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Coffee First, Schemes Later - The Rabbit Hole Designs

 

Hey yall!  Happy, happy Tuesday!  Hope your week is off to a great start, I'm up on the TRHD Blog today with this fun slimline card.  For today's card I used all 3 of the newest Caffeinated Critters, Meerkat, Hippo & Chameleon and the coordinating dies for all 3.

 

These guys made for a great trio for a slimline, check out their profiles!  I stamped and then die cute each of these guys out.  Once I got them all colored up, I placed them on my background piece and then sliced off the rest of their bodies (lol).  The frame is popped up for a little dimension.

 

The caffeine formula was stamped in a chat bubble in French Roast ink, and the sentiment from the Perfectly Blended set, was also stamped in French Roast on a separate tag and then popped up.

 

A Masterpiece and a Work in Progress - The Rabbit Hole Designs

Hey yall!  Happy Sunday, hope you are all enjoying a wonderful weekend. Tangii here, with another share from the June Release.  This time I'm playing with the Butterfly Stencil and the Clouds in my Coffee stencil and pairing them up with Distress Oxide inks and DecoFoil.

When I do clouds I always just go to blues, but this time I decided to do some yellows & orange, I gabbed Fossilized Amber & Wild Honey Distress Oxide inks.  I love a me cloudy sunset!  Once my Oxide inks were dry, I placed my Butterfly stencil and slathered it with a thin layer of Deco Foil Transfer Gel.  The jar says to give it an hour or so to dry, but it stays tacky once dry so it can go longer if need be (I ran to the grocery store).  I picked some pretty deep purple DecoFoil, and I just LOVE it against those yellows!  I did run mine through a hot laminator instead of hand pressing.  Finally I stamped my sentiment in a dark gray ink... voila!

While I do love stamping and coloring, sometimes it's just fun to get your fingers inky and sticky!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon! 

I'm a Hippopot-a-mess before my coffee - The Rabbit Hole Designs

Hey yall!  Happy Friday-eve!!! I'm up on the TRHD blog today with this  For my card today I inked up the Caffeinated Hippo and also used the coordinating die and paired them up with some fun papers and dies!

Do you remember those pink sponge rollers from when we were kids??  Oh my gosh, I saw this cute hippo and immediately NEEDED to give her pink sponge rollers! lol  This was a fun card to put together.  I colored up my Hippo with copics and die cut her out.  

 

I cut out the Intertwined Heart die twice (once with pale pink cs and the 2nd with the coffee chalkboard paper), using the frame of the pink and insides of the patterned paper.  I used the Wonky Rectangle dies with some pink patterned paper.

 

I stamped the sentiment in black and popped it up.  I LOVE all of the layers of this card and the colors!  Well that's all I've got for ya today, thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

 

Who are you calling a mere-cat?!? Day 3, The Rabbit Hole Designs June Release Hop

Hello & happy Wednesday!  It's the final of The Rabbit Hole Designs June Release Hop.  Today we are inking up the Caffeinated Hippo & the Caffeinated Meerkat (there are also coordinating dies for both, which I love!!) lol.  There are 4 new stamp sets, 3 die sets and 1 new stencil, all are available NOW in the TRHD Shop!

Isn't he just cute?!?  The paper is from the Spring Floral #2 paper pack.  I stamped and colored the Meerkat, then used the coordinating die to cut it out.  The "window" is raised with a couple of layers, and I filled in the panes of the window die with some coffee bean paper.

I stamped the sentiment on a die cut piece of cs then "edged it" with some red ink just to make it pop a little.  Well that's all I've got for ya today, here's the complete hop list for today... be sure to pop by and visit the rest of the team!

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Amanda
Jenn
Joy 
Kelly 
Kim 
Lauren
Tangii
Terra 
Von Marie

To celebrate the June release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower.  Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post.  So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 05-27-2021.  Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 05-28-2021.

These are the NEW products used for today's share...

 

Caffeine is my Camo - Day 2, The Rabbit Hole Designs June Release Hop

Hello & happy Tuesday!  It's day 2 of The Rabbit Hole Designs June Release Hop, and yes we are still hopped up on caffeinated goodness! lol  Today we are inking up the Caffeinated Chameleon (there's also a coordinating die, which makes me SOOOOOOO happy!) lol.  There are 4 new stamp sets, 3 die sets and 1 new stencil, all are available NOW in the TRHD Shop!

I had some major fun with this one!  I grabbed my Amanda stencil for the background on this.  Once I got the stencil positioned where I wanted it on my black panel, I taped it in place with some "purple tape".  Then slathered on some Hot Foil Gel and let it dry for about an hour/90 minutes.  Once it was dry I ran it through my laminator on heat setting with the rainbow foil (I could have also run it through my die cutting/embossing folder machine).  I ALMOST used the negative piece for my card instead... isn't it cool looking?!?!?

I colored up my Chameleon with Copics and used the coordinating die to cut him out.  I couldn't resist coloring him up in pink & green, lol.  Well that's all I've got for ya today, here's the complete hop list for today... be sure to pop by and visit the rest of the team!

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Lauren
Tangii
Terra
Von Marie

To celebrate the June release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower.  Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post.  So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 05-27-2021.  Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 05-28-2021.

These are the NEW products used for today's share...

 

Oh, Hello there Mr Patriotic Gnomie - Trinity Stamps

Hey there!  Memorial Day is coming soon and  tell me this cute little guy isn't just the cutest wearing his patriotic pride!  This is the Falling For You set and dies and I colored them up in red, white and blue... heart images aren't just for Valentines!I stamped up Mr Patriotic, colored him up with some Copics and then used the coordinating die to cut him out.  I paper pieced his hat just to add some texture, etc.

The butterflies are from the Blooming Bunch set & dies, I colored them up and used the dies and popped them up.    This was a quick and super fun card!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

Hi, I miss your face - Trinity Stamps

Happy weekend!  I love this whimsical floral set from Trinity Stamps, Blooming Bunch. I had some fun with this card!  Can you see the raised "hi" in the middle?

I stamped the flowers in the middle of my postage stamp panel and colored them in with Copics.  Pink & green is one of my favorite color palettes and this time added a little bright & sunny yellow!

I die cut the "h" & the "i" from the middle, and then die cut the same shapes with my pink cs a few times.  This gave me the pieces to "stack up" those letters.  They rise just enough to be seen, but still keeps the pretty floral image intact!  This set also has a set of coordinating dies which of course I also ordered.  So I stamped, colored up and die cut some of those butterflies and then popped them up.

Here's a zoom of those raised letters.  I just LOVE the look of this card!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

Keep Calm and Read On - Trinity Stamps Bookmark

Good morning and happy Monday!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend!  I got a little of playing time in my loft last week and decided I wanted a new bookmark.  This super cute Tall Tales set from Trinity Stamps is too cute and was just perfect and it comes with a coordinating die.  I also used these Wavy Slimeline dies (Dare 2b Artzy) for the frame and patterned paper. 

I stamped and colored up the tall stack of books with Copics, and of course I couldn't resist adding the cute lil Owl on top.  Once both images were colored, I cut them out with their coordinating dies.  Before setting these pieces aside I added some Glossy Accents to his glasses.  This is a magnet bookmark, so there are 2 layers to it.  The 2nd layer of the bookmark has the patterned paper die cut with the Wavy dies adhered to a black cs base, this makes it more sturdy.  I tend to read in bed and put my bookmarks on the bed while I'm reading, and not saying that I've fallen asleep while reading, ahem, but just incase SOMEONE did and rolled over on top of bookmark, etc. lol  I die cute the large heart and then stamped my KEEP CALM sentiment, the was adhered to the 2nd layer.

The top layer is acetate, and I added a black cs frame to it.  I scored the framed acetate piece about 1/4" down, making a "fold" and  a clear place to "open" the bookmark.  I used 1/4" adhesive above the score line to adhere both layers.  To the acetate layer I added the stack of books and then popped up my cute lil' Owl friend.  I've also added a twine ribbon to the top. 

Well that's it for me today, hope you had a wonderful weekend and have a great week ahead!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon.

TRHD: Be-YOU-tiful

Happy Friday yall!  I'm up on the TRHD blog today with this clean and simple spring-y card.  I inked up the 1 Line Flower stamp set and paired it up with some Spring Florals #2 paper!

This was a quick and fun card to put together.  I stamped out the flower several times leaving out the "1 line" part. I colored each of the flowers in and then hand-cut them out (I did go over the cut edges in a black marker (I use the chisel tip of my 100 Copic), this gives me a cleaner looking edge.  I stamped the sentiment in the upper right corner and then adhered the flowers to my smaller panel.  I did add larger rhinestones to the middle of each flower, because ya know BLING! lol  I left out "yellow" in my flower colors and used, instead, the yellow floral page from the Spring Florals #2 paper pack.

Well that's it for me, thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon!

CLC: You Mocha Life Sweet!

Happy Friday!  I'm so excited to be Guesting over on the Coffee Lover's Blog today!  Did you get a chance to participate in the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers hop in March?  Did you at least get a chance to poke around at all of the amazing entries? or pay a visit to any of the wonderful Super Sponsors?  I just LOVE seeing all of the things people create and enter, but one of the very best things (for me anyway) is discovering new stamps and companies.  One of the things I try to do each hop is poke around some of the companies (from the entries as well as the Super Sponsor list) that are "new to me" and place an order from a couple of them.  One of the companies I've fallen in love with is Trinity stamps, in fact I've already placed a couple of orders with them (shhhh, lol).  I immediately fell in love with the idea of this Falling For You Gnome and the Layered Coffee Bean Stencil together!

There are 2 layers to this stencil, the first has 1 side of a bean and the 2nd has the other half.  I started by blending some Distress ink with the 1st layer, then for the 2nd layer I used some Embossing ink and Nuvo Copper powder.  I love the look and mix of texture!  I colored up my lil Gnomie with Copics and used the coordinating die to cut him out.

I also stamped some of the extra hearts included in the stamp set, used the coord dies and then popped them up. Finally I added some sequin type things here and there.  I tied up a multi-loop bow with some twine for his hat and added a sequin "flower" to it.  The set comes with a super cute sentiment, but I wanted something with a "coffee vibe", this sentiment is from the Perfectly Blended sentiment set (The Rabbit Hole Designs, another Super Sponser!).

This card was all about getting inky and pure coloring fun.  Well that's all I've got for you today, thank you to the CLC crew for having me today!

TRHD: Adulting Happens, Ice Cream Helps!

Hey yall!  Happy Thursday!  I'm up on the TRHD blog today with this bold & bright ice cream card.  For my card today I've inked up the Tastes Like Summer stamp set and paired it up with some Spring Florals #2 paper!

I've decided to paper piece my lil bunny with some paper from the Spring Florals #2 paper pad (I just love a little paper piecing and these bunnies are so perfect for it!).  Remember when you paper piece to go over your edges in a black marker (I use the chisel tip of my 100 Copic), this gives you a cleaner looking edge.  I colored up my ice cream and added some Stickles to some of the sprinkles.  I also added some lines to my cone (kinda craving a waffle cone now! lol).  I placed him on a hot pink tag so he just "pops" more and I didn't have to use plain-ish paper for my base (I just LOVE the pink hearts with him!!!).

I used a couple of the sentiments from this set (they are just too cute to choose just one!) and stamped them on a couple of Washi shaped die cut strips.  The sentiment strips are popped up a little too.

Well that's all I've got for you today.  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon.

