Tea Day Wreath

Hi friends!  It's International Tea Day and I'm back with another card for the Holiday Coffee Lovers Bloghop.   I usually drink coffee in the mornings, but my asthma has been acting up, so a nice cup of hot tea with honey was the perfect cough soother today. This morning's selection was a delicious cup of Murchie's Afternoon Blend  in the mug shown below.  Christy Tomlinson sold these a few years back and it's one of my all -time favorite mugs.  The other side of the mug says, "She has faith in the possibilities." Mmmmmm.... good.

Okay, on with today's card.  I was pretty limited in my supplies this morning as something shifted in the drawer where I store all of the ink pads I typically use and I think one of my distress ink tin lids flipped up and caught and I can't open the drawer!  Doh!  Luckily I already had this image from the Cup of Kindness digital set  printed.  I did still have antique linen (my go-to distress ink) on my desk, so I sponged it around the inner side of the stitched circle die, then colored the image with copics.  I added this to a silver doily behind to give the effect of a wreath.  A few pink and red pearls acccent the wreath and I finished off with a bit of ribbon, jingle bells and silver cording.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a fabulous International Tea Day!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Cup of Kindness digital set (Verve)
Paper: cream (neenah), silver doily
Ink: antique linen distress (Ranger), copic markers, laser printer
Accessories: red and pink pearls, ribbon (May Arts), jingle bells, cording, Stars & Swirls embossing folder (Sizzix)

Very Merry Mojo

Hi friends!  It's Monday again already (don't the weekends just fly by?) and time for a brand new Mojo Monday sketch.  This will be our last sketch of 2015, as the Mojo team will be on holiday the last two weeks of December.

For my card, I used the Cup of Kindness digital set.  I cut the merry Christmas sentiment using the Flourished Tag Die Set, then hand cut a mat for it by tracing around the edge of the die and hand cutting.  I sponged with antique linen ink for a vintage look.  The to go cups are colored with Copic markers and cut out and the poinsettia is from the Pinecone Christmas set.  I embossed in gold, then cut with the coordinating Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set and colored with Copics.  I did stamp some more cups on the soft sky layer, but they were a little brighter than I wanted, so I added some texture paste with a stencil for a snowy feel.

This card is also for both the Cup of Kindness inspiration challenge and the Holiday Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  I just love seeing all the coffee, tea and cocoa cards around the blog-o-sphere!  Check out the Coffee Lovers master hop post for all the details!  Hope you have a super creative start to your week!  Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo Monday 428 Sketch

Enabler's List
Stamps: Cup of Kindness digital set, Pinecone Christmas, Get Together (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Holiday Style dp (October Afternoon), soft sky, pumice stone (SU!), cream (Neenah)
Ink: Versamark, antique linen (Ranger), Copic markers, pool party (SU!), laser printer
Accessories: Flourished Tag Die Set, Poinsettia Pinecones Die Set (A Cut ABove by VERVE), seam binding and polka dot ribbon (SU!), linen thread (TCP), jingle bells, dot fade stencil, texture paste, rhinestones

Blue Cocoa Flakes

Hi friends!  Happy National Cocoa Day!  I'm back with another project for the Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  It's a super quick little cocoa card I whipped up this morning using the Cup of Kindness digital set and the Merry & Bright set.

I started by coloring the hot cocoa mug with Copic markers, then fussy cutting.  I stamped the snowflake from Merry & Bright in Versamark ink all around the printed sentiment and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  Next I did some emboss resist with tumbled glass and Feathered Peacock distress inks.  I matted this with black and tied a sweet little bow on for accent. The base is embossed with a Darice snowflake embossing folder and I was done!  Easy peasy!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  And don't forget to enjoy a cup of hot cocoa today! Here's a pic of the Toasted Marshmallow Hot Cocoas we enjoyed at IHOP today.  ;)

Enabler's List
Stamps: Merry & Bright, Cup of Kindness digital set (Verve)
Paper: basic black (SU!), cream
Ink: tumbled glass, feathered peacock (Ranger Distress), white gel pen, Versamark, laser printer, Copics
Accessories: snowflake embossing folder (Darice), ribbon (SU!), clear embossing powder (JudiKins)

Mojo Kindness

Hi friends!  I'm a few hours late with my Mojo Monday sample this week.  But better late than never, right?  I had all the pieces cut and colored during a very amped up "nap" time yesterday. My studio is just down the hall from the boys' room and let's just say their 3 year old terrorism antics are more than a little distracting.  And by the time bedtime for boys hit, I was too tired to do anything but read 3 words in my Kindle and fall asleep myself.

Anyhow, it's contest week at Mojo so that means there are prizes up for grabs!  I hope you'll play along!  This morning after the boys headed off to school I snuck up to the studio to whip this card together. I used the Cup of Kindness digi that's available for free for a limited time from Verve.  I printed four of the snowflake cups, the kindness sentiment and the big holly teacup on white cardstock, then colored with Copic markers and cut out.  I added some seam binding, cording and jingle bells to the top of the sentiment circle and layered each of the to go cups on patterned paper squares.  A bit of frosted lace stickles on my teacup finishes things up.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a wonderful week!

Mojo Monday 427 Sketch

Enabler's List
Stamps:   Cup of Kindness digi  (Verve)
Paper: dp scraps (Recollections), smoky slate (SU!), white (Neenah)
Ink: copic markers, pink pirouette, soft sky (SU!), laser printer
Accessories: Spring Fling Ribbon Collection (Verve), jingle bells, cording, Stitched Circles Stax (MFT), Classic Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Snowflakes and Berries embossing folder set (Sizzix), frosted lace stickles (Ranger), ribbon (SU!)

Fill My Cup

Hi friends! Today I'm popping in with a card I made with the free Cup of Kindness digi set I designed for Verve. I illustrated several stamp sets for Christmas this year, but due to illnesses (myself and my boys), I wasn't able to meet my deadlines to get them sent to manufacturing in time. So I guess I'm ready for next year already, right? {grin}

Since I was pretty bummed about not having a release and really wanted something new to play with, I designed this fun digi set that's available as a free download from Verve through 12/25/15. Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoy it and link me up so I can come check out your cards!

For my card, I used one of my unused attempts at the dry emboss resist for my Card Concept 45 challenge card this week. It uses that same embossing folder and I think I used soft gloss for my resist medium, then stains and acrylics. I also added some texture with a stencil and white embossing paste.
Next up, I printed the digis on white card stock and cut the cocoa cup with a stitched circle die. I masked off the whip cream and sponged antique linen around the mug and also on the two sentiments for a warm glow. I then took another cocoa image and added glossy glaze to the snowflake and did a little resist with stormy sky and faded jeans inks. I fussy cut just the mug and pieced it onto my stitched circle, topping the whipped cream with frosted lace stickles. I added shabby distressed edges to all my layers.

I'm completely hooked on using frantage embossing powder right now. I embossed three sizes of wood veneer snowflakes and scattered them around.  I finished by swiping a Versamark pad down the edge and heat embossing the frantage powder to add a snowy look to the edge.

Well, that's all for me.  Hope you have a fabulous start to your weekend!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Cup of Kindness Digital Freebie (Verve Stamps)
Paper: white card stock, Distress card stock
Ink: faded jeans, stormy sky, antique linen (Ranger Distress), Versamark, laser printer
Accessories: Stitched Circles Stax (MFT), frantage shabby white embossing enamel (Stampendous), wood veneer snowflakes, paper distresser, dot fade layering stencil (Tim Holtz), soft gloss, distress paints, distress stains, gesso, embossing paste, Branches and Snowflakes embossing folder set (BasicGrey - Sizzix)