National Iced Tea Day With SugarPea Designs and the Coffee Loving Cardmakers!

It's an exciting day today for a couple reasons!  First, it's National Iced Tea Day!  A great excuse for me to infuse myself with some yummy Iced Tea all day long!  I mean... I do it every day, but today I have a great reason to!  AND in celebration of the day, at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers we're hopping along with the SugarPea Designs Team to bring you some Iced Tea inspiration using the SugarPea Designs Pucker Up Stamp Set and the Coffee To Go Cup SugarCut!  Hop and comment for your chance to win a $25 Gift Code to the SugarPea Designs Shop!  The more comments you leave, the greater your chances to win!  Commenting closes on Saturday, June 15th at 11:59 Pacific time.

You should have arrived here from the oh so talented Kerry Urbatch's Blog!  Should you get lost along the way, just head on back to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog or the SugarPea Designs Blog for the full hop list!

 I'm playing with the Pucker Up set today and here's how I was inspired:

There are so many adorable images and sentiments on this stamp set that it was quite easy to get started!  The yellow plaid background made me think of a summer table cloth... paired with a pretty doily and some polka dots made a lovely table setting for the adorable pitcher, cup, lemon and tea bag from the set.  And that sentiment, right??

I love all of the images in this set, but those lemons!!  I don't know about you, but I LOVE fresh lemon in my Iced Tea... and lots of it!  I colored up a ton of these little cuties to use on all of my projects.  And those little dessert cups??  Yum!

And with this one I'm playing along with the June Mix It Up Challenge up on the SugarPea Designs Blog!  You can use the sketch or the inspiration photo or both!  I flipped the sketch so I could add more lemons to my background... 'cause... I LOVE them!  Check out all of the inspiration and the rules here and play along!

And that's me for today!  From here you should be heading to the illustrious Lisa Golzbein's Blog!  Don't forget to leave us some love along the way for your chances to win!

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Final Project

Well, I guess there's no getting around it ... it's time to say goodbye to the Spring/Summer 2018 Coffee Lovers Bloghop!  I mean... you still have a few hours left to play along if you wish, but this is my last one.  You can check it out here if you think you might be able to play along this time or if you want to check it out for the next time!  I'm ending where I began and playing along with some Little Acres Creations along with a couple others:

One of my favorite coffee cards to make is one that is made with sets that are not coffee related... and these cuties from Little Acres were not created to be added to a coffee card!  But here they are!

I started by doing some quick ink blending of blue for the sky and green for the ground.   Then I cut my first layer using the CDD Crazy Stitched Frames because I love that little bit of detail it gives.

I knew I wanted these guys to be flying over some trees or something and then I remembered the Perfect Blend stamp set from Sugar Pea Designs and that it had these awesome coffee bean trees on it, so I thought they'd be perfect!  It's a Coffee Bean Tree Orchard they are floating above!

And what really started this whole idea was this cool new stamp set from Little Acres, Balloon Alphabet.  I knew I wanted to use these for a coffee card of some sort and then when I thought of these cuties:

Love these baby animals from the Stinkin Cute set that was released last month!  And I decided they'd be just the sort to cheer someone up that needed it.  So I tied the balloon letters to them and set them off to do their job!  And I decided that the sentiment from the Piles of Smiles set would be just right here.  I just may have been inspired by my teamie Julie's card from earlier in the month... you can (and should) check that out here when you're done visiting with me!

Aren't they so cute!!??  That little lamb just looks confused... and the horsey's just going along with it.  I drew the balloon lines and then also drew some lines and tiny bows around the animals too!

And this guy is so excited... I'm not sure he even needs the balloon to keep him up in the air... but it's there just in case...

And on the inside I used some more beans from the Sugar Pea set and these sentiments from Honey Bee's Blah Blah Blah Stamp Set... love that set!

I'm playing along with the Outlawz Twisted Thursday with a Twist of Anything Goes this week... and I'm pretty sure this is Anything!

SO... that's that.  Another one in the books.  I've had SO much fun this hop!  I wish I could have fit in every stamp set I have ...lol!  But I'll be working on it so come back soon if you like what you see here!

Happy Making!!  And if you happen to be one of the Awesome Sponsors of this hop, thank you so much for your generosity!!  The creating... the inspiration.. the friendships... and the awesome prizes... some of the most fun I've had, I've had with my fellow caffeinated drink lovers (and yes, those who drink.... decaf... yuck... sorry... it just comes out like that... but I won't hold it against you!)

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Sugar Pea Designs

I'm up on the Coffee Lover's Blog today and playing along with the Mix It Up Challenge over at Sugar Pea Designs!  Hope you'll join me there for all of the details.  Here's a sneak peek of my project: