Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: Day 3

Here is day 3 of the 

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

Go over to the blog and see all the wonderful

sponsors and all the prizes you can win.

Did you go to the blog of JessicaLynnOriginals

to get the Brentwood FREEBIE?

I did and made some cards and suddenly had an other idea:

A bookmark/ bookcorner.

These bookcorners are so easy to make!

You find the folding instructions here.

Here you see also the back of the book corner, 

that is behind the page on th first picture

I printed and colored the image and then cut it out.

The mugs are done with a punch.

The sentiment is from a Verve Stamp set by Julee Tilman.

Unfortunately here shop is closed.

Thank you al for looking,

sty safe, have a coffee

and keep crafting!

 

Bugaboo Digital Stamps: Friday Freebie

Good Morning Crafty Friends.

It is that time of the week again:

here is your Friday Freebie from the 

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog

The image today is this Stella Instant Witch.

I made this small card 8,5 x 3 (6) inch.

You can also use it as a bookmark.

The sentiment and Stella printed

and ready for coloring.

Some background paper and 2  silver

bats (die from Michael Strong) on top

and bottom.

The dotted lines I drew by hand.

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and 

keep crafting.

 

Lions for my grandson

Yesterday I went to a craft show with a friend

and found this wonderful set of dies.

As my grandson is a big fan of lions, I had

to have this die set and here are my first creations.

Marianne Design Die - Eline's Lion and Tiger

For this card I used some design jungle paper

for the background.

And I had this fun die and stampset from 

Stampin'Up! called Tropical Chic.

I also made this bookmark

for when you start learning to read

you need one.

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!

Bookmark

Today not a card, I wanted to do something different.

I love reading (just finished the new Harry Potter!)

and I am always looking for my bookmark.

Today I made 3 new ones.

I was with a friend and found these great

bookmark stamps in her stash

(we just don't know what firm made them).

I started with stamping on a piece of scrap paper

with black ink.

I also stamped with a script stamp on the dress

and than i took out my pecils for coloring.

Next i took out the small dragonfly stamp and die

by Michael Strong. After stamping

and embossing the dragonfly I colored it with 

distress ink from my craft sheet. 

Then  I took the mask of the die and put it over the 

stamped image, marked the dots and....

took the mask off and added the metal die.

A little piece of tape keeps the die in place.

Now the dragonflies are ready to add to the bookmark.

This bookmark has used the same stamp, but here

I embossed the image in gold on the same green paper.

Image collored and the dragonflies embossed

and cut with the die.

The 4rd bookmark is a more Asian background

with Michael Strong's small cloisonné crane stamps.

The background is stamped on a more pink piece of

scrap paper with black ink. The flowers are colored with

pencil. The craines are embossed with black embossing

powder and cut with scissors. Decorated with tiny sticky pearls.

Yhank you for looking,

have a creative day!

Saturday card: bookmark

Today I am sharing a card with another new stamp by

Michael Strong

It is the "Cloisonné Nonagon" stamp set.

It comes with these two stamps.

This week I was inspired by one of the cards

of  Deborah, the Card Captain of this week

on our Yahoogroup. She showed a bookmark card.

So today I share with you my version.

I uised  a panelof kraft colored paper for this card

and stamped the nonagon stamp randomly with 

brown ink. With some holografic gold dot stickers

 I decorated the stamped images.

Then on ivory white paper (1,5 x 5 inch) I stamped

the image again and embossed it with copper

embossing powder. I made sure that the middle

part ( the circle) was centered on the

bookmark. On top I stamped the circle and embossed

it too. Below a sentiment was stamped inside the circle.

In the center of the circle I pnched a 

hole and added some embroidery thread

as decoration for the bookmark,

Also on the bookmark I added a few of the 

holographic gold stickers.

Here you see the finished card.

Before adding the kraft panel to the

card a few cuts were made to add the

bookmark to the card. Only after

that you add the panel to the card.

Great gift card for booklovers!

Have a creative day!

Coffee Lovers Summer Blog Hop 2

Here is my next blog post for the 

Coffee Lovers Summer Blog Hop.

You can link your card to the hop too.

You find all the details here.

Today not a card to share,

but a bookmark,because

I love reading and especially when the weather

is nice and I can sit with my coffee and a book

in the garden. After my vacation to Italy I am reading:

The House by the Sea by Santa Montefiore.

I made two bookmarks, one for me,one to give away!

Solet me know which one you would like!

For some directions:

the bookmark is 2 x 6 inch.

This scalloped tag topper is perfect for a bookbark.

This way you have a great top and a hole for a ribbon.

Take some book paper and a glue stick.

Tear the paper into fun pieces.

Glue the pieces op bookpaper

onto the bookmark.

Decorate the bookmark with a stencil of your choice.

this is how it looks after using one stencil.

And I used another coffee stain stencil.

Both stencils are by Tim Holtz.

Now it is time for stamping.

The stampset i used is the Coffee Stamp Set

by Michael Strong.

For the background I stamped with the

coffee steam stamp.

Then i used only half of this sentiment stamp

(from my stash)

On the other bookmark,I stamped some SU! coffee beans and 

a Club Scrap sentiment from the kit Brewed Awakenings 2012

Now  stamp and emboss the smallest of the coffee stamp

fromthe Michael Strong set. And then cut them out

with scissors and glue them to the bookmarks.

So this is the finished bookmark

with the hearts

and here is the finished bookmark with the

Club Scrap sentiment.

I think I go back to finish my book!

Hope to see you again tomorrow.

Have a creative day,