Affogato Your Birthday

Yesterday was National Coffee Day and tomorrow is International Coffee Day.  I thought I'd celebrate a bit with a coffee card.  And the Coffee'isms stamp set that I used for that sentiment is in the shop at a deeply discounted price .. as are the Heart Note Dies that I used today.

As you know, the shop is closing soon and there are currently very limited items left and all are on clearance at a price that you just can't say no to!

It's a bittersweet day.  This will be my last post for CAS-ual Fridays.  But there are many CFS products that will stay in my stash for always because I just love them.  These are a few of the items I won't be able to let go of.

I've really enjoyed creating for Michele and helping her show off her products each month.  Thank you Michele for being one of the first to have faith in me and love what I do and thank you for all of your fun and sassy crafty stamps and dies and stencils over the years.  Onward!

Before I go, I'll share some things I made using some of the products left in the shop.  Don't miss out!

These Flower Stamps and that Falling Leaves Stencil.

Here are all of the Heart Note Dies and I used the Snowflake Stencil on the background.

I used the Heart Ribbon Stencil for this one and fussy cut it out.

I used the Partly Cloudy Stencil for that rainbow and those clouds...

And the Heart Ribbon Stamps for this one.

All of the items I've mentioned and linked to here as of the writing of this post are still available in the shop at a deep discount along with a handful of other items... get them while you can!  And over there you'll find more inspiration for each one.

Thank you for all of your visits and the love over the years!  I had a lot of fun and I'll be seeing you all around the Interwebs!

Don't Cry

Hi all, Vicki here today.  Today is also the Just Us Girls Challenge #550, because I am on that DT also, I decided to combine the 2.  Plus, maybe you will even join in on the challenge!

I will start off with the photo inspiration, which in turn, will show you how I was inspired.

 I instantly thought of the Cup of Coffee set, and went from there.

So, yeah I am on the trend wagon of slimline cards.  To be honest, I still am not convinced I like them. That said, I wanted to try something [I saw online], and it worked, so I went with it.  What did I try?

Extending your stencils for a background on a slimline card.  Actually, by using the Modern Pedals Stencil, it worked really easy.  Sponge the first half, move and align the stencil pattern, finish sponging the 2nd half.  Super easy.

I also used Pretty Posies  [for the cup pattern], Casual Trees Fri-Dies [for the foliage], and lastly, Coffee'isms [for the sentiment].

[Just a side note - if you use my code, you can save 15% off your purchase!]

Were you inspired by the photo?  I know most of you like coffee cards, so this should be an easy challenge!  Come on over to JUGS and play along!  I'd love to see what you create.

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Thanks for stopping by~

Love You A Latte - Coffee Chips Release and Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Lisa here!  Today I'm sharing a card for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I've used the new Coffee Chips Chipboard along with a few other things!

I started by applying some Deco Foil Transfer Gel onto my base panel using the By The Beans stencil and a spatula.  When it was dry, I layed the rainbow foil over the top and ran it through my Minc.

 For this one, I added white glitter to the chipboard and thought I'd share with you how I like to glitter chipboard:

When I add glitter to brown chipboard I like to paint or color the chipboard first to make sure the glitter color is nice and solid without any spots that show through.  So for this one, I started by using some white acrylic paint and painted the pieces I wanted to use.

Once that was dry, I used my cleaned paint brush and painted on some glue... sometimes chipboard can bend or warp when you add glue so I like to apply it with a paintbrush so I can get nice even coverage, yet not over apply it.

While the glue was still wet, I poured the glitter over the top of the chipboard.  I find my fine tweezers from the shop really help with this whole process and to move the chipboard around without ruining anything with my fingers.  I do like to turn it over and press it into the glitter as well to be sure I get as much as possible to stick and then I tap it off and set it aside to dry.  Once it's dry, and before I add it to my project, I'll take a fine brush and brush off the excess onto a scrap piece of paper.

I love the sentiments on the Coffee'isms Stamp Set!  And they are perfect to use along with the Coffee Chips because you can easily substitute the chipboard version of the Coffee words instead of the stamp with some easy masking or with this sentiment, the Love You A is separate completely... so... easy peasy!  I just cut the pieces of the To Go Cup and heat embossed the Love You A onto the wrap and then once my Latte word was dry, I added that underneath it.  Then popped the whole thing onto the rainbow background!

Fun, right?

I'm linking this one up to the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop which has over 600 entries as I type.  There are close to 80 sponsors for the hops and CAS-ual Fridays is one of them.  You can check out the CAS-ual Fridays Day 1 post here for more information and lots of ideas for the new Coffee Chips Chip Board and the main Coffee Hop post here to link up!

And the Coffee/Tea section of the shop is on sale now!

And since there is no code needed, you can also use one of the DT codes... mine is below!  Each of the DT has one and be sure to use the code for who inspired you for an additional 15% off!

That's me for today!  I hope you enjoyed your stop and come again soon for more CAS-ual Fridays Inspiration!

Day 3 of April Release Week Inspiration

Welcome back to Day 3 of our April Release Week Inspiration!

Calling all coffee lovers! This day is for you! I've got 2 brand new additions to our fun coffee collection! I absolutely love designing coffee sentiments. I have been known to crack myself up while working on them. This new set will coordinate with our current sets and the stencil will be one of your go-to favorites for all of your coffee creations.

You don't have to wait until the end of the week, they are already in the shop and waiting for you!

Introducing By The Beans 6x6 Stencil and Coffee'isms stamp 4x6 stamp set

Let's see them in action!

From Lisa who is also using Coffee Cup and Bubble Box Fri-Dies with pieces from Paw Prints Chipboard

From Michelle who is also using Peace Love & Coffee stamp set.

From Larissa 

From Vicki using our To Go Cup Fri-Die and Coffee Cup Fri-Die

From Nora using the little cup from Coffee Cup Fri-Dies

All these great coffee cards are making me thirsty! LOL! I'm gonna grab myself another cup of coffee and maybe start designing some more coffee stuff :) Please leave me a comment letting me know what you think of the new coffee goodies.

How would you like to win the entire release? Click HERE to visit our Spread Joy Not Germs blog hop post and follow the steps to get your entry. You have until midnight April 24th to enter and the winner will be announced on April 26th. While you're there you might want to hop along as there is a lot of fun and prizes to be had! 

All of the new products are in the shop now! 

Please come back tomorrow, same time and place, to see our next inspiration parade