CDD Nature's Wonders Linky Party - You have my heart

Hello friends! The theme for this Linky Party at Craftin Desert Divas is "Nature's Wonders"! We would love to see all of your projects that fit this theme! So go ahead and craft it and link it up on the Craftin Desert Diva's Blog.

Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi-weekly Linky Party over 

at the CDD blog. 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 have to win!!

Our Sponsors for this Linky Party are:

One 4"x 6" stamp set

One Digi Stamp of choice

$25 Gift Card (Regular Priced Items)

Here is what I made..

To begin, I took a piece of Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock and taped it to a hard board with painter's tape. Using two colors from the Sakura Koi Watercolors travel set, I saturated the paper with water and dropped on the paint, allowing the colors to blend together. Then I used my heat tool to dry the paper before layering on more color. 

When I was happy with the background, I used the largest scallop die from the Fancy Frame Dies set to die cut the panel. After that, I worked on the images. I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Neenah Solar White and colored them with various Copic markers. I fussy cut the cats and die cut the umbrella with its coordinating die.

Next, I used a die from the Pocket Pieces Hello Dies to give the cats a place to sit. I borrowed this idea from CDD DT member Laurie. I loved how she used the die a few months back and thought it wouldn't take too much away from the background.

I adhered the dies and the cats with foam tape, added the sequins using Multi Medium Matte and worked on the sentiment.

The sentiment also came from the Lovies stamp set. I stamped it with Hero Arts Unicorn White but it didn't stand out enough so I went over the text with a white gel pen. The result is not my favorite but I didn't want to make it worse so it stayed. haha

Here are all the CDD products I used:

Lovies

The Sky is the Limit

The Sky is the Limit Dies

Fancy Frame Dies

Pocket Pieces Hello Dies

Sweetness Sequin Mix


I hope you like the card. Thank you for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

CDD Daily Post - Hello!

Hello everyone!

I'm here to share a card using the Busy Bees stamp set and two CDD die sets; Fancy Frame Dies and Pocket Pieces Hello Dies.

Here is my card:

To start, I die cut the splattered Distress Ink panel using the three largest dies from the Fancy Frame Dies set. Then I did the same thing with black cardstock. I replaced the middle section of the splattered panel with black cardstock, inlayed the die cuts together and glued them to the black card base.

Next, I stamped the bee and flowers from the Busy Bees stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black, fussy cut them out and colored them with various Copic markers. I adhered them to the panel with low profile foam squares.

I die cut the word, Hello, from the Pocket Pieces Hello Dies Set with the same black cardstock. To make the Hello die cut the same height as the flowers and the bee, I cut the same foam squares in smaller pieces and used Multi Medium Matte to the spots that would lay over the flowers to hold it in place. For a final touch, I brushed Clear Wink of Stella on the flower centers and the bee's wings and I was done. 

CDD Products Used:

Busy Bees

Fancy Frame Dies

Pocket Pieces Hello Dies

I hope you like the card and have a beautiful day!

CDD Hearts Linky Party - Love Skunk!

Hello friends! The theme for this Linky Party at Craftin Desert Divas is "Hearts"! We would love to see all of your projects that fit this theme! So go ahead and craft it and link it up on the Craftin Desert Diva's Blog.

Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi-weekly Linky Party over 

at the CDD blog. 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 have to win!!

Our Sponsors for this Linky Party are:

One 4"x 6" stamp set

One Digi Stamp of choice

$25 Gift Card (Regular Priced Items)

Here is what I made..

I couldn't resist making a card with this cute little skunk and using the Love die from the Heart of Heart Dies set. 

To start, I took a panel of Neenah Solar White and started flicking different colors of Distress Inks onto the paper. I used: Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon. I keep using them together and I keep loving it! I wanted the colors to have a bit of shimmer to them so I added some Perfect Pearls to the Mermaid Lagoon and flicked it on the panel a bit more. I probably went overboard but I admit it, I was having fun!

I wanted to use the Fancy Frame Dies in a way I hadn't used them before so I used the two scalloped dies in the set and die cut them together to save time. To assemble the card, I simply adhered the outside of the die cut panel directly to the card base. To make the middle of the die cut panel higher, I adhered it with one strip of foam tape. For the center of the die cut panel, I adhered it using two strips of foam tape together so it was higher than the rest. The photo above shows the dimension much better than my final photo and you can see the sparkle from the Perfect Pearls.

The theme of this Linky is Hearts so I decided to pull out my extra hearts from the few times I've die cut the large heart from the Heart of Heart Dies. Going along with the colors on the background, I colored the hearts to match using Copic Markers and set them aside. I have to add, having extra hearts laying around has been very convenient! Another reason to love the new die set!

