Brewin' Up Birthday Wishes

Brewin' up some birthday wishes with this card made from Reverse Confetti's "Be a Barista" stamp set, Gina K Designs card stocks, archival ink in black, Staz-On in brown, Distress Inks and water brush, Clarity stencil brushes with a stencil I picked up for $1 at the dollar store.  I finished it off with some black enamel accents, and Spectrum Noir clear Glimmer pen on the liquid.

Thank so much for stopping by!

This is another card for the Spring Coffee Lover's Blog Hop.

Also entering this in:
CAS-ual Fridays No Dies Challenge
Simon Says Wednesday ATG Challenge
Color Throwdown Challenge #436

 

Happy Easter Bunny with Tulips

Hi there, I've been playing in the cave again working on Easter cards!  This card was made with the March 2017 Simon Says Stamp Kit.  I used patterned paper, card stock and stamps from the kit. (Stamp set is "Some Bunny")  After stamping with Hero Arts black dye ink, I colored him with Prismacolor pencils and outlined him in Copics.  Then after adhering the white panel to the green card base, I cut the front of the card on the sides so you could see the inside back of the card with the pretty dotted paper showing through.  I rounded the corners, then added clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.  The turquoise card stock strips are from Reverse Confetti, white card stock from Gina K Designs, green from the kit.  The heart die is from Paper Smooches.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I'll enter this in the Send a Smile 4 Kids Animal Cards Challenge
and the Uniko Easter Spring Challenge

 

A Mother's Love

I almost didn't buy this stamp set because it had a lot of Mother's Day and Love sentiments.  My mom passed away summer of 2015 so making Mother's Day cards was tricky last year and I imagine it will be again this year.  I do have both a mother-in law and a step mother-in-law that I made cards for - but it was difficult.  I was so happy that at the Reverse Confetti retreat last fall we made one mother's day card and then I won a 2nd of the same card (the one that Jen had made) in a drawing.  So ta-da!  I have my two mother's day cards I need for this year.  It was such a relief!

But after looking at this sentiment, I can send a card with this sentiment to my daughters or daughter in laws.....will make me happy to share a card like this with them!

Stamps used were "Wild Hibiscus" from Altenew, Archival black ink, Distress Oxide inks and sponge daubers, washi tape, black and white card stock from Gina K Designs, and tons and tons of Wink of Stella.  In one of the pictures below you can see how crazy I went with the Wink of Stella!

I will enter this in the
CAS-ual Friday Challenge #170 No Dies

Glitter N Sparkle Mother's Day/For a Woman Challenge #232
Double D Things That Fly Challenge
Just Us Girls Challenge #386

  

400th Challenge Birthday for Cupcake Inspirations!

Having fun playing in the cave today....I won't be crafting much this coming week, due to some family medical issues.  Please send lots of good thoughts and prayers this way!

Here's a list of supplies I used to make this card!

Stamps used:

Newton's Nook Garden Starter 1

(for sentiment gold flowers and background on green)

Inks used:

Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Midtown Mint Julep

Archival Black Ink

Dies Used:

Waffle Flower Tiny Twine Bow die

MFT Scallop Edge dies, curved and straight

Other supplies:

Gold laminate

Gina K Designs card stock

Gems for flower centers from my stash

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I will be entering this in:

Newton Nook's Inky Paws Sketch 43 Challenge

Cupcake Inspirations #400 Birthday Challenge with a Twist

(Congrats to Cupcake Inspirations!  I used Challenge 272 flowers and colors!)

    

Got Coffee?

I made another card for the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's Blophop and will enter it also in Cut It Up Stitches Challenge!  It was made with stamps from A Creative Journey "Coffee Tea & Wine", kraft card stock, twine, Spectrum Noir markers, Black ink, scalloped stitched die from Wplus9 Sunshine Layers.

I topped the coffee cups off with Glossy Accents for some shine from the coffee and steam!

Thanks for stopping by!

