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CLC: When Life Gets Sour...

Happy Monday!  Hope you had a great weekend.  Today I am beyond excited to be filling in on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog!  For my card today I used the ENDLESS POTENTIAL digital set from PolkaDot Orchard, and I've paired it up with some DecoFoil!

DecoFoil is so much fun and it's so easy to use!  I started off by printing the background image on my laser printer.  Now, instead of using a single color of DecoFoil, I grabbed two... Rose Gold and a Green, then I cut them in strips and laid them on a diagonal over my background panel and ran it through my laminator.  The image below is a little dark, but it was the only way to show you the foil, can you see the 2 colors there?  I LOVE this!  It's subtle, but makes such a difference!!  I used the card base panel die from CARD FRONT ELEMENT BUILDER dies by SugarPea Designs on this panel... so pretty!

Next up,  I grabbed the "drink image" from ENDLESS POTENTIAL and sized it to what I wanted and printed it on my regular printer, then colored it up with Copics.  I found a flag die that I wanted to use for the sentiment and them measured how small I needed the sentiment to be and printed it also on the regular printer (directly on my patterned paper).  I have to admit that digi images are a fairly small percentage of my "stamps" BUT I absolutely LOVE them for all of their flexibility (and instant purchase gratification, let's be honest! lol).  I used the DOUBLE SCALLOP die from Reverse Confetti with some patterned paper that kind of has a pink to green "ombre" look... this was perfect to make that cup "pop".

Last part of the front... I sized, printed and colored up one of the flower clusters and then popped it up on the upper corner... look at those colored images against the foiling!!!!!  SWOON!!!

I was having too much with this card and just couldn't stop myself, lol... so I also did up the inside!  This time I printed the drink on the laser printer and then used some Rose Gold Deco Foil... LOVE

I used the same DOUBLE SCALLOP die with a little busier pattern for the top and added another banner... pretty inside with plenty of room to write! 

Well that's it for me, sorry for the long winded post, I hope you like this card as much as I do and if you get the chance to color up this set, be sure to share it with us over in the Coffee Loving Papercrafters FB group!  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again!

KCC: #459, Camping Out

Happy Friday-eve y'all!  I don't know about you, but I am soooooo ready for the weekend!   Whelp, it's Thursday and that means it's time for another Krafty Chicks challenge.  This week's challenge twist is CAMPING OUT!

I don't really have any "camping themed" stamps, so I dug out this oldie from Just Inklined stamps.  Both my son-in-law and my Daddy enjoy fishing so this was a great image to have in my stash!!  

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Lisa!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

 

TCC: #117, Summer Swirls

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another Card Concept challenge.  The inspiration photo reminds me of beach balls and summer.  I grabbed some Reverse Confetti goodies, and got busy!!!  I am also playing along with this month's STOCK YOUR STASH challenge, and the current MOJO MONDAY SKETCH (thank you Julee!!)... you can scroll down to see the theme & sketch!

So I really tried sticking with the color theme here.  I grabbed some Ruby Red, Anchors Away and Bumbly Bee Shimmerz Paints and proceeded to do some smooshing!!  I LOVE smooshing!  lol  I did dry each color in between to avoid mud messes, lol.  Next I used the STITCHED RAYS Cover Panel (Reverse Confetti) on the smooshed panel, WOW!  What a difference some texture makes!!!

I used a retired HEART TO HEART die and layered the, also retired, HELLO die over it.  The patterned paper is just a scrap I had laying around from some Summer themed pad I had.  I also added a few sequins (Blue Metallic & Ruby Red Metallic), and a red seam binding ribbon.

I grabbed some Reverse Confetti goodies, and got busy!!!  I am also playing along with this month's STOCK YOUR STASH challenge, and the current MOJO MONDAY SKETCH (thank you Julee!!)... you can scroll down to see the theme & sketch!

KCC: #458, Die Cuts

Happy Thursday!  This week's Krafty Chicks challenge twist is DIE CUTS!  For this week's card I used a whole buncha dies from Reverse Confetti!!!

I started with the STITCHED NOTE & FRAME die and used the outer frame.  I used the DASHED LINE TAG for the center, adding the "xoxo" & heart from XOXO HEARTS.  I added a bit o' bling and some ribbon and voila!  Easy Peasy!  I don't make "all die" cards very often, but I TOTALLY should!  They are quick, easy and cah-ute as can be!!!

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Lisa!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

KCC: #457, Coffee Please!

