Coffee and a Good Friend

Happy Monday folks! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. T'is the season for Christmas parties, get-together's and late nights lol...It has been pretty crazy for me the past couple weeks so I am hoping for some quieter evenings so I can finish up some Christmas cards and get to decorating my house! I am wanting to see my cute snowmen and my tree out and making my house festive :) How about you? Are you completely done and ready for the holidays or just getting started? I am just getting started....lol 

I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today featuring this super cute and fun card made from goodies from Your Next Stamp.

 

Coffee Cuties is the name of this super cute set - it features these 2 friends in the coffee cup and the sentiment. There is also a matching die for the coffee mug!



I used the Window Panel Die and layered a light yellow gingham designer paper behind then added the image with foam dots for dimension. Super cute and fun! 

 

Thanks for stopping in today - be sure to find some crafty time in among all the hustle and bustle of the very busy Christmas season! Cheers!  

Latte Happy Vibes...

Happy Monday everyone! I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog sharing this Caffeinated Creativity project with you all. 

Before I get to all that, I would like to take this time to say THANK YOU to all of those men and women who have served and are still serving our country for our freedom. You will not be forgotten. Please remember to take a moment of silence at 11 am. xoxoxoxo 

I ordered a bunch of goodies from Your Next Stamp and had some fun with this cute set called Latte Happy Vibes - and it has matching dies! The images in this set are so adorable - I can't wait to make other cute coffee projects with it. Here are some close up's:

 
I stamped the cute skateboarding duo on Xpress It Copic paper and colored them with my copic markers, cut them out with the matching die and used foam squares to pop them up on the frame. This coffee paper pad is so fun - love the colors!   

 

Thank you so much for stopping in today! Enjoy your Monday - cheers!

coffee, coffee, coffee!!

 

Happy Monday everyone! Today I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers BLOG sharing some "Caffeinated Creativity" with you all. 

Mother Nature decided to unleash some nasty white stuff on us yesterday morning so now our ground is covered with a couple inches of snow. It's too early yet. I do love the winter and snow, but we need to get our crops off first...THEN she can unleash all she wants LOL! We are scheduled for more snow today, but we are hoping the weather people are wrong and we start getting some decent temperatures.

Ok, onto my card. I wanted to use my new-to-me stamp set/dies from Reverse Confetti - called Drink More Coffee. I went to Pinterest for some ideas on how to use the set and I came across this GORGEOUS card from Jen del Muro and I had to CASE it...

I tweaked mine a bit - adding another layer of espresso card stock under the main panel, coloring in my hearts on the foam in the coffee cups, moved my coffee die panels over to the right of the card and added some pearls for more detail. The coffee cup designer paper is from the coffee pad at Your Next Stamp. Thank you, Jen, for such an awesome, EASY card to create with this fun set! 

Thank you so much for stopping in today! I hope you have enjoyed this installment of Caffeinated Creativity - grab yourself a warm drink and enjoy the rest of your Monday! Cheers!          

Merry Monday #272 {Glasses}

Welcome back to my blog! This week at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge, miss Leanne is our hostess and she's looking for us to use GLASSES on our cards:

For my card I used this cute set from Your Next Stamp called "Clink." I apologize for the poor quality pictures...I tried a couple different ways to take them to capture the black panel, but black is hard to capture - and then realized as I was adding my watermark, that you can see some glue on the top left hand corner. SOOOO sorry! 

The "cheers" die is from My Favorite Things and the background stitched circles die and double stitched panel die is from Gina Marie Designs. 

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping in today - be sure to hop on over and see what the rest of the Merry Makers have created using Leanne's "glasses" challenge! Cheers! 

coffee...because adulting is hard!

Happy Sunday everyone! Welcome back to my blog to check out what I've been up to...

The Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop started Friday and it's always one of my favorite events of the year in blogland!!! Being a coffee lover AND Fall colors lover, this is so much creative inspiration for me (plus, I always increase my coffee stamps/dies stash a little every year seeing everyone's amazing cards! lol) and I love hopping through to see it all!

