Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Tribute to Craftin' Desert Divas

I'm up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog today with a special Caffeine Fueled Paper Play.  You may have heard that long time Super Sponsor of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, Craftin Desert Divas has closed its doors.  We wanted to send it off with a special post and I've got a couple special people joining me over there so after you leave here, please do pop over there and check it out!

We're all using Craftin Desert Divas products to inspire you today and we have two prizes for two separate winners for this month's challenge!  Play along for your chance to win and get the details over at the CLC Blog.

 Amy and I have each put together a little prize pack.  Here's a pic of one of the prizes:

You can check out the second prize at Amy's blog here!

Here's how I was inspired:

I started by creating this background with a Coffee stencil from CDD.... I have coffee beans flying through my autumn air instead of leaves... maybe it would be easier to get someone to rake up the yard if that really happened!

I used the Timber stamp set for my images... which isn't a coffee stamp set, but if you come here often, you know my favorite thing to do is make a coffee card from a non-coffee stamp set!  And this cute little lumberjack was perfect... I'm sure lumberjacks love Pumpkin Spice as much as the rest of us!

CDD has always had some of the cutest critters!  And I have to say the landscape dies have been long time faves of mine and I use them all of the time... like this tree border.  I cut it from white cardstock and colored it with distress oxides.

I used a cup from another CDD set and it was perfect for this little lumberjack!  And built my sentiment using the Tiny Sentiments set.

I'm playing along at Double Trouble Challenges Fall Themed Challenge and using the Twist of Sweet Treats!  And Double Trouble is partnering with The Paper Girls who are also having a Fall Themed Challenge!  Play along with both for extra chances to win the Double Trouble prize!  AND with my sweet treat I'm playing along over at Cupcake Inspirations Food and Drink Challenge!  You should check that out for sure!

That's what I have for you!  I hope you enjoyed your stop!  Be sure to check out the challenge post up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog here and I hope you'll play along with us!  And give our special guests a visit as well... there are links to each of their posts up on the blog and I'm sure they'd love to hear from you!  And you can leave some love for Tara as well up on the CDD blog here if you'd like!  I'm sure she could use some nice words!

See you again soon!

Coffee Lovers Blog Sponsor Solo-Craftin Desert Divas

Today over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog we're featuring Super Sponsor Craftin Desert Divas!  Hop on over there to check out a bunch of cool CDD makes and learn a little bit about Tara and her awesome products!   And Tara has offered up a $20 gift of Shop Credit to one lucky commentor on the Coffee Lovers Blog (to Go There Click Here)!

 My card for today is FULL of CDD dies and the adorable Coffee Yeti from the Yeti Fun Stamp set! (Links to all of the products I've used today are at the end of this post)

Just LOVE CDD dies.. such a variety of dies that I reach for most often!   This inside scallop frame die set includes a little to go coffee cup die in the center!  Tara puts so much thought into her products and makes so many that will work together or alone just as well.  

And if you love cute little critter or character stamps it's definitely a go to place to shop.  I fell in love with her yeti sets and she's got so many coffee themed products as well.  This adorable pair is included in the Yeti Fun stamp set that is not all about coffee, but this great image and sentiment are on it.

And I can't believe I haven't worn out the Flag Banner Dies...lol!  I use them at least once a week if not more on a project.  Love the different sizes and there are a couple popup ones on there too!

I'm playing along with the CDD Monthly Mood Board Challenge over on Facebook as well as the Simon Says Stamp Winter Blues Monday Challenge!  You should check both of these out!

So check out the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Here to see what other awesome projects my teamies have created for you today and get to know Tara!

CDD Products used:

Yeti Fun Stamp Set, Inside Scalloped Square Dies (it includes a little coffee cup!), Fall Border Dies, Outdoor Landscape Dies, Stitched Scallop Dies, Flag Banner Dies, Party Dies, Mini Shaker Clip Dies, Shimmer Sequins

Also used:

My Minds Eye 6x6 Paper Pad Hello Gorgeous, Lawn Fawn Mini Snowflake Dies

Caffeined Fuel Paper Play With Craftin Desert Divas!

I'm up on the Coffee Lovers Blog today and playing along with the Craftin Desert Divas Monthly Challenge... hope you'll hop on over to check out the details and find out how to get a freebie today only!

Oopsy Daisy!

Happy Sunday!  Can you believe it's June already?  There is a new challenge over at Craftin Desert Divas and I'm playing along... it's usually about the colors for me... such a pretty palette....

For my last card, I was dealing with a poorly behaved pup and it looks like now this frisky feline is having trouble following the rules!

I used quite a few images from the Bedroom Accessories set for this one... and that kitty is a digi called From Meow To You... silly kitty!  And the sentiment is from one of the new stamp sets, Garden Bugs... it was perfect!

This cutie is in the Bedroom Accessories set... the actual digi he is sleeping peacefully... but I drew an open eye because he WAS sleeping peacefully.. and at this moment he's realizing what's about to happen.. don't worry... he's pretty quick... he'll get out of the way...

I love the potted cacti in this Bedroom Accessories set!  I'll use this one over and over I'm sure!  

Hope this was fun for you... I loved putting it together... I giggled a bit while I was working on it...

Thanks for stopping by today and please do stop again soon!  It's almost time for some Cutting Cafe Inspiration!

Sorry, Not Sorry!

I've had this idea in my head for a few days now and finally got a chance to get it down on paper.  The best part was, usually when I print my digis I print a few and cut them out using my Brother Scan N Cut 2 so that I have some at the ready to use... and this little pup was exactly the right size for my project..

He seems pretty pleased with himself... he was able to find (almost) all of his bones he had saved for later... I can see mine looking exactly like this and so excited to show me what he'd done... originally I was thinking I'd make this a Sorry card, but ... really... he doesn't look very sorry, does he?

I love that the little dirt mounds in the Garden Border die set have cutout areas to place whatever it is you're growing... as you can see here, my pup kind of did a little damage in the garden while digging up his treasure.. but those carrots weren't important and he's sure no one will mind (mine would be eating those too).. they like to pick cherry tomatoes out of the garden from time to time to time...

He forgot one!  But I'm sure he'll snag it before too long... 

So once I decided he wasn't very sorry, I cut this sentiment out of the Puppy Love paper pack from Doodlebug... I thought it was more fitting...

Thanks for stopping by today and hope to see you again soon!

CDD-I Dig You Digital Stamp	CDD-Garden Border Die	CDD-Garden Accessories Dies	CDD-Fancy Frame Dies	Flag Banner Dies
CDD-Outdoor Landscape 2 Dies	CDD-Outdoor Landscape Dies	Stitched Scallop Dies	CDD-Doodlebug Puppy Love Paper Pad	Shimmer Sequins

CDD May 2017 Release - Garden Accessories Dies!

It's Day 2 of Sneak Peeks over at Craftin Desert Divas!  Today we're featuring the Garden Border Dies and Garden Accessories dies and I used a new digi coming soon, Farmer Boy.

The cute little bunnies from the In The Wild Set were the perfect size for this scene... I see bunny butt!  And the carrots from the Garden Borders!!  And that wheelbarrow from the Garden Accessories!  Just love them... easy to assemble these little pieces and what an adorable end result!

And so was this kitty from Pawsome Friends...the grasses are from the Landscape 1 and 2 dies... and our rich garden soil was cut using the Garden Border Dies...

I decided to use my new watercolor pencils on this one for a softer look... isn't he just the cutest!?

Hope you enjoyed your visit today and be sure to get on over to the Craftin Desert Divas Gallery on Facebook and join the Release Event so you don't miss any of the awesome new stamps and dies!

Check out this video that Linday made showcasing the Garden Accessories dies here! 

CDD-In The Wild Stamp Set

CDD-Pawsome Friends

CDD-Pocket Pieces Hello Dies

CDD-Outdoor Landscape Dies

CDD-Outdoor Landscape 2 Dies

CDD May 2017 Release Garden Border Dies

So excited to be part of the Craftin Desert Divas May Release-today we're sneak peeking some projects made with the new Garden Border Dies that will be available soon!  I used them with the Bedroom Accessories Digi set that is in the shop now.

The window with curtains is a part of this set and since it's a digi it was easy to print it out in the size I needed to have enough room for my outdoor scene... a beautiful sunset over the desert... right outside my bedroom window!  I used the new dies for the mountains outside...and the cacti are in the digi set and again... I could print them any size I want and I made the outside ones smaller than the inside one because they are farther away... I mean really they're huge... right?...lol...ok so my dimensions are quite reality but this isn't reality... my view outside my bedroom window is a wash and some houses...lol!

That little potted plant with flowers was made with the new dies too!  And if you live in the southwest you may be familiar with the distressed furniture in some of the shops...I loved playing with this and I'll be using it again for sure.  For the white, I used my chalk pen and I just swiped on some blues and browns with my Copics.

Wanted a very simple sentiment so it didn't cover up any of my scene... I thought this was pretty accurate...

I used bright colors and was inspired by the monthly Social Media Challenge on the Facebook Group... #CDDMONTHLY!

Get over to the Facebook Group and Event to see what's going on!