IB49 Cozy Peppermint

Hi peeps!  Happy Thursday to you all!  Brrr...it's cold here in PA, we even had a few snow flurries yesterday!  My Inspired By card for this week should warm you up:

And here is Laurel's sweet prompt; don't those candy canes look pepperminty-delicious?!

My layout was inspired by Try Stampin' On Tuesday:

I had several candy cane stamps but wanted to do something a little bolder, so I stamped the Buffalo Check stamp with Real Red ink on some white cardstock and used the candy cane die from Scentsational Season to tuck inside the mug from the same set, heat-embossed in silver:

I embossed the circle with a knit embossing folder and added a silver glimmer paper scallop, a Soft Sky tag and some Soft Sky seam binding:

The sentiments on the front are from Papertrey and on the inside, Close to My Heart!  I also embossed the Smoky Slate card base with the Subtle EF, just for fun!  I hope you can find something that inspires you in our latest challenge prompt, and share it with us at Inspired By!  And just for fun, Laurel has encouraged me to add this to the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!

Santa visited Dana's work....Cassidy got all dressed up in her Christmas finery to tell him what she wanted:

Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Buffalo Check, Scentsational Season (ret), Just Treats-September Stamp of the Month (Close to My Heart ret), Holiday Treats (Papertrey), Christmas Script (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Silver Glimmer, Soft Sky (ret)
Ink	Real Red, Encore Silver (ret), Soft Sky (ret)
Accessories	Soft Sky Seam Binding and Baker's Twine (ret), Silver Embossing Powder, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot,  Circle and Scallop Dies (Nestabilties), Cozy Knit EF (Fun Stampers Journey), Tag Die (Papertrey ret), Scentsational Season Dies (ret), Heat Tool, 1 3/8" Circle Punch

CLC A Cup of Inspiration

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  I confess...as much as I love coffee, I have never played with the Coffee Lovers Cardmakers challenge!  I needed a special thank you for a special friend, so this was the perfect time to play!  Here's their photo inspiration:

I recently got an adorable Close to My Heart stamp set and couldn't wait to play with some of the images, especially this wee little coffee cup:

My card is notecard-sized; the image was stamped in Sahara Sand and I colored it with SU Blends, stamping the stars with Soft Suede and the other elements with Sahara Sand:

I stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso on Creamy Caramel cardstock before embossing it with a polka dot embossing folder, then added a little burlap ribbon and a Mint Macaron heart!  Love this color combo! Now this is getting popped in the mail ASAP!  And since Addicted to Stamps and More wants us to "make our mark" with markers, I am also entering it there!  

Thanks for popping in today!

We had rain all day yesterday, but for a few minutes in the late afternoon, I noticed a HUGE double rainbow out the window!  The sky was such an odd color....I ran outside and tried to photograph it but it was just too big...I couldn't get it all in the frame:

However, Dana's friend Kate managed to capture it perfectly - she is an amazing photographer - haloing her barn in the beautiful Chester Country countryside:

Yep.....that's just what it looked like!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	September Stamp of the Month (Close to my Heart
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White Notecard, Mint Macaron, Early Espresso, Creamy Caramel (ret)
Ink	Sahara Sand, Early Espresso, Soft Suede
Accessories	Burlap Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Layering Circles Framelits, SU Blends, Big Polka Dots EF