National Tea Day over at the CLC!

I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers for National Tea Day!

I've used the adorable Tea Rex stamp set from The Rabbit Hole Design along with a bunch of other stuff to celebrate!  Hope you'll join me over there for links and details!

Here are the Copic colors I've used if you want them!  Thanks so much for stopping and be sure to come again soon!

 

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - The Rabbit Hole Caffeinated Critters

It's time for a new Caffeine Fueled Paper Play!  I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers with some caffeinated inspiration!

Hope you'll head on over there and join me for links and details!  Thanks so much for stopping and come again soon!

 

Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer 2021 Blog Hop - Day 5

Welcome back!  It's Day 5 of the Hop and I'm playing along today with some The Rabbit Hole Designs, A Jillian Vance Design, and Miss Ink Stamps!

I LOVE this Caffeinated Boxer stamp from The Rabbit Hole Designs!!  He reminds me so much of my dog Slim.  Slim is not a boxer... well, he could be part boxer... we're not really sure what he is ... but here's a pic:

Handsome fellow... isn't he?  Anywho!  Back to the card!

This pup loves coffee, but he doesn't love mornings!  I had an alcohol inked panel that I created previously using some EVO Synthetic Paper from ETC Papers and decided to use the Sunburst stencil from Miss Ink to apply some Nuvo Glimmer Paste in a buttery yellow over it.  It's got a sheen, and it really helps to give the feeling of the summer sun in the desert South West... it is relentless and not for the faint of heart!

And those cacti, blooms, butterfly and the frame are all from A Jillian Vance Design.. cut from Copic friendly paper and colored in.

That's me for today!  Thanks for stopping and I hope you enjoyed it!  Now be sure to head on over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog to find out how you can play along for chances to win some great prizes and/or just hop for some inspiration!

 

We're All Mad Here!

I mean... we are right???  At this point I'd say it's a pretty safe statement...lol!

Had some fun with this one!  I started with a panel of EVO Synthetic paper and applied clear texture paste through the Rabbit Hole Stencil.  While that dried, I stamped, cut and colored my image from Tea Party and heat embossed the sentiment from Madness in purple and cut it out.

Once the texture paste was dry, I dropped some alcohol inks in green (including a beautiful Pearl variety) over the stenciled paste and used Blending Solution and a hand blower to move it around.  I LOVE how this turned out and will be playing with this some more for sure!

While the background dried I finished up with the rest of the elements and then popped them up over the swirly background.  I added another sentiment from the Madness stamp set and a few sequins and done!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

 

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Coffee Is Never Wrong!

Welcome back!  I've got some more caffeinated inspiration for you today using some The Rabbit Hole Designs and a few others!

I started by creating the background using an awesome stencil from a great shop over on Etsy, The Artisan's Cache and some Catherine Pooler Inks.  I found out when I went to link up this stencil that apparently the shop owner Jackie is not well and the shop is on hold, but I do suggest you check there from time to time and also she has an IG account @creationsbyjsheri and I find great inspiration there and suggest you give her a follow!

I super love the "tattoo" style stamps from The Rabbit Hole Designs!  And of course I HAD to have this one because it has a coffee cup on it!  I also love that vintage frame from A Jillian Vance Design!

I combined the Coffee die from CAS-ual Fridays (on sale now!) and a sentiment from the stamp set.  Because Coffee Is Never Wrong!

Also, in case you shop at CAS-ual Fridays I have this for you:

And links to the products I used are below (I just linked to the Artisan's Cache shop since products aren't available for sale right now).

Thanks so much for shopping!!  I hope you'll come again soon!  And be sure to head on over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog and check out the Day 1 Post for details and to link up!

 

Crafty Elves Countdown to the Holidays - July 2020 Edition!

Welcome back!  It's the 25th of the month and time for me and my crafty friends to share the Christmas cards we made this month!  Please be sure to visit them too once you get done here!

Debra

Jessica

Michael

For me, this month's theme is Hoggy Holidays!  Here's how I was inspired:

Apparently I'm partial to swine!  Who knew!?  But I realized I had a couple adorable Christmas pig sets that I hadn't used yet, so I decided this was the month!

This one is from The Rabbit Hole Designs called Hoggy Holidays and I just love it!  There are two pigs in the set and I used both!  And for this one I used the sentiment strip from MFT Stamps and the little frame is from the same Impression Obsession die as the one below! (AND it's half off right now!  You can find it here!) The snowflakes on this one are from Lawn Fawn.  I'm a bit of a connoisseur of snowflake dies and this is one of my faves!

Along with that pretty and punny sentiment from the set!  It was perfect!  I used the larger frame from that Impression Obsession die and snowflakes from Reverse Confetti on this one.

And then there's this adorable Hogs & Kisses set from Sunny Studio!  It's an adorable little mini set with three holiday pigs and that speech bubble and all the words are separate so easy to build a sentiment!  I used the photo frame from Trinity, the bells from Your Next Stamp, the Mistletoe is an old Craftin Desert Divas die set and the landscape and tiny tree and house are from Trinity!

These guys are also from the Sunny Studio set and the Holiday Cheer paper I used on all four cards is from Sunny Studio as well! The frame is from Trinity and the snowflakes are from Reverse Confetti (no longer available).

I'm playing along over at Double Trouble's Christmas In July Challenge!  And they are partnering with the Heart2Heart Challenge to use your favorite tool (they are waving the requirement to use at least one CTMH product for this partnership, but you do get an extra chance to win at Double Trouble if you do!)  My favorite tools... and they are probably equal... are my Gemini die cutting machine and my Copics!  Check them out!

That's me for today! I hope you enjoyed your visit!

Now it's time for the winner of some happy mail from comments left on last month's post!

Kim!  Send me your snail mail so I can get your Happy Mail out to you!

We're doing it again this month!  I'm extra slow at getting stuff in the mail right now since I can't or won't go to the post office at this time, but I'm figuring it all out from home...lol!

Now be sure to hop on over to my fellow crafty elves' blogs (list above) and see what they have for you today!  Thanks for stopping and be sure to see my other post today which has one more Christmas card in it!

Coffee Date With Lisa and Jean!

So excited because today I have a Coffee Date up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog with my good friend Jean Chaney!  We decided we would both use this Coffee Cup Fold-It Die from Stamps of Life along with any Art Impressions Stamp Set of our choosing!

Here's how I was inspired:

I was so very excited when I found this adorable pup dressed in a bunny outfit on the Howl-oween Stamp Set from Art Impressions.  Immediately I knew I wanted to make a cute Spring themed card with a grumpy sentiment.

Love this coffee cup shaped card from TSOL... it's three pieces... the outline cuts a card base from a folded piece of paper (or just cut it out as an outline if you aren't making a coffee cup shaped card) and then I just cut the cup from three different papers... white, kraft and the pink polka.  It has strategically placed cuts so that with just an easy snip here and there it's so easy to paper piece it.  And the circle for the front is a separate die.  Aren't those Lawn Fawn papers so pretty?? 

He's SO cute, isn't he?  You know how I love to make a Coffee card using sets that aren't necessarily coffee themed.  And with that look on his face, I went right for this sentiment on the Caffeinated Boxer stamp set from The Rabbit Hole Designs!

And that's me for today!  Hope you'll give a visit over at the CLC to meet Jean and then hop on over to her blog to get the details on her amazing project!

Thanks for stopping and hope you come again soon!

The Cutting Cafe - Calendar Inspiration!

Welcome to some Calendar inspiration from the Cutting Cafe!  Today we're playing with the Calendar Holder with Front Box and the 2020 Calendar and I had lots of fun with mine!

The calendar comes in a bunch of different formats and sizes and I love that it has a front box to hold a Post-It pad and an optional box/tray that slides in at the bottom of the holder.  The holder is a big heavy with the Post-It pad in it, so it worked out perfectly to put some binder clips and a few other supplies in the tray, including my extra calendar pages.

