You are my Anchor - MPC and May Arts Giveaway

Good morning everyone! If you're looking for my Day 4 GIU post you can find it here - this is my second post today and it's a fun one. We have a new contest over at Mountain Plains Crafters and it's all about the ribbon!

We had so much fun with this challenge! Be sure to head on over to the MPC post to read all about our contest and see everyone's beautiful creations.

For my card, I actually started with the ribbon - this beautiful nautical pattern simply called out to me for this challenge. I then went searching through the Silhouette Store; I thought I wanted an anchor to stamp a sentiment on, but then I discovered a cut file that was even better!

I love how it turned out! I created the sentiment mat with some scrap wood-grain cardstock I had, then cut the words out of some Lawn Fawn paper. For the anchor, I even raided my metallic cardstock stash for a lovely coppery-red piece to bring out the red in the ribbon.

See the shimmer on the navy card base? I added some spray mist in Heirloom Gold to give it some interest and mimic splashes of salt water. I used Tombow Xtreme adhesive on the ribbon and the sentiment mat, then lots and lots of tiny pieces of foam tape for the sentiment and the anchor. It still needed a little something else, so I grabbed some 4mm clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and added them in for a bit of bling and visual interest. (Thanks for the idea, Paula!)

Feeling inspired? ;) We can't wait to see what you come up with for the contest! Trust me, you want this ribbon...you need this ribbon in your life!

Be sure to swing by the May Arts Ribbon Facebook page and thank them for sponsoring this challenge, and while you're there be sure you're following Mountain Plains Crafters, too! We love sharing fun projects and links on our page.

Supplies used:

2.5 Inch Cotton Blend/Vintage Inspired Print - Buy Ribbons Online	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets	Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SOFT NAVY Blue SN23
Lawn Fawn BEACHSIDE Pint Sized Patterns 6 x 6 Petite Paper Pack LF829	*DCWV Cardstock 6 x 6 METALLIC Paper Stack Printed Matstack MS-019-00053	Ranger Perfect Pearls Mist HEIRLOOM GOLD Glimmer Spray PPM28314
*Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent	Tombow XTREME Permanent Adhesive Tape Runner
Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Adhesive Paint INK41511

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Happy Crafting!

Also linking up to - Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Pretty as a Peacock

Good morning everyone - I'm over at So Suzy Stamps today sharing the oh-so-regal Phineas!

Come read all about it! Oh, and if you love Flower Soft, Suzy has it 20% off through midnight tonight, January 18th.

Happy Crafting!

The 12 Days of Cards - Day 5

Welcome back for Day 5 of the 12 Days of Cards series! Let me just say that a lot of blood, sweat, and tears went into editing this video as it was not cooperative at all...the card, however, is just adorable. Because PENGUINS!

Yeah, stinkin' cute if I do say so myself. Now everyone better watch the video and like it so I didn't waste 2 hours of my life for nothing. And no, it should not have taken that long. I really hope Santa is bringing me a video camera!



Once everything was dried it looked even cuter. I love how the Enamel Accents turned out! I did realize that the steam from the coffee cup doesn't get cut, so I drew some back in with a black Zig marker.

Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel so you know when Day 6 is up, and don't forget to stop by my Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop posts for a chance to win some blog candy!

Supply List:
Lawn Fawn Love You a Latte stamps
Mama Elephant Arctic Penguins stamps
Mama Elephant Arctic Penguins Creative Cuts
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder
Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Paper
Wink of Stella Pen
(remember, when shopping at a2z Scrapbooking use code JENNIFER15 for 15% off your purchase of $25 or more!)
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
Ranger Enamel Accents
Versamark Ink
American Crafts Galaxy White Marker
Spectrum Noir Markers
Core'dinations Glitter Paper
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Scor-Pal Scoreboard
3M Scotch Foam Tape (the best!)

Happy Crafting!

