Fight Like A Girl-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

 

Debra and I decided to go pink this month in honor of Breast Cancer awareness month. Our wonderful friend, Michael Trent will be joining us as a special guest as well. For my card, I used A Muse Studio's Fight Like a Girl stamp set and stamped the ribbon in Stampin' UP's pretty in pink ink and fussy cut the image out. I layered light pink cardstock onto my white A2 card base leaving a small border around the edges. I then die cut a panel of white cardstock using Paper Roses stitched rectangle nesting dies. I created a circle mask and inked the highlighted panel on the card using more Stampin' UP pretty in pink ink. I stamped the sentiment from the same A Muse Studio stamp set using Versafine onyx black ink. I added some faux stitched lines using a Memento tuxedo black marker. I popped the ribbon up off of the card using mini foam dimensionals from Stampin' UP. Using a pink Copic marker, I colored the clear rhinestones from Recollections a nice shade of pink and added them to the card. Finally, I matted the panel onto dark pink cardstock and adhered the whole thing to my card with thin foam tape. This card is about as CAS as I get. LOL. 

 

My coffee this month is a lovely, iced pumpkin shaken espresso from my local Ziggi's coffee shop. This thing was amazing! Now, be sure to head on over to Deb and Michael's blogs to see how they were inspired this month. 

A Little Fall Hello

 

Today's card was created for the latest Inkspirational card challenge. I won some free goodies from Unity Stamp Company this week and my shipment came in last night. As soon as I opened it and saw the Mice & Cozy stamp set with all of it's adorable little Autumn mice, I knew I had to ink one of them up and create a card for this challenge. I stamped my adorable mouse onto some Copic-friendly cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink. I colored the image in to match my Cosmo Cricket Autumn patterned paper I used for my card. I layered everything on my card using the patterned paper and some dark brown cardstock from Hobby Lobby. I die cut my focal image using a stitched edge circle die from My Favorite Things and layered it onto another circle using a Spellbinders circle die and more dark brown cardstock. I finished this card off with some white gel pen details and some clear gems from Recollections that I colored with an alcohol marker to match the color scheme. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

Sending Hugs-Growing In Unity Day 2

 

Hello, and welcome to day 2 of my Growing in Unity guest spot on the Unity Show and Tell Facebook group. I created this card by layering some apple green cardstock onto my white A2 card base. I layered some pretty patterned paper from the American Crafts Neopolitan 12x12 paper pad on top. Using an EK Success punch, I added a scalloped border between the two patterned papers to add some interest. I die cut a circle panel and stamped the Unity Stamp Company's Planner Gal Stay Cozy and colored her using my alcohol markers. I die cut the Unity Stamp Company Here's A Hug die using apple green cardstock from my stash. I adhered my focal panel and the die cut sentiment onto the card using liquid glue. I finished the card off with a fishtail banner in green cardstock that I created using Unity Stamp Company's Scallops & Banners dies and some clear sparkling rhinestones for a little shine. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Be sure to head over to the Growing In Unity Facebook page. There is ton's of beautiful inspiration posted there on a daily basis, and a chance to win a prize! This is a private group that is free to join on Facebook. 

Oh Happy Day-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

This month Deb and I chose this gorgeous photo as our inspiration. I started by layering an A2 panel of light green cardstock onto my card base. I die cut a smaller panel of white cardstock and embossed it using a Gemini embossing folder. Using pierced edge oval dies from My Favorite Things, I created a focal panel using more green and white cardstock. I popped the focal panel up using thin foam tape. I stamped the tulips from Hero Arts Tulip Bouquet stamp set onto white Copic-friendly cardstock, colored them using my alcohol markers, and fussy cut them out. I popped them up onto the focal panel using foam tape. I stamped and fussy cut the sentiment from the same tulip stamp set and a few butterflies from Sugar Pea Designs Floral Envie stamp set. Once everything was adhered down I added some clear rhinestones from Recollections and Nuvo glitter drops in white blizzard. 

My coffee this month is a gorgeous latte with an Italian biscotti that I got while Nathan and I were having a lovely lunch at The Ritz Carlton in St. Louis. That's one of our favorite get-aways that's still close enough to where we live. Now, be sure to pop on over to Debra's blog and see how she was inspired this month!

For You-Send A Smile 4 Kids

 

This month at Send A Smile 4 Kids we are celebrating flowers for mom! I created this card by embossing a white cardstock panel using Simon Says Stamp's Dotted Diamond 3D embossing folder and adhering it to my A2 card panel. I stamped the flower image from Altenew's Sulfur Cosmos stamp set and colored the image using Copic markers in pretty pink and purple tones with yellow centers. I fussy cut the image, added foam tape, and adhered the floral image in the upper left side of the card, cutting off anything that went over the edge. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set using Versafine onyx black ink and heat embossed it using clear embossing powder. I used the coordinating die to cut out the sentiment, popped it up with foam tape, and adhered it in the bottom right corner under the flowers. To finish off this card, I added some clear rhinestone gems from Recollections scattered around the focal image and some Crystal Stickles to the centers of the flowers. Thank you for popping over to my blog today. I appreciate you! Now, be sure to stop by the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog and see what floral fun everyone else created!

You Have My Heart-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

Hello, happy Valentine's Day! This month Debra and I are using this fun heart graphic as our inspiration. I will also be entering this card into the latest Inkspirational card challenge. I created my card by using the CTMH Hearts cover die and real red cardstock to create the background for my A2 card base. Using the die and Echo Park's Hello Valentine 6x6 paper pad to create the hearts that I inlaid into the design. I created the oversized sentiment using SSS You Have My Heart die and red cardstock and vellum. I adhered the sentiment directly onto the card using liquid glue and finished it off with some clear sparkling gem stickers from Recollections. 

My coffee this month is a lovely pistachio Cortado from Starbucks! It was warm and delicious, and I will be ordering this again while it's still available. Now, be sure to head on over to Deb's blog and see how she was inspired this month. 

Happy Valentine's Day

Today's card was created for the latest Freshly Made Sketches card challenge. I created my card by creating a focal panel using light pink cardstock from my stash, a stitched rectangle die from Paper Rose, and an embossing folder from The Paper Studio. I layered that onto some darker pink cardstock and adhered the panel directly onto my white A2 card base. I stamped the adorable hedgehog from Colorado Craft Company's Mini Love Cards stamp set, colored it using my alcohol markers, and fussy cut it out. I cut a heart using a Hero Arts layering heart die and patterned paper from Echo Park's Hello Valentine's 6x6 paper pad. I die cut a circle panel using a stitched circle die from My Favorite Things and white cardstock. I layered that onto a larger base using a Spellbinders nesting circle die and dark pink cardstock. I adhered the circle panel to the lower right area of the heart and popped all of it up off of the card using foam tape. I adhered the hedgehog using more foam tape. I stamped and fussy cut the sentiment using Memento tuxedo black ink and wood block stamp from Hampton Arts and adhered that to the focal panel. I finished off my card by coloring a few clear rhinestones from Recollections with my alcohol markers a pretty pink to match the card and scattered them around the focal image. Thank you for stopping by my blog today!

 

Happy Birthday-Send A Smile 4 Kids

 

This month at Send A Smile 4 Kids we are celebrating all things sports related. I have to admit, that I don't make too many sports related cards, so I took to Pinterest for inspiration. I started with an A2 panel of navy cardstock that I used to die cut the sentiment using a die from Blitsy. I then attached the panel directly to my card. I cut down a smaller white panel, and using a plate from my kitchen, I traced the circle onto the panel. Before I cut it into the baseball shape, I pierced the stitching lines into it using a piercing tool from my stash. I cut a 1" strip of red cardstock and created the details using the end of a heart die. I adhered them onto the white panel using liquid glue, trimmed off the overhang, and adhered the panel to the navy piece. I adhered my sentiment on the lower left side of the card and then added some bright yellow stars using a star die from my stash. It looks easy, but I had to throw 2 trials of this away before I got the dimensions correct. LOL. I finished the card off by adding some clear rhinestones from Recollections onto each of the stars. Thank you for stopping by my blog! Be sure to head over the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog and see what everyone else created this month!

Noel-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

Holy cow, how is it almost Christmas? I feel like this month has been in hyperdrive. We are less than a week away from Christmas, and the new year is looming large! This month Deb and I chose to use this beautiful Christmas image as our inspiration for our collaboration. I created my card using the color scheme from this photo. I started by layering some basic black cardstock onto my A2 card base. I die cut a panel out of white cardstock using a Spellbinders postage edge die.  I then layered some forest green cardstock on top, and then a panel of kraft cardstock that I embossed using a Spellbinders plaid embossing folder. I stamped and colored the focal images from Concord and 9th's Merry Mantle stamp set, colored them to match the inspiration photo, and die cut them out using the coordinating dies. I die cut the sentiment from the same die set using basic black cardstock. Everything was popped up off of the card using thin foam tape. I added a few clear rhinestones from Recollections around the focal images for a little sparkle and shine. 

For my coffee this month, I opted for a nice cup of dark Dubai chocolate in a fun, snarky mug one of my friends gave me a few years ago. It's very fitting! Now, be sure to head over to Debra's blog and see how she was inspired this month. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year! 

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!

Relax And Enjoy Your Day-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

 

Hello! We are well into July now, and man is it hot! Debra and I decided to go with a summer theme this month for our coffee and cards collaboration. I wanted my card to look very similar to our inspiration photo. I started with some crumb cardstock and added sandy texture to it by stamping the dotted detail from the Stampendous Sunny Flowers stamp set onto the paper using Sahara Sand ink from Stampin' UP. Then I took a piece of textured white cardstock from my stash and inked it up with Tim Holtz Salvaged Patina distress ink. I then tore the edges and created 4 panels. I adhered them to my panel at an angle to look similar to the inspiration photo. I stamped the seashells, and flip flops from Honey Bee's Flippin' Fabulous stamp set, colored them with alcohol markers, die cut them, and adhered them to my beachy scene using liquid glue. I stamped the sentiment from the same set, die cut it, and popped it up using foam tape. I added stardust Stickles to the foam on the waves, the shells, and my flipflops. I added some clear rhinestones from Recollections to the flip flops for a finishing touch. 

For my coffee this month, I opted for a lovely iced, Vietnamese latte that I got when my boyfriend and I visited La Patisserie Choquette in St. Louis this week. It's my favorite French-style bakery, and their coffees are as amazing as their pastries! Now, be sure to head over to Deb's blog and see how she was inspired by our summer theme this month! I have also decided to enter this card in the AAA card challenge. 

Hi

 

Hello, happy Sunday! I hope everyone had a safe and fun 4th of July weekend. I absolutely had to join the latest card challenge at Just Us Girls this week, because my lovely friend Lisa Elton of Paper Tales mailed me a card this week with this amazing die. It was like a sign from the Universe. LOL. The Hi die from The Stamp Market is huge and takes up a large portion of an A2 sized card, so I decided to keep it simple and let the sentiment be the star. And since it creates both a positive and negative when you die cut it, I created two cards with one swipe! Using patterned paper from Fancy Pants Meology Painterly 12x12 collection, I created both focal panels by die cutting them with a stitched rectangle die from Paper Rose. I die cut the Hi using plain white cardstock and more patterned paper from the same Fancy Pants collection. On the chartreuse card, I used the white outline and filled in the letters with the patterned paper. On the blue card, I did the opposite. I embellished both with more patterned paper from the same collection by using a flower puch from Stampin' UP and finished them off with large clear rhinestones from Recollections! Thank you, Lisa, for the lovely gift, and thank you to all who have popped by my blog today! Be sure to tell me which card you liked best.  

You Look Better Without Him

 

Today's card was created for the latest Paper Players card challenge. No one likes to think about a long-term relationship ending, but we all know it happens. I have a friend whose daughter just ended her marriage, and she asked me to create a card for her. I used Kelly Purkey's F Bomb stamp set and heat embossed it onto some pink cardstock using Ranger's white detail embossing powder. Using various punches from Stampin' UP and dies from Spellbinders, I created lots of circles, hearts, and flowers using beautiful, patterned paper from Echo Park's Hello Valentine 6x6 paper pad. I created a panel by die cutting a rectangle using a Paper Rose stitched rectangle die, embossed it using a Spellbinders plaid embossing folder, and adhered the whole panel down onto my white A2 card base using thin foam tape for a little added dimension. I adhered the circles I created onto the focal panel using Bearly Art liquid glue. I embellished the card using some Recollections clear rhinestones in various sizes. I love how this card turned out! Thank you for visiting my blog today. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your weekend. 

Enjoy Life's Simple Pleasures-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

 

This month Debra thought it would be fun if we used books as the inspiration for our coffee and cards collaboration. I used Angie Blom's Enjoy Life digital stamp. I colored her using Copic markers and die cut the image into a panel using a nesting stitched edge circle die from My Favorite Things. I layered some navy-blue cardstock from Hobby Lobby onto my A2 card base. Using patterned paper from Echo Park's 12x12 Coffee collection and a fun layout I found on Pinterest, I created my base layers. I printed the sentiment from the same digital stamp set and fussy cut it out. I mounted the focal panel onto the center of the card using thin foam tape. I adhered the sentiment below it. Using nesting banner dies from Unity and patterned paper from the Coffee collection, I created a few fishtail banners and adhered them on the top left of the card. I colored a few clear rhinestones from Recollections with a blue Copic marker and adhered them around the focal panel. I finished the card off by adding white gel pen details on the main image. 

It's been getting brutally hot and humid here in Southeast Missouri, so I opted for a nice, ice-cold S'mores blended latte from Scooters. It definitely helped cool things down and was delicious! Now, be sure to stop by Deb's blog and see how she was inspired. She creates the best cards, and her creations are always so fun!

Celebrate Your Day

 Hello! I hope everyone had a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend. Today's card was created for the latest Inkspirational card challenge. It's not often I create a clean and simple card, mostly because I struggle with those. I love layers and patterned paper, but this one was fun. I created a white panel using Stampin' UP's tulip edge embossing folder and adhered that onto some pink cardstock from Hobby Lobby. I stamped the sentiment from Verve Stamp's Poppy Birthday stamp set using Versamark clear ink and embossed it using Recollections Silver embossing powder. I adhered the vellum strip in the center of the card and adhered the entire panel to the card base. Using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit from Stampin' UP I created the butterflies. I adhered them to my card by adding liquid glue just behind the center of the body so the wings could still lift up on the card. I finished the card off by adding beautiful clear rhinestones from Recollections all around the card and on the bodies of the butterflies. Thank you for stopping by my blog today!

Mom-Send A Smile 4 Kids

 

This month at Send A Smile 4 Kids we are using a sketch, with a focus on Mom cards. If you are a regular visitor to my blog, you will know that I am a huge fan of patterned papers and sketches. So, this was right up my creative alley! I just purchased the Butterfly Blossoms stamp/die/stencil bundle from Simon Says Stamp and I had to use it for this fun sketch. Following the sketch closely, I used beautiful, patterned papers from Bo Bunny's Early Bird 6x6 collection. I stamped the flowers and butterfly from Butterfly Blossoms onto white cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink, colored them using the stencils and inks from Stampin' UP, and die cut them using the coordinating dies. I layered the elements onto a circle panel using white cardstock and a stitched circle die from My Favorite Things. I stamped the sentiment from WPlus9's Strictly Sentiments 4 using Versafine onyx black ink, and I heat embossed it using Zing's clear embossing powder. I fussy cut the sentiment out and adhered it directly to the panel. I finished the card off by adding some clear rhinestones from Recollections. Please pop on over to the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog and see how everyone else was inspired by our sketch challenge.  

Jump For Joy

 

Today's card was created for the latest Just Us Girls card challenge. I saw Lisa Elton's card posted on her Facebook page, and it really inspired me to crack out an old stamp set I've not used in years. I stamped the sheep, the flowers and grass, and the sentiment using Elzybells Jump For Joy stamp set and Memento tuxedo black ink. I created masks for the sheep and stenciled the background using My Favorite Things Mini Cloud Edges stencil and bashful blue ink from Stampin' UP. I die cut the panel using a stitched edge rectangle die from Paper Rose. I colored the images using my Copic markers and finished the card off by adding some mini clear rhinestones from Recollections to the centers of each of the flowers. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. 

With Love On Your Birthday-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

 

For this month's Coffee and Cards collaboration, Debra and I are celebrating kids. My granddaughter, Maddie, is having a birthday this month, so I had to create something fun for her big day. Using MFT's Mini Cloud Edges stencil and a variety of inks from Stampin' UP, I created the rainbow cloud background. I die cut the panel using a stitched nesting rectangle border die from MFT, which I matted onto silver glitter cardstock from Crafter's Square and then mounted the panel to my white A2 card base. I stamped the images from MFT's Unicorns and Glitter stamp set onto white Copic-friendly cardstock and colored the images in rainbow colors and to look like Maddie and her little dog. I fussy cut the images and popped them up on foam tape on the card. I stamped the sparkles from the same stamp set around the images and heat embossed them using silver embossing powder from Recollections. I added a few clear rhinestones from Recollections to the center of each sparkle for extra shine. I stamped the sub sentiment using Versafine onyx black ink and a sentiment from The Greetery's Pretext Sentiments stamp set. I finished off the card by die cutting the word birthday using a die from Heffy Doodle and more of the silver glitter cardstock. To finish off the card, I added white gel pen details to the images and some Nuvo Glitter drops in white blizzard on all of the images for a nice sparkle and shine. 

For my coffee this month, I opted for a delicious pistachio latte with pistachio cold foam from Ziggi's coffee house. It was sheer perfection! Thank you for stopping by my blog today, I appreciate you! Now, be sure to head over to Debra's blog to see what she this month. 

We Go Together Like

 

Today's card was created for the latest Freshly Made Sketches. I started by embossing a piece of white cardstock using Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots embossing folder. I adhered it to the top of my card base. Using various shades of pink cardstock from my stash and a Martha Stewart scalloped lacy punch, I created three layers and adhered them to the card base. I punched the darkest of the cardstocks using a Stampin' UP border punch and popped it up using high dimension foam tape. I stamped the images from Sweet Stamp Shop's Perfect Match stamp set onto white Copic-friendly cardstock, colored them with my alcohol markers, and fussy cut them out. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set and die cut it into a sentiment strip using Sugar Pea Designs Sentiment Strip dies. I adhered everything down to a heart panel I created using a Waffle Flower nesting heart die. I edged the heart with white gel pen dashes for a little additional interest and popped it up off of the card using more foam tape. I finished the card off by coloring some clear rhinestones from Recollections in a pink that matched the cardstock and adhered them around the focal panel. Thank you for visiting my blog today!

Just A Note To Say

 

Today's card was created for both the Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown card challenges. I stamped the butterfly image from Skipping Stones Designs Heartsong 1 stamp set onto white cardstock and colored them with my Prismacolor colored pencils. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set onto black cardstock using embossing ink and heat embossed it using Ranger's white embossing powder. Using an embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts, I created a textured background that I matted with black cardstock. I arranged the sentiment and butterflies onto the panel using thin foam tape. I finished my card off by adding clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh around the panel and clear rhinestones from Recollections to the bodies of the butterflies. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you have a wonderful day!