2016 WINTER CL blog hop!

Coffee loving papercrafters, 2016 winter blog hop starts TODAY!

When: December 9 – December 16
Time: 6:00 am pacific
Theme:  WINTER/HOLIDAY
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It's not limited to coffee... cocoa and tea, too, please. However, it does need to be winter or holiday in theme.

Sadly, I'm not going to have much time to participate with this hop.  I'm going to hop along in my down time as much as I can.  There's always amazing cards to ooh and aaah at. :)

I did get this one card created to link up.  It worked out perfectly...or puuurrrfectly?  ;)  ha. sorry.  I couldn't resist.  I wanted to make a card for a friend using my Newton's nook super adorable kitty stamp, Newton Loves Coffee.  The Co-Coa-Co saying is Stamplorations, Caffeinated Christmas (Becca's Big Grins line).  The tree stamp, star, candy canes, and dotted border dies are all The Stamps of Life. Paper is My Mind's Eye.

Thanks for hopping by! 

goodies4bear

This month at The Stamps of Life, the new club set is bear2stamp.  Today there is a coordinating set released called goodies4bear .

It has some fun patterns for the bear's belly and heart patterns and more sayings.

Here is a card I created using the two sets with the sizzix greetings scalloped edge drop in card die set.

Instead of using the patterns on the bear belly, I thought they looked like giant gumdrop candies. ;)  I used them that way along with the saying "have a beary sweet day".

MonstersSD!

There's a fun new Monster stamp set over at The Stamps of Life!  It's so cute and fun!

Here's a flip it card I created using the set.  Head over to the website to see more ideas, and get yourself the stamp AND dies that go with it. :)

LOVE YOU

Circle word dies are so cute!  Here's a new one at The Stamps of Life to add to your collection: Love you circle die.

This is the circle flip it card die, which as you can see all the circle dies fit perfectly on it, including this new one. :)  Shown below is the front and the flip side.  I also used the happymail2stamp and die set.

 and the miss you circle die set. 

All papers and inks are TSOL.  :)

Flower power!

This is a pretty new Sizzix die set by Stephanie Banard called flower power background.

This die set is a set of two, the lacy flower die and another to cut it. 

For this card, I cut the flowers directly onto the card front.  I cut glitter paper with the the solid frame and glued it behind/inside the card.  This die looks really delicate, but it's pretty sturdy, esp. with card stock.  I do advise using the sizzix die brush. love that thing! On this card, I also used the sizzix triplit cake die set.

 Same flower power die set, except this time I cut out the lacy flower image, cut a solid piece of pattern paper to back it with, then glued it to my card front.  Other dies are from the sizzix  Oh baby triplits dies. 

For more cards of mine, check IG and facebook.  Thanks for taking the time to check my blog. :)

December 1st!

New month, new stamp club stamp set and die hard die set:

 It's a really cute... a BEARY cute set called bear2stamp, and I love the dies that coordinate with it. 

Here's one card to share with you. I used the bear2stamp stamps, dies and an older set called balloons2cut/stamp. and stitched rectangle dies. The fun part with this new bear stamp and die set is that the die set comes with a die that cuts the bears arms perfectly, so he can hold onto something; like this envelope. :) Papers and inks TSOL.

I have other cards posted on my Instagram account as well as my public facebook account. 

Wow!!!

Yesterday, The stamps of Life released so many great new products, and... they are on sale all week; at least while supplies last.

This great little box die called handle box. The die is half, cut 2x, and glue together. Easy and so cute. Great for gift giving or party favors.

 Newport flower dies. So pretty...

There's also dies 😊

The Newport flower dies set comes with a stem die which I used as a slider die.

Also... new sizzix circle die center.

Word circle die.set

 

 Another circle word set.

Get them on sale..😊❤

DOTTED

dotted rectangle dies are now available at The Stamps of Life.  You've probably noticed I use the stitched rectangle dies from TSOL all the time, and now I'll be adding these to my regular card making, too, I'm sure.  I love how it just gives matting papers a little eye catching extra something. :)

There's 9 in the set and they can be layered! Here are some examples I created.  Everything is either TSOL or Sizzix and can be found at TSOL. 

FRIENDS

New at the Stamps of Life, FRIENDS background die.  It's so pretty!

Here are a few cards I created using the set. It's a set of two, so you can cut the friends words directly onto your card or use the 2nd die to cut it out....

For this card I cut it out and, matted it, and placed on the card front. I also used sizzix bee triplits and flower dies.

 This card I left the words in the card front so the inside background peeks through.  I used the butterfly triplits with this, along with some flower dies.

 This card is backed with glitter.  You can use glitter paper, but for this card I used clear contact paper, sticky side up and rubbed yellow glitter over it. Felt flowers cut with sizzix flower dies.

block sentiment stamp set

All kinds of fun stuff released over at The Stamps of Life today: Two new sets that coordinate with this month's stamp club set (see posts below), and this awesome sentiment set.

Block sentiment stamp set:

Here is a card I created using the new set along with TSOL whale2stamp. Papers and inks TSOL.

patterns4mittens- flash sale item!!

Also released today is a fun set for the mitten2stamp set over at The Stamps of Life:  Patterns4mittens.  Easily add color and patterns with whatever ink colors you choose. :)

**FLASH SALE ITEM TODAY 11/7**

Here are a few different cards I created using the patterns4mittens set along with the mittens2stamp. :)

sayings4mittens

Oooh, look what was released today!  Sayings4mittens to go with The Stamps of Life stamp club set mittens2stamp.

I love this mitten set!  Now there's extra sayings... 

Using the new mitten sets along with the tag holder die set, I created this card that holds the gift, too.  The saying is so cute. :)

 Another using the heart step up die card set....

 and I love this one, because sliders are fun and I love coffee. ;)  I used the slider die set to 1. create the slider... and 2. to cut out the coffee stirrer. :) coffee stamp set is coffee4two