java cards to share with you

Hi there!  Happy Leap year day!

I'm part of a fun Coffee Loving Papercrafters facebook group, and a couple/few times a year we have a coffee/tea/cocoa theme blog hop which is loaded with fantastic cards and projects, lots of inspiration, and prizes.  There's one coming up soon!

When: Friday, March 18 – Friday, March 25
Time: 6:00 am pacific

THEME: Spring
USE: coffee, tea &/or cocoa images

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I just recently purchased a few fun coffee sets, and have already been making some spring theme coffee cards.  I'm going to share these now, though, because I plan to make lots more. :)  

This card I created using stamps by Stamplorations, The Stamps of Life, and Sugar Pea Designs.  Papers and dies are The Stamps of Life/Sizzix Stephanie Barnard.

 Another card using Stamplorations stamps.  Dies by The Stamps of Life.  Ink, felt, brads, ribbon are all TSOL also. :)

 TFL!  Come join in on the coffee loving (or tea/cocoa!) blog hop in a couple of weeks!  :)

I Value you!

I saw this confetti at party city and knew I needed it for a shaker card for this piggy set from The Stamps of Life:  piggybank2stamp and coordinating dies.  I finally got about to making it last night.

I also used the grid die set and the stitched rectangle set to create this shaker card.  I have the fuse tool, so i fused each section, so that the coins and dollars stayed in the section i wanted them to...

All papers, inks, and ribbon are from The Stamps of Life.

TFL!  :)

*NEW* Sizzix/Stephanie Barnard dies!

Wow!  Lots of new die sets by Sizzix/Stephanie Barnard that are now available at The Stamps of Life.

 There's a fun cake triplit set to build your cake: stack it high...

 or just a cupcake (i made this a shaker :) )

 This looks like a well known flip it card, BUT.. it's BIGGER!  It's a 5x7 card size!  Awesome!  It comes with all kinds of fun dies in the pack, check it out HERE.

 and....... so many fun possibilities with this party hat triplits set!

Think of all the birthday cards, invites and decor you make with these!  :)

Happy Stampingbowl Sunday!

heehee.  We are not a football watching family, so no superbowl festivities for us.  Today is also the 7th, which means new releases over at The Stamps of Life!  :)

Pallette4mirror is the first thing I want to tell you about.  It's a large rectangle of polymer that you use as your base.  One thing you can do with it is stamp an image that you want to stamp facing the opposite direction that it normally does.  In this case below, I stamped the cute little hippo as it's intended and then I mirrored her by stamping on the pallette4mirror and then on to my paper.  Stephanie has a video you can watch if you have no idea what I just typed.  LOL! FUN!  There's also cool ways to create a background using the "kissing technique", so watch the video and check out the gallery for some great ideas by the other tsol DT. :)

 and then also released today is solids4hippos.  It's the companion stamp set that goes with the Stamp of the month set.  It has solid stamp to color in your hippos by stamping instead of coloring with pens/pencils, etc. which also has some fun patterns and added sayings. :) IT'S ALSO THE FLASH SALE ITEM TODAY!! 

 there are two beautiful alpha sets, too.. so cruise on over and check it all out. :)

grid die!

2nd post today!  I want to let you know that there's also a new die at the Stamps of Life .... a grid die set.

I made these three cards over the weekend.  This grid  would be awesome for shaker cards as the frame of it is thick enough.  I was going to make this first card a shaker, but then realized I don't really like making shakers.  haha!  I know, they're so "in", but I've been making cards for a long time and many, many years ago I made them like crazy.  Anyway.... back to the grid!  I made this first card using the bunny2stamp and dies.  It's so cute!  I've said it before, but I'll say it again.... I love Easter!  :)  The flowers are from the mini dies set and that's ocean felt (TSOL).  tsol paper. The grass is from the happy mail die set.

 This grid card I deco'd with the sizzix/sb bee triplit die, sizzix flower layers thinlit die, mini flower dies, thinking of you die, tsol paper and ribbon, and "my friend" stamp is from sizzix tags & words set.

 lastly, the quickest card of all........ stamps from the new hippo2stamp set stamped on tsol paper and colored in with copics.  quick, easy, cute.  :)

HIPPO2STAMP

These are so cute and big fun (pun intended!) ;)  The new stamp club and die hard sets for this month over at The Stamps of Life is Hippo2stamp.   The dies are awesome, too!  Below are a few cards I made using this cute new set:

This card was created using the Sizzix 3d banner drop in card die set, along with TSOL papers, twine, inks, balloons2cut stamp/die set, and the little party hat is from the spinner2stamp set.

 This card I stamped, colored with copics inside and out.  TSOL papers, stitched rectangle dies, and a little twine for the tail. :)

 and this cutie I created just stamping/coloring.  I used the photo frame die set on the Sizzix Kind sentiments step up card.  Papers, inks, and washi tape are TSOL. 

Go on over to The Stamps of Life and check it all out.  :)