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Hi friends! The Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop is here and I'm so excited to see all the fabulous coffee creations over the coming week! This morning the boys have their Kindergarten field day at school, so I got up early to write my post while I drink my morning cup of joe. Hopefully I can write this quickly, but I do have a surprise to share with you!


There are two new limited edition stamp sets in the shop today! Hooray! We have limited quantities of these sets on hand and they're only available while supplies last, so if you see a MUST have, snatch it up, quick!  Verve is a Super Sponsor, so there's a chance to win these sets by linking up a new spring/summer coffee/tea or cocoa creation to the official Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop post.

Today I'm sharing with you my first card using the Living on Coffee set. The sentiment Instant Mom, just add coffee is how I feel most mornings, so I started with that. I had almost given up on ever getting my Zig clean color real brush markers to blend when I watched one last video on them.  I've been hearing that paper matters with these markers, but figured high end watercolor paper would do the trick. This time I really listened and decided to get some Canson Smooth Bristol paper, and guess what?  The paper REALLY matters! LOL  The blending on this paper is pretty magical and I colored all the stamped florals from this set while watching NBA playoffs with my boys.  Win win.


The blending was done with the markers and a clear Wink of Stella pen. I love the shimmery look it gave. The flowers were so fun to color, then I finished off with fussy cutting them all. I recently snatched up the fabulous Girl Power set by Sweet N Sassy Stamps, and thought one of the girls would make the perfect match for the sentiment. I colored her in, drew in a little v-neck and some arms and then accented her hair with one of the blooms.

I used one of the dies from the Lacey Frame Duo die set for a little accent and then found pretty much the ONLY papers in my stash that matched the colors I picked to color with!  Haha. I'm a really slow learner! Or just too giddy about jumping in and coloring!


Limited Edition Living on Coffee clear stamp set

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired and have lots of fun along the hop this week!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Living on Coffee (Verve Stamps), Girl Power (Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps)
Paper: dp (BoBunny), black, smooth bristol (Canson)
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), clean color real brush markers (Zig Kuretake), wink of stella clear glitter pen, white gel pen
Accessories: Lacey Trim Duo Die Set (A Cut aBove by VERVE), stitched rectangles, stitched circles (MFT) morning dew drops (Nuvo)

23 comments

Karen Day said...

Eep! I love the new digi set, Julee! And a gorgeous card to kick things off. Have a great weekend :o)

Karen Day said...

Just checked out the two new sets - I see that they're physical stamps! Love them both.

JoAnn said...

Pretty card. Love the colors. I hopped over and order that stamp set as I love the flowers. Have a great weekend. TFS

Fikreta said...

Your card is very beautiful.

Karen Letchworth said...

Awesome colors and a really cute sentiment, too. Thanks for sharing this, Julee.
Blessings,
Karen Letchworth

Brandi R said...

Fantastic card! Love that set and what you did with it ♥

MariLynn said...

Julee this is fabulous. Love the colors you used. Awesome sentiment.

Lady Joyful said...

Fantastic card! I love the colours, and your sentiment is so fun.

New Creations said...

Just fabulous Julee! Love the coloring and sentiment! This is such an awesome stamp set :)

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

So sweet and pretty card, love the colours and that fun sentiment!

~amy~ said...

Julee, this is perfect! Love that sentiment!

Verna Angerhofer said...

Wonderful! Great coloring and a great Mom's Day card too!

Lisa said...

You have a way... so beautiful! Love the gorgeous colors and coloring and great new stamp set!

Lori Kobular said...

Love your coffee card Julee! The color is beautiful and that sentiment is so much fun!

Billie A said...

Cute card and great colors. Awesome images

Crystal O. Minkler said...

Gorgeous card, Julee! Love the blue so much!

nancy carroll said...

Stunning colors and layering

Vonmariedesign said...

Beautiful card!!! I love the sentiment and that's I usually feel too :)

Arianna Barbara said...

Fabulous colors! Love your card!

Polka Dot Orchard said...

Very nice card, I love all the blue used.
Polka Dot Orchard

Michele K. Henderson said...

Julie, I love your card! The colors are so bright and summery! Great design and too cute!

Unknown said...

Perfect sentiment--I wish I looked as lovely as THAT mom. Maybe I'm not drinking the right coffee? I'm in love with your scissors, and the fact that you post an "Enabler's List." You've made my day!

Dr Sonia S V said...

WOW what a beautiful stamp set and gorgeous colors
Cheers
Dr Sonia