Sipping and Relaxing

So, I've got some big NEWS over on the Verve Blog today. Yep, the kind of big news you put in all caps. Since it was SO hard to write the first time, I'm not going to go into it over here, other than to let you know I feel so blessed and grateful for this journey and all the friends I've made along the way. With Verve, I created something I never dreamed possible, and I know my stamps will continue to bless those who use them, long after Verve's virtual doors have closed. 😊

I'm not sure what the future will hold, but for now I'm looking forward to a little sipping, relaxing and repeating this summer. Just like this final card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  I'm an Americana girl through and through, so have been super inspired seeing all the red, white and blue creations lately.  I pulled out some Seafarer collection papers for this one and colored the flowers and mug from Living on Coffee with clean color real brush markers and a wink of stella pen.  I fussy cut the cup image, then added the sentiment to the circle die cut.  Some white mats and white gel pen accents finish thing off simply.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you've enjoyed all my caffeinated creations this week.

I'd love it if you'd hop over to the Verve shop and see if there's anything you'd like to have come and live with you. Everything in the shop (with the exception of the two new limited edition sets) is 55% off.  All sales are final.

Enabler' List
Stamps: Living on Coffee (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Seafarer (Authentique), white
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), clean color real brush markers (Zig Kuretake), wink of stella glitter pen, white gel pen
Accessories: stitched circles stax (MFT), circle die (spellbinders)

Butterfly Wishes

Hi friends! I've been on a coffee card making roll lately. When I was done with yesterday's card, I sat down to clean up, then decided to make the scraps on my desk into another card. Tomorrow's the final day to link up to the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I'm on a mission to have a card for each day of the hop. Almost there! {grin}

To begin the card, I layered the four scraps of designer paper, inking them up with seedless preserves and peacock feathers distress inks to give them a little depth. Next I layered on the flower mug and additional flower from Living on Coffee, which had been previously stamped, colored and cut out.  I embossed the birthday sentiment on a vellum circle and tucked it in, then found a butterfly in my stash that seemed to work with the color combo.

I wanted to keep the background white, but it needed a little something more, so I pulled out the Flourish layering stencil and some Tidy Widy Texturez and added the stenciled background.  I love the hint of elegance it brings to the card.

Well, that's it for today. Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful day.

Enabler's List
Stamps: Living on Coffee (Verve Stamps)
Paper: designer prints, vellum (SU!), white
Ink: Versamark, seedless preserves, peacock feathers distress ink (Ranger), clean color real brush markers (Zig Kuretake), white gel pen, wink of stella glitter pen
Accessories: stitched circles stax (MFT), flourish layering stencil (Tim Holtz), Tidy Widy Texturez (Shimmerz), butterfly (Recollections)

Impossible Hello

Hi friends! It's another coffee lovers kind of day with another card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. This morning I was scrolling through emails and saw the fun Impossible Card tutorial in the Splitcoaststampers newsletter for the Try a New Technique challenge this week. It looked easy enough and fun, so I had to give it a go.

I started with a 4.25" x 5.5" piece of crumb cake and then decided where to put my circle die, before making my other cuts.  It ended up being pretty much like the tutorial - 1" from the end on one side and right down the middle on the other side.  I had already stamped and colored the images from the Living on Coffee stamp set with clean color real brush markers and a wink of stella pen. So I dug through my stash of papers to find some old Stampin' Up prints that seemed to match well enough.  I cut my layering panels, then used the Stitched Pennants Die Set to do the stabilizer pieces.  I stamped the sentiment on the front pennant and added the flower spray to the side.

I wasn't sure where I'd write in this "impossible card" design, so I decided to convert it to a tent card, by cutting a folded card base in half and then adhering the impossible card panel to that. I like the added lift it gave to the sentiment and more stabilized feel of it. Still a fun and unique design.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have an awesome day.

Enabler's List
Stamps: Living on Coffee (Verve Stamps)
Paper: pattern prints, crumb cake (SU!), smooth bristol (Canson), white (neenah)
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), clean color real brush markers (Zig Kuretake), wink of stella clear glitter pen, white gel pen
Accessories: Stitched Pennants Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), circle stax (MFT)

Living on Coffee and Sunshine

Hi friends! I'm popping in with another card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop today. This one uses one of my favorite sentiments from the new Living on Coffee stamp set.

Living on coffee and sunshine. I think that's just exactly how I'm going to spend my summer. {grin}  The background was a panel I did a while back, playing around with some Jane Davenport INKredible inks.  I loved the sunny yellowness of it, and thought it would play perfectly with this sentiment.

Next I stamped and colored the cup and flowers from the set with Copic markers, then hand cut with scissors and layered together.  I felt the background needed a bit more texture, so I stamped one of the flowers from the set lightly and randomly in squeezed lemonade distress oxide.  A few tattered edges and some scattered pearls and the card was finished.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you're having a terrific Tuesday!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Living on Coffee (Verve Stamps)
Paper: watercolor paper (Canson), white (Neenah)
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), copic markers, Jane Davenport INKredible Inks, wink of stella glitter pen, white acrylic ink
Accessories: pearls, paper distresser

Sip Relax Repeat

Hi friends! I'm back with another card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. This one uses a fun, modern background that lets my colored image take center stage. Translation... I still didn't pick my papers before coloring and these blues are really hard to match! Haha.

I first stamped the mug image from the new Living on Coffee set in intense black ink and colored with Zig clean color real brush markers and a clear wink of stella pen. I accented the center parts with a white gel pen and then cut around the image with scissors.

The papers are from the Pop of Pink collection by Stampin' Up and I added some gold foil cardstock to the sides of two panels.  The sentiment is also from Living on Coffee and is embossed in gold and then cut with the Stitched Pennants die set and paper clipped to the panels.

We had a fabulous start to the long weekend yesterday with the boys' Kindergarten field day and then a family bowling night last night. I think some sipping, relaxing, and repeating is in order today. Hopefully the kind that leads to me being able to sneak up and stamp!

Thanks so much for stopping by  today! I hope you have a fabulous day!

Enabler's List
Stamps: Living on Coffee (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Pop of PInk (SU!), vellum, white, black, gold
Ink: intense black (Hero Arts), clean color real brush pens (Zig Kuretake), white gel pen
Accessories: Stitched Pennants die set (A Cut Above by VERVE), paper clip (SU!)

Instant Mom Coffee Lovers

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)