Paper Smooches and Coffee Loving Cardmakers UNITE!

Hello inky friends! Today I'm joining my fellow Coffee Loving Cardmakers Designers and the Designers at Paper Smooches in a fun collaboration featuring the new set Caffeinated and the sentiment set called Caffeinated Two.  If you've arrived here from Amy's blog, you're hopping right along.  If not, you can find the complete blog roll at the bottom of my post.  There's a sweet gift certificate in this hop for one lucky commenter so please make sure to visit each blog along the way!  

Now on with my projects:  

For my first project, I decided to create a little gift card envelope/card with the cute bubble tea images.  I love the "chunky" cup and the boba pearls.  I also love that big 'ole straw to suck 'em right up!  I used somye Distress Oxides and blended it up then flicked it with some water to create a delish cuppa matcha bubble tea. 

 The inside of the envie/card was treated with the same ink blending and I added those cute little boba buddies.  :) .

For my second card, I wanted to feature that adorable little smartie-cup!  Again, I chose to use some Distress Oxide ink to match the coloring on the cup.  I thought the HELLO sentiment was perfect for this card.  

I chose a simple layout so that the focus was on that cutie cup!  Of course, I had to add a cute ribbon treatment. 

 Aqua...Ahhh so refreshing, right?! 

Thanks for hopping over!  I hope my projects inspired you.  Please head on over to Helen's blog to check out her yummy creations!  

You can find the complete blog hop list here:  

Paper Smooches blog  http://papersmooches.blogspot.com/

Please list PS DT blog list

Alice Huang

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Michele Boyer

Savannah O' Gwynn

Teri Anderson

Coffee Loving Cardmakers 

Amy Tsuruta 

Kerry Urbatch

Helen Gullett

Lisa Bzibziak

Robyn Jordan

Lori Turner

Annette Allen

Dana Warren

Erin Thiem

Katie Brooks

Kathy Schweinfurth

Lisa Golzbein

All the Boba of the Rainbow! Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hey there inky friends!  I'm hopping in to add one more card to the pot!  Are you hopping along with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Spring/Summer hop?  Check it out HERE! I've got a whole week + of projects ready to share and I'm excited to be hopping along with so many of my fellow crafty peeps!  Whether you love coffee, tea, or cocoa, this hop encourages all to stamp and create using images that tug at our tastebuds!  MMM right?  

Since my other posts today focus on COFFEE, I thought I'd share a fun BOBA card!  I LOVE boba tea and I'm always trying to create my own fruity/tasty recipes.  Do you like Boba tea?  What's your favorite flavor?  I think mine are Taro Milk tea and Pineapple Mango Boba tea!  SO DEELISH.  My card today features Graciellie Design's new Boba set called Bubbly Feels.  I decided to recreate rainbow of deliciousness right on my card!  

Since Gracie's images are digital I can adjust the size of each image and manipulate the design to fit my needs.  I created this little rainbow row of cups by inserting the boba tea cup into an MSWord document then copied and pasted the image into a row.  I then placed the sentiment under the row in perfect position.  

Printing and coloring these images with Copics is a breeze.  No bleed whatsoever!  After coloring, I applied some glaze to give the cups some shine and some dimension. 

Thanks for hopping over and enjoy the rest of the hop!  Make sure to join the fun too!  There are SOOOO many inspirational projects every time, tons of fun and TONS of prizes!