Friday, December 15, 2017

You Warm My Heart Card

This will be my final card for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  Let me say it has been fun and I am already looking forward to the next one.  :)  I finally have the house decorated, all the presents wrapped and groceries bought for the Christmas baking/cooking.  (Can I say I am exhausted?  Wink.)  Thanks for stopping by and I hope all your Christmas errands are done.  :)

CARD RECIPE:
Stamps -- Joy Clair (Snowpeople and Sentiment) and Just Rite (small coffee cups)
Ink Pad -- Clearsnap (Wicked Black)
Markers -- Staedtler
Tree Die Cut -- ScanNCut2
Embossing Folder and Tag Die Cut -- Sizzix
Word Die Cut -- Lil'Inker Designs
Cardstock -- Recollections
Baker's Twine -- The Twinery
White Chalk Marker -- Marvy/Uchida



Peace Love and Coffee Card

Sharing my second card for the final day of the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  It has been a fun week creating coffee cards.  This is my first winter one and I have enjoyed it so much.  Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I were not also scrambling around trying to decorate the house, wrap presents and a hundred other things at once!  ;)  All I like being finished is doing all my "Christmas cooking" and it starts tomorrow big time....so I better go and rest!  :)

CARD RECIPE:
Stamps -- Casual Fridays
Ink Pads -- Distress Oxide Ink Pad and Clearsnap (Wicked Black)
Circle Punches -- EK Success
Cardstock -- Recollections
Pop Dots -- All Night Media


Peppermint Spice Card

I managed to slip away to my craft room and create some final cards for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop today.  The Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is always fun but the winter one has been a blast.    I'll keep this short as I have Christmas cooking to do.  I went to the grocery store today so let the baking begin.  ;)

CARD RECIPE:
Stamps -- Newton's Nook
Ink Pad -- Clearsnap (Wicked Black)
Cardstock -- Recollections
Mini Tag -- Hampton Art
Baker's Twine -- The Twinery
Houndstooth Frame -- American Crafts



Thursday, December 14, 2017

Java Merry Christmas Card

I have been wrapping presents today so it is definitely looking like Christmas at our house.  It has been fun using all the tags I've made the past few weeks to decorate the boxes.  I did manage to slip away to my craft room a few minutes though and make this card for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  I hope you are getting everything ready for the holidays and thanks for stopping by.


I'll also be linking up my Java Merry Christmas card at:


CARD RECIPE:
Stamps -- Pink & Main (Sentiment and Cup) and Craft Emotion (Woman)
Ink Pad -- Clearsnap (Wicked Black)
Markers -- Staedtler
Embossing Folder -- Sizzix
Ribbon and Cardstock -- Recollections
Misc. -- Holly Sequins

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Hot Chocolate Kind Of Day Card

Today is National Cocoa Day so I have just the card to celebrate it.  :)  I will be linking my hot chocolate card up at the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop too.  I took a piece of white cardstock and applied two colors of Distress Oxide Inks for the background.  This was a fast and easy card to make plus fun.  The whole time I'm working on it though I'm thinking about a cup of hot chocolate.  Thanks for stopping by.  I'm off to fix that cup of hot chocolate!  ;)

Hot Chocolate will also be appearing at:

ABC Christmas Challenge (Y Is For Yummy)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Stitch It -- I used stitched dies and stitching stickers.)


CARD RECIPE:
Stamps -- Newton's Nook (Cup of Cocoa Set)
Ink Pads -- Distress Oxides (Salty Ocean and Candied Apple) and Clearsnap (Wicked Black)
Markers -- Staedtler
Diecuts -- Sizzix
Stitched Stickers -- SRM Stickers
Washi Tape -- Recollections
Cardstock -- Recollections
Sequins -- MultiCraft Imports, Inc.
Pop Dots -- All Night Media





Tuesday, December 12, 2017

For You Interactive Tag

I have a very quick post for an interactive tag I did for 12 Tags of Christmas With A Feminine Twist.  I was inspired by the tag with the interactive door.  I didn't have a stamp for a door so I cut one out using a ruler and my exacto knife.  

When the "door" is opened, there is a cute penguin with a present for you.  :)  Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you are not as busy as I am (but know you are).  It is the holiday season and I get up running and end the day the same way.  But it will be worth it in the end and just think of all the calories I am burning.  ;)

TAG RECIPE:
Stamps -- Pink & Main
Ink Pad -- Clearsnap (Wicked Black)
Markers -- Copic
Cardstock and Christmas Twine -- Recollections
Tag Die -- Sizzix


For You Penguin Card

Today I have a photo tutorial for a card I did for day 12 at the 12 Days of Giveaways at MarkerPop.   I had an idea for a card with a scene using a penguin image I had by Pink and Main.  First I needed a tree and used my ScanNCut2 to cut a green cardstock die cut.  

After creating the green cardstock diecut, set it aside.  Next you need to make your white cardstock base.

I used a cloud stencil to make the background on the white cardstock.

I tore three pieces of white cardstock to put at the bottom of the card base to make it look like it had snowed.  I also cut a piece of brown cardstock so the tree would have a trunk.  :)

Next I stamped my images.  I thought I would be putting two penguins on my card but ended up only using one of them.  I colored the images using Copic markers.

Next I cut from red cardstock a word diecut using my Big Shot.

Then I assembled all the pieces of my card and used a white chalk marker to add details to the tree diecut.  Plus I used the white chalk marker to make it look like snow falling on the stenciled cloud background.

Next I applied Frosted Lace Stickles along the edges of the torn white edges and spread it with a Q-tip.  This gives the card some sparkle and looks like "ice."

I glued red, green and blue sequins to the tree.  I hope you enjoyed my little photo tutorial and thanks for stopping by during this busy but happy holiday season.  I am also linking my coffee penguin up at the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and Muse: ChristmasVisions.



CARD RECIPE:
Stamps -- Pink & Main(Penguin and Sentiment) and Stamplorations (Coffee Cups)
Ink Pads -- Clearsnap (Wicked Black)
Markers -- Copic
Cardstock -- Recollections
Diecuts -- ScanNCut2 (Tree) and Lil' Inkers (Coffee Word)
White Chalk Marker -- Marvy/Uchida
Glitter Glue -- Stickles by Ranger
Misc. -- Sequins (Red, Green and Blue)