One Layer Unicorn Card .......

Hello everyone! Mayra here from Mayras Designs with today's 

blog post. Today the theme is one layer card. 

I love this theme, I do not create many one layer cards but when I 

do I am always happy with that technique. 

For my card today, I used the brand new Sparkle stamp set. 

I began by cutting my card base from Strathmore Bristow 

cardstock. 

I stamped the image I would be using all over using Ranger Archival 

ink in the color Jet Black. I knew I wanted to use my Zig Clean Color

Real Brush watercolor markers to color these in. 

I started with the colors Lilac and Purple. I then used the Violet and Deep Violet. 

To add a bit of color to the white areas of the unicorns I added the colors

Light and Mid Gray. To fill in the background I used Blue. 

To add a bit of stars to the blue areas I stamped the unicorn image onto 

post-it paper, then cut them out to create a mask. I used white acrylic paint

to splatter my stars. 

I then stamped my sentiment and my one layer card was finished. 

I hope you enjoy and feel inspired to create. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day!

CDD Products Used: 

Sparkle stamp set

Day 10 of Advent Calendar 2017 ........

Happy Friday everyone! 

I am stopping by today to share a couple of cards 

I created using the newest release from Craftin' Desert Divas. 

It is available here. 

I created three cards to share. 

For the first card, I used the Far Out stamp set. 

I began by creating the alcohol ink background. 

I am a newbie to this technique. I love the look 

these inks create. 

For the second card, I did the same technique 

once again just using different colors. 

The unicorns from the Sparkle stamp set are super cute. 

For the third card, I used the PS I Love You stamp set. 

For the background, I used the Hearts Galore stencil. 

I also have the day 10 of my advent calendar to share with you. 

I used the Holiday Sweater stamp set along with the Nice List set. 

I hope you enjoy and feel inspired to create! 

Thank you very much for stopping by! 

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day! 

 Far Out

 Sparkle

 PS I Love You

 Hearts Galore 

CDD Social Media Mood Board Challenge December 2017 ....

Happy Wednesday everyone!

I am so happy to be stopping by today...

I feel as if I haven't crafted in a while. 

It has been a bit busy for me and I have to be honest 

I feel as though my crafty mojo took a mini vacation, lol. 

I am happy to say that today (thank you GOD) I felt creative

and actually had ideas!!  YAY!!! 

For today I created this treat box as part of my Advent Calendar. 

I love the Winter Village Digital stamp set from Craftin Desert Divas. 

From the moment Tara showed us this set, I knew I would love creating

with it. 

I began by creating a scene onto my favor box die cut file. 

This box is from the online Silhouette store
Favor Box by Lori Whitlock
design ID# 187420.

I cut out my scene and colored it in using Copic markers. 

For my colors, I was inspired by our current

 CDD Monthly Social Media Mood Board Challenge: 

I hope you will join us, create something and share with us on the CDD Gallery. 

I used my all time go to red combination R46, R27, R17, and R05. 

I added a bit of R89 and E18 to deepen the shadow areas. 

For the green areas, I used G99, G94, YG17, and YG03.

I then added my 'snow' using my Uni-Ball white pen. 

Here is how it looked once I finished coloring. 

I love how easy it was to create. 

I hope you enjoy. 

Than you so much for taking the time to stop by. 

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day. 

CDD Products Used: 

 Winter Village Digital 

stamp set 

CDD December 2017 Release Sneak Peek Day 4 ...

Happy Thursday everyone! 

I am stopping by today to share the sneak peek of our 

CDD December 2017 release sneak

peeks day 4. 

Today we are sneak peeking the Celebration Trolls stamp set.  

I hope you enjoy this card I created to share with you today! 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by!

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day! 

CDD December 2017 Release Sneak Peeks Day 2...

Hello everyone! 

Welcome to day 2 of our Craftin Desert Divas 

December 2017 Release Sneak Peeks. 

Today we are sneak peeking two stamp sets. 

Sparkle (with the cutest unicorns) and P.S. I Love You. 

I created two cards to share with you. 

For the first card, I used the Sparkle stamp set.

I began by coloring my unicorn using Copic markers. 

For the pink areas, I used RV13, RV04, and RV10.

For the blue areas, I used BG13, BG10, and BG0000. 

For the purple, I used V15, V12, and V20.

I then used Distress Inks to create the background. 

I used the Stitched Scallop Dies set to create clouds borders.

For the next card, I used the P.S.I Love You stamp set. 

This image has adorable images. 

I used Distress Inks once again to add color to the sky and the grass. 

I hope you will join us for the Facebook Event here.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by! 

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day! 

  

Craftin Desert Divas December 2017 Release Sneak Peek Day 1 ....

Happy Monday everyone !!! 

It is the first day of our 

Craftin Desert Divas 

December 2017 Release 

Sneak Peek !! 

Today we are sneak peeking a new stamp set called Hugs & Kisses, 

along with a new stencil Hearts Galore and a new die set Nested Hearts Dies. 

For my card today I used the Hugs & Kisses stamp set.

I kept the card simple. 

I wanted the Valentine troll to be the focus. 

I used Copic markers to color the images. 

Using my fave reds R46,27,17,05 and 02. 

Please feel welcome to join us here 

for the Facebook event page : 

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Hoping you have an amazing and Blessed day! 

 

CDD There For You Mini Release .....

Hello everyone !! 

I feel like it has been a while since I have blogged and 

had projects to share with you !! 

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving . 

I hosted it this year ....it had been a couple of years since I hosted. 

I seemed to have forgotten how much work goes into 

preparing and hosting Thanksgiving. 

I have a whole new deep respect for each and every person 

that takes the time to cook !! 

For today we are doing a mini release 

for Craftin Desert Divas . The stamp set is 

called There For You . 

This is from the CDD blog : 
Recently, our happy world of CDD encountered a bit of heartbreak. Unbeknownst to Tara (the owner of Crafting Desert Divas), CDD was the victim of intellectual property theft. Many beloved CDD images were stolen, manufactured, and are being sold by a Chinese online retailer. These CDD copies are of the lowest quality and at a completely unbelievable price point.  Imagine the heartbreak that Tara felt. These creatures that were lovingly created for CDD fans through many hours of brainstorming, blood, sweat, and tears were made available to the public without her consent.

Such a sad but heartbreakingly true situation . 

That is the reason for this release . 

We would like to promote awareness . 

If you would like to read the full post please 

visit here . 

I have two cards to share with you . 

LOVE the sentiments from this set !! 

For this card I focused on the sentiment from the set . 

I paired it with the yeti from the Yeti Fun set . 

I adore how the yeti is holding the fox . 

I thought the sentiment was perfect for this image . 

I colored them in using Copic markers. 

For the fox I began with E18, E35, E31. 

For the yeti I used E55,53,51,50 . 

For the fur I used W5,3, and W1. 

For this card I used the images and sentiment from the stamp set . 

I began by heat embossing the sentiment with black embossing powder. 

I then colored the images using Copics once again. 

For the brick part of the building , 

I used R46,27,17,05 , 02 and a bit of R01. 

For the brown areas I used E44, 43,42,41 and a bit of E49 . 

I hope you enjoy the cards I created to share with you today . 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by ! 

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day !!