Sunshine, Freedom and a Little Flower

Sad Day, Final Day (Card 2) of the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop! but you may still have time to get one more project in.  But for me in Arizona, this will be my final card today and Good-bye until the next Season. Now I can breath and take closer looks at all the beautiful cards and projects everyone made and drop a few comments.  If you didn't get a chance to join this Season make sure you hop on by to see what it's all about.  Sooner than you think it will be Summer and another BlogHop in the works...just around the corner.  

This card was shared with the following Challenges: 

Paper Sweeties 

Craftin Desert Divas

The Outlawz - Twisted Thursday "Anything Goes" Twist "Anything Goes"

Products Used: 

Design Paper 

     CTMH Paper Fundamentals - Adventure "Lemon" 

Cardstock

     CTMH Lemon and white Daisy 

Stamps

     CTMH M1060 State of Arizona 

     CTMH W2028 Delicate Wings

     CTMH D1629 Just to Say 

     Craftin Desert Divas "Prickly" 

     Paper Sweeties  "Keep Calm and Drink Coffee"

Inks 

     ShinHan and Copic alcohol-based Pens 

     Black and Lemon Inks 

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     

     

You're My Cup of Tea - Color Dare 237

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #237: This week’s colors are Thistle, Lagoon, Tangerine and White Daisy (All and Only). We encourage you to use CTMH products; however you may use any products to participate using closest to colors ... join in the fun.  

You don't need a blog to submit your entry...if you are a member of Pinterest you can set up a Folder and link your entry to our Challenge. You have until Thursday, April 6th to enter your project.  Please hop on by to see the DT member inspirations and other entrants. 

Happy Day 8 (Card 1) and Final Day of the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop! and it continues on through to March 31st...so join us in this remarkable BlogHop with tons of Super/FLASH Sponsors. Go to the site and see the details for this hop...a fun time enjoyed by all. 

These were great colors to use for a Spring Card and with the Coffee Blog in process chose to do a tea card.  Since there was a little flower stamp incuded in the Tea-rrific CTMH Stamp set decided to stamp the colors in the challenge on white daisy cardstock for a personalized stamped background. 

Stamped, colored and fussy-cut the teacup, flower and tea bag...layered and adhered to background with 3D Thin Foam Tape, lining up the floral on the cup with the background paper.  Stamped sentiment in lagoon ink and layered on tangerine cardstock.

Inside twist:  Lots of layered cups.

Also submitted to the following Challenges: 
Dare 2 Be Artsy "Lots of Layers" 
The Outlawz - Festive Fridays "Spring Buds"


CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design Paper 
     Personalized Stamped Floral Design Paper
Cardstock 
     Tangerine, Thistle and White Daisy 
Stamp Sets 
     S1703 Tea-rrific SOTM
Inks / Pens 
     Thistle, Lagoon and Tangerine 
     ShinHan alcohol-based pen 
Other 
     3D Thin Foam Tape 
     Finger Nail Tape 

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Day 7 (Card 2) of the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop! and it continues on through to March 31st...so join us in this remarkable BlogHop with tons of Super/FLASH Sponsors. Go to the site and see the details for this hop...a fun time enjoyed by all. 

Also submitted to the following challenges:  



CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design Paper 
     Florence Paper Pack Using PML Cards
     Paper Fundamentals "Enchantment - Peacock" 
Cardstock 
     White Daisy 
Stamp Set 
     S1703 Tea-rrific SOTM
Die 
     Paper Smooches - #2 Stitched Flourishes 
Pens/Inks 
     Versa Mark 
     Metallics Marker and on Doily 
Other
     Ranger - Red and Gold  Embossing Powder 
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

     

Follow Your Dreams

Happy Day 7 (Card 1) of the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop! and it continues on through to March 31st...so join us in this remarkable BlogHop with tons of Super/FLASH Sponsors. Go to the site and see the details for this hop...a fun time enjoyed by all. 

Inspiration - Paper Sweeties Challenge for March "Anything Goes" Paper Sweeties is one of the super/FLASH sponsor's, for the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop. For my card today I'm using a combination of stamps from CTMH and Paper Sweeties...stop on by, leave a note, browse the blog for other challenges and view the products.

There was a freebie digital on Stamplorations Blog which I was going to color ... however instead decided to use it as an inspiration for my card.  Here is the digital.







Kept my inks and stamps busy and did a lot of masking to create the floral background. Stamped several of the teacups and teapot from Paper Sweeties, colored, fussy-cut and temporarily placed randomly on the background until satisfied with the layout.  I made slits in my floral sheet, slipped in the teacups and teapot and adhered them with 3D thin foam tape. Still needed something...so sought out a stamp with a small butterfly and dragonfly. Stamped with color inks, fussy-cut and placed these randomly on the background with 3D foam tape.  Sentiment was added and card was complete.  

A couple phot0s of close-ups of the detail of the stamping and adhering to card base.  

Also sent to the following Challenges:

The Outlawz Twisted Thursday - Twist "Anything Goes" 

CTMH Products Used Unless Otherwise Specified:

Design Paper 

     Personalized Stamped Background

Cardstock 

     Lemon, Gypsy, and White Daisy 

Inks / Pens

     Lagoon, Sunset, Canary, Honey, Gypsy Inks

     ShinHan alcohol-based pens, same colors as Ink

Stamp Sets 

     Sentiment - D1629 Just to Say (Cricut Collection) 

     W2028 Delicate Wings Petite Perks

     D1602 A Budding Friendship 

     Paper Sweeties Teacup/Teapot Stamp

Other 

     3D Thin Foam Tape 

I Donut Know What I'd Do Without You

Happy Day 6 (Card 2) of the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop! and it continues on through to March 31st...so join us in this remarkable BlogHop with tons of Super/FLASH Sponsors. Go to the site and see the details for this hop...a fun time enjoyed by all. 

Just wanted to do a fun card with spring colors so decided on and wanted something very colorful like spring flowers without using flowers.  The Balloons were in my stash, along with scraps of Kaleidoscope design paper.  Die cut the carry-out cup of coffee from design paper, fussy-cut a few donuts from another design paper, and stamped sentiment.  Played around with the pieces until satisfied with the layout, then adhered with 3D thin foam tape.  

Also Sent to the Following Challenges:
Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes with Dies"  


CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 
Design/Specialty Paper 
     Doodlebug "Cream & Sugar" - Donut Cutouts 
     Kaleidoscope 
Cardstock
     Canary, Candy Cane and White Daisy
Stamp Set 
     M1037 Balloons 
     C1616 Treats of Friendship
Die 
     Spellbinders S2-212 "Hipster 1" 
Inks / Pens
     Gypsy Ink 

Take a Smile and a Cupcake

Happy Day 6 (Card 1) of the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop! and it continues on through to March 31st...so join us in this remarkable BlogHop with tons of Super/FLASH Sponsors. Go to the site and see the details for this hop...a fun time enjoyed by all. 

For my first card today... Using a free image from Jessica Lynn Originals "Brentwood's Birthday", which unfortunately was only offered the one day.  However, you can click HERE for this adorable image. Jessica Lynn is one of the super/FLASH sponsor's for the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop...so stop on by, leave a note, browse her other images and create a project today.

A lot of coloring, some fussy-cutting and adhered with 3D Thin Foam Tape to Background Design Paper.  Sentiment, ribbon and liquid glass added....Happy 8th Birthday Brentwood.  

Also sent to the following Challenges:

The Outlawz - Sunday SAS "Bird"

Products Used: 
Design Paper 
     Doodlebug "Easter Express" 
Cardstock 
     CTMH Lemon and White Daisy 
Digitals
     Jessica Lynn Originals "Brentwood's Birthday"  
Stamp Sets
     CTMH S1412 Cutie Pie SOTM
     Fiskars "Latte Love"  
Embellishments 
     Ribbon - Local Store "Scraps of Love" 
Other 
     CTMH 3D Thin Foam Tape 
     CTMH Liquid Glass 

Chocolate - Where's My Coffee...

Happy Day 5 (Card 2) of the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop! and it continues on through to March 31st...so join us in this remarkable BlogHop with tons of Super/FLASH Sponsors. Go to the site and see the details for this hop...a fun time enjoyed by all. 

Craftin' Desert Diva's is one of the super/FLASH sponsor's, for the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop. My card has been entered in Craftin' Desert Diva's Gallery on Facebook for the March Monthly Challenge.  

Printed digital larger to take up a lot of space on an A2 card ... image cut by the Brother Scan and Cut, then fussy-cut around the handle and basket for the window of a shaker card. Drew a weave on the body of the basket and scribbled lines for the wood affect on the handle, base and top of basket.  Used a combination of Copic and ShinHan alcohol-based pens with a variety of colors.  The shaker was filled with brown sequins mixed with a few turquoise and silver sequins to brighten it up.  

The sentiment was a combination "Chocolate" from a stamp set which was stamped on the basket, and then the "Where's My Coffee ... " typed with Micro-Soft Word, printed and framed with tangerine cardstock.  

Also submitted to the following Challenges: 

The Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge 

CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Lawn Fawn "Perfectly Plaid" 

Cardstock 

     Tangerine and White Daisy 

Inks/Pens 

     Cocoa Ink 

     ShinHan and Copic alcohol-based Pens 

Digital Image 

     Craftin' Desert Diva "Bunny in a Basket" 

Stamp Set 

     Hero Arts CL758 - Sentiment "Chocolate"

     Sentiment "Where's My Coffee" Microsoft Word 

Other

     3D Regular Foam Tape 

Irish You a Magical Day

Happy Day 5 (Card 1) of the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop! and it continues on through to March 31st...so join us in this remarkable BlogHop with tons of Super/FLASH Sponsors. Go to the site and see the details for this hop...a fun time enjoyed by all. 

Paper Smooches - March 3017 Challenge "Greenery"  For my card today I'm using an assortment of dies and stamps from Paper Smooches ... so stop on by, leave a note, browse the blog for other challenges and view the products.  

Pretty much knew what was needed to cut and stamp...just had to figure out how to lay them out.  Originally had a couple clouds cut but then thought why not use a stitched clove. Curved the Sentiment so that it would fit better on the card. Heat embossed in gold the sentiment and the gold on the pot.  Cut the Cozy Cup die in plain cardstock and a design paper and pieced them together.  The rainbow cut just matched up coincidentally with the cup.   

Also submitted to the following challenges:  
Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes With Dies"


Products Used:  
Design Paper: 
     Doodlebug Design "Pot o' Gold" 
Cardstock 
     CTMH Goldrush, Topiary and Sweet Leaf 
Ink 
     CTMH Black Ink
     VersaMark 
Dies
     Paper Smooches - Rainbow 
     Paper Smooches - Cozy Coffee 
     Poppy Stamps - Stitched Clover 
Stamp Set 
     Paper Smooches - A Magical Spring
Other
     CTMH 3D Thin Foam Tape 
     Ranger - Gold Embossing Powder  

It's a Party

Happy Day 4 (Card 2) of the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop! and it continues on through to March 31st...so join us in this remarkable BlogHop with tons of Super/FLASH Sponsors. Go to the site and see the details for this hop...a fun time enjoyed by all. 

Had purchased this digital last year from Lacey Sunshine Stamps for a Coffee Lover's BlogHop but never got to coloring and planning a layout for it.  So... Froggy "Pickles" just sprung into the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop.  Love the cartoonish background colors, but brought in the brighter spring colors in the cups...after all just coming out of Winter anything looks like Spring. Well, maybe not here in Arizona.   

Pickles was fun to color and just added some oval die cuts, stitched borders and a couple sentiments that seemed to fit the Tea Party...so springing off to the 2017 BlogHop.

Also submitted to the following Challenges:  
Dare2BArtzy Blog - Lots of Layers
Happy Little Stampers "Anything Goes with Dies"  

Products Used: 
Design Paper 
     Doodlebugs "Happy Camper" 
Cardstock 
     Gold Rush and White Daisy 
Inks / Pens
     Gold Rush Ink 
     ShinHan and Copic alcohol-based Pens 
Digital
     Lacey Sunshine Stamps - Pickles Mad Hatter Tea Party 
Dies  
     Pretty Pink Posh Oval Scalloped Stitched - Used Negative
     Journey DI-0039 Pierced Circle Dies    
     Poppy  #1788 - Tailored Stitches Border Die  
Stamp Sets 
     D1497 Cricut Art Philosophy Celebration 
     S1703 Tea-rrific SOTM
Other 
     3D Thin Foam Tape 

Right on Cue - AHSC #205

My card this week as Design Team Member for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #205. Join this challenge...you have until Sunday, April 2nd to enter your project.

The design team reveal for this sketch will be on Wednesdays, so be sure to stop by to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team and other entrant inspirations for this challenge...and stop by every Monday for new sketches.  Don't wait for the DT post to create your project...show us up with your artwork.  


Well, look at this sketch...I showed it to my husband and asked him what it looked like...first he said balloons and then he said billiard balls.  He used to be a fanatic with pool in his younger days...our Community Club House has several pool tables so I thought he might take it up again.  Wrong, only played once and we've been here 11 years.  My initial thought was also cue balls so off to Cricut Design Space.  

Modified the 8 Ball and used some stitched number dies...and looked on computer to make sure I had the right colors for the right numbers...yes, I'm weird, but in my younger days I also played pool but couldn't remember the colors, just stripes and solids.  And the Poppy Paper Fundamentals was so cool as a background.  

Now, there isn't much on sentiments for a Billiard Ball card...but did find advertising themes of "Rack 'Em" "Love is right on Cue" so designed my own sentiment in Design Space and chose "Right on Cue" and then had a Happy Birthday Border Die...and it seemed to rhyme. I thought I was pretty clever and happy with the results...

but who this goes to...who knows.  If anyone has a hubby or friend that plays pool, it's yours...just show in comments where to mail it to.   

On the inside I just added a Ram Bubble and an extra cue ball cut before deciding on the background paper.  


Also sent to the following Challenges:


CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise:
Design Paper 
     Paper Fundamentals "Enchanted" Poppy 
Cardstock
     Indian Corn, Lemon, Gypsy, Poppy, Black and White Daisy 
Cricut Design Space 
     Indie Art #M46CF5 8 Ball 
     Sentiment - Right on Cue (Text)
Dies 
     Paper Smooches - Ram Bubble (Inside of Card)
     Lawn Fawn - Happy Birthday Border
     Lil' Inker - Mixed & Stitched Numbers

Tea Time - H2H March Wk 4

Heart2Heart - 4th Challenge in March "Tea Time"

Please join us this week and other challenges in March AND remember you have all month to create to be eligible for recognition of the Top 10 "Challenge Darling" ... and if you create for each challenge in the month for perfect attendance you will be recognized as an H2H Addict. For additional inspiration ... hop on by to see all the DT members' and participant creations for this month and join us with your projects.  

Happy Day 4 (Card 1) of the 2017 Spring Coffee Lover's BlogHop! and it continues on through to March 31st...so join us in this remarkable BlogHop with tons of Super/FLASH Sponsors. Go to the site and see the details for this hop...a fun time enjoyed by all. 

Seen a lot of the Tea-rrific SOTM cards this month and what better then to use Dreamin' Big paper pack.  Also used the same sketch previously used at an earlier challenge and changed it up a bit by using the SOTM Tea-rrific stamp set. 

The inside of the card stamped with other images from the same stamp set....cups were masked so each cup had a different color, and then stamped border with the flower stamp.

Also submitted to the following challenges:  

Between the Folds - Dreamin' Big

The Outlawz - Tuesday Color



CTMH Products Unless Specified Otherwise: 

Design Paper 

     Dreamin' Big 

Cardstock 

     White Daisy and Black 

Stamp Set 

     S1703 Tea-rrific SOTM 

Inks / Pens 

     ShinHan and Copic alcohol-based pens

     Goldrush, Poppy, Sweet Leaf and Black Inks