Coffee Lover's Blog Hop - Day 8 - Final Project

Guess I've gotta talk about it now... no more avoiding it.  For me, this is the end...lol!  Oh that sounds SO ominous...lol!  I mean, this is my last project for the Spring/Summer 2019 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!  You can still link up until 11:55 pm Pacific Time tonight... but me... I need to do some shopping before all of the great sales are done!  Priorities people!!

Did you know Jessica Lynn Original has some really adorable digis over in her shop?  And all of her coffee stamps... digital and clear are on sale!  Get the code and details at her Coffee Loving Blog Post here!

Here's how I was inspired:

Isn't that cactus adorable??  He's one of the Cactus coffee digis in the shop and he is Happy Cactus In A Cup!  Of course he's happy!  He's greeting people at the Coffee Shop!

I created a very lightly stenciled background... it's not really about the background... but those stencils from MFT are awesome!!  Whether they're the star of the show or just a light backdrop!

I love cacti SO much!  They are so friendly even though they're a little prickly... don't try to hug them... it won't end well.. in case you didn't know!  I'm trying to teach that to my grand dog that has come to live with us for a little while.  He grew up in the mountains of Montana in winter so he's not used to them!

Isn't this this die from MFT great??  It's the Boutique Dynamics and you can make any kind of shop from it... but of course I made a coffee shop...lol!

My first thought for my sentiment for this one was one of the Newtons Nook cactus cup sentiments... you know.. prickly and all that... but then I ran across this Got Coffee die from Kat Scrappiness and it made me giggle as the name of this Cafe' because back in Buffalo we have Spot Coffee... lol!  Anyway, I like to make myself giggle.  AND I love this Got Coffee die!  I decided instead of trying to create a scene inside the Cafe, I'd create a shaker which was quite easy to do with this set... the window cuts out automatically when you cut out the building... love it!  And the sequin mix is from Craftin Desert Divas.  It had the perfect colors in it!

And that my friend, is it for me.  Don't worry... I know you are... I'm sure I'll be back soon with more coffee...lol!

Thank you so much to everyone who has been stopping by and leaving me some love.  Don't forget about my giveaway!  You can find out about it in my Honey Bee post here!

Come back soon and enjoy the rest of the hop!!

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Day 8 - Miss Ink Stamps!

Day 8 - Still don't want to talk about it... I'll just say you have until 11:55pm tonight Pacific time to link up to the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop for chances to win one of the awesome prizes offered up by some even more awesome Sponsors!

You have until the end of day this Sunday to comment on any and all of my Coffee Hop blog posts for a chance to win the Honey Bee Stamps Perfect Blend Set I shared in this post here.

And here's what I have for you today:

Eeep!!  You may or may not remember that over at The Coffee Loving Cardmakers we hopped along with new stamp company Miss Ink Stamps a little while ago when their proverbial doors opened... and I fell in love!  The two sets I used today... the adorable Say Cheese set with those cute mice and their adorable animal hats!!  And the animals that go along with them... and all of the fantastic sentiments!!  LOVE!  And the gorgeous Coffee plants in the Brewtiful set.. not to mention the cups, the sentiments, the beans!!  Love it all!

I started with the Jitters stencil though... I knew I wanted to make a "rainy" background of sorts and I thought the Jitters stencil would be perfect.  I taped it down over my stitched die cut layer from Kat Scrappiness and carefully added some distress inks over it.  Then I sprinkled a little bit of turquoise Ken Oliver Color Bursts and spritzed with water.

But with all of that pouring rain out there... these two are happily sheltered in this Coffee Bean plant enjoying a cuppa together... I mean what could be better on a rainy day??  Coffee with a friend I think beats just about anything!

I used that cool Reverse Confetti circle to frame them.

And that MFT Tree Branch Die Namic I picked up recently was perfect for this one!  I just love those coffee bean plant images from Brewtiful!  I added some clear dew drops all over.

And then this cute sentiment from Say Cheese... I think it's meant to go with the penguin however I thought it was perfect as a sentiment for an invitation for a friend to just hang.

I'm playing along again over at Double Trouble!  Don't forget!  If you can link up to the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop (Spring/Summer and Coffee, Tea or Cocoa Theme) you can link up at Double Trouble Challenge Blog's Spring/Summer theme and we're teaming up with them over at Three Amigos which is Food and/or Beverage!  That's a Three-fer!

And there you have it!  I love these sets!!  And Miss Ink Stamps is having a sale!  You can get the code for 20% off through today at the Miss Ink Stamps Facebook Page here!

Thanks for stopping!  I'm gonna have one more post before the hop is over so come back later today!  Or sign up in the right side bar to get email notifications!  Ya know... if you'd like to... I'm not the boss of you....

Coffee Lover's Blog Hop Day 7 - Paper Smooches!

Well, it's Day 7... that's all I'm gonna say.

Today, for the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop I'm playing with some Paper Smooches!  There is a flower challenge going on over there and here's how I was inspired:

I am so happy that Paper Smooches is back to regular releases!  I've used some old and new products here.  I started with that awesome Fab Frames die!  It is quite Fab!  It's one of my favorite new dies in my crafty arsenal!

And this oldie but goodie... the largest cup from the Coffee & Tea Dies!  Love this cool cup!  I cut it from some pretty Reverse Confetti paper.

And then the Rad Roses die... really really super rad!

And one of my fave word dies of all time...Smooches! The lips are just a bonus!

I just added a few sequins as steam and a few more just because and I'm done... that's a lot of white for me!  But I love it!

