Happy Harvest Bear Card

Hello Crafty Friends.  I am sharing a fun quick and easy Fall card I made today using the Hey Pumpkin Stamp Set from Craftin Desert Diva's.











Products used:
Hey Pumpkin Stamp set from Craftin Desert Diva's - I cut stamped image with my ScanNCut, colored Bear and leaves with chalk... pumpkin was colored with markers. Sentiment "Happy Harvest" I stamped with Memento black tuxedo ink.
Sequins - "Corn Maze" from Craftin Desert Diva's.  I double stacked small green on top of larger orange.
DCWV Pattern paper layer over die cut
Spellbinder's Fleur De Lis Rectangle Die-Cut in Orange cardstock
Embossing - Fall Leaves Swirl by Darice onto Kraft Cardstock.  After embossing I rubbed raised image with "Wild Honey" distress ink then tapped the top of raised image with Versa Mark ink and applied Copper perfect pearls powder.
Standard A2 card base cut from Orange Cardstock


I am entering into these fun Challenges:

Simon Say's Stamp - stamp & die-cut
Die Cut Diva's - September Sketch Challenge
My Sheri Crafts - Thinking of Fall - use Pumpkin or Scarecrow
The Kraft Journal - Challenge #240 Autumn

Thanks as always for stopping by to see my creation.  Hope you leave a comment for me too.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Eva Scraps

3D Mourners Hat and Guest Diva

Good Morning Crafty Friends, I am so happy to have been asked to be a

Die Cuttin' Divas "Special Guest Diva"

 for

Challenge #232 3D Projects

Woot Woot... I feel so Honored and so excited!

 

So I wanted to create something really cool and had put this off since last year and decided it would be perfect for this fun 3D Challenge!!!

 

 

The svg cutting file is from SVG Attic and can be found here - JGW Raven Quest
There are a few other cool patterns in this file set that accompany the hat file.

I cut the Hat Pieces out of a thin chipboard with my deep cut blade on my Cricut.  I used this tutorial to assemble - http://needlesnknowledge.blogspot.com/2014/10/mourners-decorated-top-hat-assembly.html and found that it went together very easily. 

I then painted my hat Black with just plain Black Americana Acrylic paint.  after I let it dry I took a light green ink pad and smudged smears all over the hat to age and distress it.  I added two buttons to the fancy piece instead of using the circle cut pieces from the file.  I didn't have the color of buttons I wanted to use so I just took 2 white ones and used my purple sharpie marker to color them and get the color I wanted :)  I then added them to fancy piece on hat with foam tape.



I then took some black wire edged ribbon I bought at Costco several years ago and folded it in half and wrapped around the hat. then attached with hot glue for the hat band.  I also created a bow tie looking bow out of same ribbon and attached to hat band.  I die cut some swirls out of purple cardstock and glued those to the hat and added several pretty light purple sequins to those.  I added to real feather's that matched the purple buttons.  I then cut the rolled flower (included in this kit) out of a slightly lighter purple cardstock.  after rolling for assembly, I curved and tattered the petals and added a pretty white glittery dome shape to the center of the flower.  I then cut the skull head once out of the thin chipboard and once out of glow in the dark white vinyl.  I had some scraps leftover from a previous project I worked on recently... I love the added touch it gave!  I hot glued the skull head to the rolled flower and voila... all done.

I am very happy how well this project turned out and have to say I was a bit intimidated by it and now realize it was a piece of cake.  Great file... Thanks SVG Attic.

I will be entering this project in these fun Challenges:

Special Guest Diva @ Die Cuttin' Divas
DL.ART September Linky Challenge - Anything Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
Little Scrap Pieces - Show It Off Saturday Linky Party

Craftin Desert Diva's - Just for Kids Linky Party
Decorate to Celebrate - #108 Anything Goes

 

 

Thank for stopping by to view my latest project.  Please leave a comment ... I love to read each and every one :)  Have a wonderful and crafty day!

 



Just because Zebra Card

Hello crafty friends, today I wanted to share a card I made with my new Craftin Desert Diva's Wildly Cute stamp set I won from last weeks blog hop... Woo hooo!   

I Used my new CDD Wildly Cute stamp set for that sweet zebra and hearts.  Short & Sweet Tags for the Just Because sentiment which I stamped in versamark and then used perfect pearls to dust it.  The card cut is from Cricut Bits and Pieces and opens on a diagonal.  The leaves are from Cricut life's a beach

Winner of my Blog Candy - Lazy Days of Summer Hop

Good Morning Crafty Friends,

I wanted to pop in this morning with the winner of my blog candy die cuts. 

Thank you so much to all who hopped through and I hope you all had a fun inspiring time.  My randomly drawn winner is......................

Lucky #1 is........................

Theresa Knopf said...

Great project!

Congratulations Theresa.... send me an email with your addy so I can get your prize sent out to you :)  evascrapslife @ gmail.com

Hope you all have a wonderful and crafty day :)
~ Eva Scraps

The Lazy Days of Summer Blog Hop

Happy Saturday and Welcome to...

The Lazy Days of Summer Blog Hop



If you have just stopped by to visit with me, thank you and welcome, but please start at the beginning of the hop with our Hostess, Robin Lane from Create-A-Latte. We would not want you to miss any of these wonderful projects. As summer is starting to wind down and kids are getting ready to head back to school, we thought we would share some summer projects with you. So, grab yourself a Latte', sit back and hop along with us as we share our projects with you.

Now, for some candy. This month we will be giving one lucky person one Becky Higgins Project Life Themed Kit, Summer.

 

For your chance to win this amazing blog candy you must hop through each one of our talented crafters blogs, be sure to leave everyone a little blog lovin', and if you are not already a follower please become one to each of ladies so that you do not miss a single project that they make.

For my Projects today:

I created a fun summer card and tag set.  I wanted it to look like a picnic spread out with the ant stealing the slice of watermelon and the watermelon looking like an uh-oh face as it's carried off.  I created this set with my brand-new Cricut Explore Air that I won from Cricut Lover's Guide to Design Space.  It was donated from Cricut.  I am so so happy and so very thankful to have won this absolutely wonderful machine.  Plus the luxury of creating and cutting right from my iPad oh my goodness I'm in heaven.  OK onto my projects and the supplies I used.

The card base is a standard 5.5" x 4.25" which I added a yellow pattern paper to.  The funky mat is from formal occasion cartridge - blue tag.  I cut this in 2 layers, The back is just black card stock and the top layer being from a beautiful summer stack that my step daughter gave me as a gift years ago that I've been hoarding ha ha.  It is a beautiful metallic foil paper that looks like a picnic tablecloth and ants crawling around on it.  It is from momenta - called summer fun.  The watermelon slices are from Cricut Simply Charmed ... love that cartridge and I added peachy keen faces to both.  On the card I wanted an uh-oh face and I went with simple Sallies & on the tag I used one from basic paper dolls.  I chalked the cheeks pink and dotted them with white gel pen and I also faux stitched around each of the watermelon slices with white gel pen.  The ant is from Cricut Nate's ABC's cartridge which I also enhanced with white gel pen.  For the ant's eye I added a clear gem that I colored with a blue sharpie marker before I adhered it on to him.  The beautiful stitched grass is from Desert Craftin Diva's - Outdoor Landscape Die.  I also used their stamp set Short & Sweet Tags to add the "Thanks" sentiment & flag stitching for the card and the "For you" sentiment on the tag.  Tara provides the SVG cut outs for those stamps free.  The seeds are an SVG file from could KaDoodle Bug designs named watermelon mouse.  I also added white gel pen to the seeds for enhancement.  

The tag base itself is from very Merry tags cartridge.  Summers the bounty stamp is from my stash maker unknown.  On the yellow edges of the card I stamped a border stamp from a card maker kit and then added red sequence with a dab of red glitter glue inside each one.  I also added some green dew drops around the outside and a couple scattered on the picnic blanket which look red because of the background.  

 

I added one dew drop to the tag as well.  To finish off the tag I added some ribbon that I recently won in a challenge from Karen over at little scrap pieces ... I love this ribbon.  I then added a red button from my stash tied on with some green and white bakers twine that I picked up at dollar tree the other day.
I am entering into these fun Challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - #256 Fun in the sun

Bitten by the Bug 2 - Watermelon
Die Cuttin' Diva's - #226 the Great Outdoors
Simon Says Stamp -  Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces - show it off Saturday

DL.ART Thankful Thursday - #161 Summer Time
Dies R Us Challenge - Summertime Fun
 

I am offering up a little of my own blog candy for you on this hop for US shipping only. 

I cut some seasonal die cuts to share with one lucky hopper, just make sure you leave me a comment on this post and be a follower or become a follower of my blog.  You will have until Sunday Aug 2nd at midnight Pacific standard time to do so and leave a comment here on this post to be in for the drawing for my blog candy.  I will announce winner on Monday Aug 3rd for US shipping only.

Now on with the hop Your next stop will be with...

