Craftin' Desert Divas Daily Blog Post - What A Scholar!

YAY! for Saturday!!!

Did you all survive the week?

I am so happy it's the weekend!

I am so excited to be showcasing one of my favorite stamps

from Craftin' Desert Divas School Zone set -

"What A Scholar!"

I absolutely LOVE this stamp,

the font is fabulous!

It can be used for so many occasions during the

school year!

So here is the card I created using this sentiment...

Here is a close up...LOVE it!

My card is 5x5 and I used paper from The Paper Studio's

All Occasion pack (Hobby Lobby).

My little nerd (who I really think needs a tan) is from

Create A Friend - I LOVE this cut!

He is popped up on some foam tape

which gives the card some great dimension.

The yellow brads are also from The Paper Studio.

I inked around the edges of my papers with Tim Holtz

Tea Dye Distress Ink.

Super fun card!

And take a look at the rest of the AMAZING

sentiments on this set...

You can purchase this set HERE.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

BBTB2 - Apple for the Teacher

Happy Monday!

We have another challenge starting for you over at BBTB2!

Can you believe school is here?!?!

Our theme for this week is to create a Back To School project

featuring an Apple!

I cut this apple from the Recess Cartridge and

the yellow mat from Elegant Edges.

I popped both of these up on some foam tape.

The "A" and "is for" are both cut from Nate's ABC's.

These are adhered straight on the b/g paper

which is from DCWV "School Days"

I added some brads in the corners for extra embellishment.

Super easy to put together!

I hope that you will join us this week for our

School Challenge over at BBTB2.

I am also going to enter this in over at

Exploring Cricut and Hiding In My Craft Room

for the Back to School challenges over there.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up - Inspired By A Song

YAY!!! It's Friday!!!

I hope your week has gone well and you are

all ready for the weekend!!!

I am so excited for the challenge this week over at Cut It Up!!!

It is so clever - Evelyn did an awesome job with this theme!

You need to create a project inspired by a song!

How cool is that?!?!

Our Sponsor:

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$10 Gift Card

My Project:

Okay, so at first I was inspired by one song (Happy)

then it evolved to another (Here Comes the Sun).

I explain all this in my video :)

Either way, this card was SO QUICK & EASY!!!

I think it turned out super cute too! 

So the Sun was cut out using Create A Critter

and I "cheated" by adding rosy cheeks to the cut.

It is popped up on some foam tape for fun dimension.

Both sentiments are from CardzTV's Summer Fun set - LOVE!

The paper is all from Heidi Grace's Sunshowers and

I used American Crafts twine.

The sketch is from Die Cuttin' Divas this week!

Here is the video:

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Craftin' Desert Divas - Bugs & Kisses

Happy Thursday!!!

I hope you all are having a fabulous week so far!

I am so excited for my Daily Post over at Craftin' Desert Divas today!
I LOVE the sentiment "bugs & kisses"
from the newly released Lil Bit Buggie set.

This set is AWESOME!

There are some fabulous, one of a kind sentiments

that Tara has come up with and I LOVE them all!

You can purchase this set HERE.

So here is my card... 

I had so much fun making this card

centered around the sentiment!

My little grasshopper is cut from the Live Simply cartridge.

Although I added some kissy lips :)

The scallop heart border is from Spellbinders Edgeabilities.

I actually combined two different sets of border dies

one from Classic Scallop and the other from Classic Postage Stamp.

I LOVE how versatile these border dies are!

And if you didn't catch it, the lips are from one of the hearts

in the border after I cut it out of some red cardstock.

I used my Cricut Cuttlebug with the Spellbinders.

My pattern paper is from the Heidi Grace Sunshowers

6x6 paper pad - LOVE this paper!!!

I used some rhinestones from Michael's

to add a little bit of bling to the card.

I used some yellow Trendy Twine, too

(sorry I don't know the official name of this color).

My little scallop circle for the sentiment is from Mini Monograms.

Don't you just LOVE the smaller case letters on this stamp?

I do!

Have a wonderful rest of the week!!!

I am also going to link this up over at Pause Dream Enjoy

for the Kids Challenge.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Decorate To Celebrate - School Days

Hey All!!!!

Happy Wednesday!!!

How is everyone's week going?

I hope you have all been able to get some crafting done!

I try to everyday :)

A new challenge has started over at Decorate To Celebrate all

about School Days & Going Back To School!

Well, the countdown has started here at our house for

KINDERGARTEN!!!

I know it may not be that exciting,

but I have waited my son's whole life for this day!

Now, he will only be in school for 3 hours,

but 3 hours EVERYDAY he will be out of the house!

Don't get me wrong, I love my "bestest buddy",

but OH MY he is a handful of energy

and it will be so nice to have him

use that energy on school!!!

So anyway, I know that Box Tops are

the thing to collect once you start school,

so I thought that I would create something

to put these in that would be fun for my son.

WARNING: PICTURE OVERLOAD :)

So here is my project:

We just recently went through one of the large Taco Seasoning

containers from Costco and as I was about to throw it away,

I thought, "No, I could make something out of this."

Good thing I held onto it :)

My paper comes from an All Seasons Pack from

The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby).

All my cuts come from the Recess Cartridge.

And I have popped them all up on some

foam tape.

The words/phrases were on one of the sheets of paper

in the same All Season pack from Hobby Lobby.

I just cut them out and adhered them to

some purple cardstock.

The ribbon was given to me, so

I don't know where it is from.

My son really liked how it turned out!

He is excited to start filling this up!

I hope that you will join us for this School Days/Back To School challenge

over at Decorate To Celebrate

and show us some of the fun projects you have created!

And please remember you can always link up Birthday projects.

And although cards and layouts are fabulous,

we are not that type of a challenge blog!

We want to see projects more along the lines of

decorations, invitations, or party favors.

Thank you!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

FCCB - Bug Out!

Hey All!!!

I know it's Tuesday, but this post is for the

Monday challenge over at FCCB.

Do you ever feel like you are a day late and a dollar short?

For me, lately, it seems like ALL THE TIME!!!

So sorry about that :)

Anyway....

FCCB

Challenge #222 Bug Out

This Weeks Sponsor

Jaded Blossom

Winner will receive the Bug a Boo Stamp set

~This Weeks Challenge~

Bug Out

Create a project that uses a bug

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

Here is my project:

For this card, I used papers from My Mind's Eye Rosy 6x6 paper pack.

I inked around the edges of my pattern papers

with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink.

The cute little ladybug comes from the "Just Because" Cards cartridge,

and the mat is from Elegant Edges.

My flowers are from Studio G (Wal-Mart)

and the rhinestone centers are from Michael's.

The mat and the ladybug are both popped up with some foam tape.

My sentiment "Just Because" comes from American Crafts.

I hope that you will join us over at FCCB

for our challenge this week!

I am going to enter this card in at Die Cuttin' Divas,

I followed the sketch for the challenge over there.

I am also entering this in DL Art's August Linky Party.

Thanks for checkin' in!

I'm Buggy About You - Craftin' Desert Divas Linky Party

Hey All!!!

I hope you had a fabulous weekend and are ready for a new week!

Craftin' Desert Divas

It's A Sketch!

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My Project:

I had a lot of fun making this card!

I LOVE the papers from My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary!

I used the LadyBug from Paisley and

put her on an Action Wobble - SO FUN!!!

The enamel dots come from Recollection's (Michael's)

The sentiment stamp is from Craftin' Desert Divas

Lil Bit Buggie stamp set.

Here is the bug in Action...

I hope that you will join us for the Linky Party over at Craftin' Desert Divas!

I am also going to link this up over at Little Scrap Pieces.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!