National Coffee Day/Week

On September 29th, 2021 over on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Facebook group, they hosted a weeks worth of Coffee loving inspiration. For this years blog hop, instead of making cards, we were encouraged to check out the blogs of the Sponsors who put together a plethora of coffee loving cards and crafts.

National Coffee Day

I won a $20.00 gift Certificate from #Pawsome Stamps.

With a little shopping added this is what I ordered:

These Stamps are very good quality, and they stamp nice, clear and crisp. I'm looking forward to creating some cards with these stamps, maybe even my first Halloween themed cards with the spooky cupcakes! 

 

It's that time of year again, when all us crazy coffee loving card makers come out and celebrate our favourite beverage. To find out more info about the bloghop, head on over to COFFEELOVINGCARDMAKERS.COM  or join the facebook group Coffee Loving Papercrafters.

Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog hop

 

It's that time of year again and I've been storing up ideas for this Blog Hop. Check out my instagram page for all the cards I'll be making.

Spring/Summer coffee Lovers Hop

It's that time of year again!!! The Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop. I've been waiting for the official posting which came out yesterday to this excellent event. I can't wait to see all the wonderful themed cards and show my own in this bi annual blog hop.

White heat embossed Flowers

To make the following two cards, I suggest you use flowers that have a die if not then you'll be fussy cutting them out because the scan n cut can not tell the difference between the white heat embossed edge of the flower. In the first picture shown below you see all the materials of the two cards that I made. The regular embossed yellow card blanks, the yellow patterned paper the purple and pink card stock as well as the heat embossed flowers and sentiments. I've also included the embossed leaves and finally the card bases.

In this image which was borrowed from papercraft inspirations issue 199, you can see that I've attached the embossed yellow card using crickets Swiss dots embossing folder to the pink and purple card stock. I've used the polka dot yellow paper with a boarder piece of purple card stock and attached these to the card bases. On the side you still see the flowers, purple embossed leaves and the sentiment strips.

Here you can see in the finished cards that I've added the heat embossed flowers, the embossed leaves and the sentiment strips, making both cards with the same elements look slightly different due to placement.

Reverse images

I do not have the best of luck with this technique. I've watched YouTube videos but I do not have a gel plate or another stamp that can cover the surface area I wanted for this particular stamp. After many trials and errors I decided to stamp the polar bear image onto some clear acetate using StazOn jet Black ink. I then hand cut out the image and reversed it onto the bottom of the card I also stamped out the image onto some white card along with the snowy ice flow.

Starting from the center of the card i used Broken China, tumbled glass and blueprint sketch to make a reflection like look on the card. I then attached the ice flow and top bear onto the card but it didn't look quite right because the bottom bear was all shiny. I decided to cut another piece of acetate to the same height of the ice flow. I then cut out a boarder using neutral cardstock and attached to a white card blank.

Ink blending and white heat embossing

This next card was just a fun way to pass the time and lighten my mood from the dreary winter cold outside. I've watched you tube videos with white heat embossed images come to life with some ink blending on top of the stamped image. For this card. I white heat embossed a flower design 5 times and then went to one of my favorite color blending trios of Squeezed Lemonade, Ripe Persimmon and Candied Apple Distress Oxide inks. I love how the images really pop once the ink is added. After wiping away any excess ink with a dry rag I mounted the image onto yellow card and then a white card blank.