Happy Birthday Kathy!

Um, lets see if I remember how to even do a blog post anymore - LOL. I have continued crafting as time allows but just haven't made the time to post them on my blog. Maybe I will be better at posting soon, but for now, I wanted to make sure that I shared a card that I made for a VERY special lady. Kathy the owner and artist of Peachy Keen Stamps is having a birthday. She is such an amazing and sweet lady and I just couldn't let the day pass without letting her know how much I love and appreciate her! Happiest of birthdays Kathy!!!!

Kathy's face stamps just make me smile. She has such an awesome variety of expressions and looks. This darling face on this little girl is from the Christmas in July Face Assortment. The Happy Birthday sentiment is also by Peachy Keen Stamps and is from the Darren and Laura Lee stamp set. The cute stitched border comes from My Creative Time's die called Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies and More. The darling little girl and background are both from Lettering Delights.

I hope you all have a wonderful day and a very Merry Christmas too! 

Hugs- Glora

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Happy 50th Birthday Lorie!

My sweet friend Lorie is celebrating her 50th birthday today! I just had to join in the fun and make her a card for her extra special birthday. She is just the sweetest ever and I hope she loves her big birthday card surprise (lots of people joined in the fun).

I thought this turtle svg was so cute! It is from a set called Nancy's Party that is sold by Lettering Delights. I decided to make it into a shape card.

The adorable little turtle face is from the Pile of 1" Smiles by Peachy Keen Stamps. The '50' stamped on the hat is from Just Simply Live by My Creative Time and the HB2U sentiment along the side is from Fun Gift Pocket Sentiments by My Creative Time.

I used the basic color scheme for the current My Creative Time Challenge and so I'm linking it over there.

I had tons of fun making this card for Lorie and I will be sending it in the mail so she can have it soon. Happy birthday Lorie! I hope it is the BEST day!!!! Love ya!

Have a great one! Hugs- Glora

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Graduation Cards

I have a couple of more graduations cards that I hadn't posted yet. I went with quick and easy graduation cards this year and printed them straight out of my Silhouette Designer software.

This card uses a file that was a freebie at Lettering Delights. You can still get it but it is no longer a freebie, it is called The Happy Graduate - 2014 and can be found HERE.

For this next card I used the same Lettering Delight image and added a Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons image with it.

I stamped his face with a PKS face stamp called In the Garden Face Assortment. The boy comes from the PPPR SVG set called Graduates Cutting File.

Have a wonderful day! Hugs- Glora

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Happy Birthday Sweetie! - Card

One of my nieces is having a birthday soon. She is in the Mandarin Chinese immersion program at her school and loves Mulan. I thought it would be fun to do a Mulan inspired birthday card for her. I was just trying to figure out the design of my card when the new Peachy Keen Stamps sketch challenge came up. It made it a breeze to put together with the sketch as inspiration. 

Below is the sketch (and there is still a ton of time to join in the challenge so you should join in too). You can find the details HERE.

And here is the card that I made. I changed things a tiny bit but stuck pretty close to the sketch.

I got the Mulan inspired cut file from Too Cute By Jessica's Pretty Little Princesses 2. The perfect little face I stamped on is from Peachy Keen Stamps Princess Face Assortment. The oval die and sentiment are both from My Creative Time. The oval comes from the Surprise Pop-Out Card die and the sentiment is from Celebrate Good Times.

Have a wonderful day! Hugs- Glora

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HURRAY - Graduate

I made this card for my niece that graduated from college. She is an amazing girl and I'm so proud of her.

I used this cute girl graduate from a Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons, Graduates Cutting Files svg set and since it is girly and for a girl I'm entering it into their current challenge too. I used the print feature of the Silhouette for my card and I stamped her face with a Peachy Keen face stamp from the Basic Paper Doll Faces stamp assortment. Have a great day! Hugs- Glora

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Craftin Desert Diva's May Stamp Release Blog Hop

Welcome to our third Craftin Desert Diva's stamp release blog hop!!!

 I'm super excited to share with you in full the CDD May release stamps. There are five new stamps that are being released today in the Craftin Desert Divas Shop and are available now for purchase.

So without further ado here are the latest stamp sets:

Destination Fun -  you can purchase them HERE

Happy Celebrations - You can purchase HERE

Picture This - You can purchase HERE

This stamp set comes with a FREE studio file

Picture That - You can purchase HERE

This stamp set comes with a FREE studio file

Celebrate Freedom - You can purchase HERE

May Bundle - You can purchase HERE

Sale Price is $65.45 includes shipping. A savings of $10.00 (due to the set up of the cart, $2.50 will be charged for shipping but the amount has  been deducted from the overall price of the stamps.)

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)

This pattern is free with ANY stamp purchase...

"All That Glitters" from TCBJ

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

I'm the first 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 made a couple of fun shape cards to send out when we go on vacation. Both of these cards use the new Destination Fun stamp set.

