{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 16 ~ Peppermint Kisses with Latte ~ Not 2 Shabby

 Hello there crafty friend!

I am back with one last card for the Fall | Winter 2021 Coffee Lovers Hop and, of course, I used Sketch 16 from the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group! This was such a super quick card using fabulous papers and ephemera from hop Sponsor Not 2 Shabby!!

All kinds of yummy peppermint goodness in this card! I just can't get enough of these pretty papers and the mix of ephemera is amazing!

I mat the pretty papers with my hoarded Cool Caribbean card stock {retired Stampin' Up! from way back}... THE perfect blue card stock for these papers. I just love the mix of colors in these papers!

I die cut my top layer of Cool Caribbean card stock with the Pleated Lace Rectangles dies from Gina Marie Designs and adhered the ephemera to it.

The sentiment is from the Peppermint Mocha Season stamp set from Not 2 Shabby... perfect for this sweet card!! Pun intended! ;)

I pretty much kept to the sketch for this one... except for the slightly larger die cut rectangle and I did move the sentiment up.

Here's another look at the fun Sketch for the month of November! I'd love to invite you to play along with the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 16... head on over and join us in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group!

You have until midnight tonight to play along with the Coffee Lovers Hop! Even if you can't play along, be sure to stop by and check out all the amazing inspiration being shared!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 16 ~ Peppermint Wishes ~ Polka Dot Orchard

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today is the start of the wonderful Fall | Winter 2021 Coffee Lovers Hop and I have a card using this month's sketch from the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 16 from the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group. I've been building my stash of holiday cards all year long and I'm so happy to be able to add some caffeinated creations to the mix and also play along with the hop!

My first card for the hop features the sweet Peppermint Wishes digi stamp set from Sponsor Polka Dot Orchard and beautiful papers called Peppermint Latte from Sponsor Not 2 Shabby!!

Here's the quick list of Copic markers I used:

Candy ~ C00, C2, C3, R000, R14, R27

Whipped Topping ~ C00, C2, C3

Mug ~ C00, C2, C3, BG0000, BG01, BG10

I also added a few pieces of the Peppermint Candy Embellishment mix from Sponsor Twiddler's Nook. I just love the fun touch these little clay bits add to the card!

I love peppermint for Christmas and these mix of crafty goodies were so fun to play with!!

Here's a look at Sketch 16... I'd love to invite you to come check out the {BYSH} Cardmakers group! Lots of fun inspiration for your Holiday makes and prizes each month for our Sketch Challenge!

Be sure to check out the Coffee Lovers Hop and join in the fun! I can't wait to do some hopping and enjoy all the inspiration that will be shared!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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The Greeting Farm ~ Miss Anya Coffee Break

Hello there crafty friends!

I'm sharing a quick & fun card for the Fall | Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop using the adorable Miss Anya Coffee Break set from The Greeting Farm along with the fabulous Knit Wits 

Stencil from The Greetery.

How stinking cute is this Miss Anya?! I was so excited to finally ink her up!!

I used the following copic markers to color Miss Anya:

Skin ~ E000, E00, E51, R00, R20

Hair ~ E74, E77, E79, RV00, RV06, RV17

Clothes ~ RV00, RV06, RV17, BG11, BG13, BG23, N0, N2

Boots ~ N0, N1, N3, N5

Cup ~ N0, N2, E34, E35, E37

I blended some Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide over the two step Knit Wits Stencil... oh my goodness!! I love this stencil and I will be using it again soon. It actually has 3 separate stencils in the set that you can mix match to add dimension!! Fabulous!! I stamped the sentiment and then trimmed my card front and adhered it to a Raspberry Fizz card base. To finish off the card, I popped up Miss Anya on the card with foam tape. Love!!

We're nearing the end of the Fall | Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop... so sad, but I sure am having a blast! I hope you are too!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Polka Dot Orchard ~ Sack of Beans with Merry Little Coffee

Hello there crafty friends!

It's day 6 of the fabulous Fall | Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I'm excited to bring you another card using wonderful digi stamps from Polka Dot Orchard!!

I've combined the fabulous new Sack of Beans digi image with the Poinsettia mug from Merry Little Coffee. I also added the coffee beans on the sack... loving this new set!! It has a fun mixed media feel to it! For today, I kept my card pretty simple with just some layered digi images and some fun coloring! I used the following copic markers to color these images:

Mug ~ R000, R14, R29, G000, G24, G46, Y000, Y15, Y35,  C00, C2

Sack ~ E51, E81

Coffee/Beans ~ E55, E57, E59

Scoop ~ E35, E37

Ground/Outline ~ N0, N1

I added a layer of red card stock to help make the poinsettias pop and adhered it to a kraft card base. To finish it off, I added a few Donna Pearl Flat Back Half Beads from Ink Road Stamps. Love how this card turned out!!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Polka Dot Orchard ~ New Release ~ Cozy Brew

Hello there crafty friends!

I am so excited to share a card that I made using a new release from Polka Dot Orchard called Cozy Brew!! This new digi set is absolutely amazing! I love it so much and it's created by my talented friend Jeanie Hays of Washi Horse Designs.

I combined all of the images in Microsoft Word Document. I actually colored the snowflakes in Word, as well... so easy peasy!! I used the following Copic markers to color the mug:

Mug ~ E0000, E41

Coffee ~ E23, E27, E51

Cozy / Steam ~ N0, N1, N3

Button ~ V000, V04, V12

I then added a bit of shimmer to the cozy with a Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen and a touch of white to the thread on the button with a white gel pen. Love it!!

I am having so much fun creating cards for the Fall | Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

I hope that you are hopping along and better yet, playing along too!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ Pink & Main ~ Need Coffee

Hello there crafty friends!

I am back with another fun caffeinated creation for the Fall | Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop... this time with a fun stamp by Pink & Main called Need Coffee. This fabulous stamp is available at Scrapping for Less in a bundle with the stamps and dies and it's on sale!!

I love this adorable stamp... it's so fun to color! I decided to use the Stay Awhile papers by Bo Bunny. For once I remembered to choose the patterned papers first and then I colored my stamped image... pulling the colors from the paper. I wish I remembered to do that more often!

I used the following copic markers for this card:

Skin ~ E000, E00, E21

Hair ~ E21, E23, E27

Curlers ~ B34, B37, B39

Clothes ~ YG03, YG11, YG63, E000, E51, E95, E97

Mug ~ E11, E23, E27, E51

Steam ~ N0, N1, N3

My design was inspired by the fabulous sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! 

I'm entering my card in the FMS409 Challenge. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Unity Stamp Company ~ Change Can Be Beautiful

Hello there crafty friends!

I have a super quick and easy card to share with you today using the Change Can Be Beautiful {September 2019 Sentiment Kit} from Unity Stamp Company!! So excited to play along some more with the Fall | Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! I love this set!

In addition to the beautiful fall stamps, there's these adorable coffee cups!! I just love them!

I used the following copic markers to color these cups: 

R14, R27, YR15, YR68, G43, G99, Y06, Y17, E23, E27, E41

The background was created with Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw, and Wild Honey Distress Oxide inks. A little water splatter and Dark Roast Silk splatter... Bam! The sentiment is from another fabulous sentiment set called Bountiful Owl {September 2018 Sentiment Kit}. I stamped it with Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink. I love how quick this card came together and I think it turned out pretty cute!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

~ Friends of Unity November Blog Hop ~

Hello there crafty friends!

It's my favorite time of the month... time to hop with Friends of Unity!! 

 This month's cue is all about Giving Thanks!! Perfect for this time of year with Thanksgiving coming up in just a few weeks! I was able to create three cards to share with you all today so let's check them out!

My first card is a simple design with the fabulous Great Blessings kit by the wonderful Angie Blom! I started by coloring the truck with my absolute favorite color and seriously, this is my dream truck! Love it! I finished up the image and then had to go looking for the perfect paper... yup, did this one the hard way! Luckily, the fabulous new Rustic Wood papers from Unity came to the rescue... along with the pretty My Favorite Fall papers by Echo Park. I adhered both of these patterned papers to a piece of copy paper and die cut it with a large stitched rectangle die. I then adhered that to a white card base. I mat the pretty truck image on a piece of white card stock and wrapped it a few times with jute twine tying it off with a bow. I then popped up the panel on the card with foam tape... and realized I'd forgotten to stamp the sentiment!! Ooops... so I used my handy dandy Stamp Platform to position the sentiment just so and carefully stamped the sentiment. I was careful not to push too hard since it was already so many layers in the platform, but it still got a little extra dark on the bottom of the letters... oh, well... it's perfectly imperfect! And I love it!

Here's a close up of the coloring on the truck and pumpkins. 

I used the following copic markers on this card: 

Truck ~ BG70, BG72, N0, N1, N3

Fall Foliage ~ YR15, YR20, YR21, YR24, YR27, YR68, E35, E37, Y000, YG03, YG63

Background ~ BV20, C00, C1

The new Acorns All Over {background} stamp is so beautiful!! I have just been itching to play with it and I had a fun idea to mix a couple of my Brutus Monroe embossing powders. In order not to waste a bunch of embossing powder I added a couple tiny scoops from the Golden Gourd and Penny embossing powders to a coffee filter and then dumped it over my stamped acorn background into another coffee filter. I alternated between the two coffee filters and added a tiny bit more when needed. I didn't waste any of my embossing powder this way AND I was able to achieve an amazing background!!! Here's a couple close up pics of the background...

The pictures really don't do it justice!! In person you can see the two distinct colors from the embossing powders... such a fun technique!

I added a bit of Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide spray and then smooshed some Mustard Seed and Wild Honey Distress Oxide inks to finish off my background. I've had these extra bits still on the side of my desk from a previous card project I made for the September Friends of Unity Blog Hop... you can check that out here. I thought they'd be the perfect addition to finish off my card. All of these fun images are from the Change Can Be Beautiful Sentiment kit. 

I used the following Copic markers to color this card:

Leaves ~ YR01, YR15, YR21, YR68, G000, G43, G94, G99

Acorn ~ E21, E23, E25, E27

Pumpkin ~ YR01, YR15, YR21, YR68, E23, E27, G43, G94

Coffee cup ~ R14, R27, YR15, YR68, G43, G99, Y06, Y17, E23, E27, E41

I went back and forth on which card stock to use on my center piece and finally decided on kraft! I die cut it with the Papertrey Ink Brushed Off: Rectangle die and then die cut the sentiment with the My Favorite Things Stitched Fishtail Flag STAX. The center panel and sentiment are popped up with foam tape. I love the dimension it gives the card! 

And I'm entering it in the fabulous Fall | Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop... if you're not familiar with this hop, you've got to check it out {^^just click on the link}. It's a fabulous hop that happens twice a year and it's just so much fun... filled with amazing caffeinated inspiration!! I love it!

My third card just makes me smile... I love this adorable stamp called Shadows Fall Behind You. It looks so much like my sweet daughter {minus her curly hair} and it's been warm enough to play in the leaves with a tank top on... so looking forward to cooler temps here soon! So you may notice the kraft and Brushed Off: Rectangle die... both products from my last card... I just had to use them again!! This time I remembered to stamp the sentiment before adhering the main panel. I stamped it with VersaMark watermark ink and then heat embossed a fine white embossing powder. I popped up the main panel with foam tape. I wrapped the card a few times with Stampin' Up! Tangerine Tango Baker's Twine and tied it with a bow.

Here's a close up of the colored image.

I used the following copic markers to color in this beautiful image:

Skin ~ E000, E00, E21, R00, R20

Hair ~ E31, E35, E37

Shirt ~ BV31, BV34

Leaves ~ Y000, Y06, Y15, YR15, YR21, YR27, YR68, R000, R14, R39, E35, E37

Background/Outline ~ B0000

That's it for my cards this month! I do have a couple of winners to announce...

... congratulations to EM and Cindy Holmes!! Woohoo!!

Please email me at crystalominkler@gmail.com to claim your prize. 

