Thankfully I don’t feel this anymore but I’m sure my husband does!
For today’s card I have used one of this month’s KOMpanion kits from Unity called Hare-brained
I paired it with the Coffee Shop collection from Carta Bella
I thought the coffee themed papers were perfect.
So tell me, how do you feel about Mondays?
Now go grab this stamp set while it’s on sale!
The Addicted to CAS challenge is weather and I thought of the Silly Goose collection by Carta Bella, so many sweet images!
I fussy cut the goose sentiment and sun all from one of the 3X4 cards in the paper pack. The Smile was from another card. The goose and sun are mounted on foam squares for dimension. The paper strip at the bottom was a scrap that was ripped already, I just cut it to the right size. It is such pretty paper.
Hey everyone, Laurel here. I am excited to share my take on this week’s Inspired By challenge. I was inspired by the theme and the envelopes. I used the Be Mine collection for the pattern paper and ephemera. To create the envelope, I used my envelope punch board from WR Memory Keepers. Love that it can make so many different sizes. The heart die is from Elle’s Studio and I cut the XO with my Silhouette I figure I could tuck a gift certificate into this.
I hope you come and play along with us!
I am also playing along with the following challenges:
I had to play with the Seen & Herd stamp again while it was out. This time I paired it with some old Carta Bella paper. The CTMH journal card happen to be on my desk so I used that and I decided a bit of burlap from my stash would work well too. How is that for stash busting LOL
I added a bit of liquid glass (also from CTMH… man I am sad they closed) to the cow’s eyes for some interest. And of course the image is mounted on foam squares for some dimension.
Be sure to grab this stamp set while it is on SALE!
I am on a mission this year. I would like to say every time, but I know that won’t happen but MOST of the time I craft I want to incorporate something from my stash – stamp, die, paper etc I have done well thus far and today, I am sharing 2 cards that use some 3 X 3 envelopes that I have had around for eons (there’s plenty more where they came from too LOL) Both cards use cute critters from Unity
This first one I have used the Be Mine collection from Carta Bella I layered the papers then adhered the envelope and stuffed it with some of the ephemera from the collection. The XO die is from CTMH. Now this little Wee Little Love Courier is one of Unity’s newest releases and it is on sale right now.
Next up I dug into my old CTMH stash and found some Valentine themed papers that worked well. This Snail from Patiently Posted (which is also on sale) worked well as a Valentine type of card too. the XOXO element was something I had already die cut and didn’t use and it fit perfectly into the envelope. The heart die and the tab are from Elle’s Studio The little snail is mounted on foam squares.
Playing along with:
Unity has some fun new releases in celebration of Angie’s birthday. Of course when I saw this image from the Hot Flash and Happy Hour set (it is on sale right now!), I knew it would pair perfectly with the Wine Collection from Echo Park. Can you relate to either of them? Although I am not a drinker, I love the full bodied and fabulous LOL
I then had to create another card bectause I loved the sentiment on the Ephemera (even though I don’t swear either – man I am boing LOLOL), ‘Lets try it out’ haha. I cut apart the stamped sentiment to add into the 3 blocks I put down. I often cut apart stamped sentiments to make them work for what I am doing, do you?
Now go grab this stamp set while it is on sale!
of course if you are looking for the paper, you can get it here:
Hey everyone, I took a break from the hot chocolate posts to share this one. I paired the new Be Mine collection by Carta Bella with the January Uniquely Unity Mostest Hostess stamp set. I coloured the couch with Copics and mounted on foam squares. You can’t see in the photo but the small grey piece at the bottom is embossed with a woodgrain folder.
This stamp set is on sale right now so if you like it, now is the time to grab it (click on photo for direct link)
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I dug into my new Be Mine collection from Carta Bella to create a CAS card using the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches The die is from CTMH. I can’t remember where this little envelope die is from but it along with the stamp I fussy cut from the pattern paper worked well for this card and sketch.
This is the sketch I used
My second hot cocoa card for today, this time using some Unity stamps. I used the It’s a Mug Hug stamp set for the main image and the sentiment is from the Cozy Vibes Coffee set I used some scraps of my Carta Bella Coffee shop papers. the image is coloured with copics and mounted on foam squares. I added glitter to the whip cream for detail.
Once again playing along with (click on photos for direct link)
It’s National Cocoa Day so of course I had to create a card for the occasion. Actually I am going to see how many I can create today! This is the first of 2 so far. I used the Farmhouse collection from Carta Bella, which isn’t a Christmas/Winter collection but I thought the colors worked well for it. The mug die is from MFT, the snowman stamp is from Pinkfresh Studio and the sentiment is from Unity.
I mounted the min image on foam squares. The embossed snowflake background was a scrap just laying on my desk so I made it into a tag to mount the image on.
This is also another card for the Lattes & Layers challenge over on the Coffee Loving Paper Crafters Blog where the theme is Sparkle. I added some sparkle to the snowman’s hat.
Come play along, as one lucky person will get to be a guest designer!
And of course don’t forget to play along with the Caffeinated Christmas challenge!
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