Screaming for Coffee!

 

I'm up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog again today and I want to know.....

Where are all of my pumpkin spice latte lovers at?

I've been seeing all of the Fall inspired cards all over social media lately so I figured it was ok to jump on the bandwagon. Even though I live in South Florida and we won't likely experience Fall weather until February, can't hurt to pretend! 

Here is my not so scary Halloween inspired coffee card!

For the base of my card I used a spider web stencil from my stash and made a background on some white cardstock. The coffee cup was cut out of orange and white polka dot paper using the Coffee Cup Fold-It die from The Stamps of Life. I then took the Pumpkin face stencil from The Rabbit Hole Designs and gave my coffee cup a not so scary face. 

For the sentiment on the bottom I used a sentiment from the Coffee Talk 2 stamp set from Sweet and Sassy stamps. I finished off the card with some shiny black and orange sequins for some fun!

I love how this not so spooky coffee card turned out and I hope you like it too! 

Now go enjoy some fall inspired drinks and send some cooler weather my way!

Have a great day, I already am!

🎃  Lisa  🎃 

Pre-Thanksgiving Advice!

 

Good morning! Today I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog with another caffeinated card to inspire you! 

In just 2 short days, Thanksgiving 2020 will be taking place and it will be the most memorable Thanksgiving of all time...... Or maybe the one we will all want to forget given the current climate.  

One thing is for sure, Thanksgiving means family and food and whether you are going to be seeing family this year or having a quiet Turkey day at home, make sure you have your beverage of choice and you relax and appreciate your family near or far!

With all the holiday hustle and bustle it is easy to get frustrated and have our patience tested so my card today is a reminder to drink your coffee (or beverage of choice) instead of saying bad words to strangers! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

One of my favorite cards to make is a shaker card and every now and then I like to shake it up a little by making a square card.  I just love the symmetrical look they have. Today I thought it would be fun to use my favorite critter from The Rabbit Hole Designs caffeinated line, the Caffeinated Bee!

☕️ 🐝 ☕️ 🐝☕️ 🐝☕️ 🐝☕️ 🐝☕️ 🐝☕️ 🐝

I started out making this card by using the Heart Masking stencil from Taylored Expressions and blending 2 different Distress Oxide inks, Squeezed Lemonade and Fossilized Amber.

The next step was to take that hilarious sentiment from the CAS-ual Friday's stamp set titled 

"Hot Coffee Stamps".  Before I moved on the shaker portion of the card I added some fun black splatters to the card for a little more interest.

For the outside black frame of my card I used the Stitched Scalloped Square Nesting Dies from Kat Scrappiness. I cut the largest die from the set using black card stock and then I used the second largest die from the Double Stitched Square dies to cut a window out of it. I glued some acetate behind the window to complete the shaker portion and then I adhered foam tape to raise the panel up making room for my shaker bits. 

When I make a shaker card I like to sprinkle my bits on the base of my card and then position the top panel over the bits so I can properly center the panel on my card.  My shaker bits are all from Kat Scrappiness and consist of these 3 products:

Yellow Jewels

Mirrored Star Sequins

Black Tie Sequin Mix

I think it's a lot of fun to mix a concoction of shaker bits from different sets to make a fun mix for my shaker cards! The last step was to color that cute little bee with my Copic markers and adhere him to the front of my card. I love to used sparkly Stickles on the bees wings to really make them stand out!

I always enjoy a fun shaker card, I love the interactive nature of the card and they really give you the opportunity to customize your card to your liking.  Making the shaker bits mix is always a bit like being in the kitchen and making up a brand new recipe!

Here is a look at all the fun products I used to make my card.

Thanks so much for BUZZING by my ICU today! I sincerely hope that everyone has a safe and fun Thanksgiving no matter where you spend your day and no matter who you spend it with!

Have a great day, I already am!

 ☕️ 🐝  Lisa  ☕️ 🐝 

Living La Vida Mocha!

 

Good morning fellow caffeine addicts! 

