The Cutting Cafe-Thankful Inspiration!

Welcome to some Cutting Cafe Inspiration!  Today we're using a couple Printable Stamp Sets from the Cutting Cafe, the So Thankful Circle Word Set and the Thanksgiving Day Huge Word Circle Set.  I'm using the So Thankful set today!

I started with some more printable paper from Cute N Crafty Mommy shop on Etsy.  Love the texture that burlap print paper gives!  I combined it with some pretty patterned paper from Prima.  Love the contrast of the two papers together!  I printed one of the circle sentiment pages from the set and cut out my favorite sentiment with a scalloped circle die and then two more circles to fit in the center of the large circle.

Then I cut a bunch of leaves from the 3D Pumpkin File... love these leaves because they have stitching on them.  It takes a while for my Cricut to cut out a bunch, but I just set them to cut and went about my business until it was done.  After they were cut, I spritzed them with water and then added some watercolors using Prima Metallic Accents and set them aside to dry.  And don't think I made enough so I'd have extras to use on other projects!

And I've been participating in Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day Coloring Challenge!  I have colored every day, but missed sharing one day because I had what I was coloring on a card that I couldn't share yet before I remembered to take a photo...lol!  These cuties from the From Owl of Us clear stamp set from The Cutting Cafe Shop were colored with Copics the other day and today I added some shading and detail with my Prisma colored pencils... a page from Kathy's book and I've fallen in love with this technique!  She said it was addicting and it is!!  So I'm linking this one up over at Kathy's blog for today's coloring.

Look at the shimmer on those leaves... love it!

I'm also playing along with the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 457!  It's a beautiful inspiration photo:

Just love this fun way to add a beautiful sentiment to a card!  You should definitely try out these printable sets and there are lots of other cool printables in the CC shop that have circle sentiments too!

Now be sure to check out what all of my teamies have made for you using these printable stamps!  Head on over to the Cutting Cafe Blog; comment there for a chance to win three sets of your choice; and then check out what everyone has created!

And don't forget about this:

25 Days of Christmas Tags 2018 - Paper Sweeties!

You may or may not be familiar with Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags.  Each year in November, this event begins and there are tons of sponsors and prizes and lots of fun and inspiration!  Each day a sponsor is featured on the blog and today it's Paper Sweeties turn!

Paper Sweeties is a sponsor for this event and is offering up a $25 gift certificate to one lucky winner!   There are lots of ways to gain chances to win prizes... you can comment at Tracey's blog and along the way when you hop and see what each of the sponsors' design teams have created for you and you can play along-create a tag inspired by one that you see along the way while you hop and link up!  You can check out all of the ways to win and the rules at Tracey's In My Creative Opinion blog post here!

Now.. let's see what I've created for you today:

If you come here often you know that I love coffee, coffee cups, cocoa, even tea sometimes.. I make sun tea on a regular basis.  I mean.. I live in Arizona so there is lots of energy for said beverage!  It will be no surprise to you the theme I used for my tags... although it may surprise you that it's not coffee...lol!

I started with the tag from the For You Sweet Cuts.  It's a great sized stitched tag, perfect on a card or by itself.  I added some Nuvo drops in red, green and white in a diagonal pattern across the tag.  Then I stamped, die cut and colored the cups from the You Warm My Heart stamp set.

I added some "marshmallows" to the cocoa with some white Nuvo drops and added the cups to the edge of the tag using varying thicknesses of popup tape.

I stamped, colored and cut the holly from the Meet Me Under The Mistletoe set and then I built my sentiment... I stamped the Fa La La in Versamark and heat embossed it... that's a little sneaky peek for you... and then I stamped the "but first" from part of a sentiment from the But First, Coffee stamp set and the Cocoa is from the same set.

I decided another in some non-traditional colors was in order:

I love it in these colors!  Quite cool.. makes me feel like I might need some hot cocoa!

And those cups... they're sweet in any color!  I love my little marshmallows!

Oh my... I think you're gonna love what's coming in this month's release....

Here's another peek at both!  

I'm playing along with the Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge which is always Anything Goes with an optional twist!  This week's twist is Hot Beverage!

Hope I've inspired you!  And maybe you can use something here to create and link up your own tag!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Be sure to check out what all of my teamies have created for your viewing pleasure today... there is a lot of awesome to be seen!

And take a look at this!

These are the sponsors!  Pretty cool, huh??  Good luck!

For You Sweet Cut	Meet Me Under the Mistletoe Stamp Set	Meet Me Under the Mistletoe	You Warm My Heart Stamp Set - Paper Sweeties	You Warm My Heart Sweet Cuts - Paper Sweeties
but first, Coffee - Paper Sweeties	Watermelon Seam Binding - Paper Sweeties	Robin Egg Seam Binding - Paper Sweeties	Green Apple Seam Binding - Paper Sweeties	Strawberry Seam Binding - Paper Sweeties
Bubblegum Sequins - Paper Sweeties	Paper Sweeties - Strawberry Sequins

Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenges #20-Interactive Cards!

Welcome to the November 2018 Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge!  This month we're challenging you to create an interactive card!  Anything that requires movement from you to make something happen with the card...from Pop-ups to Shakers to Reveal Wheels... let's get them moving!  Here's how I was inspired:

I was so happy to finally ink up these adorable pups from the Frenchie Stamp Set from Tracy Hey! I took them to a crop a couple weeks ago and I decided to try a little No Line Coloring with them.. I started by stamping them with some Fadeout Ink from Inkon3.  Then I used my Copic markers to color them... just like I normally would but covering over the light lines with the marker.  I love the way they turned out! 

