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 🌺 

Quokka Love ❤️

 

Hello everyone! I hope you're having a good day, if not than just take a look at my card and it should brighten it up! That cute little animal is called a Quokka and it is known as the world's happiest animal! If you're interested in learning a little bit more about this adorable little marsupial, you can read this POST where I went into a little more detail.

The Quokka is the main character of the brand new 

stamp set from Kat Scrappiness called Quokka'n Up!

This Quokka a selfie loving animal and will add the cute to your cards and projects!

For my card today I did some watercoloring on a beautiful rose themed background.

I used the Stitched Scalloped Border dies to cut some white card stock for the top and bottom of my card.

I thought they framed the roses beautifully and toned down the busy pattern. Once I had the two scalloped panels glued down I tucked my cute little Quokka into the bottom panel and added the sentiments to the top and bottom of the card. To finish it off I added some fun bling to the sentiments by adding a trail of White Jewels and a single sweet Red Heart Sprinkle.

To make placing my embellishments easier I used the brand new Embellishment Pick Up Tool and Triangle Embellishment Tray recently released by Kat Scrappiness.  No more embellishments all over my desk and on the floor and the pick up tool makes placement a breeze!

I hope you enjoyed my card today and I hope you'll check out all of the fun crafty goodness over at

Kat Scrappiness! New products are arriving frequently and the signature line of Kat Scrappiness stamps, dies, embellishments, patterned paper and tools is expanding quickly!

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

Have a great day, I already am!

Lisa 

Paper Sweeties October 2020 New Release Rewind

   

I'm glad you're here today! It's time for the Paper Sweeties October 2020 

New Release Rewind!

Today I'm showcasing the 

new 4th Quarter 2020 Sweet Kit.

Let's take a look at the new kit!

This kit is full off some shabby and vintage items and your imagination is your only limit to what you can create with all of this goodness!

Today I have a card and a tag I made using the sunflower from the stamp set and the H,M, and E stamps.  The "sweet home" part of the sentiment is also from the stamp set in this kit.  I just love the brush lettered font that the sentiments are written in.

I did some repeat stamping with the sunflower in Versamark ink and then white heat embossed them all. Then I took some Fossilized Amber and Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide ink and did some ink blending over the sunflowers. I colored in an extra sunflower to take the place of the O in HOME.

Now you can hop along and visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties 

Karen Bull

Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett

Lisa Golzbein

Maria Patrick

Have a great day!

I already am!

🌸  Lisa  🌸

Paper Sweeties October 2020 New Release Party

  

I'm glad you're here today! It's time for the Paper Sweeties October 2020 

New Release Party!

Today I'm showcasing the 

new 4th Quarter 2020 Sweet Kit.

Let's take a look at the new kit!

This kit is full off some shabby and vintage items and your imagination is your only limit to what you can create with all of this goodness!

Today I have a card and a tag I made using some of the fun elements from the kit!

For this card I decided to use the pumpkin die and the orange and white twine from the kit. The sentiment is from a previous Paper Sweeties stamp set called 

I'm Nuts About You!

For my second project I made a tag using the "H" stamp from the sweet kit and the red twine. The "O" in Ho Ho Ho was made using the rusty jingle bell from the kit as well.

The tag was made using the Sweet Cuts "For You" die.

Now you can hop along and visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties 

Karen Bull

Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett

Lisa Golzbein

Maria Patrick

Have a great day!

I already am!

🌸  Lisa  🌸

Paper Sweeties October Release 2020 Release Sneak Peek

 

I'm here today for the Paper Sweeties October 2020 Release Sneak Peek!! 

Today I'm showcasing the 

new 4th Quarter 2020 Sweet Kit.

Let's take a look at the new kit!

This kit is full off some shabby and vintage items and your imagination is your only limit to what you can create with all of this goodness!

I decided to think outside the box for this kit and decorate a frame using the rustic flowers and leaves. The main focal point of the frame features a beautiful sentiment from the stamp set included in this kit.

I just love how this frame turned out!

Now you can hop along and visit the rest of the Design Team's blogs to be inspired by their AMAZING projects:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties 

Karen Bull

Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett

Lisa Golzbein

Maria Patrick

Have a great day!

I already am!

🌸  Lisa  🌸

Pumpkin Spice Latte K-Cup Holder

 

I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog today and I have a special project to share with you!

