Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

Today's the day we all get to rejoice in the wonderment that is coffee!!  How much do I love thee, let me count the ways.  Well, that would take far too long!  I am blessed to be in the company of tons of other amazing coffee lovers and card makers.  What a great mix so make sure you check out all the amazing creations all along the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  Here's the card I created for this super fun hop.  Here's my card for this fun hop:

I knew I wanted to create something cheerful and rainbow when I got ready to create this card!  Luckily, I had the perfect paper that I had been hoarding with rainbows and clouds.  I grabbed this fun paper and cut my mug out using the Coffee Talk 2 Die Set.  Next, I started building my cardbase adding a touch of stitching with the Stitched Mats: Dual Stitched Rectangles to a cool black and white striped paper.  I added a pink border to ground my cup and use as a place for my sentiment using the Stitched Mats: Long & Skinny Rectangles.  I added my coffee cup but thought it needed a little more rainbow pop.  So, I cut a rainbow out of the paper and popped it in place with some foam tape.  Next, I got to work on the sentiments.  The "Happy Birthday" comes form the Coffee Cozy Stamps.  I felt I had too much blank space with only the small sentiment so I grabbed some alphabet sticker packs that had sentiment strips along the bottom.  I added sentiments that went with the birthday idea and the colors of my card.  I finished it all off with a puffy heart sticker.  Here's a closer look:

 Thanks so much for checking out my cards today!  I hope you like my winter coffee cards and I hope you'll take part in the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  There are a ton of awesome sponsors including Lil' Inker Designs.  Don't miss out on all the fun!  Plus, you have a chance to win a $25 Lil' Inker Designs gift certificate along with tons of other sponsored prizes.  You won't want to miss out on the fun!

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Lil' Inker Designs January Release Day #1

Hi, you guys!  It's day one of the Lil' Inker Designs New Release Blog Hop and I'm super excited to share all the new products with you!  I think you are really going to enjoy this release and all the new inspiration from our team.  It's packed with fun, as always and, lucky for you, all the new products are available right now at the Lil' Inker Store!  We have an amazing blog hop for you today so, hopefully, you are coming from Amy's blog and if not, you won't want to miss her amazing creations!  Make sure you didn't miss anyone and start at the Lil' Inker Blog.  Now for the fun!

Today I'm sharing my cute little coffee tag with you and I just know you will love it. 
 

I created this tag by cutting out a Love Tags Die Set from red card stock.  I just love the little hearts on the border!  Next, I cut the mug from Coffee Talk 2 Die Set out of the side of a disposable coffee cup that I had been saving because I loved the pattern.  I added some dark coffee inside with a little reflection added with a white gel pen.  I layered this on my card and got to work on my sentiment.  The sentiment couldn't be easier with the new With Love Word Die.  I cut a black and a vellum "with love" and layered them before adding it to my tag with some foam tape.  I added some touches to of white gel pen to the words too.  Finally, I used some of the hearts left over from the card I made with the new Perfect Palette Heart Die (I'll be showing that off tomorrow).  To finish the tag off, I added some enamel hearts, a piece of black twine, and a little touch of red Stickles.  Here's a closer look:

The next project I have to share uses the Radiating Love Heart Die and the Sending My Love Word Die.

This card was super simple but I love the look of it.  I started with a dip dyed card base and added the radiating look to the background with the Radiating Love Heart Die.  I found a piece of card stock that was the same tone as my card base but deeper and cut the heart from Radiating Love Heart Die and popped it in the center of the embossed area with foam tape.  Next, I layered several cuts of the Sending My Love Word Die, cut in black, before adding that to my card front also with foam tape.  Here's a closer look:

Thanks so much for looking at my projects today!  Don't forget about our giveaway!

You'll want to leave comments along the way because Laura is giving away the ENTIRE NEW RELEASE to a lucky commenter during the new release hop.  The winner could be you.  I hope you are enjoying our new release!  We love sharing these awesome products with you!  Be sure to keep hopping, here's the list:

Laura/Shop

 Amy Kolling

Chrissy Larson <---Yup, that's me!!!

 Heather Hoffman

Jen Carter

 Jessica Frost Ballas

Karen Baker

Kimberly Rendino

Lisa Henke

Don't forget you can check out the new release right now in the Lil' Inker Store and you can get all the goodies I used today.  Here's what I used:

     

     

Lil' Inker Designs December Release Day #3

   

Well, it's the last day of our new release hop at Lil' Inker Designs and I'm super excited to show off these last couple products.  Hopefully, you started out at the the Lil' Inker Blog so you don't miss a stop on the hop and have come here from the amazing Amy's blog.  If you are feeling a little lost, make sure you hop back to the Lil' Inker Blog to get back on the trail of fun.  You can also check out the Lil' Inker Store where all of the new release goodies, and a whole lot more, are ready and waiting for you to put in your cart!

My card on this final day uses Cozy Plaid Stamps, Hugs Word Die Set, Comfy Cocoa Stamps and the Comfy Cocoa Die Set with the coordinating previously released Coffee Talk 2 Die Set.

This card was a blast to make!  I started by creating my mug of striped colors.  I layered the strips one by one on a thinner piece of cards stock and then but my mug from the newly created striped paper using the mug from Coffee Talk 2 Die Set.  I embossed a heart from the Comfy Cocoa Stamps in green on the front of my mug before adding the cocoa piece and the marshmallows from the new Comfy Cocoa Die Set.   With my mug completed, I went to work creating the rest of the card.  I cut a piece of white card stock with a Dual Stitched Rectangle for my sentiment which is actually one I modified a bit with the use of my scissors.  I cut the "hug" out of the sentiment from Comfy Cocoa Stamps so that I could use a stack of three Hugs Word Die cuts in green.  I added a little touch of black here and there to make sure the light green popped on the white.  I added my mug to my sentiment and then I had to find a good landing spot for it all.  What better spot to land than on a cute buffalo plaid Dual Stitched Rectangle stamped with the Cozy Plaid Stamps.  I started to add that straight to a black card base but something just wasn't right so, I threw in an extra layer of pink to bring out the colors of my mug.  Lots of layers can be lots of fun!  Here's a closer look:

I'm so glad you've been hopping with me for this whole release.  I love having you here!  Thanks for checking me out and don't forget about our giveaway!

You'll want to leave comments along the way because Laura is giving away the ENTIRE NEW RELEASE to a lucky commenter during the new release hop.  The winner could be you.  I hope you are enjoying our new release!  We love sharing these awesome products with you!  Be sure to keep hopping, here's the list:

Laura/Shop

 Amy Kolling

Chrissy Larson <---Yup, that's me!!!

 Heather Hoffman

Jen Carter

 Jessica Frost Ballas

Karen Baker

Kimberly Rendino

Lisa Henke

Also Laura is offering a fun deal on gift cards for the rest of the month!  Check it out!

Don't forget you can check out the new release right now in the Lil' Inker Store and you can get all the goodies I used today.  Here's what I used: