Floral Coffee

The other day when I printed out the free digital from Stamplorations I did one in a smaller size too. So since I had so much fun working with the larger one I decided today to make the smaller version into a card as well. This will be my final entry into the 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I have really enjoyed this event again.

After I had the design colored I cut it with my guillotine cutter and then took the Die'Sire Edge'ables Lattice Flourish die to cut the border. I then layered this onto a panel of grape card stock which I thought was a good match to some of the flowers in the image. These panels were then placed onto a white card base. The last thing added was three pearls on the bottom right edge of the card.

I hope you have enjoyed all my coffee and tea creations and that I have not bored you too much. But I do know for sure I have had a great time doing this hop again. But it is time to put the play things back in their places and get ready once again for weekend guests, a wedding to attend and also a church pot luck. And, on one of those days is my hubby's birthday so that may need a bit of celebrating too.

Thanks for the lovely comments you have left me. I wish blogger would allow me to reply when people make comments but unless I have your email address I cannot thank you the way I wish or even answer questions. If you do have a question I will have to just make a comment on my blog in hopes you will come back to see the answer.

Have a great rest of the week.

God bless,
Verna

Hello Coffee

Stamplorations offered this digital stamp freebie and I took advantage of it and  used it for this card design for the 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I am quite pleased with the way it turned out too. It is just a very simple design but CAS is my style as most of you know.

I printed it out on white card stock and then colored the design with my Copics. I then die cut that panel out with a Gina Marie Designs Loopy Rectangle die. I placed it on a light blue card base and the finishing touch was to add a few black gems around the sentiment.

I hope many of you took time to enter this hop as there is lots of fantastic prizes being offered once again. And I so enjoy seeing what others do as I am always inspired by their talents.

Until next time, have a great life! And thanks for the wonderful comments.

God bless,
Verna

Cute Coffee Stickers

I did a simple card using a printable coffee bean design from The Cutting Cafe for the background, some adorable stickers from Doodlebug Designs Inc. from the Latte Love set, and a sentiment and washi tape from Gina K. Designs. I am entering this in the 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog hop for my sixth entry.

Don't you just love those smiling faces on those stickers. I was so fortunate to win these from a previous hop and now this time I am using them for a card design. I really like them.

Well, I thank all who have stopped in lately to visit and leave comments. I am afraid I don't have any way to thank you as I don't have email addresses for all of you. But I assure you I read all of them and so appreciate the lovely words you leave me.

God bless,
Verna

Coffee Friendship

I hope you are having a wonderful Memorial Day. The last of our company left about an hour ago so now I can get back to my posts showing the projects I made for the 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog hop. 

I tried to use some more spring/summer colors for this card design. My cup and sentiment are from the Stampendous set called Coffee Talk. I stamped the cup onto some alcohol ink background paper I had made previously and since it was a glossy card stock it resembled a ceramic look. The Coffee die is one from Cutplorations the die division of Stamplorations. I used the negative of it and just mounted it over a piece of light green paper. I went with a yellow panel to place all the elements and then added it to a base card of light green. The flowers are some I had in my stash from years back so I used them by alternating two of the blossoms between a yellow and green one. The last thing I added was some gems in the center of each bloom.

Well, that is it for today. I think it is time to do some relaxing after this busy weekend. Next weekend we will have guests again and we will also be attending a wedding. And with doctor appointments and a birthday in the middle of the week I am sure not much creativity will be done. At any rate, I don't want to make a big creative clutter since we will be getting more company soon.

 So until next post, take care and forgive me for not commenting when you post as I am not getting notices anymore. I guess from what I have heard it is a blogger issue and therefore not a great deal we can do. Hopefully, things will soon be resolved.

God bless,
Verna

Mother's Day Tea Card

While my internet is still working I will post my fourth card I made for the 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog hop. This time it is a card for Mother's Day.

I used pattern paper, card stock, the stacked cups and a sentiment from the Gina K. Designs line. The teapot is a Cheapo die. And, the edging die is from Die'sire from Crafter's Companion. Putting them all together created a great design I think.

Thanks for the visit.
God bless,
Verna

Father's Day Shaker

I have another offering for the 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I made a shaker card using a cocoa cup die from Gina Marie Designs.

The sequin package is from Sparkle Blends and is called Coffee. I cut the cup die several times in order to get some depth in the small opening to add shaker elements and even at that it was a cramped space. I think if I ever do it again I will have to find smaller shaker items for it. I decorated the cup with Washi Tape and added a sentiment from Gina K. Designs. The background paper used is a printable coffee design from The Cutting Cafe.

Thanks for stopping in. We are in more summer like temps with our thermometer to reach into the 90's this weekend. Very humid too as we had quite a bit of rain last week. So that means my computer won't function very well. In fact, I will be lucky to get this posted.

And since I got my blog updated with the Privacy Protection I don't seem to get emails anymore saying when someone has published a comment. But I check periodically to read them and I thank you so much for visiting and for your wonderful words.

Have a great weekend.
God bless,
Verna

Perk Up!

Oh, my! What a busy time this weekend with the holiday and company arriving and trying to get my blog in order so it complies. But thanks to a good friend I think I have the blog at least okay so now it is just a matter of getting the rest of my cleaning done and flowers out to the graves of my family. Thank goodness I did a few cards ahead of time for the 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop so that I can do a quick write up and post them. This one I am really pleased as to how it turned out.

All the stamps, inks and papers used are from Gina K. Designs except for the Coffee die which is from Stamplorations! I used the Gina K. Designs Wreath Builder template stencil to get the images onto my focal panel using stamps from the Gina K. Designs Coffee stamp set. The die cut Coffee was added to a pattern paper that I made using the Gina K. Designs Diagonal Stripes background stamp.

Thanks for the visit and I wish you a great weekend.

God bless,
Verna

May Rudolph Days Challenge

I made a little scene card using stamps for my May Rudolph Days Challenge entry. I had to add a bit of my own hand drawing to get the look of a stable but all the stamps are from Hero Arts.

I stamped the images and then hand cut them and placed them onto a supposedly bed of straw and inside a stable which had an open window area. I am no artist but even I like the way this looks.

Thanks so much for your visit and comments.

God bless,
Verna

2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog

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Now to today's card. I am showing you a shaker card I made using a Tea theme. I gave this card to my daughter-in-law for Mother's Day. I thought it would be perfect for the 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop.

The tea pot is a negative area from a Cheapo Tea Pot die and I used it along with pattern paper, a stack of cups and sentiment from Gina K. Designs. The sequins are a Sparkle Blend mix.

I am sort of a novice at shaker cards but for the most part I think this was a successful one I made. 

I hope you are enjoying the hop so far and that you can find some time to join in.

God bless,

Verna

Puddle Duck

I was searching for ideas for making a Father's Day card when I saw the Dies R Us Challenge #97 was Birds so with that in mind I brought out this Cheapo Die called Duck and made a simple little scene with it. I am very happy how it looks too.

I wanted a Teal Duck so I went online to research how to color it and this was similar to what I saw. Of course there are variations but this one seemed to be very beautiful with those colors. So I went with it. I colored the die in with my Copics. And, I used card stock, inks and the sentiment from Gina K. Designs. I used a sponge to add some sandy area around the puddle and also for the sky.

Well, this card went quick and I managed to sneak in a bit of crafting before going to a graduation open house. Happy Sunday to all and I hope your week will be a great one. Thanks for the visit.

God bless,
Verna

Another Graduation Card

This weekend one of our local towns is having their high school graduation and we have been invited to a few of the open houses. Since the school colors are maroon and gold I went with that theme on this card design. I used the Kitchen Sink Stamps 3 Step Graduation stamp set to create it.

