December Coffee Card Christmas Challenge - Snowman

 

Hello Coffee and Crafty Friends,

Today I made the last card for this year for the

Caffinated Christmas Card Challenge..

I was inspired combining Tim Holtz dies and thinlits after

seeing his Sizzix Holiday Remix last Saturday. You can see

the rewind HERE.

This is the coffee and snowman card I came up with:

So here is the litst of the materials I used:

Fresh Brewed Bigz Die (for the cup)

Christmas Cutouts (for the sentiment)

Snowman Papercut Christmas

Holiday Greens mini (greens on top of the cup)

Design paper from my stash.

And for the inside I stamped a sentiment from the

set Bold Tidings - mini.

Thanks for looking and

caffinated crafty greetings,

Catch the Bug Challenge: Funky Fold

There is a new challenge over at the 

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog:

Funky Folds. And here is my card:

For my card I used the Bugaboo Cat image

and a sentiment from my stash.

I found this great video about a Funky Triangle

Pop Up Folding card:

I folowed the instructions from this tutorial. Only I did not add

so many layers of paper, just one layer of design paper. Otherwise

the card is way to heavy for sending.

For the card you need a piece of 8 x 8  inch cardstock

and some designers papers that match your main focus point.

The bottom of the card also holds a square to

write your message on. Later I added a tiny

velcro circle to both bottom parts of the card.

This way they card keep standing up better (I think).

I decorated the card with some hearts )dies by Sizzix'

and used this wonderful paw paper punch and a "meow"

sentiment by Stampin'Up! (old set called Meow Meow).

I colored the sweet Bugaboo Cat with 

Stampin'Blends.

The hearts are in contrasting colors using the

black cardstock and the pink paw print paper.

This is how you fold the card for senfing.

Fold the bottom parts upwards and

then vertically outwards. Now you can enter

the card in a square 5 x 5 inch envelope.

Totally folded and ready for sending in an envelope

to a friend who needs a bit of cheering up!

If you go to the Catch the Blog Challenge Blog,

you can see mor ideas and add your own card

in the linky party and you might win some great

Bugaboo Digital Stamps to play with for other

challenges. If you have no Bugaboo Stamps, you 

can grab the Friday Freebie to play with.

I liked this way of making a card a lot

 and there is another one tomorrow!

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Bugaboo Digital Stamps Anything but a Card

On Monday it is always Aniting But a Card

and with Valentine around the corner, I needed 

a candy box.

You can see all the wonderful work of the 

designteam of the bugaboo Digital Stamps om

Cath The Bug Challenge Blog.

To make this box I used a die called gable box by

Elizabeth Craft Design.

You cut the box in one go, and fold it on the lines.

Glue the side strip and the bottom and the box is ready.

I decorated the box when ready, because all the images 

are stuck to the box with foam tape.

This cute Valentine Critter Kitty came as a freebie

for newsletter subscribers, but you can also get it  HERE.

My kitty is colored with Stampin´Blends by SU!

The little hearts are cut with matching sizzix dies.

Straight and scallop dies. In the middle of the heart I used

a paw paper punch and becacuse the background is 

contrasting paper, you see the paw wonderful.

I used the paw punch also on the sentiment tag.

The sentiment is by Tim Holtz.

On the bag ofthe box is another heart with a stamped 

"meow" (old SU!' stamp).

This box is ready to give!

Thank you for looking and

have a creative day!

Limited Runs Progressive Challenge #31: Bears

Today it is Animal Day in The Netherlands.

So a great day to use an animal on my card

and as this month we were given this cute bear

for the Limited Runs Progressive Challenge,

I made these cards for today.

When I thought of what to do for a card, I had

so many ideas, that I ended up making 3 cards.

Card #1

When I looked at the bear-image, it looked like

he was dancing on his own, so I added some music

paper behind him and a Create with TLC sentiment.

I colored all the bears with my watercolor pastels.

I added some musical paper behind the bear and

a cute lace ribbon.

The sentiment is by Create with TLC.

If you click on the above image, you can see the bear dance!

I added an wobble behind the bear.

Card #2

It also looks like the bear can hold something.

How about a coffee cup?!

For this card I used:

Digital coffee paper I bought on Etsy

ribbon by DL.ART,

rubber stamp by Hero Arts

and the coffee rings are dies by Sizzix.

I just love that big cup in his hands.

I cut the hand to move the cup in

and added foam tape to make

it look like he drinks from the cup.

Card #3

As lots of babies are born in our family,

I came up with this cute baby card.

Bears are always cute on baby cards.

I had this cute baby image in my stash:

look at how the baby is also holding a tiny bear!

The sentyment is from an old SU! set.

Thank you for looking.

Be nice to your animals

and have a creative day!

Happy Earth Day

Looking after the planet is more and more important these days,

so I try to teach my grandson a little about it. We have planted

seeds to grow our own tomatoes this year.

I hope we will see them grow and eat them!

Of course here is a card too:

I used this sketch from the Mojo Monday Blog.

I made the background with the direct to paper technique

and two colors of distress oxide ink.

The earth stamp is by Stamp Fransisco (a very old

wooden stamp from my stash). The leaves are thinlits

from Sizzix (Tim Holtz)  Wildflower stems #2.

I used some green/blue glitter paper for the leaves.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

The Daily Marker day 21: Simon Says no stamping

No stamping?? It is hard not to touch a stamp,

but I did it!

On the Wednesday Blog of Simon Says Stamp

the challenge is to make a card without the

use of  stamps.

So I started with making the background with

direcht to paper coloring with worn lipstick

and using a alphabet stencil for some extra touches.

Next i used the sizzix coffee cups embossing folder.

With the coloring my card is also for 

The Daily Marker Coloring Challenge

day 21.

Next i cut the coffee cup with the Tim Holtz Bigz die.

Decorations with a crinkle ribbon and a few paper flowers.

The sentiment is cut out (not stamped!) with a 

Verve Stamps coffee die and the wishes from

Tim Holtz.

With a little glue the cut out sentiment

is added to the card.

Thank you very much for looking

and have a latte great day!

CAS(E) this Sketch retro #3

Today I share with you my card for

a sketch challenge.

The image I used i won as a prize on the coffeelovers blog hop.

This is the sketch from the

CAS(E) this Sketch blog.

These are the digital stamps I won from

GraciellieDesign

Also a $10,- voucher to choose some more

designs and  she has some pretty other ones

(including beautiful coffee cups).

The background paper is by Stampin'Up!

The cup with flowers is colored with my zig markers

and I added glossy accent to the cup.

The image is cut by hand...still thinking about

that cameo......

The coffee ring on top is a thinlit from Sizzix

I recently purchased.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!