Coffee Shop Blog Hop

Welcome to the Coffee Shop Blog Hop!!!
This is Totally Stampalicious' s very first Blog Hop and we are so excited that you've decided to come to the party!! Our guest of honor this evening is our newest addition to Totally Stampalicious Family....
Coffee Brawd!!!
(*applause * applause*)
Available at MIDNIGHT EST Thursday, HERE!

So we thought it would be way too hard to pick just one or two winners so we will be letting our DT choose one lucky winner from EACH of their blogs!! So that means we'll have 12 WINNERS!! Wanna know what we're giving away?!
6 - $5 Gift Certificates
3 - $10 Gift Certificates
2 - Coffee Brawd Stamps Set
*Grand Prize* - 2 Stamp Sets and 2 Digi Sets - WINNER'S CHOICE


Pretty Cool huh? All you have to do is make sure you leave a comment on every DT Members Blog and YOU could win!!!! The Blog Hop ends at 9PM EST Friday March 12! Winners will be announced on Stampalicious Monday the 15th!


So how's about we get STARTED!

 You should be starting at the Totally Stampalicious blog which is linked just below. My blog is actually the fifth stop on the hop, so if you found your way to my blog first, head over to the TS blog to make sure you hit all the stops along the way and get in on all the fabulous prizes that are being offered with the new release. If you started at the TS blog, you should have arrived here from Monique's blog. Laurie's blog is the next stop for you after mine. The list of the hop order is below in case you get lost along the way. Don't forget, if you purchase the acrylic stamps, you get the digi version for free!! How's that for instant gratification?
Totally Stampalicious
Guest Hopper Frances

 Cindy

 Monique 

 Lynnor (that's me!)

 Laurie
 Becky

 Patricia

Joycelyn

Vicki

 Stacy

Sue
The last stop, Sue's, is a gallery at Splitcoaststampers.com, so don't be surprised when an online gallery shows up instead of a blog. Be sure to leave her a comment on her Coffee Brawd project to qualify for a prize from Sue's stop on the blog hop.

 

My first project using the new set is a coffee caddy I will use at work. I used a bare wooden caddy on a turntable that I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I stained the wood with Brushed Cordouroy distress ink by Tim Holtz. The Close to Cocoa dsp by SU! were attached using Tombow liquid mono adhesive. It sticks quickly and stays stuck with this stuff! The little coffee princess was colored with Copic markers and popped up over the Java Junkie sentiment. The sentiment uses the digital version of this image so I could make it much larger than it's actual size.

One of the cool new additions to the options at

Totally Stampalicious is that you can now get the images in a digital version as well as the traditional acrylic stamp. This project was made using digital images which allowed me to make the coffee cup much larger than it's actual size and place Coffee Brawd in the cup! Trust me...there are days when I would love to go for a swim in a cup that size!! The "brawd" image is true to its actual size in the stamp set at about three inches.

These letters on the end were added using chipboard letters which were colored with pink pigment ink and then glittered. The scrolls were also glittered and then added to the caddy. 

Flying Monkeys

 

I decided to break out the Witch Brawd set from Totally Stampalicious for this week's challenge over on the TS blog. This week's challenge was a sketch, which is posted below. Be sure to click on the TS link or the blinky on my sidebar to check out the awesome blog candy that TS is offering this month!! All the current sets to date along with a bunch of other goodies. Check farther down in this post for all the deets! I used three of the images to create my card; the flying monkey, course, the matching sentiment, and the triple star image to create the background. 

 

The card base is bayou blue layered with basic black. On top of that is baja breeze the stars clear embossed all over it. I used a strip of dsp I picked up at the LSS on Saturday to make my narrow panel. The layer with the monkey is done with a little touch of brayering. I stamped the monkey separately, colored with copics, clear embossed, and then cut him out. He is popped up on dimensionals. The lacey border is done with a new double loopy scallop border and corner punch set from Martha Stewart. Picked this up Saturday also, and had to play with it!! Added a few blings in the corner. My ribbon was too wide for what I was doing so I knotted it and it scrunched it down to just the right size. 

This card never made it home with me. One of the girls that was at the all day first Saturday crop with me has a thing going back and forth with her sister about the wicked witch of the west thing. She pass cards back and forth with that theme. She bought this from me right after I took the photo of it. Glad she did, because I think the only other alternative for me would have been to hang it in my classroom! 

Okay, now for the deets on the blog candy:

Go to the Totally Stampalicious site, leave a comment on the post about the blog candy, grab the blinky and post it on your blog for the entire run of the blog candy (until April 12), and become a follower of the TS blog. It's really an awesome deal because you get a chance to win all of the super cute TS stamp sets and get notice of all of the fun weekly challenges! Sure wish I was eligible to win this prize because I know lots of people with upcoming birthdays who love to receive these sets!

Where was my head?

 

I made this card for a swap I am doing in honor of the Iditarod dog sled race. The swap called for the card to have a dog and snow for its content. Right after I posted the swap, I found this cute digi image. Of course, most of the digi companies don't ID their company in the name of the file, if I can't change the file name myself, I often cannot remember whose image it is. Such is the case with this guy! Love it though, and thought it was perfect for the swap!! I used a sentiment from My Favorite Things on the inside. It says "Where was my head.....I forgot your special day." The sentiment is from one of their slightly naughty sets of sentiments which are too stinkin' funny!!

The rest of the deets on the card:

Digital image colored with Copic markers. Added a little glitter to the snowman. Used a new SU! corner/border punch combo to make the scalloped layer under the image. Kraft taffeta ribbon from SU! The dsp is from the SU! free Sale-a-bration paper pack. Card stock is Kraft, Bermuda Bay, and Melon Mambo. Final touch was a few black blings on the top and bottom corners. Thanks for stopping in and have a wonderful Sunday!!! I'm off to pick up Kyli for the day. Supposed to finally have some warmer temps this afternoon with lots of sunshine!!

Leprechan Easel

 

I am finally getting a few St. Patty's day images in my collection. My son and daughter-in-law are really into the holiday...he has Irish on his father's side...so I thought it would be nice to send him a little card. This cute leprechan is a digi image from Dustin Pike. It was offered as a freebie a couple of weeks ago. I love his cute images, so of course, when he offered a whole bunch of new images for Easter and St. Pat's day, I had to order the whole bunch of them! At least they won't take up a bunch of shelf space until I get around to using them...probably next year with all the projects I have to do this month!!

Anyway, I colored the image with Copic markers. The card stock is Always Artichoke and Green Galore (now there's a color I rarely use!) and the dsp is Basic Gray's Origins. I used some little dew droppy thingies as accents for the borders and to make the stop for the easel. I'm pretty sure the ribbon is May Arts. Not my best card, for sure, but it will do! Maybe I'll have better luck today at the all day crop! Thanks for stopping in!

 

I got a little stuck on the black, white, and red color combo and made a card that for me is very clean and simple. The hounds tooth print paper is from SU!'s Day and Night paper pack from the fall mini. I may have to start hoarding what is left of this paper. I have used so much of it lately, my supply is starting to dwindle! I used Basic black and Whisper White for the rest of the card. The heart image is from a newly released numbers set from My Favorite Things that I picked up at the LSS, Priceless Scrapbooks. I added red blingy jewls to all of the dots on this heart. The sentiment is also from MFT. The scalllop border is one of the new punches from SU! I love this punch and seem to be using it on most of my cards lately! I made the bow using the satin ribbon that is also in the SU! Spring Occasions catty. I hope you enjoyed my version of CAS....a look that is definitely challenging for me. I probably should have stopped before I added the bow, but like I said, it's a look that is difficult for me! LOL!! Have a  wonderful day.....so glad it's FRIDAY!!!

Someday My Prince Will Come

When I ordered the Puddles of Love stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie, I couldn't let that little sweetie travel alone, so I ordered this cutie to ride along with her. I just love this line of sassy images and I want all of them!! This was a lot of fun to color and went perfectly with the froggie dp I found at Priceless Scrapbooks (our local LSS and meeting place). I love all the glittery lily pads! Image is colored with Copic markers.

Black , White, and WOW challenge

 

The challenge over at Totally Stampalicious this week is to create a card using black, white, and a wow color of your choice. The winner this week will get a $10 gift card, so you ought to stop over and check them out and enter the challenge. Black and white are such classic colors and the addition of the wow color should really make your project pop! I chose TS's Hawt Dawg set and red for my wow color. Still stuck on those easel cards, but made it a standard A2 size for a change.  

  

The card stock base is basic black and the image is stamped on Whisper White and colored with Copic markers. I used oval punches from SU! for the sentiment and added little white dots with a gel pen. The ribbon is the satin ribbon from the SU! spring occasions mini catalog. DP is Night and Day from the fall mini. I added just a couple of blings to the image and sentiment. I used a little scrap of card stock to create a flap to cover the sentiment.