The California svg came from a set called The United States by Lettering Delights and the heart and Mickey icon came from Miss Kate Cuttables Mouse Memories Boy. That perfect little sentiment is from the new Destination Fun stamp set.

This adorable little Beach Scene Stamp is a cut from Miss Kate Cuttables. I made it into a shape card and I finished it off with a few accent dots and of course the same awesome Destination Fun sentiment is stamped across the bottom.

Next up on the Line Up is the amazing Lori.

Today is the 2nd day of the blog hop. 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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jessica - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Too-Cute-by-Jessica/196421370434846?ref=hl

Sunday-

Tara - www.craftindesertdivas.com

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

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

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

Melissa - http://iliketocreate.blogspot.com/

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

Glora - http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

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

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

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

Jenny - http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Jessica - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Too-Cute-by-Jessica/196421370434846?ref=hl

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Craftin Desert Divas May Release Day 1

Today I'm joining in as a guest designer for Craftin Desert Divas May Release. I will be posting today and for one day during the hop too.

Are you ready to get the sneak peeks started? I am!!!
 
Welcome to Day One of our May stamp release party!! Each day we will be giving you a sneak peek at one of the five new stamp sets. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, we will have a blog hop with prizes each day. The design team has some amazing creations to start this stamp release party.
 
Today we are showcasing the Destination Fun stamp set.

All of the new stamps are 4x6 and Made in the USA.
Stamps will be available to order on Saturday.

We have a new store http://www.craftindesertdivasshop.com/ Craftin Desert Divas Shop

and a https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428163220758119/ Craftin Desert Divas Gallery Facebook group.We would love for you to join us and share your creations with us using Craftin Desert Diva's stamps. In this group we show previews first, have giveaways and much more!!

Here's my project I created:

It is a s'more shape card that I created using a freebie file from SVG Cuts. I did modify it slightly so that it would have a graham cracker and a little ooie gooey chocolate on the top too. That darling face is by Peachy Keen Stamps. It is one of their larger face assortments called PK-1202 The Moodies 2 1/4" face assortment. And of course the cute and fun sentiment is from the new release by Craftin Desert Diva's called Destination Fun. Other than that I did lots of inking with my Tim Holtz Distress Inks and some accent dots with my Gelly Roll pens. A touch of glossy accents for the eyes and I was done.

Here is a closeup of the sentiment. Pretty cute huh?

 Sneak Peek giveaway!!!
 
All you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have for winning!! Just click on the DT's name to get to their blog.
 
Tara will announce today's winner tomorrow. The winner will be picked from a different blog every day, so be sure to visit and leave comments.
 
Thank you all so much for joining us today and I hope you will come back tomorrow for more sneak peeks!! And I'll see you back here with another Craftin Desert Diva's project for the blog hop this weekend. Hugs- Glora

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Good Teachers Teach From the Heart

Hi, I thought I would pop in and share a card that I made for my daughter's teacher. You may be seeing a few teacher appreciation items in the next few weeks. Our school decided to celebrate teacher appreciation week all next week. I'm trying to get a few projects done and ready to go in advance. I thought this cute sketch from Peachy Keen Stamps would work cute for a thank you card. Here is the sketch (the challenge runs through tonight if you want to join in).

For this card I used a bear and apple SVG from PPBN, I don't see it on her site anymore but it was a freebie that I got from there a long time ago. However, I did find it in the Silhouette Online Store HERE if you are interested in it.

The sentiment on the apple is from the My Teacher Rocks! stamp set by My Creative Time. The Thank You is from Sports Sentiments also by My Creative Time. I also used a couple of dies by My Creative Time. My rounded squares in the background are from the 4x4 Journal + More and the cute little heart dies are from the Stitched Sweethearts and XOXO Dies. And of course that absolutely ADORABLE face on the bear is a face stamp by Peachy Keen Stamps called the Teddy Bear Assortment. Isn't it the cutest little face?

I hope you enjoyed my card today. I have another card to share tomorrow too (SURPRISE). I'll see you then! Hugs- Glora

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Bird Wedding Card

I'm cutting this kind of at the deadline but wanted to share the card that I have kind of envisioned since I saw the image for the photo/color inspiration challenge at Peachy Keen Stamps.

Here is the inspiration picture:

And here is my card:

These cute little birdies and the wedding sentiment are from PK-198 Love Birds and Sentiments by Peachy Keen Stamps. The branch, hearts, leaves and heart sentiment are all from a retired set by Market Street Stamps called Follow Your Heart. I thought they combined together beautifully. I colored the birds and hearts with Spectrum Noir markers that I just got for my birthday. I'm such a novice at coloring in stamps but I figure I'm just going to experiment and have fun with it. And fun, it definitely was. Have a great day! Hugs- Glora