Evelin T Designs + 2020 Spring | Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop | Mugs & Kisses

What's better than coffee? Cute critters drinking coffee! In fact, Evelin T Designs has a stamp set by that exact name that has recently been restocked - the adorable Coffee Loving Critters (also available at EH | SSS)! My card features the adorable kitty from that set, enjoying her latte in a pink mug with some catnip by her side. LOL

The sentiment is also from Coffee Loving Critters, the little plant is from All Hallow's Cuteness (also available at EH | SSS) and the banner is from Framed, a stamp and die set that Evelin designed for Winnie & Walter. Unfortunately, Winnie & Walter is no longer in business but you might be able to find a secondhand set somewhere out in the crafty universe.

To make this card, I used my MISTI stamping tool to stamp all the images. I created masks to protect all the images, stamping the kitty first, then the plant and finally the banner. I left the masks in place so I could ink blend the background with four Simon Hurley create inks. After blending, I splattered the background with water, white mist and shimmer mist.

I removed the masks and watercolored the images with Simon Hurley create ink refills and you can find the links to all the colours below. To finish the card, I embellished the top and bottom edges using the Essentials by Ellen Stitches Cover Plate and Stitching Lines dies. I also added enamel hearts from my stash and linked to alternates below.

I'm linking this card to the 2020 Spring | Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and hope you'll play along!

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{Two Many Cards Video Series} featuring We R Memory Keepers: Happy Jig

Hi, everyone! Kalyn and I are back with our new video series, Two Many Cards. If you missed our first three videos in this series, check out the original post HERE, which explains how and why we're sharing our own unique take on the same products. 

Today, we're featuring We R Memory Keepers' Happy Jig wire creation tool! Tools are an important part of the cardmaking process and I own many We'R tools, including the corner chomper (one of my very first tools), the envelope punch board and the gift box punch board. It's so nice to add yet another amazing and innovative We'R tool to my growing collection!

I knew I wanted the Happy Jig the moment I saw it. I'm certain my husband and son will love it, too. My husband will likely come up with some cool designs (probably a few at my request LOL) and I'll be sure to share them with you!

I chose patterned papers from Pinkfresh Studio for both cards. I used the 6x6 paper pad from Let Your Heart Decide and the 12x12 collection from Be You. You can find links to both of those collections below, in both sizes.

I made the coffee mug first using the mint wire (so pretty!) because it looked easy and had a lot of open space. The angles weren't too sharp either. Plus, I wanted to make a coffee card for the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! I die cut the coffee word from My Favorite Things' Coffee Cup and stamped the sentiment from Perk Up. The heart was die cut using a shape from Blueprints 27.

I adore this little French bulldog! Isn't he the cutest? I made a bow tie for him from denim ribbon by cutting the tails off a normal bow and securing the knot with glue dots. I used My Favourite Things' A2 Rectangle STAX Set 1 to cut the bottom panel and Blueprints 29 for the stitched rectangle. The sentiment is from Puppy Kisses. To finish, I cut out a piece of peach coloured paper from the same pattern paper on the base and placed it behind the tongue. Then I added googly eyes to give the dog personality.

Please head over to Kalyn’s blog and YouTube channel to see her take on We'R's Happy Jig!

We hope you're enjoying this series. Please do let us know if there’s something you’d love to see us do or feature and we’ll add it to our idea book. Thanks so much for watching!

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{Neat & Tangled} Fall 2016 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

As you all know, my Neat & Tangled teammate Amy Tsuruta runs several Coffee Lovers Blog Hops throughout the year and the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is on now through Friday! Plus, Neat & Tangled is a Super Sponsor. There are so many prizes to be won so I hope you'll join us!

I combined four different sets to create my card. I watercoloured the Hooray Die, as well as the coffee mugs from Perfect Blend, using Gansai paints. The background was created using the Graduated Stripes Cover Plate, backed with patterned paper from Crate Paper's Cute Girl 6x6 paper pad. I added to the sentiment with a partial from Big Top Birthday. To finish, I attached a white hemp cord bow and tiny pearls to the wreath.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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