Cozy Vibes

 

Hello, happy Monday! I cannot believe that Thanksgiving is this week. I am way behind on creating my holiday cards this year, so the Freshly Made Sketches and Inkspirational challenges was not only fun, but useful in helping me get another card into my stash. I started by layering some pretty green snowflake patterned paper from My Mind's Eye Oh What Fun paper pad onto my card base. I die cut a white panel using a Paper Rose stitched rectangle border die and adhered that down. I created a fishtail banner using a banner die from Unity Stamp Company and adhered that to the focal panel. Using Echo Park's Wintertime Branches dies and paper from K&Co designer mat pad, I created the pine branches and glued them down behind what would be my focal image. I stamped the mug, gingerbread man, candy cane, holly sprig, and sentiment from the Essentials By Ellen Cozy Cuppa stamp set and colored them using my Copic markers. I fussy cut around the images and popped them up off of the card using thin foam tape. I finished the card off with some white gel pen details and sparkly clear confetti from Pink & Main. I appreciate you visiting my blog today!

Leaves Are Falling-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

 

As many of you know, my monthly coffee and cards co-host, Debra Davison, is a KCS Designs design team member. Because I don't have a color printer, she was kind enough to print and ship some beautiful papers and images to me this month. We decided it would be fun to create something using those fun designs. Also, as a bonus, Michael Trent, who is also a design team member for them, will be joining us this month! I used the Autumn Coffee Clip Art cups, Shabby Vintage Journal backgrounds, and Autumn Flair Buttons to create my card. I fussy cut the images out, inked around the edges using Tim Holtz vintage photo ink and an ink blending tool. I adhered everything onto a base of medium brown cardstock from my stash that I embossed with Honey Bee Stamps Spring Leaves cover plate for a little additional detail and interest. I popped the mugs and the sentiment button up off of the card using foam tape. I finished it off with some beautiful sequins from Simon Says Stamp. 

My coffee this month is a beautiful lavender latte paired with a coffee macaron from a fun new place I found in St. Louis called Tous Le Jours, a French patisserie with an Asian flair. The food and coffee were amazing!  Now, be sure to head over to Debra and Michael's blogs to see what fun they created with these great digital designs!

Happy Holidays-Send A Smile 4 Kids

 

This month at Send A Smile 4 Kids we are celebrating the holidays. I created my card by stamping the adorable nutcracker using the Recollections Christmas Noel wood block stamp that I picked up from Michael's last year on clearance. I stamped the image three times onto Copic-friendly white cardstock and colored them using my alcohol markers in three different shades. I fussy cut them out. Using left over paper strips, I colored them in the matching inks using my Copic markers. I die cut black panel using a postage edge die from Papertrey Ink. I laid the strips of colored cardstock I created at the bottom of that panel and stamped the sentiment from Sunny Studio Christmas Cookies stamp set using Versafine onyx black ink. Using a piece of green metallic cardstock from Tim Holtz and the Honey Bee Spring Leaves cover plate, I created a textured metallic background. I adhered everything together, aligned the nutcrackers in a row across the focal panel, and adhered the entire panel to my white A2 card base. This was such a fun card to create! Now, be sure to pop on over the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog and see how everyone else was inspired. We would also love it if you participated in our challenge this month!

Happy Halloween-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

 

Happy October, and welcome to the latest Celeste and Deb coffee and cards collaboration! This month we are focusing on all things Halloween and spooky! For my card I used some gorgeous, patterned papers from American Crafts Spooky 6x6 collection, a sentiment from Picket Fence's Triple Trouble stamp set, a bat die from Spellbinders Haunted House collection, a skull stamp from Craft Smart, numeric dies from Recollections, and some gorgeous black, sparkly gems from Simon Says Stamp. I followed a fun sketch I found on Pinterest to put this card together. I love how it turned out and hope you do too!

For my coffee this month, I opted for a super spicy chai latte from my local Ziggy's coffee shop. It was as spicy and tasty as it sounds! Now, be sure to head on over to Deb's blog and see what sort of Halloween fun she created this month. She always creates the best cards!

Have A Boo-tiful Halloween

 

Today's card was created for the latest AAA Cards challenge. This card was pretty clean and simple to create. I started by layering some basic black cardstock onto my white A2 card base. Then using the Lil Inkers Ghost die and dark grey, light grey, and white I created a fun trio of ghost in something of an ombre fashion. I stamped the sentiment from Darcie's Heart & Home's Bootiful Halloween stamp set at the bottom right of the card to finish it off. I almost added black and white twine and some gem stickers but really liked the clean simplicity of it! Thank you for stopping by my blog today!

Fall Sweet Fall

 

I recently picked up Unity Stamp Company's Pumpkin Hearth stamp set during a sale, and the company was kind enough to include a sheet of ephemera in with my order. I just couldn't help myself. I had to create a card right away and enter it in a few fun challenges. I will be entering this in the Friends Of Unity Color Challenge, the Color Hues Challenge, and the latest Double D challenge. I started by stamping the background text image from the stamp set with Tim Holtz distress ink directly onto my orange card base from DCWV textured cards. I then stamped the maple leaves from a Cloud 9 stamp set using the same distress ink. I adhered some beautiful fall leaf patterned paper that I had in my stash from Hobby Lobby to a kraft tag. I stamped the pumpkin image on some Ranger heavyweight watercolor paper using Versafine onyx black ink and watercolored the image using more distress inks. I fussy cut the image out and adhered it to the bottom of the tag and cut off the remainder. I backed the tag on some early espresso cardstock from Stampin' UP. I adhered it directly to my card base and cut the top off. I cut out the ephemera and backed the smaller sentiment strip to brown cardstock. I adhered both to the card using thin foam tape. I few gorgeous espresso-colored sequins from The Ton finished off this card. Thank you for stopping by my blog today!

Hot Chocolate Kind Of Day!-Send A Smile 4 Kids

 

This month at Send A Smile 4 Kids, we are showcasing our favorite holiday color combos. This can apply to Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas. I have always loved the clean simplicity of a blue and white card. It doesn't even have to be on a Christmas card; I just find it to be so pretty and calming. I recently saw a video from a YouTube creator I subscribe to where she used MFT's rectangle trio stencil in a way that I would never have thought of. I had to try it out for myself, and I love the results! I applied the stencil directly to my white A2 card base and inked it up using a foam applicator and Tim Holtz salvaged patina ink. I stamped the sentiment from Newton's Nook Designs Cup of Cocoa stamp set near the bottom using Memento tuxedo black ink. I applied some black gem stickers from Honey Bee stamp's Freshly Brewed collection on either side of the sentiment. I stamped and colored three of the sweet little mugs from the same Newton's Nook Designs stamp set, colored them in soft blues using my alcohol markers, fussy cut them out, and applied them to my card in a triangle pattern. I finished the card off my adding some clear shimmer pen to the mugs for some added shine. Thank you for stopping by my blog today, and be sure and stop by the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog to see what favorite holiday color combos everyone chose! 

Thinking Of You

 

Today's card was created for the latest Freshly Made Sketches and Just Add Ink card challenges. I created this card by die cutting a panel using plain white cardstock and a stitched nesting rectangle die from Paper Roses. Using Tim Holtz distress ink in shaded lilac, Gina K Designs ink in innocent pink, and Altenew crisp dye ink in blush I stamped the lines using MFT's Abstract Art stamp set. Using Gina K Designs basic black ink, I stamped the floral image from Penny Black's Nature's Jewels stamp set. I stamped the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's Butterfly Blossoms stamp set and die cut it using the coordinating die. I popped the focal panel up off of the card using thin foam tape, popped the sentiment up, and added some pretty sparkling clear rhinestone gem stickers from Recollections. I appreciate you stopping by my blog today. Have a wonderful day!

Many Thanks

 

Today's card was created for the latest Just Us Girls card challenge. I heat embossed a sentiment from Hero Arts Grateful Pumpkin die and stamp bundle onto my kraft cardstock panel using Ranger gold detail embossing powder. I then layered the panel onto my A2 white card base. Using plain white cardstock, I stamped and heat embossed the pumpkins and leaves from the same stamp and die bundle. Using my Ranger distress inks, I colored them all using a blending brush, die cut them out using their coordinating dies, and layered them onto my card panel. I finished them off with some gold sequins from The Ton. Thank you for visiting my blog today!

Hello Spring Chicken

 

Today's card was created for the latest AAA Birthday card challenge. I created this card by stamping the adorable chicken from Art Impressions Spring Chicken Stamp set onto white Copic-friendly cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink. I colored the image using my alcohol markers and cut the image out using a stacking Spellbinders circle die. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set and cut that into a banner. I rounded the edges by using a smaller circle die and just cut the bottom portion of the banner. I layered pretty patterned papers from Simple Stories Summer Lovin' 6x8 paper pad onto some light blue cardstock from my stash. I adhered the sentiment banner and the focal panel directly to the card base and finished the card off with some faux black dashed lines.