Happy Valentine's Day!

 Hello Crafty Friends!

Wishing you all 

a very Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you are all spoiled and happy.

I have not posted much here lately,

but I did post some on instagram.

Have been doing a lot of crochet.

Today i share my Valentine card with you,

the one Im ade for my husband.

I started with painting gesso on my card.

Next i took these colors of pink:

worn lipstick

picked raspberyy

fired brick

(the new kitch flamingo had not arrived yet)

Next the heart stencil and using the same colors

distress ink and walnut stain.

Next some circles (using lids) with white paint

and splatters with white spray ink.

For the final decoration I used the rosette and the mini heart die

and a combination of Funky Fossil Designs (Guitar Hero)

and Tim Holtz Valentine stamps/

Then........Kitch Flamingo arrived!

The new pink oxide distress ink by Tim Holtz.

I had to play and made a few atc's

(cardsize 2.5x3.5 inch):

And of course I had to make a coffee atc!

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and 

keep crafting!

 

2019 Spring/ Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Yes, here we are for another week of coffee fun!

Thanks to Amy and her crew we are feasted to some wonderful

coffee inspiration and when participating you can also win

some great coffee goodies.

So for all the fun and information you go here:

Coffee Lovers Blog.

I start the hop with a give away!

This Craft Sensations clear stamp set is for one

of you, if you leave a comment to this blogpost.

On Sunday May 12 the winner will be announced..

Now on to the art work.

I have been seeing lots of these Artist Trading coins lately

and i thought it was a fun idea to make some for the  Coffee

Lovers Blog Hop.

What is an ARTIST TRADING COIN you may ask.

It is like the Artist Trading Card (ATC). A  fixed size

and not for sale, can only be obtained by trading.

The fixed size of an artist trading coin is a circle of 2,5 inch

and can be decorated with every kind of craft.

For the first two coins I  used some scraps of paper,

a circle die of 2,5 inch and a backcover to add 

title, name and other info of the coin.

I used the die to make a circle with pencil on the paper

so I know where to add the artwork. 

So I stamped and colored with my Stampin'blends.

Cut everything and added this to the coin.

The lady is out of a package by Tim Holtz.

When everything is in place, the coin is cut.

This is the result.

And here is another one. Behind the cups I also

used some washi tape.

And this is the last one for today.

I wish you a wonderful coffee week and hope 

to see many of you around by visiting all your blogs

or instagram.

And the winner of my stampset is:

 

Vivian Foo said...

OH... I love how you integrate the vintage images with the Coffee. Inspiring to me.

                                                         

Vivian, please contact me, 

so i can send you the stamps.

Congratulations!

Thanks for looking

and have a latte creative day!

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: day 4

Welcome to day 4 of the 

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

with the inside pages of the atc booklet.

If you also add a card, atc or other coffee/tea project

you can win some great prizes.

So here another look at the outside I shared with

you yesterday and the contruction of this mini book.

So here is the first inside pages, decorated

with one of the sentiments from the 

Your Next Stamp set. I also used a Sizzix coffee

ring die and a coffee ring stamp from Club Scrap.

The coffee can is from Stampin'Up!

I cut it out from their scrap paper.

Inside the little enveloppe you find this atc.

For the atc I used the coffee stampset

from Michael Strong. The macarons

are a stamp that came as a freebie

with a stamp magazine. 

First I stamped the steam on the background.

The cups are stamped on the kraft paper and 

embossed with brown embossing powder.

After cutting them out, I made a slit in two of them

so I can stack them. A piece of foam tape

holds them together and tapes them to

the background. Next I stamped and colored

the macarons and also added them with

foamtape to the background.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: day 3

Welcome to another day of the

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

You can add your own card or project

and be elligible to one of the fabulouze prizes,

so don't forget to check out the blog.

Today I share a project with you and will show you

the inside in the next couple of days. It is a little

booklet that holds a few coffee atc's.

This booklet is 4 x 4 inch on the outside.

I also loved the sentiments from the 

Your Next Stamp set and I will use them for

this booklet.

I used the envelope punch board to make 

the inside pages. The papers I used are from

a Tim Holtz paper block.

When the enveloppes were finished I colored

them with walnut stain ink.

All sides were colored with the ink.

The 4 x 4 inch hardboard covers are decorated

with torn strips of the same paper I used for

the enveloppes.

When the ouside was finished with the torn paper

I covered the inside with a square piece of

3,5x 3,5 inch of Tim Holtz paper.

Front and back and 3 enveloppes.

The book is put together with the zutter

and a metal ring.

Her you see it from above holding the enveloppes.

The rings are in black and it has a vintage look.

This is the front of the book. I found some vintage pictures

on my computer and printed these to make some atc's with.

Besides the picture I used the Michael Strong mini coffee

cup, sentiment by Your Next Stamp, tea bag die by

Stampin'Up! and rectange wave die from my stash.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Create with TLC Vintage Summer Blog Hop

Welcome to the

CREATE WITH TLC VINTAGE SUMMER BLOG HOP.

I hope you arrived here from

Faith's Blog

and see what awesome art she made.

If you happen to loose your way,

you can always go back to the Create with TLC Blog,

where you find all 14 paricipants.

You don't want to miss any blog,

for on all blogs you can find FREEBIE images.

Now let's show you what I came up with:

When i started making mycards, I had a slight

printer problem.....everything came out sepia!

Needed to order new color refills, but that took time,

so as this is a Vintage Summer hop, I thought it

was just a fun coincidence and I decided to use them

for my cards.

This card is build up in layers. I was thinking

of the old fashioned photograpers, where one

poses for a picture and then it is behind

a cut out shape. 

Here is the colored image for you to grab and make your own 

cards with. Just click with your right mouse button

and save it to your computer.

I cut out the shape from kraft colored cardstock

and embossed it with a wavy shape, that I colored 

with vintage photo distress ink. The sentiment is also from 

Create with TLC and you find it as another freebie below.

So I decorated the card with paper flowers, a ribbon

and some cut out shells. I colored the shells with 

glitter glue.

For my second card I wanted a little more color and 

for this I  used a few stencils and distress oxides inks.

The sun is a die and the sentiment is one I found in my

Create with TLC sentiment folder and perfect for this card.

At the bottom of the card some raffia is tied around

and a flower added. Love the powder pink color for

vintage cards.

Yeah!! my cartidges arrived yesterday and now I can print the 

Summer image in color. I decided to make some ATC's with it.

So I printed the image small size (that is the advantage of

digital images, you can use them anysize!)

This is card 1:

atc's are 3,5x2,5 inch, so it is small

even though you do not see this on the picture.

The sentiment is another oldie from

Create with TLC, the seahorse is by

Michael Strong.

For card 2 I used the shell stamp by

Michael Strong and added cute little 

sticky pearls. I cut up the sentiment

for a more decorative look.

Here - on card 3 - I used the complete sentiment.

Blue baker's twine because of the sea

and the fish stamp from Michael Strong

is stamped on shrinky dink, so now it

is small enough for the atc.

Well enough ideas I think for you to use the

great image and sentiments from Create with TLC.

Not enough? Go to 

Ileana's Blog

and see what she has come up with

and what freebies she has for you.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!