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CLC: You Mocha Life Sweet!

Happy Friday!  I'm so excited to be Guesting over on the Coffee Lover's Blog today!  Did you get a chance to participate in the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers hop in March?  Did you at least get a chance to poke around at all of the amazing entries? or pay a visit to any of the wonderful Super Sponsors?  I just LOVE seeing all of the things people create and enter, but one of the very best things (for me anyway) is discovering new stamps and companies.  One of the things I try to do each hop is poke around some of the companies (from the entries as well as the Super Sponsor list) that are "new to me" and place an order from a couple of them.  One of the companies I've fallen in love with is Trinity stamps, in fact I've already placed a couple of orders with them (shhhh, lol).  I immediately fell in love with the idea of this Falling For You Gnome and the Layered Coffee Bean Stencil together!

There are 2 layers to this stencil, the first has 1 side of a bean and the 2nd has the other half.  I started by blending some Distress ink with the 1st layer, then for the 2nd layer I used some Embossing ink and Nuvo Copper powder.  I love the look and mix of texture!  I colored up my lil Gnomie with Copics and used the coordinating die to cut him out.

I also stamped some of the extra hearts included in the stamp set, used the coord dies and then popped them up. Finally I added some sequin type things here and there.  I tied up a multi-loop bow with some twine for his hat and added a sequin "flower" to it.  The set comes with a super cute sentiment, but I wanted something with a "coffee vibe", this sentiment is from the Perfectly Blended sentiment set (The Rabbit Hole Designs, another Super Sponser!).

This card was all about getting inky and pure coloring fun.  Well that's all I've got for you today, thank you to the CLC crew for having me today!

TRHD: Coffee Lover's Blog Hop, You're Brew-ti-ful!

Happy Friday!  Any fun plans for the weekend?  This is my final entry for the Spring Coffee Lover's Blog Hop.  If you haven't checked out all of the amazing Caffeinated inspiration, be sure to do so!  This is a new stamp set called Spring Coffee, and it's part of the April release from The Rabbit Hole Designs, releasing in a couple of days!

A couple of days ago I did this up in pinks and sage greens, today I tried out a Blue/Blue Violet and bright green combo. I recently got these slimline dies from Dare 2B Artzy and I've been dieing to play with them!  This was the perfect time to bring them out, I love the "overflowing" image!  I just love how flexible this set is!  Well, thanks for popping by, be sure to tune in on Monday for the NEW April release from The Rabbit Hole Designs!

TRHD: Spring Coffee for the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Happy Wednesday!  I'm up on the TRHD blog today with this pretty little sneaky-peeky!  The Rabbit Hole designs is releasing this stamp set, Spring Coffee, next week (along with the April release) but we're peeking it early for the Spring Coffee Lover's Blog hop!  For this card I made it simple and clean, letting the coloring and the gorgeous image take center stage!  

I colored up all of those beautiful flowers with Copics in pinks and very pale oranges.  I wanted the cup to "pop" a little and couldn't decide on how to color or which color to choose so I paper pieced it.  If you look closely, the front flowers are in front of the cup and there are a couple of leaf sprigs behind it, so I cut along the flowers and slipped my paper pieced mug behind them.  I love how this turned out!  

The paper pack I used is by Moda Scraps... they have the yummiest watercolor looking paper designs!  I die cut the "hello" with the same paper as the cup and the backmost layer and popped it up. I am so in LOVE with this image and the way this turned out!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

 

 

 

SnSS: Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer Hop

Happy Friday!  Sweet n Sassy stamps has released a new Digi set for today's kick-off of the Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer hop!  The set is called Sunshine in a Cup and it has all of the summer-feels!!!

I can't wait to play more with this set, but for now I quickly whipped this up!  I just love the bright, cheeriness of it!  The #MomLife sentiment is one of the several cute sentiments in the set.  I sized and printed it, then used a Washi die.  Just to give it a little pop, I outlined the die'd sentiment with my RV34 Copic.

I sized and printed the coffee cups, then colored them with Copics.  I recently got some new Glitz Glitter Gel (Gina K for ThermoWeb).  I "painted" with the gel to add some shimmer to the dome's of each coffee, I used Turquoise Sea & Bubble Gum.  Tell me those don't look more than a little yummy!  I cut both out, then popped them up on my Hello Sunshine patterned paper.  Easy peasy and quick as can be!

Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

KCC: #484, Your Favorite Stamp

Hey yall!  Happy Thursday!  This week's Krafty Chicks theme twist is YOUR FAVORITE STAMP, and I am, once again, hostessing!  I have a confession... I'm cheating this week.  I'm not only sharing with you one of my fave stamp sets (of COURSE it's coffee themed, lol), but I'm also using my favorite card (posted in June).  This card uses the PERFECT BLEND set (Gina K) and an older MOJO Sketch.

(from my original post)... First off I stamped my sentiment on a DASHED LINE TAG (Reverse Confetti).  I added a couple of ribbons and a button to finish off the tag.  For the shaker, I used both of the PATTERNED HEARTS dies (Reverse Confetti).  They're "nesting" hearts with the perfect amount of space between them.  The back of the shaker has patterned paper and I used a contrasting paper for the front.  Those perfect sequins inside are CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES (Kat Scrapiness), I also added a couple of sequins on the tag.

Shake, shake, shake!

I colored in one of the Coffee cups with Copics, cut it out and then popped it up on the tag.  I have foam dots in about 3 different depths, and this card is exactly why... I love being able to pop up multiple layers!  

Finally, I took a couple of the "scraps" and decorated the inside.  I colored up one of the other cups, cut it out and adhered it in the corner, then stamped a few coffee beans next to it.

I apologize for "recycling", but I really do LOVE this card!  Hope you will have a chance to join us in this challenge, and I promise to post an "original" for this challenge before it closes!!!

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Lori, Leanne, Nance and our Krafty Guest Esther!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

 

CLC: Life Happens, Coffee Helps!

EEEEEPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!! I'm so excited to be back for another Guestie share on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog!!!  Today I made a fun lil' shaker card using PERFECT BLEND (Gina K Designs) and I paired it up with Julee's Mojo sketch.

First off I stamped my sentiment on a DASHED LINE TAG (Reverse Confetti).  I added a couple of ribbons and a button to finish off the tag.  For the shaker, I used both of the PATTERNED HEARTS dies (Reverse Confetti).  They're "nesting" hearts with the perfect amount of space between them.  The back of the shaker has patterned paper and I used a contrasting paper for the front.  Those perfect sequins inside are CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES (Kat Scrapiness), I also added a couple of sequins on the tag.

Shake, shake, shake!

I colored in one of the Coffee cups with Copics, cut it out and then popped it up on the tag.  I have foam dots in about 3 different depths, and this card is exactly why... I love being able to pop up multiple layers!  

Finally, I took a couple of the "scraps" and decorated the inside.  I colored up one of the other cups, cut it out and adhered it in the corner, then stamped a few coffee beans next to it.

This was a fun and easy card to put together.  Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a great week and if you get a chance to get "stampy", please be sure to share your creation on the COFFEE LOVING PAPERCRAFTINGS FB page, I always LOVE seeing eye-candy!!

CLC: When Life Gets Sour...

Happy Monday!  Hope you had a great weekend.  Today I am beyond excited to be filling in on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog!  For my card today I used the ENDLESS POTENTIAL digital set from PolkaDot Orchard, and I've paired it up with some DecoFoil!

DecoFoil is so much fun and it's so easy to use!  I started off by printing the background image on my laser printer.  Now, instead of using a single color of DecoFoil, I grabbed two... Rose Gold and a Green, then I cut them in strips and laid them on a diagonal over my background panel and ran it through my laminator.  The image below is a little dark, but it was the only way to show you the foil, can you see the 2 colors there?  I LOVE this!  It's subtle, but makes such a difference!!  I used the card base panel die from CARD FRONT ELEMENT BUILDER dies by SugarPea Designs on this panel... so pretty!

Next up,  I grabbed the "drink image" from ENDLESS POTENTIAL and sized it to what I wanted and printed it on my regular printer, then colored it up with Copics.  I found a flag die that I wanted to use for the sentiment and them measured how small I needed the sentiment to be and printed it also on the regular printer (directly on my patterned paper).  I have to admit that digi images are a fairly small percentage of my "stamps" BUT I absolutely LOVE them for all of their flexibility (and instant purchase gratification, let's be honest! lol).  I used the DOUBLE SCALLOP die from Reverse Confetti with some patterned paper that kind of has a pink to green "ombre" look... this was perfect to make that cup "pop".

Last part of the front... I sized, printed and colored up one of the flower clusters and then popped it up on the upper corner... look at those colored images against the foiling!!!!!  SWOON!!!

