CDD Shaker Project Linky Party!

Hi there crafty friends! It is time for another challenge and we would love for you to join us! This Linky Party theme is to make a ....  "Shaker Project"  !!!!!

Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi weekly linky party over at Craftin Desert Divas. We hope you will share your projects with us! And don't forget about the prizes! Every linky party will have a Winner and a Top 3.....the more times you link up, the more chances you will have to win! 

Our sponsors are:

ONE STAMP SET or 3 bags of Sequins FROM CDD

$25 GIFT CARD (REGULAR PRICED ITEMS)

Now on to my shaker project....

I  made a shaped shaker card using the Sew Raggedy stamps. The card base is from My Scrap Chick and I cut out a frame to make it a shaker. The papers are from Colorbok and Prima and leftover card stock from my scraps bin.

I stamped the little girl and colored her with my Spectrum Noir markers. For the shaker I used some tiny buttons and the CDD Heartbreaker Sequins that you can find HERE.

I used the Short & Sweet tags to stamp my sentiment. I added some ribbon and buttons with twine and I was done!

Here are pics of the stamp sets I used that you can find at the CDD Shop!

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I will participate in the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

Hiding In My Craft Room- Superscraps Saturday

Little Scrap Pieces- Show It Off Saturday

DL.Art- April Linky Anything Goes

Thanks so much for hopping by! 

Have a blessed day!!

Krazy for Kristi W Designs Facebook Co-Hop!

Hello friends! Today there is a Facebook Co-Hop and I have some projects to share. First of all you must go hop to get the free SVG's and win some prizes!! The hop starts on the CDD Facebook page CDD Facebook Page HERE ! 

I have two cards to share. The first one features the sweet little baby from the Bitty Blessings set and the CDD large banner die and star die!! That's right! Stitched dies now at CDD's!!! 

I used the star dies to cut the window for my shaker card. Then I filled them with the new CDD Star Struck sequins. The little faces are from the Sew Raggedy set. The sentiment is from Snips & Snails.

These stitched dies are fabulous!! I colored the baby with my Spectrum Noir markers. Isn't she the cutest!!? 

My next card features the small banner die and the little mouse from Tissue Time.

I masked off the pill container to have the little mouse peek out of the new stitched oval die. The tiny banner is an SVG from the Short & Sweet Tags. The sentiment is from Simply Said. 

I love this little mouse! I also colored him with my Spectrum Noir pens.

Here are the new sequins and info on pre-ordering the dies:

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Here are pics of the stamp sets I used:

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Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you will hop along with us on Facebook!

I will participate in the following challenges:

Hiding In My Craft Room- Think Spring use Spring Colors
Die Cuttin Diva's- Anything Goes
Little Scrap Pieces- Show It Off Saturday Anything Goes
DL.Art- April Linky Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

Have a wonderful day!

Egg-Cited for Easter!!!

Hello everyone!! Today I am posting on the CDD blog and I want to share an Easter shaker card I made. 

 

I used the adorable bunny image from the Hunny Bunny stamp set. I colored it with my Spectrum Noir markers and stamped a little banner with this fun sentiment for this cutie pie to hold. As you can imagine, Spring is a happy time for me because everything is decorated with bunnies!! This little bunny is my new favorite stamp to play with!

I made it open from the bottom to get the full shaker effect when you open it. The egg is an svg that I altered to cut into the blue card stock layer. I embossed the layer with my scroll frame Cuttlebug folder.

Here is a close up of the stamped image and sentiment.  It seemed a little plain so I went over the embossing with some Stickles and also used some Prima flowers. I added pearls to the flower centers and added a few flower sequins and it finally felt done.

Here is a close up of the Hunny Bunny stamp set. You can pick up your own set at the CDD shop HERE!

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Thanks so much for hopping by!  Have a great day!

Craftin Desert Diva's "Anything Goes" Linky Party

Hi there crafty friends! It is time for another challenge and we would love for you to join us! This Linky Party theme is....  "Anything Goes"  !!!!!

Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi weekly linky party over at Craftin Desert Divas. We hope you will share your projects with us! And don't forget about the prizes! Every linky party will have a Winner and a Top 3.....the more times you link up, the more chances you will have to win! 

