Double Trouble Challenge #16 with Three Amigos & More using Dana Gong - Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Inspiration

This is my DT Card for Double Trouble Challenge #16  - Embossing and Snow and Coffee

MY INSPIRATION:  For the past few years I have been a big fan and entrant of the Coffee Lovers Seasonal Blog Hops.  There is so much inspiration within this Blog Hop that I decided to pay tribute to the Design Team.  I have selected one post from the 2017 Fall and/or Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop for each Design Team member.  Each has provided me inspiration for creating my card for the 2018 Fall/Winter Blog Hop. 

Amy Tsuruta, Founder and Hostess, demonstrated innovation when she developed the Coffee Blog Hop.  Her vision has created a firestorm of coffee-inspired challenges and merchandise across the globe.  Her dedication and hard work in keeping the challenge alive and fun for all of us fanatics in paper crafting and coffee addicts does not go unappreciated.  Thank you, Amy! 

BLOG CANDY:  In the past I won a coffee mat as Blog Candy and I love it.  I searched online to find that coffee mat and much to my surprise there it was along with others.  I have several new mats that you can win by random draw along with a Spellbinders die. All you have to do is link a coffee card to the Double Trouble Challenge, make a comment, and meet the guidelines for Challenge #16, click on below for more detail.  

Double Trouble Challenge #16 

(Starts Dec 3 - Dec 7) Winter/Holiday with some kind of Embossing technique "Dry/Heat/Paste" and  
Comment:  "What's your favorite hot/cold drink?"  

Check out Double Trouble's Challenge, Click on Frank Sinatra's The Coffee Song and it will pull you right into the mood of creating coffee projects and don't stop it at the coffee song...listen on.   

2018 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: My inspiration today is Dana Gong's project from the 2017 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  Loved the non-traditional color of the card, layout, the embossed background and sentiment on vellum. My background embossing was my own test technique using a snowflake embossing folder, stamping the raised embossing with VersaMark with a sparkly embossing powder and heat embossing. It turned out good; but the next time I would probably sponge color on before embossing. 

Thank you, Dana 

Dana Gong 

Submitted to the following challenges: 
The Outlawz - Festive Friday "Christmas" 
The Outlawz - Paper Ala Mode "Snowflakes" 
Three Amigos BlogHop Challenge #21 "Winter/Holiday" 

Products Used:  
Cardstock 
     Glacier and White Daisy 
Stamps 
     Pink & Main - "Warm Wishes/Christmas Mugs" 
     Sentiment - Lawn Fawn "Thanks a Latte" 
Dies 
     IO Dies "Scribble Heart"  
Inks/Pens
     Versa Mark 
     CTMH Glacier Ink Pad
     Copic Sketch alcohol-based brush pens 
           BG10, BG11, C00, C01, E93, Colorless Blender
Other 
     Ranger - Embossing Powder "Frosted Crystal" 
     Ranger - Embossing Powder "Princess Gold" 
     Darice Embossing Folder - Snowflakes
     3D Thin Foam Tape 
     Duvo Glitter Drops "White Blizzard"