This little skunk is so cute. After second generation stamping him on Neenah Solar White, I colored him with various Copic Markers and filled in his eyes and smile with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker. I wanted him to have a place to stand on the card without free floating so I decided to have him stand on the Love arrow.

I die cut the Love arrow out of sparkly blue-green cardstock and then several times from black cardstock so I could layer the paper and give it some dimension as well. After fussy cutting the skunk, I adhered him with foam tape to stand atop the Love arrow.

Here you can see that I took the several small hearts that I had colored with Copics and adhered them to the card base using Multi Medium Matte. 

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you like the card and that you join us in the Hearts challenge!

Here are all the CDD products I used:

Fancy Frame Dies

Heart of Heart Dies

Scent

Have a beautiful day!

CDD Throwback Thursday - Miss You

Hello and Happy Thursday!

I'm here to share a card for Throwback Thursday! Any project you see on the Craftin' Desert Divas blog on Thursdays will feature one of Tara's older stamp sets. Here is what I created today:

I used the largest panda from the very sweet Panda Pals stamp set and colored it with Copic Markers. I used the sentiment, Miss you, which is one of many sentiments that fit on the paper the panda is holding and stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Using the ScanNCut 2, I cut out a heart shape and smushed the Versamark ink pad directly on the paper. I sprinkled Liquid Platinum embossing powder over the Versamark and melted it with my heat tool.

For the background, I blended Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet into some Neenah Solar White. Over the top of that I adhered a piece of foiled vellum. After I adhered the Panda to the card, I was done. 

CDD Products used:

Panda Pals

I hope you like the card and thank you for stopping by! Have a beautiful day! 

January 2016 CDD New Release

Welcome to the CDD January Stamp & Die Release Blog Hop. 

All stamps & Dies are in the CDD Shop and now available for purchase HERE.

Here's what I've created for you!

For my first project, I made a tag with the Stitched in Circle Dies and the hedgehogs from the new Lovies stamp set. 

Using the three largest dies, I began die cutting circles out of Neenah Solar White and adhered the two pieces together on the back so they stayed as one piece. So there wasn't too much white around the shaker, I used Copic Y02 around part of the die cut to add a pop of color.

To make the shaker, I sacrificed a stamp envelope and die cut it with the largest die from the Stiched in Circle Dies. After receiving the heart sequins, I had an idea to make a shaker with the blue for the sky and the green for the grass. I easily achieved this by using my Fuse tool to make the divide to keep the two colors separate, sealed it and set it aside.

Next, I wanted to try no line coloring on the hedgehogs so I second generation stamped them with Antique Linen Distress Ink and colored them with various Copic markers. For the sentiment, I stamped, "Hedge over heels for you," on a scrap of Neenah Solar White in Versafine Onyx Black. I cut the scrap piece of paper down, cut a quick banner and adhered it to the shaker.

After adhering everything together, I liked the shaker so much that I didn't want to put it on a card base. I ended up making it a tag. I had never made a tag until now so although it's probably a bit large, I'm happy with the end result! :)

Here is my second card:

For my second moose card, I wanted to put the moose on green vegetation to make up for the desert card. 

I started by masking off the edges of the card base about an inch in on all sides. I wanted to try using the Distress Ink color, Wilted Violet for the sky and I blended Shabby Shutters and Twisted Citron into the ground. To soften the harsh line I had created with the mask, I brought out several colors of green Copics and began flicking them randomly over the Distress Ink.

Next, I stamped the moose with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored him with various Copic markers. After I fussy cut the moose, I added a touch of Clear Wink of Stella to the tips of his antlers. 

I used the sentiment that comes in the mini stamp set, I moose you, and stamped it on the card base with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with white Hero Arts embossing powder. 

To finish the card, I decided to add a few of the hearts that were left over from the heart die in the Heart of Heart Dies set and a small bow made of bakers twine. I colored the hearts green and adhered them to the panel. As a final touch, I added Clear Wink of Stella to the hearts and was done.

Here are the specials for this release:

**ALL SEQUIN MIXES will be on SALE for $1.00 EACH!! 


**FREE SHIPPING on all orders placed, no code necessary!!

Enjoy this special for in stock items only thru 1/31 at 10pm MST

All Stamps and Dies are made in the USA.

**We will be giving away $50 DIVA DOLLARS to one lucky winner to spend in the CDD shop. 

All you have to do is join us for our 2 day hop and leave a comment on each project. The more you comment the more chances you have to win!! Winner will be announced on Monday.

We hope you have enjoyed this release and will join us again tomorrow for more projects.

Your next stop is the super talented: 

Leah! - http://leahschaeffer.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the hop! Have a beautiful day!