Coffee Loving Cardmakers and The Cat's Pajamas Collaboration Hop

So excited because today the Coffee Loving Cardmakers and The Cat's Pajamas Design Teams are hopping together to show off this adorable new stamp set, Make Tea... just have a look:

Super adorable, right??

Please join us as we share inspiration featuring this adorable new set that is available today over in the shop at The Cat's Pajamas!  Hop along with the Cat Pack and the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Team and check out the tea-lightful projects we've created for you!  Be sure to comment along the way for your chance to win an awesome prize from The Cat's Pajamas!  A winner from today will be chosen from one of the comments left on today's posts and announced on the TCP blog tomorrow!

Here's how I was inspired:

I have two cards for you today using this set... I have so many more images cut out and ready to go too... I just love these sweet bunnies.. not to mention that adorable little mouse with his adorable big ears!

This one I kept fairly clean and simple using the beautiful Scalloped Duo Die to cut the beautiful frame and little embellishment by my sentiment.  And speaking of, I love the sentiments on this set!  This one might be my favorite...

And then I did this:

I used that beautiful Scalloped Duo die again but as an embellishment behind my bunnies.  Aren't they just the absolute cutest??  And can you tell I'm ready for Spring?...lol!

I'm playing along over at Double Trouble Challenge Blog's Say Cheese challenge... create anything that makes you smile... everything about these bunnies makes me smile!

Below is the entire hop list!  Be sure to stop at each blog and leave some love for your chance to win!

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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!

Coffee Loving Cardmakers and Trinity Stamps - Frappy Camper Collaboration!

Welcome to a fun filled hop between the Coffee Loving Cardmakers and Trinity Stamps!  We're hopping to share lots of inspiration using the new Frappy Camper's PERKing Spot stamp set that was born from a collaboration between our two teams and illustrated by Davina Cantrell.  It was so much fun to work alongside the Trinity team and share ideas to come up with the concept so perfectly brought to life!

The party starts at the Trinity Stamps Blog!  Hop and comment along the way for your chances to win a $20 gift code to the Trinity Stamps shop!  You have until October 22nd to comment and the winner will be announced on the Trinity Blog on October 26th.  If you get lost along the way, you can hop back on over to Trinity's Blog where you'll find the entire hop list and to find your way.  You should have come here from the very talented Helen's Blog!  And here's how I was inspired:

While shopping over at Trinity, I took a stroll through their considerable embellishments section and came across the beautiful Autumn Leaves embellishment mix and I knew I was going to create a shaker.

I paper pieced my camper using some leftovers from my National Coffee Day project that you can check out here if you'd like.  I love all of the pieces parts in this set that make it so much fun to assemble a fun scene!

And these cute little characters!  She decided, of course, that a Pumpkin Spice Latte was the ticket and he decided to go with a cupcake... and he may have another!  I gave his shirt a bit of a plaid look... and I love his schwoopy hair!  Very dashing!

I created my simple shaker by using a rectangle die and a circle die.  I used washi tape to hold them in place and ran them through my Gemini all at once.  I chose all of my papers from the same paper pad and when I cut the background circle for the shaker I chose the cute Love Life patterned paper and centered one of the large sentiments in the shaker window.  I strategically glued a couple sequins inside so that it would always look like it was shaken.  Don't you love the leaves in this mix??

Since I created my sentiment with my paper, I used part of one of the Frappy Camper sentiments for a sign on the Coffee Trailer and left it at that.  Just scattered a few additional sequins around the outside... as if they escaped from the shaker.

I'm playing along over at Cupcake Inspirations Something Inside!  You have just a few more hours to play along... my sequins are inside the shaker!

And then this came to me in the middle of the night and I couldn't let it go:

I mean... of course if I owned a coffee truck that was the created from a trailer, I would paint it to look like a pumpkin!

For this one I created a distress oxide background using some stencils and then placed that awesome Cloudy Day Frame over the top, popping it up with some thin width popup tape.  Such a cool frame!

So did you notice my exhaust pipe/stem is made from a coffee cup??  This one is from the Seasonal Sweetheart set and was the perfect size!  And I added a couple of the green leaves from the sequin mix.

I added the flowers and pumpkin also from the Seasonal Sweetheart set for more autumn feel.  I decided not to add that cute couple so as not to cover up my pumpkin coffee truck trailer.  They'll be there soon... after all... there is pumpkin spice on the menu!

I decided on a sentiment from the new Autumn Sentiments set.  Cause.. well... Pumpkin Spice!  I colored the strip with the same colors I used on the pumpkin trailer and added a few more sequin leaves.

And there you have it!

I'm playing along over at Double Trouble's Put Your Mask On Challenge (did you know that when you use a stencil... you're masking!) and pretty sure with this one I've met the Pumpkin twist! 

Now to continue on your way you'll stop over at Robyn's place next for some awesome inspiration!  Don't forget to leave love along the way for your chances to win a $20 gift code to the Trinity Stamp shop!

