Best Day Ever!

Those of you who have been around blogland for a while (specifically since 2010) might remember a little old blog named The Shabby Tea Room.  It was a fabulous weekly challenge and it was centered around all things Shabby Chic!  A style that is definitely one of my favorites!

The sweet lady who ran that challenge is none other than the fabulous 

Debbie Marcinkiewicz!

Debbie closed down the Shabby Tea Room eventually to start her 

popular stamp company Paper Sweeties!

I am happy to say that I loved designing for her in the Tea Room and I'm even more overjoyed to share with you that Debbie has asked me to design for her once again on the 

Paper Sweeties design team!

As if that news isn't already fabulous I have more!!!

My daughter Taylor will be joining the Paper Sweeties team as well!

Taylor has been an avid planner for almost 4 years now and makes the most fabulous planner layouts I've ever seen! Taylor will be joining the Planner Series design team with the rest of the planner team!

You can check out her fabulous blog here!

Taylor also has her own YouTube channel where she posts videos of her beautiful planner layouts!

Her channel is called PrettyPaper Pieces 4U and you can check it out here!

Go show Taylor some love and make sure to look for her new designs with the Paper Sweeties planner series stamps!

Taylor and I are very lucky to be joining such a talented bunch of women over at 

Paper Sweeties! I thought you might like to check out their beautiful work as well!

Here are links to all of their blogs:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Jinny Newlin

Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett

Lillian Forsyth

Lisa Bzibziak

Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Nance Salkeld

In honor of this announcement I decided to create a card made with the 

sweet Madison stamp over in the Paper Sweeties store showing how 

I feel about joining the design team!

The cute sentiment is from the I'm So Proud of You stamp set and the 

text bubble is from the Handmade For You stamp set.

Madison is literally peeking into this card to say that this is the Best Day Ever!

I am so happy and grateful to Debbie for giving Taylor and I this wonderful opportunity and I look forward to sharing my Paper Sweeties projects with you!

The October New Release sneak peaks will begin on the 14th so make 

sure to check back to see all of the Fall goodness!

That's all for me today, Im happy that you stopped by to share my good news and 

I hope you'll stop by again and say hello when you do!

Have a great day, I already am!

💝Lisa 💝

Witchy Bears Trio

These 3 cuties just flew into town and they brought treats!!!

They must know me very well!

🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

I just fell in love with these Witchy Bears the minute I saw them!

You can find them in the KaDoodle Bug Designs online shop and 

so many other adorable SVG files at great prices!

I have been enjoying creating with these SVG files!  

They are so easy to download and send over to my Scan N Cut machine.  

I separate the colors on the screen and then tape the coordinating colors of paper

down to my mat and the machine does the rest! 

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy!

I added some fun gold glitter paper to my Witchy Bears brooms 

today and I thought they would look adorable attached to some treat bags 

with tiny clothes pins. 

Here are some individual pics of the trio!

Wouldn't these be adorable treats to pass out at a kids Halloween party!

Well that's my design team project for today!

Make sure to check out the fun projects from all the DT members in 

the KaDoodle Bug Facebook Group!

Have a great day!

I already am!

🍫Lisa🍫

Snowflake Kisses

Even though I live in sunny South Florida it doesn't mean I can't play with snow...  Ok not real snow but I do have these sparkly snowflakes in my craft room thanks to Kat Scrappiness!

A few days ago I made a card with an ink blended background and die cut a background panel out of it.

When I was throwing away the leftover negative pieces, the die set Snowflake Kisses popped into my head.  

The cool colors just reminded me of snowflakes so I cut out some snowflakes from the scraps!

I wanted a soft background for my snowflakes so I took a Hero Arts stencil that I've had since last year and did some some soft ink blending in the center of my card with the same colors I used on my card. The 3 colors of distress inks I used were:

Seedless Preserves

Broken China

Blueprint Sketch

I love how these 3 colors blended together to give nice cool overall feeling (unlike we will EVER feel here in Florida)!

Ok well maybe for 2 brief days in February!

😅😅😅

The main die cut for the card is a one piece sentiment that is also from the die set Snowflake Kisses.  The set comes with the sentiment and one small snowflake.

The words were cut from glitter card stock and the inked snowflakes were scattered around the card.  I also included the tiny stars from the center of the snowflakes to fill up the card.

(Waste not want not!)

Lately I've had an obsession with Stickles glitter glue and I thought these snowflakes could use a good dose of sparkle and shine.  I love how they twinkle in the light.  I wish the photo picked it up better.

Here is a picture of all the supplies I used on the card.

This was definitely one of those unexpected cards that I wasn't planning on making but I'm glad I did!

Thanks for stopping by the old blog today!

If you go shopping at Kat Scrappiness you can use my code Lisa10 to save 10% on your order!

Have a great day, I already am!

❄Lisa❄

Exciting Announcement!

I have some exciting news to share with you today! I am delighted to announce that I am joining the talented Design Team at 

Kadoodle Bug Designs!

I wanted to thank Melissa for this amazing opportunity to show off some of the cutest SVG images around.  For my first project I will be sharing one of the Cute Animals from the new releases.

Melissa has designed some adorable Halloween animals and I've chosen to use the 

Cutie KaToodles - Boo Tiger Peeker

on my card for today.

This little tiger is dressed as a ghost and couldn't be more cute!

I die cut some colorful patterned paper from Papertrey Ink with the 

Distressed Edge Rectangle Dies 

from Kat Scrappiness.

For the"BOO"letters I used the 

Stitched Alphabet Dies from 

Craftin Desert Divas.

I love how this card came out and I am looking forward to working with more of these cutie patootie images!

Thank you for stopping by today and have a great day, I already am!

👻Lisa👻

Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice

It's my turn today on the Kat Scrappiness blog.  Pumpkin Spice season is fast approaching and today's card should put you in the mood!  I wanted to use the Layered Coffee Cup Die to create a Pumpkin Spice Latte card and I thought it would look great against a fall colored background.  To make such a background I decided to watercolor with some Distress Inks.  I took 3 colors, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Peeled Paint and I watercolored a background and then splattered it with black paint. 

After it dried I took my Peacock Backdrop Die and cut it out.  

The next step was to cut out a piece of brown paper with the Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Die.  I used the 2 largest sizes in the set and I nested them in each other and ran them through my vagabond.  That left me with a frame that I could put around the watercolor panel to finish it off.

  

Once I had my background done I moved on to creating the coffee cup for the front of the card. I die cut the Layered Coffee Cup Die

 in dark brown, the koozie in craft and the top in white. I used a white gel pen to add stitching around the coffee cup and koozie to give it a finished look. 

I added a pumpkin die cut from my stash to the front of the koozie. I cut it out in orange paper and  dry embossed it using a polka dot embossing folder to give it some texture. 

I thought that this pumpkin could use a little something extra so I popped a dark brown heart to the front for some extra cuteness. 

Now that the coffee cup was finished, I needed a little something to adorn the top of the coffee cup. I wrapped a piece of twine around the top of the cup and hand punched the word "enjoy" out with a mini tag punch.  I didn't have the word enjoy in a stamp in a font I liked so I computer generated it.

Now I needed a sentiment so I printed out a cute one using the same font as the little "enjoy" tag.  I layered the sentiment onto a piece of orange card stock. 

Inking the edges really allowed it to stand out. 

Last but not least I added Orange Jewels all around the sentiment and the 

coffee cup for some added sparkle!

If you use the code "Lisa10" in the shop you can save 10% on your order!

All in all I think that this card came out beautiful!

Hope you enjoy!
Have a great day, I already am!

☕️ Lisa  ☕️

Products Used:

• Layered Coffee Cup Die
• Mustard Seed
• Orange Jewels
• Peacock Backdrop Die
• Peeled Paint
• Spiced Marmalade
• Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Die

Happy Little Stampers ATC September Challenge

Hello everyone!

I am back again with the 

Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge.

 Every month Happy Little Stampers has an ATC challenge and the theme for September is Vintage!  For anyone who isn't familiar with ATC cards, they are mini works of art that measure 2.5" x 3.5" and are traded around the world. Usually they are numbered and signed on the back by the artist.

For my project I created an ATC card complete with a vintage sewing graphic, pretty lace, a piece of a vintage french dictionary page 

and a shabby flower. 

The sentiment is from a Tim Holtz 

idea-ology sticker book.

Here is the card I made for this challenge.

I hope you'll play along with us this month and enter the ATC challenge at 

Happy Little Stampers!

The winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! 

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Have a great day, I already am!

❦Lisa❦

Coffee Monster Cards

HAVE YOU SEEN THE MONSTERS?

I just recently found them myself!
These cuties are part of an adorable stamp set by 

Gerda Steiner called Coffee Monster.  I had seen these cuties around Facebook and Instagram and I knew I had to have them!
I just bought them at Kat Scrappiness along with 
some other crafty goodies!

I was so inspired by these adorable monsters that I made the 3 cards shown above to share with you!
To begin with I stamped all the cuties out on 
Bristol Smooth card stock with 

Gina K Amalgam Ink so that I could color them with 

whatever type of marker I wanted.

Since my Zig markers give me the best blended results I used them for the coloring.
I cut out a bunch of them at once with my Brother Scan n Cut and laid them all out on my desk. There is definitely no lack of mojo when all of those cute monsters are staring back at you.  
The ideas for the cards came pretty easily.

For my first card I took some True Black Bitty Big paper from Papertrey Ink and cut it down with one of the Kat Scrappiness 

Stitched Scalloped Border dies. I backed the polka dot paper with some craft foam so that it would have some dimension and I added the first monster to the bottom.  I used my craft knife to cut away one of his hands from his body so that he could hold his itty bitty coffee cup under it... so cute!

The sentiment from the Coffee Monster set was stamped at the bottom of the card with Orange Zest ink from Papertrey Ink. For a little bit of extra color and interest I added a few drops of 

Nuvo Crystal Drops in blue. I've always loved the look of vibrant colors against a black polka dot background.

Card #1 done!

For my second card I started with some Kraft card stock from Papertrey Ink.  My favorite kraft card stock hands down for color and quality! To give the background some texture and dimension I ran the paper through my vagabond with my 

We R Memory Keepers Next Level Quilted embossing folder.

For my focal point I used the Kat Scrappiness 

Layered Coffee Cup Die  and popped monster #2 up on the koozie.  I added an itty bitty coffee cup from the stamp set to his hand as well. The Layered Coffee Cup Die is such a great size to take center stage on any card! You can check out this video on my YouTube channel to see instructions on how to assemble the bits and pieces of this coffee cup. For my sentiment I die cut the Kat Scrappiness Got Coffee word die from some PTI Dark Chocolate card stock and added it to the top and bottom corners of the card.

Card #2 done!

For my third and final card I started with some Aqua Mist card stock from PTI for my card base. The card base was given some extra interest with the help of the Cover Up Grid stamp set by PTI. I used a tone on tone effect and used Aqua Mist ink to stamp the grid. Next I took some PTI Kraft card stock and stamped out my own background using the coffee cup from the Coffee Monster stamp set and the largest coffee bean and heart from the Kat Scrappiness Let's Get Caffeinated stamp set. I used PTI's Cocoa Bean ink for all the little background images. The kraft panel was then cut with one of the dies from the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies.  Those are definitely my go to dies for many of the panels on my cards.  

I love the scalloped edges!

All that was left was to add my sad monster to the front with foam tape and stamp my sentiment from the Coffee Monster set

 underneath him in Versafine Onyx Black Ink. 

That is definitely my favorite black ink for 

crisp black sentiment stamping!

Card #3 done!

I hope you enjoyed these 3 monster cards I've shared today.  Many of the products I used are available in the Kat Scrappiness shop and if you use my code Lisa10 you can save 10% on your order. I will list and link those products below.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

I already am!

☕️ Lisa ☕️

Products Used on Card:

(available at Kat Scrappiness)

• Coffee Monster by Gerda Steiner
• Gina K Amalgam Ink
• Got Coffee Die by Kat Scrappiness
• Layered Coffee Cup Die by Kat Scrappiness
• Let's Get Caffeinated by Kat Scrappiness
• Nuvo Crystal Drops
• Stitched Scalloped Border Dies by Kat Scrappiness
• Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness
• Versafine Black Onyx Ink

Coffee Card with Video

Good morning everyone!  I'm up on the Kat Scrappiness blog today I wanted to share a coffee card that I made that has a fun technique to go with it! I used the Fabrika Decoru Enamel Drops to make that cute heart embellishment for the front of the coffee cup.  I have a video for you to watch that shows exactly how I made it.  Some of the artisan coffee shops have the ability to put cool designs into the foam that you see on top of their drinks.  This technique I will show you mimics that look and can be reproduced on your cards!  The Fabrika drops are available in so many colors so the sky is the limit to what you can create!

For my card I used one of the new stamp sets that was just released in the shop called 

Let's Get Caffeinated.  I stamped one of the cute sentiments onto a 

Stitched Scalloped Nesting Tag die with some Distress Ink in Ground Espresso.  I tied a twine bow with multiple layers so it would really have some dimension.  I placed the Layered Coffee Cup die with the Fabrika heart embellishment on the front of the card and the sentiment on some foam tape and the card was done.  The background of the card was cut with the largest die from the Stitched Scalloped Rectangles in some pretty Papertrey Ink polka dot paper. 

The assembly of the card was fairly easy so I won't go into too much detail in this post.  The technique with the Fabrika enamel drops is easier explained in the video. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Don't forget to use code Lisa10 to save 10% on your purchase in the shop!

Also please check out our September challenge this month.  The theme is wine and you could win a $25.00 gift certificate to the shop.  Please stop by and play along!

Have a great day everyone, I already am!

☕️Lisa ☕️

• Distress Ink in Ground Espresso
• Fabrika Decoru Enamel Drops
• Layered Coffee Cup die
• Let's Get Caffeinated
• Stitched Scalloped Nesting Tag die
• Stitched Scalloped Rectangles

Get Creative Challenge - #73

Hi everyone!  I'm back today with another card for
Get Creative Challenges! 

The challenge for September for the pink team has a theme of Lots of Bling and Sparkle and goes from 9/3 - 9/30. For my card I used a beautiful Eureka stamps image called "Cascading Hearts" and I did some basic copic coloring and covered the hearts with a generous layer of sparkly stickles.  I added a birthday wishes die cut from Queen and Company to add to my birthday card stash since I never have enough!
What a fun card to make!  I love pink and sparkles so this was an easy card to make.  I'm very happy with how it turned out!  I hope you'll join us this month and play along, I can't wait to see your creations!

Have a super day everyone! 

I already am!

🌺Lisa 🌺

Angie's Digital Stamps September Challenge

Hello crafty friends and welcome back to another monthly challenge over at Angies Digital Stamps! Since Halloween is right around the corner I chose to use the cute Witch's Hat digi from Angies shop to make a Halloween Card. 

This month is challenge #24 and it runs from 9/2 - 9/28

 and the theme is anything goes with no twist.  

Make sure to visit the other Design Team members blogs and see the beautiful projects they've created! Please remember you have all month to play along. 

See challenge blog for official rules and have fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Have a great day, I already am!

🎃 Lisa 🎃

Florals on Wood

I'm up on the Kat Scrappiness blog today with a quick post.

I wanted to share two cards that I made using pretty florals on a wood background.  The first card uses bright flowers on a dark wood background. The sentiment is from the Crafters Gonna Craft stamp set.

The second one uses pastel flowers on a lighter wood background and the sentiment is from the Everyday Brushstrokes stamp set.

I've always loved the combination of flowers and wood together!  The Stitched Scalloped Collage Frame Die  on the first card, and the Stitched Diagonal Backdrop Die  on the second one created the perfect backgrounds to achieve these 2 looks.  The 2 cards came together fairly easily.  I used some wood patterned paper for the backgrounds and some flower dies from my stash.  To give the flowers some dimension I inked the edges of the pastel ones and dry embossed them and for the bright flowers I lifted the edges off the card.

To add some bling to my cards I placed some Sparkling Clear Flower Blossom sequins on the flowers and around the edges.  I hope you enjoyed the cards today, I will be back next week with some new cards using some exciting new stamps and dies from our September release so make sure to check back then!

If you haven't entered our monthly card challenge yet make sure to do so!  You still have today and tomorrow and you could win a $25 gift certificate to the shop! Get out your coffee and critter stamps and dies and click here to enter!

Thanks for stopping by today

If you want to purchase any of the products from these two cards than head over to Kat Scrappiness and use code Lisa10 at checkout to save 10% on your purchase!

Enjoy your day, I already am!

💐Lisa💐

Papertrey Ink Make it Monday #333

Hello everyone, I'm back today to take part in another 

Make it Monday Challenge with Papertrey Ink!  I love Dawn's challenge today, she always has the prettiest cards and unique ideas!  This week the challenge is layering patterns over images.

I took out my Farmers Market Florals today for my base images and added in a few elements from the Mini Blooms set.  I chose the Cover Up Grid stamp to cover the flowers and I stamped it in Hibiscus Burst so it would stand out and also match one of the colors in the flowers.  I added a sentiment from Penned Elegance (MY FAVORITE) sentiment set by the way...

I split the main panel with a beautiful new die from Kat Scrappiness called Stitched Scalloped Borders to add a little more interest similar to Dawn's card.

Although I like how the card turned out it's not exactly what I had in mind.  It'a always a surprise to see the finished card and how different it is compared to what I initially imagined.  I do however love a challenge!  

I am so excited to be attending SAF with these lovely ladies!

Only 4 more days!

I can't wait!

Enjoy your Monday, I already am!

💐Lisa 💐

Kat Scrappiness August Challenge

Today I have a project to share with you that I made for the Kat Scrappiness August Challenge.  The theme is Coffee and Critters.

 I wanted to make a dashboard that I could give to my daughter to add to her planner.  I used the Kat Scrappiness Layered Coffee Cup die and the adorable Lola the Giraffe stamp set to create this 6 3/4" x 3 3/4" dashboard.  

How cute is that giraffe???🦒🦒🦒

My daughter Taylor is into planning and she has the prettiest planners decorated with the cutest embellishments!  

She has several YouTube videos showing flip throughs of her gorgeous Foxy Fix planners!  You can see her videos on YouTube at PrettyPaperPieces4U!  

For some added interest I used some Fabrika Decoru Enamel Drops on my project in the Strong Coffee color for some extra dimension. These drops are available at Kat Scrappiness in a wide variety of colors.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you'll join the August challenge at Kat Scrappiness and play along!  You could win a $25.00 gift certificate to the Kat Scrappiness store!

Enjoy your day, I already am!

☕️Lisa🦒