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!

National Cappuccino Day

Welcome to another day on the 

Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

Today happens to be National Cappuccino Day!

Of course I made a cappuccino card

and used digital images made by Paulette Slater.

You find her Ko-fi Shop HERE.

2 delicious cups odf cappuccino ready to drink.

Images printed with the computer, then I fussy cut them

added some ink and glued everything to the card.

More cards on my instagram.

Thank you for looking and

have a caffeinated day!

 

Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2024

Hello Caffinated Crafty friends,

Here I share with you my latest card for the 

Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

This morning I woke up finding an awesome

digital printable by my friend Paulette Slater.

I am so lucky for she made me some delicious

caffinated images. You find them in her shop

and on her Facebook Page.

Be sure to check them out.

Here is my card.

I used a die and shiny white paper for the background.

The sentiment is what was in my messenger this morning

and the snowmen where in last years Winter Club.

Yes, Paulette has Clubs every month that you can

subscribe to with lots and lots of printables

coming to your email 3x a day.

Here is the freebie from Payulette for you too:

Just use your right mouse click and save

 the image to your computer for your own 

personal use.

Thank you for looking and have  

a wonderful caffinated day!

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!

Elephant Cards

Hello Carfty friends,

I was asked to make some cards for men and 

my favorite image maker Paulette from Create with TLC

had these elephants on her

Free Printables for jour Junkjournaling

Facebook page,

I knew I had to uese them to make cards. 

For now this is the result:

#1 Congratulations Party Animal

Background made with several scraps of paper,

a die for the branch and the little flag-line.

#2 Big Hugs for your Birthday

Background with design paper and leaf die.

#3 You are (ele)fantastic

Background made with Tim Holtz stencils and

a cut out circle for the sun.

#4 Wishing you an Unforgettable Birthday

Background rose paper by Paulette and this one is

a more female card, just could not resist.

Copper colored cord and red gemstones added.

Wishing you a creative day!

 

23 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - day 2

Welcome Caffinated Crafty Friends,

It is day 2 of the 

Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

Today I have played with the image of Brentwood by

JessicaLynnOriginals.

Here is Brentwood Owl  and Highland Cow with their Santa hats.

I think they are having a great time together.

The sentiment I printed with the computer.

All is colored with ciao copic markers.

And here is another version. The image of Brentwood and 

Highland cow was printed smaller. This is the advantage of 

digital download images. You can print it in any size you

like for your card.

Thank you for looking.

Have a caffinated crafty day.

See you tomorrow.

 

Caffinated Christmas Card Challenge: October Coffee & Gnome

Hello Caffinated Friends,

Here is another contribution to the 

Caffinated Christmas Card Callenge #22

for October 23 with a coffee and gnome challenge.

Here my card with a a coffee gnome from

Miss Ink Stamps.

The sentiment is a combination of stamps from 

my stash.

The background are papers that are embossed.

Here you see the inside of the card. I love to use 

my left over papers for decorating the inside. 

A close up of the image: the hat/nose and the coffee cup

are added on with a piece of foam tape to make 

the gnome more 3d.

Thank you forlooking and

have a creative 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: Anything Goes

For the challange Anything Goes on the 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog

I made this birthday card.

For this card i used:

Floral Trims CMS461

Papillon CMS106

Bold Sayings CMS433

Distress oxide ink

Distress oxide spray Crackeling Campfire

I started stamping with versamark watermark

and gold embossingpowder.

Next I added some distress oxide inks on the glassplate

and by wiping the ink off the plate and on the card.

This is reapeated a few times until satisfied with the color.

When all was dry I added some Crackling Campfire splatters

on the card.

I used the sewing machine to make the border on the card.

Also some gold thread underneath the birthday sentiment.

The sentiment is also with gold embossing powder

and added the same colors as the background.

Matching envelop for sending out the card.

Thank you for looking and

have a caffinated creative weekend!

 

Simon Says: Make your Mark

A new challenge on the

Simon Says Monday Blog:

Make your Mark.

Now I received my new Tim Holtz stamps

last week and I just have to play with them,

seeing what I can do.

So here is the result:

For this challenge I used the new

Floral Trims CMS461 cling stamp

Note Quotes CMS 463

and the layering stemcil Brush Hex

different colors of distress oxide ink.

I started with stamping this Floral stamp in versamark

watermark and embossed with gold.

Next I put some colors of distress oxide ink on my

glass plate and wiped it on the card. When dried I

added images with the Brush Hex stencil.

Next I stamped the sentiment on a piece of cardboard

from the box the stamps came in. I also used it on the

background of the card. Stapled the image to the piece

from the box. Gives it a grungy feeling.

Thank you for looking and i hope you have 

a great caffinated creative weekend!

 

Simon Says: Things with Wings

Another fun challenge on the 

Simon Says Wednesday Blog:

Things with Wings.

Here my finished card with butterflies by Tim Holtz.

Here I displayed all the materials I used:

distress oxide  inks

stencils

cling stamp: Papillon CMS106

I started with a background I had lying around made in direct

to paper technique. I used my stamping platform, because 

I wanted to stamp several colors

Here you see the first layer of butterflies.

I also stamped them on a seperate piece to cut out

and add later on with foam tape.

I added the big script stamp and next used two

different stencils to finish off the card.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative caffinated day!