Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #44

 Hey guys, I'm up on the blog with this adorable Coffee themed Christmas card especially for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #44.  Click here if you want to join in on the fun!

Today I started out with some really old Christmas paper from my stash that says Merry everything and Happy always...I love that.  I'm down to my last few pieces of it.  I cut it down to an A2 size card and adhered it to my card base.

I then went back into my stash and pulled some really old Echo Park Winter paper and used my postage die stamp from Scrapbook.com to cut a frame.  I do like these dies, the postage look to it with a stitched inseam, yes please!

So then I reached for my super old Gemini coffee stamp and die set...I've had these for a long time. I die cut the coffee cup, the scarf and the spoon after I added some ink from Vicki Boutin's Color Wheel and some spectrum noir alcohol markers.  I adhered that down and moved on to the cute penguin with the hat and sign.

So this stamp and die set came from Brass and Bliss...oh I just love them and discovered their cute stuff when doing a hop with the Coffee Loving Papercrafters and still buy from them...go check them out if you aren't familiar with them.

I stamped and colored (tried to shade but my shading skills are lacking for sure) this cute penguin and the sign and then I thought how cute would it be to cut a hat to go on top of the coffee to match the scarf so I did.  After I finished coloring it I popped the penguin up on foam tape and adhered it down and added the extra winter hat to the top of the mug.  I added a winter flower and some bling and called in done!

I hope you get inspired to get caffeinated and maybe make a card and enter it into the challenge.

Thanks for hanging out with me today,

Have a crafty day!

Kimberly

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop Fall/Winter 2023 ~ Winter Wishes

  Hey guys, thanks for stopping by today!  Today I'm here doing a coffee themed card for the Coffee Loving Card makers Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2023!  

I'm here with my 1st card and I'm so excited about it!  Why? Because it's my very first ink blending card using my new Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers!!  I'm always AMAZED at all the talent on their blog site and FB page and I've been dying to dip my toe in the blending and markers game so here goes!

For this card I started with some 110lb paper from Joann's (ParkLane) and it holds inks well.  I started off with my Tim Holtz Distressed Oxide in Salvaged Patina then went to Peacock Feathers and on to Broken China.  I wanted a gradient effect and I think I was able to pull it off.  I used a large make up brush from Amazon and it blended great!  I splattered on some Distressed Stain in Picket Fence for the snow.

I then stamped my Gnome image from Woodware (FRS864) out on the same ParkLane paper using VersaFine Clair ink in Nocturnal.  I used my stamping platform to make sure I got a good image.  

I then pulled out my Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends in TB1, TB4, Gb1, GB5 GB10 and EB7.

I used them for the following:

TB1=                    GB1=                            GB10=

TB4=                   GB5=                           EB7=

After inking the image I came back with a glitter brush pen from ScrapBook.com and used it on the snowman "hat" on top of the Gnome's head.

I also used some scrap from the ParkLane paper and cut a 2 pieces out of it to look like hills.  I ink blended it using peacock feathers.

I then stamped a coffee tumbler from an old stamp set I have from InkRd Stamps in VersaFine Clair Nocturnal heat set it and then used my Tri-Blend markers to color it.  I stamped a snowflake from the same Woodware stamp set with embossing ink on the sleeve of the coffee cup and used WOW embossing powder in Sparkling Snow and used my heat gun to make the magic happen!

I then used the WINTER WISHES stamp from the same Woodware stamp set on the base of the card, using embossing ink and the same WOW embossing powder in Sparkling Snow and watched the magic happen again.

I then assembled my card, using a little bit of foam tape on one of the hills and that's it.  I'm not gonna lie, for my first ink blending card, I'm not mad at it!

Thanks so much for taking the time to hang out with me today.  I hope you guys are enjoying the hop!

Chow for now,

Kimberly

Double Trouble Paper Crafting - Challenge 192 (FUN IN THE SUN)

 Hey guys, I'm here doing a fun in the sun challenge from the gals over at Double Trouble Paper Crafting.  This is for June's Challenge #192, if you want to join in on the fun here is a link to their site.

This month's challenge from Thing 1 (such the Trouble Maker) is: "Sun Fun" and must include the following (but adding more is ok too)...

1. Three (3) torn edges
2. Two (2) colors
3. (1) die cut, ephemera or punched item

I also went for Thing 2, who always Double Dares you with her sketches and a  TWIST from Thing 3 (she's so Twisted),  who wanted us to add a flip flop!  I mean what is summer with out flip flops?  

I started out with some "hand made" white paper, I got this from Hobby Lobby and LOVE it...it's almost like a cotton paper that tears amazingly and blends easily with brushes.  I tore three strips on a slight angle and ink blended them with Squeezed lemonade, Salvaged Patina and Wild Honey (that takes care of the 2 colors plus I added one).

I then cut some "sand" colored card stock down to a A2 card size and adhered the inked strips to it leaving some of the card stock peeking through to give it a little bit of a beachy feel.  I reached into my stash of Jolee's and grabbed 2 beach themed packs of 3D stickers and created a beach vibe scene and then added the die cut phrase "FUN IN THE SUN".

This was a super fun card to make, I have really been enjoying ink blending lately and the summer colors just make me so happy!

Thanks for hanging out with me for this Challenge.  

Kimberly

Coffee Loving Papercrafters Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #42

 Hey guys, I'm up on the blog doing Challenge #42 for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge.  If you want to join in here is the link!

I started out with 110lb white paper (oh how I will miss those awesome SALES at Joann's), stamped this cute Sloth stamp, from Brass and Bliss,  (ALL YOU NEED IS COFFEE) I would link it but it was so cute it sold out...and used my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers to color it and then die cut it out. 

I then took the same 110# white paper and inked it in some Vicki Boutin (color wheel, red) and some Tim Holtz Distressed Oxide (in Pine Needles).  I then stamped this awesome coffee to go cup stamp from AlteNew called Friends Forever, one of my fav coffee stamps!  I made sure to stamp it so that the colors were where I wanted them.  I used my Spectrum Noir to color in the lid.

I grabbed my new Whimsy BURST stamp (I LOVE THIS STAMP) to stamp on another 110# white paper (no wonder I go through so much white paper)!  I used the same 2 colors, the red from the color wheel, and the Pine Needles from Tim Holtz, to stamp on the different sides of that burst stamp to give it some added dimension and color and I do love how it turned out.

I reached into my stash and pulled out the sticker that says HAPPY HOLIDAYS and the 2 Christmas foliage stickers to put on either side of the cup.  I also found that cute Christmas hat to add to the Sloth.  I adhered the "Burst" panel on some Christmas red metallic card stock, added the coffee cup and then popped up that Sloth on some foam adhesive and called it done.  Super easy card and I was able to use up some older stash!

I am not mad at it!  Thanks so much for stopping by and hanging out and don't forget to hop over to the Challenge and join in!

Have a crafty day!

Kimberly