A Latte Birthday Wishes

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American Crafts, Close To My Heart, Coffee Loving CardMakers, CTMH, Distress Inks, Distress Oxide Ink, Hero Arts, Hickory Smoke, Justrite Stamp Co, Picked Raspberry, Scrapbook Expo, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Worn Lipstick

Hello, I am back today with another card for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Spring/Summer Blog Hop.  I look forward to these each season, there are so many different styles to get inspired by…Fun, fun, fun!!!

A Latte Birthday Wishes Card

I started with a fun layered background.  First I put Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade and Spiced Marmalade onto my craft mat and spritzed it very generously with water.  I then took a piece of watercolor paper and smooshed it into the inks, drying and redipping the paper until I was happy with what I had.  Then I used two separate background stamps, one with a dominant design and the other with a less dominant design.  They were both stamped in Slate Gray ink from Close To My Heart.  I had taken a background layering class with my friend Andi at a previous Scrapbook Expo and I learned a lot in that class, I hope it shows.  🙂  The background stamps I used in my card are from JustRite.  They make huge background stamps, so you can orient it onto your card for either portrait or landscape designs.

Next up, I die cut the To-Go coffee cup using a die I won in a grab bag, but I think it is Hero Arts…do not hold me to it though, it was eons ago.  I stamped the cup sleeve with “a latte” and distressed the edges a bit with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink to make it stand out.  I sponged that onto the lid as well to give it a bit of depth and definition.

I stamped the Birthday Wishes sentiment in Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink and clear heat embossed it.  That stamp set is from a retired CTMH set.  I cut it out and popped it up with foam squares.  I wrapped American Crafts twine around the base and mounted that onto black cardstock, then onto the white card base.

Well, thank you for stopping by and if you have not been to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop yet, please pop over there by clicking Here and get inspired and join in the fun!

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Wedding Season is Upon Us

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American Crafts, Bazzill, Carta Bella, Elizabeth Craft Designs, Kwik Kutz, Sizzix, Taylored Expressions

Hello, today I created a wedding card for a friend/customer who needed a wedding card in grays and pearl white.  I had a copy of the invitation, so I incorporated some elements from it into the card.

Wedding Card

I used one of my new Elizabeth Craft Designs dies and peel off gems.  I used various flower dies and cut a combination of large and small flowers using Bazzill silver cardstock, vellum that has a beautiful tiny floral white on white pattern and a pearly embossed cardstock.  I mixed and matched them and used little brads to hold the pieces together.  I cut the leaves out of the silver cardstock using a Sizzix die I got on clearance for $1 🙂  Can you say “Awesomesauce”?!

Elements of the Wedding Card

The card base is medium gray American Crafts heavyweight cardstock, and the patterned paper on the base is Carta Bella from the Paris Girl line…not sure if that is retired or not, I have had it for a while, and I LOVE every pattern in this collection, so I use it sparingly.  Needless to say, I am quite frugal with my supplies.

I did mat the patterned paper with black cardstock before mounting it on the card base. Finally I stamped a piece of the pearlized paper (which was also used for the ECD Entwined Circles) with a sentiment from Taylored Expressions, Lifetime of Love set.  I scored this adorable set for just $5.  I think it is still for sale on Taylor’s website for that price.  I cut the monogram out with Kwik Kutz Eliza letter set that my wonderful daughter got me (brand new) from a garage sale.  This episode is all about good deals.  HA!

Inside of Wedding Card

Close-up of Wedding Card

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Sunsational Stamps January 2016 Release Blog Hop

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Alcohol Marker, American Crafts, Chalk Markers, Sunsational Stamps

 

Welcome to Sunsational Stamps Design Team Blog Hop for January, 2016. Thank you for joining us today!  We will be showcasing Winter and Valentines Day, there are over 20 new stamps in this release. They are sweet and adorable, I am over the moon in love with them and you will be inspired by our amazing Design Team’s projects.

You will find a digi stamp available to win at each blog along the hop.  Here is the one you can win from me, I just love, love, love this image!  It’s all in the name….Stinking Cute!

Stinking Cute Valentine

There is also a free exclusive digital stamp available to all who take part in the hop.

In order to win any of the blog candy and receive the freebie we ask that you please follow these simple rules to show support for each crafter and the time they have put into their work.

• 1) you MUST visit each blog
• 2) leave a comment
• 3) become a follower of each blog and our DT blog at http://www.sunsationalstamps.blogspot.com/.

We also are offering a special for this release:  You will get 10% off any order of $10.00 or more, just use the code JANUARY10. The code will be valid in both the “Sunsational Stamps” store and the “Scrapping With Lisa Designs” store. This special offer is good until Sunday, February 7th at midnight EST.

Sit back, relax, grab your favorite beverage and let’s get hopping!

For my project I used the Out Of This World set that you can find here at Sunsational Stamps

Out Of This World card

I colored in the images using ShinHan alcohol markers.  The gold stars on the sentiment were colored using American Crafts Permanent Gold Chalk Pen.  I stamped the smaller stars using Hero Arts white pigment ink.  Finally I tethered the astronaut to his spacecraft using silver thread and used foam tape to pop him up a bit.

Out Of This World Images

If you happened to have stumbled upon this blog by chance or accident, please make sure to head to the first blog listed so you don’t miss any of the Love we have to share with you. This hop runs from 8 am February 6th through 11:59 pm February 7th, so you have plenty of time to visit every blog in the list below.

Here is the line up for the hop:

Janet      –  http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

Carla      –  http://www.racincrafts.blogspot.com

Eileen     –  https://papercanvascreations.wordpress.com/   You Are Here!

Paula      –  http://paulahattonvines.blogspot.com/

Marji      –  http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com

Hannah  –  http://cajunhannahcraft.blogspot.com/

Janie     –   http://crafterscastle.blogspot.com/

Lisa       –  http://sunsationalstamps.blogspot.com/

Thank you for joining us, we hope we were able to inspire you just a bit!! Check back here often for more inspirational projects created by our very talented Design Team!

And remember….Happy Scrappin’!

Batty For You!

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Alcohol Ink, Alcohol Marker, American Crafts, Black Soot, Distress Inks, eBosser, Glitter Pen, Iced Spruce, Ripe Persimmon, Scattered Straw, Sunsational Stamps, Teresa Collins, Twisted Citron, Wink of Stella

Good Evening….channeling Alfred Hitchcock.

I started making Halloween cards already, as I have many I have to make for some of my best customers!  As soon as I saw the stamp set Batty for You I knew what I wanted to do with it.  I just love this adorable little bat (I named him Boris).

Close up of bat from Batty for You.

Batty for You card

I ran some brown card stock through my eBosser using the Teresa Collins Woodgrain embossing folder, then cut out freehand, a partial tree.  I punched out a circle using my 1-1/2 inch punch to use as a mask for the moon.  I then distressed around the mask using Scattered Straw, Ripe Persimmons, Iced Spruce and then rocking a lightly inked sponge for the haze/clouds using Black Soot.

‘Boris’ was colored using alcohol markers and topped off with both Wink of Stella and American Crafts Glitter Pens in dark grey and purple.  The sentiment was colored in using a Distress pen in Twisted Citron then pop up using foam dots.

I hope you liked today’s card.  You can go to http://www.sunsationalstamps.com to purchase this stamp/image along with many more.  Follow our blogs and like us on Facebook!

Happy Crafting!

Moving On Up…

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Alcohol Ink, American Crafts, CTMH, Distress Inks, Doodlebug Designs, Studio Calico, Thickers

Howdy fellow crafters, today I created a card for a dear friend of mine that moved into a new home.  I am so excited for her 🙂

New Home Card

I used a Studio Calico stamp set and added a CTMH sun image from a set that retired a year or two ago.  I used Doodlebug papers from my stash, as well as American Crafts Thickers that I colored with an alcohol marker to match the CTMH Lagoon shimmer tape.  The building scene is colored using Distress Markers.  The sky was lightly sponged with Tumbled Glass distress ink.

Close Up of Buildings

Close up

Close up

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