National Coffee Day WEEK with Coffee Loving Cardmakers!

Welcome to some more caffeinated inspiration!  All week over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog we're celebrating National Coffee Day WEEK!  I'm up on the Blog today sharing a post and some inspiration with my Coffee Loving Teamie Robyn.  Did you know Sunday was National Coffee Day?  And we kicked off our week long celebration with a huge blog hop with 29 Sponsors and tons of prizes at each stop (including on the CLC Blog!)  So when you're done here, if you haven't hopped yet, head on over HERE!  You have until October 6th to comment for chances to win prizes.

Here's my first project for today:

I started off this one using a very cool caffeinated item from A Jillian Vance Design, the Coffee Collage INKBoss Inkpression Plate.  There are a couple great videos here on the AJVD Blog that explain the Inkpression Plates and have some great techniques.  I ran some mixed media cardstock through my Gemini with the Inkpression Plate and then used Distress Oxides in Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, and Ground Espresso and blended them over the embossed impression.  I dried it with a heat gun and then pressed a Versamark pad over the entire panel and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

Next I blended some Mustard Seed and Vintage Photo onto some leftover mixed media paper and cut out the cup from the Coffee, Tea & Me die set.  I used the same paper to cut a banner using the Bannerific dies from Paper Smooches.  I cut the steam from Coffee, Tea & Me from some glitter paper (isn't it just THE most beautiful steam die??).

I wanted to add some leaves, but didn't have any in quite the right color or size... and as I flipped through my leaf dies, I landed on these awesome Autumn Leaves from Newton's Nook.  I created my own glitter paper with some more cardstock colored with all the same Distress Oxides and then heat embossed using Wow Clear Sparkle Embossing Powder.  I used it to cut the leaves and acorn from NN and another banner.  The sentiment is from AJVD's But First Coffee Stamp Set.

I'm so loving that INKboss plate and looking forward to playing again!

Next some Paper Smooches:

I cheated a bit on this one... I had colored that beautiful floral from Rosy Posy during the last 30 Day Coloring Challenge and it's been waiting for its turn on a card since... and that cup from Cuppa Sunshine was perfect to hold it.

I just love the room that Paper Smooches images give you for coloring and shading.  Not too big and not too small... just right!

Not to mention some of the best sentiments... love this one from Fun & Flirty.  I stamped and fussy cut it out to take up the least amount of real estate.  And that beautiful scallop from the Flaunters die set is the perfect backdrop.

I just added a few clear sequins to finish it off!

And!  Since you took time to come visit me here I have another card for you today:

You know in September I created a bunch of backgrounds using leftover die cuts from the Wavy Pattern die.  This is the fifth card I've created using those "leftovers".   If you'd like to see the others you can find my Wavy Card 1 here, Card 2 here, Card 3 here, and Card 4 here!

I decided to use this image from the Posh Planters set!  And since my background is a rainbow, I colored my desert sky in the same colors.  And those clouds... I LOVE these clouds!!

I thought the sentiment from Sunnyville was perfect!

So that's me for today!  I hope you enjoyed your stop!  And be sure you checkout Robyn's post HERE and you can find our shared post on the CLC Blog HERE!  And if you haven't hopped the National Coffee Day Blog Hop yet, then please do!  You can start HERE and you have until October 6th.

Paper Smooches Wavy Pattern - Take 3

If you've been hanging out with me you know at the beginning of the month I created a card using the Wavy Pattern Die and Wavy Wishes Stamp Set for the Paper Smooches monthly challenge.  It was a bit of a rainbow and I had cut the Wavy Pattern die a few times out of a bunch of colors and was left with quite a few leftover pieces.  So I put together a bunch of backgrounds and I'll be sharing them all month!

I've also been having fun with the Posh Planters stamps and dies not to mention Sunnyville and I chose these images for my yellow card... and of course I added some plaid!

I love how easy it is to accurately stamp these Wavy Wishes sentiments onto the Wavy Pattern die cuts!

And that's my quick card for this morning!  I'm playing along over at Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge which is Stamp It AND Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge which is also Stamp It!  You should check them out!

Thanks for stopping and be sure to come back soon!

Paper Smooches Wavy Patterns - Take 2!

You may have seen my card for this month's sketch challenge over at Paper Smooches a few days ago.  I used the Wavy Pattern die and Wavy Wishes stamp set to create a sunny card with a rainbow of Wavy Patterns. (You can check that out here if you'd like!)  I had cut the Wavy Pattern die out of a few different colors of cardstock and one white to create that card and found myself with a whole bunch of extras... I could have just tossed them, but instead I had a lot of fun making all kinds of cool backgrounds and I'll be sharing cards all month using those "leftovers".  I only cut one more white one to use for my sentiments in various places on these cards and in the end I had around 3 extra pieces!

For this one it made me very happy to ink up the Posh Planters stamp set... one of my new faves!!

This stamp set does make me SO happy...lol!  Isn't that little van adorable??  This Posh Planters set is full of adorable images and the die sets even cut out the sentiments included in the set!  I'll be using this one a lot this month as well!

I'm playing along over at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge which is Stamp It - use a clear or red rubber stamp-no digis.   And I'm playing along at Word Art Wednesday's current Anything Goes Challenge.  Check them both out!

And here's a pic of all of my backgrounds using my "leftovers"... you'll be seeing these throughout the month!

Thanks for stopping and please do come again soon!