The pattern paper is from Lawn Fawn. And, the inks used were from Gina K. Designs. They were Ivory, Cranberry Tart, Kraft, Slate,  Dandelion Yellow, Tangerine Twist and Amalgon Jet Black ink. Sometimes I had to stamp off the inks to create a lighter shade but that was no problem.  The enamel dots are from Stampin' Up! I used the Gina K. Designs Small Rectangle Die for the card stock layers.

I am entering this in the Double D's Challenge-Bling It Up. I don't have a lot of bling but I think those enamel dots should qualify as bling. They seemed perfect for this card at any rate.

Well, the weekend is once again upon us. I don't plan much crafting as I have these graduations to attend and also need to clean my house. I am tracking cut up paper scraps all over the place. LOL Thanks for the visit and comments. I'll visit again with you soon.

God bless,
Verna

Bling It Up!

The title of this post is the theme for the Double D's Challenge this time around. I just had to join in with at least one card as I like to add a few rhinestones or pearls now and then. I am not much into glitter as it is so messy but I think adding some rhinestones or sequins is a great way to dress up a card.

I used Gina K. Designs Stippled Flowers set and also the Gina K. Designs Diagonal Striped Background stamp. I stamped the flower images along the edge of my white panel and then colored them with Copics. Next I cut about a 1/4 inch off of the top and bottom and also used a scissors to cut along the flower design edge. This panel was then layered onto the main card base on which I stamped the diagonal stripes background with Gina K. Designs Dusty Rose ink using my MISTI. I really like the striped background showing through which I think really compliments the flowers.Very easy design. The hand cutting around the flowers took as long almost as it did to color the design. But maybe that was due to phone calls that interrupted the process. LOL The last addition was to add a sentiment and some rhinestone bling.

I am not sure what flowers the artist intended these blooms to be but to my way of thinking they remind me of the wonderful peonies that bloom in the Spring. I have some deep red ones which look very similar to these. So I am calling my flowers peonies.

Well, evening is upon us and so I best get busy and think about something for our meal. I hope your evening is going great! Thanks for stopping by.

God bless,
Verna

May Twofers

I finally got my twofers done for the May Twofer Challenge #5 that Darnell Knauss is hosting. The theme this time was butterfly so these are the cards I made using the same butterfly image.

I used a butterfly from the Gina K. Designs Boho Flowers set. That set also has dies so I used them as well.

Not only did I use the butterfly but I also used a sentiment from another Gina K. Designs set called Butterfly Kisses. The Loopy Oval die is from Gina Marie Designs. And, the lovely background paper is done with a new background stamp from Gina K. Designs called Diagonal Stripes. I placed that big stamp in my MISTI to make the background. I flipped the paper to the other direction and then  stamped it in a different color to make a plaid design.  I finished the card by adding some rhinestones.

My second card also used the butterfly stamped image along with a sentiment and die cuts from Gina K. Designs Boho Flowers set but this time I cut the butterfly apart and proceeded to make a flower with it. The Geometric Cutout circle is a die from Impression Obsession. The butterfly before surgery was stamped onto a piece of alcohol inks glossy card stock panel that I had made years ago and recently found. I thought it would be perfect for this card. I finished the flower by adding some blue rhinestones in the center.

I had a wonderful Mother's Day with family as we all went to Perkins to have lunch together and then later gathered at the home of one of my daughters. And, the highlight of the day for all the adults was taking turns holding Jack. He is doing great and was all dolled up for the day too! He seemed to know he was at a special occasion as he was awake and smiling and cooing all the while we were there. So yes indeed, he was a perfect gentleman. I hope your Sunday was a great day too!

Thanks for the visit, lovely comments and you have a great week too.

God bless,
Verna

Tone On Tone

The Gina K. Designs May release was held yesterday and Gina put out the challenge for us to make a tone on tone card design. Well, I love a challenge so I pulled out the Wreath Builder stamp set and template by Gina K. Designs and proceeded to make this card.

Gina has a fabulous array of green inks and card stocks so I decided to make a card with those tones in mind. The only other colors are the white and black.

I started to build the wreath on a 3 3/4 piece of Key Lime card stock. I stamped the images from the Wreath Builder stamp set with Jellybean Green and Lucky Clover inks. The sentiment was stamped in Gina K. Designs Amalgam Jet Black ink. Next I took a white piece of card stock size 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches and placed some green and white polka dot Washi Tape along the bottom and in the middle of that I added some black and white twine. The Key Lime panel was then also layered onto the white above the Washi tape layer. This panel was then placed onto a card base of Lucky Clover card stock. The last thing I added to the card was a white panel inside so that I can add a message.
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Well here we are to the weekend already. I hope you have a great one. And, all you mothers or motherly type have a great Mother's Day. Thanks for stopping by.

God bless,
Verna

Stenciled Graduation Card

Just when I thought I was done with getting graduation announcements two more came into my mail box. So I made a quick card today using a stencil and some dies and a sentiment. I really like the look of this one and since this is for a young lady I more or less catered to more feminine colors.

I took a sheet of white card stock and stenciled on the design which is one of Gina K. Designs stencils called Water Droplets. I then added that stenciled panel to a white card stock base. Next I took the sentiment from the Gina K. Designs Lettered and Lovely stamp set and stamped that in black. I added a few droplet looking elements from that same set in various colors around that sentiment before I die cut it with the Gina K. Designs Small Rectangle Double Stitched die. I added this to a die cut rectangle using Gina's Large Single Stitched Rectangle die of Dusty Pink card stock. My jumping young lady graduate is from an Impression Obsession die set. It also has a young man die but I only used the  young lady one. My last addition to the card was to add some black rhinestone bling.

This was a really easy and fun card to do. And, I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment design as that way I could re-stamp the designs if I needed and they would be perfectly aligned.

I am entering this in the Scrapy Land Challenge #89-Anything Goes.

Well, our weather has turned to a more chilly type. And, we are getting rain showers quite often too. Just a few days ago it was in the 80's and now it is highs in the 50's to low 60's. And, windy today too. So I thought it a great time to stay inside.

While I am here I want to send you a reminder that soon the Spring and Summer Coffee Lovers event will be going on. So maybe if you find time you can make a few projects for that event. There are always lots of prizes to be given out so it is worth entering. I know it is a busy time of year but I hope to get a few projects made for it.

You have a great rest of the week. Thanks for the visit and for all your wonderful comments. Until next time, take care.

God bless,

Verna

Blooming Birthday

Here is another stenciled design. I have this wreath builder stencil from Gina K. Designs and even though it is a very open stencil I figured I could still add some sponged inks to it and make a card with it. As an experiment I was not sure what I would end up with but I guess in this case it isn't too bad and certainly will be a card I will send to someone.

I used a 4 inch square of white card stock and added the inks in the center of the stencil by going in one direction only. But for the last color of a lime green that I added I went the opposite direction and that made for even different colors when it all blended together. I think I did goof though when I stamped the images from the Gina K. Designs Bold & Blooming set by placing them upside down  but I guess it still looks fine to me. The sponged design was layered onto Slate card stock and then I cut it down the center and placed one half on top and one half on the bottom of the A2 size   
(4 1/4 x 5 1/2) inch card stock base. I then stamped the sentiment on a white panel and layered that to Slate card stock and placed it over the two split sections. The last step was to add some black gems.

Well, plans today are to do some baking so I don't think I will be stamping much at all. It is okay to take a break. Thanks for visiting and for all the wonderful comments you leave.

God bless,
Verna

Spring Wedding Card

Happy Sunday to all! While I was still in the mood of working with a stencil and some sponges I decided to try and make a wedding card for our great niece who will be getting married early in June. I like how this turned out as well. This card will also be entered in the Stamp TV Monthly Challenge.

The stenciled design is done using a lace one from Tim Holtz. I used Gina K. Designs inks to add color by sponging. Next I added a gold edged chiffon ribbon down the center. My flowers are from the Gina K. Designs Stippled Flowers set. I colored them with Copics and then cut them out and laid them over the top partially covering the ribbon and lace background. The sentiment is also from that stamp set and I stamped it in black onto the white sentiment panel before adding it to some gold glitter paper. Several years ago I bought a bag of buttons and in that bag were these double heart charms so I thought that would look nice attached to the sentiment. The final touch was to punch out three circles from the gold glitter paper and add them randomly.

