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Sunday, May 12, 2019

Sunday Sip...Thank You...WINNER WINNER!

Yes! You read that right! I've selected the winners for last weeks giveaway of some awesome steel straws. You can see the winner at the bottom of this post and can hop over to my other Social Media Locations to see the winners there!

This week, I am sharing a card I created featuring the awesome stamps and dies from the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop Super Sponsor Honey Bee Stamps. I selected the TEA TIME HONEY CUTS dies and the Perfect Blend Sentiments set to create this card.

This card is a nod to all those tea lovers out there!

This Friday, my Kindergartners hosted a fabulous Tea Party for their moms. We spent two weeks preparing for the event. We taste tested cookies (based on a brainstorm list of "Mom favorites") to narrow down our top five for the party, taste tested approximately 15 teas and narrowed it down to our top five for the party, Designed place mats with thoughts of mom, designed artwork, practiced a MOM song, practiced etiquette and wrapped gifts. This event is such a precious event every year and I love seeing my kiddos loving up on their moms! Next up...Picnic with Pops!

To create my card, I diecut the cup, lemons, tea label and string. I gave everything a soft and sweet coloring touch with the Copics pictured below. I then used the larger cup image as a stencil to create a background image on a white panel. Next up was to assemble the layers. Finally, I attached some floss and applied a few embellishing "dots" with the Copics and a White Gelly Roll Pen.

Thanks for visiting! I hope you enjoyed the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers hop and I want to thank ALL the sponsors and all those who participated in the hop! Congrats on another fabulous hop Amy!

WINNER: The winner of one of my Steel Straw sets is: Sue D!   I'll tag you in the CLC FB group to claim your prize!

Head over to my IG to see who the winner is there!
Head over to my Coffee Lovers Blog post to see who the winner is there!

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Teatime with Coffee Loving Cardmakers and Honeybee Stamps...

Hello there Coffee/Tea loving crafters! I'm joining my fellow Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog designers and the Honey Bee Stamps Blog designers in a fun little collaboration hop this fine National Tea Day! If you've arrived here from Erin's blog, you're on the right track. If not, you can find the complete blog list at the bottom of my post. I'm playing with the fun new sets Tea Time (and coordinating Honey Cuts dies), Perfect Blend (sentiments).

Here are the deets for this fun hop:

Commenting is open until Friday, April 26 at 11:59 pm and a winner will be announced on both the CLC + HBS blogs on the 27th.
Winners will be picked from across all participating blogs, the more they comment, the more chances to win.
Two $30 HBS Gift Cards (one awarded via the CLC blog and the other on the HBS blog)

I created a couple cards and had a TON of fun! To create my first card, I stamped the tea mug onto some coral cardstock and then fussy cut the image. I then added a bit of highlighting and shading with Copic R22 and a white Gelly Roll pen. Next, I stamped the lemon slice onto some cardstock and colored with Copics Y32 and Y19. I did some polka-dotty background coloring with Copics Y32, R22, BG01, BV04, BV00 and C-3. I thought it was a bit too busy so I toned it down a bit with a drybrushing of ivory acrylic paint and a few splatters of paint here and there.

Next, I selected a variety of words from the sentiment set to create a TEAlightful sentiment and then started to assemble the card. I added some golden yellow Hemptique twine for another touch of texture.

My second card was inspired by the crisp and clean designs of the Honey Bee Logo. I love this design but it is very challenging for me as I have a difficult time with restraint. This card is as close as I usually get with the crisp/CAS design. LOL And YES, this card is COFFEE but who doesn't love to back up a shot of tea with a yummy cup of joe? I do, I do! You can simply exchange the sentiment from COFFEE to TEA on this card so it will perfectly suit your recipient...That's another thing I love about this sentiment set. It's perfect for both!

I loved the little star anise (I think that's what it is) stamp so I used it as a background using some yummy dark aqua ink. I colored the insides with the same yellow as used in the previous card. I also highlighted the edges to give them some pop.