Lil' Inker Designs and National Coffee Day!

Happy National Coffee Day!  This could possibly be my new favorite holiday because I'm a coffee addict.  Hot, iced, blended...you name it, I like it!  In fact, I'm sitting here drinking my very first coffee of the morning.  Coffee being what it is to so many of us, a fun bloghop took shape each and every year and you can join in the fun over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog!  When it started way back when, I couldn't resist being part of it.  How could I pass up celebrating coffee?  Lucky for me, I am on the design team for a company with a TON of amazing coffee themed products.  So, the team at Lil' Inker Designs is joining in on the fun again this year.  Here's my addition to the hop:

I went pretty simple with my card because I wanted the coffee to be the star!  I made a chalkboard panel that I cut using a Stitched Mats:  Rounded Rectangle Dies and layered it on a plaid background also cut with Stitched Mats:  Rounded Rectangle Dies.  To the chalkboard, I added a white cut with my mug and steam from Coffee Talk 2 Die Set.  I just love this mug.  It is the perfect size and is so fun for adding sentiments to like this one from Coffee Talk 2 Stamps.  I finished it off with an enamel heart.  Here's a closer look:

Make sure you check out the rest of the team's cards and don't forget about the giveaway!  You can read more about it on Laura's blog here.

I hope you enjoyed my card and will come join us on the Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  I can hardly wait to get hopping and see all the amazing creations!  See you on the hop!  Here's what I used for my card:

     

Lil' Inker Designs and Spring Coffee Lovers Blogshop

 

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 Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  Here's the card I created for this super fun hop.

I knew I wanted to go with some crazy florals for this card...it is Spring after all!  Luckily, my latest Clique Kit was packed with flowers and fun papers from the Shimelle Little by Little collection.  I knew the flowers from the cardstock diecuts were just the colors and fun I was looking for to go with the amazing Lil' Inker Designs Coffee Cozy Die Set.  I started with a black cardbase but added a touch of stitching using Stitched Mats: Dual Stitched Rectangles.  I cut a piece of patterned paper from my kit at an angle to show a little of the cardbase.  Next, I got crazy layering my flowers.  I just love these bright colors.  With all my flowers in place, I got to work creating my coffee cup.  With all the busy parts on this card, I decided a simple cup would be best.  So I went with black, cream, and kraft cut with Coffee Cozy Die Set.  Next, I added a purple heart to my cozy and a vellum strip stamped with my sentiment from Coffee Cozy Stamps.  Finally, I scattered some sequins about and glued them down.  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 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 the Latte Love Stamps and Latte Love Dies in a Flash Prize Giveaway and a $35 Lil' Inker Designs gift certificate along with tons of other sponsored prizes.  You won't want to miss out on the fun!  Here's what I used today:

Wintery Coffee Card

I think it's the perfect morning for a coffee card!  I made this card for a friend to give to her barista as a thank you.  I love that she is so awesome and thinks about all the people in her life that make her days brighter and wants to make sure they know she appreciates them.  Just think how awesome this world would be if we all showed our appreciation to each and everyone that impacts our lives even in the smallest way.  Not that coffee is a small endeavor!  He he he.

I love how this wintery card turned out and I hope you do too!

I have been hoarding this cool background paper for awhile now.  I just love the birch bark look of it.  It just screamed to be paired with this snowflake paper from Crate Paper.  So I stamped the saucer from the Concord & 9th Let's Chat Stamp set on the snowflake paper and cut it out as well as the cup with coffee stamped inside which I adhered to the saucer with foam tape for dimension.  I added elements from Crate Papers Snow & Cocoa all around my warm cup of cheer as well as enamel dots and wooden asterisks.

I hope you enjoyed my card today.  I always love sharing them with you!  Have a great 2017!!

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It's A Great Day For a Coffee...Hop!

I'm a little slow getting this post going this morning but I have been pretty sick this week.  It was the kind of sick where you can't even taste your coffee.  Is there anything worse than that?  It sure didn't stop me from drinking it though.  Ha ha!  Despite feeling a little under the weather, I couldn't help but join Amy in the Holiday Coffee Lover's Bloghop.  I am, after all, a MAJOR coffee-a-holic and I adore a good coffee card.  ;)  Make sure you check out Amy's post for all the awesome info and to check out the amazing sponsors for this bloghop.  It really warms my heart to see all this love of coffee.  ;)

Here's my creation for the hop:

I decided to go with some packaging since I got this awesome bag in my Studio Calico kit for the month.  It's gorgeous!  I used Anytime Tags Die Set 2 to create my tags and the Awesome Word Die and Seriously Awesome Stamps for my sentiment.  I decided to have my coffee cup dangle from the tag on some of the gold twine which meant I needed something dangling at the other end too so why not use some layered Snowflake Dies?  My coffee cup was made using the Coffee Cozy Die Set, Coffee Cozy Stamps , and Cozy Winter Wishes Stamp Set.  I'm thinking this could be fun with a gift card and some fun coffee accessories inside.  We'll see!  ;)

I hope you will join us on the hop!  Make sure to check out Amy's post for all the details!  Thanks for stopping by!

Coffee Lover? YUP!

Happy National Coffee Day!  This could possibly be my new favorite holiday because I'm a coffee addict.  Hot, iced, blended...you name it, I like it!  In fact, I'm sitting here drinking my very first coffee of the morning.  Coffee being what it is to so many of us, Chaitali and Amy decided to arrange a Coffee Lovers Bloghop!  As soon as I heard about it, I was on board.  How could I pass up celebrating coffee?  First up, a few fun questions posed by Virginia Lu:

1. When did you start drinking coffee?

I hated HATED coffee for the longest time but then while attending US Air Force Academy, I was introduced to, Trina, the most amazing barista ever.  My love of coffee began with Milky Way mochas and caramel lattes.  I was hooked and it was all downhill from there. 

2. What is your favorite brand (you can name up to three).

I have a Nespresso machine because that has been the best coffee I have found to brew at home.  While I'm out and about, I will RUN to a Caribou Coffee or Starbucks.  ;)

3. What is the most amazing coffee that you had? Remember where and when?

I have never ever had a coffee drink that has compared to Trina's.  I love just about anything coffee but if I could have a Milky Way mocha made by Trina again, I'd be in heaven!  

4. If I don't drink my needed coffee, I will...

Ummm...we don't even want to ponder this question.  It scares me just thinking about it.

Such fun!  I hope you are having fun on the hop and have checked out the sponsors for this hop as well as the fun giveaways and prizes.  What an amazing hop!  Are you ready for my card?

 
I just got this awesome Verve Coffee set a couple weeks ago and I couldn't wait to make a card with it.  I used the Cuppa Joe dies to cut out my coffee cup and colored it with copics.  I layered my mug on two stripes I cut out of glitter tape.  My sentiment is the Coffee Word die from Verve which I cut out several times in both kraft and a coordinating teal cardstock.  I stacked all the dies to give me a fun layered sentiment.  I stamped the adorable steam coming out of my mug with Versamark to finish off the card.   

I hope you enjoyed my card and will come join us on the Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  I can hardly wait to get hopping and see all the amazing creations!  See you on the hop!