More Coffee, please

But seriously, do you have some? I'd love a cup. I have to admit, I am actually a tea drinker, but since my son was born both my husband and I seem to drink a LOT more coffee than we used to. Maybe that's because Bailey's goes better with coffee than it does with tea? HA!

Kidding.

Not really. 

But, alas...I have yet another fun card for the Coffee Lovers Blog hop! I used the Picket Fence Studios Jill Girl stamp and die for this one.

I used the Picket Fence Studio Jill Girl stamp and die. I stamped her on kraft cardstock and colored with Spectrum Noir colored pencils. I just love how she turned out! The background is the Simon Says Stamp Leafy Leaves stamped in Gold Brilliance ink (Tsukineko). I did heat set the ink, since it is a metallic pigment ink, to avoid smearing. The Just Because sentiment die from CZ Designs is die cut three times and layered to give it a bit more depth. I then added just a few metal dots as accents.

This is image has such a cozy feel to it! I just love it! 

Be sure to check out the Coffee Lovers Blog hop to see SO MANY PROJECTS and join us!

And with that, I wish you a wonderful weekend!

Coffee = Smiles

 

That's how math works, right? I mean, it must be. Because we all know it's true. Coffee = Smiles. And today is the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and THAT makes me smile, too! Because basically a whole bunch of talented crafty folks come together and post super fun projects showing off yummy beverages. Coffee, tea, hot cocoa... they all apply. And I am HERE for it, man!

If this is your first visit, WELCOME! I'm Jingle and you can find me on Instagram, too! 

You guys! I even pulled out my Dunkin Donuts scrunchy for this one. Because of course I have a Dunkin Donuts scrunchy. Do you not? 

I created this card with a wonderful amalgam of products from different places. That wonderful coffee cup is from the one and only Erin Lee Creative. I don't know if her coffee stamp set is available anymore, but her Harry Potter stuff CERTAINLY is, so you should just go buy that now because it's freaking amazing. The little mouse is an undeniably adorable stamp from the Simon Says Stamp and Colorado Craft Company Stamptember exclusive. Ummm.... CUTENESS! You can find all kinds of sets with these cute mice designed by Anita Jeram. They are incredibly adorable. And that sentiment. That wicked cute freaking sentiment? Yeah, that one is a wood block stamp from Simon Says Stamp so not only does it look adorable on a card, but it looks wicked cute on my shelf, too! I die cut the tiny heart from the Simon Says Stamp Mini Hearts die set - this is a super useful set to have around. I highly recommend it.

I colored this one with Copics. Shadows and I aren't actually really good friends because, well, quite frankly, I have very poor spacial orientation and struggle with the entire concept of 'where is my light source', but I think this one turned out pretty cute. All in all, I had a super fun time creating this card! Now, head on over to the Coffe Loving Cardmakers Blog to check out all of the amazing creations out there! 

Mondays and Coffee Go Together Like...

Like, well, Mondays and Coffee, wouldn't you say? I have a super fun coffee themed card up over on the Spellbinders® blog! I've included a complete tutorial to show you how to recreate it, too! I hope you will stop by and check it out!

Also, I am pretty excited that you are now able to LEAVE COMMENTS on the Spellbinders® blog!!! Yes!!! So make sure to leave some love while you are over there checking out the tutorial! 

Have a Happy! (And maybe a coffee, while you're at it. *wink*)

Because Spots

Hello, friends! We have another awesome new challenge for you this week! This week we are GOING DOTTY! We want to see spots and dots on your projects this week! LOTS of spots and dots. (You can say that aloud if you'd like. It's fun. I promise.) The Design Team is featuring Art Impressions products this week. Art Impressions has SUCH a great line of stamps! They are absolutely HILARIOUS! They have pretty stamps , too, but my favorites are the ones that make me laugh. I like to laugh. It's good for the soul.



Here is my confession: I accidentally used a stamp that was discontinued. And here is the good news: The discontinued one is the giraffe and NOT that amazeballs sentiment. And that is the good news because, YOU GUYS! That SENTIMENT! You need it. For reals. It's hilarious. It would be great paired with some of the images of friends in the Art Impressions line. Seriously. LOVE IT!



Now... PLEASE head over to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog and check out what the rest of the team has created! The cards this week are TRULY amazing and we have a fabulous guest joining us this month, too! Go SEE! You know you wanna! Then create your own card inspired by the Going Dotty theme and link it up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for your chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store!

Have a Happy, folks! 

Coffee Helps {GIVEAWAY!}

Summer and coffee. Now, those are a couple of things that I can get excited about! I am participating in the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop while sipping my peanut butter cookie flavored iced coffee this morning! If you would like to participate, you still can! Simply create a summer AND coffee themed project and link it up on the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop post! There are LOTS of awesome sponsors and prizes for entering AND for commenting! SO much fun going on!



I recently bought these adorable flamingo dies and thought they would be a perfect fit for the summer theme! I combine them with the MFT Coffee Cup Die set to create this fun card. The sentiment is half from the Tickled Pink stamp set and half computer printed. I accented the flamingo with white colored pencil to add some dimension. The Bazzill Kraft Foil paper made the PERFECT little coffee cup sleeve! Seriously. I love that part. I really do.



I have a little giveaway to share with you today, too! Simply leave a comment on THIS BLOG POST by 12 June 2015 for your chance to win!


Have a Happy!

Thanks a Latte!

You guys know I love a good pun. Or a bad one, to be honest. I just can't even HELP it! I decided to play along the the MFT Card Challenges Sketch Challenge and pulled out one of the fun punny stamp sets from MFT. And gold and white. Because gold and white.