I decided I wanted to use this Caffeinated Boxer from TRHD for my holder and when I remembered I had the dog house die from Honey Bee I knew they'd work together perfectly with this holder!

What a fun addition to my desk this will make!  And it would make a great holiday gift for anyone on your list too!  You could personalize it for the recipient.  So as not to cover up my dog house, I am using a simple dog bone paperclip to display my monthly calendar.  You could add it to the front of the Post-It box though if you wanted.

Eep!  I think everyone in my office is going to want one!...lol!  I might make a couple for my favorites.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Be sure to head on over to the Cutting Cafe Blog and comment there for your chance to win three files of your choice!  And then check out what everyone has created with these fun files!

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - The Rabbit Hole Designs!

I'm up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today and playing along with a challenge over at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Facebook Group!  Hope you'll hop on over there and check it out!  Here's a sneak peek for you:

#WideAwake - The Rabbit Hole Designs

Have some fun for you today!  This is one of the new Caffeinated Critters over at The Rabbit Hole Designs, Caffeinated Owl. You know owls are one of my favorite critters anyway, but a coffee drinking owl... of course I needed to make it mine!

I wanted the feel of that first cup of coffee in the early morning before the sun comes up... you know... on your couch in the living room... 

Or... in your nest!

I used a variety of dies to build her nest along with a few feather pieces.. 'cause of course there would be feathers stuck in her nest!  Don't you love those little feathers sticking out of her head...lol!

And the sentiments that are in the Caffeinated Critters series are fun too... love all of the hashtags and this one is particularly funny because it's so the opposite of what's going on...lol!

Hope you enjoyed stopping as much as I enjoyed creating this one!

I'm playing along over at Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge which is All Things Pink!

Thanks and come again soon!

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - And Then Some!

I'm up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog today and playing along with a couple challenges at The Rabbit Hole Designs and Kat Scrappiness!  I hope you'll hop on over there to check out the details!  But before you go I've got another one for you below.  Here's a sneak peek of my card up on the CLC Blog:

And before you leave, I've got something here for you:

Adorable right??  I won the Kat Scrappiness monthly challenge for April and with my prize I got the most awesome You Guac My World Stamp Set!   And since the June challenge theme is Food and/or Father's Day, it was perfect to play along!

I LOVE avocados!  Although I don't think I'd eat them if they were this cute!  Those faces!!

The leaves and vines are from Spellbinders (not sure if they are still available) and I used the Wood Grain Framed Diamond Wire Die and the Stitched Flag Dies from Kat Scrappiness... did I mention the sentiments on this stamp set?  So punny!

And there you have it!  Hope you'll play along over at Kat Scrappiness too!

Don't forget to head on over to the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Blog to see my second entry for this challenge and for the new challenge over at Rabbit Hole Designs!

Spring/Summer 2019 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop - Day 2

It's Day 2 of the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!  Today I'm using a great new stamp set from Super Sponsor The Rabbit Hole Designs called Caffeinated: Rabbit!

So yeah... it's a little busy that background!  I created it using some "springy" colors of alcohol inks and then used the Alcohol Lift pad and an old CTMH clock stamp to life off the image of the clock.  It's a sort of Foggy Head Morning, psychadelic climbing out of the rabbit hole background!

I think it looks pretty cool!

I stamped, cut and colored the rabbit from TRHD set and created a very subtle scene around him using some CDD dies from this set and this set... purposely leaving the background exposed as much as possible.  His real world is trying to break on through... but not quite yet!

This sentiment from TRHD Caffeinated Rabbit set is what inspired this design (that time change get my like that... well, it used to when I had a time change...lololol!).... I stamped it on a die from Kat Scrappiness Stitched Flag set... love this set!  And did you know Kat Scrappiness is going to be carrying The Rabbit Hole Designs products in their store??  Yup they are!

And that's me for today!  Hope you enjoyed your stop!  I'll be back again... either today or tomorrow... depends on how easily the ideas keep flowing!  See you soon!