Tag: TGIF challenge

Is it Christmas Yeti | Stampin’ Up

I’ve been eyeing this Stampin’ Up – Yeti to Party set. If you follow us on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. Maureen Rauchfuss – the Crazy Stamping Lady is our Super Sponsor! When the set was recently clearanced, I had to pick it up. I live in the state of Washington where Big Foot and

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Berry Sweet | Lawn Fawn

I’ve been wanting to play with all the Lawn Fawn Strawberry goodness:  I combined: Strawberry Patch Fruit Basket How You Bean? Strawberries Add-On Scripty Sweet Gift Card Pop-Up Do you spy that sweet scallop trim?  That’s the Gift Card Pop-Up trimmed down. I used Concord & 9th cardstock: Poppy Parsley I was inspired by the

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Rainbow Duo | Essentials by Ellen + Die Sale

  Did you hear that Ellen Hutson has their Die Cutting section – 20% off?! I wanted to whip up a couple rainbow cards using some dies that are on sale through tomorrow. First up is the Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen – Essential Arches.  I stacked them to include three colors [more

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a little hello | Badges & Banners

Hello + Happy Friday!  So I thought my day was going to be filled with driving around only to realize that will be next Friday.  How lucky am I that I get to stay home, be crafty and oh yeah, really make a dent in cleaning my craft room.   So at my last Crafty Garage

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I love You and Coffee | Stampin’ Up + Lawn Fawn

Happy Friday!  I have a quick card that I put together this morning.  I haven’t recently taken an inventory of my caffeinated sets but I have a ton.  I wanted to challenge myself to use the (retired) Merry Cafe in a non-seasonal way. I’m loving the Hello Honey + Lost Lagoon combo. I decided to

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Hello Fall | Stampin’ Up + Echo Park Paper

Hello!  I picked up a couple of older Stampin’ Up sets from a bloggie friend and decided to ink them up.  I’ve been wanting to get my hands on the Merry Cafe set and she had it and the coordinating dies for Coffee Cafe.  Here’s how I was inspired: The pattern paper is by Stampin’

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Stampin’ Up: Coffee Cafe Hi

One of my FAVorite Coffee Collections is the Stampin’ Up Coffee Cafe stamp set + Coffee Break Designer paper.  They really outdid themselves with that…I super love it. This has minimal stamping, just the Hi.  I fussy cut the images from one of the sheets of Designer Paper…they’re so much fun, aren’t they?  I was thoroughly

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Happiest of Birthdays!

So, be patient with me as a search for a sweet spot in the house for photography.  The boy took the camera that I use for blog photos and although I have another Nikon to use, I can’t seem to get the settings quite right.   I generally don’t make my own cardbases…sigh, I’m lazy

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Happy Birthday: Make a wish or two

I finally broke into some awesome Stampin’ Up colors:  Emerald Envy + Flirty Flamingo: I combined it with Stampin’ Up Crushed Curry and their Hearth & Home Thinlets.  The computer monitor and Happy Birthday Sentiment are from Mama Elephant: Blogging Buddies + Mini Messages.  The Make a Wish is by MFT, More Essential Sentiments. Do you spy

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A cup of cheer

A quick Mother’s Day card: My cardstock colors:  Stampin’ Up Crisp Cantaloupe + So Saffron.  I combined A Nice Cuppa and an older Paper Pumpkin that had the cups/succulents.  The dies are Cups + Kettles Framelits. The green watercolor wash is ala Spectrum Aqua – Bud Green. I was inspired by the TGIF Challenges: ..and Color Throwdown:

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Is it Christmas Yeti | Stampin’ Up

I’ve been eyeing this Stampin’ Up – Yeti to Party set. If you follow us on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. Maureen Rauchfuss – the Crazy Stamping Lady is our Super Sponsor! When the set was recently clearanced, I had to pick it up. I live in the state of Washington where Big Foot and

Read More »

Berry Sweet | Lawn Fawn

I’ve been wanting to play with all the Lawn Fawn Strawberry goodness:  I combined: Strawberry Patch Fruit Basket How You Bean? Strawberries Add-On Scripty Sweet Gift Card Pop-Up Do you spy that sweet scallop trim?  That’s the Gift Card Pop-Up trimmed down. I used Concord & 9th cardstock: Poppy Parsley I was inspired by the

Read More »

Rainbow Duo | Essentials by Ellen + Die Sale

  Did you hear that Ellen Hutson has their Die Cutting section – 20% off?! I wanted to whip up a couple rainbow cards using some dies that are on sale through tomorrow. First up is the Ellen Hutson LLC – Essentials by Ellen – Essential Arches.  I stacked them to include three colors [more

Read More »

a little hello | Badges & Banners

Hello + Happy Friday!  So I thought my day was going to be filled with driving around only to realize that will be next Friday.  How lucky am I that I get to stay home, be crafty and oh yeah, really make a dent in cleaning my craft room.   So at my last Crafty Garage

Read More »

I love You and Coffee | Stampin’ Up + Lawn Fawn

Happy Friday!  I have a quick card that I put together this morning.  I haven’t recently taken an inventory of my caffeinated sets but I have a ton.  I wanted to challenge myself to use the (retired) Merry Cafe in a non-seasonal way. I’m loving the Hello Honey + Lost Lagoon combo. I decided to

Read More »

Hello Fall | Stampin’ Up + Echo Park Paper

Hello!  I picked up a couple of older Stampin’ Up sets from a bloggie friend and decided to ink them up.  I’ve been wanting to get my hands on the Merry Cafe set and she had it and the coordinating dies for Coffee Cafe.  Here’s how I was inspired: The pattern paper is by Stampin’

Read More »

Stampin’ Up: Coffee Cafe Hi

One of my FAVorite Coffee Collections is the Stampin’ Up Coffee Cafe stamp set + Coffee Break Designer paper.  They really outdid themselves with that…I super love it. This has minimal stamping, just the Hi.  I fussy cut the images from one of the sheets of Designer Paper…they’re so much fun, aren’t they?  I was thoroughly

Read More »

Happiest of Birthdays!

So, be patient with me as a search for a sweet spot in the house for photography.  The boy took the camera that I use for blog photos and although I have another Nikon to use, I can’t seem to get the settings quite right.   I generally don’t make my own cardbases…sigh, I’m lazy

Read More »

Happy Birthday: Make a wish or two

I finally broke into some awesome Stampin’ Up colors:  Emerald Envy + Flirty Flamingo: I combined it with Stampin’ Up Crushed Curry and their Hearth & Home Thinlets.  The computer monitor and Happy Birthday Sentiment are from Mama Elephant: Blogging Buddies + Mini Messages.  The Make a Wish is by MFT, More Essential Sentiments. Do you spy

Read More »

A cup of cheer

A quick Mother’s Day card: My cardstock colors:  Stampin’ Up Crisp Cantaloupe + So Saffron.  I combined A Nice Cuppa and an older Paper Pumpkin that had the cups/succulents.  The dies are Cups + Kettles Framelits. The green watercolor wash is ala Spectrum Aqua – Bud Green. I was inspired by the TGIF Challenges: ..and Color Throwdown:

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