Winter Wishes-2023 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

I have been hopping along all week on this amazing Coffee Lover's Blog Hop and just couldn't resist submitting a fun card for the challenge. To create my card, I stamped the adorable girl image from Photoplay's Say It With Stamps I Love Fall stamp set onto white Copic-friendly cardstock. I colored her with my alcohol markers and fussy cut her out. I masked off a small area on my white A2 card base and then inked up the Tim Holtz Holiday Knit stencil using Stampin' UP bashful blue ink. I stamped a few snowflakes on top of the stenciling using the same ink and a snowflake stamp from Crate Paper's Snow and Cocoa stamp set. I die cut a white rectangle panel using Paper Rose nesting stitched rectangle dies and carefully created a snow bank using a Paper Smooches stitched hillside die. I stamped the sentiment to the bottom left of the panel using Versafine onyx black ink and a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's Hand Lettered Winter Wishes stamp set. I popped the focal panel up off of the card using 3M foam tape and adhered the girl to the right of the sentiment using glue and more foam tape. I added some clay polymer candy apple hearts around the sentiment and on the background for a fun pop of color. I finished the card off using some white gel detail. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you are well caffeinated and having fun on this amazing hop!

 

Be A Pineapple

 

Today's card was created for the latest Color Throwdown card challenge. I created my card by layering some light green cardstock from Hobby Lobby directly onto my A2 cardbase. I then took a piece of cream cardstock from Hobby Lobby and did some ink smooshing directly onto it using some acetate and Tim Holtz kitch flamingo distress ink. I then added some embossed detail to the panel using Honey Bee Stamps Spring Leaves pierced detail background plate. I then cut the panel down using a stitched edge rectangle die from Paper Roses and adhered it to my card base using some 3M foam tape. I stamped the pineapples from the Honey Bee Stamps Pineapple mini stamp set onto my cardstock using Gina K Design black ink for the outline and Altenew Inks for the layering portion of the stamps. I enhanced them a bit by adding some detail to the coloring with my Copic markers and a white gel pen and then cut them out with the coordinating dies. I adhered them together in a trio with some liquid glue and then popped them up off of the card with more 3M foam tape. I stamped the sentiments from the same stamp set using Versamark ink and embossed them in gold embossing powder from Ranger and then die cut them using the coordinating dies. I adhered the top sentiment directly to the trio of pineapples and then popped the bottom sentiment up with foam tape. I finished this adorabale card off using some creamy yellow sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you have a beautiful day! 

Pizza My Heart-Send A Smile 4 Kids

Hello, and happy new year! This month at Send A Smile 4 Kids we are creating Valentine's Day cards for kids. To create my card I started by stamping the cute pizza image and the pizza cutter from the Lawn Fawn Pizza My Heart stamp set onto some white Copic-friendly cardstock. I colored them with my alcohol markers and then die cut them with the coordinating dies. I took a piece of crumb cake cardstock from Stampin' UP and stamped it with the My Favorite Things Touch Of Texture background stamp and some Sahara Sand ink from Stampin' Up. I cut a small piece of patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye Good Vibes 6x6 paper pad and adhered it to the bottom of the panel. Using a stitched rectangle nesting die from Paper Roses I die cut the panel down and adhered some plain white twine from my stash between the two papers and tied a bow. I mounted that panel onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock from Stampin' UP and then popped that up with some 3M foam tape and adhered the whole thing to my card. I adhered the adorable pizza images to the panel and then stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set using Versafine onyx black ink. To add a few touches I stamped the steam and some red hearts around the images for a little visual interest. I hope you like my card and are inspired to create a fun Valentine card for a child too! Be sure to hop on over the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog and see how the rest of the design team was inspired by this month's challenge.