Happy Little Stampers June Watercolor Challenge

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I'm here today with my DT card for the June Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge!
Here's the optional twist - Smile!  You don't have to do the twist, to enter, only if you want to!

For my card I watercolored a piece of card stock with Distress Inks and then stamped the sentiment and cactus plants from Happy Little Stampers "Perfectly Succulent" stamp set.  I cut the panel dow a little and added it to a white card base.  Lastly I added a thin strip of black and white paper.  

Here's a closer view:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hope you will have time to play this month in the HLS Watercolor Challenge!

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

I will also enter this in:

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #172

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

  

I Love You a Latte

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I'm at it again with another card for the

 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!


I used the following supplies to make this card:
Simon Says Stamp Hearts Alive die
Distress Inks in Mustard Seed and Picked Raspberry/Sponge Daubers
Joy Clair Coffee Lovers stamp set for the cups
Patterned papers from Your Next Stamp Crazy for Coffee
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen, you can see it on one of the cups better in the picture below
Versafine Clair Pinecone Ink

Here's another view:

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Miss You with Joy Clair Coffee Talk

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Here's one more card for the

 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!

I had been experimenting with this new stamp set from Joy Clair called "Coffee Talk" and Distress Oxide Inks.  Then I saw this gorgeous card by my Joy Clair Design Teammate, Donna Idlet, and fell in love!  So I CASED it to make a Miss You card!

Here's a look at this fabulous stamp set!

I used the following supplies to make this card:

Joy Clair Coffee Talk stamp set

Distress Oxide inks

Versafine Clair ink in Pinecone

Stampin Up Creamy Caramel ink

White card stock

Thanks so much for stopping by!



I will also enter this in:

Just Add Ink Challenge #410
(I used the colors)

Happy Birthday Candles

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For my last card for the day, I have a birthday card made with Technique Tuesday's Many Candles dies, a sentiment from Happy Little Stampers Perfectly Succulent stamp set and Pink Paislee patterned paper pack called Sweet Freedom.

Here's a closer view:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I will enter this in:

AAA Cards Challenge #116

(Happy 4th Birthday to AAA Cards Challenge!!!)

With Love & Prayers with Stencil and Embossing Paste

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I made a sympathy card today - these are always so hard for me to make.

I started with the Simon Says Stamps New Beginnings stencil called "Flutterings" and added glossy white embossing paste to a piece of card stock.  After it dried, I inked the rest of the card in Distress Inks in blues, greens and yellows.  Then I added it to a white card base and took a circle die and cut the center out of the top of the card.  I cut another circle out of white and placed it inside the card.  

Using my Misti to line the butterflies up, I stamped one on the inside to line up with the one on the front, then a few more in the inside.  I used the circle dies to cut a really thin frame for the outside of the card front and a thicker one to put on the inside of the card front.  I cut 2 MFT scalloped frames and put the black one on the front of the card and the white one on the inside of the card. 

I also cut a very this black frame A2 size to put on the inside of the card outside the scalloped frame edge.   The butterflies and sentiment are all from Gina K Designs "Sending Love' stamp set!

All stamps were stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.  Lastly I sprayed the front of the card with lots of shimmer spray.

Here's a closer view:

And here's a view of the inside of the card:

Thank you so much for stopping by!

I will enter this in:

Allsorts Challenge #469

CAS You Float My Boat!

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Hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day today!

I had a little bit of time to play in the cave and I made this card with a couple of challenges in mind:

Lawn Fanatics Challenge #29 and Addicted to CAS Challenge #137

  

I used one of the new Lawn Fawn "Stitched Wave Borders" dies to cut a panel of card stock that I inks with lots of different colors of Distress Inks in blues and greens.  The stamp set used is Lawn Fawn's "Float my Boat" and the boat was paper pieced with paper from "Ahoy There" paper pack from Carta Bella.  I used some Navy ink to stamp the sentiment and boat.

Here's a closer view:

And one last view:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sending You Beautiful Spring Wishes

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Here's one more card for the

 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!


I used the following supplies to make this card:
Simon Says Stamp Hearts Alive Die
Winnie & Walter The Big & The Bold - Seasons stamp set
Winnie & Walter The Big & The Bold - Comfort stamp set
Patterned papers from Your Next Stamp Crazy for Coffee
Versafine Clair ink in Pinecone
White and brown card stock

Here's another view:

Summer - Always Time for Coffee

Hello and welcome!

I'm at it again with another card for the

 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!


I used the following supplies to make this card:
Altenew Inline Alpha dies for the "Summer"
Joy Clair Coffee Quotes for the clock sentiment stamp
Joy Clair Coffee Lovers stamp set for the cups
Patterned papers from Your Next Stamp Crazy for Coffee
Nuvo drops - red
Distress Ink in Walnut Stain and ink dauber

Here's another view:

Hope you have a great upcoming week and thanks so much for stopping by!

Here's one more picture of our sweet Zoe, taken today - her 3rd day with us!


Such a sweetie!  Although I'm covered in bandaids because old people skin + puppy teeth and nails are NOT such a good combination!  Hahaha!

Worth every bandaid!



I will enter this in:
Rubbernecker Challenge #34

Happiness is Love, Coffee & A Friend

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I was able to get one more card made today with a few more started.  But Zoe, the puppy needed more attention so I stopped to play with her!

This card was made for the 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop.

I used a new to me die called Simon Says Stamp Hearts Alive.  I had used it for a previous card on some inked yardstick so I used the cut out hearts from that one to insert into one of the dies I cut from Your Next Stamp "Crazy for Coffee" patterned paper.  After inserting them, I stamped the "Love" from Simon Says Stamp "Beautiful Flowers."  I cut the die out of a piece of white card stock and then backed it with tape so I could add the inserted pieces, hearts and patterned paper pieces.  

I added the sentiment "Happiness is coffee & a friend" is from A Jillian Vance Design stamp set called "Simply Said Perk Up."  I used brown Versafine Clair ink.

I added lots of Spectrum Noir sparkle pen to all the hearts.  I added the whole piece to the front of a folded card then used an MFT edge die to cut the front of the card shorter than the back.

I took another piece of the coffee cup paper and added it to the inside of the card, then added a brown strip of card stock to give it a cleaner edge.  I can write my note on the top half of the card now.

Here's what the inside looks like:

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my coffee card!

Have a great rest of your weekend!

One Layer - Put a Little Love in Your Heart with SSS

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I had a little time to play in my cave today.  We got a new puppy 2 days ago, and I haven't been able to craft much!  She's keeping us busy!  I went out today and got a pen so she could be out in the cave with me while I craft.  Here's our new little Zoe out crafting with me...excuse the mess, I'm in the middle of creating!

For my card today, I used some Simon Says Stamp goodies:

Stamps from SSS Beautiful Flowers

Die is SSS Hearts Alive Die

Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry and Mustard Seed

Some Post-It tape

Sponge ink applicators

Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink

I wanted it to be a one layer card so I put the ink and "love & hugs" stamps on the inside after inking the pink and yellow.  Here's a look at the inside of the finished card:

And here's a look at the Post-It tape on the inside while I was inking:

And one final view:

This card was super fast and easy and I love how it turned out.

I wanted to enter a couple of challenges with this - Less is More theme this week is "One Layer-Thinking of You" & Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is "Use More Than One Stamp" and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is "Inspired by a Song".  

Can you guess the song?  "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" - so I put a little "Love" stamp and a "hugs" stamp inside the hearts!  : )