Life Begins After Coffee

 

Hello Crafty Coffee Loving Peeps! Today I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Blog with a brand new caffeinated card and I had some fun with watercoloring for this one!

Let's get crafty in the ICU!

I started out with a piece of Canson Watercolor paper and I stamped the Scribbled Roses cling stamp from Taylored Expressions in Versamark ink. Next I sprinkled Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder all over my paper and heated it until it was shiny. The next step was where I had all my fun! I used 2 different Distress Ink colors, Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers and I smooshed them onto my Tim Holtz Media mat and sprayed them with water. I had a lot of fun coloring in my roses, leaves and background with all of that vibrant ink!

After the watercoloring was dry I took the Honey Bee Gift Card Holder die and cut out the front panel of the coffee cup from the watercolored panel. I stamped the sentiment from the Honey Bee Perfect Blend stamp set onto the koozie and adhered it to the front of my coffee cup and placed a plain white lid on the top of the cup. Next I added some fun Taylored Expressions Drip Drops for some bling and a simple twine bow to the top of the cup.

Lastly I adhered the cup to a piece of kraft card stock and then to a pretty teal scalloped frame panel. 

Everything was then placed on a top folding A2 white card base.

I really love how this card turned out, the color combination is one of my favorites!
I'm not sure why water coloring intimidates me because I thoroughly enjoy it every time I do it and the results are so beautiful!

Thank you so much for joining me today, I'm glad you stopped by!

Have a great day, I already am!

☕️  Lisa 🌺 

The Rabbit Hole Designs July Release Day 3

Today is day 3 of The Rabbit Hole Designs July Release and we are rounding out this release with a fun new die called the Candy Twist Die! This is a unique die that cuts out 3 connected candy twist shapes and all the inner half moon shapes as well. You can customize this die to fit whatever themed card you are making. It pairs well the previously released Candy Twist Stencil.

Also being released this month are the fluffy new Cotton Tail Blending Brushes and they are so affordable you can buy one for each color of the rainbow!

For my card today I used a previously released stencil called Circles and Stars and the new Cotton Tail Blending Brushes to add color to the background of my card.  I die cut the Candy Twist Stencil 3 times out of black and then 6 more times out of every color of the rainbow.  I made each candy piece one color of the rainbow and placed the small half moon pieces back in individually.  It really didn't take that long and I love the look it gave!

The "Sweet" die cut word is from Kat Scrappiness and was the perfect addition to this card. I stamped the word "Wishes" from the Kringle stamp set which was also released on the 29th. I thought the card needed a little bling so I added some drops of Stickles around the card. I also added some highlights to the Sweet die cut word with a white gel pen for some extra interest.

Check out what the design team has in store for you today using the Candy Twist Stencil die!

The Rabbit Hole Designs

Michelle

Justin

Jenn

Lisa

Tangii

Von Marie

Kelly

Alison

Lauren

Amanda

To celebrate the new release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two gift certificates; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 07-02-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 07-03-2020.

You can also find The Rabbit Hole products at Simon Says Stamp!

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

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Thanks for stopping by today.

Have a great day, I already am!

🍬 Lisa 🍬 

i-Crafter July Release

It's July 1st and that means it's time for the i-Crafter July release!

This month there are 4 new dies and 1 new stamp set being released.

Here is a list of the new products available today:

Holiday Wiper Insert

Snowflake Border Die

Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set

Tunnel Card; Santa

(works with Tunnel Card Base; Swan)

Flip Card; Snowflake

For my card today I used the Snowflake Border Die set on some beautiful Sugar Crystal Glittered card stock and the results are stunning! I layered the glittered card stock on to some kraft card stock and added in some snowflakes with red glittered card stock for a pop of color. The Merry Christmas sentiment is also from the Snowflake Border Die set and it also looks great in the red glittered card stock. On the inside of the card I used 2 of the leaf dies from the Snowflake Border Die set and I added a sentiment from the Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set.

Make sure you check out the i-Crafter online store to see all of the new products being released today! You can also head over to the i-Crafter blog for more inspiration from the design team.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a great day, I already am!

❄️Lisa ❄️ 

The Rabbit Hole Designs July Release Day 2

I'm back with Day 2 of The Rabbit Hole Designs July Release!

Yesterday we brought you Santa and today we are introducing 2 mischievous doggies in a stamp set called Pawlidays! I just love how the dog on the left is literally hiding in the Christmas tree!

I also used the Light Me Up Stencil in the background of the card to match the whimsical style of the card.  I just love how those cute dogs look like they are up to no good! I made sure to add some sparkly Stickles to the lights once they were stenciled in place.

Check out what the design team has in store for you today using the Pawlidays stamp set!

The Rabbit Hole Designs

Michelle

Justin

Jenn

Lisa

Tangii

Von Marie

Kelly

Alison

Lauren

Amanda

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two gift certificates; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 07-02-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 07-03-2020.

You can also find The Rabbit Hole products at Simon Says Stamp!

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

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

Thanks for stopping by today.

Have a great day, I already am!

🐶  Lisa 🐶 

The Rabbit Hole Designs July Release Day 1

Welcome to day 1 of The Rabbit Hole Designs July Release!

It's the proverbial Christmas in July over here and we are starting the release off with Kris Kringle himself! The stamp set is even called Kringle and features a super fun Santa, 2 happy trees, a banner and 5 sentiments in a fun curly font!

Although it's difficult to see I used the brand new stencil that is also being released today called 

Slice of Christmas. This stencil has so many different elements you'll want to use it on every card!

Look at all that Christmas fun! There are 2 different trees, the letters H and O to spell out HO or OH and there is a snow bank and some icicles for hanging off of a house or just a border on a card.

I used both snow shapes on my card but they are rather hard to see because I used matte medium and glitter on them.

                                               

There is one more surprise today that you will just LOVE!

The Rabbit Hole Designs have also come out with their very own Blending Brushes!

Introducing the Cotton Tail Blending Brushes:

They are so beautiful, soft and LARGE! The soft fluffy head feels like BUTTAH!

Trust me when I tell you that you are not going to want to get them inky the first time.

You might just want to order one extra to keep white and pristine.

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I used one of the brushes to apply white ink over the stencil on to my kraft card stock panel but I redid the card with matte medium and glitter.  Here is a picture of the panel after I applied the ink with one of the new brushes. It applies ink so smoothly, you're going to love them!

Here is another look at my card with the supplies used.

I also added some fun white puff paint to Santa's cuffs for some extra fun!

I love how this card turned out and that happy Santa just makes me smile!

Check out what the design team has in store for you today using the new release!

The Rabbit Hole Designs

Michelle

Justin

Jenn

Lisa

Tangii

Von Marie

Kelly

Alison

Lauren

Amanda

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two gift certificates; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 07-02-2020. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 07-03-2020.

You can also find The Rabbit Hole products at Simon Says Stamp!

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

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

Thanks for stopping by today.

Have a great day, I already am!

🎅🏻 Lisa 🎅🏻

Have an Unbe-leaf-able Birthday

Welcome to my blog! Today I have a card for you using the latest i-Crafter release.

One of the new stamp sets is called Positively Plants and it features several different succulents with various pots to put them in. There are also 7 different sentiments to choose from that tie into the whole plant/succulent theme.

I started by stenciling a very light background to really make the plants stand out.  Next I lined up the pots along the bottom of the stenciled pattern and stamped them first. I only used the pots that had top layers that you could stamp separately to give them a pattern.  I added the plants next and gave thenm all a black outline to really define them. Lastly I stamped the sentiment on black paper and heat embossed in white before cutting it out with a banner die.

I matted the main layer on a piece of olive green card stock and then to my card base.

I don't usually make one layer cards but I really love how this card turned out!

Thanks so much for joining me today.

Have a great day, I already am!

🌵🌱 Lisa 🌱 🌵

Look For Rainbows

Hi and welcome back to my blog. Today I have a fun rainbow card to share with all of you using lots of goodies from Kat Scrappiness!

Rainbows and shakers are two of my favorite things so I love to create them any chance I get. 

I started out by using a raindrop stencil from my stash that is similar to the Newton's Nook Raindrops Stencil. For my inks I love to use the Atelier Inks from Inkon 3 because they blend so smoothly and the colors are so vibrant! I used a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock and a mini blending tool and then I ink blended in rainbow order over the raindrops using these ink colors:

Marilyn Red

Marigold Orange

Bee Sting Yellow

Goddess Green

Peacock Blue

Once I had the ink blending done I took my panel and cut out a smaller panel using the largest die from the Stitched Postage Stamp Edge Rectangle Dies from Kat's store. 

Next I took the smaller cloud die from the He Is Risen Dies and I placed it in 3 different places on the raindrop panel and cut it out so I could make 3 different shaker wells on the front of my card.

I turned the panel over and covered it with a piece of acetate making sure to cover the open cloud areas. To pop the panel up and create the shaker wells, I used foam tape to section off the clouds and pop the whole panel up. Now the fun part! I filled all 3 shaker wells with some fun Rainbow Bright Sprinkles! I covered the backs of the clouds with white card stock and then matted the whole panel on to a purple panel measuring 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". 

I then placed the finished panel on to a white card base.

For the sentiment I used Versafine Black Onyx ink and the Rainbow stamp set by Taylored Expressions and it fit so perfectly with the theme of the card. I also used some Sparkling Clear Droplets around the finished card to add some extra shine!

For one extra fun added element I used the Rainbow made of polymer clay that is included in the 

Teal Kawaii Cloud Sprinkles. What a fun element to add to any card!

This card is just all full of color and whimsy and I love how it turned out! 

Kat Scrappiness is definitely your go to shop for all things shaker related!

There are literally hundreds of different sequins and sprinkles in stock to fit any theme card or any style card you can dream of! From food to animals to jewels, Kat has you covered!

Don't forget to follow Kat Scrappiness on all

social media platforms to be alerted to new releases, sales and giveaways!

Kat Scrappiness Shop 

Kat Scrappiness Blog

Kat Scrappiness FB Fan Page

Kat Scrappiness Instagram

Kat Scrappiness YouTube Channel

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Have a wonderful day, I already am!

🌈  Lisa  🌈 

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I only promote products I actually use and think 

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C-Ant Before Coffee

Welcome to my blog, today I have a card to share with you using the recently released Buggy For Caffeine stamp set and the Broken Glass stencil from The Rabbit Hole Designs.   

Here's a look at these 2 fun products:

I started by coloring up my little ant with my Copic markers on a small rectangular panel and notching the 4 corners just for a little extra detail.  I inked the edges of the panel to make it stand out against the background.  For the background of the card I used a Distressed Edge Rectangle die and did some ink blending over the Broken Glass stencil with some brown ink. I love the way the brown ink on kraft colored card stock gave the card an underground feeling. After the stenciling was done I stamped the caffeine symbol all over the background for some extra fun.

It's no secret that bugs are not my favorite thing in life but this stamp set really was fun to play with.  

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I hope this coffee loving Ant puts a little smile on your face today.

Make sure to visit The Rabbit Hole Design's shop and take a look around. You'll find a lot more caffeinated critters to make you smile, I guarantee it!

You can also find The Rabbit Hole products at Simon Says Stamp!

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

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  🐜 🐜 🐜