AAA Cards Game 75 - Photo Inspiration

Hello everyone,

I'm back with a fun card for our newest challenge over a AAA Cards and it's a photo inspiration (see end of post for more details and photo). This is a fun one as I love rainbows and colour.

I stamped the leaf image from Create a Smile a few times with my mini MISTI so I could get a good impression. I went through my copic stash and found two colours per colour family and started colouring in the leaves.

Once I had them all coloured in I fussy cut them out with my scissors and went around the edges with a Memento marker to give it a cleaner look. I then cut out a vase and thanks from MFT and then went to town with the sparkle.  I added it to just about everything on this card. I know, I have a problem but it looked much better with it.  

Be sure to head over to the blog to see what the other DT members have done.  The details on how to play and a linky to add your card is over on the blog. 

Our super duper sponsor for this game is Happy Little Stamper and we couldn't be more excited.

www.happylittlestampers.weebly.com

$20 Gift Certificate

See you again soon.

Coralynn  :)

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Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #9 - Inspiration

Hello everyone,

It's Coralynn and I'm here with some inspiration for our Challenge #9. 

My choice = Flowers - Birthday - Masking Technique

Head over to the Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #9 for my inspiration post.

Thanks for joining me today, see you again soon. 

Coralynn  :)

Summer Coffee Lovers Blogshop!

Hi everyone!

I'm joining the Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop today.  We have a hug list of incredible sponsors this year.  Don't forget to leave some blogging love and go visit all the wonderful crafters who are participating the hop. 

 For my card I used the Lawn Fawn Blue Skies stamp set  and the Love you a Latte stamp set for the takeout coffee cup and fussy cut them out.  I coloured them in with reds, yellows, greens, oranges and purples with copic markers.  I die cut out of printer paper the clouds die from Mama Elephant and used it as a mask for the background with I used Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean distress inks.

For the sentiment I used the Milo's ABCs and the Coffee from Create a Smile Coffee First and stamped them with Memento Onyx Black ink.  I added a couple of hearts from the SSS Holiday Shapes dies and cut them out of red card stock.  I finished off the card with some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and Wink of Stella clear glitter marker. 

Here is a list of all the AMAZING sponsors.

Top Dog Dies:  http://www.topdogdies.com/
Precious Remembrance:  http://www.preciousremembranceshop.com/shop/
A Creative Journey with Melissa:  http://acreativejourneywithmelissa.com/
Paper Sweeties  http://papersweeties.com/
A●Muse Studio  https://www.amusestudio.com/chris_franco/category.asp
A Jillian Vance Design  http://stores.ajillianvancedesign.com/
Butterfly Reflections Ink  http://butterflyreflectionsink.3dcartstores.com/
Create a Smile Stamps  http://www.createasmilestamps.com/
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps  http://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com/
Newton's Nook  http://www.newtonsnookdesigns.com/shop/
Poppystamps  http://poppystamps.com/
Lil' Inker Designs  http://www.lilinkerdesigns.com/
STAMPlorations  http://stamplorations.blogspot.com/
The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store http://stampsimply.com/shop/catalog/index.php
SRM Stickers  http://www.srmstore.com/
The Alley Way Stamps  http://www.thealleywaystamps.com/
Two Paper Divas  http://www.twopaperdivas.com/
Your Next Stamp  http://yournextstamp.com/
Verve Stamps  http://shopverve.com/
Waltzingmouse Stamps  http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/
Blue Ridge Impressions  http://blueridgeimpressions.net/
Unity Stamps  http://www.unitystampco.com/
Close to my Heart  http://lharris.ctmh.com/Default.aspx
Hero Arts  http://shop.heroarts.com/
Winnie & Walter  http://www.winniewalter.com/
Stamp Academy  http://www.stampacademy.com/
Stamps and Scrapbooks  http://stampsandscrapbooks.com/
Gerda Steiner Designs  http://gerdasteinerdesigns.com/
Neat & Tangled  http://www.neatandtangled.com/
Anita Autore  http://cardsandcoffee.blogspot.com/
Sweet Stamp Shop  http://www.sweetstampshop.com/
The Ton  http://www.thetonstamps.com/
Pink and Main  http://pinkandmain.com/
Latina Crafter  http://www.latinacrafter.com/

Here is a list of supplies used on my card:

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Thanks for stopping by!

Coralynn  :)

#100HAPPYDAYS

Hi everyone,

I here with another card from the Coffee First and the Arrows background stamp sets from Create a Smile.  I love this set.  I Love that they have large and small coffee cups and a few other little elements to make your card fun.

I used a few sets on this card.  First obviously was the coffee set and since this is how I feel about my morning coffee I thought I would have the adorable hamster from Lawn Fawn dive in to this one.

I used the Create a Smile "Arrow Stamp" set and used Hero Arts Soft Vanilla, Butter Bar and Pumpkin Pie inks to give the background an ombre look.  

I thought it needed something else in the top corner so I used the die from the SSS Happy Bubble set and cut it out of some shimmer paper from a SSS card kit.  I used a stitched rectangle die to cut out the back panel and added the same patterned paper as the little speak bubble. 

I hand cut a piece of vellum and added that to the background panel to defuse the arrows.  I used one of the coffee cups  from the Coffee First set and stamped it in Memento Onyx black ink twice.  I coloured it in with my copics and some Wink of Stella and cut out just the waves and popped that up onto the other cup I stamped to give it dimension.  I added a little enamel heart that matched the colour for interest.  I used another piece of patterned paper to stamp out the #100happydays sentiment from the Happy Everything set Mama Elephant and added the banner ends and added a couple more enamel dots from Doodlebug. 

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn  :)

Let's have some COFFEE!!!

Hello everyone,

I finally got my hands on a couple of stamps sets from Create a Smile Stamps.  Butterfly Reflections Ink is the first US store to carry the brand and I'm super excited because that's where I got mine!!

This is the first card I did with the set.

I made a square card and I used the SSS stitched squares dies to cut out the frame.  I popped it up on foam tape but I decided not to make a shaker card this time, though this would make a great one.

I used the coffee bean from Lawn Fawn's Love you a latte and the moustache from the Create a Smile  Coffee First set and stamped it with Fog ink.  I then took the heart stamp from the CAS set and stamped that in Schoolhouse ink.

I stamped the sentiment in SSS white pigment ink on a piece of scrap red card stock and used the flag die Lawn Fawn Stitched journaling dies to cut it out nice and straight.

I then used my copics to colour in the coffee cup and covered the whole thing with glossy accents.  

I stamped the Coffee in Memento Onyx black ink and fussy cut it out to give it some interest.  I also popped that up on foam tape as well.

Supplies:
Copics used:  BG13, BG23, BG75, R20 & R29 (Michaels)
Coffee First (Create a Smile) - Butterfly Reflections Ink
Love you a Latte (Lawn Fawn) - Simon Says Stamp
Stitched journaling dies (Lawn Fawn) - Simon Says Stamp
Square stitched dies - Simon Says Stamp
Fog, Schoolhouse  & White inks (Simon Says Stamp) - SSS



Thanks so much for stopping by, see you again soon!!

Coralynn  :)

Monster Birthday Card and Birthday Wishes Card

Hello everyone.

Today I am sharing a couple of cards I did this week.

For the first card I used one of the free Digi stamps from Create a Smile.  This is a brand-new stamp company and she is going to release her first stamp set very shortly.  I was going to try out for the design team didn't get my card up in time.  I used my white gel pen to enhance the monster's little spots.

Suplies used on this card:

Create a Smile free Digistamp

Hero Arts "It's your day" stamp set

Hero Arts Raspberry Jam shadow ink

SSS Stars & Dots stencil (May CKOM)

America Craft Twine (black)

Recollections cardstock (white)

Uni-ball Signo Gel pen (white)

(I purchases theses products at Simons Says Stamp and Michaels)

And for me second card I did some water colouring with my distress markers.  Michaels had a 40% coupon on your entire regular priced purchase so I picked up another pack of the markers.  Their selection for the ink pads hasn't changed in over two years so I'm improvising.  

I used the markers for the back ground and the bunnies along with some shimmer mist from Heidi Swapp and Tattered Angel.  I used the Mama Elephant Femme Frames to cut out the paper.

Supplies used for this card:

Mama Elephant - Honey Bunny (Mama Elephant)

Mama Elephant - Femme Frames (Mama Elephant)

Hero Arts "Hero Hues" in black (SSS)

Hero Arts "It's your day" stamp set (SSS)

Heidi Swapp Shimmer mist in Gold and White (Michaels)

Tattered Angel Glimmer Mist in Almost Black (Michaels)

Pattern paper - MME (Home Sense)

Thanks for stopping by!

Coralynn  :)