Java Great Day! ~ Tranformation ~ Throwback Thursday!

Hey there! It's me with my 7th card for day 7 of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!! I had a fun idea to do a Transformation ~ Throwback Thursday kind of post today. During the Winter 2017 Coffee Lovers blog hop one of the cards I made and shared wasn't totally my favorite. I ran out of time and shared it before I felt like it was really done. This is the card...

If you'd like to check out the details for this card, you can do that ---> here.

So, I think this card is beautiful... but like I said, I felt like it needed a little something more.

So, here's my Transformation ~ Throwback Thursday card! I changed up the colors to work for a Spring/Summer card. I went with Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade, and Peacock Feathers. I blended the distress oxide inks. I added some water splatters that I dabbed with a paper towel and then added some white acrylic paint splatters. I then stamped the coffee ring from Altenew's Coffee With a Splash set using VersaMark watermark ink and heat embossing ultra fine white embossing powder. To add a little more 'coffee' fun to this version of the card, I stamped the coffee beans from STAMPlorations' Latte Love set with VersaMark watermark ink and heat embossed it with the same embossing powder. I die cut the piece with the same scallop die as the original card from My Favorite Things Blueprints #20. I adhered it to a white card base and set it aside.

I stamped the image from Unity Stamp Company's Planner Gal Stay Cozy set with Memento tuxedo black ink and colored her in with the following copics ~ Y06, Y11, YG11, YG13, YG23, BG11, BG15, E000, E00, E21, E23, E25, E50, E53. I used colors that were similar to the background. I die cut the image using the same My Favorite Things Stitched Fishtail Flag STAX die and popped it up on the card. Now since this is a Spring/Summer card I didn't want to use the same sentiment so I decided to go with Java great day from another STAMPlorations' stamp set called Bloomin' Spring Coffee Basket. I die cut it using a banner die and adhered it to the bottom half. I think doing the sentiment this way makes it pop a bit more.

Well, that's it for my Transformation ~ Throwback Thursday post!

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ You're Gonna Need These!!

Hello! Today, I'm sharing a super fun birthday card using Art Impressions Sunny Shades stamp set. Isn't this a funny set?! I just love these fun ladies in this image!

I stamped the image using VersaMark watermark ink onto watercolor paper and then heat embossed some ultra fine black embossing powder. Since the image has some smaller detailed spots, I wanted to be sure that the watercolors would stay where I put them - so that's why I heat embossed the image. I also did it for the cake... all those candles were so much easier to watercolor with the raised image.

Once I had my images ready, I pulled out my ZIG Clean Color Real Brush watercolor brush pens and had a blast coloring. I did pick out my papers beforehand so that I could pull the colors from the papers to use on the images. Sometimes, I do the reverse and then panic trying to find the right paper so I wanted to avoid that.

I thought this sentiment was hilarious and I really designed the whole card based on it! Too funny! Not sure who will get this fun card, but I sure had a ton of fun making it! This fabulous stamp set is available in the shop... here!

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

Oh So Good ~ Unity Stamp Company

Hey there! I'm here with another card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I just recently got this adorable kitty stamp and I was so happy that I got in time to use for this hop. This sweet stamp is from Unity Stamp Company and it's called Purr-fectly Perfect ~ and I have to say that I think it's purr-fectly named! I love it!

I stamped the kitty using VersaFine Onyx Black ink. I heat set the image and colored it using ZIG Clean Color Real Brush markers. I attempted to color her in to look like my childhood calico kitty named Callie... I think she turned out pretty close. Once I had her colored in, I die cut her out using the Pleated Lace Rectangles die set from Gina Marie Designs and set her aside. I die cut a couple pieces of patterned paper from the Echo Park Imagine That! papers using the stitched rectangle die and banner die in the My Favorite Things Blueprints #13. I adhered my layers onto a Kraft card base, popping up the kitty cat layer. I stamped the sentiment on the same watercolor paper and fussy cut a banner. I adhered it to the card and called this one done!

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

A Whole Latte Love ~ Graciellie Designs

Hey there! It's Day 5 of the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I am back with my 5th card. For today's card, I'm using a digi stamp from Graciellie Designs that I got during another Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Isn't it gorgeous!?

I kept this design very simple. I printed the image on the white card stock and then colored it in using copic markers ~ V06, V12, V17, Y06, Y35, YG67, YG93, B0000, B00, B12, N0, N1. I die cut the piece using a Loopy Rectangle die set from Gina Marie Designs. I adhered the piece to a Kraft card base and then stamped the sentiment from STAMPlorations' Latte Love stamp set in the top right corner. I added a few drops of Nuvo Sea Breeze Jewel Drops and called this card done!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

A Fresh Start ~ Unity Stamp Company

Hey there! I'm back for Day 4 of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I just HAD to use this lovely stamp from Unity Stamp Company! This is a Uniquely Unity kit called Flutters to Go and I just adore it! It's one of my absolute favorites! I mean... coffee and butterflies... how could you go wrong!?

I stamped the image on watercolor paper using Versamark watermark ink and then heat embossed it with ultra fine white embossing powder. I used ZIG Clean Color Real Brush markers to watercolor the image. I then die cut it out using a new die set to me from Gina Marie Designs called Pleated Lace Rectangle die set... isn't it awesome!? I love it!

I adhered pretty papers from Echo Park called Hello Easter to a piece of white card stock and then ran them through the big shot with a stitched rectangle die. I then adhered that piece to a white card base. I popped up the cup image using foam tape and then set it aside. I really wanted the sentiment to pop so I grabbed a scrap of True Black card stock from Papertrey Ink and heat embossed it with the same white embossing powder. I adhered the sentiment to the card and called this one done!

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

My Alone Time ~ Jessica Lynn Original ~ STAMPlorations

It's Day 3 of the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop... Eeek! 

So if you know me, you know I love owls... just about as much as I love coffee!

I knew when I saw this sweet freebie digi from Jessica Lynn Originals that I just HAD TO make a card with him! 

How stinkin' cute is this little guy?! I'm not sure how I've never heard of Jessica Lynn's Brentwood Owl line of stamps but I have now and WATCH OUT!! I'm in love!!

Here's the list of copics that I used to color the image ~ N0, N1, N3, Y06, Y35, YR02, YR16, E00, E21, E33, E34, E37, E51, E55, BG000, BG01, BG15, BG57, BG70, BG72, YG05, YG63, YG67. 

I cut the papers from the Echo Park Summer Fun paper pack and adhered them to a white card base. I trimmed the image down and die cut the top portion with a My Favorite Things Stitched Scallop Basic Edge die. I adhered the focal image to the card and set it aside.

I then die cut the Coffee sentiment using STAMPlorations' CUTplorations coffee die three times. I then adhered the layers and adhered it to the card. I stamped the sentiment from STAMPlorations' Dark Coffee stamp set... LOVE the snarky sentiments in this set!... onto the card and called this one done! That's it for my third card!

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

Coffee and Books ~ Ink Road Stamps

Hello again! I'm back with another coffee themed card for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! This time I'm super excited to share a card that I made using the Katya set from Ink Road Stamps! Katya was the subscription stamp for the month of April and I am so super happy that I was able to get her! 

I love this sweet stamp! Isn't she adorable! I paired her with a fun pack of papers from Carta Bella called Practically Perfect... and isn't it?! I love this paper with the books all laid out! I thought it paired well with the image. I die cut the paper using the stitched die from My Favorite Things Blueprints 20 and mat it on Autumn Rose card stock from Papertrey Ink. I then die cut the scalloped rectangle from Papertrey Ink's Hawaiian Shore card stock using the same Blueprints 20 set of dies. I adhered the patterned paper layer with the scalloped rectangle and then ran them through the big shot with a circle die. I wrapped a piece of pink ribbon around the piece and then I adhered the piece to a white card base  I stamped the sentiment, layered it on a mat of Autumn Rose card stock, and then popped up the sentiment with foam tape. I then stamped the Katya image in the bottom right corner.

I colored the image in using copics and also paper pieced her shirt and hair 'bow' using a different paper from the Practically Perfect paper pack. I really love the way this turned out! Hope you do too!

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal