Holiday Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

It's that time again!  I am participating in the 2015 Winter/Holiday Coffee Lover's blog hop today!  This is one of my favourite events to be a part of - the ideas that people come up with are so inventive...  I've pulled out the Cathy Caffeine set from Art Impressions, and paired it with a Verve sentiment.  Here's what I came up with:

Patterned papers are Tis the Season, Echo Park and So this is Christmas, Carta Bella;  Stamp sets are Cathy Caffeine, Art Impressions and Holiday Treats, Verve; Copic Markers.

A little coffee card

Yes, I love my coffee themed cards!  I've had these papers out on my desk for a little while, so I wanted to try a card using Cathy Caffeine, with the cup paper pieced.  I know my blog has been a little quiet lately, but I received a bunch of new goodies, and have been madly colouring behind the scenes, so hopefully my posting will pick up over the next little bit.  We are big Olympic fans in our house, so I plan to do a lot of colouring while watching the games.  Here's Cathy:

Patterned papers are Claire; Cardstock is Outdoor Denim, Cotton Candy & Colonial White - all CTMH; Spellbinders die; Copic Markers; Stamp set is Cathy Caffeine by Art Impressions.

Cathy Caffeine

It's my day on the Art Impressions blog today, so I am featuring a fun Ai People stamp set that was released back in August:  Cathy Caffeine Sku#4327.  I have a real 'thing' for coffee themed cards, so using Cathy was a given for me, as soon as I saw her!  I've made two cards to share with you today, both using the same stamp and the same sketch/layout - but two totally different looks:

When I am stamping images that are to be coloured... I stamp a bunch!  Usually on both cream and white cardstock.  In this case, I picked out my background papers, and then sat down to colour them both at the same time.  And when I find a card design that works for a particular stamp set... I'll usually repeat it.  So even though the end results are quite different - you can see the similarities.  Here are some close ups of both Cathys:

Given my passion for coffee themed cards, I'm sure this won't be the last time you'll see me using this cute set!  Oh, and the inside sentiment reads: " Coffee...the most important meal of the day!"

Happy stamping everyone!