Entering this in:
Spring Coffee Lovers Bloghop
Cut It Up Stitches Challenge

  

A Little Birdie Told Me

CAS card made with Gina K Designs card stock, stamps from Waffle Flower Enveloper Little Birdie set, 2 dies from Sizzix set and Zig Clean Color Markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I'll be entering this in:

CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge #215 and Less is More Challenge #321
and The Cat's Pajamas Spring Challenge and AAA Cards Game #86 Die Cuts Challenge

    

Hero Arts Paper Layering Hummingbird

I'm over at the a2z scrapbooking blog today with this card!  

Here are the details:

This card was quick to make, just stamped some flowers and leaves from the Hero Arts “Let Love Grow” set (in Distress Oxide inks) and cut a strip of black to mount the strip on.  I die cut the bird and used the same inks on him, added some black with a black marker, and added the Hero Arts “Grateful” rubber stamp sentiment on a scalloped oval die cut that was inked with the same inks.  I put it all on the card base and was done in no time!

Hope you will take the time to enter the 2 ways to win a $25 gift card to the a2z scrapbooking store!  Here's the scoop:

1st Chance to Win:  Enter our monthly Challenge here!

2nd Chance to Win: During the month of March, we’re giving you a second way to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the a2z Store! We’ll do a random draw from the blog comments during the month of March for one gift card. You can enter once a day by commenting on the blog post and earn up to 31 chances to win! I

If you’re feeling it, you’re welcome to enter both the Hero Arts with Stencils challenge and the commenting challenge…maybe you’ll win both!

Here are a few more views:

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• I'll enter this in the
• Double D Things that Fly Challenge
• Stamping Sensations March-close-to-nature challenge

  

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Hello Coffee!

I made another card for the

Spring Coffee Lover's Blog Hop! 

So much fun!  You can check out the a2z Design Team's coffee cards HERE!

Supplies used for this card:

Reverse Confetti coffee cup from Be a Barista

Zig Clean Color Markers

Wink of Stella

Hello and flowers are from a $1 set from Dollar Tree

Hero Arts Black Die Ink

Lawn Fawn Plaid paper pack

Coffee word is from digital set by Hero Arts called Caffeine Fix

Diamond gems from Hero Arts

Reverse Confetti and Gina K Designs card stock

oops, my gem slipped on the right side of the coffee strip....here comes the multi medium!

Spring Coffee Lover's Blog Hop 2017 - a2z Scrapbooking!

Hi there, I hopping along with the DT from a2z scrapbooking blog for the

2017 Spring Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!



Click HERE to see all the fun cards from the design team!
There are tons of prizes including a $25 gift card from a2z! 

So grab your spring colors and coffee stamp and upload your card here to be eligible for TONS or prizes from many awesome sponsors!

Supplies I used:

Hero Arts Ombre Spring Brights Ink AF384

Hero Arts Caffeine Fix DK114 Coffee and Latte Digital Kit Instant Download

Hero Arts Kraft Layering Paper PS627

Patterned Papers from my stash

Coffee cup and letter dies from my stash

Tim Holtz Grungeboard

Hot pink ribbon from my stash

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you can find time to play along!

I will also enter this in:
Tuesday Throwdown Add Dimension Challenge

Daisy Thank You

I had fun making this card for a few challenges and to build up my stash of thank you cards.  I used Gina K Designs card stock, stamp sets "Love and Prayers" for the flowers and "Made with Love" for the sentiment.  I inked with a dotted stencil with Distress Oxide Inks in Cracke Pistachio, Spiced Marmalade, and Fossilized Amber, then stamped and fussy cut the flowers out in the same inks.  I adhered the flowers to the center and then used my Misti repeatedly to get the sentiment to stamp with the flowers overlapping.  I ended up having to use a black fine tip marker to make the sentiment complete on some of the seams betweens flowers.  It probably would have been better to just stamp the flowers directly on the card and then it would be a one layer card!  

Here are the challenges I will enter with this card:

Stamp TV Flowers and Dots Challenge

Color Throwdown Challenge #435

CAS(E) This Sketch #214
Addicted to Stamps and More CAS Challenge