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!

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!

Bugaboo Digital Stamp Tueasday New Release

Good Morning Crafters!

Today you find this cutie as a new release

on the Catch the bug Challenge Blog.

She is called:

Sign it Kidz Polka Dots

This sign is perfect for all kind of messages

(see all the other cards by the design team).

The Paper Player: CAS challenge

Today my card is Clean and Simple (CAS) for

The challenge on 

The Paper Players Blog

to make a card for kids.

This card is for the daughter of a friend

who loves foxes.

All materials are from Stampin'Up!.

For the background I used a decorative mask

and two colors of green ink.

The fox stamp is from the set Foxy friends as well as the tree trunk.

The sentiment is from another set called Amazing Life.

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!

Twin Birthday

Today thes two boy have the big 4 birthday!

It means they go to school after the Summer Vacation.

A new part of their lives will start.

Of course I made them cards:

All materials are by Stampin'Up!

The beautiful dino-papers, the letter and number thinlits

and also the pendant thinlits.

Thank you for looing

and have a creative day!

The Daily Marker day 28: Polar Bear

My card today is inspired by the challenge on the

Die Cuttin'Diva's Blog.

~Polar Bears~

I came across a fun tutorial that I always

wanted to try with the scallop tag topper

punch by Stampin'Up!. You find this tutorial HERE.

I used a circle and a scallop circle die for this card.

For my card I used a polar bear stamp by Stampin'Up!

(from a very old wooden set) and the cup and sentiment

from a stamp set by Newton's Nook .

Crincle ribbon from DL. ART to close the card.

On the rightside inside the card I used a 

star stencil by Tim Holtz.

Of course my card is for the last day of

The Daily Marker Coloring Challenge.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Vintage Printables

I am having fun with my new digital images from

Create with TLC. I bought all these images

from Paulette's Etsy Shop HERE.

My grandson loves lions and other wild animals

and once i had these images, I suddenly had all

these ideas for cards.

The cards are all made with photoshop

and printed on my computer to make them into

real cards. Please take a look here:

All te sentiments are by Create with TLC too.

You might find some freebies on her BLOG.

Do click on the pictures to have a more close-up view

of all the cards.

The ribbons are from my photoshop stash.

Here you see the complete images that you

get in the animal set.

 The flowers were a freebie and the giraffes came as a gift

after I bought the animals.

Hope I given you some inspiration.

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!