Die Cuttin Divas - Anything Goes

Happy Tuesday!!

It's time for another Die Cuttin Divas Challenge. Today's challenge is Anything Goes. I know this is a fan favorite! Come join us and show off your creativity!
I have been wanting to try one of the ink splattered technique cards that are so popular right now. I LOVE the CAS look of these cards so I tried it out, and tried it out, and tried it out :) Well it is super easy.... except when you want to have the splatter only in one area.  So I quickly learned that I needed to mask off the parts that I don't want the splatter :) Oh and I used ink and a little bit of paint watered down, and here is how it turned out.

I used a large paint brush and a very thin brush. I added a GREAT die cut from Paper Trey ink and it was complete.

If you want to have some fun or let the kids have some fun.  Lay some newspaper or plastic down, cut a bunch of card bases and let the kids have a blast. Use small and large brushes for different size splatters.  Make sure they wear gloves :) My boys fingers were orange for days :) 

Please pop over to Die Cuttin Divas Challenge and check out the DT and join us for the challenge! We would love to have you.

Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party - Christmas in July "Elf Tags"

Happy Monday!
Today is the Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party hosted by Tara of Craftin Desert Divas! Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi-weekly linky party and you could win fabulous prizes!! Welcome to our mid post for this weeks "Christmas in July" Challenge Linky Party. Visit Craftin Desert Divas for all the rules and to play along. 
So Last week I had a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit but boy did I find my Christmas mojo :) I can't wait to share these tags with you. I think the majority of my projects this Holiday will be tags... I never have enough. So here are my Elf tags.
 

So I started with fun tags from Lil inker designs and Echo park paper

Next I cut the boy and girl elves from Cricut Create a friend and sparkled them all up. I stamped their cut little faces with Peachy Keen stamps PK-1320. I tied the tags with some celebrations ribbon, some Totally Natural Trendy Twine and some jingle bells.

 

Last but not least I stamped "Happy Holidays" from the CDD stamp set Happy Celebrations

 

 

Don't forget... if you purchased a set from CDD, please make a project and enter the challenge or join the Craftin Desert Divas Gallery and show us your creation!

Have a WONDERFUL day!

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Craftin Desert Diva's Gallery 

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Craftin Desert Diva's July Stamp release Blog Hop

Welcome to our fifth Craftin Desert Diva's stamp release blog hop!! I'm super excited to share with you in full the CDD July release stamps. There are five new stamps that are being released today in the Craftin Desert Divas Shop and are available now for purchase.

So without further ado here are the latest stamp sets:

Gotta Wear Shades - you can purchase them HERE 

Lil Bit Buggie - You can purchase them HERE

School Zone - You can purchase them HERE

All Star Sports - You can purchase them HERE

Blooming For You - You can purchase them HERE

We have a few specials starting today!!

Every purchase receives a FREE Too Cute by Jessica SVG pattern made especially for this release.

With a minimum 2 stamp purchase you will receive a FREE mini stamp.

Use code: JULY to save 20% off your ENTIRE purchase.

The mini stamp & sale will end Aug. 1, 2014.

Here is the free pattern with purchase: 

Here is the free mini stamp with any 2 stamp purchase:

Tara is giving away one stamp set each day & Too Cute by Jessica is giving away $25 gift card to her store (regular priced items).

And now for my project.... I chose to use the stamps in a SUPER clean and simple fashion, just to show the versatility. Still as CUTE as ever. Trina Clarks designs are fabulous and pair so perfectly with Tara's stamps!!

Look at this fun little bear having a GREAT time splashing around! 

I used my copics and some color pencils for the image and a little water color for the water. These are ADORABLE images!! You have a lot of fabulous projects to look at and this next one is so pretty over at Michelle' s you'll LOVE it!

Be sure to hop with us tomorrow!! Winners will be picked from a different blog each day, so the more you comment the more chances you have to win.

Craftin Desert Diva's Shop

CDD Gallery - We'd love you to share your projects using the CDD stamps.

Blogs on the hop:

Fri 7/25

Tara - www.craftindesertdivas.com

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

Sukie - http://scrappindhilly.blogspot.com

Georgiana - http://www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://indymermaid.blogspot.com

Shelly - http://mypaperlove.blogspot.com/ HERE

Michelle - http://michellescricutfun.blogspot.com/ NEXT

Michelle P - http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com

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

Marina - https://www.facebook.com/creativecandy4u

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

Sat 7/26

Tara - www.craftindesertdivas.com

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

Ilda - http://www.ilovedoingallthingscrafty.com/

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

Migdalia - http://craftingwithcreativem.blogspot.com

Emily - http://molliemugsblog.blogspot.com

Melissa - http://iliketocreate.blogspot.com/

Jenny - http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Lori -http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com

Jessi- http://www.mylifeinartsncrafts.co 

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

Craftin Desert Divas - All Star Sports

Welcome to a fun day!! It's especially FUN for me because the Die Cuttin' Divas DT is joining in on the fun over at my other DT Craftin Desert Divas new stamp release!!

Welcome to Day 4 of Craftin' Desert Divas July stamp release party!! Each day the CDD DT will be giving you a sneak peek at one of the five new stamp sets. Then, on Friday and Saturday, they will have a blog hop with prizes each day. Both design teams have some amazing creations to share today during this stamp release.

Today we are showcasing the All Star Sports stamp set.

All of the new stamps are 4x6 and Made in the USA.Stamps will be available to order on Friday.

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 Diva's stamps. In this group we show previews first, have giveaways and much more!!

 I wanted to create a layout! So I took out an old soccer photo of my little boy and went to work :)

The title & ball are from the Sports Mania Cricut Cartridge

Look at those fun sentiments, they are from the new All Star Sports set!! CUTE CUTE CUTE set!! 

I hope you will stop by Craftin Desert Divas to see what BOTH AWESOME teams have created today!

Sneak Peek Giveaway!!

• All you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning!! Just click on the DT's name to get to their blog.

Thank you so much for joining us today and I hope you will join CDD tomorrow for more sneak peeks!!

Die Cuttin Divas - Christmas in July

Happy Tuesday!!

It's time for another Die Cuttin Divas Challenge. Today's challenge is Christmas in July. Does that challenge scare you a bit, just a tad... Christmas? I just finally got in the Christmas mood :) I started to worry that maybe I was becoming a little "Scroogish" but I think it's the 80 degree sunny weather and being at the beach everyday :) makes it tough to think of snowmen and Santa :) I know I will need PLENTY of little treat bags for the Holidays and so I took this opportunity to create these...

  Pretty simple treats. I cut 3 x6 rectangles and then die cut a fancy edge folded in half and you have a simple easy but CUTE topper for your treats.

I added the buttons and boa for the Santa suit and same for the snowman :)

Please pop over to Die Cuttin Divas Challenge and check out the DT and join us for the challenge! We would love to have you.

Trendy Sweet Treat Boxes

Hi Everyone!

It's my day to post over at Trendy Twine. Please pop over and check out my project. I used some fun Trendy products and our spotlight twine this month. Here's a little sneak peek of my project!

Hop over to the Trendy Twine blog and check out the details!

Don't forget the Original Six Trendy Twine's are on sale this month for $6.95 for the sampler 

or get each spool for $7.95 each. What a DEAL!!is on *Sale* this month for $7.95

We would LOVE you to visit us!

Trendy Twine Blog HERE

Trendy Twine Facebook page HERE

Don't forget to visit the Boutique with tons of fabulous goodies  HERE

Craftin Desert Divas July Release Sneak Peek - Day 1 Gotta wear shades

Today starts the July stamp release at Craftin Desert Divas. We have some exciting news to share with you! Tara has added some adorable Trina Clark images to go with her sentiments. These images will also come with a SVG cut file that is FREE to you.

There are a few specials during this release we want to share with you.

• Every purchase receives a FREE Too Cute by Jessica SVG pattern made especially for this release.
• Any 2 Stamp purchase will receive a FREE mini stamp. Both stamp & pattern will be revealed during the hop. There will also be a sale 20% off your ENTIRE purchase using code:JULY starting on Friday. The free mini stamp & sale will end Aug.1,2014.

Welcome to Day 1 of Craftin Desert Divas July stamp release party!! Each day we will be giving you a sneak peek at one of the five new stamp sets. Then, on Friday and Saturday, we will have a blog hop with prizes each day. There are some amazing creations being shared today during this stamp release.

Today we are showcasing the Gotta wear shades stamp set.

All of the new stamps are 4x6 and Made in the USA.

Stamps will be available to order on Friday.

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 Diva's stamps. In this group we show previews first, have giveaways and much more!!

I have to say that I think this set is going to be a CDD fan favorite! It is definitely one of mine!!

Look at this ADORABLE image! I used my copics and colored pencils to color the bear and I paper pieced the towel and pillow. 

Look how cute those sunglasses are, such a perfect little image for summer cards. How about that sentiment... pretty sure we all wish we were "Chillaxin" a bit more :)

I'm keeping this short and sweet because you HAVE to see what the DT has in store for you...It's pretty amazing! 

Oh and we have a fun Sneak Peek Giveaway!! All you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning!! Just click on the DT's name to get to their blog.

Tara will announce today's winner tomorrow. The winner will be picked from a different blog every day, so be sure to visit and leave comments.

Thank you all so much for joining us today and I hope you will come back tomorrow for more sneak peeks.

Die Cuttin Divas - Just Beachy

Happy Tuesday!!

It's time for another Die Cuttin Divas Challenge. Today's challenge is to make a Beachy project. Who doesn't LOVE a good beachy, summertime card! So come show off your stuff and join us for some fun!

I chose something very classic :) Flip flops :) come on they're classic, aren't they?

 I was a lucky winner over at My Creative Time and won one of the new stamp and die sets - CUTE, CUTE!! Love these flops :)

Paper - EP 

Sentiment - My Creative Time

Please pop over to Die Cuttin Divas Challenge and check out the DT and join us for the challenge! We would love to have you.

Craftin Desert Diva's Linky Party "Summer Time"

Happy Monday!

Today is the Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party hosted by Tara of Craftin Desert Divas! Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi-weekly linky party and you could win fabulous prizes!! Welcome to our mid post for this weeks "Summer Time" Challenge Linky Party. Visit Craftin Desert Divas for all the rules and to play along. 

This week the DT is using Trendy Twine with our projects - How awesome is that, both my DT's together...pretty cool huh?

So part of summer to me is of course the blue sky but also eating Popsicles outside on the front porch. So I incorporated both in my "Sweet Summertime" card.

I started with a fun ice cream cut from the Cricut Cartridge Simply Charmed and added a Peachy Face from the June kit of the month PKSC-30 and some Blue Berry Trendy Twine.

Paper - Basic Grey

Twine - Blue Berry Trendy Twine

Sentiment - Craftin Desert Divas - Summer lovin

Don't forget... if you purchased a set from CDD, please make a project and enter the challenge or join the Craftin Desert Divas Gallery and show us your creation!

Have a WONDERFUL day!

 Craftin Desert Diva's Shop

Craftin Desert Diva's Gallery 

Craftin Desert Divas Fan Page

Craftin Desert Divas "Bring on the cake"

Hello Everyone!
It's my day to share a card over at Craftin Desert Divas. Today's card is inspired from the newest release stamp sets "Bring on the Cake". What a FUN set this is!!! I showcased "HB2U" HERE & " A pinch to grow an inch" HERE. Today I'm showcasing "... and many more" 

I made this fun birthday card using a cute clown stamp but first do you notice the background behind the clown? Yep, those numbers are from the new set also! I also used one of the older sets Simply Said for the Happy Birthday. 

I used blue, green, & orange so I can use this card for boys :) I added some stitching and used my copics and colored pencils for the clown.

Look at that beautiful stamp... It looks printed doesn't it? These stamp amazing!!

Stop by Craftin Desert Diva's Shop to purchase the newest release and don't forget to join the 

CDD Gallery - We'd love you to share your projects using the CDD stamps.

 

Don't forget to like the CDD FB Page HERE

Die Cuttin Diva's Wedding or Anniversary Card

Happy Tuesday!!

It's time for another Die Cuttin Divas Challenge. Today's challenge is to make a wedding or anniversary card.  I will say that I tend to buy (yes I said buy) Wedding or Anniversary cards.  It just seems like I never have one or I'm running late so I just buy one on the way to the wedding :( Well I took this opportunity to make an Anniversary card for friends that celebrated 20 years :) they renewed their vows in such a special ceremony, we were so happy to spend the day with them!
 

I used a quickutz heart die to cut the paper and layered the red under the tan.

Paper - American Crafts

Sentiment - My Creative Time

 

Please pop over to Die Cuttin Divas Challenge and check out the DT and join us for the challenge! We would love to have you.

I LOVE the USA - 4th of July Home Decor

Hi Everyone!
Hope you are enjoying your day! Today I have a quick little project I made for my house.  I have had a bunch of red frames from my son's nursery that I kept in hopes of using them again.  I have used 2 of the 8 - hey it's a start :)

I just made a 4 x 5 flat card and just used removable tape to adhere it, so I can use it again for Valentines or Christmas. I designed the "I LOVE the USA" on my gypsy. I also used Scrappy Mom stamps Chevron die for the background (Love this die)

Paper - Bazzill & American Crafts

I'm entering this in a few challenges

Craft It Up & Link It Up Red White & Blue Linky Party!

Cuttin and stampin - Week 25 Challenge - 4th of July

cupcake inspirations - Photo

Paper issues - In the Navy (shades of Blue)

Pumpkin spice blog - Red, White and Blue

Simply create too - "YOUR SENTIMENT IS THE HIGHLIGHT"

I gotta create - Share your Wildly Original creations