2025 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

So glad that I stumbled upon the post about the 2025 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!  I haven't missed one yet since Amy started them many years ago.  Since she stated that 'Hot Cider' was something that could be included, I wanted to use the new 'Cocoa Cozy Cider Additions' sentiment set from The Greetery:

I paired it up with the Warm & Wonderful stamps and dies from a few years ago, that creates the wonderful glass mug of cider, and the added greenery bits.  I used Distress Oxide inks, inking the Cider in ombre style with Speckled Egg/Antique Linen and Rusty Hinge.

Around the edges, I used Vintage Photo and the Frosty Flakes stencil (also The Greetery), just enough to add the suggestion of snowflakes, and add a little rustic feel to the card.  Most of the glass & foliage were popped up with 3D foam adhesive, and a few black jewels add a bit of sparkle.

Thanks as always to Amy for putting together a wonderful event!

Warm & Wonderful

Squeaking in a last minute entry into the 2024 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop this afternoon!  I did an updated version of a card I made last year, using the lovely Warm & Wonderful stamp and die set from The Greetery.  I love it paired with the Winter Farmhouse papers from Simple Stories so put a couple of cards together today (the second one's not quite finished... we'll see if it gets posted).

More stamping than I've done in a while with this one!  But so worth it.  I used Distress Oxide inks with the help of my Misti to line everything up.

A few Champagne pearls from Pinkfresh Studio finished it off.

Thanks to Amy Tsurata for the fun event that she puts on - all the work is much appreciated!

 

Still more Coffee Cards

They are my favourite kind of card to make!  I loved using the Warm & Wonderful set from The Greetery, along with the Winter Farmhouse papers from Simple Stories, that I kept going, and made 6 more.  I had stamped multiples when I first used this set, so I had fun mixing and matching papers to get these put together.

Wishing you... Pumpkin Spice

I pulled out this new-to-me stamp set from The Greetery, to create a birthday card for my daughter.  She's a pumpkin spice kinda girl, so I knew this would be the perfect time to break open this set.  

A lot of Greetery sets lend themselves to creating multiples, so I die cut out quite a few of the mugs and ephemera pieces, then put the negative die cuts into my Misti.  This allows you to set up all of the layering stamps inside the negative space, then you simply move your die cut mug from one space to the next, inking up each of the layers.  You just position the stamps one time, and then you're set to create a bunch of images in quick succession.

I've done a few of the cider/pumpkin spice colourway, and you'll see a bunch of mocha/coffee style ones in the coming weeks.  I've used Distress Oxide Inks, which blend beautifully.  All of the little pieces, including the straw, berries and little orange slice are included, so again - I made up quite a few of those.  I love this style of crafting, because I either get a bunch of cards made up, or I have a bunch of pieces ready to go for another time.  Win!

I stitched my base layers on my sewing machine, after inking the edges lightly, then glued together all of the stamped pieces.  The orange slice and berries were adhered with 3D foam adhesive.  The sentiment is also from the set, which is called "Warm & Wonderful".  Happy Birthday, B!