Prize must be claimed within two weeks.

Thank you all so much for your continued support of our little hop... and for all of your lovely comments! I really, truly do appreciate each and every one of your sweet comments. A few of my friends are having giveaways on their blog so be sure to hop and comment on each of our blogs!!

Let's get to the hopping...

Crystal <--- you're here

up next ---> Eileen

Kim

Alaine

Jeanie

Dawn B.

Bobbie Sue

Joyce

Dawn F.

Robyn

Thanks so much for checking out my blog post!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Unity Stamp Co. ~ Fall | Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop ~ Make Today The Best

Hello there crafty friends!

I'm so excited to share another card for the Fall | Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!! 

I absolutely love these hops!! I enjoy seeing all the caffeine filled inspiration!

My card for today is featuring stamps from Unity Stamp Co.!!! I absolutely love this image from the Specially Warm kit... I can just imagine myself relaxing on the couch with my latest read and a cup of coffee! The delicate Seedlings {background} just gives the whole card a calming feel.

I also added some clear vellum to soften the background even more... love it! A kraft card base and some jute twine finish this card off! 

Make Today The. Best. Day. Ever and get to hopping!!

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Polka Dot Orchard ~ Coffee Lovers Spring I Summer 2019 Blog Hop

Hi there crafty peeps!

I have one last card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!

I can't believe that it's the last day of the hop! So sad!

But I have had a blast creating and hopping... checking out 

all the fabulous inspiration shared... just awesome!

My last card is featuring the gorgeous coffee cup found in the Polka Dot Orchard digi set 

called The Way of Beauty. I absolutely love that Jessica used the flower from her logo for this image!! Absolutely gorgeous!! And a blast to color too!

Knowing that my time today was limited, I wanted a card design that would be quick so I pulled out my Simple Impressions: Celebrations Patterned Paper collection from Papertrey Ink which gave me a great layer to start with. I die cut the paper with a rectangle die and adhered that to an Aqua Mist layer that I had die cut with a scalloped die. I adhered both layers to a white card base and then got to coloring!! I used the following Copic markers on the image ~ Y000, Y06, Y13, Y17, 

Y19, N0, N1, BG000, BG15

I die cut the sentiment with a banner die and popped it up on the card. I also popped up the coffee cup on the card using foam tape. My final touch was some enamel dots in a similar color.

Love how this turned out!! I sure hope you've enjoyed my last card for the hop!

Thanks so much for checking out my blog!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Unity Stamp Company ~ Coffee Lovers Spring I Summer 2019 Blog Hop

Hi crafty peeps!

Can you believe that there's only a couple more days for the Spring/Summer Coffee 

Lover's Blog Hop?! I can't believe it's almost over!! So sad... but I have a fabulous new release to share with you from Unity Stamp Company called Cafe Delights!!

When I saw the gorgeous Cafe Delights stamp set, I just knew I had to combine it with my first and most favorite Unity stamp of all times... Dream of Being!! I decided to go with rich browns for the building and some pops of red and yellow to finish it off. The Dream of Being image just had to be colored with a light aqua to contrast the rich colors. I used the following Copic markers for my card:

Sky/clouds ~ B0000, N0

Sidewalk ~ N0, N2, N4

Menu ~ N2, N5, E57

Cafe/open sign ~ Y06, Y19

Building ~ E07, E08, E09, E55, E57, E59, N0, N2

Canopy/tables ~ R14, R27, R29

Dream of Being Girl ~ E000, E51, BG10, BG32, E55, E57, E59, R14, N2

I used the Newton's Nook Square die to die cut my colored image and the back layer of Aqua Mist card stock. I adhered the layers with mono multi liquid glue and then popped up the whole square panel with foam tape onto a 5 x 5" square card base. I fussy cut the Dream of Being girl and adhered her directly to the panel with liquid glue. I decided to go without a sentiment on the front... I just couldn't cover any of the front panel.

Here's a close up of the colored images. Love love love the new Cafe Delights kit!!

Don't forget to check out the Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!!

Thanks for checking out my blog!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal