Sunday Stamps Sketch

I love sketch challenges!  This time I paired the Sunday Stamps sketch with a friend's request for thank you notes using this cute set from Honeybee Stamps.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Christine

Mani Thanks

After the excitement of finding the Double D challenge a few weeks ago and having a random win, I anticipated playing along regularly.  The current challenge is "Begins with the Letter M".  Going through my stash, I couldn't find any monkeys, magicians, or even magnolias.  A friend requested some cards using this set from Honey Bee stamps which includes the sentiment Mani Thanks.  Hope  the implied manicure  not so much of a stretch that I get ejected from the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by,

Christine

Hydrangea in Blue

I enjoyed test driving a set of Aqua Blend pencils by Spectrum Noir.....wish I had a bigger box.  They were a delight to use!  This became a "rescue card" after I forgot to use the magnet in my Misti and ended up with the sentiment sitting at a crazy angle.  I stamped the sentiment again and cut it out with a little oval and  mounted it on some foam tape to cover the little inky mistake.

Thanks for visiting,

Christine

Linking to SSS Wednesday Challenge (A/G)

Heartfelt Gratitude

I love the scattering of flowers in the current Atlantic Hearts sketch.  How is it that sometimes even a sketch can be gorgeous!?  I used the sketch earlier this week along with some coffee themed papers and ephemera.  The flowers called out, and I knew that I wouldn't be happy until I tried the sketch again with florals.  

Thanks so much for visiting,

Christine

Linking to AHSC

SSS Wednesday Challenge A/G

Sunny Birthday

I have so enjoyed creating along with Ink to Paper for the Project Reach Out challenge.  We have had LOTS of birthdays during our stay-at-home time, so birthday cards have been so important!  I have been working to replenish my birthday card supply, and it certainly was fun to combine PTI/Ink to Paper products for this card! Summer Sunrise and Aqua Mist were used to stamp Love in Bloom, July Corner Adorners, and Loosely Woven.  I don't think I will ever tire of using the A2 Noted dies for card bases and layers.

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Christine

Linking to:
Ink to Paper Project Reach Out
SSS Wednesday Challenge  A/G

Find Refuge

Praying this card brings comfort.  The sweet scripture is from Papertrey Ink's Year of Psalms series, and it pairs well with the Brushed Birds.

Linking to:

SSS Wednesday Challenge --A/G

Coffee---Color Me Happy

I love this tiny Spellbinders coffee cup!  It has great details, and I've wanted to try making a coffee rainbow using scraps of paper.  It took a while to dig through my scraps to find shades I thought would work, but it was such fun to choose tiny patterns and parts of panels to cut. The color me happy sentiment is from Sunny Studios.  It occurred to me only after struggling to get the line of cups straight that score lines would have made cute---and functional---accents.  Next time!!

Thanks for taking a look,

Christine

Linking to:

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Word Art Wednesday

Simon Says Stamp

Good Days Start with Coffee

This cute package of paper and ephemera was a prize on the CLC blog, and I hoarded  treasured it for a while before deciding to let it make an appearance on a card.  The Atlantic Hearts sketch is perfect for showing off a couple of patterns and artistically arranging images.  

I am linking this card to:

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Word Art Wednesday

Floral Birthday

With one thing an another happening, this card has been all day in the making.  I finished it just as clouds and a thunderstorm moved in, taking away the natural light.  Anyway....this card was inspired by the gorgeous photo at the Card Concept and features Build a Bunch stamps and a couple favorite dies, all from Reverse Confetti.  I am linking to the Card Concept ,  to Reverse Confetti's Stock you Stash challenge, and to Word Art Wednesday

Thanks so much for visiting,

Christine

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Good Mood Sponsored by Coffee

Isn't this Stamplorations sentiment adorable?!  The wonderful graphic text and the size of the stamp make cards come together well and quickly.  

I am linking this project to:

CLC Blog Hop

Stamplorations CAS Challenge

Stamplorations NEAG Challenge

Word Art Wednesday

Coffee and Donuts

This adorable image is from a Picket Fence set called You're making me Glazy.  I love the whimsical image and the cute sentiments.  This sentiment reads:  I'm just a girl standing in front of a salad wishing it was a donut.   Been there!

 Thanks for stopping by,
Christine

Linking to:
CLC Hop
Word Art Wednesday

Flowers and Coffee

The current Inky Paws challenge is to create a floral card, so I watercolored one of my favorite Newton's Nook stamps, the pretty Floral Fringe.  I was stuck on a layout, so I put the panel aside. This evening, I decided to cut the square floral arrangement into four coffee sleeves.  The sleeves from this MFT coffee die were a perfect fit and made the cutest set of four thank you cards.
Such fun!

Hope you are well and staying busy,
Christine

Linking to:
Inky Paws Challenge
CLC Blog Hop

Coffee with Dare 2B Artzy

I love these whimsical coffee cups from Dare 2B Artzy.  The rainbow of vibrant colors in the Just Us Girls inspiration brings brightly painted pottery to mind, so I decided to color these cute mugs with fun colors.  The sentiment is heat embossed on vellum to let the colors shine through.

                                                   Thanks for visiting,

Christine

Linking to:

Just Us Girls

CLC Hop

You warm my heart

I spent the afternoon playing around with a fun layering stamp called Love in Bloom from PTI.  The four layering stamps create the sweetest little heart. (Here is a card I made with a blue and yellow floral heart.) I looked at the heart and wondered if a coffee sleeve could be cut from the center.  Perfect fit and a pretty coffee sleeve was born!

Thanks for taking a look,
Christine

Linking to:  Coffee Lovers Hop

Project Reach Out: Dear to my Heart

PTI's Love in Bloom was part of my most recent order, and I have had such fun stamping floral hearts this afternoon!  I loved the set when it released, but I always wondered if it would be hard to align.  Don't let that stop you.......it stamps like a dream.  There are four layers, so I die cut four hearts from a sheet of card stock that fit in my Misti.  I did a 'draft copy' on computer paper and got the layers lined up just so. Once the stamps were in the Misti, I tried out lots of color combinations.  This one is Lemon Tart, Spring Rain, and Blueberry Sky.  The other layers include:  Large Scalloped Stacker, Loosely Woven Background Stamp, and Made With Love Dies. I can't wait to put this in the mail to someone dear who loves yellow!

Thanks for visiting,
Christine

Linking to;
Project Reach Out--Dear to My Heart

Just to Espresso My Gratitude

This card started out so differently in the planning stage. I salvaged the reddish cup from a failed attempt, and Plan B was  to use it on a multi-layered card.  That didn't work either, but I am happy with the clean look of this card.

Linking to the CLC Hop

Thanks a Latte with Joy Clair

I was blessed to have won this cute Joy Clair set in a previous Coffee Lovers Hop.  I love the sketchy little heart in the middle of the mug.  The images were heat embossed in white, and I blended on some Aqua Mist with a brush.  A few water splatters, scraps, and a junk bow finish out the card.  I like the casual, shabby feel the splatter and junk bow add.

Thanks for taking a peek,
Christine



Linking to:
Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Thanks a Latte

It's so important to say thank you, so I love to have a stack of note cards in my desk drawer ready for a quick word of gratitude.  This card is four inches square and all the elements were cut from scraps.  The tiny Spellbinders coffee cup is ever so cute and has lots of embossed details.  I stamped a little heart splatter using a YNS stamp because hearts and coffee belong together, right?

Thanks for visiting,
Christine



Linking to:
CLC Blog Hop
Word Art Wednesday

Something to Perk Up Your Day

 This card was inspired by the MFT challenge and includes MFT's coffee cup dies and sentiment.  I love the sentiment because it can be used for a birthday or for encouragement.

Thanks for stopping by,
Christine

Linking to:
MFT Sketch Challenge
Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
Word Art Wednesday

Fill My Cup, Lord

This card was inspired by so many sources, making it very easy to create.  The simple palette of gray, yellow and white is from the Color Throw-down, and the layout is provided by the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  And, of course, the theme is from the Coffee Lovers big, crafty party!

It was fun to pair the "dressed up" gray brocade with the whimsical giant polka dots.  Because I never throw away the tiniest scrap, a bitty, bitty square of yellow and gray dotted paper was just right for the little cup.  Crafting during quarantine has definitely led me to count all the blessings in my crafty stash, and I have learned to let God fill my cup rather than the gloom and doom of the local news.  

Praying for healing of our world,

Christine

 Linking to:
Color Throwdown
Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge
Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
Word Art Wednesday

Coffee and Jesus

I love the current Mojo Sketch and decided to use it for my first entry in the Spring and Summer Coffee Lovers Hop. The sentiment pretty much describes how I am making it through the quarantine and online school---a little coffee and lots and lots of Jesus!

Thanks for taking a look,
Christine

Linking to:
Mojo Monday
Coffee Lovers Hop
Word Art Wednesday

Honoring a 2020 Graduate

Celebrating with a young man who has completed his high school coursework and ever so thankful to have some papers in the correct school colors in my stash.

Thanks for stopping by,

Christine

Linking to:

Word Art Wednesday

Color Inspiration--Happy Birthday

I am spending this quiet Sunday afternoon crafting.  It's fun to play along with some challenges I haven't visited in a while.  Isn't the color choice board from Just Us Girls fabulous?!

This card came together quickly with an Altenew stitched cover plate, and inverted scalloped circle from Lawn Fawn, a scrap of MME paper in pink, orange, and yellow and a few flowers from a set I stamped a while back.  The flowers are Bitty Bouquets from PTI.  Since the flowers and stems stamp separately, I die cut a bunch of them, set up a template in my Misti and stamp away.  Betsey Veldman has a wonderful video here, if you would like to see the technique in action. It has changed how I stamp some images.

Thanks so much for visiting,
Christine
Linking to:
Just Us Girls--Color Week
Word Art Wednesday A/G

Hey there, cutie pie!

I am so grateful to be able to craft!  I really wasn't able to feel creative or to focus on much except the most essential things like learning to teach online as the Covid-19 crisis began.

My family is still making every effort to stay home to prevent the spread of Covid-19.  We continue to shop on line, to pick up our groceries, and to worship via the services our church shares on social media.  I realize that we are so blessed to have the opportunity to do those things.  I am thankful that God is working on my heart about the anxiety of the Covid-19 crisis, and that while the world is not back to normal, I feel more at peace.

I've discovered some new challenges lately and have looked at my stamps, dies, and papers in all new ways.  Just as God has provided or our needs, He's given me plenty to enjoy in my crafting stash, and I am so thankful for those pleasures.

I made this card using a retired stamp and die set from Reverse Confetti and using the middle column of Tuesday Throwdown's tic-tac-toe board:  red, a die, and a button. 

Thanks for taking  a look,
Christine

Linking to:
Tuesday Throwdown ---Tic-Tac-Toe
Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash - Birthday
Word Art Wednesday - A/G

Garden Bunch Happy Birthday

We are still making every effort to stay home and help fight the spread of Covid-19.  I am ever so thankful for my crafting stash and have been working with layering stamps.  I love them, but struggle sometimes to get good alignment.  There's plenty of time now to practice and experiment.  This set is called Garden Bunch by Reverse Confetti.  I die cut lots of the flowers from white, created a template for use in my Misti, and stamped a a bunch!  It was a fun way to spend the afternoon, and there are plenty of pretty flowers for future cards.

The elements of the card fit the tic-tac-toe board at Tuesday Throwdown:  blue, die cut, and a bow.

Thanks for visiting,
Christine

Linking to:
Tuesday Throwdown:  Tic Tac Toe (blue, die cut, bow)
Reverse Confetti:  Stock Your Stash (Birthday Cards)
Word Art Wednesday A/G

Red, White, and Birthday!

Wednesday is a good day for checking out card challenges.  I absolutely adore the inspiration photo at the Card Concept and also think it's such fun to play with tic-tac-toe challenges.  This birthday card featuring a tag die and roses  from Reverse Confetti is the result. 

For the tic-tac-toe, I chose the diagonal path of a bow, a die, and blue.  I was inspired by the summery, celebratory feel of red, white, and blue for this clean and layered card.

Thanks for stopping by,
Christine

Linking to:
The Card Concept (photo)
Tuesday Throwdown  (tic-tac-toe)
Reverse Confetti (Stock your Stash with birthday cards)
Word Art Wednesday (a/g)