Perfect Blend!

Happy Tuesday!

I love when I can get together with my friends and chat over a good cup of coffee! The "Let's Chat" Gnomes from High Hopes Stamps are adorable and this card will be going out in the mail soon! As the sentiment "Perfect Blend" says..... coffee and friends are the perfect blend!

After stamping my image onto Copic friendly paper, I coloured in parts of the image with my Copic Markers. I decided to use papers from the Sunny Studios "All Is Bright" 6x6 pad. I had some fun on this card and paper pieced the Gnomes outfits from the matching paper. I haven't paper pieced in awhile and forgot how fun it is and adds a different element to your card. Using a stitched oval die I cut out the image and added it to my card base. A few diamond gems finish everything off.

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E21, E11

Beards: C00, C0, C1, C2

Boots: C5, C7, C8

Chairs & Tablecloth: R24, R27, R29

Cups: RV52, RV55/ YG17, YG23

Wood Parts: E23, E25, E27

Ground: W1, W2, W3

Outline: B0000, B000, B00

Don't forget to head on over to High Hopes and check out the Gnome Mania release!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

Coffee!

Howdy!

The Design Team over at High Hopes Stamps is having a blast this month creating with the new "Gnome Mania Release"! I'm using the adorable "Coffee Bean" Gnone. on my card today. I love the "Nothing Begins" sentiment too! In my house it's so true.... nothing begins before that first cup or two of coffee!

I made a fairly simple card design today. To be honest I have limited supplies where I am right now and of course you never bring the right stuff with you LOL. To start, I stamped my image onto Copic friendly paper and coloured it in using my Copic Sketch markers. I am using papers today from the Pink & Main "Best Friends" 6x6 collection. Once I had my image ready, I used a Gina Marie Doubled Roped Rectangle die to cut out my cutie. I stamped the sentiment onto a little tag die and added it to my card with some twine. 

Copics Used:

Skin: E00. E21, E11

Beard: C00, C1, C2, C3

Outfit: G28, YG17, YG03, YG01/ C5, 7, C8

E18, E31, E33, E35, E37

YR61, YR68

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Coffee, Coffee and More Coffee!

Happy Sunday!

For todays card, I dug out my Simon Says Stamp "Mod Flower Background" 6x6 stamp. I decided to use it in two ways today. I started by stamping the image onto a heart shaped cut out and embossed it with white embossing powder.

On one of the heats I did an ink Blended background using Distress Oxide Inks in Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry. On the second heart I used my Tombow markers (725, 606, 126, 58, 75) and a water brush to colour in the embossed images. Two totally different looks using the same image!

Next I got out this adorable dinosaur from Gerda Steiner Designs called "Coffeesaurus" and went about colouring him to match my backgrounds.

Both of these cards have polka dot paper from my stash. The sentiments come in the "Coffeesaurus" set and are so cute! I added some black marker around the sentiments to make them stand out a bit.

To add some texture to the dinosaurs, after i had finished colouring them I took a Copic 0 marker and added little dots. The Copic solution washes out the colour and sort of makes it look like dinosaur skin. I added a few white gel pen dots to the purple guy.

Copics Used:

Purple Dino: V04, V05, V06, W3, C1

Green Dino: YG17, YG23, YG25, W3, C1

Coffee Cups: C1, E31, BG05 or RV06

Happy Stamping!

Need Coffee!

Hi!

Who doesn't love coffee!!!! It's the first thing I drink when I get up in the morning! I mean don't even talk to me until after I have those first few sips. This cutie is from Pink and Main and is the "Need Coffee" stamp set. I think it has now been retired since I couldn't find a link to it for you. I guess that's what happens when you hoard your stamps and don't use them right away LOL. 

I stamped my image and then coloured it in using my Copic Sketch Markers. Using the coordinating Need Coffee die set, I cut out the image and a few extra coffee cups.I decided to use papers from the Echo Park "Coffee" 6x6 collection. I used the Craftin' Desert Diva's Inside Scallop Squares die to cut out the coffee cup paper and the frame. I popped the frame up with foam tape and then inset the paper. Some Stickles bling up my card today!

On the decorated inside I used the sentiment that came with the Need Coffee stamp set.

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E21, E11, R20

Hair: N3, N6, N8

Housecoat: BG93, BG96, BG99

Slippers & Rollers: R21, R22, R24

Nightie: BG11, BG13, BG34

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

Take Life!

Hello Ai Fans!
Exciting news for Ai and Hobby Lobby Fans!! The Art Impressions "Latte Love" stamp is now available at Hobby Lobby in a wooden block! It's called "Take Life" and stamps just beautifully!

I wanted to keep the background fairly clean to just show off these adorable Girlfriends! I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder to create the background and just added a few enamel dots to finish things off.

Of course I had to add some Spectrum Noir Glitter pen to each of the gals too for a bit of sparkle!

I made a frame with the MFT Zig Zag Circle Stax, and cut a circle the same size into my background. Then I mounted the background onto my card base using some foam tape for a bit of added dimension.

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E11, E21 / E00, E21, E95, R20

Hair: N3, N5, N7 / Y21, YR24 / E43, E44, E47

Pinks: R81, R83, R85, R89 / RV17, RV19

Purples: BV02, BV04, BV08

Blues: B21, B23, B24, B29

Grey: C1, C2, C3

I hope that you "Take life one cup at a time" too!

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Coffee Gift card Holder!

Hi HH & OCS Fans!
Today's card is all about coffee!! From the adorable High Hopes Stamp called "Ginger" to the Coffee shaped gift card holder!

I used my Silhouette machine and cut the Coffee Gift Card base and decorated it with Designer papers. After I stamped and coloured my image, I used my Brother Cut N Scan to cut out the image and add a outline with pink cardstock. I also added some Crystal Stickles to various parts of "Ginger" for some added interest!

O course here in Canada, Tim Horton's is often the Coffee Shop of choice and I know my friend will love that she can go and have some coffee and treats on me!

I added the "Thank You For Being A Friend" sentiment on the inside.

Copics:

Skin: E00, E11, E21, R20, white gel pen

Hair & shoes: C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C8

Pinks: R81, R83, R85, R89

Blue green: BG13, BG32

Y35

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Coffee Please!

Hello Ai Fans!

This poor guy sure is all tangled up, but rest assured nothing that "a coffee" can't fix! This is the funny "Giraffe" set from the "Zoo Crew" over at Art Impressions!

I am using paper from the Doodlebug "At The Zoo" 6x6 collection. I cut a piece of the paper with a Stitched Border frame and added some enamel dots for a fun element to my card! I also inked all the edges of my paper with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo. After I coloured the "Giraffe", I realized he was too tall to use a die cut shape around him for my A2 card size. So I pulled out my trusty Brother Cut N Scan and used the machine to "fussy Cut" around him. Now he it perfectly on my card!

Copics Used:

E31, E33, E35, E37, R01, W3, W5

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Coffee Girlfriends

Hello Ai Fans!

My favourite stamp line from Art Impressions has to be the "Girlfriends"! I am obsessed with them and own every set now. My other obsession is collecting anything "Coffee Themed" so this set just checks all the boxes LOL! Here's the "Latte Love" Set! I don't know about you but I love hanging with my friends coffee in hand and gossiping!

I designed these 2 cards in 2 different colour themes, pink and teal. Each layout is also different and I love how each card turned out!

Copics Used:

E00, E11, E21, E43, E44, E47, E49, E50, E51, E53, E55

R20, R81, R83, R85, R89

RV14, RV17, RV19, RV52, RV55

BG10, BG09, BG11, BG13, BG23, BG49, BG50, BG51, BG53, BG57, BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78

C00, C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9 

Happy Stamping!

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