Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop Starts NOW!

 

Hello there inky friends!  Today begins the fun Coffee Lovers Hop for Spring and Summer!  I'm joining my fellow Coffee Loving Cardmaking teamies as we usher in a brand new hop.  I hope you find some time to join the fun and share some deelish creations with us!  Hop over to the START page HERE to read more about it and to find a list of all our fabulous super sponsors!  Play along and you might win a coffee/stamper prize!

On this first day of the hop, I decided to feature SUPER SPONSOR Graciellie Design.  Gracie is debuting a brand spankin' new digi called "Spring Coffee" that you can find in her shop HERE.  You can check out all the inspiration from this new set on the Graciellie Design Blog HERE.  I thought it would be fun to create a fun little notecard set in the rainbow "Easter Egger" design.  These tiny little notecards have a topfold and are colored on both the front and the back.  To create the digi design, I just rotated the floral to-go cup to fit atop another cup and shrunk it down to be a half-pint cup.  Definitely need SEVERAl cups of these to start your day!

I used colored pencils and Wendy Vecchi Ranger Blendable Ink to create the colored rainbow of cups!  

Yummy, Yummy!  Gotta love this set!  

Graciellie Design Spring Coffee Cup Mega Bundle

Thanks for hopping over and I will see you again tomorrow for another fun coffee-licious crafty project!

Take Note little Leprechauns...It's GOLDEN!

Hello there inky friends!  Today I thought I'd pop in and share a little project I created for me!  As a Kindergarten teacher, I'm constantly using sticky notes.  I have sticky notes everywhere!  I decided to create a little sticky-note free reminder notebook that I can keep tucked in my pocket (with a Sharpie).  The good thing about this notebook is that it is erasable, isn't bulky and eliminates the need for stickie-notes!  WOO!  

To create my cute little "March" notebook, I used The Cat's Pajamas brand new March digital files here: 

Leprechaun and Pot of Gold $2.49 USD

Irish Coffee Digi Set $2.49 USD

Sitting Shamrock Gnome Digi Set $2.49 USD

Half Rainbow Digi Stamp $1.99 USD

I started off by creating a background "Paper" image using MS Word.  I then overlaid the images and sentiment I wanted to create the cover and inside page designs.  After that, I printed the panels on white cardstock and colored them with my Copic markers.  Next, I laminated the panels using my cheap old Scotch laminator and cut them to size.  I cut the corners round so that they wouldn't be "pokey".  HEE HEE.  After that, I used my coil binding machine to cut the holes and bind the pages together.  

The great thing about using a Sharpie on laminated paper is that you can erase the ink with hand sanitizer...and these days, hand sanitizer is All OVER MY CLASSROOM!  SO...easy, peasy, lemon squeezy! 

I just love using digis to create my fun projects for my classroom too.  I'll be making more of these little pads for sure.  Thanks for hopping over to check out my project!  

You can get these files at 20% off all month long!  Hop over to the shop and scoop them up!  

NEW Wendy Vecchi Ranger Products in the HOUSE!!!

Hello there inky friends!  I'm excited to be sharing some fun projects featuring NEW Wendy Vecchi products from Ranger.  These products were released just YESTERDAY and you'll want to get your hands on them as soon as you can.  You can preorder these items now in many locations but I'll share product links directly from Ranger because that's where I get my Ranger products!  HA HA.  

SOOO... I created these fun little gift bags featuring the new Wendy Vecchi Make Art set called "Let's Shop". Tomorrow I'll be featuring the other bundle called "Award Winning".  You can purchase the new release bundle HERE.  When I flipped through this fun collection of stamps, dies and stencils, my eye was immediately drawn to this gift bag die.  It's definitely a MUST have and a fun little dimensional that will bring smiles to everyone!  

I started out by cutting a piece of white cardstock up into four pieces.  I used two of the pieces to diecut the bag shape.  I then used the polka-dot stencil to apply some brand new Archival Ink Colors (Mulberry, Petunia and Night Sky).  You can pre-order the color bundle HERE or purchase them individually (really, do you want to do THAT???). These colors are my favorites so I was so excited to play with them!!!  

After creating the stenciled design (using the new Tim Holtz Domed Daubers), I diecut the scalloped stencil in light lavender and then attached the pieces together.  I cut a 3/4 inch strip of night sky colored cardstock and then glued it around the edge of the bag so the little holes in the corners were covered.  

Next, I stamped the flower and flower bud in Archival Black ink (from the Wendy Vecchi Make Art Set "Thank You") and blended some ink over the stamped image before fussy cutting them and tucking them under the little pink ribbon tied around the bag.  

To finish things off, I made some color coordinated tissue paper using the three colors of Archival Ink over white tissue paper.  I will be doing a quick tutorial on that because it's just so fun too be all matchy-matchy!  

I created another cute little gift bag using the same die and the striped stencil.  I crossed the stencil by stenciling over the top of the first stencil line to create a plaid-like pattern.  I then added some white squiggly lines using my Gelli Pen.  I attached some golden ric-rack, a little dangle of beads on black twine and created some fun yellow/orange tissue paper to tuck into the bag with some moolah!  

I just love how these little bags are quick and easy to assemble.  All it takes is two quick passes in the diecut machine, some coloring and taping and POOF!  

Thanks so much for stopping by to check out my projects!  I hope you enjoy them!  See you again tomorrow for a few more fun projects featuring the new AWARD WINNING set!