Craftin Desert Divas Blog: November 2015

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Craft It Up & Link It Up Christmas Linky Party - Week 2

Welcome to final Craftin Desert Divas linky party for 2015!!!

This Christmas linky party will be our final party for 2015. We are taking some time off so our CDD DT can enjoy the holidays with their families. We will resume on Jan 4 2016.

Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi-weekly linky party here. I will designate a theme and invite you to share projects you've made!!

And don't forget about the prizes! Every linky party will have a sponsor and a winner, plus a top 3! The winner will be announced on a semi-weekly basis. The more times you link up, the more chances you have to win!! Sponsors will be announced at the beginning of every linky party.

This party sponsors are...

CDD- 1 4x6 stamp set

TCBJ - $25 gift card.

(regular priced patterns)

Here are the CDD DT projects....

Leah-
Showcasing

Nanne - Nanne's Creations
Showcasing ,
, and

Steph - Paper Piecing By Steph
Showcasing , , , , ,
, , , and

Mayra - Mayra's Designs
Showcasing , , and

Kristin - Eveolith
Showcasing , and

Lisa - Our2AngelsInHeaven
Showcasing ,
and

Jessica - Colorful Crafty Gal
Showcasing , and

Linky parties are from Monday at 12AM Arizona MST thru Sunday 12PM Arizona MST.

Any projects you submit must be linked to your blog or online gallery.

Projects must be NEW, no back linking, please.

Number of entries for this linky party is unlimited.

You may link up ANY type of craft project (layout, card, altered item, tag (etc) as long as it goes with the theme of the party.

Please link your project back to Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party.

Winners will be randomly chosen

An InLinkz Link-up

Sending Tons Of...

Hello everyone! Kristin here with a sweet card showcasing the new mini stamp set, , and two die sets, and . When I saw this little elephant, I thought it would be fun to make it look like he (or she) was leaning out of the circle.

Here is my card:

This stamp reminds me of a pink stuffed animal that I had when I was little so of course I had to color the elephant pink! haha

To start, I colored the images with various copic markers and stamped the tiny hearts from the stamp set several times. I ended up using three small hearts above the elephant's trunk. I die cut the circles with the and Die cut the hearts panel with one of the .

I created the background blending Picked Raspberry Distress Ink out from behind the circles into the top of the card and lightly blending Picked Raspberry behind the hearts panel. The larger hearts are from the stamp set, stamped with Ultra Pink and Soft Pink inks from Hero Arts.

I used the sentiment, "Sending TONS of" on the front of the panel and inside the card it says, Heartfelt Thanks.

The sequins are from the sets, and . To finish the card, I brushed Clear Wink of Stella over the elephant's ears and over the tiny hearts. After covering the tiny hearts with Glossy Accents, I was done.

CDD Products used:

Thank you for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Welcome new CDD Design Team Members!!

Thank you all so much who to the time to apply. It was a very hard decision to make with so many deserving applicants.

The CDD shop has recently started carrying digi stamps. So I decided to add a new CDD Digi Design Team.

Joining the new CDD Stamp Design Team:

Patricia @ Scrapflower

Jan -

Bianca -

Stephanie - Let Me Ink About It

Laurie - It's All Cut & Die

The new CDD Digi Team:

Elodie - Scrapydoo

Mindy - Mindy Beverly Art Studio

Raechelle - all things cRAEtive

Claudia - Ioscrap

Lisa -

Shell -

Jeanin -

Nancy - Nancy Grace Creations

Dot -

Charity - Bizarre & Collective Creativity

I'm so happy to welcome these wonderful ladies to the CDD design teams. Be sure to follow them all and you will be seeing projects from them very soon!!

Tara

Warmest Wishes

Hi ladies! Giorgia here from Ciocioscrap with my daily post!

Again I want to share with you a Christmas card using a die from the new release. I didn't realize at first that this die is absolutely perfect for creating backgrounds.

So here's my card!

I took a piece of blue cardstock that I die cut with a die from the Fancy Frame.

After this I used the die with stars and circles several times in order to create a nighty sky. I adhered a silver paper to the back and glued this background onto a light blue card base.

I die cut a banner from the silver paper and stamped with blue ink the sentiment Warmest Wishes.

Onto a white paper I stamped the cute bear and colored him with copics. I fussy cut and adhered near the sentiment!

I'll leave you the products' list below. Thank you so much and have a great day!

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Friday, November 27, 2015

Sending Christmas Cheer

Hello CDD Fans! DT Steph here today sharing a Christmas card I made using some brand new stamps and dies and some older stamps and dies. How awesome was this latest product release? I totally LOVED it!! When I saw the new stamp set this scene came to my mind and I just had to make it! The lil reindeer in is one of my favorite stamps!

For the trail I used the , once die cut, I cut on the dash line since the dash lines were not on the same side of each opening. ( I know, confusing but it's hard to explain, sorry) I stamped several rows of the stars in versamark ink and embossed in Gold Tinsel embossing powder, then blended Tim Holtz's distress ink in tumbled glass over the stars. I made the background with Tim Holtz's distress inks and a blending tool, splattered with water and Perfect Pearls and added white dots with a white gel pen. I colored Rudolph with Copic markers.

The Banner and the stars on the banner are from the new and the sentiment is from stamp set, embossed in the same Gold Tinsel embossing powder. I hope you enjoy! :)