Our sponsors are:

ONE STAMP SET FROM CDD

$25 GIFT CARD (REGULAR PRICED ITEMS)

Now on to my project....

I made an Easter card using a stamp image from the CDD Hunny Bunny set and

 a sentiment  from Punny. I tried something new and I water colored this cutie

 and background. I first stamped the bunny on watercolor  paper using the Tim Holtz Walnut distress ink. After it completely dried I used a small paint brush and filled it in. It was challenging for me because I'm not used to using a brush and I found myself wanting to "fix" the watercolored marks to even them out. I showed my daughter and husband and they both said, "It's supposed to look like that! That's what gives it the water colored look!" So I started leaving the little puddles alone, lol!  

I decided to paint pastel, striped layers for the background. That wasn't too hard. But working with paper piecings for so many years I felt like it was too plain....I don't know that I've ever made a single layer card before. So I added a die cut egg frame with a scallop border using the Cricut Easter 2010 cartridge. I ran the lavender layer through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder.

Of course it needed more lol, so I added the bow which I made with an SVG and stamped this adorable sentiment on the banner. And last but not least it needed some sparkle so I went over the bow and scallop frame with my Wink of Stella pen. This picture shows the shimmer. I may have taken away the whole look of a water colored card by adding too many other layers and elements but clean and simple is not easy for me! I did have fun even though it was harder to stay in the lines with a wet paint brush, lol!

Here are pictures of the stamp sets I used:

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Thanks for hopping by!!

Have a wonderful day!!

Baby Shower Wreath and Baby Gift Tag

Hello friends!! Today I have a couple things including a different type of project to share with you! I'm really excited about this because I tried something new and out of my comfort zone!! My next door neighbor is having her first baby and it is a girl!! She asked me about baby shower wreaths and wondered if I knew where she could get one that didn't cost a fortune. I did some research and thought, "I can make that!"  Well I gave it my best shot and it turned out to be a huge hit at the baby shower! 

Her nursery is safari themed with tan and brown accents. She liked the burlap look so I decided to give it a try. The wreath materials are all from Michaels. I chose to use the 5.5 inch rolls of the burlap mesh and double layer each loop.  The wreath turned out larger than I expected which is a good thing because our doors are so big!! The wreath frame I believe was 18 inches and the final wreath was about 24".

The little stuffed giraffe and elephant are 5 inch Gund baby rattles. I ordered them both on Amazon because the few shops I went to I couldn't find small safari animals. I made bows by layering some chocolate colored 4 inch burlap with the pink and white polka dot ribbon. The flowers came premade and attached to a clothespin. I hot glued them to the center. The sparkly little butterflies are attached to alligator clips and I just stuck them on and around the wreath. I bought the baby shoes at Marshall's for $5 and hot glued them together and to a clothespin, then clipped them on. 

The burlap chevron bow was so much easier than I thought it would be. They were selling them premade at Michaels and so I took pics and copied one to make my own. All in all I am thrilled that this turned out the way it did. I learned some new things and I'm ready to make another one. However this was not cheap!!! I think I paid more on supplies than the completed wreaths on Etsy cost. Most of the materials were regular priced items and Michaels only let's you use one coupon. So in the future I will be watching for sales and buying supplies with coupons little by little so I don't end up spending another small fortune, lol! My neighbor did appreciate this gift and I was happy to do it for her! It was a lot of fun!!!

Of course I had to buy some baby clothes too, lol! So after wrapping the box, I made a bow with the leftover ribbon and then made a gift tag.

The tag is an svg and stamp from the Craftin Desert Diva's Tag It stamp set. 

This came together so quickly! I added some ribbon to the tag base, hand cut out a heart from some pink burlap. I then stamped and colored this little baby from the CDD Bitty Blessings stamp set. The sentiment is from the Sugar and Spice Set. I stamped onto this wavy banner that I got on Design Space.  I added a little sparkle and bling to the bow and it was done.

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I will participate in the following challenges:

DecorateTo Celebrate- Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes
Die Cut Diva's- Spring/Children
DL.Art- Anything Goes March Linky

Thanks so much for hopping by!!! 

Have a wonderful day :)