New challenge at BBTB2 and Anything Goes at Craftin' Desert Divas !!

Happy Monday everyone !!! 

Today we start a new challenge at

BBTB2 . 

and are in the second week of our 

"Anything Goes"

 Linky Party 

at

Craftin' Desert Divas !!! 

The theme our design team sister

Diana L. 

chose for us is 

"Stylish Purse" .

Use any cricut cut purse on your project , and share with us what you create .

You are sure to be inspired by the wonderful projects the design team made . 

I had lots of fun making this fun little project .

I used several Cricut cartridges 

(I will have them listed below).

I also made this cute little baby project 

in honor of my husbands cousin

Larena 

giving birth to a beautiful baby girl .

As always at 

Craftin' Desert Divas

we have some wonderful sponsors for this linky party 

This party sponsors are...

CDD- One stamp set

Too Cute By Jessica - $30. giftcard

(regular priced patterns)

Digital Delights - $5. giftcard

I look forward to seeing all of your wonderful 

projects !!! 

Recipe~

Stylish Purse-

Cricut : Life is a Beach ( Charm), Once Upon A Princess ( Bow), Cricut Craft room Basics ( Charm with embossed "Diva " ), Everyday paper Dolls ( Sunglasses), Tags, Bags, Boxes and More ( Purse ) 

Its a Girl -

Silhoutte : My Scrap Chick ( Baby Belly Boxes ) 

Stamp Set :

Craftin' Desert Divas ~

Supar & Spice 

Sparkle N Sprinkle ~

Silver Detail EP 257

Thank you so much for stopping by !!

 

I hope you have a wonderful day !! 

Sparkle N Sprinkle July Creative Challenge

Happy First day of July everyone !! 

It is the start of a new monthly challenge at 

Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenges !!

Our theme is always Anything Goes with : 

Use Loose Glitter, 

Embossing Powder,

and or Flocking . 

I made this layout using a great stamp set from Sparkle N Sprinkle.
                                                                Recipe~
                                                          Sparkle N Sprinkle 

# 458 Treasure Hunt  

Other Products :

Brown Fizz Opaque Embossing Powder #EP381

Nautical Opaque Embossing Powder #EP383

Vintage Cosmic Semi-Transparent Embossing Powder #EP329

Versamark Pad 

Scrapbook adhesives -3d Foam Squares 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink  (Walnut Stain, Chipped Sapphire) 

Walnut Ink Spray 

Tim Holtz Distress Tool 

Recollections Dimensional Stickers

K & Co. Borders (waves)

Silhouette ( 4 x 6 Lori Whitlock layered cards, rope circle frame)

SVG cuts Hot air balloon file ( anchor)

Wood letters 

Twine

Would you like to be a SNS Featured Artist?  It's easy - just use any SNS image (rubber or digital) and submit it for our challenge .  You will be featured on the SNS Facebook page as well as our monthly Winners Post.  You never know when we're going to have extra prizes for our Featured Artists.  Sometimes we may give you advance notice and sometimes you may not know until the winners are announced - so you'll want to participate every month!

Jo's Fun Friday and My Scrap Chick !

Happy ,

Happy Friday everyone !!! 

My kids are officially on summer break !!! 

My husband is taking next week off ,

so we have lots of fun in store for our boys !! 

Today is the start of a new 

Fun-day 

Friday Challenge 

at Jo's Scrap Shack !! 

It is a favorite theme 

" Anything Goes " !!! 

I also am show casing 

My Scrap Chick 

files today !! 

In honor of my son David going into 

Junior High school , 

I made these graduation projects . 

 I used his schools colors as my color palette .

Wonderful sponsor for this week 

for 

is:

Recipe ~

My Scrap Chick -

Caddy Essentials ( for my candy holder ) 

Graduation Trio 

Basketball All Stars(Stars)

Puffy Star 3D

Sparkle N Sprinkle~

Graduation Stamp Set #435

Flourishes #1 Stamp Set #516

Vanilla Ice Embossing Powder #EP265

Silver Detail Embossing Powder #EP257

Poolside Embossing Powder #EP393

Black Detail Embossing Powder #EP171

Thank you so much for stopping by !! 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend ! 

Sparkle n Sprinkle Creative Challenge

Happy Tuesday everyone !! 

I am stopping by today to share the layout I made for the 

start of our monthly challenge

SNS Creative Challenges 

There are 

 lots of prizes and recognition badges ! 

I hope you join us !! 

I created this layout of my sister in law 

using the 

Leafy Flourish Stamp Set 

as my main focus . 

Recipe ~ 

For full list of products 

and 

Step by Step

instructions

please click

here.  

Thank you so much for stopping by !! 

I hope you have a wonderful day !! 

Welcome to Sparkle N Sprinkle's June 1st Reveal

Welcome to Sparkle N Sprinkle's June 1 Reveal.

I am so happy that you are joining us 
for some wonderful inspiration, 
and fantastic new stamp sets !!! 

This month FIVE new stamp sets are being introduced. Until June 3, the sets are 20% off their regular price. The Camera Life rubber stamp set is available on Cling Mounted Rubber, as a digital image, and is also included in Jazzy Jill's Technique Video for the month.

The sets are:
Journal Mixed Media #606
Camera Life #620 (Digital Stamp available)
Vintage Pickup #628 (Digital Stamp available)
Road Less Traveled (sports car) #629 (Digital Stamp available)
Travelin (camper) #630, (Digital Stamp Set available)
plus
Cruisin' Digital Stamp Set #Digi629 contains all the cars & trucks, including a VW Beetle #Digi629.2 

On June 3 five winners will be selected from the comments left on the designers' blogs listed below. Each winner will receive a new stamp set, and the choice of one embossing powder and glitter to go with their new set.

The new SNS Creative Challenges 
also begins today, with lots of prizes and recognition badges. 

The winners of the blog hop will be announced on June 3 on Facebook, the SNS blog, and on our blogs:

Steff Munnings
Eret Pank

Mayra Hernandez
Emmy van den Heuvel
Belinda Shupe
April Williams
Anne Temple
Anita Scroggins

I created this layout with the super fun 

Camera Life #620 

stamps . 

The camera in the upper right corner is a shaker camera !! 

If you would like the recipe , 

and step by step direction on 

how I made this layout please click here. 

Thank you soo much for joining us !!! 

Pile it On # (Last Challenge for me ) and Cupcake Inspirations # 262

Happy Sunday everyone !!! 

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend !

Today is the start of a new challenge at
Cupcake Inspirations ,
and at
Pile it On Challenges .

I am sad to say that for now this is my last challenge at
Pile It On .
I was honored to have made the team in August of 2013 ,
it was supposed to be a three month term ,
 but I happily stayed on .
I am very happy to say that they will have me be a part of their team
 whenever I am ready again .
Thank you soo much to all of the wonderful ladies from
Pile It On !!

Now onto the challenges for this week ,
at CIC our theme is
a "Color Challenge "

 This is my card for Pile it On .

The theme for this week is 

Metal. 

We would love to see your projects !!!

A huge thank you to our wonderful sponsor for this week

Add a Little Dazzle .

We have a wonderful sponsor this week ,

Just Some Lines for 

Cupcake Inspirations 

and for 

Pile It On 

Add a Little Dazzle . 

Recipe-

Just Some Lines 

Add a Little Dazzle 

Silhouette 

Cuttlebug

Craftin' desert Divas

Snips N Snails Stamp Set 

Simply Said Stamp Set 

Perfect Day Stamp Set 

Sparkle N Sprinkle-

Poolside Cosmic Embossing Powder #EP393

Concord Star Opaque Embossing Powder #EP431

Tim Holtz Distess Inks

                                      

Challenges for fun -

Add A Little Dazzle Dazzling Diva #26 - Father's Day or Anything Goes

Craftitude #65 - Anything Goes/That's Die-licious

Crafty Catz-# 232 Embossing

Simply Create Too #62 - Father's Day/For a Male

Sister Act #58 - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls #18 -  Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - For That Special Man

A Song in Your He{art} #7 - Let's Hear It for the Boys

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

Rhedd and Rosie's -#33   No Flowers/Nothing Floral

Fan-Tastic Tuesday -# 36  One for the Boys

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything Goes

Sweet Stamps - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by ! 

Hope you have a wonderful day ! 

Welcome to Sparkle N Sprinkle's May Reveal !!

Welcome to 

Sparkle N Sprinkle's 
May Reveal.
Our website was not playing nicely, so we are a bit late showing off our May projects with the new images.

I hope you join us and
visit each one of us for some 
fantastic inspiration . 

This month Sparkle N Sprinkle is introducing EIGHT new rubber stamp sets and 5 new digital sets. Through May 21, the rubber stamp sets are 20% off their regular price.

The beautiful Nesting Bird set is available:
 on Cling Mounted Rubber
as a digital image
and is also included in Jazzy Jill's Technique Video for the month.

SPECIAL FOR VIDEO KIT CUSTOMERS ONLY:
FREE shipping any size order. When checking out in the on-line store, please use a credit card (not PayPal) and write VIDEO KIT CUSTOMER in the COMMENTS section. Your account will be manually adjusted.
Video Kit Customers using PayPal, please phone the office to receive free shipping.
Offer expires May 21, 2014.

On May 21 EIGHT winners will be selected from the comments left on the designers' blogs listed below. Each winner will receive a new stamp set, and the choice of one embossing powder and glitter to go with their new set.

The new stamp sets are:

Travel Mixed Media #607
Floral Flourish #634
Leafy Flourish #641
Nesting Bird #602   (digital available)
Church Sympathy #604   (digital available)
Across the Miles #603   (digital available)
Spunky with Flowers #605 (digital available)
Garden Silhouette #600 (digital available)

I created this layout for the start of our new

SNS Creative Challenges . 

I used the
Garden Silhouette #600 (digital available)
Stamp Set .
If you would like the list of products I used and/or the direction
please click here .

This is the layout I created for the release

I had lots of fun with this layout . 

I used the 

Travel Mixed Media #607

Stamp Set .
If you would like the list of products I used and/or the direction
please click here . 

The blog hop winners will be announced on May 21
 on Facebook, the SNS blog, and on our blogs:

Anita Scroggins
Steff Munnings
Donna Ellis

Shona Erlenborn
Eret Pank
Mayra Hernandez
Emmy van den Heuvel
Belinda Shupe
Marie Berquist
April Williams
Anne Temple

I hope you enjoy the layouts I created !! 

Thank you very much for stopping by !! 

Hope you have a wonderful day !! 

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #260

Happy Sunday everyone !!!
Happy Mother's Day to each and every
wonderful mother out there !!!
I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful , loving ,
and happy weekend !!

Today is the start of a new challenge at

Cupcake Inspirations ,
and at
Pile it On Challenges .

The challenges for this week ,
at CIC our theme is
a "Color Challenge "

We would love to see your projects !!!

Inspiration Cupcake: Peach and Green Wedding Cupcakes by The Cupcake Studio

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecupcakestudio/5758609601/in/photostream/

I created this Mother's Day card

and gift box set , using the colors from the inspiration cupcakes .

I used the stamp set from 

Sparkle N Sprinkle 

#390 Spanish Hearts . 

This lovely quote translates to :
The best wishes and all the blessings Mother . . . .

                I hope you all enjoy a day

 full of love .

We have a wonderful sponsor this week ,

Sweet Stamp Shop 

http://www.sweetstampshop.com/

                                             Sponsor Prize: $10 gift certificate

Recipe-

Sparkle N Sprinkle 

#390 Spanish Hearts Stamp Set

#520 Flourishes 2 

Moss Star Opaque Embossing Powder #EP430

Brown Fizz Opaque Embossing Powder #EP381

Copper Flame Mixed Media Embossing Powder #EP453

Blackened Bronze Embossing Powder #EP454

Orange Marmalade Embossing Powder #EP323

Silhouette 

Cricut~ 

Flower Shoppe 

Challenges 4 Fun ~ 

Fantabulous Cricut~#210 Mother's Day 

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday ~ Challenge #132 Anything Feminine 

                                      

Thank you so much for stopping by ! 

Hope you have a wonderful day ! 

Graduation Layout of my Sister

Happy Thursday everyone !! 

We will be having our Sparkle N Sprinkle reveal in a couple of days !!! 

We have some wonderful projects to inspire you with , 

and great new stamp sets . 

Today I am stopping by to share this layout I made of my sister ,

 when she graduated high school . 

I bought this Graphic 45 paper and couldn't wait to use it ! 

Recipe~ 

Sparkle N Sprinkle ~ 

# 435 Graduation Stamp Set 

#398 Brocade Background Stamp Set 

Red Marbled Christmas Embossing Powder #EP448

Ebony Spark Embossing Powder #EP382

Mega Tack  Glue #545

Tim Holtz (barn door, antique linen, black soot) 

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (cork)

Paper Studio burlap flowers 

Paper Studio Black Ruffle Trim 

Want to Scrap Pearls 

Silhouette ( Flourish)

Birds Cards SVG file ( Doily circles 1, 2 )

Cardstock :

Tan, Black, , Red, Ivory Pearl 

Designer Paper :

2 Patterns ( Graphic 45)

Thank you so much for stopping by !!! 

Hope you have a wonderful day !!! 

Welcome to Craftin' Desert Divas Day 1 Stamp Release Party !

Welcome to our second

Craftin' Desert Diva's
 stamp release blog hop!!!

 We are excited to share with you Tara's new April release stamps.

There are four new stamps that are being released on 

Saturday in the

 Craftin Desert Divas Shop.

So without further ado here are the latest stamp sets:

Sugar & Spice -  you can purchase them HERE

Snips & Snails - You can purchase HERE

Simply Said - You can purchase HERE

Perfect Pair - You can purchase HERE

Too Cute by Jessica
 has designed this adorable  We Go Together 2 pattern.

This set is made to match the CDD Perfect Pair stamps.

 You can purchase this pattern HERE.

Tara is giving away one stamp set each day.

& 

Too Cute by Jessica is giving away $25 gift card to her store.

 (Regular priced items)

And if you purchase stamps by April 30th you will 

receive this Simply Spring pattern....

FREE!!!! 

Just send an email to craftindesertdivas@gmail.com to claim your free pattern.

I'm the sixth stop in the hop and I truly hope you enjoy these stamps! 

 A complete blog line up is located for you below my post in case you get lost along the way.

And now for my project....

I used the adorable ketchup and mustard from the set

 by Too Cute by Jessica . 

Here are a couple of close ups of the cute sentiments ! 

Next up on the Line Up is the amazing Lori .

Be sure to hop with us tomorrow!!! Winners will be picked from a different blog each day, so the more you comment the more chances you have to win.

Craftin Desert Diva's Shop

CDD Gallery - We'd love you to share your projects using the CDD stamps.

Blogs on the hop:

Saturday

Tara - www.craftindesertdivas.com

Kathy - http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/

Sukie - http://scrappindhilly.blogspot.com/

Shelly - http://mypaperlove.blogspot.com/

Mayra - http://mayrasdesigns.blogspot.com/

Lori - http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com/

Michelle B - http://michellescricutfun.blogspot.com/

Krystle - http://krystlescraftyniche.blogspot.com/

Jessica from TCBJ - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Too-Cute-by-Jessica/196421370434846

Sunday

Tara - www.craftindesertdivas.com

Kathy - http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/

Michelle P - http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/

Georgiana - http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/

Emily- http://molliemugsblog.blogspot.com/

Karen- http://craftedwithlovebykaren.blogspot.com/

Jessi - http://www.mylifeinartsncrafts.co/

Robin- http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/

Migdalia - http://craftingwithcreativem.blogspot.com/

Jessica - http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/

Jessica from TCBJ - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Too-Cute-by-Jessica/196421370434846

Thank you so much for joining us !! 

Make sure to join us tomorrow for 

more awesome projects !!