Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter Blog Hop - Card 5

 Hello!

Only a few more days left of the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter Blog Hop! Make sure to get your project linked up by Friday for your chance at some wonderful prizes from our sponsors!!

Todays card features Newton's Nook and embellishments from Twiddlers Nook!  I've been eying this Newton's Nook Lovable Llamas for awhile and while think about my next card to make, I though I could have the llama's carrying coffee ups on their backs. That is if it works out how I think it!!

I used a couple cups from Newton Loves Coffee stamp set, stamped them, the llamas and a couple blankets. I colored everything up with Copic markers and added a little gold with Wow Embossing Powder.

Then I fussy cut everything out and arranged the blankets and cups on the llama's. I liked how it turned out! So I moved on to make a shaker card. 

To make my shaker I picked out some purple polka dot pattern paper and used a rounded rectangle to cut a window. I covered the window with acetate and then added foam tape around the window's edge. Then I added my fun embellishments!! These came from a new to me shop and fellow Coffee Loving Cardmaker Design Team Member, Amanda Wilcox! Her etsy shop is called Twiddlers Nook! Her shop features fun embellishments and craft tools (more on that in a minute!). 

So I used the Burning Embers embellishments and added a pile to the center of my acetate window, then adhered the card base to the foam tape. And wa-la a shaker card!! I added the llamas and the sentiment to the card last!

You might have noticed in my pictures two orange objects, one with some embellishments another with a die and a rabbit paper clip. These are just some of the caft tools from Twiddlers Nook that I mentioned above! 

New just in time for the hop is a Magnetic Die Cut Stand! Mine is a coffee cup and in orange!! (orange is my favorite color, and I LOOOOVE the color, its a perfect orange!!!) Amanda has several more colors to pick from, purple, blue, black just to name a few. Plus, there are other shaped stands to choose from!!

The stand is magnetic so you can place the small dies that you use most often or are working with at that moment! Plus the stand sits in a small little tray and you can use that too!!

Another crafty tool Amanda has are little trays in a few different shapes. Mine is a Donut Tray how fun is that!?!?!! Goes great with coffee!! hehe!! Works great with embellishments or those tiny bits!!

Last here is a picture of them both on my desk. I cleaned off my desk before starting my Coffee crafting and of course it got a little messy, though not as bad as it was!! When I'm not using the tray to corral embellishments, it's holding my embellishments that are waiting to be put away!! 

The Magnetic stand is holding an die that has to home yet, the stray bunny paper click and I use the stand it sits in to hold the only clear block I use any more! (I use the MISTI for 99% of my stamping!)

Wow, a long post I know, but so worth it!! Make sure to get your project linked up before Friday for your chance to win a gift card to Twiddlers Nook!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Newton's Nook Designs - Birthday Brew

Hello!!

This is my last card for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Spring/Summer Blog Hop!! It has been a fun week sharing and seeing a ton of inspiration!! If you still have projects to link up, better get to it!!!

This card features Sponsor Newton's Nook Designs - Newton Loves Coffee stamp set. I decided to do some paper piecing, it has been awhile and realized how much I miss doing it! I don't mind doing all the fussy cutting!!

I used a Doodle Bug designs pattern paper pad and stamped the images on different colorful sheets. Fussy cut them all out and of course use a black pen to color the images edges.

I stamped the kitty looking at a mug from the edge on a strip of white card stock. I colored him and the other kitty with my Copic markers. Then I fussy cut the top part of the kitty looking over the edge.

Then I adhered all my paper piecing to my white stamped cups and then arranged them on the 'table' I created with the kitty looking over the edge.

From the pattern paper pad I added a blue and grey pattern to a white card base and then added the 'table' with all the cups and kitties!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Don't forget to link up your coffee/tea/hot cocoa/cider project to the CLC blog for your chance to win a prize from our wonderful sponsors!!

Dana

National Coffee Day/Week Bonus Card

Hello!

Happy National Coffee Day/Week. The Coffee Loving Cardmakers are celebrating on the day, this past Sunday AND all week long!! Check out this post for blog hop and your chance to at some crafty goodies! Don't forget to stop by the blog each day this week for some great Coffee Inspiration!!

Today I have one card on the CLC blog and another here as a bonus! I played around with two fabulous Super Sponsors Newton's Nook and Thermoweb!!

I started with Newton's Nook Caffeinated cats and stamped it on white card stock. Then I used my Spectrum Noir markers to color the bottom 3/4 of the image. I didn't color the top part because I will cut it off. I want to see more of the background, so just just a portion of the total image.  When I was done coloring I fussy cut the image out.

Next, I used Thermoweb's Deco Foil Foam Adhesive and Crafter's Companion Chevron die. Once the foam was cut I peeled one sides backing off and added the Lime foil on top. I ran it through my die cutting machine to make sure the foil was nicely adhered to the foam adhesive. I peeled off the foil and will use what is left on a future card.

I peeled the other sides backing off and adhered it to a black card base. Then I adhered the colored cats to the foiled adhesive.  I stamped the Something to Perk Up Your Day sentiment, trimmed it and added it to the card. As a final touch I added a few matching sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

Dana

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter Blog Hop - Card #4

Hello and Happy Friday!!!

I'm sharing my last card for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter Blog Hop!! Make sure to get yours liked up today to have a chance at some great crafty goodies!! My card features 3 sponsors of the hop: Hero Arts, Newton's Nook and Wow Embossing Powders!!

I started with the Bookcase stamp from Hero Arts, stamping it with versamark ink on red card stock. Then I used Wow Embossing powder Metallic Gold Rich, super fine. I added Spectrum Noir Red Berry Sparkle Pen to some areas of the books. It's really hard to see, but in person its sparkles nicely with the gold embossing!

Next, I stamped the super cut sloth in a coffee cup from Newton's Nook Slothy Coffee set on green pattern paper I pulled from Echo Park Paper Holly Jolly Christmas pad. I embossed it with the same color as the bookcase.

I also stamped the sloth again on white card stock. I used my Spectrum Noir Markers to color the sloth. Then I fuss cut him out and adhered it to the green sloth and then fussy cut the whole sloth and coffee cup out. I used the same red sparkle pen to color stripes on the coffee cup.

For the sentiment I die cut a circle die and stamped the sentiment in the center. From Art Impressions Place Card Pal die set I cut some holly berries and leaves.

To finish I wrapped the bookcase panel with black twine and then added the sloth coffee cup, sentiment and holly to the panel with foam tape. Last I adhered the panel to the same green pattern paper and then added that to a card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Newton's Nook Designs - Slothy Coffee. Hero Arts - Bookcase
Embossing Powder: Wow Embossing Powders - Metallic Gold Rush
Spectrum Noir Markers: BG3, BG4, BG6, BG7, FS6
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen: Red Berry
Dies: Art Impressions - Place Card Pals, Double Stitched Circles

Coffee Loving Cardmakers - Texture

Hi!

This is my second post today, click here for my Art Impressions post! I'm also on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today with some Texture ideas for your cards! I hope you'll stop by, here is a little sneak for you!!

Dana

Make It Stop!

Hello!!

I'm popping in to share a card i made a couple moths ago, its been kickin' around my desk for awhile just waiting for its time on the blog. This Newton's Nook set Winter Tails is so cute!! I love winter and the snow so its the perfect set for me! I really needed this set last winter, it was just under the record for snowfall!!

Anyway, i started by stamping the bunny holding the snow shovel and the sign. I used versamark and embossed the images with clear embossing powder. I also stamped the Make it Stop! sentiment in the sign and embossed it.

Next used Copic markers to color the bunny and sign. I colored the shovel with pink and red distress markers as i didn;t have red copic markers yet. I also stamped some of the snow banks around the bunny and sign, then cut around everything. I added a little shadow with a grey copic marker, then added some glitter glue.

On a white card base i stamped and embossed in clear, several snowflakes. Then with an ink applicator and light blue distress ink i colored the card base. I added the cut out panel with foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! You still have time to enter my giveaway here!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Newton's Nook - Winter Tails
Embossing Powder: Hampton Art - Clear
Copic Markers
Distress Markers

Purr-fect Day!

Hey there!!

Today i have a card i made for Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Challenge #8. Its a sketch challenge (today's the last day!):

I started by die cutting a tag from watercolor paper. I stamped the images, doing a little masking, then coloring them with distress markers. I used a very dark deep pink card base and found some stripe pink pattern paper to match.

I trimmed the pattern paper to cover the bottom half of the card base and used a scrap of Kraft paper as a border btw the card base and the pattern paper. I also die cut a banner from Kraft and stamped the sentiment in brown ink, then added it to my card base along the Kraft border.

I added some twine to the tag and adhered it to my card base with foam dots.Last i added a couple of sequins! (cuz i made a mistake that i needed to hide... i mean i wanted to from the get-go.... really! )  :D

Have a great day!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Newton Nook Designs - Newton's Antics
Distress Markers: Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet,Aged Mahogany, Pumice Stone, Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Scattered Straw, Tea Dye
Sequins: Neat And Tangled - Festive Fall Mix
Dies: Reverse Confetti - Tag Me

S'more Birthday Wishes

Hello!! Happy Sunday!

I hope everyone is enjoying there weekend!! I have a card to share today with a camping theme to it!! I am linking this up to CAS-ology Challenge: Camp and to Newton's Nook Designs First Sketch Challenge and last to Moxie Fab's Birthday Card Challenge, because well why not??? Its a birthday card!! LOL

The challenge for me was to make a CAS card from the sketch and luckily Newton's Nook has a camp themed stamp set that i happen to have!

Instead of using pattern paper for the rectangle behind the circle and banner in the sketch, i stamped the tiny little lightening bug, in white ink, filling in the same rectangle shape. I did stamp off the bug first as i didn;t want it to be glaring white!!

Next i punched a circle and stamped the fire and two marshmallows. I colored them in with some water and distress inks.

Last i had a banner that laying on my desk that i had die cut at some point and it was a perfect fit for the birthday sentiment. I adhered the banner and circle with foam tape to my cardbase.

Talking about camping i hope you stop by tomorrow, i am a guest designer, and the kit just happens to have a camping/travel theme!! I'll have all the details, plus a bonus card on my blog tomorrow!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies:
Stamps: Newton's Nook - Campfire Tails
Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa. Papertrey Ink - Fresh Snow. Distress Inks - Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, Wild Honey, Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge
Watercolor paper
Kraft: - The Paper Studio
Die: Papertrey Ink - Banner