BBTB2 - Cricut Letters or Phrases

Happy Monday!!!

Today over at BBTB2,

the wonderful Pam has chosen a super fun challenge

to use letters or phrases from a Cricut Cartridge!

So for my project, I decided to make a 

Valentine's Card and use one of the

phrases from the TBB&M2 Cart!

LOVE the phrases on this cartridge!!!

And I decided to make a shaker card :)

The heart is from George, the Silhouette feature.

I cut it at 3" 12 times out of white cardstock,

then once out of pink glitter paper.

I cut the regular heart cut twice,

once out of red glitter for the background,

and once out of acetate for the cover.

The phrase was cut at 1 1/4".

The paper is from My Mind's Eye.

The pearls are from Michael's.

Here is a close up of the beads, sequins, and glitter hearts

for the shaker: 

Super fun to make and super easy too!

I hope you will join us this week

for our Phrases/Letters challenge over at BBTB2!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

CDD Blog Hop - Destination Fun & Picture That

Welcome to our May Blog Hop and Stamp Release Party!!!

If you have hopped here from the 

most talented Lisa,

you are in the right place!

Today is Day 1 of this 2 Day Hop

and are you in for a treat!!!

First off, let's take a look at the FABULOUS stamp sets:

Purchase HERE

Purchase HERE

Purchase HERE

Purchase HERE

(comes with a free studio file)

Purchase HERE

(comes with a free studio file)

AMAZING, right?!?!?!

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

Stamps will be available to order on Saturday.

We have a new store Craftin Desert Divas Shop and 

a 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!!

Now LET'S GET READY TO BUNDLLLLLLLLLLLE!!!

Sale Price is $65.45 and it includes shipping.

A savings of $10.00!!!

But just so you know,

due to the set up of the shopping cart,

$2.50 will show up and be charged for shipping,

but Tara has already deducted the amount

from the overall price of the stamps!

So no worries!!!

BONUS...

If you purchase the bundle

OR just the "Picture This" OR the "Picture That" stamp set

you will receive a free studio file!!!

((NOT SVG FILE))

Even another BONUS...

EVERY purchase will get the TCBJ "All That Glitters" pattern FREE!!!

It's all just AWESOME!!!

My Project:

I decided to make another shaker card!

I thought the chevron frame stamp from Tara's "Picture That" set

would be the perfect outline for the shaker!

I stamped some white cardstock with some teal ink,

then cut out the "window" with a craft knife.

I stacked more cardstock with "windows" cut out 

on top of each other so there was a "pocket" to fill with beads and sequins

I didn't do that by hand :)

I used my Cricut and the George cart to help make that easier!

My beads and Hawaiian "sequins" were both from JoAnn's.

The flowers are from Recollections and Studio G.

My paper is from The Paper Studio's (Hobby Lobby) Khloe Lane stack.

I topped off the shaker with the sentiment "Mahalo"

from the new Destination Fun stamp set...

Perfect for this card!

Here is a close up of the shaker and stamps:

Now hop along to the amazing Michelle

but if you get lost or want to start from the beginning here is today's line up:

Tara - www.craftindesertdivas.com
Kathy - http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/
Mayra - http://mayrasdesigns.blogspot.com/
Sukie - http://scrappindhilly.blogspot.com/
Lisa - http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/
Emily - http://molliemugsblog.blogspot.com/
Michelle B. - http://michellescricutfun.blogspot.com/
Michelle P. - http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/
Migdalia - http://craftingwithcreativem.blogspot.com/
Jessica - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Too-Cute-by-Jessica/196421370434846?ref=hl

And be sure to join us tomorrow for Day 2 of the Hop!

Winners will be picked from a different blog each day,

so the more you comment the more chances you have to win.

Thanks so much for checkin' in!!!

FCCB & BBTB2 Challenges - Mother's Day and Paper Play

Happy Monday!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!!

Today we have a couple fun challenges starting over at FCCB and BBTB2!!!

FCCB

Challenge #209 Paper Fun

This Weeks Sponsor

Winner will receive the Hello Butterflies stamp set

~This Weeks Challenge~

Paper Fun

Create a project that uses Patterned Paper

AND



Over at BBTB2, I am actually hosting this week's challenge!
I decided to go with Mother's Day because, well, it's going to be here in 6 days!!!
Are you prepared?!?!
Well, if not, this is a perfect opportunity to make her a card or project and show it off to the rest of us :)
So I hope you will join us this week!!!

Here is my project for my Mom:

My first shaker card!!!!

I had a lot of fun making this card and I have a video to show you how it all came together.

I used Doodlecharms, Walk In My Garden, and Elegant Edges.

I am also entering this into the challenges over at My Craft Spot (Mother's Day/Spring) and Exploring Cricut - Mother's Day Project & Use Ribbon - there are some awesome prizes up for grabs with their challenge, so be sure to check it out and enter your projects there too!

My Video:

Thanks for checkin' in!!!