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 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:

Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop

Though National Coffee Day isn't until September 29th, today's the day we all get to rejoice in the wonderment that is coffee by kicking off the Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop!!  Oh 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 Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  Here's the card I created for this super fun hop.

I was really feeling the crisp fall breeze in the air (even if it is in the 80's here) when I started this card and chose this really cool sweater weave patterned paper from the Warm & Cozy paper pad.  I used a bunch of papers from that pack on this card.  It was just too perfect not to.  I cut some strips of other papers to layer across my card towards the bottom before created my coffee cup using the Lil' Inker Designs Coffee Cozy Die Set.  I added a fun woodgrain and floral coffee cuff and then a little steam with the amazing stitched steam from this die set.  It's the coolest!  Next, I stamped this little thankful banner from the So Thankful Stamps and added a little shading to the banner and the coffee cup lid to make them really pop.  Here's a closer look:

I hope you like my fall coffee card and I hope you'll take part in the Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  There are a ton of awesome sponsors including Lil' Inker Designs.  Don't miss out on all the fun!  Here's what I used:

  

Spring Coffee Lovers Bloghop

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 started with this adorable floral paper that I cut with the largest Stitched Mats: Dual Stitched Rectangles.  Then I created two more panels of color using Stitched Mats: Long & Skinny Rectangles.  The best part, the most adorable coffee cups that I cut with various patterns in the same color scheme as the floral.  I cut these all out with Coffee Cozy Die Set.  I added a bloom that I cut from the floral scrap paper to added to my center coffee cup.  I used glossy accents on the darker petals to make them shine and finally added some enamel hearts to the other two cups.  My sentiment is from Coffee Cozy Stamps.

I hope you like my springy coffee card 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! 

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!