Happy 50th Birthday Donna!

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today is a very special day and I have the privilege of sharing the news. The 3 Girl JAM Design Team wants to give a BIG shout out to our fellow DT sister, Donna. She has reached a special milestone today...she turns 50! Happy Happy Birthday!

In honor of your birthday Donna, we have created some birthday projects.

Here is mine...

Birthday Cakes Cricut cartridge (bird, balloon, present)

Other Materials:

black, white, and grey card stock

Simple Stories pattern paper

Grey Gray crinkle ribbon

wiggly eye

yellow ColorBox ink

yellow candy striped stones 

Hope you have an extra special day Donna!

Don't forget about our monthly challenge...

Back to School with Ribbon

August 2nd - August 29th

Prize: $15 Gift Certificate to 3 Girl JAM store

Stay Creative,

Georgiana 

Craftin' Desert Diva's Sneak Peek for Simply Moovelous Set

*** This is my second post for today. Please scroll down to see the Die Cuttin ' Diva challenge for this week. Thanks! ***

Today starts the August stamp release at  Craftin Desert Divas. We have four new stamp sets in this release. Day 4 sneak peeks are going to be a larger 5x7 stamp set!

  These images and sentiments will also come with a matching

SVG cut file that is FREE to you.

There are a few specials during this release we want to share with you.

Every purchase receives a FREE Too Cute by Jessica SVG pattern made especially for this release.

Any minimum 2 Stamp purchase will receive a FREE mini stamp . Both stamp & pattern will be revealed during the hop.  Also there will be a sale 20% off your ENTIRE purchase using code: August starting on Saturday.  The free mini stamp & sale will end Aug. 31st.

Welcome to Day 1 of Craftin Desert Divas August stamp release! Each day we will be giving you a sneak peek at one of the four new stamp sets. Then, on  Saturday and Sunday, we will have a blog hop with prizes each day. There are some amazing creations being shared today during this stamp release. We also have some special guest designers who will be joining us. 

Today we are showcasing the Simply Moovelous stamp set.

We have (3) 4x6 and (1) 5x7 stamp sets.

 Made in the USA.

Stamps will be available to order on Saturday.

We hope you will stop by the Craftin Desert Divas Shop and the 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 first show previews, have giveaways and much more!

Here is my sneak peek project ....

This cow is part of the Dairy Cows set from KaDoodle Bug. The milk sentiment is part of the Simply Moovelous stamp set. I used a Zig pink chalk writer to color in the letters. A little twine bow was added to each of the milk containers.

Isn't this cow too cute!

Inside sentiment is from the Simply Moovelous stamp set too.

Other Materials:
pink, white, black, and silver card stock
pattern paper from scrap box
black Versafine ink
pink ink
black gems

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!

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. 

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Pinterest Inspired at Die Cuttin' Divas

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome back for another Die Cuttin' Diva Challenge. Last week's "Favorite Color"  challenge was a BIG hit. What an astonishing amount of fabulous submissions. Thank you for joining us each week! This post will be my first one for today and another one will follow later this morning, so PLEASE be sure to check back!

This Week's Challenge...

Pinterest Inspired

Here is my Design Team project...

A co-worker asked me to make a sunflower card, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to browse through Pinterest. Such vibrant pictures (pins) being shared! I found one I liked (see photo below mine) that I used for inspiration.

This is the card I chose as my Pinterest Inspiration.

Two sunflowers side by side (They represent mother and child).

I was worried I wasn't going to like the ribbon stems, but I actually like it!

A small sunflower was added to bottom right corner on the inside. I used Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge (p. 65) to cut the yellow petals and a 3/4" circle punch for the center. Enjoy!

Other Materials:

cream, brown, yellow card stock

distressing folder

green ribbon w trim

Hope you will join us at Die Cuttin' Divas this week for our "Pinterest Inspired" challenge. The other design team members have done a fantastic job with their creations, so be sure to check them out!

Hope you will join the challenge this week!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana 

Back to School Linky at Craftin' Desert Divas

Hello Crafty Friends,

It's party time! A crafting party that is!

Today brings a new Linky Party at Craftin' Desert Divas hosted by Tara.

Party Theme is...Back to School

I returned to my class last week and the students start today! The beginning of the year is always exciting and this school year is going to be awesome! I met quite a few students and parents at Meet the Teacher this past Friday and I know I have the BEST class in the entire school. Lucky me! I can't wait to get started!