So!  Play along over at Paper Smooches Flowers Challenge!

And don't forget about the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

And at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge it's all about For A Special Lady!

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Paper Sweeties!

I'm up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog today and playing along with a challenge over at Super Sponsor Paper Sweeties Facebook Group AND the Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!

Here's how I was inspired:

Hope you'll hop on over to the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Blog for all of the details and links to everything I used and a reminder of how you can still comment for a chance to win a gift certificate to Trinity Stamps!

The Cutting Cafe Inspiration - Coffee!

Welcome to some Cutting Cafe Inspiration!  Today we're featuring all things Coffee!  There are so many fun Coffee related files in the Cutting Cafe Shop!  You'll find a lot of them right here!  I'm using a custom Coffee Word Shaped Card file... you can get a custom shaped card too... see this section here!  Well, of course I chose a Coffee word card!

It is so fun to use this Coffee Word Shaped card along with so many of my fun Coffee sentiment stamps!

And because the word shape has so much impact it needs very little additional embellishment!

You can use any printed or plain papers that you want!    Mine are from coffee themed paper packs.

I just added a few flowers, a tiny butterfly and some sequins!

I'm playing along with the Spring/Summer 2019 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!  You can check out all of the details for this fun hop here!

I'm also playing along at Cupcake Inspirations where the theme is Shaped Cards!

Now be sure to head on over to the Cutting Cafe Blog to see what everyone has created for you today!  Comment there for your chance to win three files of your choice!

CAS-ual Fridays and the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop-Day 5

Good morning! The Spring/Summer 2019 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop is still going strong and CAS-ual Fridays is a Super Sponsor once again!  Just create something new using a Coffee, Tea or Cocoa and Spring/Summer theme (i.e. no Santa, snowflakes, Fall leaves or Halloween...lol!) and link it up for your chance to win prizes!  You can create as many new projects as you like as long as they follow the themes!

We're celebrating over at CAS-ual Fridays and all week we're featuring some of the awesome Caffeinated Beverage themed images and dies in the CFS shop here!  And guess what!  You can get those items on sale right now!  No code needed... they're all 20% off!  At the end of this post I'll tell you how you can save even more!

Here's how I was inspired:

Remember last time I made two backgrounds using the Starlequin Stencil and only used one?  Well, this time around I decided it was time to get the other one on a card!  I've used it today since it has such a bright and springy feeling.

I have a lot of Coffee Cup dies in my crafty collection, but this Coffee Cup Fri-Die is by far one of my very favorites!  I just love the size of it and that so sweet heart shaped handle!!  I also love that the coffee cuts out separately so I can color it easily in a coffee (or tea or cocoa) color.

I stamped that awesome sentiment from the Cup of Coffee stamp set onto the cup in Versamark and heat embossed it in green.  Then I die cut the leaves from the Garden Fri-Dies from some previously watercolored paper and added them and some pre-made paper flowers around the cup.

I added the breathe die from the Just Breathe Fri-Dies in similar colors so that you'd see it, but it wouldn't be the focus... just a very quiet reminder to a friend that's going through a rough patch to take a few moments and just be... it's not quite an eclipse, but we'll touch on those the next time!

And there you have it!  A few sequins as steam and it's ready to pop in the mail.  When's the last time you actually mailed a card you made?  I'm a slow mailer and it's a struggle to get to a post office, but I love to send out my cards and will head there this week!  I'm challenging you to get a few out in the mail this week too!  And I'm challenging you to create something Coffee, Tea or Cocoa and link it up over at the Coffee Hop!

I'm also playing along with Double Trouble... their challenge is Spring and if you also create something with Coffee, Tea, or Cocoa, you can link up to the Coffee Hop as well AND also to Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenges where the theme is Food and/or Drink!  Link up to all three and at Double Trouble you get extra chances to win!

If I've inspired you today and you decide there is something you need to have, you can use this to get a discount on both sale and regular priced products.  Just use this code to get an extra 15% off!  And you don't have to use mine... all of the Girls Friday have one and you can use the code for who inspires you!

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you'll take a moment to have a cup of whatever makes you happy and Just Breathe!

Rubbernecker Stamps - Coffee Is My Blankie!

I'm up on the Rubbernecker Blog today with my friend Granger here!  Isn't he the cutest??

I started with the largest of the Nested Rectangles cut from blue cardstock and then a coordinating Gingham print for the next smaller size.  Because of the sentiment, I wanted a bedtime feel for this card so I embossed the gingham paper with a knit embossing folder.

I also felt that those pretty scalloped circles made the white cardstock feel like linens so I used those to layer under Granger and to stamp my sentiment on....

Perfect, right??  And then I stamped and die cut a few coffee beans from the Coffee Blanket stamp and die sets.  Scattered around a few sequins and done!

And that's me for today!  Hope you enjoyed your stop!

Did you know that Rubbernecker Stamps is a Super Sponsor for the Spring/Summer 2019 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop?  Rubbernecker has offered up two gift certificates as prizes and there are tons of sponsors and tons of prizes.  All you have to do for chances to win is link up a new project with a Coffee, Tea or Cocoa and Spring/Summer theme (basically no snowflakes, Santa, Halloween... you get the idea)!  See the main Coffee Hop post here for all of the information and rules!  I'm playing along with this cutie for sure!

Thanks for stopping and hope you'll come back again soon!  I'll be here caffeinating all week!

Below are links to all of the Rubbernecker products I used today along with a couple other items.  The Rubbernecker links are Affiliate Links at no additional cost to you.