Happy Sweetest Day!

Hello Crafty Friends!! I am over at Craftin Desert Diva's blog today sharing a cute Valentine card with you!  

I used the Wildly Cute mini stamp set for the zebra and the Happy Celebrations stamp set for the sentiment.  The heart balloon, string and bow are from the Party Dies set and the scallop frame is from my all time favorite dies set Fancy Frames.  I watercolored the background using Tim Holtz distress inks and then die-cut the heart balloon out of the background, then I die-cut 5 more heart balloons out of white cs and layered them and put the watercolored heart on top to make it pop up.  The zebra was colored with Copic markers.  I used Wink of Stella clear glitter on the heart balloon.

CDD Products used: 

Wildly Cute

Happy Celebrations

Fancy Frames dies

Party Dies

Thanks for stoppin' by!

steph

Challenges Entered:

MarkerPOP #86 Critters

CDD Linky Party-Let It Snow

Hello friends! The theme for this Linky Party at Craftin Desert Divas is "Let It Snow"! 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

$25 Gift Card (Regular Priced Items)

Here is what I made..

I used the kitty from Fright Night, I just love her, her hat is from the Chilly stamp set.  I stamp the hat then mask it with a post it note then stamp the cat over the hat and wa-la, she now is wearing a hat!  I cut the hill from the Outdoor Landscape dies for the snow hills and just used it as a 'stencil' and used my distress inks to make the sky.  I drew in my trees and fence using my Lyra Color Pencils and my white Gelly Roll pen for the snow.  For the scalloped frame I used my favorite dies, Fancy Frame Dies.  For the sentiment I used Animal Antics stamp set and the banner was handcut.  I colored the kitty and her hat with Copics. I embossed the fence and snowhill with white ink and glitter embossing powder, I then colored the fence with pencils.  I hope this has inspired you to come and join our Let It Snow Linky Party!  

Thanks for stoppin' by!

steph

Here are all the CDD products I used:

Fright Night

Chilly

Outdoor Landscape dies

Gelly Roll Pen White

Fancy Frame Dies

Animal Antics

Leinzlove Tear Bear Challenge-Snow

Hello and Happy New Year Crafty Friends!  I sure hope y'all had a wonderful Holiday!  I have some exciting news and am happy to announce that I am a part of a new Design Team called Leinzlove Tear Bears Monthly Challenge!  The owner, Twila Leininger, makes the cutest tear bears and she is generous enough to offer one each month as a prize for entering the monthly Challenges.

Challenge Rules:

Anything Goes
Unlimited Linking
Anything Paper Craft

Every month one Linker will WIN a Leinzlove Tear Bear. (chosen by Random.org)
There will also be a Top 3, voted by the DT, badges and spotlights.

We hope you will join us each month!  Leinzlove Tear Bears Monthly Challenge

January's theme is Snow!

Here is the card I created.....

I created my card using Craftin Desert Diva's  Polar Pals stamp set, Outdoor Landscape dies, Mix It Up dies.  I used Tim Holtz's distress inks to create my background and drew the trees with Lyra's polycolor pencils and a white gel pen for the snow.  I colored my image with Copic markers.  The snowflake background is dry embossed using a Darice embossing folder.

So, I hope this has inspired you to make a project to link up to our new monthly challenge!  

Thanks for stoppin by!

steph

Hippo birdie-Wishing you tons of fun!

Hello Crafty Friends!   Today I am at Craftin Desert Diva's blog featuring Hippo Birdie which will be on sale for the next 3 days, Dec. 16, 17 & 18th.  For the month of December, every 3 days, a different stamp set will be featured here on the blog and on sale at 15% off!

The saying I used from Animal Antics stamp set gave me the idea for this card.  I just think this stamp is the cutest and so much can be done with it.  I also used Pocket Pieces HI dies for the white stitched rectangle cs and Mix It Up dies  for the banner, which I did some fancy partial die cutting to shorten it.  I colored my images with Copic markers.

CDD Products used: 

Hippo Birdie

Animal Antics

Pocket Pieces HI dies

Mix It Up dies

Thanks for stoppin' by!

steph

How the duck are you?

Hello CDD Fans!  DT Steph, from Paper Piecing by Steph, here to share with you a card I made featuring the Animal Antics stamp set that is on sale right now for the next 3 days!  (Dec. 13, 14 & 15)  The stamp set is so cute and goes so well with CDD's animal stamps and some of the new Digi stamps!  I used the digi stamp, Umbrella Duck, and he is only .99 cents, as a matter of fact all digis are .99 cents!  I also used Fancy Frames dies for the scallop layer and Emerald Isle sequins.  I colored the duck with Copic markers and watercolored the background.

Close up of my lil guy!

Every 3 days a new stamp set will be showcased and on sale for 15% off!  Be sure to check the CDD blog everyday to see the featured stamp set.

CDD Products used:

Animal Antics

Fancy Frames dies

Emerald Isle sequins

Thanks for stoppin' by!
steph

Polar Pals Winter Wishes

Hello Crafty Friends!  Today I am over at Craftin Desert Diva's blog sharing with you a few tags I made using the Polar Pals stamp set.  Polar Pals is the featured stamp set on sale right now until the 10th then a new set will be featured every 3 days for the month of December. For the tag I used the smaller of the two banners from the Banner Dies set, for the snow hill I die cut the hill from Outdoor Landscape dies and traced it to get the shape.  I used Tag Essentials dies for the circle re-enforcement on the tag.  I watercolored all the images with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

 I drew my trees in with my watercolor markers.

Thanks for stoppin' by!

steph

CDD Products Used: 

Polar Pals

Outdoor Landscape dies

Tag Essentials dies

Banner Dies