Sarah



If you get lost along the way here is the entire line-up of today's hop for you to get back on track and not miss a single project. And don't forget to leave everyone a little blog lovin' and become a follower for your chance to win some blog candy.

1.  Robin - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/
2.  Denise - http://www.craftconfectionery.com/
3.  Melissa - http://www.papershenaniganz.blogspot.com
4.  Theresa - http://scrapsbygracie.blogspot.com
5.  Kim - http://katydidcards.com
6.  Eva Scraps - http://evasscrapsncards.blogspot.com/
7.  Sarah - www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com
8.  Jearise - http://www.lorbysworld.blogspot.com
9.  Angela - http://www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com/
10. Nana's Scrap Spot - www.nanasscrapspot.com
11. Sharon - http://piece-ofheart.blogspot.com
12. Jessica - http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/
13. Lisa - http://lisaslittlerascals.blogspot.com/
14. Tami - http://scrappinmykids.blogspot.com
15. Barbara -  http://barbarab3.blogspot.com

Thank you for hoping along with us today, I hope that we have inspired you to get your craft on.

Ride the Wind Owl

Hello Crafty Friends, today I had some fun playing with my newest stamps & Sequins.

I started out by cutting the corner of a 12x12 Momenta scrapbook paper so I could use it for my background.  Just a fun mostly sky scene with clouds and a bit of grass at the bottom and then a fun scallop and lines across.  I thought it would be the perfect base for this creation.  So over in our Group on FB today begins the new challenge which is Ride the Wind.  This is what I came up with to help[ promote our fun challenge.

The Owl and "Sending OWL my Love" sentiment are both from Craftin Desert Diva's Owl-idays stamp set and you can find them here.  The Owl is stamped in Memento Black tuxedo ink onto white cardstock, I then used my scan n cut to cut him out.  I colored him in with Crayola SuperTips markers.  The Balloon stamp is from Echo Park, I used my American Crafts Stamp markers to color in balloons and using my new stamp positioner I stamped just the balloons first.  I then wiped the stamp clean, inked just the strings in black tuxedo and stamped again.  I am in love with this new stamp positioning tool I made with inexpensive products... video that I followed can be found here. 


This is the stamp positioner I made from watching video above

2 of the 4 stamp sets I used for this one :)

After stamping the balloons I cut them out on my scan n cut and then I took some blue chalk and rubbed the area of the balloon strings so it would blend with the blue background.  I adhered the tip of the balloon strings to the candy stick the owl was holding and tried to make it look as though he is holding the balloons.  I colored in just to the edge of the owls head on the strings to make it blend well.  The sentiment I stamped right directly onto the fun striped cloud.  for the cloud face I used a Peachy Keen - Basic Paper Dolls face.  I didn't have a blowing face so I thought this one would work... it kind of looks like he is taking a big breath in to blow.  the wind swirl was from another stamp set in my stash that I had to mask off because it is actually snow flakes blowing... but I just wanted the wind.  I added blue shimmer chalk to the cloud cheeks and to the windy swirl.


Some of my new sequins... I used some from all 3 of these sets

At the bottom where the scallops are I decided to dig in to my new fun sequins and add all of the balloon colors for the sequins, I really like the touch this added.

I am entering this card into these fun challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Sparkle & Shine
DL.ART - Thankful Thursday Challenge #161 Summertime

As always, Thanks for stopping by to see my creativity at work.  Have a happy and crafty day.  ~ Eva Scraps

Joy Ornament Card

Hello crafty friends, I am back with another Christmas in July Card today.

I cut an ornament tag from red glitter foam from a Spellbinders die.  Both of the silver pieces are cut from Activia yogurt container lids, washed of course and the shiny underside used.  The die cut shape is from Spellbinders Moroccan Motifs and the J & Y are also cut from red glitter foam cut with Sizzix bubble font.  The large white snowflake is a large sequin and I added a shiny red sequin in the center of it.  I also added a string of red and white Bakers twin to hang the ornament from.

The background is black corrugated board and white felt both cut with Craftin Desert Diva's - Outdoor Landscape Die.  The sentiment stamp is from my stash... Unfortunately not sure of maker.  I also scattered white iridescent sequins about the snow (White Felt) layer.

I am entering into these fun Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp -  No Ordinary Paper 

Craftin Desert Diva's - Christmas in July

Little Scrap Pieces - show it off Saturday

Dies R Us - Christmas in July
Hiding in My Craft Room - Any Holiday
Fab' N' Funky - #269 no pattern Paper

 

Thanks as always for stopping by, I would love to read your comments so please leave one. Have a happy and crafty day my friends.

