Coffee Lovers BlogHop-Summer '17

Day 2 - Card 2 

I was at Michael's today and bought the Tim Holtz Stamp/Die/EF set "Coffee Time".
I have been wanting this set since first seeing it posted in a Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  Plus it was on sale, so there was no hesitation  😀

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 I am trying to keep these posts short and sweet, so if you have any questions about my card or products I used, please leave me comment and I will get back to you. 

Coffee Lovers BlogHop-Summer '17

 

It is here, peeps~ 
Today is Day-One of THE BEST quarterly blog hop events in Blog Land!  Thank you, Amy Tsuruta and team for all the hard work put into hosting these hops!
You will not find more inspiring Coffee, Tea and Cocoa themed cards anywhere else. Plus there are 77 Super Sponsor giving out amazing prizes.  :-)  

This Summer 2017 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop is sure to be fantastic and, no doubt will have more entries than the Spring Hop! 

Hope you have time to join in the fun. 

Here is my Card #1

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The pretty cup and flower image was a free digi from Jessica Lynn for the Spring '17 CLBH which I just love to pieces and have used for so many cards~Thank You, Jessica!

Create Along with PTI - June 2017

Create Along With Us challenge at Papertrey Ink allows us to select a card  one of the amazing DT Members has created during the June Release that inspired you.  We can then create our own version of their project...so awesome!

It's a fabulous opportunity to CASE something made by one of these talented ladies! 💓 
There are so many cards I am going to CASE from the June Release, but since we can only enter one card for the 
"Create Along" challenge,  this is the adorable card from Nicole that I chose:

Nicole Heady's card

My Card~
Stamps/Dies:  PTI Sweet Baby, Wish Big
Hero Arts Parrot (ferns/flowers) 
Card stock:  PTI Stamper's Select White; Recollections Navy Blue 

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Creative With Stamps

The Design Team for

 "Creative With Stamps"

has created another card to share with you 

Mid Month for our June challenge~Fruit

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My Card ~

This "sweet" image is from Hero Arts, it was part of a prize I won from a Birthday celebration drawing held by one of my fellow team mates ~ do you remember this stamp? 😊 
Hint:  I also got yummy German chocolate in my gifty package!

I colored in all the cherries/flowers/leaves with Spectrum Noir markers and added touches of Stickles here and there.
The yellow gingham paper is from DCWV and just seems to go with fruit images. 😋  The embossing folder is Basket-weave from Darice and the sentiment was printed on vellum. The dyed binding ribbon was from another blog hop win.  Oh, that cute bee is a button that I have been hoarding for a few years now. 
I made the matching envelope out of that same gingham paper.

You can check out the cards from my fabulous team mates and all of the entries from everyone so far  HERE.

You have until the end of June to enter our Challenge #15.

Hope you will join in the challenge and be eligible to win some prizes from our fun Sponsors.  
Just be sure to read through the few  "Rules" and have FUN!   

MIM #287

 MAKE IT MONDAY

 Baby Wipe Inking 

 

Joining Ashley for this week's MIM and discovering a fun way to use  reinkers and baby wipes  creating interesting backgrounds and patterns. You can watch her video HERE and play along.

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My Card ~
I used Ashley's 'flower' design with the rolled up baby wipe to create my background~I messed up a couple of dabbings, so the paper had to be cut on the diagonal before adhering it to the Raspberry base card😏, the leaves from the Botanical Letters were the perfect size for my little rosettes.  I die cut the Cover Plate-Butterfly from Stamper's Select White and used only 2 of the butterflies in the frame (hard to see in the pic, but I slathered on couple shades of  Spectrum Noir Sparkle for some glitter action on those butterflies). This is going to be an Anniversary card, so I added the Swoosh sentiment and, of course... some bling 😉

MIM #286

 MAKE IT MONDAY

 Coordinating Card Pairs

This week, Stephanie shares her tips for how to create a pair of coordinating cards that are very different designs but use the exact same supplies.
WOW, what beautiful creations from Stephanie and all of you posting out there in Blog-land! Check out the video and add your card HERE.

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My Card ~
Finally inked up my Botanical Letters. :-) 
Used the same stamps, cardstock, score lines, embossing folder (on the base card) but added the ribbon to the white-on-blue for a tad more feminine look.  I think I could use the blue-on-white as a masculine thank you, maybe (?)

Creative With Stamps

Wow!   It's June 1st already!  We are approaching the middle of 2017 ~ is anyone else surprised at how fast time slips by? 
Well, you know that one of the things that happens on the first of each month is there's a new challenge at Creative With Stamps so let's just focus on that happy thought 😉.  

This month we are putting "fruit" in the spotlight.
Have some fun and join us by creating and posting your cards.  Head over to the Creative With Stamps Blog, HERE and check out what my fabulous Design Team members have created for inspiration, then add your entries for a chance to win some fun prizes from our awesome sponsors! 

NOTE:  CWS Challenges do not have many "Guidelines", but please read and follow the few we do have to be eligible to win.  

 

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I made this card for a new neighbor who is moving into the house across the street from me this month.  
The Pineapple is a symbol of  welcome that dates back to Colonial days.  It was a prominent decoration on many New England area homes where I grew up and spent most of my life.

My Card ~
On the background  of my watercolor paper, I added Tim Holtz Distress Stains in a brushstroke fashion.  Three pineapples were stamped on top in black ink.  I colored and Sparkled (Wink of Stella) two more pineapples then fussy cut them to be popped up on the face of my card.  

PS:  I thought my card needed a little something more (because I can never leave it be!) so I went back with  a few sequins and that seemed to help ;-)            

What do you think?

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