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Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer 2020 Bloghop Day 6
I have had a fascination for Meerkats for a while now. I watch videos of them doing what Meerkats do……………….at least the version of what they do when they live in a zoo. A group of Meerkats is called a mob and if you watch videos of them, you will realize why. Social distancing is just NOT in their DNA! They do take turns being the “watchkat” for the mob. If they find anything interesting the “watchkat” alerts the mob and organized chaos ensues. On my card, the “watchkat” has discovered a little cache of tea forgotten about in one their tunnels, and it has created quite a stir in the mob.
Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer 2020 Bloghop Day 5
Sitting on my desk this morning was a new die I got from Tutti Designs. It is called Twisted Rope but I thought it looked like a fishing net and so I decided to use it that way. It was a bit of a stretch to make a coffee card with a fishing net background, but I think it turned out quite cute.
Coffee Lovers Bloghop Day 4
For today’s card, I decided to do a slimline card with some rainbow coloured coffee cups.
Coffee Lovers SpringSummer 2020 Bloghop Day 3
I have had the stamp set I used from Skipping Stones Design for years. I had to bring it out again as it personifies me exactly during this current scourge. It is 1:34 ande I am still in my PJ’s thinking about wanting another cup of coffee.
It always makes for a nice card, and the patterned Coronavirus paper fit in quite well here. It looks like a floor, baseboard and wallpaper,
Coffee Lovers Bloghop Day 2 and Spring Card Camp 2 Day 18
I decided to combine the theme of the Spring Card Camp 2 Day 18 tutorial with the coffee theme of the Coffee Lovers Bloghop.
I used several ink pads in uncontrolled smears to create a number of backgrounds. I am sure I have at least 8 more hiding somewhere on my desk. I did find as Yana mentioned that some of them did not look so good when first inked, but they improved considerably when they were dry.
Coffee Lovers Bloghop Day 1
I have been making a large number of blog posts lately. First there was the Spring Card Camp that lasted 20 days. This was followed by the unexpected Spring Card Camp 2 which is still in progress and will also last for 20 days. On top of this I have been busy making card samples for the Scrapbook store that I work for. Now today, is the first day of the Coffee Lovers Spring Summer Bloghop. This bloghop has been very good to me. I have been lucky enough to win a prize every year but one.
The only real rule of this bloghop is that every card be new………no backlinking allowed. I decided to use an up to the minute and very topical patterned paper to show that this card is not back linked.
Although I can honestly say that I detest the symbol on this patterned paper, Photoplay has made it palatable with the happy bright colours.
Coffee Lovers Bloghop Winter 2019 #6
Today I made a Christmas card into a coffee card using a Hero Arts Stamp and Die. It is a layering stamp that lined up easily and resulted in a realistic (If a talking Llama in a scarf can even be considered realistic) image.
Coffee Lovers Bloghop #5 Winter 2019
For today’s card, I used digital paper that I won in a previous Coffee Lover’s Bloghop. I do apologize as I can’t remember which sponsor it was. The coffee cup die is from Sugar Pea Designs.
The sentiment is from Gina Marie Designs.
Coffee Lovers Bloghop #4
A funny thing happened on the way to making this card. On the weekend I attended a local Scrapbook Crop. As usual, I took away too much stuff for a one day crop. Anyway, I must have pulled a muscle in my neck loading and unloading totes full of supplies. When I got up the next morning, my neck was incredibly stiff and sore, but hey, the cardmaking must go on. I took a muscle relaxant and applied a heating pad and began crafting this card. Well, don’t you know, I fell asleep with a full cup of coffee in my hand. The coffee fell out of my hand and into my box of coffee stamps and dies. Needless to say, that was quite a mess to clean up. On the bright side, I do have a large box of authentic Coffee “scratch n sniff” crafting supplies now.
I am happy to report that no cards were injured during this card-making session, and I was happy with this one.
Inside of card:
I apologize for the poor photography.
Coffee Lovers Bloghop Winter 2019 #3
I have made one more coffee card using the Kringle collection from Photoplay. This time I also wanted to use a “Coffee Charms” die set that I have from Karen Burniston. I finished the card off by adding a Polar Bear from Recollections who is looking up longingly at the string of coffee beverages. The sentiment is from Verve Stamps
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