Using New Paper Pumpkin Stamps and Day 5 of the Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop!

It's Day 5 of the Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  A clean and simple (CAS) card with little to no layers was the goal for today's card. I love the thickness of Recollections 110lb card stock from Michael's craft store. I used my MISTI stamp tool to stamp directly onto an 8.5" x 5.5" piece of this heavyweight card stock. 

The color is so rich using these Hero Arts Mini Cube Inks! I chose Orange Soda, Butter Bar, Field Greens and Cup-O-Joe inks.  The stamps are from my September 2015 Paper Pumpkin subscription box and the latte cup stamp is from Fiskars Latte Love.

The wood veneer doughnut is from Coffee Break veneer set by Prima Marketing that I found at Hobby Lobby.

  

*Giveaway!*  Before you leave, you can enter for a chance to win a goodie bag from AMLC! Entering is easy, please provide your email in the pink box at the top of the left column. Don't worry, no spam! Newsletters will be intermittent (less than once a month) and I will email the winner October 4th! Good Luck! 

Link up your fall coffee/tea/cocoa creation HERE by October 2nd for a chance to win fun paper crafting prizes and please leave me some comment love! Enjoy!

This card will be entered into:
Our Crafty Corner - Challenge 1

Supplies used:

• Fiskars Latte Love stamp set
• Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin September 2015 stamp set
• Hero Arts Ink Cubes in Orange Soda, Butter Bar, Field Greens and Cup-o-Joe
• Coffee Break Wood Veneers by Prima Marketing Inc.
• Prismacolor Pencils and colorless blender marker
• Glossy Accents
• Recollections 110 lb card stock
• Love and Patience

Melonheadz Challenge and Day 4 of the Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop!

It's Day 4 of the Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop as well as the start to Melonheadz new challenge: Fall is in the Air! I fell in love with this adorable little owl in their Halloween Stuff digital image bundle and chose to use candy corn colors.

Really enjoy the rich color of these Hero Arts Mini Ink Cubes and used Orange Soda, Butter Bar and Cup-O-Joe for today's card. 

I love the thickness of Recollections 110lb card stock from Michael's craft store and these Hero Arts Inks absorbed into the paper beautifully! First and second generation stamping was used for the background with an older stamp by Stampin Up. The yellow tag was also distressed using Spiced Marmalade ink by Tim Holtz.

Foam tape was used to pop up the tag as well as the 2 little owls.  To finish this card, I used Copper Stickles and covered both owls in Glossy Accents.

Link up your fall coffee/tea/cocoa creation HERE by October 2nd for a chance to win fun paper crafting prizes and please leave me some comment love! 
Link up HERE by October 11th to join Melonheadz Fall Challenge! Enjoy!

*Giveaway!*  Before you leave, you can enter for a chance to win a goodie bag from AMLC! Entering is easy, please provide your email in the pink box at the top of the left column. Don't worry, no spam! Newsletters will be intermittent (less than once a month) and I will email the winner October 4th! Good Luck!

Entering this card into: Unruly Paperarts - September Monthly 

Our Crafty Corner - Challenge 1
Supplies used:

• Melonheadz digital image bundle Halloween Stuff
• Fiskars Latte Love stamp set
• Stampendous Coffee Stamp
• Stampin Up wooden block leaf stamp
• Hero Arts Ink Cubes in Orange Soda, Butter Bar and Cup-o-Joe
• Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink
• Recollections 110 lb and 65 lb card stock
• Tags dies from Catherine Poolers 1st Stamp of Approval Box 2015
• Scotch foam tape
• Copper Stickles 
• Glossy Accents
• Love and Patience

Water Color Coffee Card - Day 3 FallCLH

Water coloring is so relaxing and the theme for this coffee inspired card for Day 3 of the Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop.

I used an adorable House Mouse stamp called Feeling Rosy.  I stamped the large mug first, created a mask for it and then stamped the mouse in the teacup.  The small tea bag tag in the House Mouse stamp is "hidden" behind the coffee mug to keep this card in the coffee theme motif.

