Love and Coffee

 

Hello and welcome back to my blog!

It's my day to take over the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog again and I have a double shot of iced coffee to share with you today! I have been obsessed with the Shaken Iced Espresso from Starbucks lately and I don't usually like their coffee because it's too strong. This particular drink is perfect though and I can't get enough! I found a video by Nichol Spohr on YouTube that shows how to make the perfect iced coffee and I've made quite a few cards lately using it.

Here is a link to her video if you are interested:

Honey Bee Stamps Frappe Shaped Cards

These coffee cups come out looking so realistic!

Here is my card for today, check out the card recipe below:

For my card I started with a piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock and I cut out a panel using the largest die from the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Rectangle Dies. I wanted a soft color in the background so I used my Domed foam applicators to apply a light covering of Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink.

The next step was to prepare my coffee cups. I used the Honey Bee Coffee Break Dies and some Ground Espresso Distress Oxide Ink mixed with Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide Ink to give the appearance of iced coffee. I intentionally left the bottom of the color light to make it appear like the cream at the bottom of the cup. Nichol's video has great step by step instructions to achieve this look. I sprinkled water over the ink to make it look more realistic. For the foam at the top of the cup I used a Snow Marker to give a puffy foamy effect and I love how it turned out!.

Once I knew where I wanted the placement of the coffee cups I placed my card front into my Mini MISTI stamping tool and stamped my sentiment from the Technique Tuesday Perk Up stamp set with Versafine Black Onyx Ink. That is my favorite black ink for stamping sentiments because it stamps so crisp and dark! All that was left to do was to pop the coffee cups up on some foam tape and add some fun red hearts.

Thank you for joining me today, make sure you try this technique on your own coffee cups and watch Nichol's video for some helpful tips!

Have a great today, I already am!

☕️  Lisa  ☕️ 

Paper Sweeties June 2021 New Release Rewind!

 

Welcome to the Paper Sweeties June 2021 New Release Rewind!

Today I'm showcasing the brand new stamp sets and matching dies from Paper Sweeties called

"Keep Calm and Gnome On"

and

"Keep Calm and Gnome On Sweet Cuts"

This set features the most adorable gnome car that you can customize by coloring or paper piecing with some fun paper!

These stamp sets pair so well with last month's Build a Gnome stamp and die set and the Photoplay 6x6 patterned paper pack and Cardstock Ephemera.

Here is a picture of the new stamp set and matching dies that are available in the Paper Sweeties Shop!

For today's card I used one of the adorable Gnomes from last month's Build a Gnome stamp and die set and I put her behind the wheel of the super cute Gnomebug from Keep Calm and Gnome On! I'm not quite sure how she can see since her hat is over her eyes but we're just gonna go with it!

I love how this card came out! There is something so adorable about this little Gnomemobile! I love how the die cuts out the window so you can see inside the car!

The sentiment is a mix between this month's stamp set and the

Home is Where Your Story Begins stamp set.

You can hop along and visit the rest of the talented Designer's blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties 
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Golzbein

Maria Patrick

 Teresa Plunkett

Thank you so much for stopping by for the June Release! I'm so glad you could join us for another gnome invasion! Stay tuned for more gnome accessories in the coming months!

Keep Calm and Gnome On, I already am!

Lisa

Coffee with Friends!

 

Hello coffee lovers and welcome back to my blog! Today I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog and I have a treat to share with you!

The Colorado Craft Company has a set of coffee loving mice and they are just too cute! The talented artist Anita Jeram has designed some new stamp sets for them and she draws the most whimsical characters! You might recognize her name as she is the talented artist who illustrated the popular children's book Guess How Much I Love You and many others!

My card today features a darling image from the Colorado Craft Company's stamp set titled 

Coffee House. If you are familiar with Jeram's artwork you will recognize her whimsical style in these images. There are also dies to match these images but I did not use them for my card. 

Aren't those mice just the cutest! I just love how excited they are over that cup of coffee. I imagine after Covid many of us would be excited to have coffee with friends again in person!

Here is a picture of that sweet stamp set.

I made my own stencil for this card using the Distressed Edge Rectangle Dies from Kat Scrappiness.

I cut the third largest die from that set out of some stencil material and placed the negative piece over a piece of watercolor paper. Then I took Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink and did some quick watercoloring over the panel. Once it dried I removed the stencil and had the distressed edge design perfectly masked off.

After the panel was completely dry I placed it into my MISTI and stamped the image and sentiment with Versafine Black Onyx ink a few times. The watercolor paper was very textured and thick so I had to stamp a few times to get a good impression.  I popped the stamped panel on to an A2 size card base with some foam tape and the card was done. For a fun embellishment I glued one heart on to the coffee cup from the Trinity Stamps Coffee Bean Heart Sprinkle Mix. I just love that extra bit of character it adds!

Here is one more look at my card with the supplies used.

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure to have coffee with a friend soon!

Have a great day, I already am!

☕️  Lisa  🐭

Paper Sweeties June 2021 New Release Party!

 

 

Welcome to the Paper Sweeties June 2021 New Release Party!

Today I'm showcasing the brand new stamp set and matching dies from Paper Sweeties called

"Keep Calm and Gnome On"

"Keep Calm and Gnome On Sweet Cuts" 

This set features the most adorable gnome car that you can customize by coloring or paper piecing with some fun paper!

This stamp sets pair so well with the Photoplay 6x6 patterned paper pack and Cardstock Ephemera.

Here is a picture of the new stamp sets and matching dies that are available to purchase in the shop Today:

For today's card I used the super cute Gnomebug from the new set and a gnome sticker from the Photoplay Crafting with my Gnomies sticker sheet to drive the car. The patterned paper is from the matching 6x6 paper pad from the same Photoplay collection.

You can hop along and visit the rest of the talented Designer's blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties 
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Golzbein

Maria Patrick

 Teresa Plunkett

Make sure to come back tomorrow for the Release Rewind and some more Gnometastic inspiration from the design team!

Keep Calm and Gnome On, I already am!

Lisa

Paper Sweeties June 2021 New Release Sneak Peeks!

 

Welcome to the Paper Sweeties June 2021 New Release Sneak Peeks!

Today I'm showcasing the brand new stamp sets and matching dies from Paper Sweeties called

"Keep Calm and Gnome On"

and

"Keep Calm and Gnome On Sweet Cuts"

This set features the most adorable gnome car that you can customize by coloring or paper piecing with some fun paper!

These stamp sets pair so well with the Photoplay 6x6 patterned paper pack and Cardstock Ephemera.

Here is a picture of the new stamp set and matching dies that will be available to purchase in the shop Tomorrow:

For today's card I used one of the adorable Gnomes from last month's Build a Gnome stamp and die set. The sentiment is from the new Keep Calm and Gnome On set.

You can hop along and visit the rest of the talented Designer's blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties 
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Golzbein

Maria Patrick

 Teresa Plunkett

Make sure to come back tomorrow for the New Release Party when the new products will be available for purchase! There will also be a lot more inspiration from the design team as well!

Keep Calm and Gnome On, I already am!

Lisa

Summer Quokka Birthday Card

 

I'm up on the Kat Scrappiness blog today with this fun Quokka Birthday card! He's all ready for summer with his Hawaiian shirt and surfboard! I created the fun camo background strip with a unique layered stencil from A Colorful Life Designs!

That super cute little Australian Quokka is from the Summer Quokka stamp set and comes with 3 summer themed Quokkas and some cute beach themed accessory stamps!

I created the strip of camouflage using a unique stencil from A Colorful Life Designs! 

The Layered Camouflage stencil comes with 3 different layers of a camouflage design that lets you customize your background any way you want. I went with the traditional camo colors on my card but I think it would look good in blues and grays as well. Here is a look at the 3 stencils that make up this set. They are labeled top, middle and base layer and they are super easy to line up too!

I just love using the Quokkas on my cards, they are so cute and I love how you can customize his shirt and surf board with any patterns and colors you want!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great day, I already am!

🏄  Lisa  🏄

Happy Father's Day

 

Hello all! I'm up on the Kat Scrappiness blog today with a mini slimline card featuring lots of new goodies from the new release! Since Father's Day is coming up soon I decided to make a card using some of the fun beachy elements from the new Summer Fun Essentials Dies.  I'm in love with those cute flip flops and for this card I cut them out of burlap to give them a more rugged masculine look. I also used distressed a couple of starfish to match the theme!

Summer Essentials Dies

I also used the brand new Lumber Yard Slimline Paper Pad for the first layer on my card base and then I cut another layer out of cream colored card stock using the largest die from the 

MINI Slimline Zig Zag Dies.

And now for the star of the show, the Happy Father's Day Word Dies With Shadow! I just love how the addition of the shadow layer behind the words really makes the sentiment stand out! I used the Lumber Yard Slimline Paper Pad for the shadow layer behind the card. To add some extra interest to the card I added some Espresso Pearl Mix because why not?!

Here's one more look at today's card with all of the supplies used.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Make sure to check out the entire new release over at Kat Scrappiness!  You will find lots more shadow dies and pearl mixes and a ton of crafty inspiration! I've included lots of affiliate links in my post for you to click on.  There is no extra cost to you but I do earn a small commission to support this hobby that I love! I love recommending products to you that I use and love!
Have a great day, I already am!😎 Lisa 😎

Coffee With My Dad!

Hello Coffee Lovers!
I'm up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Blog today and since Father's Day is coming up this month, I thought it would be fun to make a caffeinated card for my dad! 

We love to go to Starbucks together for some coffee and a chat. His favorite hot drink was always an Americano with Breve Foam but recently he changed his order. On our last visit I noticed a drink on the menu that looked delicious called a Shaken Iced Espresso and I was right..... it was DELISH! My dad was inspired to try a cold drink like mine for a change so he ordered a Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino and he was immediately hooked! It's nice to hang out having our favorite caffeinated beverages and talk about life!

The new release at Super Sponsor Kat Scrappiness has the perfect Father's Day die and it is perfect for a slimline sized card!

I combined the Layered Coffee Cup Die  and the  Happy Father's Day Word Die with Shadow   

for this slimline card.

The base layer of the card was cut out of some patterned paper using the largest die from the

Zig Zag Nesting Slimline Dies and I added some Mocha Pearl Mix for some extra embellishments because why not?

Here is one more look at the card with all of the supplies I used.

I hope my dad likes his card, I certainly enjoyed making it and I look forward to our next Starbucks visit so we can sip and chat!

Have a great day, I already am!

☕️  Lisa  ☕️