Happy Thursday yall!!  My favorite theme of all time, in the history of ever... COFFEE!!!!!  Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee!!!  Ok, so incase I wasn't clear... this week's theme twist is COFFEE!

I am running on next to nothing lately with all of the family stuff we've had going on (weddings, Graduations, etc., etc., etc.) that I needed this card to be easy peasy!!! and it absolutely was!  The sketch is from the brilliant Julee Tilman/Mojo Sketch (not only does that woman do amazing things with her cards, but she's a stinking brilliant sketch maker!!!!)

I used the DRINK MORE COFFEE stamp set and coordinating dies (Reverse Confetti). Colored in the "latte" with Copics.  The background is the STITCHED RAYS Cover Panel (Reverse Confetti), it really adds a lot to this card!  I splattered some COFFEE Shimmerz (Shimmerz Paints) on the cardfront and then added a few "sprinkles" of CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES Sequins (Kat Scrappiness).

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Carol!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

KCC: #456, A sketch challenge

Happy Thursday and happy Krafty Chicks day!!  This week's challenge is a fantastic sketch!

For my card this week I used the BELIEVE set from PinkFresh Studio.

I chose 2 of the sentiments and stamped them in the bottom portion in black ink.  Then I took one of the flowers and 2 of the "starburst" images and stamped them as a background of sorts.
Those cute lil Hedgies are from the SPRING LOVE Dots set from Shimmerz Paints.

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Carol!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

KCC: #454, Stamp your own Background

Hey yall!  Happy Thursday!!  It's time for another Krafty Chicks challenge, and this week's twist is to STAMP YOUR OWN BACKGROUND.  For my card this week, I used the BREWTIFUL set from Miss Ink Stamps.

I colored a couple of the flower clusters and some leaves with Copics, then cut them out.  I also colored the "X{coffee mug}" with Copics and cut it out.  All of these are adhered with pop-dots.

I used the Chemical formula for coffee image and stamped in Stone ink (Reverse Confetti) on white cs.  Love how subtle, but still there this is.

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Carol!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

KCC: #453, Celebration

Happy Thursday!  This week's Krafty Chicks Challenge twist is CELEBRATION!

This week's card was a very simple layout!  Those pretty papers are from the SUMMER SUNFLOWERS digital paper pack by Graciellie Designs.  I sized them to just bigger than what I wanted and then cut them to exact sizing, this was I was sure to not have any "white" space on the edges.

For the "hooray" die (Reverse Confetti) I used 2 different shades of blue Shimmerz Paints on watercolor paper and then splattered some Angels Wings shimmerz on it.  Then I ran my "hooray" die through.  The individual sentiments on green cs are from the WORD UP set (Reverse Confetti).

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Carol!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

TCC: #114, Galoshes Galore!

Happy May Day!!  Happy Wednesday!  Time for another Card Concept challenge and would ya look at those Wellies?!?!  How cute is this idea?!?!?  I'm thinking Hubby needs to build me a wood fence like this so I can hang rainboots from it!  Whatcha think?

For my card this week I got out some ink & paints and had a ball!  For the background I grabbed 4 Shimmerz Paints and just brushed them on.

For the tag, I stamped my sentiment from MY TRIBE (Reverse Confetti) in white and heat embossed using WOW Opaque Bright White ep.  Then I sponged some Distress Ink over it and die cut it with the DASHED LINE TAG (Reverse Confetti).  The flower in the lower right is from FLORAL GEM, I colored it in with Copics and used the coordinating die to cut it out.

Well that's all I've got for ya.  Be sure to pop on over to the Card Concept blog to see what the rest of the team has come up with, and don't forget to get yourself some inky time and then link up your own creation!

 

KCC: #452, A Color Palette

Hey yall!  Happy Thursday!  This week's Krafty Chicks challenge is a color palette.  This is one of my favorite color combo's, in fact this IS the color palette for my Craft Loft (although I do have black in my room too!).

For my card this week I paired up an older Mojo Sketch with one of my favorite sets from Miss Ink Stamps called BREWTIFUL.  The "hello" die is from Reverse Confetti (it's been retired but Jen has several other "hello" dies).  I stamped the mug on a piece of patterned paper and cut it out, I also colored in some "coffee".  I stamped the steam on my white base, then stamped the sentiment on the cup, then adhered it with a pop dot.  Voila!

A few orders ago I saw this paper pad from Moda Scraps called SHADES OF LOVE.  The colors in this pad are just fantastic so of course I HAD to have it, lol!  Anyway, it was perfect for this palette challenge.  It incorporated all of the colors perfectly!  This card was easy peasy and super quick!!

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Bonnie!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

 

 

 

KCC: #451, Flowers

Happy Thursday!  Hope you're having a wonderful week.  This week's Krafty Chicks challenge is FLOWERS.  Hopefully wherever you are flowers are starting to peek up.  It seems like just last week here all of the plants were still in their "winter wear" and now they're all green and flowering and so spring-y pretty!  For my card this week I played with BRUSHED BLOSSOM stamp set (Concord & 9th).

The layout is from a previous Freshly Made Sketches sketch.

I haven't played with a "layering stamp set" in quite some time, but I really love this set!!!  

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Bonnie!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

 

 

TCC: #113, Spring Celebration

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another Card Concept challenge, and this one is another stunner!  I just love the colors in this one...

For my card this week I grabbed another digi image from Sassy Cheryl's Illustrations, this one called But First... Coffee!  I also swooped the layout from Julee's current Mojo sketch.

I started off by "mirroring" the bunny image... it just fit better this way (than if the coffee mug were on the left).  I painted the coffee with Coffee Shimmerz paint, and painted the bunny with Cheeky Pink Creameez and Pink Champagne Creameez.  

The paper pad is Shades of  Love by Moda Scrap, the colors were exactly perfect!  I printed the sentiment directly on to one of the patterned papers.  That cute little button, is a from the Spring Love Dotz set.

Well that's all I've got for ya.  Be sure to pop on over to the Card Concept blog to see what the rest of the team has come up with, and don't forget to get yourself some inky time and then link up your own creation!

KCC: #450, Chicks & Birds

Happy Thursday!  Hope you're having a wonderful week.  It's time for another Krafty Chicks challenge and this week's twist is CHICKS & BIRDS.

So the other day Cheryl (Sassy Cheryl's Illustrations) released this super cute digital stamp, YOU QUACK ME UP!  It just made me giggle and I realized it was exactly what I needed to use for this week's challenge twist!!!  Are those lil chicks just the cutest things?!?  You can't help but smile <3  I colored them up with Copics, inked up the sky with a couple of Distress Inks and then drew in some grass... easy peasy!  That perfect patterned paper is from the Countryside Charm pack (SugarPea Designs). 

That's all I've got for ya, be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have been up to, 
Leanne, Lori, Nance & Amy and our Krafty guest Bonnie!
And don't forget to link up your creation at the Hen House!

 

How You Bean?

Ok, so I was supposed to be doing laundry today but I decided to play some more, lol.  So I'm still playing with my new BREWTIFUL set (Miss Ink Stamps).  I was so shocked at how big this set is!!  Like not the size of each image but at how many images/sentiments are in the set!

I Started out with painting some watercolor with some Coffee Shimmerz, then I used the TOPPED OFF TAG paired with the BUBBLY TOPPER to make my tag.

I stamped the mug on some patterned paper then stamped the sentiment in the center and colored in the "coffee".  I fussy cut it and popped it up.

I stamped the flower cluster and colored it in with Copics, fussy cut it and popped it up... LOVE this set!!!  Ok, for reals this time, I'm done for today, lol!  Thanks for popping by, hope you have a wonderful week <3

XOXO, Coffee

So there's a new stamp company in town, and they've got some supah cah-ute sets!!!  Have you visited Miss Ink Stamps yet?!?  I've had my eye on a few, but I really just HAD TO HAVE (like yesterday) this set... BREWTIFUL!  I'm pairing up this fun set with the current TAG YOU'RE IT Challenge, COFFEE BREAK.

I could NOT love this set more!  For this simple tag I stamped the "XO" image, one of the flower images and a few leaves and colored them in with Copics.  I fussy cut the flowers and leaves, then I kind of curled the leaves a little.

My tag is a die called GRID STITCHED TAG (Reverse Confetti), and I paired it up with this fun scripty patterned paper.  It's a little hard to see with this photo, but in the centers of the flowers I added some Cinnamon Stickles to the stamens... it adds a fun little sparkle.

I layered the "XO" with some green cs... I think the green really makes the "XO" stand out!  I used the same cs for the tag topper.  After glueing just the base of the leaf down there at the bottom corner, I just couldn't resist adding a cute lil' coffee bean.  Well that's all I've got for now, thanks for popping by hope to see you again soon.