I could not find embellishments in my stash to match this image after creating it...so improvisation was called for! The leaves were embossed using Zing Brown Sugar, water colored with the same colors used on the mugs and fussy cut.

Link up your creation for a chance to win fun paper crafting prizes HERE by October 2nd and please leave me some comment love! 

*Giveaway!*  Before you leave, you can enter for a chance to win a goodie bag from AMLC! Entering is easy, please provide your email in the pink box at the top of the left column. Don't worry, no spam! Newsletters will be intermittent (less than once a month) and I will email the winner October 4th! Good Luck!

Entering this card into: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - No Designer Paper 
Spellbinding Stamps by Nikki Burnette - Challenge #1 Embellishments 10/9

Supplies used:

• House Mouse Stamp Feeling Rosy
• Sargent's Water color Pencils set. Light Yellow and Light Orange colors used.
• Zing Embossing Powder in Brown Sugar
• StazOn Saddle Brown Ink
• Large coffee stamp (brand not marked unfortunately)
• Maya Design leaf stamps
• Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin September 2015 Fall stamp set
• Recollection card stock 110 lb

Coffee Themed Gift Card Holder - Day 2 FallCLH

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of the Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop!

For today I created a small thank you themed gift card holder using a stamp by C.C. designs called Latte Kiki La Rue.

The paper is from a Die Cuts With a View (DCWV) 12 x 12 paper pad called Tattered Time.

I colored Kiki using Prismacolor Pencils and a colorless blending marker.

 This sentiment is from Fiskars Latte Love stamp set.

To close this envelope, I used a small brown heart-shaped eyelet and twine that wraps around from the front of the card.

*Giveaway!*  Before you leave, you can enter for a chance to win a goodie bag from AMLC! Entering is easy, please provide your email in the pink box at the top of the left column. Don't worry, no spam! Newsletters will be intermittent (less than once a month) and I will email the winner October 4th! Good Luck!

Suppies used:

• Latte Kiki La Rue stamp by C.C. designs
• Prismacolor Pencils and colorless blender marker
• Twine, Ribbon and Embellishments
• 65 lb Recollections card stock
• DCWV Tattered Time Paper Pad
• Fiskars Latte Love stamp set
• Stazon Saddle Brown ink
• Scotch foam tape
• Love and Patience

The Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop is Here + Chance to Win!

This is, for me, the most wonderful time of the year!  Cooler weather, nature's beautiful colors, and, most importantly...pumpkin everything! Today is also the first day of the Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop and I'm sharing my first card with you.

 I wanted to start this hop off with a clean and simple card. I distressed the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink and used my favorite coffee stamp for the sentiment. The cute wood veneer glasses I found in a Coffee Break wood veneer set at Hobby Lobby and may put some in the very first AMLC giveaway! *hint hint* To make them shiny, I filled each lens with Glossy Accents.

Ok, the good stuff...the giveaway! Entering is easy. Simply provide your email address in the pink box in the top left column of this blog to be entered to win. I know what your thinking...."not more email!"  Don't worry, I hate spam too and promise to send out only 1 newsletter a month, if not less often. (Might just try seasonally to start.) To be honest, I'm just learning how to use newsletter software, so the first one may be in a month or two. (Unless you win, of course!) 

I plan on picking a winner the first of each month to win a small prize package possibly containing one or more of the following: creations made recently, paper-crafting supplies, embellishments, buttons, stickers, gift cards, note cards etc. For this Fall Bloghop however, I will not pick the winner until October 4th! This gives everyone participating a chance to view all the blog posts and sign up for those doing giveaways.  

Link up your Fall coffee creation HERE to play along and leave me some comment love! Sharing with #FALLCLH

Entering this creation into: Unruly Paperarts - September Monthly Art Quest
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - September
Our Crafty Corner - Challange 1
Supplies used:

• Sharpie Oil based Metallic Gold Paint Pen
• Pentel Sunburst Metallic Gold Pen
• DCWV The Cinnamon Luster Stack Paper Pad
• Recollections 110 lb card stock
• StazOn Saddle Brown ink
• Stampendous Coffee Stamp
• Coffee Break Wood veneers made by Prima Marketing from Hobby Lobby
• Glossy Accents
• Flat-back adhesive embellishments

Anything Goes Challenge!

This fortnights challenge theme is Anything Goes! Our sponsor is Rick St. Dennis and I used his that-a-way witch digital stamp to create this fun Halloween card.

The background was created by stamping the images onto purple card stock using Versa-mark sticky ink and embossing with Leaf Zing Embossing Powder. I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils, fussy cut and adhered to the panel with foam tape. Glossy Accents were applied to the witch's hat, boots and cat!

Link up your creation by  2015 for a chance to win your choice of digital images! 

Supplies used:

• That-a-way Witch Digital Stamp by Rick St. Dennis
• Prismacolor Pencils and Colorless Blender Marker
• Inkadinkado "Pattern Play Halloween" stamp set
• Zing Lime Embossing Powder
• Recollections 65 and 110 lb card stock
• Glossy Accents
• Scotch foam tape 
• Versa-mark ink

Try Something New!

The newest challenge theme at Melonheadz... Try Something New! My new technique was double-dipping a background. I used Mowed Lawn and Seedless Preserves Distress Inks on parchment paper, sprayed with water, and dipped a piece of watercolor paper into the ink. After drying, I dipped parts of the paper in a 2nd time and flicked water droplets onto the paper with a wet paintbrush.

I'll admit, I was nervous to try it at first...I'm such a perfectionist and this was out of my comfort zone. I love how this turned out though with a fun messy background effect!  The cute football player / cheerleader were printed out, fussy cut and adhered with Scotch foam tape.

Link up your creation using a new technique by September 27th, 2015 for a chance to win your choice of digital stamps!

Supplies used:

• Mowed Lawn & Seedless Preserves Distress Ink Cube
• Melonheadz Football Combo Pack
• My Favorite Things "All Star" Stamp Set
• Strathmore Watercolor Paper
• Recollections 65lb and 110lb card stock
• Jet Black StazOn Ink 
• Scotch foam tape

Let's get spotty!

Newest challenge theme at Creative Craft Cottage is: Let's Get Spotty! There are 2 sponsors this week:  The East Wind and My Stitch Back in Twine. Sorry this post is a little late, but have been busy planning a possible move! (Will keep you up to date when I know more.)

I chose to use this digital stamp from The East Wind called Aurora Reindeer.  Fell in love with this darling image and it just screamed shaker card to me!

This image is colored using Prismacolor Pencils and a Prismacolor Colorless Blender Marker. The quote on the front says: "You don't need to promise me the moon and the stars..."

Inside the card: "Just promise me you will stand under them with me forever."

I created the shaker element using 2 pieces of clear acetate and Scotch foam tape. I added some adorable white stars and gold sequins I found at a local craft store. The image is adhered to the inside of the card and can be viewed through the shaker window.

Here is a view of the entire inside of the card. I used acetate circles larger than the window to create this shaker element and covered both sides with the polka dot paper to hide any glue spots. :)

I hope you enjoyed my first Christmas card of the 2015 season! (Don't worry, no more Christmas cards until after Halloween is over. I have to enjoy my favorite season of the year now... Fall!!)

Link up your creation before September 19th, 2015 for a chance to win your choice of digital stamps!

Supplies used:

• The East Wind digital image: Aurora Reindeer
• Prismacolor Pencils 
• Clear Acetate sheets
• The Paper Studio 8.5 x 11 paper pad called Festive Sparkle
• Recollections card stock 65 & 110lb
• Assorted sequins, stars and chunky nail art glitter used for shaker element 

Time for School Challenge!

Time for School challenge at Melonheadz! I used this cute digital image from the Library digital image bundle.  Those that know me know that I LOVE books!  Can't wait to have an extra room to start my own home library and get my extra novels out of storage.

After fussy cutting this image, I used Scotch foam tape to make give her dimension.

Link up your creation before September 10th for a chance to win digital images of your choice! 

Supplies used:

• Melonheadz Library digital image bundle
• Gold Stickles
• Gold Sequins
• Craft Smith paper pad
• Scotch foam tape