Coffee Loving Cardmakers - Paper Smooches Caffeinated Collaboration

 

So excited!  Today the Coffee Loving Cardmakers and Paper Smooches Design Teams are hopping together to show you the awesome new Caffeinated, Caffeinated Icons Dies and Caffeinated Two sets!  I LOVE these sets... take a look:

The fun starts at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog where you will find the complete hop listing!  Hop and comment at each stop for your chances to win a $25 gift code to the Paper Smooches shop!  You have until November 6th at 11:59pm to comment at each stop.

You should have come here from my oh so talented teamie Helen's place!  Here's how I was inspired:

For this one I used papers from an Amy Tangerine paper pad that I got at Our Creative Escape which is a Paint & Wine Studio owned by Kim from Paper Smooches where you can find lots of Paper Smooches stamps and dies, along with a small supply of papercrafting items, and some adorable gifty items.  I thought those circles in the background panel were perfect for a Bubble Tea card!  (Um... did I mention there is a donut shop right next door to OCE that has bubble tea??).  When I go... I Paint & Bubble Tea... or shop and Bubble Tea... or whatever and Bubble Tea.

OMG... the glasses... and those little popping bubbles!!!  I fell in love with this stamp set as soon as I saw it!  I cut a tag using the Gift Tags 2 Dies for a backdrop for that adorable cup.  My favorite is Matcha Green Milk Tea with Blueberry Popping Bubbles.

This Speech Bubble die was PERFECT for this sentiment!  

In.  Love.

And then... this came to me when I was supposed to be sleeping:

Tee hee!!  This one made me giggle in my craft room!

I started with the background... I ink blended the background and then sprayed some water infused with Inkon3 Liquid Pixie Dust and soaked up the excess water with a paper towel.  Once it was dry, I used the same colors and the Stackers Stencil and added some triangles and circles which you can barely see here because I've covered a lot of it up, but I love the way it looks and I can't wait to do it again!

This guy... Frankenstein has long been one of my favorite monsters.  I colored my cup green and then used the Halloween Card Dies for his hair, stitches, and bolts.  It was so fun to make little Frankensteins out of my little poppers too!  Do you see that one little guy up there..... being all cannibalistic?...lol!  And I used this awesome Geo Frame Die to highlight Frankie.

Then I built my sentiment using the Boo! from the Halloween Icons Dies and part of one of the sentiments from the Caffeinated Two stamp set.

So there you have it!  I'll be sharing some more Caffeinated fun with you over the next week!  Be sure to hop and comment by the 6th for your chances to win!

I'm playing along over at Double Trouble Challenges Halloween Colors Challenge and they're partnering with Crafting Happiness where the challenge is Anything Halloween!

Now after you leave me some love here, head on over to my talented teamie Robyn's place to see what she's created for you today!

Thanks for stopping!  Come again soon!  And don't forget Friday is the start of the Fall/Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  Be there or be square headed... you know... like Frankenstein!

Graciellie Design and Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop

We have something fun for you today!  The Coffee Loving Cardmaking Design Team is hopping along with Graciellie Design to show off some of the awesome tea and coffee digital sets in the shop!  Hop and comment for your chances to win a $25 gift card to the Graciellie Design Digital Shop!  You have until Friday, July 26th at 11:59pm to comment and the winner will be announced the following week!  And there's a special sale going on .. 25% off of everything!  No Code Needed!  So hop, comment, get some inspiration, grab some beautiful digis at a discounted price and share with us!

You should have come here after enjoying the makes over at Robyn's place!  Should you get lost, just head on over to the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Blog to find the complete list!

I got to play with the Bubbly Feels Digital Stamp Set and I paired it with a couple other things from the shop!  Here's how I was inspired:

I'm all about the rainbows again lately, so I couldn't help but get the Rainbow Vibes Digital Paper Pack!  I thought this cute dotted one from the pack was just right for some bubble tea!  And did you know that Graciellie also has some SVG Cutting file offerings??  I picked up the Coffee Lover's set (of course) and cut my rainbow bubble tea cup using one of the files in the set. 

I also cut that cute tag and the Love Ya sentiment using the set.  I had printed a few of the sentiments from the Bubbly Feels Stamp Set and cut this one out with a banner die to add to my card... You give me all the Bubbly Feels... love it!!  Gracie has some of the very best sentiments!

I also printed a few of the cups from the Bubbly Feels Stamp Set so I colored this one up in my favorite Bubble Tea Flavor!

I will admit I tried Bubble Tea a couple years ago and did not like it!!  The tapioca balls were gummy and the texture bothered me mostly.  But recently Amy made me try a Matcha tea with almond milk and I still had a hard time getting past the tapioca balls, but I did enjoy it more than the first time.  And THEN I was in Sedona and stopped at a wonderful Tea shop called Trailhead Tea (definitely worth a stop if you are in Sedona) and they introduced me to Popping Pearls instead of the tapioca pearls and I was won over!  They are not chewy at all and they are smaller bubbles that pop in your mouth and they have sweet juice in them for a little extra flavor explosion... they're pretty awesome!

So!  This is a Matcha milk tea with blueberry popping pearls and half sugar.. my current fave!  I don't get them too often though because I'm sure there is still a lot of sugar in it.  I used another one of the beautiful papers from the digital paper pack and because of that adorable sentiment....

I added a unicorn cut from another great SVG file from Graciellie's shop, Unicorn Wishes and a few sequins and stars from a cool Unicorn embellishment pack from Trinity.

And then I was thinking... wouldn't it be cool if you could get a Rainbow Bubble Tea??  So I did this!

I used my copics to create rainbow swirls in my bubble tea... some more of that cute dotted paper for the background....

After I added the swirls I splattered a little bit of blending solution over the top to soften it up and blur the lines a bit.  And I added the Happy and Hearts from the Coffee Lovers SVG set and a few more sequins to finish it off.

So that's me for today!  I hope you enjoyed your stop here!  Maybe I overdid the rainbow?... Nah!   I'm good!

Now be sure to head on over to my talented Teamie Erin's place! And should you get lost, you can head on back to the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Blog for the Complete Hop list.

National Bubble Tea Day With Trinity Stamps and The Coffee Loving Cardmakers!

So excited because today is National Bubble Tea Day and over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog we're hopping along with the team at Trinity Stamps!  Hop along with us and leave some love along the way and you could win a $25 gift card to the Trinity Stamps shop!  You have until Wednesday, May 8th to hop and comment for your chance to win!  You should have arrived here from the oh so talented Erin's blog.  If you get lost along the way, just head over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers for the entire hop list.

Here's how I was inspired:

Today I'm sharing some cards I made with the adorable Seasonal Sweetheart Stamps and Dies!  Isn't she just the cutest?  And what's awesome about this set is all of the extras that come with it... and the coordinating die cuts her arms and hands so that she can hold all of them!

I started with one of the bags my order came in... I thought the polka dots were perfect for a Bubble Tea celebration!

I stamped, colored and die cut the sweet girl, flower (a few times) and the coffee cup.  I added some "bubbles" to the cup... she's drinking a Green Tea Soy Milk Half Sweet Boba.  I will admit... the first time I had Bubble Tea I was not impressed... those gummy little balls, but then my friend Amy told me how I should be drinking it... and you know I buy everything Amy tells me to buy, so I tried it again and guess what???  I am craving it!  I'm probably having some right now!

I finished up with a sentiment I built using the Seasonal Sweetheart set, some twine that came wrapped around my order, and those sweet Pine-ing For You Wooden Embellishments.

Did you know Trinity has a Monthly Creativity Challenge??  April is the 2nd month for this new challenge, and I'm submitting this card just under the wire!  Here is the beautiful inspiration photo:

I took inspiration from the beautiful florals and pretty spring colors!  You have today to enter this April Challenge .. can't wait to see what's going on for May!

And then I had this idea in the middle of the night!  And considering that, I'm hoping you can see it....

I recently got the beautiful Succulent Banner Stamp Set and Coordinating Die.  I decided it would make a beautiful label on the wrap of a cup of Bubble Tea and I created this card to look like a closeup of the front of a cup!

Isn't that a beautiful stamp?  I love how this die cuts all of the wonderful details out!  And I used some of another bag (that stripey bit) that my order came in as a straw for my cup.  Do you see those pretty embellishments?  Those are from the Shiny Baubles Embellishments Pack... love them!  They come in an assortment of colors and sizes in one bag and I love how they again give the feel of "bubbles"... they're Bauble Bubbles...lol!

And I used a die from my stash to cut out a bunch of "bubbles" for the bottom of my glass and covered it with popped up acetate before I added my wrap using another upcycled bag and some dies from my stash.

So... do you see it??  It's ok if you don't... it came out just as I pictured it and I love it!  With this one I'm playing along over at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge which is Anything Goes this week!  You have one more day to play along!

And for my final card, I did this:

I had some older retired CTMH papers hanging around and one of them had this fun donut theme which I thought would be perfect with some Bubble Tea goodness!  And that cute little PML card was in the pack also and made the perfect sentiment for a just because card.

And although she can hold onto any of the cute little stamps in this set, of course today she's holding a cup of Bubble Tea again!  

It is definitely a Sweet Life!

So that's me for today!  From here you should head on over to the illustrious Kathy's blog and see what she's got for you!  And if you get lost just head on over to the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Blog or the Trinity Stamps Blog for the entire list!  Don't forget to leave us some love along the way for chances to win some free stuff from Trinity!