Thankful Tea

Hi friends! I'm back with my final installment for this year's Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I managed to post every single day during the hop, and it has been so fun creating and sharing this past week.

The beautiful Amber Moon paper pad from Prima arrived in my mailbox yesterday, and I just couldn't help making a another rustic fall card. I started by stamping the kettle and cup from Always Time on one of the papers from the pad. I fussy cut them both and inked them up with distress inks. Next I stenciled a bit of white crackle paste onto another piece of paper, let it dry. I then sprinkled some brown infusions on the page, then misted with water and moved around to ink up the background. I distressed the edges with distress stain and added in another strip of paper, edged with a bit of brown lace.

Next I added some copper metallic wax to some leaves and a wooden leaf piece, then layered everything together, using a section of one of the papers as my sentiment. Finished off with a touch of distressing all around the edges.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous start to your weekend.

Enabler's List
Stamps: Always Time (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Amber Moon ( Prima), early espresso (SU!), cram (Neenah)
Ink: antique linen, walnut stain (Ranger Distress and Distress Stains), brown infusions (PaperArtsy)
Accessories: stencil (Prima), white crackle paste (Prima), metallic wax (Prima) leaves (Recollections), wood leaf (Recollections), lace trim

My Cup Runneth Over

Hi friends! I'm popping in today to share one of the cards I made for the Dare to Get Dirty challenges over on Splitcoast. I haven't felt much like creating lately, but reading the challenges on Saturday got me in the mood to stamp. The challenges are going all week long for fan club members and there are lots of fabulous prizes being giving away, including some Verve gift vouchers.

For my birthday, I ordered some Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay India inks. These have been on my wishlist for a couple years and now that I've used them I wish I hadn't waited so long! {grin} Loved doing a little dripping across the top with the teal, grass green and white. They're fabulous because they react with water, but once they dry they're permanent and you can build up some lovely layers. All those lovely drips made me think of the my cup runneth over sentiment, so I pulled out the new Always Time set. I love this sentiment and think it's just perfect for a thank you card.

I stamped the kettle in early espresso ink, thinking I'd emboss it, but then forgot to emboss it before I started watercoloring with the india inks.  So my image bled a bit, but I think it adds to the rustic look of the kettle. I also fussy cut the kettle to hide some of those bleeding edges. Finished off with a taffeta bow and some early espresso speckles on the kettle.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope your cup runs over in a good way today! {grin}

Enabler's List
Stamps: Always Time (Verve Stamps)
Paper: watercolor paper (Creatology)
Ink: early espresso (SU!), Bombay india inks Set 1 (Ph. Martin)
Accessories: taffeta ribbon

Always Coffee

Hi friends! I'm popping in with a quick little card I made with the sketch at The Challenge this week. I loved the sweet clean lines of it and thought it would pair perfectly with the new Always Time set.

This sentiment is one of my favorites. No matter what's going on in my life, one of the only things I always make time for is coffee. It might be coffee that's warmed up in the microwave three times over and then finished cold because I got distracted yet again, but there's always time for coffee!{grin}

I started by stamping the there is always time for sentiment and the cup and steam in Versafine onyx black, then coloring with copic markers. I embossed the little cup liner in white for a foamy look to the coffee, then added a yellow mat to this panel.  I lined the bottom of the yellow with a Flourished Trim die cut, then cut out the Coffee Word Die in aqua (I just colored white card stock with copics to get an exact match) and black. My idea was to use the two descenders in the coffee word in place of the little tags in the sketch. Hope that's not too much of a stretch! {grin}

I layered the two die cuts for a bit of shadow, then coated with Nuvo crystal drops for some shimmer. The paper is from a Valentine's paper pack I recently picked up on the cheap at Tuesday Morning. Don't you just love that little chalkboard accent background?

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous weekend. I'm looking forward to it. The boys are going over to Nana and Papa's for a sleepover and Mark and I get to go to a real honest to goodness no kids allowed birthday party!  Hooray!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Always Time (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Valentine (American Crafts), barely banana, basic black (SU!), white (Neenah)
Ink: onyx black (Versafine), versamark (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories: Coffee Word Die, Flourished Trim Die (A Cut Above by VERVE), Nuvo Crystal Drops (Tonic)

Day 1 July Release Blog Hop

Hi friends! It's the start of a fabulous weekend of blog hopping in Verveland. The Verve Divas and special guests are excited to be sharing their first looks at the new sets and dies that will be releasing on Monday, July 10.  I'm the first stop on the hop and am so glad you're here! Hop around to each of the blogs on the hop list and leave a little love for a chance to win today's featured products. Check out the Verve Blog post today for the master hop list, prize details, reveals and a little more on this fun new set.

If you just know you're going to need it all, we are accepting pre-orders for the July Release Collection at a 25% discount through Sunday, July 9. Once the release goes live, the price goes up, so be sure to snag some savings!

Today, we're shining our sneaky little spotlights on the Always Time stamp set and coordinating Kettle Time Die Set. Talk about coffee loving goodness!  I'm smitten with this set, especially the retro style coffee/tea cups and kettles. I'm sure this set will be staying on my desk for quite some time!

For my card, I chose two of the cup images and stamped them each 2 times and colored with Copics. I then cut them with the coordinating dies from the Kettle Time Die Set.  Next I took a pre-made white tag and stamped the hope this perks you up sentiment in onyx black.  I snipped off the end of the tag to make it fit my card, then brought in a hint of the scallops on the cups with a die from the Scalloped Trim Trio Die Set.  I also used this same die to edge my aqua paper scrap and added a couple strips of orange papers to add a little oomph to the layout.  I finished the tag with some orange taffeta ribbon and then layered the cups on the tag.  The card base is embossed with stars for just a hint of starry texture.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoy seeing the new goodies in action along the hop. Next up on the hop is one of our fabulous Guest Divas, Kathy Schweinfurth. I know you're going to love what she has to share today!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances!

1. Julee 7. Teresa 2. Kathy (Guest) 8. Maureen 3. Sheri (Guest) 9. Betty 4. Wanda (Guest) 10. Christyne 5. Charmaine 11. Lesley 6. Marisa

Enabler's List
Stamps: Always Time (Verve Stamps)
Paper: My Mind's Eye paper scraps, black, white
Ink: onyx black (Versafine), copic markers
Accessories: Kettle Time Die Set, Scalloped Trim Trio Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), star embossing folder (Darice), taffeta ribbon (SU!), tag

Summer Loving Happiness

Hi friends! Welcome to another week. I'm sharing a new card for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop today.  This one combines a sentiment from the Coffee Helps set with a sneak peek of stamps from the Happiness Is stamp set that releases on July 10.

I started with the coffee cup from Happiness Is stamped on watercolor paper.  I had just seen a glimpse of the keyword challenge at The Challenge and thought it would be fun to watercolor the cup.  I also chose the background paper to fit the square keyword.  I used Daniel Smith watercolors for the cup, adding in some splatters with some brown watercolor ink.

I then masked off part of the you by my side sentiment to stamp just the you and then added the -and- sentiment to build my pictogram sentiment.  I did also sneak in the steam stamp from the new Always Time set for the coffee steam.  The Summer Loving sentiment is from Coffee Helps and I stamped it on a stitched circle and added to a sun die cut from the Partly Cloudy Die Set.

I masked off the Happiness Is sentiment to stamp just the happiness word in the corner of the designer paper to complete my summer loving happiness sentiment.  I added my pictogram to a 7 gypsies tag with some staples and then added a bit of sponging, splatters and distressed edges all around.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. If you haven't had a chance to link up some cards to the Coffee Lovers hop, there's still plenty of time.  There are bunches of prizes from 77 sponsors, including a chance to win Verve's July release! Link up over at the official hop post.

Enabler's List
Stamps: Coffee Helps (Verve), Happiness Is, Always Time (releasing 7/10/17 from Verve)
Paper: dp scraps, 7 gypsies tag, watercolor paper
Ink: early espresso (SU!), ground espresso (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Springtime Stitches Die Set, Partly Cloudy Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE)