Coffee Loving card makers SPRING blog hop 3

Okay!  I'm back with one last coffee theme card to link up for the Coffee loving card makers spring blog hop.  I'm going to be busy the rest of the week with other things.

I've been having so much fun hopping to all the participants blogs to see their coffee/tea/cocoa cards.  :)  So many coffee/tea/cocoa stamps out there!  And so many talented paper crafters!  :)

For this card I used all The Stamps of Life/Stephanie Barnard products:  Coffee4two stamps and dies, and circle of circles dies, and SB ink Sky and Cornflower.  The coffee sleeve is colored with copic.  The little heart added was from one of the tags in the sizzix framelits tags with word stamps.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

Coffee Loving card makers SPRING blog hop 2

Hey there!  The Coffee loving card makers spring blog hop is going strong (how i like my coffee ;) )... here's my 2nd link up.

I used the same set as yesterday's post (My favorite things).  This card is a Sizzix stand up card called Regal.  I love those little spoons.  I went to my LSS to get more, but they were out.  :(

Come join the fun.  Create a coffee, tea, or cocoa card and link up.  There's amazing sponsors and prizes to be won.  :)

Unity {be inspired} challenge

 This is my first time playing along at Unity. 

I bought this stamp set a few months ago, and finally using it.  I just love it!  Here is my card uisng the color inspiration as well as the card sketch:

Coffee loving cardmakers SPRING blog hop!

The Coffee loving cardmakers SPRING blog hop starts today through March 6th, so you have a whole week to link up!  Don't like coffee?  That's okay... tea and cocoa cards are appreciated, too!  :)  Go HERE to hop and play along!  There are lots of awesome prizes from wonderful sponsors! 

During the last hop, I won a very generous gc from Butterfly Reflections, Ink. and bought a new coffee stamp set from My Favorite Things which I used for this card:

I look forward to seeing all the different projects this week!  Come and play, too!  :) 

circle of circles dies :)

NEW!  Over at The Stamps of Life!  Fun!  Check it out HERE.  watch the video :) It's a set of 4.  I used them on the card above along with other sizzix/TSOL products.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

more tags, cute cat and fun step up

WHEW!  It has been a stressful week!  We've been in the process of buying a house, but it's turning into a nightmare... my sweet old dog had a little mass removed, but he's home and doing fine now. :)  Yesterday I really needed a day to do nothing, and make a couple of cards.  Card therapy.  :)  I have two cards to share with you today:

I really love the step up cards.  This is the newly released one called Friends Forever.  Along with the step up base, it also has the cute flowers and vines you see here, and the word/shadow "thanks".  The cat image is this months' stamp/die set of the month at The stamps of life called cat2stamp.  It's so cute. :)  aaaannnd last, but not least, just released the other day, the sizzix framelit tags & words set.  I used those on the flower vines and for the cat's collar.  :) 

 Here's a little tag collage on bakers twine using the sizzix framelits tags & words set. Oh, except the bee.  That's from stamp2build. (one of my fave tsol sets!).

Have a happy day!  :)

NEW sizzix tags die set with word stamps!

Happy Sunday!  I'm here today to let you know that there are two new fun sets released over at The Stamps of Life today.  One is a super cute triplit die set called Hello Sunshine.  It's soooo cute!  You have to go check it out. The other is a Sizzix framelits tags & words set, which is awesome.  There are word stamps for many occasions that are all the perfect size for the tags, AND it's an excellent value!  I feel a little mean sharing the card above, because part of the card is a sneak peek and I know you're going to want it!  AND you can, but not for a while ;)  HOWEVER, I'm showing this card for the cute tags! You CAN get that now over at TSOL! :)  So many different shapes. I love grouping tags together.  As you can see on the card above, I stamped "for you", "you're awesome", and "happy birthday".... and the little heart tag in the corner comes with the tag set too.  Adorbs, right?  :) 

more friends forever...

I really love the Sizzix step up cards!  They are so fun and with the dies, so easy!  The Sizzix Friends Forever step up card set was just recently released.  Here are the cards I created using it the basic way. 

 I'm sharing two more cards with you that I created using that same set, but a little differently.  This first one was created using the layering dies and cute flowers as well as the word friends.

and for this card, instead of a step up card, fold it the opposite way and glue into a card base and you now have a pop up card. 

Upliftingwords2hear

Hello!  I'm just dropping in to tell you that three new great stamp sets have been released over at The Stamps of Life! TODAY! :)  There are two sets that coordinate with already released stamp/die sets, and then there is this one called Upliftingwords2hear which are great sayings in pretty fonts, and I have some cards to share with you:

First up is Joy is contagious.  I totally agree!  I used the Exclusive fancy edge flip it card die, along with the mini flower dies that I love.  They are so handy when you want to add flowers to your projects and can make them whatever color you need. :)  Did you know TSOL has embellishments, too?  The brads are TSOL as well.  :)

 

This next card is such a fun, great saying, and so true as well.  I created the heart frame and little heart using the Sizzix framelits hearts dies #2.

I love this one, too.  Who doesn't feel happiness when they see a rainbow?  Of course, when things are looking down, look for the positive.  I cut the rainbow out of some rainbow pattern paper I had in my stash, cut a slit along the "W" and slipped it inside.  The clouds are from the Hot Air Balloon club die set.

and last, for today, is the word Believe, which I didn't use in an "uplifting way", but it made me think of the magic of Christmas, so... I stamped it in silver, added a fun little santa hat which is from the Penguins4Christmas stamp set.  The snowflake is from Stamps2build which is one of my fave little stamp sets to have/use. 

Go on over to The Stamps of Life and check out what's new.  There's a great gallery, too!  Have a great weekend!

Friends Forever

Sizzix Friends Forever step up die! NEW at The Stamps of Life!  so fun!   

I also used the Bee Triplits dies on this card.

Did you know TSOL is selling paper pads!?   Yep!  It's amazing thick, double sided cardstock like pattern paper.  Check it out!  :)

and I used little stamps from TSOL stamp2build.

you need to check these out right MEOW ;)

It's time for the February stamp of the month at The Stamps of Life.   This set is so cute!  I just love that kitty!  And kitty sayings :) 

 For this card I used the Sizzix basic step up card die.  I clear embossed on the cat food to give it a nice wet canned cat food look. mmmm.  haha  ;)  Papers are TSOL.

Here I stamped and colored my own background.

The die set has all the fun dies for the paws and fish and cat, but also these cute little tiny paws.  It cuts out the pad and embosses the toes or if you use a paper piercer, you can poke out the toes (I actually didn't realize that until I just watched Stephanie's video ;) ).  It also fit/worked perfectly paired up with the rectangular die from the TSOL tic tac toe die set. 

The Sizzix Regal stand up card die set was used for this card.

I used a light blue ink pad to stamp the top part of the black cardstock.  I also went over the fish with a wink of stella brush for a little pretty shimmer.  :)