Here is my Design Team project...

Even though school just started we have a field trip planned to Silver River State Park within the first two weeks. This is a fabulous trip that teaches the students about environmental science and the best part is we get to take a pontoon boat ride on the Silver River. We count alligators and turtles while learning about our science standards. 

I created this set for the bus driver. The driver always picks us up on time and returns us to school safely. I wanted to show our appreciation.  

The card base is from Campin' Critters (cut at 4 1/2" and the layers are 4"  and 4 1/4"). This bus is from Miss Kate Cuttables and I cut it on my Cameo (approximately 3"). I added the black polka dot ribbon to look like the road.

I used the Simply Said stamp set by Craftin' Desert Diva for this sentiment.

Lastly, the bus treat box is by My Scrap Chick (It is part of the School House Trio set.).

Other Materials:
white, yellow, black, silver, orange, and red card stock
blue polka dot pattern paper
Colorbox ink pad (inked the edges) provided by sponsor
black pearls
Black Versafine ink

Hope you will join us for this "Back to School" linky party at Craftin' Desert Divas! The more projects you submit, the better chance you have to win! Visit Craftin' Desert Divas for all the rules and to play along.

Sponsors for this Linky Party...
CDD - one stamp set

My Scrap Chick: $10 Discount Code

Clearsnap: Prize Pack

Stay Creative,

Georgiana 

Skateboarding for Fun at Craftin' Desert Divas

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome back and thanks for stopping by! Today is my day to showcase any stamp from Craftin' Desert Diva's stamp line. I selected the All Star Sports set since there is such a wide variety of sports...golf, basketball, football, cheer, etc. Even though I am not a big sports fan, I love this set because of the fun sayings!

Here is my Design Team project...

How about this cute skater! He looks like some of the boys in my prior classes (except no hats are allowed). The skater was cut from Create a Friend Cricut cartridge at 2 3/4".

I sure do like the combination of letters and numbers in the sentiment! I used Martha Stewart Dusk Blue ink. It matches the ribbon perfectly!

If you haven't purchased your set yet...click here!

Other Materials:

Campin' Critter Cricut cartridge (card base cut at 4 1/2") 

My Mind's Eye pattern paper

white, black, tan, and cream card stock

teal and orange sequins

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Back to School Challenge at DoubleClick Skittles

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome back and thanks for stopping by today for a new challenge at DoubleClick Skittles! I went back to school yesterday and today is work in the classroom, so I am hoping to get quite a bit finished before Meet the Teacher on Friday. I like to make a list and cross of each task as it is completed. It sure is nice to see when the list is finished.

This Week's Challenge...Back to School

Whether you have a child, or you decided to go back to school it is that time of year.  New clothes, new books, or new supplies are needed to make Back to School a success.

Here is my Design Team project... 

A teddy bear (Little Scraps from Heaven) ready for learning with a pencil.

I used the Simply Said stamp set from Craftin' Desert Diva. A bit of twine around the eraser and a few pink pearls in the lower corner.

Here is a close-up of the skittles. Loving the pink again...just like my favorite color from yesterday...pink!

Hope you will join us at DoubleClick Skittles this week for our "Back to School" challenge. The other design team members have done a fantastic job with their scholarly creations, so be sure to check them out! Be sure to enter, so you can win some skittles for Challenge #3.

Hope you will join the challenge this week!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Bird-Day with Your Favorite Colors

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome back for another Die Cuttin' Diva Challenge.

This Week's Challenge...

Favorite Color Combination

This was NOT an easy decision. I love LOTS of colors and it seems to change by season or as the fashion trend changes. Not too long ago I loved the red, white, and blue combination. More recently I have been using/wearing pink...not pale pink, but a bright pink. You should see my new sneakers...they are bright...very bright!

Here is my Design Team project...

I decided to use pink with white and brown. This flamingo was a freebie a few weeks ago (Isn't she fun!) at Little Scraps of Heaven and the mat is from Elegant Edges (p. 39). The edges were inked in pink and then a couple pink pearls we scattered.

 All the papers were from the scrap box (Yah!) and the stamp is by Cardz TV.

Hope you will join us at Die Cuttin' Divas this week for our "Favorite Color Combination" challenge. The other design team members have done a fantastic job with their creations, so be sure to check them out! Also, we have Design Team news about two of our members.

Hope you will join the challenge this week!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana