Sending Warm & Cozy Hugs

I managed to make another card for the Fall/Winter 2018 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

This time, I paired Concord & 9th and Lawn Fawn products.
 

I stamped one of the hipster girls on kraft card stock and did minimal coloring

and highlights with colored pencils and a white pigment pen. In keeping with

the coffee theme, I added a to-go cup with a mitten over the image.

I'm wondering if I can possibly squeeze in another card?

Stay tuned, but don't hold your breath. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies used:

Concord & 9th Winter Wear Bundle

Lawn Fawn Love You a Latté Stamp and Die (coffee cup) 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge--ANYTHING GOES

(Note: For my My Favorite Things Wed Sketch Challenge post, please click here or scroll down.)

 It's my last week in the Designer Spotlight over at Simon Says Stamp 
Wednesday Challenge.

This week the challenge theme is the ever popular ANYTHING GOES. The sponsor
is Art Impressions and by now you know that you don't have to use Art Impressions
products, but if you have them, then feel free to use them!

 For my project, I decided to work with products from previous weeks' sponsors:
Hero Arts, Concord & 9th, and Clearly Besotted.

I began by coloring the koi with Copic markers, after seeing this koi (by dobie256)
in the Flickr gallery. Watercolor card stock was ink distressed and I stamped the tree
ring with water, then spattered water over the inking.

The koi was adhered to the card and I pulled up the head, fins, and tail to give it
some dimension. I finished off the card with the sentiment and some sequins.

Visit today's post at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for all
the details and deadlines for this week's challenge and link up your projects.

The random winner will win a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store!

Ginormous thanks to Lols for the Designer Spotlight invitation. I had such a wonderful
time and can't thank you enough, and the rest of the team, for your gracious hospitality ♥

 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge--LAYER IT UP

It's time for a new Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp! This week the

challenge theme is to LAYER IT UP, and the featured company is Concord & 9th.

You don't have to use Concord & 9th products to enter the challenge, but if you

already own them, then feel free to use them on your projects.

For this week's project, I layered Concord & 9th stamps and dies, beginning with

the tree ring that was white embossed on a gray card base. The "thanks" was cut 

three times and layered to form a thick sentiment, and ink distressed in pink ombré.

The leaf was cut once each from white card stock and vellum and adhered

to the card. I trimmed the second part of the sentiment and white embossed

it on dark gray card stock, then adhered it below the "thanks". One corner of 

the card was rounded off and finished with sequins.

 Visit today's post over at Simon Says Stamp Wed Challenge for all the details

and deadlines for this week's challenge.

The prize is a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store. Come and join

the challenge, and we hope to see you in the gallery!

 

 

Concord & 9th Pineapple Perfection

Just popping in to share a card using Concord & 9th's Pineapple Perfection stamps

and coordinating dies. 

I.love.pineapples. This stamp is so gorgeous and I love how the flowers help retain

the "tropical-ness" of the fruit.
 

Earlier on Instagram, I shared photos of how I colored the pineapple after white
embossing the image on watercolor card stock.

Using ink daubers, I could go "out of the lines" and it didn't matter because die cutting 

the image made it appear as though I did some fussy cutting.

 
I added a sprinkling of sequins and stamped the sentiment from Pop Art Pineapple.

For more inspiration and samples, go here to see how the Concord & 9th design team 

colored their pineapples. 

Concord & 9th Birthday Bash Blog Hop

August 9th marked Concord & 9th's First Birthday, and they're celebrating

with a month long blog hop! There are prizes, discounts, and giveaways, and

there's a giveaway here on my blog with more details at the end of this post.
 
 I love their unique stamps and dies, and their Take a Bough dies are the first
Concord & 9th product that I purchased. Check out this adorable tree.

Today I'm sharing a card using Brushed Blossom, a fun stamp set that made me
feel like a watercoloring pro! I inked the bloom with assorted colors of Distress inks,
then spritzed them with water before stamping on watercolor card stock.

I did the same with the leaves, using two colors of Distress inks, creating
an abstract watercolored look. There's even a spatter stamp for timid folks
like me who like a more controlled spatter than from a brush. I finished off
the card with the sentiment and a strip of striped patterned paper.

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Be a part of Concord & 9th's Birthday Bash by leaving a comment on my blog
for a chance to win a $20 Concord & 9th gift card! You have until
Thursday, August 18th at 11:59pm HST to leave your comments.
Also visit Concord & 9th's Promotions page for more ways to celebrate.

Thank you, Angie and Greg, for having me as a guest. Happy First Birthday
and here's to many more years of happiness and success! ♥

(Note: Comments are now closed, thank you for stopping by
and celebrating with Concord&9th!)

Concord & 9th Bouquet

I love dies. Being scissors challenged, I love that many companies now have 

matching dies for their stamps. Most of all, I love stand alone dies.

Concord & 9th came out with a unique Bouquet die, and when I saw it featured
on Instagram, I knew I had to get it. Here's my card using it.

 I die cut the image from watercolor card stock and left some of the pieces intact.

I used Peerless Watercolors and did some loose watercoloring on the whole piece.

After it was dried, I adhered the piece to a top folding black card, then

white embossed the sentiment. I added a strip of striped paper along the edge

and finished off the card with a few clear sequins.

There are so many possibilities with this die--I can't wait to play with it more.
Thanks for stopping by!

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Merry Christmas

  Tree made with Concord & 9th Take a Bough dies                       

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!