file that I used and you can find it HERE.

Thanks so much for hopping by! I hope you all
have a wonderfully blessed and Happy 2015!

I will participate in the following challenges:

Die-Cut-Diva's- Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces- Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

Hiding In My Craft Room- Super Scraps

DL.Art- January Linky

Cute Snowman Heartfelt Thanks Thank You Card

Hello everyone and Happy New Year's Day! Today I am sharing this project on the Craftin Desert Diva's blog. It is a Thank You card. I'm starting off 2015 full of gratitude! I am so thankful for the many blessings I am so fortunate to have in my life....my family, my home, my friends and all of you too my crafty friends!  I try to send thank you's for the many gifts we are blessed to receive during the holidays and on this card I chose a sentiment from the CDD Simply Said stamp set.

I made a fancy square card using the Cricut Artiste cartridge. The snowman is from the Too Cute By Jessica Cute Snowmen file.  I decorated this snowman with a string of hearts to tie in with the saying "Heartfelt Thanks".  I used a face stamp from the Peachy Keen Happy Lashes face assortment. Here is a closeup of the sentiment.

I used my Wink of Stella pen on the hat and the snowflake embellishments are from Recollections.

Here is a picture of the entire stamp set that has so many wonderful sentiments to cover just about every occasion. You can purchase this HERE!

Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all
many blessings this New Year!

A Puppy In My Stocking

Hello everyone! Can you believe there is only 5 more days til Christmas? Yikes! My how the time flies! Preparations are still in progress for hosting Christmas at my house and I have so many presents to wrap still!!! Today I am sharing a Christmas card that reminds me of my daughter when she was little.

This adorable little girl file is from Too Cute By Jessica's Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Girls. I used a Peachy Keen Face Stamp from the Christmas In July set. The puppy in the stocking is from the TCBJ's  A Puppy For Christmas file. I added pearls to the bows and buttons to her shirt. I love the little white stockings with black shoes just like my daughter wore when she was tiny. The sparkly poinsettia is a Recollections embellishment.

For the sentiment I used the Craftin Desert Diva's  Tag It and the Happy Celebrations stamp sets.

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Thanks so much for hopping by! I will participate in the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces- Anything Goes

Hiding In My Craft Room- Freestyle

I hope you have a blessed day!

Winter Penguin Decorating His Igloo

Hello my crafty friends! Is everybody ready for Christmas? My son has been so kind to announce every single day just how many days are left, lol! Do any of you host for the holidays? Lucky me I have Christmas every year at my house and it looks like I'm stuck with Thanksgiving now too..... For those of you who host, I salute you and wish you as low stress as possible, hee hee (If there is such a thing)! I don't think anyone can truly understand what goes in to hosting a holiday until you've had to do it year after year by yourself. I'm trying to buck up and not sweat the small stuff but...... it ain't easy!!

Today I have a cute little igloo shaped card to share :) 

I used the Too Cute By Jessica Cute Winter Penguins file that was a Craftin Desert Diva's hop freebie. I just love these adorable and chubby little penguins! The Igloo and light strings are from the Cricut Create a Critter cartridge. I welded and cut the igloo shape at about 4"x 11 3/8". I hand cut the glitter paper along the bottom for the snow.

The colored papers are all from my scraps box. I used flocking powder for the cute little beanie. I also added some Wink of Stella glitter on the lights. The face is from the Peachy Keen Winter Wonderland Face Assortment.

This picture captures the sparkle!

The sentiment is from the Craftin Desert Diva's Get Your Jingle On set and I used the SVG that goes with it.  Here are pics of what I used:

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And there is still time to take advantage of this fantastic sale!!

Thanks so much for hopping by! I will participate in the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces- Anything Goes

PDE Linky Party- North Pole

Die Cut Diva's- Snow and Christmas

DL.Art- December linky anything goes

Fantabulous Cricut- Anything Goes

Scrapbooker PhD- Christmas Critters

Jo's Scrap Shack- Happy Holidays

Hiding In My Craft Rrrom- Super Scraps Saturday

Hope you have a blessed day!

Cute Christmas Bird Gift Shaped Card

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a fantastic weekend!! Today is my day to post on the Craftin Desert Diva's blog and I have a sparkly gift shaped Christmas card to share. 

I used the Cricut Wild Card cartridge for this shaped card. It is cut at about 7.25". For the ribbon I used some sparkly white card stock from Martha Stewart and the candy cane paper is from a MAMBI sheets Christmas stack. I can't find the name on it but it has the CUTEST papers!

The little bird is from the Too Cute By Jessica Cute Christmas Birds file. I cut her out at about 2.75". Oh my goodness I love this file! I love birds almost as much as I love bunnies!! I have been dying to use the Variety Face Assortment stamps from Peachy Keen just for this birdie face! I added little tiny pearls and sparkle to her scarf. I used metallic markers for the design on the ornament and added a gold bow. I also added sparkly red to her wings and the Wink of Luna sparkle to the white on her Santa Hat. 

For the sentiment I used the CDD Simply Christmas stamp set. This stamp set is one of my favorites and is simply a must have for all your holiday projects.  Here is a close up of the sentiment I used.  I love that festive font!

Here is a picture of the entire stamp set. To shop click HERE.

And don't forget about this amazing sale at CDD for select available stamp sets!!

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This is the file that I got the little bird from and you can get this by clicking HERE.

And check out this incredible sale going on at Too Cute By Jessica!

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Thanks for hopping by! I will participate in the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

DL.Art- Christmas Linky

Double Click Connections- Happy Holidays

Scrapbooker PhD- Christmas Critters

Scrappy Mom's Stamps- Tag It/Use a tag

Jo's Scrap Shack- Happy Holidays 12/19

Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog- Christmas Presents

I hope you have a blessed day!