With a Latte Love

Here we go with another for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  These stamps and die are from the very first prize I ever won on the Hop a few years ago from Super Sponsor Lil' Inker designs.  The stamps are all from the Latte Love Set and I've cut the cup with the Latte Love coordinating die.  I stamped the cup and coffee interior with Memento Rich Cocoa Ink and over stamped the coffee with Versa Magic Cloud White to look like crema.  I masked the "a latte" from the birthday wishes stamp  (oooh!  Look at me stampin'!) to use with the "with a latte love" stamp.  I tried to keep it monochromatic and masculine so I colored the cup brown with my Copics.  Guys never actually scrub their cups and they end up brown anyway, so there ya go.  I thought the swirly DP from Prima looked like steam.

I'm also entering this in the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge #82 AG, Simon Says Monday Masculine (3/5), Simon Says Wednesday AG (4/5) and Dream Valley Challenges #180 for a Man or Boy (3/3), Crafting by Designs For the Boys and the Outlawz Twisted Thursday AG.

Spring Coffee Lovers Hop Day 6

I knew the majority of today would not be filled with crafting and online activity, because it's my hair and errand day. Amazing what we go through to get "boofy" (beautiful), eh?  And the older you are, the longer it takes so I know the day will be totally shot.  I did, however, have the adorable Freebie from Limited Runs Stamps (Super Sponsor for the Hop) all colored up and ready to finish up this morning but wanted to wait to see if I could manage the new sketch from the Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge.  WooHoo!  An easy one!  So here's Day 6 for the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

Here it is.  I switched out the bow and flower because the daisy kinda looked like the sun to me.  The lovely twine is from DL.Art, another Super Sponsor for the Hop.

Here's a closeup of the adorable Freebie, available at Limited Runs Stamps or in the FB Group.  I've colored him with Copics with some Prismacolor pencil and gel pen accents.  Thanks so much, Nikki!  I love him! 

I'm also entering this in the DL.Art March Linky challenge and Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #54 AG.

Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Day 5

It's day 5 of the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and although I didn't post a card for the hop yesterday, I did 2 on Sunday so I'm feeling pretty good.  There is so much inspiration from the fabulous sponsors and participants it's mind boggling. at last count there were 726 entries and there's still 4 days to go.  WOW!  Today I'm sharing a card assembled digitally from the new I LUV Coffee set from Ike's Art. Not only does it have a 4 lovely cups in both jpg and png form (so you can print them on digitial backgrounds, if you like) but also 6 free digital papers designed by Jane Bradshaw especially for the set.

I used the paper with the cup outlines that could be printed and colored as is, like a coloring page, but instead, I cropped it in sections in my printing program, changed the color of each section and reassembled into a Springy coffee rainbow background for the glorious cup.  I changed the black outline there, too to a light beigey brown and added a drop shadow and digital sentiment on a curve.   After printing, I colored the coffee cup with Copic markers.  I decided the sentiment got a bit lost so I printed it all again and cut out the sentiment following the curve and popped it with foam.

I'm also entering this in the Ike's World Challenge AG (playing without the twist), DL.Art March Linky Challenge,  and Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG.

Loving the BUZZ!

I'm so thoroughly enjoying the Spring Coffee Lovers Hop but had a few more challenges I want to enter too.  It's the last day to enter the "Bee Silly" contest on the Sandra Caldwell Stamp Fans FB page with 4 "Bee themed" digis on sale for only $1.50.  You can check them all out HERE.  On this card I've used #1425 Two Bees Friends  but wanted to see if I could somehow incorporate it into a Hop card as well.  At the Scrapbook Expo I saw some Coffee themed outline stickers I thought might be useful for the Hop and the bold black lines definitely worked with my color scheme.  I peeled 'em off, stuck them on white cardstock, fussy cut them and did some coloring with my Copics.

For the card base I cut a Spellbinders Grand Dahlia and embossed it with Swiss dots and layered circle center (the top one embossed with a Cuttlebug honey comb folder) and layered the whole shebang on a Spellbinders Grand Decorative Labels One die cut that just happened to be laying on my desk (I told you I've got a mess in here, but sometimes it pays not putting things away. The lovely script Coffee Die is from Verve Stamps. This takes care of Simon Says Monday Layer it Up, Simon Says Wednesday More than One Die or Punch , and the Outlawz Twisted Thursday and Outlawz Saturday Paper a la Mode Embossing Challenge.

