Craftin Desert Divas January Release

Hello crafty friends!
Today I have another fun card to share with you

 on behalf of the Craftin Desert Divas digital design team!
There are so many new releases in the store right now that
are perfect for Valentine's Day and love themed projects.

Today I'll be using the sweet Koala Couple digital stamp!

I started by coloring these cute koalas with my Copic markers and 

then cut them out with my Scan n Cut.
I prepared my card base by stenciling some soft grey hearts using the
Hearts Galore stencil.
My sentiment is from the Say It Big stamp set and I stamped it on to the
smallest heart from the Nested Hearts Die set.
To finish off this card I added a few sequins from the
Fairy Dust Sequins.

I had a lot of fun making this card and 

I hope you'll check out the Craftin Desert Divas

Facebook Gallery and Instagram page for some more inspiration from 

the other design team members. 

Have a great day, I already am!

🐨Lisa🐨

Craftin Desert Divas Cupid Card

Today I would like to share a cute card I made

 for the Craftin Desert Divas digital design team!

This sweet card features the Cupid in Clouds digital stamp.

I made the background for my card using the Hearts Galore stencil and 

a couple of different Distress Inks.

I used my Copic markers to color my sweet cupid and I popped her

up on to the smallest heart from the Nested Heart Dies.

To finish off the card I added a frame from the Inside Scalloped Rectangle Dies.

The sentiment is from the freebie stamp set Cupid Shot that was 

recently available with a qualifying purchase.

I enjoyed making this card. I hope you'll check out the Craftin Desert Divas

Facebook Gallery for some more inspiration from the other 

design team members as well as Instagram for more fun!

Have a great day, I already am!

💘Lisa 💘

Craftin Desert Divas January Release

Hello crafty friends!
Allow me to share another card with you

 on behalf of the Craftin Desert Divas digital design team!
There are so many new releases in the store right now that
are perfect for Valentine's Day!

Today I'll be using the sweet Owl Couple digital stamp!

The owls were colored with my Copic markers and cut with my Scan n Cut.

I used some wood grain patterned paper and cut out a circle with the

Inside Scalloped Circles to showcase those cute little owls.

The leaves and flowers included with the Scalloped Circle dies

were the perfect addition to this card!

The sentiment was computer generated and printed out,

then I inked the edges to give it some dimension.

I had a lot of fun making this card and 

I hope you'll check out the Craftin Desert Divas

Facebook Gallery for some more inspiration from the other 

design team members.  I'll be back at the end of the week with another

new release image and card to share with you!

Have a great day, I already am!

🦉Lisa 🦉

Craftin Desert Divas January Release

Today I want to be share another card

 for the Craftin Desert Divas digital design team!

This month they are relasing another adorable digital stamp called Owl Couple!

This sweet file is just in time for Valentine's Day!

It features an adorable Owl Couple on a branch and has endless possibilities.

Here is my card using this sweet new digital image.

I made a shaker card using the sweet owls and I thought I'd go with a 

non-traditional color scheme.

I just love how this card turned out, I love using soft colors on my cards.

Here are the products I used for my card:

Digi: Owl Couple
Sequins: Sweetness
Dies: Inside Scalloped Rectangles

Inside Scalloped Circles
Sentiment Stamp: Say It Big

I had a lot of fun making this card.  Shaker cards are one of my favorite

kind of cards to make! I hope you'll check out the Craftin Desert Divas

Facebook Gallery for some more inspiration from the other 

design team members.  I'll be back next week with another

new release image and card to share with you!

Have a great day, I already am!

🦉Lisa 🦉

Foxy KaDoodle Bug Cards

Good morning crafty friends!

For the past 2 weeks the KaDoodle Bug design team has been sharing

Winter Birthday cards in their Facebook group.

I have 2 adorable cards I wanted to share with you using some of the adorable

fox images in the shop.

The first card features 2 foxes from the Playful Foxes file.

I just love those sweet little foxes and I was inspired by the recent 

My Favorite Things release and their adorable foxes!

I made a birthday card using 2 of the sweet images from the file.

The scalloped rectangle panels are from Neat and Tangled and I used

pink polka dot paper from Papertrey Ink for the larger panel.

 The sentiment is from a My Creative Time stamp set called Sweet Wishes.

The hearts are from one of my Recollections punches 

and for the arrows I used a die set from Little B called Party.

I am totally smitten with this card and I LOVE how it turned out!

I can't wait to give it to a sweet someone for their birthday!

For my second birthday card I used the adorable fox image from 

the Woodland Foxes file.

I started by cutting a panel of watercolor paper from the Fancy Frame Dies

by Craftin Desert Divas. I used Peacock Feathers distress ink to give the 

center of the panel a wash of color for my background.

The beautiful Happy Birthday sentiment is from a Close To My Heart

stamp set called Joyful Birthday Occasions and the 

foxy letters are from the Lawn Fawn Quinn ABC's dies.

I just love how that cute little fox looks with his sweet little party hat!

I am thankful that the theme was Birthday because I never seem

to have enough birthday cards on hand!

Thanks for stopping by today to check out my fun foxy cards!

Check out the KaDoodle Bug shop for lots more adorable SVG and Print and Cut

files!  There are some really cute new dragon files available that I will be using soon!

Have a great day, I already am!

🦊Lisa 🦊

Craftin Desert Divas Bear Tags

Today I would like to share some adorable tags I made

 for the Craftin Desert Divas digital design team!

These sweet tags feature the cute little Love Cupid Bear!
I made 2 tags, one with a girl bear and one with a boy bear.

I started by embossing a Shaker Tag Die with a heart embossing folder and inking

the edges in pink and blue respectively.

I colored my sweet little bears with Copic markers and cut them out 

with my Scan N Cut. 

I generated the sentiments on my computer and printed them out so I 

could cut them down and place them on my tags.

The cute little girl bear needed a bow so I used the bow die from the

Shaker Tag Die set to make her one from some pink and white

polka dot paper.  I added a pearl in the middle for some extra sweetness!

I had a lot of fun making these tags. I hope you'll check out the Craftin Desert Divas

Facebook Gallery for some more inspiration from the other 

design team members.  

Have a great day, I already am!

🐻Lisa 🐻

Craftin Desert Divas January Release

Today I am so excited to be sharing my first official card

 for the Craftin Desert Divas digital design team!

This month they are releasing an adorable digital file called Koala Couple!

This sweet file is just in time for Valentine's Day and can be used for

any Love themed card or even a baby card!

It features an adorable Koala Couple but it could easily be interpreted as 

a mother or father with a baby.

Here is my card using this sweet new digital image.

The first thing I did was color those sweet koalas with my copic markers

and cut them out using my Scan n Cut machine.

Next I took the second largest Inside Scalloped Rectangle Dies

and cut out a frame using some pink polka dot paper.

Since I was making a shaker card I cut out a piece of acetate

that was slightly smaller than the frame for my window and adhered it as a window.

I backed the window frame with 2 layers of foam tape so I could

fill the well with all of the pretty sequins.

Before I added the sequins I stamped a sentiment from 

Mice To Meet You on the card base so that it would show through 

the window. The next step was to sprinkle some sequins around the 

sentiment so I could add the shaker window over them.

I used a mix of Sweetness and True Love Sequins.

Finally I laid the shaker window down over the sequins and the 

sentiment.  I positioned the adorable Koala Couple on the lower left

corner of the window and added some flower and leaf die cuts 

from the Inside Scalloped Circle Dies.

I had a lot of fun making this card.  Shaker cards are one of my favorite

kind of cards to make! I hope you'll check out the Craftin Desert Divas

Facebook Gallery for some more inspiration from the other 

design team members.  I'll be back next week with another

new release image and card to share with you!

Have a great day, I already am!

🐨Lisa 🐨

Exciting News To Share

I am so excited to announce that I will be joining the Craftin Desert Divas 

Digi Design Team!  I can't wait to start designing with all of their

cute images. So honored to be designing along side of these other talented Divas!

Here are 2 cards that I made recently with digital images from Craftin Desert Divas.

My first card uses the Coffee and Donut Bear digital stamp.

I colored this little guy with my copic markers and added a 

splattered background in matching colors.

For my second card I used the Gingercookie Digital Couple digital stamp.

I did some ink blending over the embossed hearts to make them stand out.

They are so adorable with those big eyes and cute embellishments!

Thanks for stopping by today to share my big news with me!

I'll be back soon to share some new release projects with you!

Have a great day, I already am!

🍩Lisa 🍩

Exciting Announcement!

I have some exciting news to share with you today! I am delighted to announce that I am joining the talented Design Team at 

Kadoodle Bug Designs!

I wanted to thank Melissa for this amazing opportunity to show off some of the cutest SVG images around.  For my first project I will be sharing one of the Cute Animals from the new releases.

Melissa has designed some adorable Halloween animals and I've chosen to use the 

Cutie KaToodles - Boo Tiger Peeker

on my card for today.

This little tiger is dressed as a ghost and couldn't be more cute!

I die cut some colorful patterned paper from Papertrey Ink with the 

Distressed Edge Rectangle Dies 

from Kat Scrappiness.

For the"BOO"letters I used the 

Stitched Alphabet Dies from 

Craftin Desert Divas.

I love how this card came out and I am looking forward to working with more of these cutie patootie images!

Thank you for stopping by today and have a great day, I already am!

👻Lisa👻

Simon Says: Add Some Texture

SSS Wednesday Challenge Add Some Texture

I love this week's challenge to add some texture to your project.  I knew I wanted to use a woodgrain embossing folder on the main card but the treasure map on the front wound up having it's own texture.  I didn't realize how much until I showed my son this card and he actually wanted to feel the map, he said it looked like leather.  That's when I knew it was the perfect project for this week's challenge.  I just love the little DeNami chickie stamps and their Pirate Chickie was just meant for this treasure map!  I used the Distressed Edges Rectangle dies from Kat Scrappiness for the map and I inked the edges with Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Ink after I sprayed it with water and crumpled it up a few times.  

I used the SSS "Circle Friends" stamp set for the fun stitching lines and the Stitched Alpha Dies from Craftin Desert Divas for my "X" marks the spot embellishments.  The sentiment "Ahoy Matey" came from the Papertrey Ink stamp set "Out to Sea" and the banner and circle seal dies are from the 

Spellbinders "Hipster 1" dies.  

I actually made a list of how many companies products I used on this card just for fun and it came to 11.  I really enjoyed making this card and it turned out just like I wanted which is rare.  Sometimes the card ideas in my head don't actually make it to the card itself.  See you next week for another 

SSS Wednesday challenge!

Thanks for stopping by today.  

Have a great day, I already am!

☠️Lisa ☠️