Shake It Up! CDD Designer Creative Challenge!

It's Shaker Time!

Hi Crafty Friends!  Today I'm sharing a fun shaker with you and it features some new products from the new release too!  

To begin I took two pieces of white cardstock and smooshed Victorian Velvet distress ink to use as my background on both panels.  On one of the panels I used the new Leafy Background stamp set and heat embossed this with tinsel gold embossing powder.

I used the Inside Scalloped Oval Dies to cut 8 oval frames from white cardstock and also to cut the heat embossed panel I created.  I adhered the embossed panel to the other smooshed background I created and then started layering up the frames around the edge. 

Once I had glued and layered up seven of the oval frames I filled my oval well with Maple Leaves Sequins.  I glued a piece of acetate over the top of the sequins ensuring all the sides were secured down to the oval frame.  Finally I glued one last frame over the top.  

I used the Favorite Nut stamp set to colour my squirrel image with copic markers and heat embossed a sentiment on to kraft cardstock with detail white embossing powder.

I think this card turned out super cute and I think these sequins are great for colour and size variation!

Hope you have a great crafty day!

Crafin Desert Divas August Release Blog Hop - Day 2!

 Hello Crafty Friends!  

Today I'm excited to be sharing another card featuring stamp images from the August 2018 release. Rich coloured crisp leaves, fall friends and more make this release absolutely precious! Once you've hopped all the way along, head over to the Craftin Desert Divas shop to snag your special discount - 5% off through 8/19.

In today's card I have used the new stamp set, Dam Shame, along with the new Leafy Background stamp and I think it turned out just darling!

For this card I stamped and heat embossed the leafy background on to some Bristol Smooth Cardstock with clear embossing powder.  I used my new favourite distress inks for fall - Aged Mahogany, Victorian Velvet & Tattered Rose.

 I placed a small amount of distress ink on to an acrylic block and then used my water brush to place most of the colour at the base of the leaf and pull it out to fade the colour and create a subtle gradient effect.

For the outside of the leaves I used the gold paint from my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor set.

The beaver image was coloured using my copic markers and I fussy cut out my image.  I then cut a circle from white cardstock using the Stitched In Circle Dies. I used some tumbled glass distress ink to create some fluffy clouds using the new Hill Scene 2 stencil.  I used blueprint sketch to gently blend on some ink to create the look of water.  I then glued all my layers together and secured to a white cardbase.

I hope you enjoyed this card and how it was created!  Next on the hop is Maaike but in case you got lost here is the full hop list:

Craftin Desert Divas: click here Jan: click here

Angelica (Guest Designer): click here

Elaine: YOU ARE HERE

Maaike: click here

Claire-Anne: click here

Courtney: click here Mari: click here

Candice: click here

Ashlee: click here

Michelle: click here
Sherry: click here

Holly: click here

Charlotte: click here

Rachel: click here  

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CDD August 2018 Release Week - Sneak Peek Day #1!

Sneak Peek Day 1 - Favorite Nut

The August release is nearly here!  The Design Team have been 'squirreling' away creating some adorable designs for you and to share the amazingly cute new stamps we have coming.

For today's sneak peek I am sharing this adorable scene card using the new 'Favorite Nut' stamp set plus lots of new goodies for August (see below to find out what new products I have used!).  The acorn house is utterly adorable and I love the three squirrels that come in this stamp set (I've only used one of the squirrels on today's card).

To create this card I have used some gorgeous rich coloured distress inks and a few coppery splatters which I think pair perfectly with Fall approaching and these cute little critters.

The new products used on this card are:

Favorite Nut Stamps

Inside Scallop Oval Dies

Hill Scene 1 Stencil

Hill Scene 2 Stencil

To complement the release of this stamp set I have created a process video for the Craftin Desert Divas YouTube channel.  I hope you enjoy watching the steps I took to achieve this card - click here to see the video!

To return to the CDD blog post to find more of the Designers sneak peeks just click here!

Smiles Across The Miles - Designer Creative Challenge!

Hi Everyone!

Thank you for joining me on my blog!  Today I have this super adorable card to share with you using the Gnomie stamp set!  I'm sure this card would put a smile on someone's face because those images are just the cutest!

I had these super sweet images already coloured in my stash (they were coloured with copic markers) so I pulled them out and created a cute scene for them.  

I used distress inks in

* Chipped Sapphire

* Blueprint Sketch

* Shaded Lilac 

to shade the sky in a gradual gradient (darker at the top, lighter toward the ground).  Once the background was dry I then used the Star Galaxy Stencil and spread some Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Moonstone over the top to add depth and glitz to the sky.  I left the glitter paste to dry overnight.

My grassy border was cut using the die from Outdoor Landscapes 2 from some plain white cardstock and inked up with Evergreen Bough distress ink. 

Once I had all my pieces ready I decided to cut a frame using the largest frame from the Inside Scalloped Rectangle Dies.  I placed my grassy border behind the frame with Nuvo Glue and then adhered the frame to my background panel.  I then used the same glue to adhere my coloured images and secure the whole panel to an A2 white cardbase.

I used a sentiment from the Stars and Wishes stamp set and I stamped this in Onyx Black Versamark Ink.  

I hope you enjoyed my card today and that it put a smile on your face!  Have a wonderful day!  xoxo


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Creative Challenge - Let's Get Coloring!!

Hi Crafty Friends!  Thank you for joining me on my blog!  I'm sure you've been spoilt for choice with inspiration photos over on the CDD blog!
Today I'm sharing this card as part of the creative challenge using the new 'Llama Party' stamp set.

I love to colour and the two colouring mediums I gravitate towards are water colouring (colouring with distress inks or zig clean colour real brush markers) and alcohol markers (in my case it's copic markers).

I find that colouring with zig real brush markers are great if you want to colour something quickly...I find the process is a lot quicker and also easier to blend colours. Copic markers are my favourite to colour with although colouring generally takes a bit longer, but if you find colouring relaxing like me then its fine!

The Llama Party set is quite a large stamp so to colour all of the llamas is quite time intensive. On this card I have used copic markers 

but have only blended and shaded the faces. On the body I have used little swirls in a variety of cool grey markers in 'C' shapes to give texture but to also colour them quickly.  All the products I have used to make this card are listed here**:

Llama Party Stamp Set

Copic Markers - C3, C1, C00, 0, R35, R39, V12, V15, YR04, YR02, RV04, RV02. Y13, Y11, G02, G00, B66, B63, BV01, BV00, RV10
Sakura Gelly Roll Pens - White, Black
Memento Tuexdo Black Ink (to stamp the image)
Glossy Accents

I hope you enjoyed my post today and look forward to sharing more projects with you soon!  If you would like to see a process video of me colouring and making the card pictured below just click here.

Until next time! xxx

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Sparkly Rainbow Unicorn Card

Hey everyone!

A close friend of mine asked me to make a card with unicorns, rainbows and if possible, the birthday girls name.....so this is what I created!

Here are all the products I used:
Magical Unicorns - Craftin Desert Divas - https://bit.ly/2JhORFB
Rainbow Die - Craftin Desert Divas - https://bit.ly/2NLDRDN
Fancy Frames Dies - Craftin Desert Divas - https://bit.ly/2JhCw41
Antistatic Powder Bag - https://bit.ly/2KGWmvb
Versamark Ink - https://bit.ly/2zHz0jO
Twinkle Twinkle Background Stamp - Taylored Expressions
Holographic Embossing Powder - Papermania
Heat Tool
Alphabet Banner Dies - MFT
Bundle of Baby Clothes - MFT
Heart & Bow Dies - Bundle of Baby Clothes - MFT
Distress Inks
 - Picked Raspberry
 - Spiced Marmalade
 - Squeezed Lemonade
 - Cracked Pistachio
 - Blueprint Sketch
 - Wilted Violet
Copic Markers
Silver Glitter Cardstock - Hobbycraft

Thanks for stopping by! xoxo

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CDD July 2018 Release Blog Hop

The July Release is now available for purchase! This collection of stamps, dies (and a stencil too!) is a great addition to your Summery cards or planner spreads. You’ll find lots of creative uses for the 6x6” swirl stencil - like a fun template for stitching! Once you’re done hopping and seeing all the inspiration the design team have created for you, head over to the Craftin Desert
Divas shop to snag your new release bundle - 10% off only through 7/15!

Llama Party

For this card I have stamped and coloured (with copics) the llamas from the Llama Party stamp set. I then used the fancy frames dies to cut one of the rectangles from white cardstock. I used a craft knife to cut out the a smaller rectangle to create a frame which I then lined with foam tape on the back. On my cardbase I took one of the sentiments from the set and stamped randomly all over the base using Hero Arts Ombre ink in Pool to Navy. I then trimmed my llamas down and positioned them to fit in the frame and secured to the base. I then secured the frame.

Fruity Friends

For this card I used the largest die from the fancy frames die  and stamped and coloured the small apple and strawberry all over the cardstock.  I used memento tuxedo black ink for all the stamping including the boy apple and girl strawberry.  I coloured all the images with my copic markers.

For the sentiment I cut out a circle from the stitched in circle dies and stamped out a sentiment.  To layer up the card on to the cardbase I cut a slightly smaller than A2 size rectangle in olive green card.  

I absolutely adore this set and have already made more cards using it so I look forward to sharing those with you in the very near future!

Up next on the hop is Rachel! click here to see her amazing creations!

In case you got lost somewhere along the hop here are all the Design Team members' posts!  Be sure to check out all these talented designers creations:

Jan: click here

Saundra: click here

Ashley: click here

Anna: click here

Claire-Anne: click here

Michelle: click here

Jackie: click here

Janni: click here

Natalie: click here

Samantha: click here

Sherry: click here

Ashlee: click here

Elaine: you are here!

Rachel: click here Return to CDD blog hop post: click here

July Release 2018

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