Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2016

2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with ADORNit

Hello everyone!!! Today is the Day 2 of the Coffee Lovers Winter 2016 Blog Hop! Have linked up and blog-hopped yet? You do not want to miss this Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!

When: December 9 – December 16

Time: 6:00 am pacific time

Theme: WINTER/HOLIDAY

December 13th – National Cocoa Day

December 15th – International Tea Day

This time we have 61 SUPER SPONSORS that giveaway amazing prizes! Not only that, there are also Flash Sponsors that giveaway prizes during the blog hop is open. Check out all the details HERE to know how you can play along and link up your project(s)!

Today I create the card with ADORNit, one of the Super Sponsors for this Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

I love the newest Coffee Time Art Play Paintables. It a 12×12 pre-printed paintable images. The all are adorable!

I cut it out with paper trimmer. Then colored it with ADORNit Watercolor Pencils and watercolor brush. I added some splatters on the card. Then added some glitter with Sparkle Brush.

I finished the card with some twine and felt holly berries.

Supplies I used today:

ADORNit Art Play Coffee Time Paintables
ADORNit Holly Jolly Papers
ADORNit Watercolor Pencils + brush set.
Spectrum Noir Sparkle brush.
American Craft green twine
Felt holly & berries (from my friend)

Thanks a lattw for visitng me today! Have a great day 🙂

Posted on Friday, December 9, 2016

2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with STAMPlorations

Hello everyone!!! Today is the beginning of the Coffee Lovers Winter 2016 Blog Hop! This is an amazing blog hop and link up party for all cardmakers and papercrafters hosted by Coffee Loving Cardmakers! Let’s grab your favorite drink, create a coffee/tea/cocoa project, link up and hop along today!

When: December 9 – December 16

Time: 6:00 am pacific time

Theme: WINTER/HOLIDAY

December 13th – National Cocoa Day

December 15th – International Tea Day

Today I am joining STAMPlorations, one of the Super Sponsors, to share Coffee projects for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers – Winter 2016 Blog Hop! STAMPlorations has a great coffee and tea collections including stamps, dies, and stencils.

And today on my projects, I am using the new Coffee Petites with CUTplorations Stitched Circle Die.

My first project is planner shaker clips. I had so much fun creating them! First, I stamped the images on Canson watercolor paper with Versafine Onyx Black ink because I wanted to watercolor them. White cardstock will work too if you only want to color with coloring pencils or markers.

Then I die cut each of them with the matching circle stitched die. To create the shaker, I used my FUSE tool and using the circle stitched die as the guide. For the shaker filler, I found the clear/white big glitter at Walmart (also you can find similar one at any craft store). For the clips, I use the Jumbo Paper clips also I got from Walmart (or you can find at any office supply store). I used my glue gun to attach the paper clip on the back of the shaker circles.

I stamped the images from Coffee Petites with CUTplorations Stitched Circle Die on a piece of canson watercolor with Versafine Onyx Black ink and loose-watercolored them with Sakura Koi Watercolors and brush. I added some splatters, too. Then I die cut the panel with Crafting Desert Divas – Fancy Frames dies. I added the outline frame with Tombow mono permanent adhesive and the middle panel I used 3D foam tape for extra dimension on the card.

For the sentiment on my card, I use Coffee Word Die – CUTplorations that I cut it out 5 times with kraft cardstock to create a thick chipboard. Then I stamped one of the sentiments from Anywhere There’s Coffee Stamps & Die Set – Shery Russ Designs on white cardstock and cut out the word into word strips and added some lines around the border with my journaling pen. I added the sentiments on the card 🙂

I go with some colors in this Winter 🙂 And I hope these projects inspire you to create coffee/tea/cocoa theme projects and link them up with us at Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog this week! We would love to see yours and be inspired by you, too!

Today, I also link up at:

CUTplorations December Challenge

STAMPlorations Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge

THANKS A LATTE for visiting me today and have a fabulous caffeinated day!

Posted on Friday, December 9, 2016

2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with a2z Scrapbooking / Hero Arts

When: December 9 – December 16

Time: 6:00 am pacific time

Theme: WINTER/HOLIDAY

December 13th – National Cocoa Day

December 15th – International Tea Day

Take 15% OFF your order of $25 or more by using this code: Helen15 at check out. And also, a2z Scrapbooking ships world wide.

And today I am joining a2z Scrapbooking, one of the Super Sponsor, to share a Anything But Cards project with you with Hero Arts – Coffee Cup Tags stamp and frame cut die set. I made a coffee cup ornament with felt.

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In the procces, this involving some hand-stitching 😀 I remember when I was in Junior High learning all kind of hand-stitching styles. I use the blanket-stitch (picture tutorial if you’d like to try) and back-stitch technique.

So, I die cut the felts with the Coffee Cup frame cut die: the cup, lid and sleeve. Then on the sleeve I stamped the sentiment from the Coffee Cup stamp set. I used StazOn ink, then I traced the words with red thread with back-stitch echnique. And then I added the sleeve on one of the cup felt with the blanket-stitch. I stitched all around it.

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After that, I stitched the 2 felt cup together with the blanket-stitch starting from the left side of the cup, all the way to the right side of the cup. Leave the top open for the stuffing. After I added some stuffing inside the cup, I stitched the top to close it.

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Then I added the lid with Fabric Glue. I added the front first, then the ribbon (ADORNit) for hanger, then the back lid. All with Fabric Glue, but you also can use glue gun if you do not have fabric glue.

I finished the ornament with some stamped and cut out leaves and berries from the same stamp set. I added some red gems in the middle with Liquid Glass glue. Then I added some glitter on the leaves with Spectrum Noir glitter brush.

And my ornament is on the tree now 🙂

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I hope you are inspired today to create something anything but cards with your coffee/tea/cocoa stamping supplies 🙂 Also, if you create your project using any Hero Arts products, you can link it up at a2z Scrapbooking December Challenge. By linking up to this challenge, you have a chance to win the $25 gift certificate to a2z Scrapbooking store! Check out all the details and rules on the a2z December Challenge post.

THANKS A LATTE for visiting and have fabulous caffeinated day!

Posted on Thursday, December 8, 2016

Snowy Merry and Bright Lever Card

Hello everyone… Christmas is getting closer and closer! And Today I have one more card to share with you. It is a fun fold card.

I use the pre-cut Lever Card from Our Daily Bread. It is so much fun to open and find the extra surprise inside the card. With the pre-cut lever card, I only have to decorate it. Saving some cutting and measuring time 😀

For the front card I decorated it with one of the Snowflake Season patterned papers. I added gold glitter on the swing panel, then stamped imaged on it. Then I added some die cut snowflake crystals on the corner.

To decorate the inside card, I used the negative die cut from the snow crystals as stencil, Victorian Velvet distress ink and make-up sponge to some snowflake randomly. Then I added some die cut snowflake crystal on some of the big ones for extra layer on the snows. I also stamped the sentiment inside the card.

Using MISTI, I stamped the Christmas lights several times on a white cardstock, colored them with coloring pencils, and then I die cut it with the matching die. Once all cut out, I added some Liquid Glass glue on top for extra dimension on the light bulbs. Then I added the Christmas lights inside the card. I glued 2 string lights together so it would be long enough to reach the other side of the card.

That’s my card today and here’s the supply list what I used on my card today are:

Merry & Bright clear stamps (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Christmas Lights dies (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Snow Crystals dies (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Snowflake Season Paper Collection (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Lever Cards (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Gold glitter paper
White cardstock
Versafine Onyx Black ink pad
Victorian Velvet Mini Distress ink pad
Spectrum Noir Blendable Pencils
Tombow mono permanent adhesive
Liquid Glass glue (Close To My Heart)
Wink of Stella glitter brush
Stamping acrylic block
MISTI stamping tool
WRMK Evolution Advanced die cutting machine

Thank You so much for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

I play along with this challenges:

HLS December Anything Goes With Dies

Word Art Wednesday

Challenge Weeks #260-#261 Anything Goes

CWS Challenge #9: Use Christmas Stamps

AAA Cards CAS Game #79 – Christmas

613 Avenue Create Challenge #192 – Anything Goes w/Optional Twist – Holiday Happiness

12 Days of Christmas Cards Challenge with Kylie and Friends

Posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2016

You Are A Blessing To Me

Hello everyone… today I have a card that I would love to share with you. There are so many blessings I thank God this year, including new friends that He has brought into our life. For each one of my friends, you are a blessing to me! Thank You for your friendship!

I made this friendship card today with some stamping, diecutting and watercoloring. It is clean and simple card with some layers 🙂

I dieccut a piece of watercolor paper to create the frame, and I added just the frame on the cardbase that I already added the polka dots patterned paper. On the middle die cut panel, then I stamped the flower and watercolored it. When it was dry, I added some splatters on it. I added the finished panel on card with 3D foam tape.

Then I notice, the stitched on the left side is double! Oh uh! It must have shifted when I run it through my die cutting machine. I should have used some post it tape or washi tale to hold it. But it is already on the card…

For the sentiment, I stamped the pennant sentiment on a watercolor paper stripe to match the base panel. Then I die cut with the matching pennant flag die and double-stitched pennant flag die. I added on the card with 3D foam tape and permanent adhesive.

I finished my card with some gems. My card is done 🙂

Today, I am playing along with these challenges:

Word Art Wednesday

Challenge Weeks #260-#261 Anything Goes