2020 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

I'm finally joining this year's Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

 

I made some time after my order from Frantic Stamper (thanks, Fran!) arrived just a 

few days after I placed my order. I was planning to use it for a future Coffee Lovers Hop

because I didn't think it would fly to Hawaii so quickly but I'm thankful that it did.

 

 Aren't those the cutest gnomes sitting in coffee cups? The dies are by Cottage Cutz,

a new to me company, and what I liked about the set is they were on one solid piece.

There are no dies to cut apart and all the pieces cut in one pass.

Everything was cut from white card stock then ink distressed or, for the noses

and the holly, colored with Copics. This happens to be a mini slimline card and I used

Taylored Expressions' dies which were the perfect size for three gnomes. Sometimes 

regular slimline cards are too big and I find myself trying to fill up spaces on the card 

base. Mini slimlines are now a new fave!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Cottage Cutz Dies Cup O'Gnomes
Taylored Expressions Stitched Mini Slim Stacklets
Pinkfresh Studio Diamond Tiles Cling Rubber Stamp
MFT Birdie Brown Sweater Weather in the Woods

 

 

CAS(E) this Sketch #393

It's retro week over at CAS(E) this Sketch. It's a fun one from Chrissy

that was formerly Sketch #134.

Here's my take on it back in 2015.

Now meet the 2020 version with a trendy rainbow theme.

I used Taylor Expressions' Over the Rainbow Masking Stencils and inked two

colors per arch, then stamped designs with the Over the Rainbow stamp set in
coordinating colors. The stamped sentiment finished off the card.

Stop by CAS(E) this Sketch to see how the rest of the team interpreted the

sketch and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, Oct 15th

and we hope to see you in the gallery!

CAS(E) this Sketch #392

 

Teammie Michelle brings us a pretty little number for this week's

CAS(E) this Sketch #392.

And here's my simplified take on the sketch.

Taylored Expressions' Wildflower Background was white embossed, then

ink distressed in two colors. I adhered it to a lumber embossed background

and added the white embossed sentiment.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how the rest of the team interpreted Michelle's

sketch and come and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, 

Oct 8th and we hope to see you in the gallery!

CAS(E) this Sketch #345

Here's CAS(E) this Sketch #345, compliments of teammie Brian.

And here's what I came up with.

 

The Quad Love die was cut three times from watercolor card stock and inked
in ombré pinks and reds. They were stacked and adhered together to form a
thick, chipboard piece.

The Shiplap stamp was inked with kraft ink and stamped on a primitive white
panel, then adhered to a kraft card base. I adhered the sentiment piece and
stamped the second part of the sentiment below it.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how the rest of the team interpreted the sketch
and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, Oct 31st.
We hope to see you in the gallery!

Supplies:

Frantic Stamper Quad Love Die

Taylored Expressions Shiplap

MFT Essential Sentiments

TE Dragonfly card drive

  

Followers of Taylored Expressions are familiar with the Dragonfly card drive. Check out the details here and see how you can make a difference by sharing some dragonfly cards and be eligible to win a $50 gift certificate, too.

Here's a card that I'll be sending in for the card drive. I made these beaded dragonflies over 10 years ago and I'm glad that they'll finally be used on some cards.

Stamps: Stampin Up quotation

Ink: Peeled Paint, Broken China distress inks; Versafine Onyx Black

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink

Other: Nestabilities, wire, beads, gemstones, pop dots, ribbon

Peace, love, and cupcakes

Before I send the Sophie card to Jennifer, I thought I'd make a few more cards and mail them all out on Monday. I had these Taylored Expressions cuppies already colored and the card drive is a good incentive to turn them into cards.

I bought these stamps last year and they were my first introduction to cling stamps. When my friend Alice was chosen to be a part of Taylor's Sketch Crew, I found them and remembered how cute they were. I just realized that the tan cuppie looks more like a muffin.

Stamps: Taylored Expressions, Hero Arts

Cardstock: Gina K, Stamin Up

Patterned papers: Basic Grey, Papertrey Ink

Ink: Memento, Versafine, Papertrey Ink

Other: Nestabilities dies, Copic markers, ribbon, pop dots,

Hero Arts gemstones, Glossy Accents, ultrafine glitter

And look at this adorable mini card that Jenyfur from Caardvarks sent me along with a RAK that I won last month. I was more excited about her card than the Clean and Simple stamps which were the actual prize. It's a cute 3x4" digital hybrid card, and I noticed Hero Arts' digi penguin and snowflake images. So much texture and embellies on a tiny masterpiece. The stamps are pretty cool, but receiving a handmade card is priceless! Thank you, Jenyfur!