 

 

TRHD: May Release Inspiration Hop, Day 3

Woohoo, it's Wednesdayl!!  It's the final peek day at The Rabbit Hole Designs.  This week's May release includes 5 stamp sets, 1 die set and two stencils.  For my card today I used the NEW Snail Mail stamp set with the NEW Build Your Own Garden stencil and a sentiment from the NEW One Line Flower.

I started off with the Build Your Own Garden stencil.  I placed the flower stems where I wanted them, taped off the stencil and used a couple of different green Oxide inks.  Next I placed the flowers and taped them off.  I "inked" them up with an embossing ink pad and added a couple of WOW Embossing glitters.  I stamped the sentiment (from the One Line Flower stamp set) in a medium Gray that pretty much matches the gray mat layer).

I forgot to mask off those right most leaves on the larger flower so I just stamped my Snail on another piece of cs and fussy cut him. He's colored in Copics and then I popped him up.

Well that's it for me, here's the complete hop list for today... be sure to pop by and visit the rest of the team!

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Kim
Lauren
Tangii
Terra

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 04-27-2021. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 04-28-2021.

These are the products used for today's share...

NEW Snail Mail stamp set 

NEW Build Your Own Garden Stencil

TRHD: May Release Inspiration Hop, Day 2

Happy Tuesday yall!!  We're smack-dab in the middle of Release week at The Rabbit Hole Designs.  This week's May release includes 5 stamp sets, 1 die set and two stencils.  For my card today I used the NEW Hippo Botanical set along with the NEW Amanda Stencil.

This set really has 2 gorgeous main images (you can scroll down to see the entire set), but I had my mind set on using the water lilies in the set with some watercoloring.  So I started off with the Amanda stencil.... I placed it on some apple green cs and went over it with some green Oxide Ink and cut it to size.  Next I used some water color paper and some shimmerz paints.  Once I got the "pond" the colors I wanted I "tore" it to shape.  I wanted a few of the leaf fronds in front of the pond so I used an exact-o knife to cut along a few leaves then tucked the pond behind it.

Next up I colored up a couple of each of the Lily Pads from the stamp set and cut them out.  It's a little hard to see, but I added some silver gel glitter pen to a few of them.  The Lily Pads are popped up on the pond as is the sentiment (which is from the Turtle Botanical set).

Well that's it for me, here's the complete hop list for today... be sure to pop by and visit the rest of the team!

The Rabbit Hole Designs
Amanda
Jenn
Joy
Kelly
Kim
Tangii
Terra
Von Marie
Heather

 

To celebrate the next three days of release, The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two savings vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower. Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post. So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 04-27-2021. Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 04-28-2021.

These are the products used for today's share...

NEW Hippo Botanical stamp set 

NEW Amanda Stencil

TRHD: Get Well Wishes & Hugs

Happy Thursday!!!  I'm up on the TRHD Blog today with this bright and cheery Get Well card.  I used the Starfish in the Sand stamp and did a little "editing" and paired it up with the Tastes Like Honey stencil.  I just love that bunny and he looks so ready to give you a big 'ol squeeze!!

I started off using the Cotton Tail blending brushes and a couple of yellow Oxide inks & the stencil for my background.  I also used them on a piece of scrap paper for my "hugs" sentiment.  I stamped the bunny and colored him in yellows.  I used an enamel heart embellie for his necklace. A simple, sweet, bright & cheery get well card. 

Well that's all I've got for ya today!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon.

 

 

TRHD: Endless Summer

Happy Monday!  I'm up on the TRHD blog today with the Summer-yummy slimline card!  This set is called Beachin' and is part of the April release, available now!

 

This was just a plain and simple card, keeping the fun summer image the focus.  I just colored it up with Copics and then added a sentiment in red ink.  I just LOVE these Wavy Slimline Frame dies!!  These were easy enough to produce a handful at a time and will be great to send notes to distant friends this summer!

Well that's all I've got for ya today, just some simple, but very much needed, coloring-therapy!