Happy Little Stampers June Watercolor Challenge

Hello crafty friends and welcome back to another Watercolour challenge

over at the Happy Little Stampers blog!

This month the theme is anything goes with an optional "Love" twist.
Here is my card for this month

Come join us for the Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge this month!

We want to see your watercolor projects.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you get some free crafty time today!

Have a great day, I already am!

🌹Lisa 🌹

Exciting Caffeinated News!!!!

Today is the day that I can finally share some exciting news 

I've been keeping to myself. 

Here is a new logo I've just acquired and I think it sums it up nicely!

I am thrilled and honored to be joining the Coffee Loving Cardmakers

Design Team! When Amy asked me to join the team I was so incredibly happy! 

I've been admiring the design team and all of their

caffeinated inspiration for quite some time now!

I've been enjoying taking part in the Coffee Lovers Blog Hops and 

was fortunate to win a gift certificate to The Letter Lingo, one of

the super sponsors, for the most recent hop!

I bought the Tea-rrific Stamp Set with my gift certificate and 

I thought that this would be the perfect blog post 

to share the card I made with it!

I just love that little girl peeking out from behind her coffee cup!

I cut a piece of cream colored card stock out with the

Zig Zag Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness and then 

I used the Tim Holtz coffee embossing folder to emboss that panel.

I stamped the sentiment on to a small Spellbinders tag die and finished 

it off with some twine!  A couple of Teal Jewels by the sentiment

for a little color and shine and my card was done!

Thanks for stopping by today to share in my good news!

I hope you'll follow the Coffee Loving Cardmakers if you don't already!

They have some amazing designers and incredible caffeinated inspiration

every day of the week!  I'll be sharing my cards every other Tuesday starting June 11th

on their blog so come visit me in "Lisa's ICU" (Intensive Coffee Unit)

to see my coffee loving projects!

Have a wonderfully caffeinated day!

I already am!

☕️Lisa ☕️

Avocado Shaker Card

Good morning my crafty friends!

I'm up on the Kat Scrappiness blog today and I have a fun card featuring the 

brand new You Guac My World stamp set!

I just love those cute avocados and they can really be used for so

many different themed cards!

I used quite a few Kat Scrappiness products on this card.

Here's how I put it together:

To begin with I made a square card base from kraft card stock

and I embossed the front with a heart embossing folder.

Next I took the largest Stitched Scalloped Heart Die and die

cut it out of white card stock. Since I wanted to make a shaker

element out of the heart I used a smaller Layered Nested Heart Die

to cut a smaller heart shape out of the layered heart.

Once I had the middle heart cut out, I layered acetate over the 

heart shaped opening on the back of the scalloped heart.

I then used foam tape around the heart shaped opening to make 

a well to put my shaker bits into.

I used the Sparkling Wintergreen Sequins and the 

Mirrored Clear Solid Heart Confetti to fill my shaker window.

Once the shaker was full I backed the heart with some light green

patterned paper from the Lawn Fawn Gotta Have Gingham

paper pack. Once I glued the shaker element down,  I layered the 

2 cute avocados on the bottom right of the heart that I had previously 

colored with my Copic markers and cut out on my Scan n Cut machine.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set and I stamped it onto black card stock

 using Versamark clear ink and then heat embossed it with 

 Brutus Monroe alabaster embossing powder.

I have tried MANY MANY white embossing powder brands in the past

and this one is the first one to give me a bright white finish without

fading away while heating it with my heat gun.

It's definitely my new favorite white embossing powder!

Once the sentiment was embossed and cooled off, I cut it out

using a die from the Stitched Fishtail Banner Dies.

Speaking of favorites, Kat Scrappiness just released their own 

Metal Die Snips to cut apart your dies that come wired together.

They cut like butter and they have a flat edge that lets you cut right up

close to the die so it doesn't leave any sharp edges.  They make clipping your

dies apart a breeze! Make sure to check them out in the shop today!

Here's a picture of all the supplies I used on my shaker card today.

Thank you so much for joining me today! I really had fun making this card,

shakers are my favorite type of card to make and I just adore

those cute avocados from the new You Guac My World stamp set!

If you are interested in any of the Kat Scrappiness products I used 

for today's card you can use my code LISA10 at checkout and save

10% off your order anytime you shop!

Have a great day, I already am!

🥑Lisa 🥑

The Rabbit Hole Designs June Release, Day 3

Hello there crafty friends and welcome to the final day of 

The Rabbit Hole Designs new release for June!

I for one have been enjoying this release and I am in love

with all of the new stamp sets coming out this month.

Day #3 will not disappoint!

The stamp set being revealed today is a gorgeous floral 

themed stamp set called Pretty in Peony.

The best part of this stamp set is that the images can be used

for any type of card you need or want to make.

The 4 script sentiments included make it easy to customize your

card for several different themes.

Flowers are universal and can be used on a pretty

birthday card or to bring comfort to someone on a sympathy card.

Here is the Pretty in Peony stamp set in all its glory:

The first card I'd like to share with you today is an Interlocking Shaker card.

The other day I came across a video by Hero Arts demonstrating this technique and

I fell in love! I love making shaker cards and this is a new twist on an old technique.

Here is a link to the video that inspired me:

Interlocking Shaker Card

The Pretty in Peony stamp set has 3 gorgeous blooms and some extra greenery

to dress up your flowers. I just knew that these pretty flowers would really

shine next to this unique shaker element! I used Zig Watercolor 

markers to color the peonies and backgrounds of the shaker windows.

Each window was filled with several different Sequin mixes from Kat Scrappiness.

The sentiment was white heat embossed on black card stock with 

Brutus Monroe Alabaster white embossing powder. 

I cannot praise this embossing powder enough!

I have used MANY MANY white embossing powder brands and this is the first

one that stays bright white and does not fade when you hit it with the heat gun.

If you haven't tried it yet, you owe it to yourself to give it a try!

After it was heat embossed I cut the sentiment out with one of the 

dies from the Stitched Fishtail Banner Dies. 

The frames of the shaker windows were made with 2 different sizes

of Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangle Dies from Kat Scrappiness.

To finish the card off I added some pretty Yellow Jewels around my blooms.

Since I can't resist pink flowers, I decided to watercolor those

pretty peonies with my Zig markers again but in pink this time.

I just love how the white gel pen details really bring the petals to life!

I  embossed a white card stock panel with a We R Memory Keepers

quilted embossing folder and arranged the peonies with some extra greenery

in an arrangement in the bottom corner of the card.  The largest flower

on top is popped up on foam tape for some dimension. 

The sentiment was stamped on white card stock and matted with black

card stock and popped up as well. I matted the whole panel on a black

card base and added some White Jewels from Kat Scrappiness for some

sparkle and shine. I love the simple elegance of this card! I know

I will be reaching for these peonies over and over again for many cards!

Well that wraps up my cards for day 3 of The Rabbit Hole Designs

June release. I hope you have enjoyed seeing all of the new stamp sets

as much as I've enjoyed sharing them with you!

Here is a recap of all the amazing stamps that are available now

Beach Day, By The Shore, Mermaid Hair, Pretty in Peony:

Don't forget:

Each day of the hop there will be free shipping on orders of $25.00 or more before

taxes and shipping (US Orders Only). No code necessary, exclusions apply.

Free Shipping ends 5-30-2019

GIVEAWAYS:

To celebrate day 3 of the release The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away the stamp

set Pretty In Peony to One lucky winner. Winner will be chosen at random from the 

comments left on participating blogs, so make sure to visit each 

stop and leave a comment.

Leave comments by 11:59 pm PST 5-30-2019 on all participating blogs.

Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 5-31-2019

Here is the lineup for the June release hop!

Make sure to visit all of the design team's blogs for some

amazing inspiration and fun and don't forget to

leave comments for your chance to win!