And then this morning I took out my Prismacolor pencils and added some depth and detail... something I learned during my visit with Kathy Racoosin from the Daily Marker when i was lucky to attend one of her Road Trip stops!  I love this way to add to an image and make it better without having to worry about losing contrast and making all of my images too dark by continually having to go over and blend with my markers.  Aren't these too SOOO cute!

We should probably talk about the background!  I decided to make a shaker for our Interactive Card challenge this month.  I've been dying to use this new plaid die from Lil' Inker Designs for a while and decided I needed to use it for my shaker.  I cut two of the plaid layers and flipped one around which creates the cool plaid look.  One plate... two layers... awesome!  Then I layered some acetate behind those two layers and added some foam tape to that.  I added my sequins into the well and then attached the back orange layer.

Finally I cut a window from the kraft top layer and used the CAS-ual Fridays Bubble Box dies to create a window, embossed the kraft and layered that on top.  You just have to know ahead that your popup tape won't show through the window so I cut mine all first and layered them in a practice run to be sure.

Then I layered all of my pieces on... my adorable pups, the heart balloons I cut using some dies from MFT and the awesome Balloon Strings and that cute Celebrate word die from Lil' Inker.  I always like to add a few of the sequins from shaker on the outside...almost like a few escaped!

That's it for me today!  And don't forget that the 30 Day Coloring Challenge has started!  Today is Day 3 and I'll be doing some more coloring and sharing on Instagram in a while.

I'm playing along with the Anything Goes Challenge over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and Anything Goes at Word Art Wednesday and I'm playing along with a special 100th Challenge Celebration Challenge over at Scrapy Land Challenges!  You should check all of these out!

And you should also check out what Donna has made for you today and also we have a special guest designer this month.. see what Alyson has put together... I think you're gonna love it!  And then be sure to hop on over to the Three Amigos Blog and play along!

CAS-ual Fridays Holiday Release Day 6 - Pear Tree Fri-Dies!

Welcome to Day 6 of the CAS-ual Fridays Holiday Release!  Today we're playing with the new Pear Tree Fri-Dies that coordinate with the previously released Partridge In A Pear Tree stamp set!  Here's how I was inspired:

I decided on a nighttime sky background for my card... it kind of morphed into something that I loved even better... love that it's light and bright!  (Not to mention sparkly!)

I decided on a vellum layer cut with... you guessed it... the Bubble Box Fri-Dies...between the beautiful image and the background so that the image would stand out!  Now, let's talk about this die set!

I love how this die set is made to add dimension to this image!  Part of the trunk cuts out and you can either pop it up or attach it flat... there are dies for the pears... but they don't cut out around the outline of the pear... they fit inside the outline.. same with the bird... SO cool!  I popped up my bird and some of the pears but left others without to give the effect that some are closer than others.  It is SUCH a cool set!  I didn't use the bow die, but instead added some liquid glass to it.

Instead of the Partridge in a Pear Tree sentiment, I used this one from the Snowy Sayings set.  I embossed this one on a dark blue cardstock and fussy cut it also.. sometimes I prefer this over a banner so it takes up less space... and I love the way it looks.  A couple extra pears as embellishment and some sequins... done!

I'm playing along again with Anything Goes over at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge and Anything Goes at Word Art Wednesday! You should too!

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to check out what my teamies have created for you today!  You can start at the CAS-ual Fridays Blog here!

CAS-ual Fridays Holiday Release Day 5 - Naughty Or Nice!

Welcome to Day 5 of the CAS-ual Fridays Holiday Release!  Today we're showcasing the new Naughty'isms Stamp Set and Naughty Fri-Dies!  And at the bottom of this post is info about a giveaway and how you can have a chance to win! Here's how I was inspired!

One of my favorite things about CAS-ual Fridays products and Michele's designs are how she's always coming up with something fun and new and different... this set is one of those... and I had a lot of fun playing with it!

Of course I started with plaid... but a naughty plaid, don't you think?

Love these Bubble Box Fri-dies for framing the business part of my cards!  It's such a fun shape, and complements but doesn't distract... I used the 2nd largest behind and the 3rd largest was embossed with a folder and popped up.

The Mistletoe Fri-Dies were perfect for decorating this one... and don't you love how awesomely the dies cut out that image from the Mistletoe and Holly stamp set??  I added some liquid glass to the bow for some shine and dimension.

I cut the Naughty word out of black glitter paper once and then twice from black cardstock to give it dimension... you know I love to do that!  Then I heat embossed the sentiment on black and fussy cut it so it would fit nicely right underneath the Naughty without taking away from that beautiful loopty loop at the bottom.  And did you see what I did there with the stocking?  It's a fishnet Christmas stocking...lol!  A few feathers and sequins and I think this is perfectly naughty!

Today's blog post has a giveaway!  Comment up on the CAS-ual Fridays Blog post here and have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate!  Yup!  $25 for anything you want in the shop!

I'm playing along again with the Anything Goes Challenge over at Double Trouble Challenges and Anything Goes over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge not to mention Anything Goes at Word Art Wednesday! You should too!

Thanks for stopping!  Hope you had fun!  Now be sure to check out what all of my teamies have made for today... you can start at the CAS-ual Fridays Blog here!

All of the new release is available in the shop here (orders placed for this release will begin shipping November 5th), and I have a code for you should you decide to shop!