The Coffee Loving Cardmakers are thrilled to be collaborating with Fun Stampers Journey and sharing several coffee/tea-themed items from their new catalog!  You've probably come here from the talented and amazing Katie Brooks blog - welcome!

 

Fun Stampers Journey blog

Tania Willis

Patricia Roebuck

Michelle Woerner

Mariana Grigsby

Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog

Amy Tsuruta

Kerry Urbatch

Helen Gullett

Lisa Bzibziak

Robyn Jordan

Lori Turner

Becca Cruger

Dana Gong

Dana Warren

Erin Thiem

Katie Brooks

Kathy Schweinfurth YOU ARE HERE

Laurel Seabrook

For my first card, I first dry embossed the background with a coffee bean embossing folder then layered pattern designs from Echo Park's Welcome Home paper pad.  I used this fabulous Fun Stampers Journey coffee set/dies, Coffee Helps! I copic colored the images and popped them up on the card.  To finish, I added one of the wood word from Fun Stampers Journey Hello Word Bubble set and placed black cardstock behind trimming it to the wood word piece.

For my next card, I used this awesome Fun Stampers Journey die set called Coffee First.  For the 'iced tea' cup, I cut the top from vellum and added sequins for 'ice cubes'.  The coffee cup was cut from cardstock and pattern paper.  The fishtail banner was stamped with a sentiment from Coffee Helps and then tied with Fun Stampers Journey Whip Cream thread!

I am in love with these new products!  Check out the new Fun Stampers Journey catalog -- it's chock full of wonderful goodies!  Next on the hop is the super creative Laurel Seabrook!

Dies R Us - Celebration Cupcakes

 

Celebrations almost always include some sort of sweet.  In recent years, cupcakes have been the perfect sweet and for those trying to watch the calories, mini cupcakes are the perfect thing!

 For my card today, I chose some yummy mini cupcake dies that come with the perfect little stand from Impression Obsession.  To start, I layered a light blue cardstock and a pattern paper design from Doodlebug Cream & Sugar.  Using one of the dies from 
Tutti Designs Nesting Dotted Oval Dies, I cut a paper pattern design from Lawn Fawn Spring Perfectly Plaid Spring paper pad.

I then cut the stand from white cardstock and the cupcake bottom and tops from different colored cardstock.  I attached the tops and bottoms, arranged them on the stand and used pop up dots to adhere them all.  The sentiment is one of the word dies from Karen Burniston Birthday dies.   The silver oval at the bottom is also included in the Impression Obsession Cupcake Stand die and can be used as a shadow or plate under the cupcake.

 

Products used:

 Impression Obsession Cupcake Stand

 Karen Burniston Birthday

 Lawn Fawn Spring Perfectly Plaid Spring

 Doodlebug Cream & Sugar

 Thermoweb 3D Foam Squares

 Zig 2-way Glue Pen Fine Tip

Sizzix Big Shot

Come join in all of the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for: 

STORE  
CHALLENGE BLOG  
FACEBOOK 
INSPIRATION BLOG
FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Color Throwdown Challenge #502

Happy Wednesday and welcome to a new Color Throwdown Challenge!  The beautiful colors in this week's challenge makes me want to sit at the beach in the warm sun watching frothy waves hit the sand!  How will this week's colors inspire you?  Can't wait to see what you create!

For my card today, I chose several fav products from Reverse Confetti...

I started by creating the background using the new Striped Circle Cover Panel and placed Stormy, Navy and Baby Blue cardstock behind the openings.  The frame was created using the smalles Stitched Squares die and popped on the darling little seal, which I copic colored, from Sealiously.  The sentiment from the set was white embossed on Midnight cardstock.

I'm excited to share my card in these fun challenges, too:

 Animal Friends - Water Animal

 Craftaholics R Us - Anything Goes

 Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies

 Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Use a die/punch

Try Stampin on Tuesday - Sea/Ocean, Geometric, Die Cut

 Sunny Day Crafting - Animal

Tuesday Throwdown - Stitching Faux or Real

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Pink & Main Diggity Dog

Hot diggity dog - it's Monday!  Ok, I'm not very excited about it being Monday, but I am definitely thrilled with Pink & Main's July release -- are you?!

For my card today, I created a plaid background using two of the stamps in the new Pattern Maker stamp set and inked with The Park and Riverwalk inks! These oh-so-cute pups are from the new Diggity Dog stamp set and coordinating dies which I copic colored.

And check out these new inks!  The colors are bright, gorgeous and coordinate perfectly with many of the pattern papers such as Sunrise, Sunset and Beach Babe.

What is your favorite product(s) from the new release?

Dies R Us - Country Summer

Summer is one of my favorite seasons! We've had a lot of rain storms this summer which the flowers and plants have loved -- everything has grown bigger than I've seen at this time of year!

For my card, I used the following products:

Lawn Fawn - How You Bean stamps

Lawn Fawn - How You Bean dies

Impression Obsession - Strawberry Set

Impression Obsession - Tomato Carton

Echo Park paper pad - Welcome Home

Doddlebug paper pad - Down On The Farm

To start, I stamped and die cut the Lawn Fawn - How You Bean  jar.  Using the Lawn Fawn - How You Bean dies, I cut a light blue cardstock and made a wavy trim to the top.  I cut a slit in the top and bottom of the rim of the jar to slip in the die cut stems from Impression Obsession - Strawberry Set.

Using the Impression Obsession - Strawberry Set, I cut the strawberries, stems, leaves and flowers.  The darling berry carton is from Impression Obsession - Tomato Carton.

I layered on patter paper designs from Echo Park paper pad - Welcome Home and Doddlebug paper pad - Down On The Farm  then assembled the jar/flowers and carton/strawberry die cuts.  The sentiment, from Lawn Fawn - How You Bean, is white embossed on black cardstock.

 

 Lawn Fawn - How You Bean stamps and How You Bean dies

 

Impression Obsession - Strawberry Set and Tomato Carton

 

 Echo Park paper pad - Welcome Home and Doddlebug paper pad - Down On The Farm

Zig 2-Way Glue Pen

 Therm-o-web 3D Foam Squares

 Sizzix Big Shot

Come join in all of the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for: 

STORE 
CHALLENGE BLOG 
FACEBOOK 
INSPIRATION BLOG 
FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE