2025 Spring Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

 

Dear Coffee Loving Friends,

I appologize for not blogging for a long time, but while there another Coffee Lovers Blog Hop going on it gives me reasons for starting the blogging again.

First you should go over to the

 2025 Spring Summer Coffee Lovers Blog

to see what is going on and what is there to win!!

Last night I had a zoom class by Michael Strong

and one of his cards inspired me to make this coffee card.

I used all Michael's stamps (except sentiment):

butterfly

mini coffee cup

cloisonne octagons

and a spoon die from my stash

Here are all the cards we made last night

and you can see the card that inspired me:

These zoom classes started during covid and are still going on.

Usually avery 3rd week of the month. You pay Michael and you

receive a package with materials for all the cards at home in

time for the class.

With the difficult posting to The Netherlands  get digital

instructions and make up my own cards as I have most of

the stamps. Feel free to send Michael an email if you want to

play too: stamper.strong@gmail.com

Thank you for looking and 

have a great caffeinated Sunday!

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge March: Green

 

Goodmorning Caffeinated Crafty Friends!

The challenge for the 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge Blog

is Coffee and Green this month

and I created these two cards:

I keep on seeing these Fractured Panel technique cards

and I had a go at it. For both my cards I used my

Michael Strong large and small coffee stamp.

The sentiment is prented with the computer.

For my 2nd card I used a grid background and a square

punch. This is a fun technique I love to do.

You find this greed for free on Mike's blog HERE.

Thank you for looking and I hope you have a caffinated

fun and crafty day!

23 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - day 1

 

Welcome Caffinated Crafty Friends,

Here is another delicious Coffee Hop with wonderful prizes over at the

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog.

As usual I will be posting a coffee card every day

and today I have a z-fold card for you for the

Caffinated Christmas Card Challenge Blog.

For this card I used a coffee stamp by Michael Strong,

design paper from Stampin'Up! and a holly die from Tim Holtz.

The sentiment is made up from 2 stamp set, one being StampinÚp!

and one from my stash.

If you like to make this kind of card too, here are some basic instuctions:

base of the card is 8,5"x 11" and a strip of 7"x 3,5 " inch for the 

middle part of the card.

Fold  istructions: put the long side against you scoring board

and for the base card score at 2  1/8" and 4 1/4".

For the smaller part also the long side against the scoring board

you score at 3 1/2"and 5 5/8".

Now decorate your card as you like.

Thank you for looking

and I hope you will be back tomorrow!

Caffinated greetings

from The Netherlands

Caffinated Christmas Card Challenge August and September

 Hello Caffinated Friends!

Haven't posted here some time. It seems so much easier to post on instagram.

I find that people do not look on blogs too much anymore. Please let me know in the comment

where you are looking most of the time.

Well, here are my caffinated card for the Christmas challenge

for August and September.

August was Coffee & Cute Critters

Tree and coffee cups are stamps by Michael Strong

and hedgehogs are from Donna by Funky Fossil stamps.

September is Coffee and Candy or Cookies

How about candy and cookies?

The images are by Paulette Slater and the cookies

and sentiment by Stampin'Up!

On this card all stamps are by Stampin'Up!

Paper is from my stash.

Here the inside. Love to decorate the inside too.

Thank you for looking.

Have a caffinated day!

International Tea Day

Hello my crafty friends,

Today it is international TEA DAY and

even though I am a big coffee lover, I also love a cup of tea.

Usually I have one in the afternoon.

My favorite flavor is fresh mint tea.

Below you find my card. I am not sure how to call

this kind of card. I would say: accordeon card,

because of the folds on the sides.

It fits in a normal envelop, but it is a little bulky!

For my card I used different cups designed by Michael Strong,

as well as the teapot. You find all of the stamps HERE.

All stamps are embossed with gold embossing powder.

The sentiment is an old one by Club Scrap (not available anymore).

Sideways

from above.

Directions:

For this card you need a piece of  4,25"x 6,25" 

(here the gold) and a piece of 4"x 6"(here the darkest blue).

Then you cut the pieces like below and score and fold them.

On top of the darkest blue 4x6 inch card you add the folded strips,

starting with the largest one of 4 inch, next

3 inch and last 2 inch.

Now you add the cups or any other idea you have.

The 4,25"x 6,25" is the last piece of cardstock

you ad for decoration to the back of the card and is

on all sides a bit larger, except for the bottom, where

it alligns with the bottom.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Simon Says: Spring and/or Easter

 

Another challenge card, this time for the 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog.

The theme is Spring and/or Easter.

This time it is a Spring birthday card.

Outside the bulbs are popping up and the birds sing their song.

I found some lovely bird design paper in my $$ store and

used it for this card in combination with 

Michael Strong's small hummingbird clingmount stamp.

