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! 

An InLinkz Link-up

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!" 

4 CC #419 {Inspiration Challenge}

Welcome back to another "4 Crafty Chicks" challenge. This week, it is Leanne's turn to be our hostess-with-the-mostess. She has given us the following GORGEOUS inspiration photo as our "twist" as our creative jump-off point - don'tchya just love it?!?

4 CC #419 {INSPIRATION CHALLENGE}

For my card, I went with the wood grain background, the colors and the basket theme in the above photo - it also screams fall to me :D

I used the cute set, Basket of Wishes, from Stampin' Up! and colored it up with my Copic Markers. Very CAS but I love it!

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

Leanne's "Inspiration Photo":

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!