I don't work with ovals often, so this sort of intrigued me. I pulled out the Pierced Oval dies from Spellbinders to serve as my base for the die cut image. I love those pierced dies. I seriously reach for them SO STINKING MUCH.



This has a few layers, which was kind of fun, as I don't often work in layers. I stamped the cool triangle background (from Aha Arts)in gold Delicata ink and then added a cute puffy sticker border from Pinkfresh Studio. I {HEART} PUFFY STICKERS! For reals, though. I totally do. I then die cut the oval, added it with foam tape, die cut the cup, lid, and sleeve, added that with foam tape, and then heat embossed the sentiment in gold on vellum and wrapped it around the whole lot of it! Layers can be fun, guys!



I have to be honest, I'm not usually one for sketch challenges, as working with a sketch just isn't my favorite thing in the world, but this one was very clean and simple in style and pushed me out of the box a little with the whole oval thing, so I jumped in. I am so glad I did! This card turned out super cute and was a lot of fun to create!

You can find links to the supplies I used below. Please note that Simon Says Stamp links are affiliate links and your support is appreciated. The other links are not affiliate, but I love this stuff, so check it out anyway! HA!

Cardstock: Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth White, Bazzill Gold Metallic Cardstock
Vellum: Bazzill 40lb. Vellum
Dies: Spellbinders Pierced Ovals, My Favorite Things Coffee Cup die set
Stamps: Aha Arts Border and Pattern set, My Favorite Things Perk Up set 
Embossing Powder: Simon Says Stamp Detail Gold Embossing Powder
Tools: Milwaukee Heat Gun, EK Success Powder Tool, Spellbinders Tool 'n One
Ink: Tsukineko VersaMark Clear, Gold Delicata
Sticker: Pinkfresh Studio

Thanks for stopping by! Have a Happy!

Coffee Lovers Bloghop & Giveaway

Today is National Coffee Day! Yes. That exists. Now, before we begin, I have a confession... I'm a tea drinker at heart. Sorry. But it's true. HOWEVER, this past summer I discovered iced coffee and sort of kind of fell in LOVE, soooo... yeah... that happens a couple of times a week now. As a matter of fact, I am currently sipping a Pumpkin Creme Brulee Iced Coffee as I type this. Yup. It's ridiculously delicious.

To celebrate National Coffee Day Chaitali and Amy thought it would be fun to have a GIANT blog hop! There were totally right, dude. Head over to Chaitali's blog to check out ALL of the links AND to see the amazing sponsors! GIVEAWAYS galore, folks!



I absolutely LOVE the adorable coffee cup die from Simon Says Stamp and I knew right away that I wanted to use it for this hop! I created an all white design with the heart colored in pink and a pretty navy sentiment from Waltzing Mouse Stamps.



Also, in the interest of all of the fun festivities, I am giving away this fun What's Brewing stamp set from Simon Says Stamp!

Leave a comment here telling me YOUR favorite kind of coffee! For an EXTRA entry (not required), follow my INSTAGRAM page and leave a message here letting me know you follow! (If you do not use Instagram, I am sorry, this entry isn't available to you. You do not need to leave me a comment letting me know you don't use it. You can enter answering the coffee question above. THANKS!)

Giveaway is open world wide and will remain open through 6 October.

Have a Happy!

I'll Take A Double Cafe Mocha Vodka Valium Latte.... to go, please.

Have you ever had one of those days?  Yeah... the double cafe mocha vodka valium latte... to-go kind of day.  We all have 'em from time to time which is why when I saw this stamp in the Art Impressions collection at Simon Says Stamp I just KNEW I had to use it for our Art Impressions Anything Goes week!  That's right!  It's ANYTHING GOES week!  The Design Team is using Art Impressions stamps, and if you have some we would LOVE to see you use them, but it isn't required for the challenge this week.  Use your stash, folks!



ACK!!!!  I love the look on that giraffe's FACE!  HA!  I believe W.T.F. pretty much sums up his feelings.  LOL!  I colored him with some Spectrum Noir markers and cut the edge of the card front off a bit, adding a strip of gold glitter tap to the inside edge of the card that shows nicely.  Very simple, but, for this sentiment, I believe it is quite perfect.



Now it's your turn!  Create something AWESOME (And new... no backlinking.) and link it up over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for your chance to win a $50 Gift Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!

BUT WAIT!  (Yup.... I just totally added a butt weight to my blog post... it happened...)

THERE'S MORE!  Art Impressions is offering THIS amazing prize pack to one challenge participant, too!  WHAT?! 

And THAT'S not ALL, folks!  ( I swear...I missed my calling in life.  I would have made an AMAZEBALLS infomercial host.  Just puttin' that out there.)

If you head on over to the Art Impressions Facebook Page, 'like' it, and let them know that Simon Says Stamp set you on over, WELL, my friends, YOU could be the lucky winner of this fabulous package of holiday stamps valued at over $100!!!!! (And all the bright lights flash, the crowd goes wild, there's jumping up and down.... *sigh*  Yup.  Totally missed my calling.)

So... go make something, dudes.

You can find the links to all of the fun products I used to create my card below!

Have a Happy!

Cool Beans and Warm Thanks!

Happy Monday, folks!  I hope you had a superb week end.  I, my dear friends, had an amazingly productive crafty weekend!  I'm talking LOTS and LOTS of fun cards and stuff!  I had a blast!  I love it when that happens!!!

But, alas, 'tis Monday and that means back to work and such.  I have a fun card up over on the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog today that's bound to help wake you up just a bit!


Yup. Totally played with some Amy Tangerine goodness! Head on over to the Fresh Squeezed blog to check out the whole card!!!

In the meantime...I'm going to continue to drool over CHA photos. HA!

Jingle Out!