Although I live in Florida and we won't feel cooler weather here for quite some time, it doesn't change the fact that Fall is here and that means Pumpkin Spice Latte season is here as well!

For today's project I thought it would be fun to create a custom made K-cup holder with a PSL theme!

I followed a very easy YouTube tutorial that you can find by clicking on this link:

Simple K-cup Holder

Here are the basic scoring measurements and the rest of the assembly is super easy!

The holder itself only uses one piece of 8 1/2 x 11" piece of card stock.

With the 8 1/2" side up, score at 2" and 6 1/2"

With the 11" side up, score at 4", 6 1/4", 8 1/4" and 10 1/2"

Cut 2 pieces of patterned paper in sizes 2" x 4 1/4" and 1 3/4" x 4 1/4"

After assembly you can decorate your holder any way you want.  It's super easy and fun!

I cheated on mine because I didn't have any PSL coffee in the house, I printed the graphic off of the internet for the Starbucks PSL K-cup, cut it out and stuck it on my Vanilla flavored K-cups.

Since the holidays are coming up this holder is a quick, easy and inexpensive treat that can be mass produced! It would be perfect for teachers, mail carriers, nail techs, or anyone who deserves a little treat for all they do! The best part is that it can be decorated for any occasion and it is universally sized to fit all K-cups. 

For my holder I used some patterned paper from my stash and some clipart for the sentiment on top.

The coffee cup die is an old Top Dog Die that I love and the sentiment on the bottom is from an older Reverse Confetti stamp set.

This was a lot of fun to make and I hope that you'll give it a try! I know you'll be amazed at how truly easy it is to make one yourself! If you want a 4 cup holder you can make 2 of these and glue them back to back to each other! The video even shows you how to cut a handle into the top!

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Have a great day, I already am!

☕️ Lisa  🎃 

Quokka'n Up with Kat Scrappiness!

I'd like to introduce you to the Quokka! 

The world's happiest animal! 

Isn't that the cutest face you've ever seen?

Ok, why am I introducing you to the Quokka? Well, Kat Scrappiness has come out with a new stamp set called Quokka'n Up featuring this adorable marsupial! Marsupial you ask? Yes a marsupial...... here is a brief history lesson on this adorable chipmunk looking creature.

The Quokka is found on some smaller islands off of the coast of Western Australia and is 

the only land mammal on Rattnest Island. They are marsupials which means that they have a pouch that their baby Joey stays in. Just like the Kangaroo! They are herbivores and they eat grass and leaves. They live for an average of 10 years.

I'd like to thank my son Matthew for researching this adorable little guy for me. I had never heard of a Quokka up until now but Matthew knew all about them.  He's a huge animal buff and he was more than happy to provide me with some interesting facts that I'd thought I'd pass along to you.

Here is the adorable new stamp set from Kat Scrappiness appropriately called Quokka'n Up!

Here are a few cards I made using this cute new stamp set with this selfie loving cutie!

This card also uses the Stitched Postage Edge Rectangle dies and the Condensed Lowercase Alpha dies.

My second card is a slimline card with a bright happy scene and a Quokka couple!

Aren't they just adorable together! This card is also showcasing the brand new slimline dies available now at Kat Scrappiness called the Fancy Scalloped Nesting dies. I also added some fun bling on this card with the Clear Sparkling Jewels.

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you learned a little bit about this cute little animal from Australia!

 

Check out Kat Scrappiness for all of your papercrafting needs plus all of the sequins, sprinkles and embellishments you'll ever need.

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

Have a great day, I already am!

🐿 Lisa 🐿   

National Coffee Day with Kat Scrappiness

Welcome to National Coffee Day 2020

Kat Scrappiness is a Super Sponsor for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers National Coffee Day blog hop!

To celebrate National Coffee Day the design team from Kat Scrappiness has made some fun coffee related projects to share with you today. There are also three $10.00 gift cards to Kat Scrappiness, as well as a secret coupon code!

All the details will be posted on the Kat Scrappiness blog where you can find out how to win one of the gift certificates and hop along with the DT.

Here is my caffeine inspired card for today's hop:

Here are the products with links that I used to make my very slothy coffee card.

Coffee Time Background Die

Stewart the Sloth Stamp Set

Layered Coffee Cup Die

Got Coffee? Die

Coffee Beans

Here is the list so you can hop along with the Kat Scrappiness DT

Kat Scrappiness

Marla

Tina

Priscilla

Meghan

Lisa (you are here)

Kathy

There will also be a secret code for Coffee Lovers!

Save 15% on all Coffee related items at Kat Scrappiness

Just use coupon code: ICD2020

Coupon is valid from 9/29 - 10/4 at Kat Scrappiness

Thanks for stopping by today and having some coffee fun with me!

Have a great day, I already am!

☕️  Lisa  🦥 

Slimline Dies Two Ways

 

Welcome to my blog! Today I have 2 cards for you using some of the newest Slimline Dies from Kat Scrappiness. I used the same Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies on both cards yet they have 2 very different looks to them!

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Let's start with the card that uses the Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies in the traditional way that you are used to seeing it.

For this card I cut a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock using the largest die from the 

Embossed Edge Nesting Slimline Dies and did some rainbow ink blending with a polka dot stencil.

The black scalloped inner frame was made using the second and third largest dies from the Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies. I nested them inside each other and sent them through my die cut machine together together at the same time and the result was that cool scalloped black frame that I adhered to the inside of the polka dot panel.

For the sentiment I used the Condensed Uppercase Alpha Dies and the Condensed Number Dies to cut out HB2U in glitter paper which is short for "Happy Birthday to You". I popped the letters and number up on foam tape for some dimension. To finish off the card I added some fun and colorful 

Party Confetti Sprinkles to mimic the fun polka dots in the background.

I took the entire panel and matted it on to black card stock and then adhered all of that to a side opening slimline card base measuring 8 1/2" x 3 1/2".

The brand new Triangle Embellishment Trays and

Embellishment Pick Up Tool are super helpful when picking up and adhering embellishments to my cards.

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 For my second card today I also used the Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies but in a less traditional way. 

I began by using the largest die and cutting out a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock so I could do some ink blending. After I cut out the paper, instead of using it as a traditional slimline panel, I folded it in half to make a notecard.

These dies are the perfect size when folded to make the cutest little notecards!

Once it was folded I did some ink blending using Distress Oxide inks and then some stenciling in the same colors.

I just love the way this panel came out. These 3 colors blended together so well!

For the main focal point on my card I stamped and Copic colored the adorable little giraffe from the 

Lola the Giraffe Stamp Set. She cut out perfectly on my Scan n Cut but she could be easily hand cut as well. Before I adhered that cute little giraffe down with foam tape I stamped the sentiment in black ink on the bottom of the card. That beautiful "Thank You" is from the Friendship Greetings Stamp Set and looks lovely on any card! After I had Lola down and the sentiment stamped I added a few random sequins from the Aww-tumn Sequins Remixed and Fall Blessings embellishment sequin packs.

Pictured above are the brand new Triangle Embellishment Trays and

Embellishment Pick Up Tool and I love using them when I have to place sequins or sprinkles on my cards.

Here is one more look at both cards photographed with all of the supplies I used on them.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope I gave you some new ideas for using your slimline dies in a not so traditional way. The sky is the limit with your imagination and creativity!

Here is a complete list of Kat Scrappiness products used on both of my cards including links.

Embossed Edge Nesting Slimline Dies

Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies

Condensed Number Dies

Condensed Uppercase Alpha Dies

Lola the Giraffe Stamp Set

Friendship Greetings Stamp Set

Party Confetti Sprinkles

Aww-tumn Sequins Remixed

Fall Blessings

Triangle Embellishment Trays

Embellishment Pick Up Tool

Have a great day, I already am!

🎉  Lisa  🦒 

Paper Sweeties September 2020 New Release Rewind!

  

 

Hello crafty friends — welcome to day #3 of the September 2020 *NEW* Release Rewind at Paper Sweeties!

This month there is a new stamp and die set called 

With Heartfelt Thoughts and it has some sweet sentiments for

cards such as thank you, condolences, sympathy and inspirational themes as well.

Here is my card using the new stamps and flower dies from this beautiful set.

For this card I stamped the back side of the flower stamp in pretty rainbow colors and then turned the stamp to the right side and stamped in black. I learned this technique a while ago and it was perfect for these floral stamps.  The sentiment is from the Love You To Pieces stamp set and the assorted sequins gave just the right shine to the flower centers.

Make sure to check out the rest of the DT to see what they have created with this new set.

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Karen Bull  
Karen Letchworth

Larissa Heskett
Lisa Golzbein - you are here

Maria Patrick

Thanks for joining us for the September release!

Have a great day, I already am!

🌸  Lisa 🌸