Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Day 3 and 4

 Hello Caffinated Creative Friends,

Today card 3 and 4 for the 

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop.

The card for day 3 is the one with the piggies

and I shared it yesterday on Instagram,

but as both cards are made with Funky Fossil Designs,

I thouht I share them both in this post.

For this card I used

Hogs & Kisses clear stampset,

Merry and Bright Design Paper,

Layering Cup die set and

leaves and flowers from my stash.

The sentiment is made with the computer,

For todays card I used the same design paper

as above as well as the layering cup dies.

But different stamps:

Cat Capers and Let's Party for the cats.

For the sentiment I used Festive Phrases.

The cats are colored with copic ciao markers.

The Santa hat is from my stash.

Here the inside of the card.

Please do not forget to check out the 

Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog (link above) for 

all the info about the hop and the lots of prizes

 there are to win!

Thank you for looking

and have a caffinated creative day!

International Cat Day

 

Hello my crafty friends,

Besides coffee I am also a cat lover.

Although i do not have a cat of my own anymore,

I have 2 cats from the neighbourhood who come

here nearly every day.

So because it is International Cat Day,

I also made a cat card.

I started with this flower stencil (Blossom) and pink and

yellow distress oxide ink.

I used some washi tape to create a border on the card.

The stamps I used are by Funky Fossil Designs

and is called Flowery Felines (design by Donna).

I stamped the tiny flower on top of the stencil in the

heart of the large flowers. A tiny leave I stamped when 

the stencil was lifted off.

Here you see the finished card.

The image of the cat is raised with foam tape.

As it is impossible to cut the cat whiskers,

I have a trick for that. Stamp the image first

on the card and the cut out image you lau on top of that.

This way you can cut of the whiskers, because they

are already on the card.

Thank you for looking and cuddle a little

extra with your cat today!

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Critters in Cups 5

 

Hello Crafty Caffinated Friends,

It seems hard to stop playing with this set

Critters in Cups by 

Funky Fossil Designs.

Today I will share with you how I made this card:

I started the card with the background using the stencil 

Chatty Cups and worn lipstick and fossilized amber

distress oxide ink.

Next I added 2 different stamps on top:

scribble circles with frayed burlap distress oxide

and vintage script with black ink.

Than i stamped the images I wanted to use.

Not only the Critters in Cups, but also one of

the sentiments from the Coffee and Friends set.

I also added a rol of washi tape from the set Flowerful

Washi tape to put on the background panel later on.

Next the coloring of the images. I used the same 

distress oxide inks as I used for the stencil and the

stamping.

And here is the finished card with the washi tape

 on the left side and a little flower on top

of the head of the cat.

I nearly always have a piece of paper left, for 

I never cut the panel the right size for you never

know if you make a mistake (and than you can cut it off).

Thank you for looking.

Hope you enjoyed seeing the proces 

of how I make a card.

Enjoy your day!

Caffinated greetings,

Critters in Cups 4

Hello Crafty Caffinated Friends!

I cannot stop playing with the Critters in Cups

by Funky Fossil Designs and the matching

Layering Cups metal dies.

I started with cutting the cups in rainbow colors.

I folded the paper and made sure the die was just a little

over the folded line, so the cups stayed together.

When I finished with all 6 colored, I glued first and last 

pages together, so it became a little booklet.

Click on the pictures for a larger version, 

so you can see everything much better!

For all of this mini book I used the new paper pad

and other stamps from different Funky Fossil sets too.

Also some stencils.

So below you see all the pages of my booklet,

if you have any questions feel free to ask in the comment

box (not anonymous, because than I cannot answer you).

1. You are my cup of tea!

Stencil Pawprint Background.

Vintage Script A7 stamp

2. Coffee (it is a die).

Stencil Lotsa Beans.

3. Bone-Jour!

(More Furry Friends)

Dog Bones stencil

4. You are tea-rrific!

Scribble Circles A7 stamp in the background

Bubbles stencil

5. Coffee!

A7 Don't make me laugh

Coffee Lover Die Set

6. Tea Time

(letter dies from my stash).

Zesty stencil

Hope you like my mini book

and gave you inspiration for your art.

Thank you for looking and 

have a creative caffinated weekend!

 

Critters in Cups

Hello Crafty Friends,

I am having fun with my new stamps and dies from

Funky Fossil Design.

I worked with the Critters in Cups clear stamp set

and the matching Layering Cup dies.

As you see the neighbourhood cat likes the card too!

For my card I stamped the background with the tea bag and coffee 

beans stamps from the Crittes in Cups set and colored them

with distress oxide inks. Also did some spattering on the background.

The Cup is decorated with the flower stamp from the set.

Fun bit of flower power.

So what do you think?

Tea or coffee today!

Thank you for looking

and have a creative caffinated day.

 

Happy 4th of July!

Good Morning my crafty caffinated friends!

Have you had your first cup today?

Sipping your coffee and browsing around?

Well today I want to wish my American friends

a very Happy and wonderful 4th of July.

I made this card with my new 

Funky Fossil Design stamps

called Critters in Cups.

This company is a UK based company, but you

can find the stamps in the USA too HERE.

For my card i started with making the background with

Funky Fossil stencils Starry night and Sunray

with distress oxide inks.

The cup is made with the Layering Cups die set.

The stars in gold are punched out with a punch from

my stash. The blue and gold are very shiny, but as 

usual this is not shown on the picture.

The sentiment is from a Tim Holtz stampset.

You see Fred (the cat) has decorated his tail to match

the Holiday. I drew his tail by hand, for the set has the

cat without its tail.

Wisging you all a wonderful day!

Creative caffinated greetings,

8 days of Hanukkah

 Today is the last day of Hanukkah.

This Jewish Holiday lasts 8 days and every day we light one more candle. To learn more about Hanukkah look HERE. For each day I made a card and here I share with you all 8 cards.

All cards are made with clear stamps by Funky Fossil Design.

The menorah and Jewish sentiments are from my stash.

Thank you for looking and

I hope those of you who celebrate

had a very 

Happy Hanukkah!

Tutorial and Giveaway

Hello Crafty Friends

For today I create a set of fun backgrounds

with the wonderful Spring Geometrics papers

by Funky Fossil Designs and the

stamps from the new Let's Party stamp set.

For this technique you print out the grid below

and choose a design paper. You can also use all the scraps

you have left from these papers. I found this punch

among my stash, that was just the right size.

Save the grid to your computer and print it 

in the size you like it to be.

If you do noit have a punch, you can also cut strips

of paper and make these into the square size you need.

You need a total of 18 squares.

There are 12 full squares

and the other 6 you cut into half

to use for the border. Glue all the

squares in place and you have a 

beautiful background for your card.

Here another sample with the same background. 

I also used Pugs and Hugs stamps (the cup and sentiment) and

the Doodle Borders, that fit perctly around the background.

And now for the GIVEAWAY.......

drumroll.......

Here is the set:

It is the Blooming Wreath clear stamp set.

How can you be the winner of  this set?

Just leave a comment

and I would love it if you become a

follower, but it is not a must.

You have until 

January 24 to leave your comment.

Thank ou for looking,

stay safe and keep crafting!