Craftin Desert Diva's Linky Party - Blue & White

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 "Blue & White" challenge.  Visit Craftin Desert Divas for all the rules and to play along. 
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$25 gift Card

I'm sure most of you are thinking winter for this Blue & White theme, but when I created my card I was not feeling a winter themed card. We had this really weird warm front and we were in the high 70's and I just couldn't bring myself to go winter :) (Today is a diffrent story with the past two days of rain and temps in the low 50's)

I really have been wanting to send a card to my nephew in the Navy so that was my inspiration!

I created the base mats with blue patterned paper and just added an anchor cut with the Cricut Cartridge Life's a beach. I embellished it with some jute and a baby blue button.

I used a sentiment from Simply Said - this set has some really great sentiments and makes a REALLY good starter set!

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Love - Trendy Valentine Treats!

Hi There Trendy Fans!

Happy New Year!! I'm super excited to be over at Trendy Twine today to share a sweet treat for Valentines day. I love the Holiday's but I was ready to get out my pinks :) This month the Trendy Twine DT is showcasing a gorgeous color Valentine Cherry Cupcake Trendy Twine available in the store HERE.
I always give little candy gifts to the little girls in the neighborhood so here is the first set of gifts for the year :)

I started with some AWESOME treat holders from the Trendy store, the Biggie Candy Chutes. These are a larger size and can fit the heart candies with ease. I love the size!

I created a heart tag using an MCT die cut and created a floating heart attached with some Valentine Cherry Cupcake Twine down the center so that the hearts swings around. Then I added a little bow and wrapped the chutes up with more Valentine Cherry Cupcake Twine. I think the girls will love these. Well... at least I know they'll love the candy :)

Stop by the Trendy store and add these to your Valentines list. 

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Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!!

Trendy Twine - For your Mistle Toes

Hi There!

I'm sharing a fun treat over at Trendy Twine today. Pop over and have a look, here's a little sneak peek!

Have a GREAT day!

S'more Cocoa Please!

Hi There!

This is Shelly from My Paper Love sharing a fun little cocoa gift using the Craftin Desert Divas Holly Days Punnies set. 

I started with a Kraft paper bag from Annie's Boutique and die cut a circle, cocoa cup, and some sweet little marshmallows.

I filled the bag with some cocoa and tied it off with some yummy cranberry Trendy twine!

Look at the FUN sentiment  super cute set!!

Merry Christmas from Trendy Twine!

Merry Christmas to you!

The design team over at Trendy Twine wanted to wish you a VERY Merry Christmas! I thank you for visiting us all year and sharing your sweet comments. I adore the Trendy products and I'm so grateful to be on a team with some FABULOUS ladies and the biggest thank you to Lesley who runs our team and is so generous and AWESOME! I thank YOU!

I wish I could make a card for everyone in bloggy land but reality is I had my Christmas cards printed and I still sent them out late :( 

So this is my card for all of you!

I mentioned recently I bought an Explore and have only made 2 projects but I really like it!

I was able to to cut a font from my computer! I love that because I love fonts!! My buddy Kimberly totally inspired this card, she is so creative and I loved one of her Merry cards so I tried it out :)

I used a great die cut star and tied a little bow with Totally Natural Trendy Twine that I colored with a copic marker. I topped it off with a pretty rhinestone that I also colored with my copic marker. I printed Christmas on a wood grain piece of cardstock and added the "Merry" that I cut and that completed my Christmas card for all of you!

I hope you ALL enjoy a BEAUTIFUL Christmas with your friends and family! Thank you for another fabulous year of crafting and inspiration!

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Snow one else like you

Hi There!
This is Shelly from My Paper Love sharing a sweet card using the Snowman Kisses set. This is my first project using my new explore. I was really excited to cut an SVG, pretty easy and it cuts like a dream! 

I used a Too Cute by Jessica file called Snow family... isn't it sweet, look at that snow baby :)

I used some festive paper and stamped two sweet peachy faces. I machine stitched the mats and added plenty of sparkle!

I used the "Snow-one like you" sentiment and my card is complete :)

I hope you all had a chance to see the new release and visit the DT, all the stamps are in the shop now and can be viewed under the NEW RELEASE tab.

Thank you for visiting, have a wonderful day!

Deerest Santa

Hello!

Wow, can you believe how fast this month is going! Can you believe how fast this year went! What a fun year it was... Boy when I look back I always think, we sure packed a lot in one year :) I'm thankful for that!! 

I wanted to share another tag that will come in handy for my gifts this year. This one was inspired by the Craftin Desert Divas set Holly Day Punnies.

 I love this set for fun projects! It's great for kids...they LOVE puns!

I started with a tag die and cut this adorable the deer. I made a tag and stamped just the "Deerest Santa" only. I thought just that part of the sentiment was cute for a tag. I tied my tag with Frosted Cranberry Trendy Twine  and it's going to be so CUTE on one of my nieces Christmas present :)

Have a SUPER day and I'll see ya back here VERY soon!