For my card today, I used the oh-so-awesome But First Coffee set from Echo Park and some yummy plaid paper from Your Next Stamp 

I left this card very CAS as I love the plaid and that sentiment and cup are what I wanted to be the main focus - added a few gumdrops and wa-laaaa! Done.....

If you haven't checked out the hop, you really, really should - it's amazing!  Click HERE to start at the beginning and see all the wonderful Sponsors and Super Sponsors! Happy crafting!

4 CC #347 {Butterflies}

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday everyone!

This week, our wonderful Tamie is our challenge hostess and she's issuing the following:

4 CC #347 {BUTTERFLIES}

For my card, I wanted to go softer and more delicate as that is usually what I relate butterflies to - being delicate and soft and beautiful :)

STAMPS: None

PAPER: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloup

INK: None

EXTRAS: floral embossing folder, Fancy Butterflies dies (MFT), Celebratory Greetings (MFT), sparkly gum drops (YNS), foam squares

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Thank you so much for stopping in today! Be sure to hop on over to the hen house and check out what the other Chicks have created for you! We would love to see your "BUTTERFLY" creations in our gallery! Happy crafting....

This Girl Runs on... COFFEE!

I am back with another yummy coffee card for the 2016 Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! This go-round, I dug out my coffee cup die from Penny Black, my Autumn Flowers paper pad from Hampton Arts, (including a PLAID since that seems to be all the rage right now), and "Coffee" stamp set from Verve Stamps and got busy!

I decided to distress the coffee cup and papers a bit with some distress ink and I popped up the coffee cup with foam tape. The circle dies behind the cup and the "coffee" die are from Your Next Stamp...

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

World Wide Open DT - Anything Goes

Thanks again for popping in to see what I've been up to - if you haven't had a chance to hop with everyone over at the Fall Coffee hop - you really should. There are some UH-MAY-ZING projects and some awesome sales/discounts/freebies! Cheers!

Merry Monday #212

Hello everyone...Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge is BACK! The Design Team has had a wonderful rest over the summer and we're ready to bring you more wonderful Christmas card ideas. I would like to say THANK YOU to all the hard-core holiday card makers who stuck with us over the summer months and linked up for my "Summer Christmas" contest. The winner of the Starbucks gift card will be on the Merry Monday blog HERE.

Before I get to this week's challenge, I would like to say a warm welcome to Marcia Hill from Marcia's Stampin' Pad! It's so wonderful to have you with us, Marcia!! xoxoxox

This week, our wonderful Deanne is the challenge hostess and here's what she's looking for:

Supplies:

Paper: Stampin' Up! Designer paper, Whisper White and Basic Black

Stamps: Merry Trees - Simon Says Stamp

Stitched Circle Dies from Your Next Stamp

Black pearls, gold twine and gold stars

Click HERE to get directed to the Merry Monday blog where you can link up your Gold/White/Black card for us to come and visit YOU and leave you some love! xoxoxo Happy crafting!

4 CC #290 You Da Bomb!!

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday!!

This week, our wonderful challenge hostess is miss Tamie and she's looking to tickle your funny bone with some HUMOROUS cards/projects:

4 CC #290 {HUMOROUS}

I had this cute bomb from Your Next Stamp so figured this would be a very cute card that my nephew would find pretty humorous....I love these stamps - they are so cute and fun to color up :)

Be sure to pop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks blog HERE to see what the rest of the Chicks have created and to join in our challenge - we'd love to see what you come up with!! Cheers!

Favorite Occasion at AYLI

Welcome back to my blog everyone! For the next 2 weeks, we are looking for one of your "favorite occasions and why" over at As You Like It challenge blog....come and check it out:

 

The sponsor of this challenge is

Bunny Zoe
£10.00

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Occasion (& why).

 

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

 

I have always loved a good birthday party!! Now that my kids are older and don't have parties, I thoroughly enjoy all my nieces and nephews parties when I can go...I love their excitement, energy and of course the scrumptious cupcakes/cakes and spending time with family....this cute set is from Your Next Stamp - perfect for birthday celebrations!

Come on over to the As You Like It challenge blog HERE and see what other favorite occasions are happening with the rest of my talented co-members!! Link up your favorite for us as well! Cheers!

Happy Halloween at 4 Crafty Chicks!

 

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday!! This week, it is my turn to bring you all the challenge - and as you can probably guess, it's "HALLOWEEN!"

4 CC #269 HALLOWEEN

My card came together in about 10 minutes, if that..LOL! I cut out a stamped ghost image from an older Stampin' Up! set called Hey, Ghoul Friend, then popped it up on some designer paper that had everything pre-printed on it! Added some gumdrops from Your Next Stamp and wa-laaa - done!!

I really hope to see a lot of entries in the gallery over at 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog this week - the creativity around Halloween time is awesome and I need some more ideas as I don't have a lot of goodies that are focused on this holiday! Come on over to see what the rest of the Chicks have for ya in the hen house and play along! Cheers!

"sweet or savory" at as you like it

For the next 2 weeks, the challenge over at As You Like It challenge blog is "Sweet or Savory." You also have to tell us WHY your favorite is what it is. Here's a bit about the sponsor:

The sponsor of this challenge is

My Mum's Craft Shop

As you can see from the card I made this week, my favorite is SWEET. I really do like savory foods also, but if push came to shove and I HAD to choose one or the other to only have, I think I'd have sweet to satisfy my sweet tooth :)

Cupcake and sentiment dies are both from Your Next Stamp. So fun!! Be sure to come on over to the As You Like It blog and see what my super talented design team mates have created for you! AMAZING creations this week!! Cheers! a

going in circles at 4 crafty chicks

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday everyone! The leaves are changing colors, the temperatures are falling, the air is crisp and fresh here in central Alberta, CANADA. Fall is here. I love the colors! I am hoping to get in a few more back yard firepit sessions before it's too cold or that snow stuff comes...maybe this weekend!

This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, our hostess-with-the-mostess is miss Tamie and she wants to see CIRCLES on our projects this week. Please remember, it can be a 3D craft, card, scrapbook layout, etc. 

4 CC #264 - CIRCLES

For my card this week, I used an older Your Next Stamp sketch and one of their gorgeous sentiment stamps:

 

I hope you get some time to come play with us Chicks in the henhouse this week - dig out those circles and let's see whatchya got!! Happy crafting!!

4 CC #263 and ayli #62

Happy Thursday! Today I am combining 2 DT challenges into one card. That doesn't happen very often but this week, it all worked out :)

The challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks is "BIRTHDAY" as it is Tina's turn to play hostess and her birthday falls in this week! Happy Birthday friend! For my card, I am using some new to me Your Next Stamp dies (the balloon and the Happy Birthday)

And the challenge at As You Like It is to "USE  YOUR FAVORITE DIE" and tell why it's your favorite. I used my stitched rectangle die from 'Lil Inker Designs...I use my rectangle dies A LOT...almost every card. They are extremely versatile and make a crisp, defined outline on any layer or image panel :)

Here's a bit of info on our sponsor for this challenge at As You Like It:

Bunny Zoe

 

Be sure to hop on over to each of the blogs and play along - we'd love to have you!! Each design team has creations that will knock your socks off - so be sure to pop in ;) Cheers!

4 CC #261 Funky Hair

Happy Thursday everyone :)

Can you believe that school starts on Monday for our area?! No, I can't either - and it's a bit weird this year ... I only have one going back. Kim is in her 11th year and it's a full one. Summer holidays sure seem to fly by now....you blink and they are over. Maybe I will still get to the lake on a nice warm afternoon and stick my feet in the water and read a book....that would be sweet :)

It is my turn to be challenge hostess over at 4 Crafty Chicks this week. I decided to go a bit "FUNKY" and throw out the following challenge:

4 CC #261 Unusually Colored Hair

For my card, I colored up an image from Lacy Sunshine and made it using bright designer papers and gumdrops....for my SK8R letters, I used the Cute Alpha Set and Cute Alpha set Die from Your Next Stamp:

Come on over to the challenge blog HERE and see what the rest of the girls have got for you to drool over - there are some pretty funky cards :) Cheers!