I made this gatefold card. The squares on top of the card

open like a lock. One is fastened on the right side

and the other on the left side of the card.

This is the inside and here you see that on both sides there is a square.

The sentiment i used on the front and on the inside is from

Tim Holtz Crazy Talk CMS236.

This is how the cards stands and you can see how the lock works.

The little hummingbirds are embossed in white or gold

and colored with pencil.

Thank you for looking

and I hope you have a caffinated creative day!

Simon Says: Tag it!

Here I am with another card for Simon Says Stamp.

This time it is for the 

Wednesday Challenge

Tag it

and I also combined it with the 

Celebrate Spring 

    challenge on Instagram.   

For my card I used a #8 tag and colored it with

different green distress inks.

Next i die cut the honeycomb and used the same

distress colors a little on the honeycomb diecut.

Then I used stamps by Michael Strong

(the tulip and the bee) and colored the tulip with 

pencil on the kraft paper.

The sentiment is from Small Tag stickers from

Tim Holtz idea-ology.

Here is the finished tag.

The inspiration for this tag came when 

I saw the first tulip in my garden. 

Now I know for sure Spring is around the corner

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

 

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Day 5, 6 and 7

 

Hello caffinated creative friends,

Here another day of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

For my American friends it is Thanksgiving today,

but here in The Netherlands it is a cold and rainy

normal Thursday.

These are the cards I made for the last few days. Two I have posted to 

my instagram account - 4hetty - for I had no time to post here.

Instagram is quick and easy.

This is #457 on the linky party

and I used papers and dies from Funky Fossil Designs.

The snowflakes are dies from Stampin'Up! and the

gingerbreadman is a stamp from my stash from the dollar store.

This is card #539 in the linky party and used the Tim Holtz

coffee cup die with Funky Fossil Designs papers.

The stamps are from the Nordic Noel stampset.

And now for today's card:

The background of this card #636 is made with a pumpkin embossing

folder with a touch of orange ink on the pumpkins.

The girl is a stamp from the set She is fierce by

Funky Fossil Designs, as well as the cup from the

Layering Cup die set.

The sentiment is made with the computer.

The gold embossed pumpkin stamp is by Michael Strong.

When you open the gold ribbon on the handle of the cup,

 there is the wish for a  Happy Thanksgiving.

Thank you for looking

and I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving

with your family and/or friends.

Michael Strong Zoom Class: Animals

 

Welcome Crafty Friends,

Last night (for me, but morning in San Diego California)

tere was the monthly wonderful zoom class by 

Michael Strong.

You find all the stamps I used for this class here:

Stongstamps Catalogue.

Remember, I do not get a package of cards, but digital 

files with measurements and pictures. I use what i have in my stash.

This class was about 5 different animal stamps designed by

Michael strong himself.

Card #1 Giraffe

I stamped the giraf on white paper and scanned it.

This way I could manipulate the image in photoshop

(with the help of a collegue). Then I printed the

image on orange paper. The border is a picture I found

on internet.

The leaf is a stamp that comes with the giraffe stamp set.

Here the inside of the card.

Card #2 Seahorse

Here I stamped the seahorse on blue paper and colored them 

with pencils. The border is made with 2 different sizes of

punches, hologram stickers and blue gemstones.

Inside the card there is a piece of light blue paper.

Card #3 Pony

This stamp with black ink on white paper and colored with pencils.

Next I scanned the pony before cutting out.

I used a piece of a horizontal rectale and enlarged this to make

up the border.  The tiny beads are on a piece of wax thread with

nots to hold the beads in place.

I printed the border twice and used it also on the inside of the card.

Card #4 Panda

The size of this card is 4 x 7 inch.

The background panel si stamped with the bamboo stamp

from the panda set with red ink.

5 Pand's are glued to a accordeon folded strip

and are hidden behind this flap. The tssel pulls out the 

strip of panda's. I made the tassel with embroidery floss.

The decoration on the flap is 3 punched out flowers

and a circle stamp with chineese characters (embossed

in gold and by Club Scrap).

For the inside I used another stamp from the set.

A row of tiny panda's. Also great to use on the

envelop.

Card #5 Elephant

Of couse again started this card with stamping the elephant and

used pencils to color the image. After cutting out, I put it asside to

make the card. The size of the card is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch.

Embossed pannel on the front with punched out flowers and a 

tiny golden gemstone.

Inside a small panel decorated with the flower that comes

with the stamp set and also colored with pencil.

Finishing the card with 3 flowers in the same colors as

on the front side of the card.

Thank you so much for looking and the next zoom class

will be purple cards on Saturday September 24th.

If you are interrested to take part in the class feel free

to email Michael Strong: stamper.strong@gmail.com

Have a creative day!