Espresso Yourself

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Alcohol Marker, Bead Strings 2, Close To My Heart, Coffee Loving Card Makers, Copic, CTMH, Distress Inks, Elizabeth Craft Designs, Lucky Clover, Peel-Off Stickers, Sunsational Stamps, Twisted Citron, Wilted Violet

Good Morning!  Today is a great day to grab a cup of joe and take a look at all the coffee inspiration my fellow crafty bloggers have to offer.  We are honored to be a part of the Sunsational Stamps Super Sponsoring of www.coffeelovingcardmakers.com Coffee Lovers Blog hop!

I am so excited to be part of this fabulous blog hop!  I am a huge fan of coffee and coffee related things…cups, pots, donuts, the whole shebang.  I went with a puny card today, another fave of mine.  I wanted to make a card that encouraged individuality.

I used the iconic carry out coffee cup from Sunsational Stamps Love You Latte and printed it several times.  I colored them with Copic markers, making one of them different as you can see!  I printed a second set so I could pop up the lids to give it added dimension.  The cup sleeves were cut from some decorative corrugated paper I had on hand.

I made the sentiment using a retired Close To My Heart alpha set called Hopscotch.  I drew in the giant coffee bean to make the ‘O’ in Espresso.  I used one of the dies in Elizabeth Craft Designs Bead Strings 2 to create the page division.  I cut it from a piece of cardstock that I had blended Distress inks in Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover and Wilted Violet.  I topped off each “bead” center with ECD Peel-off Gems, because…well, you gotta have some bling!

Thank you for hopping by today, and I hope you enjoy the remaining stops on our hop.  You can link back to Sunsational Stamps Blog or Coffee Loving Card Makers Blog

Sunsational stamps is offering a $25 dollars Digital Image Certificates and two flash prizes of $15 & $10 Digital Image Gift Certificates, so please do participate in the blog hop to be eligible to win some exciting prizes.

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Happy Scrappin’  Eileen

Under the Shade of a Daisy

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Alcohol Marker, Copic, Distress Inks, Elizabeth Craft Designs, Lawn Fawn, Mermaid Lagoon, Speech Bubble Edgy Options, Sunsational Stamps, TCW

Hello one and all, today we are thinking summertime.  I am using the Mouse and Flower  stamp set from Sunsational Stamps that you can find Here.  The little mouse seeking shade under the daisy makes me smile. I am a huge fan of daisies and believe it or not, mice…the cartoon version that is.  🙂

Hello Mouse & Flower Card

First off, I used an oval template, taped down to the lower right corner of my cardstock, and then taped a chicken wire stencil ( from TCW) over that. I sponged on Distress Ink in Mermaid Lagoon.  Once I removed the stencil, I again sponged more Mermaid Lagoon over the entire oval opening.  This process darkens the already inked pattern and lightly colors the actual chicken wire outline. Then I colored this cute little fella with my Copic markers and fussy cut the mouse and daisy.  I used foam squares to pop it up on the stenciled area.

For the ‘Hello’ (by Lawn Fawn), I die cut both a piece of orange cardstock as well as the yellow speech bubble which is a die set from the Speech Bubble Edgy Options set by Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I did this so I could inlay the word into the bubble and eliminate bulk for easy mailing.

This panel was adhered to a top folding white notecard and it was complete.

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Wow Moment!

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Bazzill, Color Me Alpha, Elizabeth Craft Designs, Honey Bee Stamps

Greetings and salutations!  Today I needed a graduation card for a customer of mine that has a niece graduating from Iowa (Go Hawkeyes!)  This card took a long time to assemble because all the gold, black and yellow are inlaid…so it was tedious, but I had a blast making it.  I used all Bazzill paper, the label and frames are Elizabeth Craft Design and the Wow Moment was a die I got in a goodie bag from a Scrapbook Expo crop, so the company is unknown to me.  The gold die cut numbers and the letters in the name are from Honey Bee Stamps Color Me Alpha set.  I use these ALL the time!

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Nana is Tea-Riffic!

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Authentique, Elizabeth Craft Designs, Fiskars, Raisin Boat Stamps, Sunsational Stamps

Greetings fellow paper crafters!  Today I wanted to get a head start on my Mother’s Day cards, so I started by making a card for my mom, from her grandchild.  I am in love with the You Take The Cake digi set from Sunsational Stamps.  You can find the set Here.

I started by printing the teapot and the teacup on patterned paper by Authentique, they have such pretty papers.  I also printed a series of the flower blossom on the papers as well.  I used my one inch Fiskars circle punch to pop out the flowers and fussy cut the teapot and cup.  I alternated the two patterns of the flowers along the left side, for a border.

Nana You Are Tea-Riffic Card

I cut out the cute double frame using the Fitted Frames 3 Curvy Rectangles by Elizabeth Craft Design.  I popped up the cup and pot overlapping the frame, added a heart from a  Raisin Boat set.  I made the ‘Nana’ banner with some alpha stickers in my stash, mounted the whole kit-n-kaboodle on a salmon pink cardstock base and called it done!