- Eva Scraps

fun sketch card

Hello crafty friends.  I created this card for a sketch challenge over at Jo's Scrap Shack and got to use some of my newly purchased items.

The stripes down the diagonal of the card are some fun tapes I found at Dollar Tree and so is the Butterfly sticker.  I changed the original ivory color of the butterfly sticker by coloring it with my pink and purple stamp markers and then brushing it out with my water brush to soften the color.  I then drew around the sticker on white card stock... ran it thru my Scan n cut... then cut 3 different colors to mat the butterfly each a little larger than the next.  Under that is a die cut from Spellbinders "Moroccan motifs". 

The stamped Butterfly Scroll is from hot off the press, colored in with markers and lots of bling added. I ran out of orange rhinestones so I colored them in with an Orange sharpie pen from my new 20 pack of Sharpie markers.  The Sentiment stamp is also from HOTP but a dragonfly stamp set ... I thought the saying was perfect for this card.

I am entering into these fun challenge:
Jo's Scrap Shack - Fun Day Friday -  #98 Sketch Challenge
Lil Red Wagon - #299 Thickers & Stickers

Thanks for stopping by.... have a wonderful and crafty Day
Eva Scraps :)

A flip fold Christmas in July Card

This was a fun and easy card done up in my fav colors of course lol.  I used some Cricut Pattern Paper for the snowflake liners.

Card Open

The card Base is from Cricut Artiste

The label Shapes are from Cricut Art Philosophy
The Snowflake & Christmas Light bulb are from Cricut Very Merry Tags
The corner scrolls are from Spellbinder's Frosty Forms
The Beautiful Dew Drops are from The Robins Nest - "Mardi Gras"
The Stamp is from my stash (Sorry unsure of Maker)

Front of Card



This is a fun easy card to put together... the next time I make these it will be with double sided card stock  so no need to fiddle with making the liner papers and will be easy to mass produce several cards for your card list with ease.

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Craftin Desert Diva's - Christmas in July
Dies R Us - Christmas in July

Die Cuttin' Diva's - Christmas in July

Thank for stopping by and I hope you have a super awesome and crafty day :)

My Big Happy News... I WON!!!

So I am sooooo gosh darn happy and on cloud 9 right now I had to drop in and share my big Happy news with you all.  Last night on Facebook I won the new Cricut Explore Air over in the fabulous Group Cricut Lovers Guide to Design Space for their fabulous 15,000 member Giveaway celebration. 

So Funny story I have to share >>> when I saw my name as the winner my heart leaped a little but then I noticed it just said Cricut Air... so I thought hmmmm... Don't get too excited Eva... thinking it may just be the air adapter for the Explore.  So when I messaged Paulette Trent I asked if it was for the air adapter.... she replied "It's the Cricut Explore Air!!! The one with the built in bluetooth! Congrats!!!!"  OH MY GOSH!!!  Then the celebration began... lol   I am so excited and cannot even believe it!!! Yay Happy Dance - Happy Dance - HAPPPPY Dance!!! WOOOT WOOOT   I feel so lucky and blessed and very very HAPPPPPY!!! 
Paulette said "Sorry I left that one itty bitty word out of your prize when I posted it! :) "  that's okay Delayed celebration by a few seconds  hahahaha  To think out of all those entries I got picked at random for the fabulous Grand Prize.... I am still in shock I tell you!!!  Not sure what color mine will be but this is the one for sale over at Cricut.com right now:

 



Cricut Explore Air

If you are a Cricut lover and own an explore or even plan to get one.... this group is for you!!!  It is all about crafters helping crafters and sharing their awesome work.  I know during this learning curve with my new win.... I will be soaking up all the knowledge I can from the wonderful crafters there.  They have fabulous giveaways, obviously lol ...and even share design space files of projects they have created.  It is a great place!!!  So what are you waiting for?  Go check them out and tell them Eva Scraps sent you :) here is the link to their FB group Cricut Lovers Guide to Design Space 

I also admin a fun group on FB along with my crafty friends Sarah Burton and LeeAnn McKinney ... where we just share our love of paper crafts using Cricuts or any cutting machines and we have regular fun challenges with die-cuts for prizes to our US entry winners drawn at random, please feel free to come join us as well on FB at Cricut Creative Corner & other Cutters Welcome

A big shout out to all of the wonderful crafty well wishers that shared in my celebration last night and this morning on FB... I am so lucky and fortunate to have such a huge crafty friend base online and I honestly appreciate each and every one of you.... Thank you!

Crafty Hugs, Eva Scraps :)