Thanks for visiting and come again soon!

Coffee Loving Cardmakers - Divinity Designs LLC Collaboration!

The Coffee Loving Cardmakers and Divinity Designs LLC Design Teams are hopping together today to share with you some of their newest Coffee themed products!  You should have arrived here from my Teamie Erin's blog!  Hop and comment for your chance to win a $25 gift code to the Divinity Designs LLC shop!  If you get lost along the way, just head on back to the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Blog to find the complete hop list!

I was lucky to have a chance to play with the Coffee Heartbeat Die!  Love this cool due and here's how I was inspired:

I started off by using some Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper and cut the die from it.  I wanted a simple, but interesting background, so I used the Quilted Background Die and cut it from a neutral design paper.  I glued it all together over a cream colored background.  I cut and embossed a strip of cream for a backdrop for the Coffee Heartbeat and layered it all together.  Finally a sentiment from the I Love Coffee stamp set heat embossed on a die cut from the same design paper as the background and a heart cut from the alcohol ink panel using a heart from Cups and Mugs dies.

I ended up with some leftovers from this one so I decided to do this:

I cut a simple panel from the same paper as I used in my first card and used the alcohol ink "leftovers" but popping them up over a gold strip.  A little glitter tape, another sentiment from I Love Coffee, and a few sequins and it was done!

I'm playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge which is Monochrome!

I knew I wanted to use the cool Latte Love Paper Pad and this is how I decided to use it:

I decided to use the Quilted Background again in cream.  I cut the Coffee Heartbeat from the coffee bean paper three times and adhered it to the background staggering them for a feeling of movement.  That awesome cup and heart are from the Cups & Mugs dies and the whipped topping is from the Beverage Cup Dies and I used the beautiful Fancy Circles Dies to frame it.

That's me for today!  Hope you enjoyed it!  Now you should head on over to the talented Kerry's blog and see what she's created for you today!  And don't forget... hop and comment along the way for your chances to win a $25 gift certificate to the Divinity Designs LLC shop!

Thanks for stopping!

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.

The Rabbit Hole Designs & Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop

Woo hoo!  Today the Coffee Loving Cardmakers and The Rabbit Hole Designs are hopping together to show off two of the new stamp sets!  The Rabbit Hole Designs is a brand new stamp company and I'm so lucky to be joining in their celebration!!  

You should have come here from the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog!  And if you get lost along the way you can return there for the complete hop list or head on over to The Rabbit Hole Designs for the hop list!  You may have been enjoying the last few days of previews and yesterdays hop for the other two sets being released.  So many chances to win some of these new sets!  No exception today!

Leave a comment by 11:59 pm PST on January 18th for your chance to win. One winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on participating blogs, for the entirety of the hop, so make sure to visit each stop, each day and leave a comment.  Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog and the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog on January 21st!

Prize
1 full set of Caffeinated Stamps (1 Caffeinated Cat, 1 Caffeinated Dino, 1 Caffeinated Octopus, 1 Caffeinated Unicorn)
1 Tim Holtz Stamping Platform

Wow, right??? And there were prizes offered on preview days too so be sure to visit all of the places for all of the days... get inspired and leave some love for chances to win!

Previews Day One

Previews Day Two

Blog Hop Day One

Blog Hop Day Two

Today we're showing off the Caffeinated Octopus and Caffeinated Unicorn sets and I had the pleasure of working with the octopus! And here's how I was inspired:

I decided to go with some different colors this time ... I love this aqua and purple combo and I think once she wakes up, she will too!

I just love this sweet lady!!  It's almost as if she was made to be resting on various objects... love the way her arms lay over the edges...lol!  And all of those coffee cups!!  I just love hashtag sentiments and love that each of these sets comes with one of them!

And the caffeine molecular structure stamps are so cute for a little extra something in the background!  I stamped and embossed them using some beautiful Atlantic Sea Spray Wow Embossing Powder and then ink blended a few different colors over them ever so lightly... then I splattered some metallic watercolors.  Hard to see in these pics but I also added some pretty purple glitter Stickles to her face that I won from my Bloggy Friend Maryann's birthday bash on Instagram..  woo hoo... I'm positive she loves the glitter... in fact... this might be me right now...

I'm playing along with the "Something New" challenges at Cupcake Inspirations and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge today!  I'm using a new stamp set from a new stamp company as well as new to me embossing powder and my new glitter Stickles!  I'm also playing along over at the current challenge over at Color My Heart Color Dare... check out the colors below!

UPDATED: This little lady was a Sweet Select over at Cupcake Inspirations!

Just LOVE her!!  I hope you do too!  Now you should make your way to Katie's Blog!  You don't even realize it yet, but you can't wait to get there!...lol!

Thanks so much for visiting and come back tomorrow for some more fun!

And don't forget! You can get free shipping on any US orders of $15 or more placed through the 16th!  (some exclusions apply).

Here are pics of the entire release:

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