I am also adding this to the following challenges:
Double D's Challenge
Mod Squad Challenge

Well, another gorgeous day here. Sun is shining and there is a light breeze. I hope your Sunday is a good one too. Enjoy the day!

God bless,
Verna

Stenciled Birthday Blooms

I have not used a stencil in quite some time so when the challenge to use stencils in rainbow colors came about with the Stamp TV Monthly Challenge I just had to play along.

I used a Gina K. Designs Art Stencil and also used Gina K. Designs inks. The sentiment is from the Gina K. Designs Elegant Florals 2 stamp set. I die cut the focal panel with a Memory Box Cross Stitched Border die and then added it to a layer of black card stock. Next I added some black and white twine and then placed it on the white card base.

Oh, this was fun as I always enjoy sponging and that is how I added the color to the stencil design. I tried to use a gradual change of colors in it too as I sponged along. 

Well, another week gone by and here we are on a Saturday morning. I hope your weekend is off to a great start. Thanks for the visit and lovely comments too.

God bless,

Verna

Charming Mom's Day Card

Earlier today I watched a video by Karen Hightower from Gina K. Designs where she colored in a floral image using colored pencils. Well, I had not worked with colored pencils for ages so I decided that this would be a new way for me to get my muse working better. So with that in mind I created this card. And I must say that even I am impressed with the way this card turned out.

The lily is from the Gina K. Designs Thank You Friend stamp set. And the sentiment is from Gina K. Designs Elegant Florals 2. I used my Misti and took my kraft card stock and ran an anti-static pad over it and then with Versamark inks stamped the lily image. I then added Gina K. Designs white detail embossing powder and heat set it. Then I took my Prismacolor pencils and colored in the lily. Once the lily was colored the way I wanted it I then took white acrylic paint and mixed it with a bit of water and using a fine brush tapped on some white specks.

This kraft panel was layered onto some Gina K. Designs Plum Punch card stock and then added to the white card base. My sentiment was stamped with Gina K. Designs Plum Punch ink onto white and also layered to some Plum Punch card stock. I wrapped some white and kraft twine around the sentiment panel and added a heart charm. This was then placed also on the kraft panel. The last thing added to the design was a plum colored rhinestone gem.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
Mod Squad Challenge
Double D's Challenge

Well, we had another beautiful sunny day with temps in the upper 70's. Yesterday it was chilly but today was much nicer. I hope things are improving for you weather wise too.

God bless,
Verna

Baby Oh Baby!

I find myself in need of a baby shower card and so this time I pulled out this stamp set from Sparkle N Sprinkle called Baby Oh Baby! I thought it a perfect set for making my card. I can see making this for a Mother's Day card for the mom-to-be too!

Since the happy couple are expecting a boy I went with a lot more blue in the design. My background was made just using the Baby Oh Baby sentiment repeatedly in various colors. I then did some distressing with blue ink around the edges. The Mom To Be sentiment was die cut out with a double stitched circle die from Cottage Cutz and again I did some distressing with blue ink on it.

The young lady image was colored with a combination of Copics and Sharpies. I did no special blending but simply colored in the image. And, the background was stamped with various ink colors using Gina K. Design inks. After I had the young lady colored I fussy cut it and placed it on the background.

I am entering this in the following challenge:
Double D's Challenge

Well, I must confess I am in a stamping funk. For some reason I have lost my mojo but am mainly stamping according to my needs. So maybe that shows in my work but I still think this looks fairly nice anyway.

I hope all of you are having a great week. Hard to believe it is Wednesday already. I guess they call that "Hump" day. When you get through with Wednesday you are over the hump. LOL

Thanks so much for visiting. You have a great evening.

God bless,
Verna