Polar Cocoa Hugs

 

 

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Second post today.  If you're looking for my Yummy Holiday post, please scroll down one.

 

I'd like to share a quick, cute, clean and simple card made using the new Polar Bear Hot Chocolate from Conjurer of Dreams.  Originally, I thought to make this an ATC, but decided otherwise while layering.   After adding some faux brads, thread and stickles to my card, it was finished.  

 

Challenges entered:

 

2025 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Hop - Use Coffee/Tea/Cocoa Themed Images (hot chocolate)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #80 - Use Your NBUS (polar bear image)

CD Sunday Plus #171 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Caffeinated Christmas Card #47 - Anything Goes Caffeine and Christmas 

Creative Fingers #312 - Anything Goes 

Critter Crazy #104 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (polar bear) 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Card Stock: Neenah; Scrap Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Thread, Stickles  

Have A Yummy Holiday

 

 

Hello and welcome.  I haven't been around blog land much the last week due to health issues again.  I FINALLY got this little card finished for the 2025 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  Since it ends today, I am just sliding in at the last minute by the "seat of my pants" so to speak.  

 

I had printed out this Gingerbread Latte gnome from The Cat's Pajamas (no closed) on Neenah white card stock before coloring using my Ohuhu markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it using scrap card stock before using a Sakura souffle pen to color in the Christmas tree lights.  After adding some faux brads, I glue down some bling and a epoxy candy cane sticker to finish it off.

 

Challenges entered:

 

2025 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Hop - Coffee Related Images Only  (TCP)

Caffeinated Christmas Card #47 - A/G Coffee/Tea/Cocoa Related Christmas (TCP)

CRAFT Challenge #768 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Digi Choosday #11 Wk 3 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up Scraps

Ink: Leftover Stormy Sky 

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Ohuhu Markers, Bling, Blending Brush, Sticker, Glue, 3D Glaze Pens, White Gel Pen 

Winter Critters

 

Hello and welcome.  Today is my day to post inspiration for this month's challenge over at the Conjurer of Dreams blog.  This month's theme is Winter Critters.   I had a lot of fun making these cards and I hope you enjoy them as well and since I'm still battling COVID, plus my migraines, I pretty much kept the same layout for all of my cards.

Sets used: Forest SantaChristmas Mice

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #68 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Gem of a Craft Wk21 - Anything Goes 

 

Sets used: Skating Penguins, Christmas Hamsters 

Challenges entered:

 

CD Sunday Plus #145 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams) 

Digi Choosday Wk43 - Anything Goes

 

Sets used: Skating Penguins, Winter Christmas Hamster, Twinkletoes 

Polar Bears

 

Challenges entered:

 

Critter Crazy #92 Nov 2024 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (penguins, mice, hamsters, polar bears)

 

Sets used: Winter Cardinal, Watercolor Bluejays 

Challenges entered:

 

Triple B Nov 2024 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (birds)

 

Sets used: Festive Mushrooms, Frosty, 

Christmas Mice, Cocoa Share 

Challenges entered:

Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Hop Nov 2024 - Anything Coffee/Tea/Cocoa/Hot Cider Goes (sharing cocoa around the fire table)

 

 

Sets used: Festive Mushrooms, Christmas Gnomes, Watercolor Bluejays

Twinkletoes, Christmas Cats, Frosty 

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (SnowTex)

 

 

Sets used: Penguin Christmas Decoration, Rudolph Christmas Decoration 

Challenges entered:

 

We Love To Create Mixed Media #10 - Anything Mixed Media/Paper Crafting Goes (ornaments)

 Outlawz Anything Goes In A Card Free Zone Nov 2024 - Anything Goes No Cards (ornaments)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this month's challenge at Conjurer of Dreams.  The theme is Anything Goes or optional Winter Critters.

C'Mon Inner Peace

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made for the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Hop using the Coffee Doodle-Doo set from Unity Stamps.  

After stamping the image, and saying, in Memento tuxedo black on to Copic X-Press It©, I colored it using Copic markers before layering and adding brads.  Taking a coffee bean stencil from Impression Obsession, I created the background for my card using espresso ink and a blending brush.  Taking my layered image panel, I adhered it using glue dots before adding a few dots in the upper right/lower left corners using a black Castle Arts gel pen.  Inside I stamped the "caffeinate and hope for the best" saying from the set. I'm pretty happy with how this card turned out.  Although, I'm starting to finally feel a little better from COVID, I still get short of breath/cough easily and a migraine.

