Latte Love for My Friend

Happy Friday, peeps! This will be short and sweet, as I'll be stamping with my friends at the retirement community today! They'll be small in number but we'll still have fun!

I needed a birthday card for my college roommate, and the color palette at the Color Throwdown looked like fun, but I am pretty sure it's just those cookies talking to me, though!  They look delish! :

I pulled out a few scraps of DSP and a couple stamp sets and here's what I came up with:

First, I stamped some scripty words from the new Elements of Text on a Crumb Cake card base, then added some tan gingham paper as well as the Pretty in Pink DSP.  I embellished the edge with a couple of stitched border dies and added pink gingham ribbon.  I used one of the coffee images from Latte Love, and a sentiment from the retired Wood Words:

I am regretting putting that pink dot in the middle of the coffee, but it's done now, LOL!  A sentiment from Sketched Butterflies went on the inside:

I am going to enter this at Krafty Chicks also, where they're looking for birthdays!

My friend Mary and I go back to 1972 when we were in college together in East Orange, NJ.  How things have changed, but when we get together, we just pick up where we left off from our last visit! 

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Elements of Text, Sketched Butterflies, Latte Love, Wood Words (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Basic White, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink DSP, Chicken Scratch (Papertrey)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Party Dots, Dimensionals, Pink Gingham Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Latte Love Dies, Stylized Shapes Dies, Banner Dies (Pretty Pink Posh), Be Mine Stitched Dies (ret), Stitching Lines Dies (Ellen Hutson), Sponge Dauber

AYSI338 Thanks So Much

Happy Sunday, peeps!  I haven't posted for a week! Gee whizzies! I had a very busy few days, but I also came down with a nasty cold, and John's been sick for several weeks, so I was just taking it easy!  I was itching to get back into my craft room however, so I snuck in yesterday afternoon to make a thank you card for a friend!  I used the sketch from As You See It:

So here we go:

I deviated a tiny bit from the sketch, using an image from Sentimental Christmas, cutting it out with a circle die instead of the rectangular shape. My panel is Azure Afternoon and I matted it with Shaded Spruce to match the "greenery".  Although the horizontal piece is covered up by that greenery, it was also cut from a piece of Sentimental Christmas, then embellished with some Shaded Spruce and Poppy Parade pine and berry diecuts.  I also fussy-cut a little bird to add to the center of the spray:

The sentiment from Latte Love was embossed in white:

The front of the card is also embossed with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder!  This will go out in the mail tomorrow!

While I was "resting" I decorated a wooden box that John made me after last Christmas; it is actually four pieces of wood that velcro together and they go around the bottom of our Christmas tree to look like a crate.  Dana had one for her tree and when I looked at them online, I thought they were a little pricey, so John stepped up to the plate and went to work! He painted it white and I stenciled a design on it.  It turned out pretty well:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Latte Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Azure Afternoon, Shaded Spruce, Poppy Parade, Sentimental Christmas DSP
Ink	Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Labels Aglow Dies (ret), Pretty Pines Dies (ret), Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Heat Tool

FMS652 Hot Cocoa Day

Happy Thursday, everyone! I am back from vacationing at the Delaware shore and we had lovely weather and a wonderful time! I felt a bit rusty going into my stamp room yesterday, but Linda had a fun sketch at FMS, so that helped get me started!  Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

I couldn't wait to play with the new DSP called Sentimental Christmas, along with a sentiment from Christmas Labels!  I just think that sentiment is the cutest! I added a cup of cocoa from Latte Love, stamped in Poppy Parade on Basic Beige, and I added a snowflake from Iconic Imagery:

The circle die is from Spotlight on Nature dies; I added a small snowflake from a retired set called Warmth & Wonder.  The horizontal panel is a piece of Pecan Pie cut with a die from Iconic Imagery as well; I cut it in half to make it seem longer!  Here's the inside:

While I had all my supplies out, I made another card; this time I used the Christmas Labels die as well as the smaller cups, diecut from the striped paper:

And here's the inside as well:

I love these papers!  Thanks for visiting today!

Dana, Wayne and Cassidy came to spend a few days with us on vacation, which was really fun!  We took a sunset lighthouse and dolphin cruise from Lewes; the sunset wasn't cooperative, but we saw LOTS of dolphins!  

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Iconic Imagery, Latte Love, Christmas Labels, Warmth & Wonder (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Poppy Parade, Basic Beige, Sentimental Christmas DSP
Ink	Poppy Parade, Pecan Pie
Accessories	Naturals Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Iconic Imagery Dies, Latte Love Dies, Christmas Labels Dies, Spotlight on Nature Dies

SSC338 Latte Thanks

Happy Wednesday, peeps! Hope your week is going well!  I have a real easy card using the sketch from Sunday Stamps:

I pulled out A Little Latte DSP and let the paper do most of the work, diecutting the coffee image for my central element:

I did add a layer of gingham paper from the Perennial Lavender series as well as an Early Espresso circle, diecut from the Spotlight on Nature dies.  A sentiment from Latte Love was diecut with the Stylish Shapes dies, and I added a Neutral sequin for fun!