The Rabbit Hole Designs Blog

Maria Russell

Lynnea Hollendonner

Amanda Stevens

Martha Lucia Gomez

Lisa Golzbein (you are here)

Katie Brooks

Shanna Slater

MaryAnn Samuelson

Thanks so much for joining me over the past few days for the
June Release over at The Rabbit Hole Designs!
I think this is my favorite release yet and I hope you have
enjoyed seeing all of the wonderful inspiration from the design team!
Stay tuned for lots more creativity and surprises in the months to come!

For more inspiration, updates, and news make sure to check out these links.

The Rabbit Hole Designs

The Rabbit Hole Designs Instagram

The Rabbit Hole Designs Facebook Page

The Rabbit Hole Designs Pinterest

The Rabbit Hole Designs YouTube

Have a great day, I already am!

💐Lisa 💐

The Rabbit Hole Designs June Release Day 2

Welcome back to day 2 of The Rabbit Hole Design's June Release!

Wasn't yesterday so much fun! In keeping with the beach theme

today The Rabbit Hole is releasing 2 more stamp sets that 

will go swimmingly with your beach collection!

For all the mermaid lovers out there, "Mermaid Hair" is just for you!

Can you say..... Mermaid hair, don't care!

Look at this adorable mermaid! She is just too sweet and her 

3 little fish friends and tiny jellyfish compliment her so perfectly!

Mermaid Hair

I really enjoyed creating with this stamp set.  There are so many fun ways you 

can color her hair and her tail and those cute little fishies! For my first card I 

did some watercoloring over a background die from Reverse Confetti

called the Scalloped Cover Panel. I used some Distress Inks in blues and greens

to mimic the ocean and then layered it over a sea foam green card base.

For the sparkly waves under my mermaid I used a wave die from 

The Cats Pajamas and cut out some chunky glitter paper.

The cute little fishies were the perfect addition to my ocean scene.

I white heat embossed a part of the sentiment from the stamp set

on to black paper and layered it over a "hugs" word die cut in gold foil.

I also added some sparkly liquid Stickles to my mermaid and her fish friends!

For my second mermaid card I went into rainbow mode!

I really wanted my mermaid to have a rainbow colored tail and once I colored

her, the rainbow background just fell into place.

I just adore the new Summer Splash patterned paper pack from Sunny Studios!

Those cute little fishies got a semi rainbow colored theme as well.

The panel with the mermaid and the rainbow background panel were

cut out with the Distressed Edge Rectangles Dies from Kat Scrappiness and 

I think it adds to the whimsical nature of this card.

I finished off the card with some White Jewels from 

Kat Scrappiness and the card was done!

The second stamp set for today, "By The Shore",  features yet another little sweetie!

Can't you just hear the ocean in that sweet shell she is holding!

This cute little stamp set comes with 2 punny sentiments and the cutest 

little sailboat and seagull on a rock!

By The Shore

My first card using this stamp set also gave me the chance to use some fun

patterned paper behind my little beach cutie!

I started out by stamping the image onto a small scalloped panel

from Reverse Confetti.  Once I colored everything with my Copic markers

I sponged the edges of the panel with some Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink.

Once again I chose some pretty paper from the Sunny Studios 

Summer Splash patterned paper pack and I cut out a panel using the 

Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies from Kat Scrappiness.

I layered everything over an embossed piece of white card stock and

placed it all on a teal card base.  For some extra fun I added some

some seashell and sand dollar die cuts from an old Cuttlebug set I had in my stash.

The sentiment was stamped in black on white card stock and matted

with the same teal card stock as the card base. 

I'm loving all the bright tropical colors on this card and the fun layers!

Now on to my second card using the By The Shore stamp set.

I thought it would be fun to make a round easel card and combine a few

Rabbit Hole stamp sets on one card. 

I honestly got the idea for this card when I was looking at the sentiments

in the Sassy Sentiments stamp set. I thought it would be fun to combine

the 2 girls from today's stamp sets on to one card and use that great

"Friends make it easy to believe in yourself" sentiment. 

For the base of the card I die cut 3 circled from the 

Stitched Scalloped Circle Dies by Kat Scrappiness.

The top of the main circle was ink blended with some pretty 

green and blue Distress Inks and then splattered with some

gold paint from the Kuretake Starry Colors Palette. 

For the bottom of the front panel I transformed some plain kraft card stock

into faux sand using a technique I demonstrated in this video:

Faux Sand Technique

The cute little whale and small palm tree island are from the 

Beach Day stamp set that was showcased yesterday.

I even borrowed the little sailor's cap from the little boy 

in that same set for the whale's head.

I stamped the sentiment from the Sassy Sentiments stamp set

on to a Wavy Frame Die by Lawn Fawn and popped it up on foam tape

to act as a stopper to make my easel card stand up.

I really enjoyed playing with these stamp sets and I know you will too!

Here are some details about free shipping and the giveaway.

Each day of the hop there will be free shipping on orders of $25.00 or more before

taxes and shipping (US Orders Only). No code necessary, exclusions apply.

Free Shipping ends 5-30-2019

GIVEAWAYS:

To celebrate day 2 of the release The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away 

winners choice of either Mermaid Hair or By The Shore to 

One lucky winner. Winner will be chosen at random from the 

comments left on participating blogs, so make sure to visit each 

stop and leave a comment.

Leave comments by 11:59 pm PST 5-30-2019 on all participating blogs.

Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 5-31-2019

Here is the lineup for the June release hop!

Make sure to visit all of the design team's blogs for some

amazing inspiration and fun and don't forget to

leave comments for your chance to win!

The Rabbit Hole Designs Blog

Maria Russell

Lynnea Hollendonner

Amanda Stevens

Martha Lucia Gomez

Lisa Golzbein (you are here)

Katie Brooks

Shanna Slater

MaryAnn Samuelson

Thanks so much for joining me today for the second day of the release!

Make sure to check back tomorrow for the final stamp set reveal!
It's an absolutely beautiful set that you are going to fall in love with!

For more inspiration, updates, and news make sure to check out these links.

The Rabbit Hole Designs

The Rabbit Hole Designs Instagram

The Rabbit Hole Designs Facebook Page

The Rabbit Hole Designs Pinterest

The Rabbit Hole Designs YouTube

Have a great day, I already am!

🧜🏻‍♀️Lisa 🧜🏻‍♀️

The Rabbit Hole Designs June Release Day 1

Are you excited for The Rabbit Hole Design's June release?

Well, you should be! They are releasing 4 new stamp sets over

the next 3 days and you do not want to miss a single one!

Are there any beach lovers out there?

Today's stamp set is called Beach Day and the cuteness factor is 

20 on a scale of 1 - 10! This set features 2 of the cutest little boy and girl

sailor images, a lighthouse, 2 whales, 2 seagulls, a little island and 4 sentiments.

I had way too much fun playing with this stamp set and I have 2 cards to share

with you today using the Beach Day stamp set.

Here is a look at the images in the set:

See what did I tell you??????????? CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For my first card I really wanted to include as many of the images from 

Beach Day as I could on one card. 

One of the card types that came to mind was the "step card".

There are many many tutorials on YouTube for constructing a step card

and I chose this one for the basic construction of the card:

Stair Step Card

It literally took me no more than a few minutes for the basic

construction and then I just had a ball decorating all the different 

folds and surfaces with the images from the Beach Day stamp set.

I stamped all of the images in Gina K Amalgam ink and colored them with

my Copic markers.  My scan n cut made quick work of cutting them

all out and I placed them all over my card.

I especially love the waves on my card, I used a wave die from The Cats Pajamas

to cut out some chunky glitter paper to look like shiny ocean water.

I made the faux sand with a technique I showed in this video:

Faux Sand Technique

The 2 little houses under the lighthouse and the clouds in the sky

you might recognize from a previously

released Rabbit Hole stamp set called Love You More.

I just love how this super sweet card came out and I love when

cards have lots of little details to look at!

For my second card I used the little girl and boy images again 

with the fun lighthouse. 

I wanted a die that would frame the images and make them the 

focal point of the card so I used one of the dies from the 

Kat Scrappiness Crafters Essentials I die set.

I love how the die has windows that let you see the patterned paper

in the background but still let your images take center stage!

I popped my 3 images up on foam tape to really make them stand out.

The sentiment from the Beach Day stamp set was stamped in

navy blue under the 3 frames and I added one of the cute seagulls 

next to it for some fun!

I really enjoyed playing with this stamp set and I know you will too!

Here are some details about free shipping and a giveaway during the next few days.

Each day of the hop there will be free shipping on orders of $25.00 or more before

taxes and shipping (US Orders Only). No code necessary, exclusions apply.

Free Shipping ends 5-30-2019

GIVEAWAYS:

To celebrate day 1 of the release The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away the stamp

set Beach Day to One lucky winner. Winner will be chosen at random from the 

comments left on participating blogs, so make sure to visit each 

stop and leave a comment.

Leave comments by 11:59 pm PST 5-30-2019 on all participating blogs.

Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 5-31-2019

Here is the lineup for the June release hop!

Make sure to visit all of the design team's blogs for some

amazing inspiration and fun and don't forget to

leave comments for your chance to win!

The Rabbit Hole Designs Blog

Maria Russell

Lynnea Hollendonner

Amanda Stevens

Martha Lucia Gomez

Lisa Golzbein (you are here)

Katie Brooks

Shanna Slater

MaryAnn Samuelson

Thanks so much for joining me today for the first day of the release!

Make sure to check back tomorrow for another super cute reveal!

For more inspiration, updates, and news make sure to check out these links.

The Rabbit Hole Designs

The Rabbit Hole Designs Instagram

The Rabbit Hole Designs Facebook Page

The Rabbit Hole Designs Pinterest

The Rabbit Hole Designs YouTube

Have a great day, I already am!

🏝Lisa 🐳

Jellyfish Thank You

Welcome back to my blog crafty friends!

I'm up on the Rabbit Hole Designs blog today to bring you a Thank You 

card using the Sofishticated stamp set. 

You can purchase this set from (The Rabbit Hole or Kat Scrappiness)!

I just love the Jellyfish stamp from this set. 

It has such beautiful intricacies in the main body and tail and 

I think it looks very elegant when heat embossed in gold.

I started by doing some ink blending with several colors of

distress inks. I used Twisted Citron, Broken China, Squeezed Lemonade,

and Salty Ocean. After all of the blending I sprayed some water droplets

for a more distressed look.  I also sprayed some homemade glimmer mist

for some extra shine. The camera doesn't pick that up very well.

I wanted a pretty scalloped edge so I die cut the inked panel

out with a Stitched Scalloped Rectangle die from Kat Scrappiness.

I made sure to use my anti-static tool over the ink blending to I could 

heat emboss without making a mess.  I stamped the Jellyfish stamp

in clear Versamark ink and then sprinkled gold embossing powder

over it. I used my heat gun to melt the powder and I just love the results!

I also added a gold frame with foil card stock to finish off the edges.

The Thank You sentiment was cut with the same gold foil as the frame and 

I added some blue jewels for some added interest and sparkle.

I love how this card came out, the ink blending was the perfect background

for this whimsical Jellyfish and the gold accents are so elegant.

For more inspiration, updates, and news make sure to check out these links.

The Rabbit Hole Designs

The Rabbit Hole Designs Instagram

The Rabbit Hole Designs Facebook Page

The Rabbit Hole Designs Pinterest

The Rabbit Hole Designs YouTube

Have a great day, I already am!

🌊Lisa 🌊 

Happy Birthday to Me!

Good morning crafty friends!

Today is my day on the Rabbit Hole blog and  

it just so happens to be my 50th birthday as well!

I thought it would be fun to make a birthday card in my honor!

It's been a rough week for me so it's kind of appropriate that these 

guys aren't smiling.

Putting party hats on their heads just made 

me laugh since they don't look like they are in a party mood.

My 13 year old son is just getting over the flu and my dad has been in

the hospital since Mother's Day so the mood around here hasn't been

very happy. I'm ready to put it all behind me and 

get everyone healthy again!

All in all though I really like how the card came out, the rainbow

letters really stand out against the black and white background.

Here is a list of all the caffeinated critters used on my card:

Caffeinated Bee

Caffeinated Cat

Caffeinated Crab

Caffeinated Dino

Caffeinated Flamingo

Caffeinated Rabbit

Thanks for joining me today for my birthday, I hope you enjoyed

my card, these caffeinated critters really can be used for any 

type of card you want to make..... just change up your sentiment.

For more inspiration, updates, and news make sure to check out these links.

The Rabbit Hole Designs

The Rabbit Hole Designs Instagram

The Rabbit Hole Designs Facebook Page

The Rabbit Hole Designs Pinterest

The Rabbit Hole Designs YouTube

Have a great day, I already am!

🎂Lisa 🎂

Paper Sweeties May 2019 New Release Rewind!

Welcome to the Release Rewind for Paper Sweeties!

I hope you've enjoyed all of the inspiration these past few days 

from the talented design team!

We've been sharing our projects using the two 

newly released stamp sets:

Truck Add-on: Life is an adventure with matching dies 

Truck Add-on: Life is an adventure Sweet Cuts

and

Basket Add-on: Thinking of You with matching dies

Basket Add-on: Thinking of You Sweet Cuts.

For the last day of the New Release I've created 3 cards.

The first card uses the Basket Add-on: Thinking of You stamp set

with matching dies Basket Add-on: Thinking of You Sweet Cuts.

On this card I decided to use the previously released

Basket stamp with matching die to place 

my beautiful flowers in. 

I colored my beautiful bouquet with my Copic Markers

and I used the matching die to cut them out. 

The small sign in the basket is from the Thinking of You stamp 

set. I stamped the word friend on it and then

cut it out from patterned paper. 

I splattered black ink lightly on the base of my card

and layered my pretty basket over it. 

Last month Paper Sweeties released the Hello stamp set and matching die.

The Hello word was the perfect addition to this card. 

💖 ON TO THE CAMPER 💖

For my next 3 cards I decided to have some fun and "Glamp" up the 

adorable camper from the

Truck Add-on: Life is an adventure.

There are so many cute ways to customize the camper using the 

matching dies in the Truck Add-on: Life is an adventure Sweet Cuts

The first thing to do was to pick out some of the prettiest patterned paper

I could find and cut out the camper and matching accessories in every pattern.

The next step was to layer the window and door on to the camper

in many different combinations. Since I wanted to "GLAM" up the camper

I took some glittered card stock and die cut the banner in 2 different

colors and layered them over each other diagonally.  

The wheels obviously needed glitter as well.......right?

Any excuse to use glitter paper, I'll take it.

I added the sweet little Home Sweet Home die to 

all the doors on the camper and my sweet camper cards were complete!

I really enjoyed playing with this super cute camper and all of the 

darling accessories.  I especially love the hearts on the sides of the window!

Here are those 3 cards individually:

Make sure you pick up this super cute stamp and die set, you're going to love dressing

up this adorable camper with paper and bling!

Thanks for spending some time enjoying all of the 

new release fun from Paper Sweeties!

Make sure you visit all of the other New Release Team members blogs to 

see what they have created for the Release Rewind!

We are welcoming 3 new designers to the Paper Sweeties team this month,

Diane Hover, Karen Bull and Sarah Wyles. 

Make sure to welcome them to the team!

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Diane Hover
Jinny Newlin
Karen Bull
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Golzbein 
Sarah Wyles
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Have a great day, I already am!

🏕Lisa 🏕