Challenges entered:

 

Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop - Coffee/Tea/Cocoa/Hot Cider Related 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #68 - Use Your NBUS (Unity set)

Critter Crazy #92 - Anything Goes With A Critter (owl)

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #256 - C Is For Critters (owl)

Triple B Nov 2024 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (owl)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Unity

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Adirondack Espresso

Card Stock: Copic X-Press It; Stampin Up

Accessories: Copic Markers, MISTI, Brads, Gel Pen, Stencil, Blending Brush, Glue Dots

Awesome, Strong and Hot

 Hello and welcome.  First, I'd like to thank everyone for the well wishes for my husband.  He is doing a lot better.  My nerves are still messed up, and I still have a massive migraine, so.....I've been making a whole lot more cards to try and keep my mind occupied and calm the nerves; despite my migraine.  It's amazing how coloring calms you down even when coloring through somewhat closed eyes.  So I have a couple of cards to share with you today both for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

 

First up is a card made using a set from The Cat's Pajamas called Tea Time.  Now I have the retired clear set, but the digital version can be found here. I mean, you gotta love Sprinkle, right?  After stamping my images in memento tuxedo black ink onto Hammermill white card stock, I pulled out my prismacolor and copic markers to color the image before stamping the saying then layering.  I went with a black/white color theme, with just a pop of pink to keep it simple. After adding some faux brads I lightly stippled some Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink before adding a felt pink bow and highlighted parts of the Sprinkle using 3D glaze pens.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Coffee Loving Cardmakers - Fall/Winter Blog Hop 

Double D Challenges Nov 16 - Hot Beverages 

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday November - Anything Goes 

Shopping Our Stash #483 - Buttons and Bows (Brads/Eyelets)

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #222 - J Is For Juvenile (snarky kids tea party )

Crazy For Cats #1 - Anything Goes (featuring Sprinkle Cat)

 

 

Double D Challenges

 

 

My second card uses a digital image, Gnome Sweet Gnome, from Angie Blom Digital Designs and is colored using Lyra and Castle Arts pencils.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it and added some button brads from my stash.  My card is dry embossed using a Cuttlebug pumpkin harvest embossing folder and my big shot with Tim Holtz fired brick distress ink stippled over the embossed images.  Once my image panel was added to the card, I color spritzed a garden green marker over the image panel. 

Challenges entered:

 

Coffee Loving Papercrafters - Fall/Winter Blog Hop 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #44 November - Use Your NBUS (image)

A Place To Start November #202211 - Anything Goes Optional Words Of Thanks (anything goes)

The Four Seasons November - Anything Goes Fall (see pic) (inspired by colors plus leaves)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 569-570 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 45 - Anything Goes Coloring 

 

The Four Seasons

 

 A Place To Start

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of your week.  

Strong and Hot Card

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Distress

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, PFS Blending Brush, Black Gel Pen, Sakura 3D Glaze Pens

Gnome Coffee Card

Stamps: Angie Blom Digital Designs

Ink: Tim Holtz Fired Brick Distress

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Brads, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Color Spritzer, SU Garden Green Marker, Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brush

 

 

Sending Warm Thoughts

 

Hello and welcome. I've been on a roll right now (still trying to focus on something other than my health and my husbands) so I have another card to share for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter Blog Hop.  Only this time, I decided to make my card completely from scrap card stock.

 

I started out by stamping my image from Stampin Up's Like It A Latte (retired) stamp set on scrap vanilla card stock in PTI dark chocolate ink before stamping the "steam" in Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink.  Once the image was layered onto more scrap card stock, I added some faux brads before stamping the coffee beans also in PTI dark chocolate ink onto a scrap espresso card.  The saying was then stamped in memento tuxedo black, layered, then added to the card.  Faux brads were then added to my layered saying before adding some dark chocolate to the sides of the card using a direct-to-paper technique.

Challenges entered:

 

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter Blog Hop 

Snippets Playground #441 - Use Those Snippets (whole card is snippets)

Retro Rubber # 195 - You Had Me At Ombre \

Outlawz Festive Friday Nov 11 to Nov 24 - Anything Goes Theme 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stuff (stamp set)

Word Art Wednesday Wk 569-570 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Path of Positivity #106 - Anything Goes Positive Optional Celebrate Simple Things In Life (coffee)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and rest of your week.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Scrap/Snippets

Accessories: Small Hole Punch, Bearly Arts Glue, Glue Dots

 

Pumpkin Spice Everything....Absolutely!!

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Second post today.  To see my Let It Snow card, please scroll down one.