Easy peasy!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Latte Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, A Little Latte DSP, Perennial Lavender DSP
Ink	Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Dimensionals, Neutral Sequins
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Latte Love Dies

CASC&S537 Thanks So Much

Happy Friday, happy holiday weekend! Woohoo!  I have a very quick card today for the Clean & Simple Colors & Sketches challengenull; I am not sure it's CAS enough, but I'm going with it, LOL!  Here's the sketch:

And here we go:

Almost all the elements on this card were pieces that I had left over from another project, unused!  The florals from Country Flowers were stamped in black and watercolored with Blueberry Bushel ink.  The bold sentiment is from Love For You; I had the stamped "much" and the Basic Black silhouette diecut in my "scrap" bin.  The thanks sentiment is from Latte Love!  My banners are from Countryside Inn and Country Woods, and I added a few Neutrals sequins.

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"How clearly the sky reveals God's glory!  How plainly it shows what he has done!  Each day announces it to the following day; each night repeats it to the next.  No speech or words are used, no sound is heard; yet their message goes out to all the world and is heard to the ends of the earth." 

Psalm 19:1-4

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Love For All, Country Flowers, Latte Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Countryside Inn DSP, Country Woods DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Blueberry Bushel
Accessories	Neutral Sequins, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Love For All Dies, Country Flowers Dies

Warm Wishes

Happy Friday, all! I am on a Christmas card roll here!  My card today is for two challenges that I rarely participate in; The Flower Challenge, where they want us to color our flowers; and the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge, where they also want flowers!

I pulled out Poinsettia Petals along with the mug from Latte Love and did a little watercoloring---I must confess, I wish I had used a black ink instead of gray, but it is what it is:

I used Smoky Slate to stamp my poinsettia, then watercolored it with Real Red, Flirty Flamingo and Berry Burst inks.  The berries were diecut and colored also, highlighted with a white gel pen.  I happened to have a piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock already embossed with this pine embossing folder so I diecut it with the new Spotlight on Nature dies, then added a diecut sentiment. It looked a little plain, so I added some gold pearls to the center. The mug was cut from some retired Dashing Through The Snow DSP.

I'll keep practicing coloring these poinsettias....practice makes perfect, right?  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Latte Love, Poinsettia Petals (ret), Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Sea Foam, Dashing Through the Snow DSP (ret)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Real Red, Flirty Flamingo, Berry Bursh, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Sea Foam
Accessories	Gold Pearls (ret), Dimensionals,
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Spotlight on Nature Dies, Latte Love Dies, Poinsettia Dies (ret), Christmas Blessings Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Evergreen Embossing Folder (ret), Aquapainter

A Little Latte Just For Fun

Happy Friday, peeps! Yay, the weekend is here and of course, it's going to be rainy! That's okay!  Dana, Cassidy & I will be plant-shopping so a little rain won't stop us!  

My card today is a just-for-fun one...no challenges, just making some samples for my club girls to check out!  It was quick and simple, I let the DSP do most of the work!  So here we go:

I used the Little Latte DSP, fussy-cutting one of the mugs out and diecutting a plaid piece on which to stamp a sentiment from Country Bouquet:

I added a little Lemon Lolly twine just for fun! And here's the inside sentiment, from Latte Love:

I love how those two sentiments fit together, even from different sets!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Latte Love, Country Bouquet
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, A Little Latte DSP
Ink	Early Espresso
Accessories	Lemon Lolly Twine, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Nested Essential Dies

SSC334 Hello Friend

Happy Tuesday, peeps! Sunday Stamps has a lovely sketch for this week:

I had been shuffling this piece of A Little Latte DSP around on my desk for a few days, so I decided to finally put it to use:

I added a couple of little Poppy Parade Latte Love coffee cups (with black coffee, LOL!) and did some splatter stamping on the Pecan Pie mat.  As my circular element, I stamped one of the cup images, colored it with Blends and diecut it as well.  A few matte dots were added for accent, and the plaid banners are from some retired Christ mas paper!  The sentiment is from Unbounded Love---such a great set with fun sentiments!

Thanks for visiting today---it's hot, crazy hot here! Hope where you are, it's cooler!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Latte Love, Unbounded Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pecan Pie, Poppy Parade, Early Espresso, A Little Latte DSP, Christmas Plaid DSP (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Versamark
Accessories	Matte Dots (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Latte Love Dies

AHSC574 Latte Thanks

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a good weekend! This fun (and funny) card is for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge this week! Here's th sketch:

 

I finally broke out the Latte Love stamp set to use, since the sketch had a nice circular element, and I chose some DSP that featured some unusual colors together.  Here we go:

I don't use yellow very often, so I thought I'd challenge myself!  I mounted the DSP on a Lemon Lolly card, then added the stamped elements.  The banner features some "coffee" drips and rings and I used some Wavy Trim for the fringed embellishments (to me, that's the funny part!):

The sentiment is from the same set, and I added a sentiment from Hooray for Surprises on the inside:

It's a little different than my usual style, but it's fun to step out of one's comfort zone!  I hope you'll play with our sketch this week, we can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Now, people of Israel, listen to what the Lord your God demands of you:  Worship the Lord and do all that he commands. Love him, serve him with all your heart, and obey all his laws.  I am giving them to you today for your benefit. Deuteronomy 10:12-13

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hooray for Surprises, Latte Love
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Calypso Coral, A Little Latte  DSP, Neutrals DSP
Ink	Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral
Accessories	Wavy Trim, Facted Gems (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Latte Love Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Light Calypso Coral Blend