Coffee Loving Cardmakers - Rhinestones & Pearls

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This is my second post today, click here for my Art Impressions post! I am also on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today with some great ideas for using Rhinestones & Pearls on your projects! Here is a little sneak peek!! I hope you will stop by the CLC blog to see the whole card!!

Dana

Coffee Loving Card Makers - Do It Yourself Flowers

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I'm on the Coffee Loving Card Makers blog today with several Do It Yourself Flower ideas! I created my flowers with stamps and an unexpected stamp! Stop by the blog to check it out, here's a little sneak peek!

Dana

No Line Coloring with Colored Pencils & Exciting News!!

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I'm stopping by with some exciting news!! It's been hard to keep this under wraps, but I'm happy and excited to be joining the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Design Team!!! Thank you, Amy!!  I'm going to have a great feature called Brew & Craft Your Stash that I hope you all will love!!

To help celebrate I have a Coffee card for you today! Lately, I have been seeing a lot of No Line Coloring with alcohol markers and I thought let's do that but instead of markers, I used colored pencils!!

I used Darcie's Heart & Home Yeti to Party! For a light ink, I used Memento's Angel Pink on Crafter's Companion Kraft card stock. The pink is very light and it was a challenge in the small detail areas. In the past I've also used Antique Linen Distress Ink, it's really hard to find something that you can see to color, but not see at the end!!

To color I used my CC's Colour Blend colored pencils: Pewter, Denim Blue, Royal Blue, Espresso, Timberwood, Smoke, Snow, Pink Blush, Black, Shamrock, Rock Pool, Jade, Mulberry. To help the white of the polar bear stand out I added blue sky around her.

I stamped the sentiment below the bear in brown ink and kept it really simple but just adding a few sequins!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Looking forward to seeing you all on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Darcie's Heart & Home
Crafter's Companion ColourBlend Colored Pencils
Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh - Sweet Pea Mix

2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Card 2

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I'm sharing my second card for the 2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! I found this super cute image from Darcie's Heart & Home, Yeti to Party, at a scrapbook show this past summer that I knew was perfect for the Winter Coffee Hop!!

I started by stamping the bear on watercolor paper and then using my distress markers and water to color. I used Pumice Stone, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers, Hickory Smoke, Black Soot, Spun Sugar, Carved Pumpkin and Candied Apple. Then I fussy cut the image and set it aside to dry.

With two circle dies I made a black circle frame and cut some plaid paper for the inside of the frame. From the same paper pad, I picked out the color snowflake pattern and added it to a white card base. Then I added the plaid frame with foam tape.

I stamped the sentiment on a light pink pattern from the same pad and then wrapped some twine around the tip of the strip. Next, I notched the end and added it to my card at the top left. Last I added the colored image!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Darcie's Heart & Home - Yeti to Party
Pattern Paper: Echo Park Paper - Holly Jolly Christmas
Distress Markers
Circle Dies

Coffee Lovers Summer Blog Hop

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I'm sharing a card I made for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop today! I don't have a whole lot of coffee/tea stamps but I was at a stamping show a few months ago and I picked up this super cut set from Darcie's Heart and Home called Milk & Cookies. It's super cute set with a coffee cup and dount in the set.

To help with the summer theme I pulled out a collection pack from Carta Bella, Soak Up the Sun. I trimmed a stripe pattern paper to fit my card base and then used Distress Ink Antique Linen to ink around the edges. I did the same think with a Journal card from the pack.

On the journal card I stamped the sentiment Any Friend of Coffee is a Friend of Me with brown ink. Then I stamped the dount and coffee cup on some watercolor. To color them I used my Spectrum Noir AquaBlend Colored Pencils, I used: Petunia, Watermelon, Fossil Grey, Gravel, Sorel, Bright Green, Parakeet, Carrot, Persimmon, Mango, Citrus Yellow.

When the watercoloring was dry I fussy cut them out, then added them to the journal card with foam tape. Then I added the journal card to my card base. I thought it need a little something more, so I added a sun sticker at the top right, behind the journal card.

Thanks for stopping by! I'm looking forward to all the great Summer Coffee inspiration on this hop!!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Darcie's Heart and Home - Milk & Cookies
Watercolor pencils: Spectrum Noir AquaBlend
Ink: Distress Ink - Antique Linen
Collection Pack: Carta Bella - Soak Up the Sun

Chin Up Buttercup

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It's time for a new challenge at Pinterest Inspired Challenge!! It's a great challenge this month, lots ways to get inspiration!!

Here's the photo:

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I really liked the geometric pattern and the watercolroing of the each triangle. My goal was to do something similar! First i found a stencil with a pattern and then cut a stitched rectangle from watercolor paper.

I picked out three distress ink colors that i used for the card, Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, Peacock Feathers. I placed the stencil over the water color panel, then i added water over the stencil, which i think allowed the color to seep under the stencil a little more! Next time i'm not going to add the water and see if the pattern is a little less blurry!

After applying the ink with some water i set the panel aside to dry. I noticed that the stencil had some water and ink still on it so i pressed the stencil on some extra watercolor paper. It looked like i had flicked ink all over, i liked how it looked so i stamped the from Darcie's Heart & Home Buttercup Bee stamp set. In the center of the frame i stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set.

The flowers i used on the card came from the same stamp set. I used the same ink colors to color the flowers, then i fussy cut them out. Next i added the watercolor panel to a black card base and a black strip over that. With foam tape i added the frame and flowers, then last a few black enamel dots!

Thanks so much for stopping by!! I hope you will play along with at the Pinterest Inspired Challenge!!

Dana

Pile of Fun

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I'm popping in with a fall card today! I had to get this card up because fall is on the way out (rumors are going around about snow on Halloween!!!) I have another fall card to share soon too! So i have to get cracking before its no longer fall!!

I am entering this card in Marker Pop's Anything Goes Challenge.

I stamped the cute image in brown versafine ink. I colored the image with distress markers and a little bit of water. Of course i used water color paper or the ink wouldn;t spread. Next i stamped the sentiment in the upper right corner.

I used a stitched rectangle die to cut the stamped panel. I found some brown and polka dot pattern paper that i thought was fall like, i added the paper to a card base. The panel then went on top with foam tape.

Last i added a few enamel dots in two of the corners, i thought about added a little sparkle to the leaves, but figured more was less.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Darcie's Heart & Home - Pile of Fun
Pattern Paper: Fancy Pants - Happy Go Lucky
Die: Lawn Fawn - Stitched Rectangles
Enamel Dots: My Minds Eye - Mistletoe Magic, Wicked
Distress Markers