Strolling Down Coffee Memory Lane

It's almost time for the 2023 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  Today Amy walked down memory lane and posted her own favorite cards from each year's hop.  Then she invited all of us to do the same.   If you do this and link up at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog there is a prize up for grabs.  Read all about it HERE. When I went back to look I saw I had been participating since 2017.  It was such fun looking back at all of my cards through the years for this hop.   Hope you enjoy strolling down memory lane with me. 

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Kissing Deer Christmas Card

I spent time in my craft room this morning (and luckily didn't hurt myself or turn over any tables...like yesterday).  I wanted to get one more card made for the BYSHC Linky Party "Falling For The Holidays."

I used a stamp set with matching dies by Reverse Confetti called Deerly which Stephanie brought when she visited back in August.  Such a cute stamp set and lots of fun to play with.  Thanks for dropping by and remember to meet me under the mistletoe!  I'll be linking up this card at:

Falling For The Holidays Linky Party (BYSHC)

Jingle Belles Challenge (Not A Creature Was Stirring)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes)

 

Flamingo Christmas Card

I have to tell you what happened to me before I made this card this morning.  I was in my craft room standing at my Big Shot cutting a die.  I turned around and lost my balance which made go hurling through my craft room landing on the floor....knocking over a chair and the table my Silhouette Cameo plus laptop sit on.  This broke one of the legs on that table....and pretty sure I broke my pinkie toe on left foot.  Plus when I hit, my back hit edge of table and OUCH....so sore now.  I took a photo (see below).

My Big Shot is on top of that white filing cabinet in top right of photo....so that is where I was....and ended up in the middle of the turned over table.  So after dusting off my pride and resetting my toe which was stuck out at an odd angle, straightening all the turned things up...I made this card!  Never say I don't let anything get in the way of my card making...even being a klutz....wink!  Thanks for dropping by and remember don't lose your balance in your craft room!  I'll be linking up this card up at:

BYSCH Falling For The Holidays (Anything Goes Christmas)

Jingle Belles (Not A Creature Was Stirring)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes)

 

Rudolph The Reindeer Card

I was having such fun this morning digging through my Hampton Art woodblock stamps I decided to make another card.  The Rudolph stamp is a large stamp which makes it perfect to use as the only stamp!  Sometimes simple is best and I think that applies to this stamp as well.  I stamped it on red cardstock with a Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black ink pad.  Then I used a stitched rectangle die to trim the image (The Stamps of Life).  I used a Christmas background embossing folder on a black cardstock panel to adhere the stamped image to.  Put a red/black twine bow in bottom right corner for a finishing touch....for a fast and easy holiday card!  Thanks for dropping by...remember to let Rudolph play in YOUR reindeer games...wink.  I'll be linking Rudolph up at:

BYSHC Falling For The Holidays (Anything Goes Christmas)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes)

Jingle Belles Challenge (Not A Creature Was Stirring -- Use An Animal)

Woodblock Wednesday (Use Any Of Your Woodblock Stamps)

 

Santa Happy Holidays Card

Loving this autumn cooler weather!  It is so nice when I walk every morning and it makes me come in the house rearing to head to my craft room!  Today a new "Woodblock Wednesday" went up at my friend Amy Tsuruta's blog.  I love getting to create with my treasured woodblock stamps.  I still have all of mine which I have collected through the years.  It's fun looking at them and picking out the perfect one for a project in mind.  The above woodblock stamps are by Hampton Art.  This Santa was one of the first ones I saw this morning when I opened my box of Hampton Art woodblock stamps.  It had been years since I've used him and decided to ink him up.  After stamping, I colored the image with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils.  It has been a while since I colored with them too...and decided this morning I need to use them more often!  I used the Catherine Pooler Belly Laughs Cover Plate Die for the background (cut from light gray cardstock).  I added clear rhinestones and a white twine bow for the finishing touches.  Thanks for stopping by...remember to ho ho ho since Christmas is slowly sneaking up on us.  I'll be linking jolly old St Nick at: 

Woodblock Wednesday (Use any of your woodblock stamps)   

BYSHC (Falling For The Holidays -- Anything Goes For Christmas)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes)

                   

 

Caroling Cats Christmas Card

It might be a Monday but it is not all bad when you can find a few minutes to create a card.  I'm still having fun making Christmas cards with cats for the Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge honoring Janis Woolbright.  Thanks for dropping by and remember to teach your cats to sing Christmas carols...wink.  I'm going to link this one up at 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge (Cat Lovers Christmas)

Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers (Fall Linky Party)

Jingle Belles (Not A Creature Was Stirring -- Any Kind of Animal)

 

Bootiful Card

I always enjoy making Halloween cards.  I also like mailing them to friends and family!  Found a little crafty time to play with an older Penny Black cling Frankenstein stamp this afternoon.  This stamp always makes me smile and is such fun to color.  I also used patterned paper from DCWV and a spider web design embossing folder from Sizzix.  The sentiment is computer generated with a vintage typewriter font.  The felt ghost was from a package found at Michael's a few years back (trying to use things I have).  The fence is a sticker from K&Company (older too).  I'm going to link this friendly Frankenstein up at:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge -- Halloween Bingo (I did the row of sentiment, black and patterned papers)

Can You Handle The Pressure? -- Anything Goes/Twist of Spooky

Thanks for visiting and remember you are BOOTIFUL!!!!