Cut It Up - Let's Talk Turkey!

Happy Friday!

Seriously time FLIES!!!

I can't believe Thanksgiving is less than 2 weeks away now!

In honor of this holiday and the

bird we love to eat

we want to see your projects featuring a

TURKEY!

over at Cut It Up!

Our Sponsor:

Craftin' Desert Divas

One Stamp Set

Personally, I am all about the sides on Thanksgiving,

not necessarily the bird :)

But here is my project:

I used the turkey from the Animal Kingdom cartridge.

All my papers were in my scrap stash,

so they are from different packs.

My sentiment is from CardzTV "Going in Circles"

I did follow the sketch from Mojo Monday this week.

I hope that you will join us for our challenge

this week over at Cut It Up!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Craftin' Desert Divas - August Sneak Peek Day 1

Hey All!!!

Today starts the August stamp release at  Craftin Desert Divas!!!

We have four new stamp sets in this release AND

Day 4 sneak peeks are going to be a larger 5x7 stamp set!

These images and sentiments will also come with a matching

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 minimum 2 Stamp purchase will receive a FREE mini stamp.

Both stamp & pattern will be revealed during the hop.

Also there will be a sale 20% off your ENTIRE purchase using

code: August starting on Saturday.

The free mini stamp & sale will end Aug. 31, 2014.

Soooo, let's get started!

Welcome to Day 1 of Craftin' Desert Divas August stamp release!

Each day we will be giving you a sneak peek

at one of the four new stamp sets.

Then, on Saturday and Sunday, we will have a blog hop

with prizes each day.

There are some amazing creations being shared today

during this stamp release.

We also have some special guest designers who will be joining us. 

Today we are showcasing the "Simply Moovelous" stamp set.

We have (3) 4x6 and (1) 5x7 stamp sets.

 Made in the USA.

Stamps will be available to order on Saturday.

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 first show previews, have giveaways, and much more!

Here is my sneak peek project ....

I used the Animal Kingdom cartridge for my cow,

although I modified the eyes a little bit -

jury is still out on if I like the look of them.

All my paper comes from Carta Bella "Giddy Up!"

6x6 paper pack.

My flowers are "Iced Got Flowers" from Prima Marketing - LOVE!

I added some small rhinestones to the centers just for fun :)

The ric-rac was just from my stash - not sure where it's from.

I LOVE the sentiment from this new set!

The font is FABULOUS!!!

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!

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.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Okay, So One More Valentine...

I totally lied, I said I was done with Valentine's cards.  One last one, I promise!!!  I couldn't NOT participate in the Crafty Cardz Challenge, especially since it's the first one after the launch of the new and improved name!  I'm so excited for Mary and her team over at CardzTV!  The challenge was to create a Valentine with a "critter".  I have combined this challenge with Whimsical Wednesday's challenge of 3, 2, 1 (3 of something, 2 of something, and 1 something).  Well, I found a cute Studio G stamp set for $1 at the "Wally" store, as we call it in our home (Wal-Mart), with the Owl pun and I wanted to use it.  I decided not to use the obvious Owl from Create-a-Critter, even though he is soooo cute, and opted for this little guy from Animal Kingdom.  I have had the Animal Kingdom cartridge for over a year and have never used it, I thought now would be a good opportunity to try it out.  The branch is from Home Decor and the cartoche is from Sweethearts.  I embossed the light pink mat with Paper Studio's Curl Ribbon Embossing Folder, which you can't see very well, but it is a very close match to the strips of patterned paper, which by the way there are 3 of.  The owl's 2 eyes are Recollections Rhinestone bling.  And the 1 bow is tied from Jute and stuck on with a glue dot (and can I just say, "How did I make it almost 2 years crafting and card making without ever using glue dots?" I LOVE THEM!).  I inked all the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dyed Distress Ink and popped the owl and sentiment up on pop dots.  I'm happy with how it turned out, the owl isn't my favorite; he definitely isn't as cute as the Create-A-Critter one, but he works.  Thanks for enduring this post, if you got through it, so many run-on sentences my English professor would scold me!  Happy Valentine's Day!!!