 

I'm back with my second card for the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Hop using an image from sponsor Not2Shabby.  My card uses one of their digital products, Pumpkin Spice Everything, which I have to agree with.  It's no secret that I love me a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies, anything with pumpkin/pumpkin spice in.  If I could get away with it, I'd have pumpkin pie for breakfast, lunch and dinner plus dessert every day of the week.  IF I could get away with it without the the "holiday plus 15" curse. 

I started out by printing my image onto hammermill white card stock, making the image small enough to fit on to an ATC or into a 3 5/8" x 6.5" envelope.  Today I'm going with the small envelope.  I decided to color the image using both prismacolor and copic markers with Castle Arts pencils to highlight parts of the image.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it onto scrap card stock before stamping my background using a retired Stampin Up set Fall Whimsy in pumpkin pie ink.  After stippling the ink around the edges of my card, I added some faux brads to finish up my card.

Challenges entered:

 

Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #44 - Use Your NBUS (image)

The Four Seasons Fall - November Anything Goes (see image below)

Paper Funday #47 - November Anything Goes Optional Colors of Autumn 

Gem Of a Craft Wk 23 - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Thanks/Thanksgiving 

Jan's Digital Stamp November - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 569-570 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Not2Shabby; Stampin Up

Ink: Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Castle Arts Pencils, Small Hole Punch, Bearly Arts Glue, PFS Blending Brush

Pumpkin Spice Coffee, Donuts and Sunflowers

 

Hello and welcome.  Today starts the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter blog hop.  For my project, I decided to use the Bloomin' Spring Coffee Basket digital stamp from Stamplorations in fall colors instead of spring since I love pumpkin spice latte's.  I also colored the daisies like sunflowers.

I started out by printing the image at 3.5 x 5 inches onto Hammermill white card stock then colored using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils.  Once the coloring was finished, I lightly stippled some Stampin Up tangerine tango and always artichoke inks around it before layering.  For my card base, I repeatedly stamped the row of coffee cups from Stampin Up's Espress Yourself (retired) in tangerine tango ink before stamping the coffee beans in always artichoke ink on the border strip.  Once the card was assembled, I added some Ranger Glossy Accents for the donut "glaze" and on the coffee straws before adding some faux brads and faux stitching before adding some gold sequins from my stash.  As an afterthought, I took some Tim Holtz Stormy Sky distress ink and stippled some right underneath the basket for the shadow.  I'm really happy with how this turned out since I was making it while dealing with a migraine.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #44 - Use Your NBUS (main image) 

The Four Seasons November - Anything Goes Fall (inspired by colors - see pic below)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stash (background stamps)

Outlawz Festive Friday Nov 11 to Nov 24 - Anything Goes Theme 

Paper Funday #47 - Anything Goes Optional Colors of Autumn (I used autumn colors)

Crafting Happiness #136 - Thanksgiving or Fall (fall)

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 44 - Anything Goes Coloring 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stamplorations; Stampin Up

Ink: Stampin Up Tangerine Tango, Always Artichoke; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Art Pencils, Lyra Fleshtone Pencils, PFS Blending Brushes, Sequins, Bearly Arts Glue, SU Always Artichoke Marker, Ranger Glossy Accents, Small Hole Punch, Color Spritzer Tool

 

#fallwinter2022clh

The Early Bird

Hello and welcome. First, I'd like to apologize for not posting in a while.  I've been dealing with some health issues on top of my migraines. 

 

Today I'd like to share a card I made using an old Garfield stamp (Rubber Stampede) and this hilarious saying from Art Impressions and a long retired Stampin Up set Espress Yourself.

I started out by stamping Garfield and my saying onto some scrap white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring Castle Art pencils using the Art Nudge #4 to guide my color combo.  Once my coloring was finished, I lightly stippled some dusty durango ink around the image panel using my Picket Fence Studio Blending Brushes before layering and adding some brads.  I then took a black artist pen and added some faux sewing around the edges.  The card is stamped using the coffee cup border from Espress Yourself in dusty durango ink.  I then stamped the coffee beans also in dusty durango ink and layered onto a gray card stock scrap before adding my layered image panel popping it up using dimensionals.  I then finished the card off using some copper cord from my stash. 

Challenges entered:

 

MMTPT692 - Reflection Of Your Collection (coffee stamps) 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2021 - Use Your Unloved Stash 

Aud Sentiments #288 - Anything Goes With A Sentiment 

2021 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Hop 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 45 - Anything Goes Colouring 

 

 #fallwinter2021clh

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and a fabulous rest of your week and weekend.

Stamps: Rubber Stampede, Art Impressions, Stampin Up!

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Dusty Durango

Card Stock: Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, Copper Cord, Brads, Black Artist Pen, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes