Awesome Birthday! ~ Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party

Hello friends! The theme for this Linky Party at Craftin Desert Divas is "Masculine"! We would love to see all of your projects that fit this theme! So go ahead and craft it and link it up on the Craftin Desert Diva's Blog.

Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi-weekly Linky Party over at the CDD blog. We hope you will share your projects with us! And don't forget about  the prizes! Every Linky Party will have a winner and a Top 3! 

The more times you link up...the more chances you have to win!!

Our Sponsors for this Linky Party are:

One 4"x 6" stamp set

One Digi Stamp of choice

This is what I created:

When I first started thinking about this theme I was struggling a bit. Masculine cards are harder for me to make than girly, cutsie type cards. I had something else in mind but ended up with something entirely different!

I used the new Crazy Stitched Frame Dies and paired it with the Picture Frame Dies. I used some older Doodlebug papers and this dictated my color scheme.

I colored up a few images from the Calling All Superheroes stamp set with Copic markers and added to the openings in my frame.

This little superhero is so cute!! I just love him!

I  added a sentiment from the same Calling All Superheroes set and completed with a die cut word from the new Greeting Word Dies. My card was complete when I added some Doodle Bug Designs Birthday Boy Sprinkles.

I hope you will join in the fun and link up your "Masculine" project! I can't wait to see what you create! You can link up your creation on the CDD Blog!

Until next time...

Happy Crafting!!

Sweet 16

Happy Saturday, Everyone! I hope you are enjoying your day so far.

Today I have a card that I made for my daughter's friend. She is having here 16th birthday party today. Since I needed a card I decided to use it for my challenge entry over at My Craft Spot. The challenge is to make a birthday project and it must include a tag.

Here are the details:

Cricut Cartridge ~ Smiley Cards (cake) I hid the face using the hide contour feature on my Gypsy, A Child's Year ( tag for the base of the card )

My Craft Spot ~ Petal Pink Crinkle Ribbon

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ D'Vine Swirls

Happy Birthday Sentiment ~ TPC Studio

White Embossing Powder ~ I heat embossed the birthday sentiment

Diamond Stickles

Patterned Paper ~ My Mind's Eye Twinkle, Twinkle Little Girl

Button

Baker's Twine

Tag ~ Hand cut

"Sweet 16" computer generated

Today is the last day to enter my giveaway for the Fantabulous "Spring Fling" Cricut Crawl. If you haven't entered please do so by 12:00 AM est. You find my post - HERE

I will announce the winner tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fun day!

Happy Crafting!!

Spring Gift Bag

Hello, My Crafty Friends.

Today I have a spring gift bag that I have made for a few challenges. I am definately in the mood for spring and the weather here in NC has been beautiful.

The details:

Cricut Cartridges ~ Plantin Schoolbook for the gift bag, I used my Gypsy and sized it to fit a 8.5 x 11 inch piece of kraft cardstock. Create A Critter for the bee, Simply Charmed for the flowers, Zooballoo for the grass, and Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More for the round tag.

Peachy Keen Stamps ~ PK-450 Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment and PK-490 Everyday Character Face Assortment

Sentiment ~ Fiscars

Cuttlebug ~ D'Vine Swirls embossing folder

Sakura Gelly Roll Pen

Chalk for cheeks

Ribbon ~ Walmart

Thin wire for my bee

Pop dots, glue dots, and ATG

Cardstock ~ Recollections and Colorbok

Here are the challenges that I am submitting this in:

My Creative Time Throwback Thursday ~ Walk in My Garden flowers. I don't have this cartridge so I used Simply Charmed.

Peachy Keen Stamps Let's Face It Fridays ~ Spring gift, you must use PK faces on the project.

Cooking with Cricut ~ Embossing

Celebrate the Occasion ~ Anything Birthday

Scrappy Moms Stamps  Tuesday Challenge ~ Create A Critter

Linda's Creativity Creative Sisters Monday Challenge ~ Embossing

Thank you for stopping by and leaving such sweet comments.

Happy Crafting!

My Pink Cadillac!

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today's card is for a friend's 18th birthday and its a surprise. She gave several of us some info on her and one of the things she is fond of is pink. So I thought, what 18 year old girl wouldn't love a pink Cadillac! So that is what I went with.

The lighting for this picture is not that great but I did my best since it is cloudy outside.

Here are the details:

Cricut Cartridge ~ Nifty Fifties, all my cuts come from this cartridge.

Gypsy ~ I used this to weld my letters together

Cardstock ~ Background is DCWV Safari Kids Stack the rest is scraps from my bin. The pink and gray paper are shimmery but the picture really doesn't show that off well.

Gelly Roll Pen

Foam tape, pop dots, and atg

Hope she likes it!

I will be submitting this to My Pink Stamper's Birthday Challenge and Paper Playtime - Party Related.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting!!

A "Whaley" Great Birthday!

Hi, My Crafty Friends!

I made this card for the Tacky Tuesdays Challenge #2.  For this challenge you must use the whale from Create A Critter or a similar cut from another cartridge and use a pun for the word "whale." It's a really fun challenge. This challenge is actually on Facebook. It is open to all. Just click HERE to get to the challenge page.

Here is what was used to make this card:

Cricut Cartridges ~ Create A Critter, whale and Birthday Bash, I used the card feature for the base and cut the hat and balloon from this cartridge.

Gypsy ~ I welded the black out of the hat to the base of the whale.

Peachy Keen Stamps ~ PK-532 Simple Sallies 1 1/8

American Crafts Ribbon

Baker's Twine

Sentiment ~ Computer generated

White and Black Gelly Roll Pens

Pop Dots and ATG

Happy Birthday Surprise!

Hi Everyone! I wanted to share a card that I made but first I just have to say, "I have 400  followers!" Wow! Thank you all for joining me. I appreciate all of you and your sweet encouraging  comments. Thank you! A nice giveaway will be coming some time in the future as we get closer to 500. So be on the look out.

Now back to business! Today's card is for the first ever Scrappy Mom's Terrific Tuesday Challenge. This challenge is a cartridge challenge. The first week's cartridge is Birthday Bash. If you don't have that cartridge you can choose a similar cut from another cartridge.

I am also posting this on My Pink Stamper. You must hop along in Robyn's first blog hop to find out what it is you are to create. Make sure you start on Robyn's blog to begin getting all the hints.

 Here's my card:

This is a 4x9 inch card that fits in a business sized envelope.

Here's a close up of the cute Peachy Keen face!

Here are the details:

Cricut Cartridge ~ Birthday Bash - this is a really fun cartridge with a card and tag feature. All my cuts came from this cartridge including the card base.

Peachy Keen Stamps ~ PK-754 Critter Faces Medium

Cardstock ~ Recollections

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder ~ Swiss Dots

iRock gems

Crystal Stickles

Stamped Sentiment ~ Studio G

Ribbon ~ Hobby Lobby

White and Black Gelly Roll Pens

Foam tape and ATG

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!

A Country Birthday

Good Morning Friends!

Hope you all are having a wonderful week! I wanted to share a birthday card I  made for my great aunt.

This is a 5x7 inch card.

Here is what I used:

Cricut Cartridge ~ Country Life

Patterned Paper ~ DCWV

Kraft Cardstock

Matha Stewart deep edge punch ~ I won this from Peachy Keen's Birthday hop :)

Green and White Baker's Twine

Ranger Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Bling

White Gelly Roll Pen

Foam Tape

It was pretty simple to put together but I like how it turned out.

I also wanted to remind you all about the Rockin' New Year's Blog Hop. It starts tomorrow and I believe there is some blog cand to be had!

Have a great day, Friends!

Let Them Eat Cake!

This card was made with 3 challenges in mind. Momo's Tuesday Challenge was to make a card with black, white and one other color. Cricut Cardz Challenge #40 was to use scallops and on Cuttlebug Challenges Blogspot we are to use pink and a stamped sentiment. I'm going to give this card to my sister for her birthday later this month.

Here are the details:

• Cricut Cartridges~ Stretch Your Imaginations-cake cut at 2.5 inches. I cut this 3 times, once in blackout and twice for the layers. Create A Critter-scalloped oval
• Patterned paper is DCWV
• Solid cardstock from my stash
• Stamp~ Studio G
• Cuttlebug~ Swiss Dots embossing folder
• Pearl bling
• Crystal Stickles
• Glossy Accents~ for the candle
• Fiskars punch
• Velvet ribbon from Hobby Lobby
• White and Black Gel Pen
• Martha Stewart pigment ink in pink

Thanks for stopping by!

~Saundra

Celebrate! ~ Throwback Thursday Challenge #8 and Cricut Cardz Challenge #34

It's Throwback Thursday Challenge time over at My Creative Time with Emma and this is my submission for this week's challenge. I'm also submitting this for Cricut Cardz Challenge with Mary. For Emma's challenge we are to make a project for a birthday and use the Cricut Celebration Cartridge or an older Cricut Cartridge. For Mary's challenge we are to make a project with a cupcake, cake, candy, or cookies using any cartridge and colors we want.

The card measures about 5 inches. I thought it came out very cute and was quite easy to put together.

Enjoy your weekend!

Saundra :)

Here is the recipe:

• Cartridge ~ Doodlecharms ~ I cut the cupcake at about 7.5 inches. I welded 2 cupcakes using my Gypsy on the shadow feature. I didn't want to use the candle on the cupcake so I welded these at the top. I then cut the cupcake again using the blackout feature and trimmed off the candle. I cut the frosting layer and used the hide contour feature to hide the candle and sprinkles.
• Paper and ribbon is from my stash
• Jelly roll pen for doodling
• purple ink for the edges
• Cuttlebug ~ D'vine Swirls for the frosting
• Sentiment ~ Inkadinkado Stamps
• glue dots
• pop dots

Purrr Fect Birthday Card

I came up with this birthday card for my niece after viewing Sophie's card for her daddy on Cardz TV. This is Mary's blog and she makes some of the best cards. Thank you, Mary, for sharing all your card creations. Now on to this card.

This is a pedistal card. It measures 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 when folded.

This is a side view of the card. It is a free standing card and I thought my little niece would want to display it for a while.

Materials used:

Plain cardstock in pink, light pink, cream, and black.

Cricut Cartridge:

Everyday Paper Dolls~ the kitty; cut 2x

Cuttlebug:

Embossing folders~ Spots and Dots and Swiss Dots

Stickles for the nose and Cats Eye brown ink

Martha Stewart punch

The Happy Birthday and inside sentiment is computer generated using Comic Sans.

Thanks for looking :)

~Saundra

September MCPT Challenge

I made this card for the September MCPT Challenge on the Cricut message board. This was such a cute image. I put it together and gave it to my sister for her birthday. I colored the image with Prisma pencils and mineral spirits. I used Crystal Stickles for the icing and Glossy Accents on the strawberry. I doodled and inked the edges and added ribbon and a little bling.

Turtle Birthday Card

This is a card that I made for my niece. I love this turtle from the Pooh and Friends Cricut cartridge. Here is what I used to create this card:

• Pooh and Friends Cricut cartridge
• Pooh Font Criscut cartridge
• DCWV Nana's Kids mat stack
• Color Box pigment ink ~ Brown
• Martha Stuart pigment ink ~ spring green

I used Design Studio to weld all my cuts together on the shadow feature and then cut with my Cricut Expressions.

ZooBalloo Birthday Card

I made this for my nephew for his birthday. Here is what I used:

• ZooBalloo Cricut cartridge
• Design Studio
• K&Co Classic K McKenna Mat Pad
• K&Co Hopscotch Boy Mat Pad
• Color Box pigment ink ~ Brown

I used the monkey , grass, and vine cuts. I don't remember the sizes as I used Design Studio to lay it all out. The sentiment on the out side is computer generated. It says, "Happy Birthday" on the inside which was also cut from ZooBallo0.