 

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Sunsational Puppy Birthday Card

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Alcohol Marker, Distress Inks, Elizabeth Craft Designs, Peeled Paint, Sunsational Stamps, Tim Holtz, Tumbled Glass

Howdy-doo!  We have Easter right around the corner, but in my family that means we have several birthdays too!  Today I had to take a break from my Easter projects and concentrate on Birthday cards.  I used my City Critters digi set from Sunsational Stamps and used the adorable pup.  I printed it both the way it is intended and I also flipped the image so I would have two pups facing one another.  When I colored them with my alcohol markers, I used my pup and my “grand” pup as the inspiration.  😉

City Critters Birthday Card

I used my Elizabeth Craft Design‘s balloon and party hat stamps and dies from her Happy Bird-day set to turn these two little cuties into party animals.

I created the background using a stencil I created (that I use ALL the time) one end is a hilly edge and the other is a cloudy edge.  I used Peeled Paint Distress ink and Tumbled Glass Distress ink (they are my landscape Go-To colors) and sponged them over the stencil. It is quick and easy and adds a subtle background.

The Happy Birthday sentiment was die cut using Tim Holtz Thinlits Celebration Words dies.  First I backed a piece of cardstock with a sheet of double-faced tape, then I cut the words out exactly how I wanted them on the card.  In the picture below you will see how I place the letters to keep them perfectly spaced and even.

How to line up letters perfectly.

I held the negative space down with a couple of pieces of Washi tape on the card exactly where I wanted the words.  Then I proceeded to, one by one, remove the backing to expose the sticky side then placed the letter back in its spot.  Press the letters down and remove the negative space.  Voila!  Perfectly placed letters.

Close up of Puppy Card.

I added the party hats and balloons to my pups.  I hand drew the balloon string and bows.  I matted the front of the card onto more of the teal cardstock that I cut the letters out with.  Finally I attached this to the card base and called it done!

Please click Here to get to the City Critters Digi set, and while you are there look around the store, there are so many adorable sets to choose from.  Sunsational carries both digi and clear stamps for all your crafting needs.

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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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Butterflies are Free to Fly

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Alcohol Marker, Copic, Elizabeth Craft Designs, Morgan's Artworld, Peel & Stick

Greetings, it has been a while!  Today I made a birthday card using Elizabeth Crafts Peel & Stick sticker, glitter paper and Copic markers.  I absolutely love the effect you get when you color the micro fine glitter paper with the Copics!

Over on Morgan’s Artworld blog, they are having their fortnight challenge, this challenge #14 is Animals…you can submit anything as long as it has an animal on it.  When I took a sneak peek at some of the entries so far, some of them had bugs too, so I thought “Why not join the challenge?!”

Glittery Butterfly Birthday Card

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Happy Birthday, Mon Ami

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Alcohol Marker, Bazzill, Close To My Heart, CTMH, Elizabeth Craft Designs, Peel-Off Stickers, Scrapping With Lisa, ShinHan, Sunsational Stamps, Wink of Stella

Bonjour Mon Ami!  Today I created a birthday card for my dear friend using Fifi from Scrapping With Lisa Designs.  This stamp was created, for me, by request.  🙂  I needed a French girl with a beret for a project I was working on and Lisa Peters created this adorable gal with her little French poodle!  BTW, I HAVE a poodle…lucky coincidence?!

Fifi Birthday Card

I colored her with my ShinHan alcohol markers and added Wink of Stella to the beret and her blouse to give it shimmer and a bit of a party feel.  I mounted it on black cardstock then teal cardstock, both by Bazzill.  I tied silver thread to the mat, added clear sequins and added the ‘Happy Birthday’ in black vinyl from my stash of Elizabeth Craft Design Peel-Off Stickers.  I then added foam tape to pop it up on the base, which is a retired pattern by Close To My Heart.  Voila, a card for Mon Ami!

Close-up of Fifi

Not sure if the shimmer is coming through in the picture, but trust me, it is rocking like a nightclub!

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Tea For Two!

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Alcohol Ink, Art Philosophy, Close To My Heart, Cricut, CTMH, Elizabeth Craft Designs, ShinHan, Sweet Tooth Boxes

Cheerio!  Today’s post is centered around a birthday gift of relaxation.  My Bestie from ‘way back when’ had a birthday recently and she happens to be a tea fanatic.  She also is a bit frazzled with work.  So her gift was a no-brainer!  Tea, a relaxing candle & card.  🙂

Ingredients to make a Tea House.

The Tea House was so fun to make.  I used Cricut Sweet Tooth Boxes cartridge, which cuts all sorts of fun boxes to hold treats and surprises.  I cut the small sweet shop box and filled it with a variety of tea bags.

Finished Sweet Box – Tea House

Cut two of these to form a box

Score at the tic marks that the Cricut makes in the cutouts. Attach only at one side, to make decorating easier.

Add window frames, grass, plants and door. Be sure to add brad for the door knob before adhering to the base.

(Inside of Tea House) Use strong adhesive, such as Score Tape to assemble the box.

Details of the Tea House

Wouldn’t a nice candle be just the right touch??  I thought so too 🙂

Have a happy day.

The top has a cutout heart, highlighted with a twine outline.  Alas, the picture was too blurry to post.

Finally I need to add a card so I can tell her how much her friendship means to me.

Elizabeth Craft Design outline stickers.

Alcohol markers colored on micro fine glitter paper

Finished Teapot prior to fussy cutting it out.

I used ShinHan alcohol markers to color white ribbon in an ombre effect.

I cut “labels” out using my Cricut Art Philosophy, sizing one a quarter inch larger. Adhere ribbon to bottom label, teapot to top label and attach with pop dots.

Embossed base of card.

Finished card

Interior of card stamped with CTMH You Mean The World To Me stamp set.

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