Warm Winter Wishes

Happy Wednesday everyone! It's my turn to share over at Coffee Loving Cardmakers and I couldn't resist sharing this pastel cutie!

I have started making Christmas cards already and I am excited to show you all a card that I had made a while ago, and am now getting ready to make a bunch of them for the holidays! This bear and his coffee are sooooo adorable!

I started by stamping this cutie from Craftin' Desert Divas onto some Copic Paper and colored him up with my copic markers...then I cut him out and layered him with various dies and added some sequins and a paper pieced to-go mug.  

I LOVE the non-traditional colors for the holidays and the sequins remind me of snow falling inside a snow globe...so cute!

Thanks for stopping in today and seeing what I've been up to! Enjoy your Wednesday! Cheers!

 

4 CC #426 {Black/White and....??}

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday! This week, it's my turn to throw out the twist for our Anything Goes challenge and the theme I am going with is Black/White and your choice of one other color

4 CC #426 {BLACK/WHITE/ONE OTHER COLOR}

Yellow *always* goes so good with Black and White...it's so pretty! This card was made at my monthly ladies stamping group - so GORGEOUS! 

Please be sure to check out what my other fellow Chicks have created for you using 

my BLACK/WHITE/ONE OTHER COLOR twist to our Anything Goes challenge:

Tangii (Guest Designer)

Leanne

Nance

Amy

We would love if you would come on over and play along with us this week - remember, it's an Anything Goes and you can use the twist if you wish, it's not a requirement! Cheers! 

Collab Hop with CAS-ual Fridays and Coffee Loving Cardmakers!

Happy Friday and welcome back to my blog. Today the Coffee Loving Cardmakers and CAS-ual Fridays Stamps have joined together to bring you a collaborative blog hop featuring all things coffee! Yay!!

For both of my cards, I am featuring the Coffee Talk stamps set and Coffee Cup Fri-Dies. 

For my first card, I wanted to bring out some pretty Christmas papers and use some of the sentiments in the stamp set:

I heat embossed the sentiments on the top and bottom red pieces with winter white embossing powder, and used the coffee die for the word coffee on the cup...I also popped up the coffee cup and coffee using foam dots for a bit of dimension.

For my 2nd card, I went for the Fall papers :) One of my favorite seasons due to the rich, beautiful colors!

I love this coffee cup in plaid! There are so many ways to use it!! And that baby mug is just adorable! 

Thank you so much for stopping in today! Be sure to hop on through the links below or you can jump over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog to check out all the details! Cheers!

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4 CC #425 {Finish the Inside}

Welcome back to another "4 Crafty Chicks" challenge. This week, it is miss Amy's turn to throw out the "twist" for this week's Anything Goes challenge! 

4 CC #425 {Finish the Inside}

** Remember, our challenges are now always Anything Goes with the optional "twist" thrown in each week. You do not have to use the twist, but we would sure love it if you did! :)

This is something I need to do more of - I sell my cards and I am usually scrambling at the last minute to finish the inside or at least even put a white layer for people to write on when they give it away ;) Thanks for the awesome challenge, Amy!

Card idea CASE'd from PInterest

Please be sure to check out what my other fellow Chicks have created for you using Amy's challenge:

Tangii (Guest Designer)

Leanne

Nance

Amy

We would love if you would come on over and play along with us this week - remember, it's an Anything Goes challenge with the optional "twist!" 

Guest Designer fun with Bugaboo Stamps!

Happy Saturday everyone! Welcome back to my blog to see what I'm up to. I got a very exciting email last week and I get the extreme crafty pleasure of being a Guest Designer over at Bugaboo Stamps for the month of October! *insert big, huge grin here!* 

Today is Saturday and that means its time for a challenge over on the Catch the Bug blog. This week, the theme is "Cowgirls/Cowboys" and I just couldn't resist coloring up this cutie patootie called "Cowboy Chaps." 

I left a sentiment off the front so that he was the main focus...the inside is blank so I can use it as a boy birthday or just to say hello to a special little buckaroo! 

Here are the rules for the challenge:

*  Post your project to the blog, by 10/20/2018 at 7:00 AM EST
*  New projects only, no back-linking please!
*  Please limit your projects to 3 per person

You could win 10 free images (using a Bugaboo image), 7 free images, or 4 free images using any image! How fun!

Thank you so much for stopping in today - be sure to click HERE to hop on over to the Catch the Bug challenge blog for all the info and to link up with us! Cheers! 

4 CC #424 {Pink}

Happy 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday! Nance is our challenge hostess for this week and she's wanting to see some projects using the color PINK!

4 CC #424 {Pink}

Pink just happens to be one of my favorite colors...yes, I do have many that are favorites, but pink is one of the top 5! LOL...this card was made at a stamp club night with the ladies a while back! So pretty! Card idea was case'd from Pinterest...

Be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog to check out what the rest of the Chicks have in store for you! There is some awesome inspiration in the hen house this week! Don't forget - you do NOT have to use the weekly twist in your project, but we would sure love it if you did! Thanks! Cheers....

4 CC #423 {Something Old is Something New!}

Welcome back to another "4 Crafty Chicks" challenge. This week, it is Leanne's turn to be our jostess-with-the-mostess. She is looking for us to use something old and bring it to life again and make it new to us....

4 CC #423 "Something Old is Something New

My card was made using an older die from Stampin' Up! and I really do need to keep it out and use it more often as it is so pretty! And there are so many ways you can use it!

I love how the negative sides work against the papers and you can also cut it out of different color papers, fill in the flower and leaves or you can color in the image and then cut it out with the die! So pretty...Awesome challenge, Leanne!

Please be sure to check out what my other fellow Chicks have created for you using 

Leanne's "something old is something new" twist:

Tangii (Guest Designer)

Leanne

Nance

Amy

We would love if you would come on over and play along with us this week - remember, it's an Anything Goes and you can use the twist if you want :) Cheers!

National Coffee Day

Welcome back to my blog crafty friends!!  Today is a very special day ... it's National Coffee Day! Anyone who knows me, knows that I live for my coffee and all things related (including crafty goodness) and so the day must be celebrated! LOL...

And..to honor this oh-so-important day, we are having a blog hop starting over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers site. You should have arrived here from Valerie Ward's blog, and if you are just popping in to see what I've been up to, please click HERE to take you to the beginning of the hop. Sheri Gilson of Gina K. Designs is joining us on the CLC blog as our Guest Designer - be sure to check out her gorgeous creation!

So many amazing Super Sponsors have agreed to issue gift certificates and prizes - just for commenting, so be sure to hop with us and leave some love! Here's the list of prizes up for grabs:

Avery Elle - $25 Gift Code

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps - $25 Gift Code

Ellen Hutson LLC - $25 Gift Card

Gina K Designs - Two $50 Gift Cards

Honey Bee Stamps - $25 Gift Card

Joy Clair - $25 Gift Card

Lawn Fawn - $25 Gift Card

Newton's Nook Designs - $25 Gift Card

Pink & Main - $25 Store Credit

Precious Remembrance - Little Things stamp set + exclusive coupon savings

Reverse Confetti - $15 Gift Card

STAMPlorations - $15 Gift Card

Studio Katia - A Cup of Thanks Stamp Set & Coordinating Die Set

Trinity Stamps LLC - Coffee with Character stamp set

I had the EXTREME pleasure of creating with Honey Bee Stamps goodies for my card today...love, love, love the "Coffee Break" and "Perfect Blend" stamp sets I used, along with their co-ordinating dies. Honey Bee Stamps will be giving one lucky commenter from my blog a $25 gift certificate to their store. So be sure to leave me some love!! Here's my card:

My favorite coffee drinks are anything Pumpkin Spice and Cinnamon Dolce Latte...well, and just plain coffee, who am I kidding?!? lol - and so I decided to color these cups up in those themes...I had a lot of fun with all the little stamps and dies to mix and match the accessories with the cups:

 And all the wonderful words in the Perfect Blend stamp set make it so easy to create your own sentiments for any occasion: 

Thank you so much for stopping in today! Be sure to click HERE to head on over to Katie's blog for your next step of the adventure! For all of the hop details, including a list of our 33 Super Sponsors that are hopping along with us, click HERE! Don't forget to leave me a comment below for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Honey Bee Stamps store! Cheers! 

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4 CC #422 {Hello Fall}

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday! This week, it's my turn to throw out the twist for our Anything Goes challenge and the theme I am going with is FALL...

4 CC #422 {HAPPY FALL, Y'ALL!}

My card this week features goodies from Fun Stampers Journey - "Hello Fall" stamps and dies made this card so fun and easy to make! I love these leaves - so pretty! 

Please be sure to check out what my other fellow Chicks have created for you using 

my FALL twist to our Anything Goes challenge:

Tangii (Guest Designer)

Leanne

Nance

Amy

We would love if you would come on over and play along with us this week - remember, it's an Anything Goes and you can use the twist if you wish, it's not a requirement! Cheers! 

Caffeinated Creativity....Just for You

Happy Wednesday everyone! It's my turn to post on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers today and I am excited to bring you this super cute CAS "just for you" card that can be used for a birthday, friendship or just everyday card... 

   

All of this yummy goodness comes from Fun Stampers Journey - I am in love with a lot of their beautiful font sets and I had a lot of fun inking up and coloring in the floral part of the sentiment to match my paper-pieced coffee cup...

 Thanks for stopping in today and before you go, just a reminder of all the fun coming your way this Saturday for National Coffee Day!! Don't forget to come hop along with us!

  

4 CC #421 {Tic-Tac-Toe}

Welcome back to another "4 Crafty Chicks" challenge. This week, it is miss Amy's turn to throw out the "twist" for this week's Anything Goes challenge! 

4 CC #412 {Tic-Tac-Toe}

** Remember, our challenges are now always Anything Goes with the optional "twist" thrown in each week. You do not have to use the twist, but we would sure love it if you did! :)

For my card this week, I used the bottom row of the tic-tac-toe board - green, ribbon and kraft. Green leaves, pink ribbon and some kraft twine! This card was made at one of our ladies group stamping nights a while back and I think it's one of my favorites so far - so pretty and colorful! 

Card idea CASE'd from PInterest

Please be sure to check out what my other fellow Chicks have created for you using Amy's challenge:

Tangii (Guest Designer)

Leanne

Nance

Amy

We would love if you would come on over and play along with us this week - remember, it's an Anything Goes challenge with the optional "twist!" 

4 CC #420 {Alcohol Inks}

Welcome back to another "4 Crafty Chicks" challenge. This week, it is Nance's turn to throw out the "twist" for this week's Anything Goes challenge! 

4 CC #420 - ALCOHOL INKS

** Remember, our challenges are now always Anything Goes with the optional "twist" thrown in each week. You do not have to use the twist, but we would sure love it if you did! :)

This card was so fun to make! I used my copic marker refills, blender solution and a straw on glossy paper to make my pretty marble background...so fun! 

The sentiment and shiny silver pearls are from Fun Stampers Journey and I added some black twine to the background layer then popped it all up with foam tape to give it some dimension...I love the outcome and I hope you do too! So fun!

Please be sure to check out what my other fellow Chicks have created for you using 

Nance's challenge:

Tangii (Guest Designer)

Leanne

Nance

Amy

We would love if you would come on over and play along with us this week - remember, it's an Anything Goes challenge with the optional "twist!"