I was having too much with this card and just couldn't stop myself, lol... so I also did up the inside!  This time I printed the drink on the laser printer and then used some Rose Gold Deco Foil... LOVE

I used the same DOUBLE SCALLOP die with a little busier pattern for the top and added another banner... pretty inside with plenty of room to write! 

Well that's it for me, sorry for the long winded post, I hope you like this card as much as I do and if you get the chance to color up this set, be sure to share it with us over in the Coffee Loving Papercrafters FB group!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again!

4CC: #432, Ribbons & Bows

Hey yall!  Happy Thursday.  It's time for another 4 Crafty Chicks challenge and this week our Hostess, Leanne is giving us a RIBBON/BOWS twist!  This is another Coffee stamp set I bought in anticipation of the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter blog hop, this one is called MUG LIFE by The Ink Road.  

I used some more of my Echo Park Coffee paper.  I die cut a tag using the coffee bean paper, the tag is the Dashed Line Tag (Reverse Confetti).  I colored up that cup o' yummy with Copics, then cut it out and popped it up on the tag.  That "coffee" die at the bottom is from the DRINK MORE COFFEE set (Reverse Confetti).  I just love how java-centric this card is, lol.

Ok, seriously... look at the sentiment banner on that cup!  How awesome is that?!??  The sentiment on the green banner is from the same set... I have a mug that says that, hahaha!

That's it for me, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy 
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

Coffee Lovers Hop, RC Stock Your Stash & a splash of Mojo!

Today was a "creating for the fun of it" kind of day!  Ok, so may be not a "day", maybe it was only a couple of hours... but still, I got to play!  I am finally getting to link up to the Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter hop!  Have you seen how many amazing creations are over there?!?  Holy snickerdoodles!  and all of those fantastic sponsors... I just love Papercrafting Community <3  Whats even better is that Julee has a fresh Mojo sketch up!  She is one of my all time fave sketchers in the history of EVER!!!!! 

Back to business!  Several weeks ago I picked up this Coffee paper pad (Echo Park) just to prepare for the Fall/Winter Hop.... OMG the papers are fantastic!  I paired it up with the new DRINK MORE COFFEE stamp & die sets (Reverse Confetti), the sentiment is from an older set, Be A Barista (Reverse Confetti, retired).  This month's Stock Your Stash challenge is THANK YOU.

I colored the cup & espresso with Copics.  The "sunrays" are one of the stamps in the set, I just took a couple of Y Copics and added a few more "rays".  I LOVE those fluttery hearts, they are part of the XOXO HEARTS die set (Reverse Confetti).  Well that's all I've got!  Be sure to pop over to each challenge and see what their DT's and other players have come up with!

CLC: A shot of Coffee & a boost of Mojo!

Happy Friday!!!  I am so excited to be a fill-in Guest today on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog!!  I've whipped up a quick little somethin' to share with you using goodies from Reverse Confetti.  I was HUGELY inspired by a Mojo sketch that Julee shared this week... 

and let's just say that I flipped it upside down.  I used the CAFFEINATED CUPS stamps & dies along with FIGURE OF SPEECH stamps & dies (all from Reverse Confetti).  I was trying to keep with a more Fall color palette, so I grabbed the EVERY LITTLE BIT paper pad (also from RC) because the colors are deep and rich and just yummy... but then I went a little crazy with the pink, lol. 

For the "coffee" here, I stamped the "swirly" using WOW Embossing Pad along with some super pretty Nuvo Copper Blush Super Fine ep.  

This really was a "quickie" card, the dies doing most of the work here.  Sometimes a girl just needs something super cute, super quick!  The fluffy pink bow on the top and a few rhinestones on the side for some dimension & texture... voila!!!  Thanks for popping by and visiting, hope you have a wonderful weekend!

CLC: Coffee Makes Everything Better!

Happy Friday!  It's my last CLC share, and while that makes me sad, I have had such a wonderful time hanging out & sharing here!  For my last Guestie card, I grabbed an image from Graciellie Designs.

"But Mom, all of the rest of the girls are playing with it!"  Hahahaha! I've seen so many gorgeous creations using this Stay Strong set from Graciellie Designs on this blog lately that I just HAD to buy it!!  I sized and printed the cup & the sentiment.  After coloring the cup with Copics I cut it out.  It's actually popped up with pop-dots.  I do really LOVE the flower that comes with the set, but I wanted the cup to be the focus here so I used some swirly leaf dies as a little "space filler", funny that those dies almost perfect imitated the leaves in the patterned paper!

If you look closely you can see that the heart on the cup matches the diagonal strip of paper, I just printed the heart piece on some of my patterned paper and then cut it out.  My card started out as a completely different design (that sadly wasn't well thought out by me, lol) so I already had the sentiment printed on white and it just "stuck out" a little too much, so I just added some "dots" with a couple of the Copics I used to color the cup.  A few sequins to bling it up a bit and Voila!!!  A happy pretty "cuppa" card!  I hope you like my final pretty, and I hope you get some time to be creative!  Thanks for popping by and hope to see you again soon!

CLC: Caffeinated Cups

Happy Friday!!  Yay, we made it!!!! lol  I'm up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog again and today I'm sharing a fun card made with several Reverse Confetti goodies!

To start with I used the super yummy Forever My Love paper pad (I am so in love with these colors!!).  I used the Caffeinated Cups stamps and die sets for my "cup", stamping the cup design in Bellini Ink (it perfectly matches the paper!) and Sand Ink for that yummy Latte look (yup, I'm totally a latte girl!).

I stamped the sentiment inside that pretty stitched scallop circle from Circles & Scallops die set, and that lovely sentiment is from the The Most Beauty stamp set.  I wanted to pull up some of the Navy from the patterned paper so I used Navy cs for that Chevron Pretty Panel die, and after adhering the Caffeinated Cup to it, I popped up the whole piece on pop-dots.  Check out those cork hearts!!!  I love cork embellishments, but I always want a shape I don't have... until NOW!  lol, I've discovered Cork Sheets!!!  Ok, that's enough blabbering from me!  Go forth and have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

CLC: Pop Up Coffee Card

Happy Friday!!!  I'm up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog again (not gonna lie, I'm starting to get a little sad that I'm halfway done already, lol).  For my card today I paired up some Karen Burniston dies with some goodies from SugarPea Designs.

So I've been drooling over some of Karen's dies for some time now and finally decided to order some... HOLY SNICKERDOODLES!  I'm hooked!  I had a little too much fun today making this card!  This is the first time I've used these types of dies, they were a lot of fun and very quick to get the hang of!

So here's the front of the card.  I used the large Postage Stamp die (SugarPea Designs) for the patterned paper, then mounted it on white before mounting it to my Avocado cs base.  The solid circles and the heart are from the Circle Charm Pop Up die set (Karen Burniston), I popped up the heart.The "flippy" circle is decorated to match the inside, the cup and those hearts are from the Coffee Charms die set (Karen Burniston).

Here's the card open flat.  The first circle "flips" to the inside as you open it.  All of the dies inside are also from the Coffee Charms die set (Karen Burniston).  I also added some enamel dots.  The stamps on the lower part of both sides are from The Perfect Blend stamp set (SugarPea Designs).  The sentiments & coffee beans are stamped in Dark Roast & Sand (Reverse Confetti)Here are a couple of closer-up photo's of the circle charm parts...

So when I first opened the Circle die set, I was intimidated!!!! Big TIME!  But I watched the video that Karen has done, and it was easy-peasy!!!  So excited with the way this turned out!  Well that about wraps it up for my post, I hope you get some time to get creative this weekend!

 

CLC: Coffee & Flowers

Happy Friday!! I am over the moon giddy to be this month's Guest Designer at Coffee Loving Cardmakers!  I have wanted to craft with these amazingly talented ladies fo so long now!!  I'll be posting every Friday, so swing by and visit!

For my first Guest Card, I used an image from Graciellie Designs, it's called Coffee & Flowers.  This is such a sweet image and so much fun to color!  I used Copics and colored the flowers in bright "springy" colors.  The layout for my card is from the current Fusion Card Challenge.

Digital images and sentiments are GREAT because you can make them exactly the size you want for whatever you're making, for sentiments you can make them fit the shape you want instead of finding a die, etc to fit the sentiment.  To color-up this sentiment a bit I added a bit of YR14 around the edges then added some "sprinkles" around in some of the colors I used for the flowers.

A little Coffee Mug clip in the corner just for fun!  Not gonna lie, I kinda horde these clips, lol.  I just love the way this turned out, and who wouldn't love a mug of pretty flowers.  Well that's all I have for you today, I hope you get some time this weekend to get crafty!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon.