After having a full rainy and stormy week, we finally had a sunny weekend! We took a Jeep ride to Library on Saturday and Sunday evening to Church. Thankful for sunny days 🙂

Today, I’m sharing a card I made using one of the Angie Girl stamps and Brave Spirit Diamond Stripes stamp from Unity Stamp Company.

I stamped and heat embossed the Diamoned stripes background on a tag that cut out of Canson watercolor paper.

Then on another watercolor paper, I stamped the Quinn girl image with Ranger Archival Ink and then watercolor it. When the image is dry, I fussy cut it with non-stick micro-tip scissors.

For the sentiment, I cut out a white cardstock strip, stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set with the archival ink.

I really love the sentiment from this stamp set.

For me, it is a reminder to be kind always, have fierce mind, and always to be brave in spirit in any circumstances. We have choice to make every day and I hope this also can be a reminder for you.

I put them together and adhesive and 3D foam tape. I used a paper doily and Black cardstock for the background and finished it with some clear gems.

I love the girl. What do you think? 🙂 I hope you like the card today. Thank You for visiting and have a fabulous day!

I am playing along at:

The Daily Marker 30 Days Coloring Challenge

Virginia’s View Challenge #22

UNITY Girl Challenge 7/7 – 7/14

CASology Week 205 – Chevron

AAA Cards Game #68 – Tags

Tag You’re It #51

I am so blessed with 2 amazing, fun and beautiful sisters. They are my best friends forever! I wish live close to each other. When I count my blessings, I count them twice 🙂

My card today is dedicated for them. It is a clean and simple card with the Ornate Blossoms stamp set, Ornate Blossoms thin cuts, and Friend In Me stamp set all are from Close To My Heart.

I heat-embossed the flower on White Daisy Cardstock with Ranger Gold Princess embossing powder and heat set it with Craft Heater. Then I cut it with matching thin cuts with Evolution Advanced.

For the sentiment I heat-embossed it with the same embossing powder directly on the card base (American Craft). Then I added the Ornate Blossom on the card above the sentiment with 3D foam tape.

My card is done and I join the Happy Little Stampers – July Anything Goes with Dies Challenge.

You are invited to play along this month challenge with us. You can link up any projects you created using any die cut sets. And you have a chance to win a prize from Happy Little Stampers Shop!

Hope to see you can play along! Thank You so much for visiting and have a fabulous blessed day!

I also link this card at:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge week 238-239

Addicted To Stamp and More Challenge 201: Anything Goes

Today I have a happy news to share… I am the STAMPlorations July Theme and Sketch Challenge Guest Designer! This is super excited!

They have 6 challenges: Theme and Sketch, Mixed Media, CASEplorations, CAS Card Challenge, The Never Ending – Anything Goes Challenge, Spotlight Project Showcase. You can play along for a whole month!

Here are the theme and sketch for this month for you to create your project. Make sure to check the challenge rules here to play along. And you can link up you project here.

And here is my card using both the theme and sketch. I created the background with some Distress Inks that I added on my craft mat and spray with water, then I dipped my watercolor paper on it. I used Craft heater to dry it. When it was dry completely, I placed the ARTplorations Stencil – Star Align on my card and added some white gesso. I did not cover the whole background with it, just some in the middle. Then I set it aside to dry.

While the gesso was drying, I worked on the sentiment. I cut a strip of Black Cardstock, I stamped the hashtag awesome from Bold Sentiment – Hashtag Authentic stamp set with VersaMark ink pad and added some Super Fine Embossing Powder on it. I heat set it with Craft Heater. Then I cut out a strip of White Daisy Cardstock and stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

I checked the background card but it was still a bit wet so I dried it with my craft heater before I added the sentiment strips on it. This craft heater is a handy tool for sure 😀 Once the stenciled background dried completely, I added the black embossed sentiment first with adhesive runner and then the white one with 3D foam tape. I finished the card with Triangle Durable studs.

I hope you will play along with STAMPlorations July Theme and Sketch Challenge and I am looking forward to see your projects! THANK YOU for visiting and have a fabulous blessed day!

I also play along with:

Work It Wednesday June 2016

Word art Wednesday Challenge Week 238 – 239

STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge

Addicted To Stamps an More Challenge 201: Anything Goes

Good morning every one! It is almost weekend… I hope you have a great start this morning with your favorite breakfast and drink. Like most people say, breakfast is the important meal of the day 🙂

Today, we start a new blog post series at Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog called, Thursday Coffee Break with Helen G. (Hey! That’s me! :D) It is biweekly series we will be talking about tips, techniques or tutorials, plus coffee chit chat. So, check out the first post today here! See ya there!

THANK YOU and have a fabulous day!

Using digital stamp set is a quick way of creating handmade card, also there are lots of options to create with printable stamp sets. Today, I am sharing a CAS card with a printable digital stamp set.

This is my first project using the Cutting Cafe Printable Stamp Set: You Color My World. This stamp set features 41 images: 25 sentiments and 16 images.

I printed the background image that comes in the set and cut it out, then added on my card base.

Then I printed out the sentiment and cut them out in paper strips. Then I added them on the card with 3D foam tape. I also cut out the heart and tucked it under one of the sentiment with permanent adhesive runner.

I finished the card with some clear gems from Hampton Art. Then I decided to added some lines on the sentiment strips with Uniball Signo Black Gel Pen.

Thank You for visiting me today! And check out more of the great designs from The Cutting Cafe website!

Have a fabulous blessed day!

I link up this card at:

Simon Says: Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Week #236 – #237: Anything Goes