Something to warm you up!

I attempted something a little different for this week's challenge at Totally Stampalicious to make a card or project with the theme of a hot cuppa.... I used an older set from Totally Stampalicious, but one of my favorites...Coffee Brawd. I used the digi version to print the images on computer printer iron-on transfer sheets that I picked up at one of the craft stores. It really worked pretty well! The images transferred easily and colored up nicely with Copic markers. The only glitch I had was forgetting to reverse the sentiment image when I printed it. It was easy enough to trace over the outline with a black Copic and then color in the other side. Since the Copic color is visible on the reverse side anyway, it really didn't matter.

A Monday Challenge on Tuesday and Some Easter Ham

It took a while, but I finally got around to making a card for this week's challenge for Totally Stampalicious. The challenge this week was to make an easel card.....MY FAVORITE!! I used some papers I picked up over the weedend from K and Co. I love these papers!! All glittery with lots of blues, greens, and purples!! I used Brilliant Blue for my card base and assorted papers from the stack to make my card. Coffee Brawd was may set of choice today and one of her sentiments fit perfectly in one of the little matching dimensional embellishments. I used it like a picture frame for some wall art in Coffee Brawd's kitchen. The lighter paper at the bottom of the front panel has a tiny tiled print in it. I don't think it shows up in the photo. Reminded me of a tile floor. The ribbon is from the scrap jar that I always forget to dig into when making cards! I really need to find a closer location for it so it gets used up more frequently.
What took so long to get a card made this week??? Well, I had a small distraction at my house for Easter weekend and then most of the day yesterday. My granddaughter, Kyli, was over for a visit as usual. The duration was a little unusual. She doesn't typically stay over two nights in a row, but I just wasn't ready for her to go home Sunday.
She has obviously been taking lessons on posing from her older cousins. Their reaction to a camera is to lean in and smile! Every time I picked up the camera, she threw herself into a pose...too funny. Here are a few shots from Easter morning and then a little later in the day when we were out with the cows and walking around the yard.

This
shot really shows the birthmark that will be removed later this year, probably in May or June. The doctors were hoping it would go down more on its own, but it hasn't. It doesn't bother her at all, but the doctors are concerned that she will very soon become aware of the comments that are made about it and want to spare her that. It has changed color and is now a pinkish color rather than the bright red that it used to be. They say that's a sign it is ready to recede, but it may not happen until she is seven or so. Too long!!!

This was a huge dead oak tree on our neighbors easement that he had taken down a few weeks ago. It was very similar to the one that the ospreys have built their nest in in our yard (grammar?). I was kinda hoping  a pair of ospreys would make this tree their home, but alas, it's gone now. No danger of it hitting anything if it had fallen and looked kinda cool! Guess I'm just weird like that. Thanks for stopping in and have a wonderful week. Hope to get more creative time in this week! Happy stamping!!!

TS Monday Challenge

It's another Monday and don't we really need something to make things a little more bearable? How about joining in with all the cool stuff happening over at Totally Stampalicioius? They are still taking entries for the awesome blog candy they are going to give away in April. There's a photo over on my sidebar, but they have added the most awesome packaging made by our very own Monique. There's a photo of it on the TS blog.
They are still looking for some guest designers for the upcoming release. You are going to flip over the new images coming soon!! All the deets about how to become a guest designer on the the TS blog also.
Now, on to my card and this week's challenge....
The challenge was to use a Totally Stampalicious image on your card or project. What?????? You don't own a TS image?????? Well, Becky and Joycelyn have a solution for you! If you hop over to the TS blog, you can grab a digi image from the latest release, Coffee Brawd, for FREE!! See? I told you there was a lot going on this week!!

I made a double pocket card using the tutorial from Splitcoaststampers. This was super easy to make using a 12 x12 piece of double sided dsp. I used SU!'s Tea Party dsp. The card stock is So Saffron, Pretty in Pink and Wild Wasabi. The images are the digital versions and were printed on GP white card stock and colored with Copic markers.
I used some Nestabilities circle dies to make my sentiment layer on the front. A Martha Stewart border punch was used to make the pink trim across the front. Lots of little blingies added to the centers of the flowers and another to the center of the bow.

The tags were cut using my trusty old Coluzzle. I love this old cutting system and don't think I'll ever give it up! These tags are among my favorite templates. My favorite part of this card is the fuzzy robe I made for Coffee Brawd. I used some of the new ultra fine Flower Soft to make it fuzzy and it turned out so cool! Here's a closer look...

This was so easy to do. Just put a little mono adhesive all over the robe and slippers and poured the Flower Soft over it. Push it down a little and shake off the excess.
Thanks for stopping in and I hope you have an awesome day!!

Coffee Brawd Clock

The challenge this week over at Totally Stampalicious is to make any coffee themed card or project. I used the digital version of the newest TS set, Coffee Brawd, to make this clock. One cup per hour sounds like just the right amount of coffee to get through the day! No, I don't actually drink THAT much coffee, but I have been known to make that second pot some days!
To make this clock, I used a basic inexpensive clock that can be purchased at most discount stores. The frame was white, so I painted it using soft suede acrylic paint and covering that with a coat of sealer for a satin finish. The background paper is from Basic Gray's Archaic collection as are the numbers. The numbers were cut out using a Basics Slice cartridge. I printed twelve of the coffee mug images and sponges them with tea dyed Tim Holtz distress ink. Colored in the coffee wit a Copic marker and added dimensional glaze to make it look wet. Added a brown colored bling in the center of each cup. I used deckle cut scissors to cut around the edges of the sentiment and layered with more of the Archaic paper.
The winners for last week's blog hop have been posted and here they are!!

Georgia Ehrmann - $5 Gift Certificate
Lesa - $5 Gift Certificate
Dee's Designs - $5 Gift Certificate
Jeri - $5 Gift Certificate
Lesley - $5 Gift Certificate
Mary G - $5 Gift Certificate

Courtney -$10 Gift Certificate
Rachelle - $10 Gift Certificate
Ms. Earlgrey - $10 Gift Certificate

Tracy (Tray's Spot) - Coffee Brawd Set
Kimberly S - Coffee Brawd Set

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Marilyn - Grand Prize Winner - Your choice of 2 Stamp Sets and 2 Digi Sets

Congratulations to all the winners!!! We'd love to see everyone play along with this week's challenge, so create something wonderful with a coffee theme and post it on the TS blog using the Mr. Linky tool or post on SCS using the keyword TSMONDAY20. 

I love that when you purchase stamps from Totally Stampalicious, you get the digital version for free right away. You can also purchase just the digital images if prefer your images in that format. I sure enjoyed making this clock and hope you enjoy it also! Thanks for stopping in today!