I am up on The Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today and I have a 

quick and simple card to share with you!

The Caffeinated line of critters at The Rabbit Hole Designs have so much character they just speak for themselves and don't require a lot of fanfare.

Today I created a clean and simple card using the Caffeinated Bee. The bee is definitely my favorite caffeinated critter of all of them! If you haven't checked out The Rabbit Hole Designs yet, it might be time for a visit!

Here's the quick and easy recipe for my card:

1) Cut out a panel of Bristol Smooth card stock using the largest die from the Stitched Rectangle Zig Zag dies from Kat Scrappiness and sponge on a circle of Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink in a loose circle near the bottom right of the card.

2) Run panel through a beehive style embossing folder for some added texture

3) Add embossed panel to a teal colored card base. I chose one to match the Peacock Feathers ink.

4) Stamp the Caffeinated Bee using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on to some Copic friendly paper and color using Copic markers. Stamp your sentiment under the bee.  I used a sentiment from The Rabbit Hole Designs Perfectly Blended stamp set.

5) Cut bee and sentiment out using a die from the Kat Scrappiness Zig Zag Circle Dies and pop it up on foam tape on your embossed panel.

That's it, easy peasy lemon squeezy!

Sometimes I love making a quick and easy card that packs a lot of punch!

Here's one more pic with the supplies used.

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Have a great day, I already am!

 ☕️ Lisa  🐝 

Glimmer Trees and a Goodbye

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog, I'm glad you're here!

I have some news to share with you today. This will be my last post for The Rabbit Hole Designs design team. I have had the pleasure of watching this company grow since the beginning and I wish them continued success in the future!

For my last post on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog I have a Christmas card using the brand new Slice of Christmas stencil and the previously released Love You More - Christmas Frost stamp set and Candy Twist stencil.

I just love the whimsical trees in the stencil and I thought that they should be the main focus on my card. For the background I wanted a soft and pretty pattern so I took some Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink and the brand new Cotton Tail Blending Brushes and applied the ink over the Candy Twist stencil. I used a very light hand to give the background a soft patterned look.  The next step was to place the Slice of Christmas stencil over the background and apply some Nuvo Glacier Paste in Golden Era over the middle tree and Sea Sprite glacier paste over the two outside trees. I just love the elegant and shimmery look it gave to the trees.

For the sentiment I made a smaller piece of the stenciled background and heat embossed the sentiment from the Love You More - Christmas Frost stamp set in gold. I placed the sentiment panel and the background panel on to some pretty patterned paper to make them stand out. The scalloped panel on the card base was cut using the largest Stitched Scalloped Rectangle die from Kat Scrappiness.  

I wanted a little extra sparkle on my card so I added in some pretty sequins from the Cinderella Collection from Unity Stamps.

Thanks for joining me today for my last Rabbit Hole post!

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

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Thanks for stopping by today.

Have a great day, I already am!

🎄 Lisa  🎄 

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Santa Tag

Welcome to my blog! Today I have a Christmas tag that I created using the new stamp set released by The Rabbit Hole Designs called Kringle. I started off by die cutting the largest tag from the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Scalloped Nesting Dies in white card stock.

For the background of the tag I used the Candy Twist Stencil and some Nuvo Glacier Paste in Golden Era. While the Nuvo paste was drying it was time to prepare Mr. Kringle for the tag.

I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored him in with my Copic Markers.

My Scan n Cut did a great job of cutting him out and for some extra added fun I added some fun white puff to his hat and hems with a snow pen. 

(It's hard to see in the pic but in real life it's a fun effect!)

Once the tag was completely dry I die cut HO HO HO from red glitter paper and adhered it down the right side leaving room on the left for Old Saint Nick. He got popped up on foam tape and the only thing left to do was to add ribbon and bakers twine to the top of the tag.

Rabbit Hole products used on this tag:

I just love how this tag turned out and how much fun it was to make!

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 🎅🏻

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 ...

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 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.

🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇 

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 🎅🏻