Coffee With Friends

Hello,

Here is another card that I made this past weekend. Following the  CAS(E) this Sketch! sketch, I used the Concord and 9th Coffee Turnabout set to make my card.The background turnabout stamp is stamped with four rotations using SU brown inks. Crumb Cake, Soft Suede Baked Brown Sugar, and Early Expresso. The dark brown layers are Early Expresso card stock embossed using the Tayored Expressions Burlap EF. The mat is Poppy Parade card stock.

For the coffee cup, I stamped it several times with Poppy Parade ink to get a nice and dark image. Then I stamped VersaMark ink over it and heat embossed it with clear EP. This step was done 3 times. IRL, it really looks like a ceramic mug. It is cut out with the corresponding set die and popped up with SU dimensionals.

More images from the same stamp set are used to make the inside of the card. The small cup is stamped using Gina K Charcoal Brown ink and then colored with a red Copic marker that is close to the Poppy Parade shade.

As I've said before, I don't drink coffee, but I love all of the coffee themed stamps out there, and I have quite a collection now, LOL. This card is so colorful and "in your face" bright IRL. I love it. I just need to think of someone to send it too. Like me, neither my sister nor bestie drink coffee. We are all tea drinkers.

It's Happy Hump Day tomorrow, so the work week will be more than half over at the end of the day. That's a nice thought!

Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Coffee Blend Turnabout set by Concord & 9th
Paper: SU Whisper White, Early Expresso and Poppy Parade card stocks
Ink: SU Crumb Cake, Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Suede, Early Expresso, Poppy Parade, Gina K Charcoal Brown, VersaMark, Copic Sketch #24
Other: Clear EP, Heat tool, Misti, Concord & 9th dies, TE Burlap EF, Gemini Jr, red Enamel dots, dimensionals

Incredibly Sweet Friends

Hey there all,

Here's a card for this week's Paper Player's Challenge. Ann is hostess with a super fun color challenge, just in time for Valentine's Day. I pulled out a couple of Concord & 9th sets to make my card.

I had a really hard time getting a photo that showed the true colors. The first set I took last night made the red look purple. I guess because it was dark out. I took another set this morning before heading out to work and the colors look more true.

The card base is Pretty In Pink card stock. the large stripes and the little + signs are stamped using Real Red. I love these C&9th dies that cut a small border around them. I cut this one twice, once using Basic Black card stock and the other using Whisper White card stock. The sentiment is stamped using Memento black and real red. The flowers and leaves are Real Red and Pretty In Pink inks. Since this is a side fold note card, I used a very skinny piece of double sided tape to glue the black and white Baker's twine across the front of the card before popping the center element up using foam tape. The small bow is separate and glued on using SU glue dots. Finally, I added a tiny black enamel dot in the center of the die cut flower.

These macaroons look so yummy, don't they?

For the inside, I used the C&9th Heart Turnabout set, using black, Smoky Slate, Pretty In Pink and Real Red for the four turns.

What a super fun color combo! I may have another card for the challenge before Friday comes since I had fun with this one. Thanks for looking in today.
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Thank You For Being set, Peak Through Patterns set, Hugs and Kisses Turnabout set all by Concord & 9th
Paper: Pretty In Pink, Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red card stocks
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Pretty In Pink, Real Red, Smoky Slate
Other: Thank You For Being dies, black and white Baker's Twine, thin double sided tape, foam tape, SU glue dots, Gemini Jr, Taylored Expressions black enamel dot

Thank You Kindly

Hello to all,

I've had a relaxing day at my craft table today stamping and listening to the 70s on 7. If you are "older" and like me spent your high school days in the 70s, it's a great station. While driving to the place I was working on Thursday morning, I caught Shaun Cassidy as a guest DJ on the station and he put together an awesome playlist. Of course he had lots of stories to go with. I almost didn't want to get out of my car when I arrived!  Luckily, Sirius XM has it "on demand," so I was able to listen to the whole two hour program this morning. Anyhoo, I hope you all had as enjoyable and relaxing Saturday as I.

I wanted to make a card using Jen's sketch for this week's Freshly Made Sketches. After cruising through my options, I decided to use the Botanical Prints Medley from the SU Mini Catalog. I love these prints.

I thought a rectangle worked better than a square with the pre-printed die cut that I choose to used. I also wanted a little more interest in the background. The SU Brick and Mortar EF worked well for this. The sentiment is stamped on one of the pre-printed banners from the medley. I did use my Misti to ensure it was nice and straight. The image and the sentiment banner are popped up using Dimensionals.

I used a Gina K set for the inside sentiment and combined it with a stamp from the Botanical Prints stamp set and a corner image from Concord & 9th.

I liked how this card turned out so much that I made three more, all slightly different, but all using Jen's sketch and the Botanical Prints Medley.

Each has a different sentiment on the inside matching the sentiment on the outside. The inside layout is the same as on the first card. Two of these use the Coastal Weave EF for the background.

There may be even more stamping here this evening. Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Botanical Prints set by Stampin' Up
Paper: Smoky Slate card stock by Stampin' Up
Ink: Charcoal Gray by Gina K
Other: SU Botanical Prints Product Medley, SU embossing folders, SU clear enamel dots, Die-namics Stitched Curved Rectangle die, Gemini Jr, Misti, Dimensionals

XOXOXOXOXO

Hello,

Boy, it's been a week! Today was no exception, and I'm tired after a very long day, and a long drive home.

Yesterday after we got home from having dinner out with friends, I sat down and made a fairly quick card for this week's Paper Players Challenge. Claire is the hostess with a Valentine's Day theme challenge. I'm also using this week's Color Throwdown Challenge. Their colors this week work well for a Valentine's card.

I pulled out some Zig Watercolor markers. I'm definitely in need of practice!

The flower-heart image is stamped on Strathmore water color paper with Gina K amalgam black ink. I used my heat tool to ensure the ink was totally dry then used blue and pink Zig markers and an aqua painter to color it. After it was good and dry, I made a mask and stamped the Concord & 9th Sunshine Turnabout stamp using Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick ink for all four turns. I removed the mask, layered it with a pink Stitched Scalloped Frame onto a dark blue card base.

I've used another Concord & 9th set on the inside.

Whew, I'm glad that I was able to get this posted tonight since the deadline is tomorrow and I'll be gone all day again. I think I'm looking at another very long day. Luckily, it's Friday!

I hope you all have a great Friday and weekend. Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: All My Love, Type Talk, Heartfelt Smile, Sunshine Turnabout sets all by Concord & 9th

Paper: Strathmore water color paper, SU Whisper White card stock, Taylored Expressions dark blue and pink card stock

Ink: Gina K black amalgam ink, SU Night of Navy, Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick, VersaMark, Zig Water color markers

Other:  White EP, Heat tool, Misti, Gemini Jr, Avery Elle Stitched Scalloped Frame die, Gina K masking paper, aqua painter, dimensionals, SU clear heart embellishments

Eat All the Cake

Happy Sunday evening all,

I hope your weekend was a good one. We spent yesterday evening playing cards at our neighbors house. A fun time was had by all.

I had some stamping time in the afternoon and made another birthday card for my stash. Many different supplies and companies used to make this one. The layout is based on the current Freshly Made Sketch. I omitted the sentiment banner.

I think this would be a good kids card with the primary colors. The turnabout stamp and the dies are from Concord & 9th. The square die is from Avery Elle, the background stencil is from Hero Arts, the balloon is from Lawn Fawn, and the paper and inks are SU.

More Concord & 9th stamps and dies here.

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Have a good week and thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Hugs and Kisses

Hello stampers,

Happy Monday evening. While watching some late evening Australian Tennis, I put together this card using the current CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge. This is quite the interesting sketch this week, and I had to think about how to use this sketch for a bit. Here's what I came up with.

The colors are Real Red, Flirty Flamingo and Whisper White. Using a MFT Falling Heart Stencil, Flirty Flamingo ink,  and a blending brush, I made a panel of hearts. I then cut five 1/4" strips diagonally from it and glued them onto a panel of Flirty Flamingo card stock per the sketch. The lace and stitched heart dies are Lawn Fawn cut from Real Red and Whisper White card stock. The Hugs die is Avery Elle. The bottom is Real Red, then 3 layers cut from white and the top is cut from Flirty Flamingo. All are glued together then glued onto the hearts. I added a few enamel dots that match pretty well for embellishments, as well as a layer of clear glitter from a Nuvo glitter pen over the Hugs die.

For the inside, I used another piece of the stenciled hearts panel and sentiments from the Avery Elle Hugs stamp set. The Happy Valentine's Day stamp is by Lawn Fawn.

Yay, another Valentine's Day card made. Thanks for looking,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Simply Said Hugs set by Avery Elle and Conversation Hearts Add-On set by Lawn Fawn
Paper: SU Real Red, Flirty Flamingo and Whisper White card stocks
Ink: SU Real Red and Flirty Flamingo
Other: Simply Said Hugs dies, Lawn Fawn Hearts dies, MFT Falling Hearts Stencil, TE blending brush, Gemini Jr., Misti, dimensionals, Nuvo clear glitter pen, enamel dots

Sending Some Happy

Hello stampers,

Since I know that this coming work week is going to be a busy one, I wanted to make sure to get a card made for this week's Paper Players Challenge. I'm not sure how much crafty time I'm going to get.

Joanne is our hostess this week with a sketch. Her sketch has a repeating element in it, and for some reason these repeating element type sketches are truly a challenge for me.  After looking through some of my recently purchased sets and dies, I came up with a Valentines card using a Concord & 9th set. I'm also using the color challenge at Sunday Stamps. It fits well with the Valentine's Day theme.

I started with SU Pool Party card stock. For the background, I used a TE cloud cover plate and foiled it using my Gemini Hot Foiling System. The foil I used is a holographic foil and IRL it looks silver-white in color. In the photo, the light brings out many other colors. 

After making the foiled piece, I used the small rainbow die in the Concord & 9th Tall Type Tagalong die set and cut six out of a piece of Pool Party. I backed this with some scrap white card stock so that I could piece in the rainbow arches after cutting them from three different shades of pink card stock. The card base and the middle layer of the card are the same light pink shade as the lightest pink shade in the rainbows. The sentiment is from the corresponding stamp set called Tiny Tagalongs set. The banner is stamped with SU Pretty In Pink and the sentiment is stamped with SU Rose Red. I fussy cut it out and popped it with mini dimensionals. The puffy heart stickers are from Paper Source.

The inside Happy Valentine's Day sentiment is from the SU Wacky Wishes set stamped with Pool Party. The small hearts are from the Concord & 9th Playful Patterns set stamped with Pretty In Pink. I made three of the foiled cloud panels because the foil didn't stick evenly on a couple of them, so I used one of those to layer on the inside.

Thanks everyone and have a good week,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Tiny Tagalongs and Playful Patterns sets by Concord & 9th, Wacky Wishes set by Stampin' Up

Paper: Taylored Expressions pink card stocks, SU Pool Party and Whisper White card stock

Ink: SU Pretty In Pink, Rose Red and Pool Party

Other: Gemini Jr, Gemini Hot Foiling System, Spellbinders Glimmer Foil, Concord & 9th Tall Type Tagalong dies, Waffleflower Rectangle dies, Taylored Expressions Cloud cover plate, Paper Source Puffy heart stickers, SU dimensionals and mini-dimensional, liquid glue