MONOCHROMATIC challenge at the Sisterhood of Crafters

Hello everyone!  It is time for a new challenge over at the Sisterhood of Crafters.  The challenge is to make a project Monochromatic.  To be honest I was a little scared of this one.  I never really had much ease doing a monochromatic challenge.  I struggled with it since I was unsure of myself.  But I am very please with how this one came out.  

The style of the card is from SVG CUTS Dress shop kit.  I just wanted the design or the base of the card.  Next I used some papers from Stampin' Up! and ribbon from PaperTrey Ink.  Sadly everyone needs these cards in their stash so I made it into a Sympathy card.  I thought it was a very soft card that would work for a Sympathy card.  The stamp I used was from Craftin' Desert Divas SIMPLY SAID stamp set.  I have been using that one a lot lately since there are soooo many different sentiments and it covers many bases.

I hope you play along with our new challenge.  Happy Crafting!

Craftin' Desert Divas New Release Hop - Guest Designer

Welcome to our fourth Craftin Desert Diva's stamp release blog hop!! I'm super excited to share with you in full the CDD June release stamps. There are four 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:

Holly Day Punnies - you can purchase them HERE

Be Inspired - You can purchase them HERE * This is the set I used *

Bring On The Cake - You can purchase them HERE

Say It Big - You can purchase them HERE

How about a sale??!! Use the code JUNE for 20% off your ENTIRE order!!

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

PLUS, every purchase qualifies for this FREE pattern from TCBJ...

Jessica has made this pattern just for the new CDD release freebie. 

Now onto my project that I created for this hop.  I am super excited to be able to create alongside these talented ladies as a Guest Designer. I would like to thank Tara for giving me that opportunity...THANK YOU!

I used the sentiment from the BE INSPIRED stamp set.  I created my first ever box card using SVG CUTS Box card kit.  These are super fun and addicting. The only thing I did differently was resize the label to fit my the sentiment.  I will be sending this to my Aunt that is going thru some really tough health issues.  My hope is seeing it set up like this will let her know that she is indeed Stronger than she thinks and that she has many people rooting for her! The papers I used are from Stampin' Up! but I am pretty sure they are retired.

Next up on the Line Up is the amazing and talented Lisa. 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:

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Craftin Desert Divas - http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/

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

Lisa B. - http://www.our2angelsinheaven.blogspot.com/

Lisa F. - http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/

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

Migdalia - http://craftingwithcreativem.blogspot.com/

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

Krystle - http://krystlescraftyniche.blogspot.com/

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

Emily - http://molliemugsblog.blogspot.com/

Jessi - http://www.mylifeinartsncrafts.co/

Jessica - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Too-Cute-by-Jessica/196421370434846?ref_type=bookmark

Get Well Soon

Everyone knows it stinks when you are sick and you just feel miserable.  If you can put a smile on someones face who is sick I would say that is a job well done!  I fell in love with these adorable ducks from Too Cute By Jessica's RAINY DAY DUCKS file. If you click on the picture of the complete file it should take you right to the page if you would like to see/purchase it.  TCBJ is having an amazing sale right now.  You can get 90% off your purchase of $50 or more.

I have so many ideas to do with it so I decided to tackle my first one!  I made a Get Well card that holds a travel size pack of tissues. The sentiment I used on the cloud is from Craftin' Desert Divas SIMPLY SAID stamp set and the adorable face is from Peachy Keens PK-482 Winter Wonderland Face Assortment.  The paper I used is from DCWV The Spring Mix Stack.  You may not be able to tell but I popped up the ducky with some dimensionals from Stampin' Up!

I am going to add this as well to the Craftin' Desert Divas Red, White and Blue linky party. 

** Enabler Alert ** Right Now Craftin Desert Divas is having a sale.  If you enter the code JUNE you will get 20% off your order.  The sale is good until July 7th! 

Red, white and blue challenge

Between my birthday which just past and my surgery I needed to come up with some Thank you cards that were flat and easy to mail.  I have been loving the teal/red combo and found some paper by Cosmo Cricket called Baby Jane that I have been hoarding...I mean holding onto.  I wanted the sentiment to be the focal point so I kept the cards simple.  I used some punches from Stampin' Up! for the labels and the heart.  And I used another sentiment from my SIMPLY SAID stamp set from Craftin' Desert Divas.  They are having a new linky party that started today so I decided to link these up and play along.  There are a lot of great prizes so you should check it out!!

Here is what I came up with.  I hope they will like the cards, they better since I used my "good" paper from my Stash.  You know you are somebody in my book when I use my good paper on you!! lol

Happy Crafting!

Craftin' Desert Divas Linky Party

Hey everyone! I wanted to share with you these projects that I made with some paper that I fell in love with.  I loved all the bright colors.  It is funny how tastes change.  I used to be all about Neutrals and fall colors.  Now I like bright colors.  And I used to hate teal.  Well now I love teal.  Especially red and teal. Craftin' Desert Divas is having a Linky party so I made some projects to play along.  I will be sharing another one tomorrow.

I took the Gable box from SVG Cuts Classic Gift Boxes kit and shrunk it down so I can get two boxes from one sheet of 12x12 paper.  The chick is from their Bunny Hop kit.  I used it because it fit perfectly with the squareness of the head.  Then I used my oval SU Oval and Butterfly punches along with some SU ribbon.

I found a 1" circle punch and punched out some sentiments that I stamped from Craftin' Desert Divas SIMPLY SAID stamp set.  They fit perfectly into the circle!! I was going to add a tag but I liked the different elements, levels and shapes when I added the circle so I left it that way.  I of course had to finish it off with a face from Peachy Keen Stamps APRIL 2013 Stamp of the Month kit.

What you can't see is the other one in the background.  I cut out two each in orange, teal, pink and green.  These would make cute favors or Thank you gifts. They maybe small but you can get a bunch of candy or a small gift in there.

Craftin' Desert Divas New Release Party!

Are you ready to get the sneak peeks started? I am!!

Welcome to Day 1 of our June stamp release party!! Each day we will be giving you a sneak peek at one of the four new stamp sets. Then, on Tuesday and Wednesday, we will have a blog hop with prizes each day. The design team has some amazing creations to start this stamp release party. Today we are showcasing the BE INSPIRED stamp set. 

All of the new stamps are 4x6 and Made in the USA. Stamps will be available to order on Tuesday. We hope you will stop by our store Craftin Desert Divas Shop and our Craftin Desert Divas Gallery Facebook group. We would love for you to join usand share your creations with us using Craftin Desert Diva's stamps. In this group we show previews first, have giveaways and much more!!

Here's my project I created:

I used the CHOOSE TO SHINE sentiment from the new BE INSPIRED stamp set. 

I designed this card on my Cameo using some files from KaDoodle Bug Designs. I used her LABELS file and welded it to make the card base and the sun as well as the clouds are from the PEARLY WHITE FAIRIES set. It is hard to see in the picture but the sun as well as the clouds I popped up with some SU Dimensionals. This really was a fun card to make. When I saw the sentiment I knew right away that I wanted to base it around a Sun theme.

I can't wait for you to see the whole stamp set. It really is a must have in your stamp collection.

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 also much for joining us today and I hope you will come back tomorrow for more sneak peeks!

Wedding Bliss

Today starts another new challenge at The Sisterhood of Crafters. The theme is Wedding so you can create any project based around a wedding.  Now for some fun I challenged myself to use something old and something new. I have had this paper in my stash for I don't know how many years. I don't even know where I got it since it was a 8x8 size and I don't ever recall buying anything like that.  I found it by accident and fell in love With it. I also had these metal heart stickers if you will for about 6-7 years. I also found this card in my library on my Silhouette and thought that the belly band would work perfectly. Now I needed something new.  I grabbed my newly purchased SIMPLY SAID stamps from Craftin' Desert Divas and it fit perfectly. The gorgeous ribbon is also new from Love Bug Creations.

Showing some Patriotic pride!

Hey everyone! I wanted to get this post up yesterday but we had some bad storms come thru so I had to shut down my computer.  I wanted to share with you a super fun way to show off your Patriotism this coming holiday.  Actually this pin/brooch can be worn 365 days a year!  I also thought it would be fun to make a few of these and give them to people who are currently in the Military or have finished their service, as a way to THANK them for giving us what we have today........Our Freedom!

I took the rosette from the SVG Attic's Vintage Nation kit and sized it to what I needed.  Then I took the outline of the USA from the card and sized that to fit into the center and did an extra layer for matting.  I designed all these sizes to fit around my brand spankin' new set of stamps from Craftin' Desert Divas called CELEBRATE FREEDOM.  I just fell in love with the stamps and have so many ideas to work with that set.  I stamped the first sentiment in the center of the country matting, a second one in a star and then I stamped a bunch of the independence day sentiments so I could cut out the stars.  Then I cut small strips of paper and twirled it around a pencil to make it curl. Oh the paper I used is from Authentique called PRIDE. What you can't tell from the picture is the rosette is made from paper with sheet music (National Anthem/Patriotic).  I punched out two circles out of cardstock and one out of Tyvek.  I layered a jumbo safety pin in between all those layers so it can be attached and worn. Then of course I used my trusty Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink to jazz it all up.

Hope you like it!  Happy Crafting!

Tag you're it!

I am popping in to share with you my newest creation for the new challenge over at the Sisterhood of Crafters.  "Tag you're it" is the theme for our new challenge.  We are asking you to create a project based around a tag.  The project could contain a tag on it or the whole project can be the actual tag like I did.

I used a new file from KaDoodle Bug Designs called PND Special Delivery which you can find HERE.  I made the tag from another one of their files using the LABELS set which you can find HERE.   The stamp set I used is from Craftin' Desert Divas called Sugar & Spice and you can find that one in their store HERE. The beautiful ribbon I used was from LoveBug Creations and the paper is from Graphic 45's Botanical Tea line.

I hope you stop on by and play along with us...."Tag you're it!"

All about Babies

Hey everyone!  Today there is a new challenge that I am hosting over at the Sisterhood of Crafters.  The challenge is to make a project that has to do with babies.  You can make any project or craft you want as long as it has a Baby theme.  What is even better is that this challenge is sponsored by Craftin' Desert Divas stamp company.  One lucky winner will win a stamp set of their choice!!! So make sure you stop on by and link up to our baby challenge with one of your projects.  I can't wait to see what everyone creates.  This is such a fun challenge!!

I used the SUGAR & SPICE set by Craftin Desert Divas that was recently released.  It is a girl themed set but some stamps can be used for a boy as well.  I made this to hold a gift certificate that I got for a receptionist at my girls school that just had a baby. I thought it was a cute way to give a gift, hope they like it!

I used the booties from Too Cute By Jessica's Bundle of Joy set.

Happy Crafting!

Things with Wings

Hello everyone!  Popping in here today to share with you a card that I made for a friend that is going thru some tough times.  This is for the new challenge over at the Sisterhood of Crafters.  The theme is "Things with Wings". I used the card base from SVG Cuts Poplar Street Tulips set and papers are from the Believe paper pad by Prima. The stamp I have had for some time, it is by Paper Inspirations and shows Proverbs 3:5-6.  I added some 3D butterflies using my Stampin Up! punch.  I hope she likes it!

Hope to see you playing along with our Things With Wings challenge over at the Sisterhood. So many different avenues you can go with that one. 

 Have fun and most of all HAPPY CRAFTING!

Second entry for the PKS release party

Hey everyone!  I started these projects weeks ago to link up to the Peachy Keen March release party.  Well Dang it didn't realize that time was up today!  So I am hurrying up to get them posted and linked before they expire.  If you guys have anything from the March release over at Peachy Keen hurry up and get them linked up and join the party!!

I used the adorable little chicks and the church as well as the sentiment from the March SOTM kit.  The sentiment is from PK-1375 Faceless Chickens.  I love these new stamps!! I can't wait to play with the chickens from the Faceless Chickens set.  I started a couple of other projects but in my true fashion didn't get them done.  I swear I am the Queen of Unfinished projects!

I apologize for the pictures.  My email is down and had to use only my phone...sorry they are not the best.

PKS March Linky Party entries

Hey everyone!  I started these projects weeks ago to link up to the Peachy Keen March release party.  Well Dang it didn't realize that time was up today!  So I am hurrying up to get them posted and linked before they expire.  If you guys have anything from the March release over at Peachy Keen hurry up and get them linked up and join the party!!

I used the adorable little chicks and the church as well as the sentiment from the March SOTM kit.  The sentiment is from PK-1375 Faceless Chickens.  I love these new stamps!! I can't wait to play with the chickens from the Faceless Chickens set.  I started a couple of other projects but in my true fashion didn't get them done.  I swear I am the Queen of Unfinished projects!

I apologize for the pictures.  My email is down and had to use only my phone...sorry they are not the best.

Animals at the Sisterhood

Good afternoon everyone, it's time for another fun challenge over at the Sisterhood of Crafters. For this challenge it is all about ANIMALS.  We are asking you to make a project with an Animal theme.  

I take my girls to the YWCA for a class called Dinosaur School.  The kids go to school downstairs and the parents go to school upstairs.  The idea is to teach the kids how to deal with their feelings, attitudes etc. and the parents go to school upstairs and get lessons on how to deal with their kids and their issues.  One of my twins is very STRONG WILLED to say it nicely.  So in effort to be the best parents we could and to offer them the best chance at life we decided to sign them up.  It is like a 16-20 week course, I lost track of the time.  My girls love it and they even give you dinner!! The course is free and I would definitely recommend it if they have one in your area.

In the course they teach them all about their feelings and how to deal with them.  They even made a calm down thermometer when they get angry.  It teaches them how to calm down.  One of the things they teach is to "Smell the flowers, and blow out the candles" which in turn means breath in and blow it out.  This is to help you calm down when you feel yourself getting mad.  My girls have really been talking about their feelings ever since they started this course.  Keep in mind they are four so when you hear one of them say "Mommy I am feeling very frustrated" it just makes you laugh.  They also play "Detective" to help them look for solutions to their problems.  Overall it is really a neat course.  Sad to say next week is our last week.

One of their recent lessons is to go into your "Turtle Shell" to protect yourself from hurt, anger and just to calm down.  Now the turtle shell is imaginary and a figure of speech of course.  You can either crawl into a turtle shell shape on the floor or go to your imaginary turtle shell to protect you. Sadly there are many kids subject to abuse, bullying etc so this tool is to help them cope.  My kids thank goodness haven't dealt with that yet but my one has lots of meltdowns and I think it is from not being able to communicate. 

So when they were telling me about this lesson I decided to create a Turtle box for them.  Something where they can keep pictures of things that make them feel happy, safe or calm.  I created this 3D turtle from a file I found by SnapDragon Snippets in the Silhouette Store. I enlarged it to 130% to make it the biggest I can. My idea behind this was for them to keep things inside whether it be pictures, little notes or items that they treasure. That way when they are upset or sad they can go into their Turtle Shell and find their happy place. 

I am happy to report that my daughter has made a complete 180.  Her temper tantrums have decreased by 90%, she is talking more about what makes her happy and sad instead of just freaking out.  Hopefully this tool I made with help her continue down that path.

I took the shape from the part that covers up the foot and made cut it into different sizes to make some decoration on the shell. I inked it up with some Tim Holtz Vintage Photo and used an eye from Peachy Keen Stamps teddy bear assortment set.  I have it stamped on both sides so it can look great either way.  My girls got a bit crazy with the spots but they love it!

                            

I hope you play along with our Animal challenge over at the Sisterhood of Crafters.  

Sentimental journey

Happy Hump day everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying the nicer weather we have been having.  I know we are.  In PA we had a horrible winter and even when the temps are in the 40's it feels like summer so I will take it!

Today starts another challenge over at the Sisterhood of Crafters.  Our newest Sistah' Diane is hosting a challenge with a theme of "Sentimental Journey".  We asked that you create a project making the sentiment the main focal point instead of the normal image.  I gotta tell you I love making cards like this.  We have a friend who is having a baby soon and I came up with this card for her baby shower.  I used the papers that matched a project that I made for her and the colors also match the theme she has in the nursery. I used paper from Stampin up! and a stamp from a company that went out of business.

I hope you come and join us in our Sentimental Journey at the Sisterhood.  Have a great day and as always, HAPPY CRAFTING!

PKS February Release challenge

Hello Everyone! I just wanted to pop in to share with you a card I made with the Peachy Keen February 2014 SOTM set.  

I tend to struggle with simple cards because I overthink them.  Well this is my attempt at a simple card! lol The picture isn't the greatest since you can't see the different parts of the trees but it was gloomy out when I took it.  There is two more days to play along over at the Peachy Keen Challenge blog so don't miss out.  All you have to do is use a stamp from the February release and you can enter as many times as you want.  I have several more projects in the works and I hope I can get them done in time!

Happy Crafting!

Let's Hear it for the boys!

Hello there!  I don't know about you but sometimes I find it hard to create a card for a man.  Ribbon or no ribbon? Buttons or no buttons?  Honestly I think sometimes it's all about the paper.  If you have the right paper things just flow.  I had fun making these two cards for the new challenge I am hosting over at the Sisterhood of Crafters.  The challenge is "One for the Boys" and we are asking you to make a masculine themed project.

For my first project I used the stamp from Peachy Keens SOTM July 2012 stamp set.  I created the card with a label from Too Cute By Jessica's LOT OF LABELS set by welding it in my SSDE then cutting it out.  I colored the little boy in with my Spectrum Noir markers.

I bought this stamp ions ago and have no idea who made it.  The sentiment is from a company that is no longer in business.  The papers are from October Afternoon.  The card is simple but I think it makes a statement.

I hope you play along with the challenge I am hosting over at the Sisterhood of Crafters! See you there! 

Happy Crafting!

Peachy Keen Challenge

It has been awhile since I picked up my markers and played with them.  I need to do it more often because #1 I enjoy it but #2 it is so relaxing for me.  It is my way of coloring as an adult!  What better stamps to use....my Peachy Keen Stamps! OMG I love them to bits and they are so fun to work with.

I decided to play along with their new photo inspiration challenge.  Right away the colors reminded me of Summer so that is what I went with.  I used the June 2013 SOTM set and paper from Cosmo Cricket.  I added Glossy accents to the starfish to give them some "pop".  Gotta go and try to get my card done for the February Linky Party!  

Happy Crafting! 

Heart filled with love!

I hope everyone is staying safe and getting ready/prepared for this mammoth storm that is heading our way.  This has to be the worst winter I have experienced since moving here 7 years ago.  My heart goes out to those who live by themselves especially the elderly.  Over here if we lose power we don't have heat or running water since I have a well.  Thank goodness we have a generator but still, with kids it is not fun!  So I am gonna just play with the girls and craft my little heart out if I get snowed in.  I just hope the heat stays on with how cold it is here.

It's time for another great challenge over at the Sisterhood of Crafters.  The theme is LOVE is in the Air.  Make a project or anything that has to do with Love.  It doesn't have to be Valentine's just based on love.  You will see a wide range of inspiration over at the Sisterhood to get your crafty gears going.

For my project I used some paper from Carta Bella, stamps from Paper Trey Ink and a 3D layered chipboard rose from Echo Park. I thought it would be nice to send this to someone in the mail.  When was the last time you sent a letter instead of a text or email? I know I am guilty about it so I am gonna surprise someone and send them this card to brighten their day.

Hope you all stay safe and warm.  Happy Crafting!

Winter Snowflakes Challenge at the Sisterhood

Good morning everyone!  Today there is a new challenge over at the Sisterhood of Crafters.  The theme is very fitting especially right about now! The theme is WINTER SNOWFLAKES. It can be any Winter themed project but it has to have some Winter Snowflakes on it.

I picked a paper pad and challenge myself to make some cards with just what I could find out of the paper pad.  I came up with these two cards.  The one with the penguin is actually so many layers then I popped up the image but it is hard to tell in the photo.  I think for just using paper these came out pretty good!  The pictures are horrible since the weather here has been dark and gloomy but I hope you can get the gist of it.  I gotta say I had fun challenging myself to just use paper!  I hope you play along and show us your Winter Snowflake themed projects!

Guess I had the winter blues...lol  That's the color that popped into my head when I thought of snowflakes!

Now hop on over to The Sisterhood of Crafters and play along.  Have some fun with us and get your craft on!  This challenge is being hosted by our talented Sister MICKI.