Kawaii Coffee

This might me a new record for me...

I had some extra time to myself this morning to get the final card idea I had in my head down on paper for the Coffee Lovers bloghop...



I discovered this free kawaii coffee coloring page by Kate Hadfield while exploring Instagram one day and bookmarked it to color for this bloghop!



Of course I had to color it with in a rainbow combination! Such a fun and cute image, I can't decide which part is my favorite- all the different coffees or the donuts hiding in there... it IS National donut day!!

I didn't add too much to my card, I figured there was enough going on with all the kawaii coffee cups that they should get all the attention!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Sloffee break

Look! I'm back!!

I've been bitten by a crafting bug... maybe it's the coffee, because I'm back to share another card I made for the Spring/summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop!






I had to get this sweet Sloth-some stamp set when I saw them on Sandy Allnock's blog/Instagram...

After my last card I finally had the chance to color it- I mean how can I not with that face?! I colored with copics (of course), fussy cut out the mug and adhered it to the diecut circle with foam tape. I drew/colored in a table for the mug to sit on.  Put it all together with an embossed background, patterned paper and a bit of baker's twine!

I have one more idea for another card- hoping for some cooperative (*ahem* self-entertaining children) to get it down on paper! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Need Coffee?

Hello Coffee Lovers!

I'm back again today with my final card and a guest designer for The Greeting Farm! I couldn't be more honored to be apart of the TGF team again, even if was just for a little bit- LOVE LOVE LOVE their images!!

and it just so happens that this week is also the Coffee Lover's Bloghop!

It's been awhile since I played along and was excited to actually have something made this time around!



I had originally planned my card to be clean and simple- but it never works out that way... I most always end up adding layers and stuff! HA! I used this adorable Need Coffee stamp set, and for summer I often think of red, white & blue color combinations so that's what I did here! Paired with some coordinating patterned papers and finished it off with a twine bow (& faux stitching of course!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Need Coffee??

Hello there!!

Long time no post! I'm steadily starting to get my card makin' mojo back.. it got a little kick start today with the start of the latest Coffee Lovers blog hop!



I couldn't resist the cuteness of this new coffee girl from The Greeting Farm- I knew she would be perfect for this hop!



Feels good to make a card again!

 I've gotten so hooked (literally!) on crocheting amigurumi critters that it's taken over! It's a post all on its own- but if you're interested, I post more regularly on Instagram @LysaQR!

Thanks for stopping by & happy hopping!

Time for Coffee!

Hello!

I'm on the LDRS Creative blog today sharing a card I made using the newest release from CHA!

...and it falls along with the Spring Coffee Lovers blog hop!!



Here is Time for a Coffee Break...




I colored with Copic Markers and layered my image with Creative Basics dies:

- Basic Pierced Ovals

- Basic Stitched Flags

- Fancy Rectangles & Layers

I also embossed the patterned paper on my card base using a Majestic embossing folder, and as usual embellished my card with coordinating twine & sequins!

Hope you take the time to enjoy a coffee break!

Grab Some Brew?

Coffee brew that is...

I'm back on the The Greeting Farm for my last post as guest designer! I can't thank the amazing peeps at TGF enough for this fun chance to play and share their fabulous stamps!



For my final card I used the Mini Remix- Brewtiful stamp set! AND just in time for the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog hop too! 



I masked the sweet pup from the Mini-Remix Boys before stamping mini Anya to give her a little friend as she sips her frappe-drink! I stamped the sentiment using pieces from the Brewtiful set to create my own message, paired my images with coordinating papers, washi tape, and embellishments to complete my card!

Thanks for stopping by!

Friendship Perks

Helllooo....

Second post today (whew! It's been a busy week!), but I'm back again to share my final card for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

I'm also combining it with The Greeting Farm September Farm Fresh Challenge to use office supplies! I picked up this sweet Mini Remix-Brewtiful set, and just knew I had to do *something* with it! (Edited: and in the time it's taken me to write this post.. I missed the deadline! D'oh!)



Using some elements from different stamp sets, I think I pulled off the office supply theme! Colored mini Anya & Ian in copics, fussy cut them and mounted them with foam tape onto the diecut circle, found some coordinating patterned papers and used the coffee cup embossing folder for my background.  I used Schoolhouse Backdrops from Lawn Fawn to create the sentiment strip background, and the sentiment itself is from My Favorite Things' Stay Cool. I had to dig out my notebook edge punch to finish the strip & I added a clip I had in my stash of random embellshments (I think this one was from Stampin' Up).

Copics: 
hair: (Anya) C3, 100; (Ian) E23, E25, E27, E29
clothes: (Anya) B12, B14, B16; (Ian) R17, R37, R89, B34, B37, B39
coffee cups: (Anya) R17, R37, R39; (Ian) C1, C3, E31 E33, G05. 

Happy Friday and enjoy the weekend!!

You're BREW-tiful!

2nd post today... I just had to get another card in for the Coffee Lovers Blog hop! How could I not with it being National Coffee Day??

This time I used one of the newer Molly images from Tiddly Inks, Molly's Cup of Love!



I just love her giant mug of sparkly hearts! I colored her in some warm fall colors (& I think I found a new favorite orange combination!) I love keeping cards with these Tiddly Inks girls clean and simple so they get all the focus... I added a sentiment from The Greeting Farm's Mini-Remix Brewtiful stamp set. Completed my card with some Spectrum Noir sparkle pen and a border of faux stitching.

Copics:
skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, R01
hair: E31, E33, E35, E37, E29
dress/headband: YR04, YR07, E09, E18
mug: B34, B37, B39; hearts: YG63, YR04, BG72; R37

Thanks for stopping by! I'm off to enjoy my coffee!

Coffee & Donuts

I'm back again with my second & last (sniff sniff) post as a guest designer over at Butterfly Reflections, Ink!

I decided with the Coffee Lovers Blog hop going on- I thought it would be appropriate to make another coffee card ;)  (& since Butterfly Reflections, Ink is one of the many sponsors for the hop!)

On to my card...

I used the sweet Big Bold Brew & Say Yes to Donuts stamp sets from Neat & Tangled... I had been eyeing them forever and finally got my hands on them!



I colored them with my trusty copics, fussy cut them out, added some foam tape and stuck them on some white cardstock and fussy cut them out again for some extra dimension. I dug through my stash of patterned papers and found these fall-ish colors and arranged them randomly to fit in the bottom corner. Added the cute coffee & donuts kids, the sweet sentiment, stickles for the rainbow donut sprinkles, and finished it off with faux white stitching to tie everything together.

Copics: 
skin: E000, E00, E21, R01
hair (boy): E44, E47, E49; (girl): E25, E27, E29
mug: B02, B12, B14, B16
coffee: E70, E74, E77
pants: W3, W5
shoes: N5. N7
donut: E31, E33, E35; R81, R83, R85
bow/pants: R17, R37, R89

Big thanks again to Vanessa and the Butterfly Reflections, Ink crew for having me apart of the team this month!  Hope to join them again sometime... Thanks for spending a bit of your Sunday with me!

Scarecrow Coffee

Happy Saturday!

It's that time of year again... time for another Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!




The first day of Fall rolled around a few days ago, and it actually feels like it around here... (aka it's no longer 100*F degrees!)

I got this idea in my head and couldn't let it go til I had it down on a card...



I mean... scarecrows need coffee too, right? All that hard work they do guarding the crops and you have to think that they're big pumpkin spice latte fans!

I pulled out this adorable Happy Harvest stamp set and went to town stamping the background with pumpkins- at first I was going to leave them as is in the Versamark ink, but I added a few swipes of copics to add more interest.  Mr. Scarecrow just had to have a big coffee cup and the one from the Love You a Latte set was a perfect fit! After masking the scarecrow, I stamped (& double stamped) a few stalks of corn using the Hero Arts green Ombre ink, die cut it using the Stitched Circle tags, and added a couple of pumpkins to finish off my little fall scene.

Hoping to get a few more cards in for the hop this week!

Copics:
scarecrow face: E13, E31, E35, R20, Y32
clothes: B91, B93, B95, BG13, BG72, BG75
hat: E31, E34, E35; BG13, BG72, BG75
straw: E31, Y35, Y38
pumpkins: YR12, YR14, YR16, YG63, YG67
coffee cup: C1, C3, E40, E41, YR12, YR14

Thanks (a latte) for stopping by! Have a fabulous weekend!

I'm Dragon...

Happy Friday!

Yesterday when I popped onto Instagram and saw this super cute mug posted by Poppy & Mint Design, and since I'm still playing around with these Magical Dragons from My Favorite Things... I was totally inspired!

and BONUS! There's a Let's Go Wild Challenge going on at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

Enough chit chat.. here's my card!



Funny right? I was at Hobby Lobby the other day and scored that coffee cup embossing folder and the wood veneer coffee so the inspiration photo couldn't have been better timing!

Copics colors:
Dragon: R17, R37, R59, Y17, Y26, Y28

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy Weekend!!

Bubbles in my Tea

Hello! It's *ALMOST* Friday- woot woot!

I knew I couldn't let the week finish off without ONE more card for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!


This time I decided to go cutesy and color up this sweet Frappi Anya from The Greeting Farm! So *technically* she's drinking a frappi, but I added some little bubbles (aka boba) to her drink to make the sentiment by My Favorite Things work...

Let's Coffee!

Who couldn't use a nice tall glass of iced coffee to start their Monday off? Especially when it's the first day of Summer too!

I made another card for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop...



This time I used Coffee Town from Sweet Stamp Shop!


For the background, I stamped the "COFFEE" stamp in versamark ink on Kraft cardstock after drawing lines in pencil to keep things straight!  I die cut the stitched circle- it's the largest tag from Lawn Fawn's Stitched Circle Tag dies, I just trimmed off the hanging tab. I stamped the same 'COFFEE' sentiment and added the iced coffee cup Cuppa Coffee (also Sweet Stamp Shop) colored, with copics, an ombre effect to look make it actually look like coffee and topped it off with some glossy accents. (The 'lets' is from It's Your Day stamp set by Hero Arts.) Finished off my card by adding some white faux stitching after mounting everything together and called my card done!

Thanks for stopping by! Planning to get some more (at least one more) coffee card in during my kids' naptime today! :)

Sip Sip HOORAY!

SIP SIP HOORAY!
(Hip Hip = Sip Sip... Get it? LOL)

It's time for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!


& Woohoo!  It's FRIDAY!!

Here's my first card... after playing around with the Sophisticated Script by Concord & 9th a little while ago, the idea popped in my head for this card...



I used distress inks on the Cool Cup die and (part of) a sentiment from the Stay Cool stamp set from My Favorite Things!  The 'whipped cream' is cut from white felt. I finished it with some summery peachy coral patterned paper, a doily from my stash, and a card isn't complete without some sparkly sequins right?

I have one other card already complete, and hope to find some time for more before next week is over! We're in for some more extreme heat- so sounds like the perfect time to enjoy cool air-conditioning and get crafty!

I'm off to check out some of the other coffee-inspired cards and get this weekend started!

Just One Sip...

FINALLY... found some time to create a card for the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Using the sketch over at Retro Sketches (#207), I thought it would be a perfect fit for my new Cool Cup dies & Stay Cool stamp set from My Favorite Things!



AND I used the combinations from the MFT Color Challenge #41



Since I don't have these exact card stock colors, I used the best matches I could find in my stash to put together my card...



I colored the cup using a few shades of Distress Ink (Tea Dye, Antique Linen & Walnut Stain) to mimic a delicious mocha frapp! It's a little hard to see in the photo, but I die cut the 'whipped cream' from felt, and also added a clear dome lid! :)

Whew!... I think that may be a record for me on the number of challenges I've entered with one card!

Hope to find some more time (& inspiration) to create at least another card for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.. because in case you didn't know- I *love* my coffee! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Very MERRY Christmoose!

Happy Weekend!!!

So excited that it's time for the...


There are some FABULOUS sponsors as there are for every hop! Ginormous kudos must definitely go to Amy & Chaitali (& the fab new design team!) for putting everything together and some amazing inspiration!

I combined forces and am also playing along with MFT's Sketch #258 for card!



I can't get enough of this sweet moose! This was the image that colored up the other day (that was too big for last week's sketch!), but just right for this week's!



I stamped the hot cocoa mug in the same set in Versamark ink, and colored them with colored pencils. I then inked the edges with white pigment ink (Hero Arts Unicorn White). The moose scene is colored using Copics, & I topped the tree off with some Wink of Stella!

Off to do (hopefully) finish off some more Christmas shopping and settle down with a big cup of coffee later to do some hopping!

Brewing Happy Birthday Wishes!

Hello again!

A friend of mine recently ordered a card for her daughter's upcoming birthday and requested a coffee themed one after seeing some of my posts from the last Coffee Lovers blog hop not too long ago.  Of course I jumped on the opportunity because coffee cards are just SO much FUN!!

So this card... could win an award for most products used on a single card- LOL!

I love piecing together different stamp sets to create my own sentiment and this one was definitely a fun one! How many different stamp companies can you spot?...




FIVE... yes 4 different stamp sets and a die cut went into making this card! The "brewing" is from Simon Says Stamps What's Brewing, the "happy" diecut is from Winnie & Walter, the mug is from Lawn Fawn's Love You a Latte, the heart in the mug as well as the "birthday" is from Mama Elephant's Three Amigos, and finally the "wishes" is from Hero Arts Banners and Messages!

Whew!

I'm also entering this card in the newest challenge over at CAS(E) this Sketch! 



Thanks for stopping by! Happy Weekend!

I Love You & Coffee

Ok, back again (last time... for today!) Post #3 for me!

I'm just having too much fun with all these coffee cards! Surprisingly, at least for me, this is probably the most I've been able to participate compared to the previous hops!



A few weeks ago, I had colored this awesome coffee pot from Sweet Stamp Shop and stuck him on a little tag - my favorite one from Pretty Pink Posh (posted to my instagram) and finally managed to put it on a card! I found some cute Fall patterned paper scraps in my stash and made this card pretty simple.



OK.. so I think that's it for me this time around for entries for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! (have you SEEN all the fabulous sponsors????) But it IS still early in the week...

Thanks for stopping by!

Love you a LATTE!

I couldn't let the weekend go by without making *another* coffee themed card for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!


I had this idea pop in my head late (always late) last night and could finally put the finishing touches on it this morning!

I think this one shouts a little more fall... (now, if only the weather would get the hint!)



I stamped the mug from Simon Says Stamp's What's Brewing?, randomly stamped some "falling" leaves (from Lawn Fawn)- colored with copics and topped with some Wink of Stella. I ink splattered my white cardbase with various Distress Inks, layered a woodgrain embossed piece with a kraft doily and thought it was still missing something... so out came the gold paper and love diecut from Winnie & Walter!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cream in my Coffee

Woohoo!  Happy Friday and Happy Fall Coffee Lover's blog hop day!



I have a few cards in mind for the hop, but this is the first one I've been able to finish so far. I used this sweet Cocoa Wishes (but made her cocoa into coffee!) from Tiddly Inks, so cute & definitely one of my favorite Tiddly images!

Oh, and since it's not *that* cold here... we're still hanging onto 100 degree weather (yuck) so I colored her ear muffs into headphones... she's enjoying her cup of joe while listening to some tunes! :) But I did incorporate some fun fall-ish colors!



I stamped the background with stamps from Lawn Fawn (Love You a Latte), and the sentiment is one from Hero Arts (Need Caffeine), I had just masked and stacked it instead of leaving it long.

Have a fabulous weekend! & happy hopping!