Here's a closeup of #1425 Two Bees Friends.  They're colored with Copics, fussy cut and "bee"cause they're "Loving the (caffeine) BUZZ" I couldn't resist putting them on an action wobble. HeeHee!  Sorry, no time to take a video of them in action. This post is long enough.

I'm also adding this to the Aud Sentiments any Sentiment Except Birthday, Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #54 AG, Pile it On #128 Humor or Plaid, Alphabet Challenge "A" is for Anything with Wings, Word Art Wednesdays #274-275, Your Scrapbook Place March AG (using Sponsor image), Tuesday Throwdown Add Dimension, Open-Minded Crafting Fun Movement in March and Crafty Friends "B" is for (bees, blooms, and BUZZ!).

A Little Coffee

It's Day 3 of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I dare say I won't get anything else done around here until it's over.  Sooo many coffee stamps, sooo little time and the inspiration is mind boggling!  I made this fun little project with stuff I got as a Make and Take (only I didn't make it there) at the Scrapbook Expo.  I knew the Hop was coming up and I thought the size of the cup with the sippy "to go" top was too cute for words.  I don't use disposable cups in my bathroom and I have NEVER seen the to go tops with the little sippy hole (and still can't find them when I "Google" it) so I actually plunked down $3.00 for the paper cup, lid, and my choice of precut paper for the bottom and sleeve, matching round for the top and the pretty flower.

To personalize it, I colored the Mini Bird Coffee to Go Set from Limited Runs ( a Super Sponsor for the Hop) and cut the sentiment with a Spellbinders  scalloped Oval.  Isn't it cute?  Be sure to visit Limited Runs Stamps and see all of the fab new Coffee and Tea related stamps, the Coffee and cupcake discount deal, and grab the cute freebie Nikki is offering for more chances to win.

I'm also entering this in the DL.Art March Linky Challenge, the ABC "A" is for Anything with Wings Challenge, Aud Sentiments Any Sentiment except for Birthday, Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #54 AG, Word Art Wednesdays #274-275 and Crafting-With-Friends AG.

Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Day 2-Thank you Verve!

I'm telling you, it's really hard to actually craft when there's so much fabulous inspiration  going on at the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  I can barely tear myself away from the computer to eat and I'm actually shivering with excitement (or is it the caffeine?)  Anyway, I was thrilled that Verve Stamps (a Super Sponsor for the Hop) had another fabulous digital freebie and Link Up opportunity on their Blog.  I was lucky enough to be the winner last time for the Lucky Day challenge and thrilled that I've already gotten my fabulous goodies (mostly coffee related) so you should be seeing some of my winnings a little later in the Hop.  My gift voucher went an especially long way because they just happen to be having a sale, so thanks so much to Julee for everything! 

I've played around digitally with the sun, tea cup and 2 sentiments from the Rise and Shine Free Printable.  I fashioned a long thin card with digital papers from AMBillustrations.  The digital frame was in my files with no name.  I printed it and colored the sun and cup with Copics.  Easy peasy.  I'm hoping my color scheme is Springy enough.

I'm also adding this to the DL.Art (another Super Sponsor) March Linky Challenge, Word Art Wednesday #274-275 and Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG challenge #54.

Day 1 of the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

It's the day we've all been waiting for!  The Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is off to an amazing start and even though I've blogged twice today, I wanted to join in with the coveted prize I won from the Winter Hop. A huge thanks to Lil' Inkers Designs for the amazing Latte Love stamp set and Dies.  

I'm the first to admit that I stink at real stamping so I bought myself a Misti.  All was well while stamping the cup with black Staz-on, the coffee in brown and even the over stamping with (semi)opaque white for the yummy crema.  I stamped on heavy watercolor paper so I could try out my watercolor crayons but it all went to hell when I went and stamped the sentiment.  

I think the paper was too heavy for the magnets as I had to use the foam with the clear stamps and it seemed the paper jumped a bit with my first try, so when I reinked and stamped again, I had a shadow.  Okay fine, so I'll just use the matching die to cut out the cup and I'll restamp the sentiment but so you think I could find it? Honestly, I just HAD it!  I turned around and it was GONE (buried under the stacks of stuff covering every surface of my craft room) sure to be discovered at some later date, but not today.  So please pretend that the shadowed sentiment was intentional.  It's actually starting to grow on me and the way I see things anyway without some sort of vision enhancement.  Cheers!

I'm also entering this in the Outlawz Sunday CAS Birthday Card challenge and Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #54 AG.