A Treat for You

Happy Friday everyone! I'm back to sneak in one more card for the Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, and it's one that would work for any time of year:

Are you loving it? Because I love it. And now for the part that will have me committed; I stamped the plaid background myself. Yup, created it with my own two, inky hands. It's one of the background builder sets from Papertrey Ink and each color is a different stamp from the set. I had so much fun creating it!

The little glassine bag in the middle there? Yup, made that, too; it's a die from Memory Box and is sooooo easy! Since you really don't see it when filled and decorated, I just glued the bag together with some Tombow Mono Adhesive and then used my tape gun to stick it to the plaid paper. A little stamping and paper-piecing got me the coffee cup from Lawn Fawn and the heat embossed sentiment on the tag I cut. The little bow die from Mama Elephant made the perfect topper to my treat!

Oh I did say the bag was filled, didn't I?

It's a gift card holder. Yeah, that's totally why I bought it. The perfect way to give someone a pretty card and a sweet treat. Coffee anyone? ;)

Speaking of treats, I'm giving away some blog candy consisting of some pieces from the wonderful Prima Coffee Break collection! Enter away using Rafflecopter below:

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Supply List:
Lawn Fawn Love You a Latte stamps
Papertrey Ink Background Basids: Super Stripes stamp set
Mama Elephant Dainty Bow
Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Tags Die
Simon Says Stamp Gold Ultra Fine Embossing Powder (my new favorite gold!)
Hero Arts Ultra Pink Mid-Tone Ink
Hero Arts Green Hills Mid-Tone Ink
Hero Arts Cup 'o Joe Mid-Tone Ink
(remember, when shopping at a2z Scrapbooking use code JENNIFER15 for 15% off your purchase of $25 or more!)
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
Versamark Ink
Neenah Solar White 110# Card Stock
Scor-Pal Scoreboard
3M Scotch Foam Tape (the best!)

Happy Crafting!

The 12 Days of Cards - Day 4

Welcome back to Day 4 of the 12 Days of Cards series! Seeing as we had quite the snow storm the other day, I had snowflakes on the brain...

Seeing as I love a white Christmas, this is my kind of card. I've got the video on how I created it right here:

Be sure to swing by the Holiday Coffee Lovers Hop posts while you're here - I have some caffeinated blog candy for one good little crafter! :)

Supply List:
Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflakes
Mama Elephant Merry Greetings Stamps
Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 1 Dies
Pretty Pink Posh 6mm Clear Sequins
Pretty Pink Posh 4mm Clear Sequins
Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
Neenah Solar White 110# Card Stock

Happy Crafting!

Warm Coffee Wishes

Good morning everyone! I'm back with another coffee card I came up with for the Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. This time I went CAS with a chalkboard twist:

I played around with the Hero Arts Chalkboard background stamp to make a great base for the card. It's stamped in Unicorn White ink (my favorite) and then smudged some with a paper towel. After it dried (and it took a while! I left it overnight) I came back in with the Latte Love stamp set from Lawn Fawn to heat emboss the sentiment and adorable coffee cup.

A scattering of 4mm Pretty Pink Posh sequins in clear and a quick rounding of the corners with a 1/2" corner rounder finished it off!

Be sure to enter our caffeinated blog candy giveaway! One lucky crafter gets an assortment of Prima Coffee Talk goodies! Entries close on Sunday, December 14th.

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Supply List:
Hero Arts Midnight Folded Note Cards
Hero Arts Unicorn White Ink
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder
(remember, when shopping at a2z Scrapbooking use code JENNIFER15 for 15% off your purchase of $25 or more!)
Lawn Fawn Love You a Latte stamps
Hero Arts Chalk Background Cling Stamp
Pretty Pink Posh 4mm Clear Sequins
We R Memory Keepers Crop-a-dile Corner Chomper

Happy Crafting!

MPC Giving Thanks Blog Hop!

Hello hello everyone! Welcome to my stop on the Mountain Plains Crafters Giving Thanks blog hop!

We're so thrilled to be sponsored by Tombow and Unity Stamp Co. this month, and boy do they have some fun products to play with. Tombow's Xtreme Adhesive may be my new favorite "I said stick and stay stuck, dagnabbit!" adhesive. Seriously; you do not mess with this stuff! Of course, I own several (dozen) Unity stamps, so it was just a matter of finding one for the project.

I admit, I was a bit stumped at first...a DIY that isn't a card? Hmmm...been a while...so I went to Pinterest to see what I had pinned for future inspiration. Five hours later I finally made it to my idea board (don't laugh; you know you've done it) and rediscovered a mini calendar idea I found a while ago. Perfect!

Sort of.

The directions were a little...lacking. The idea was there, but I was left engineering some steps myself. So here we go, the Caffeinated Papercuts way of creating these adorable stand-up calendars:

• Start with a standard 4.25"x11" piece of cardstock. 
• Score at 5.5" to make a top-folding card
• Cut a second piece of cardstock down to 4.25"x5"
• Score at 1", 2.5" and 4" to create the interior 'stand'
• Using the Tombow Xtreme adhesive, attach the interior stand to the top folding card, applying tape at the 1" and 4" folds

To create the calendar, I simply purchased a digital calendar file and scaled it down to 2.5" wide. I used my Tombow Aqua Liquid glue to create a tear-off calendar; make sure the pages are even, then clip them on both ends with binder clips. I then applied a healthy dose of the glue with my finger and let it dry. Pretty easy!

While that dried, I stamped my sunflower and colored it in with my Spectrum Noir markers. A little fussy cutting and some clear Wink of Stella on the petals finished it off.

To decorate the top, I pulled out some 6"x6" patterned paper from my ginormous stash and ran it through my Big Kick with the gorgeous border from the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 2 set. A little Distress Ink to finish off the edges (Marmalade, I believe) and it's ready to go.

Assembly time! The scalloped border went on with foam adhesive, topped off with some Lawn Fawn twine. I attached my calendar pages with the Xtreme adhesive and the sunflower with more foam adhesive. Easy peasy! I've linked all the supplies I used after the giveaway. ;)

I'm the last stop for today, so head on back to the blog to see all of today's participants and get ready for round 2 tomorrow! Don't forget to enter our giveaway, winner will be announced 11/17 on the MPC blog:

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Supplies Used:
Neenah Exact Index Cardstock, 250 Sheets, White, 94 Brightness
Zig - Zig Memory System Wink Of Stella Brush Tip Glitter Marker - Glitter
American Crafts Autumn Crisp 6x6 Fall Paper Pad
Tombow USA - Crafts Xtreme Permanent Adhesive High Performance Tape Runner Applicator, 1/3-Inch by 39-Feet
Mono Aqua Liquid Glue Carded, 1.69-Ounce
Lawn Fawn Lawn Trimmings Natural Cord
Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 2
Unity Stamp Company 'Turn Toward the Light'

Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Crafting!

Cozy Greetings

Hi there everyone! Brrrrr is it getting chilly up here - 50 degrees in the morning, 65 all day...sweater & boot weather is here! Before long it'll be time to get the heat going in my craft room.

All this fall weather does put me in the mood for winter cards, though...like ones with BUNNIES! I might have heavily shopped the new Lawn Fawn releases and gotten the adorable Snow Day, the hedgies, their coordinating dies AND the new Argyle Backdrops set. Heh.

But, I mean, BUNNIES!

The card base is some Hero Arts Tide Pool cardstock stamped with the argyle set in Tide Pool and Simon Says Stamp Slate. I used my Spellbinders scalloped circles to make the middle bits and sandwiched the vellum banner between them. The sentiment was heat embossed with the Ranger Fine Detail Black (wow is it good, and wow do I need an embossing buddy!).

The bunnies I colored in with my Spectrum Noir markers then easily cut out with the matching dies. Eegads is it amazing to do that! I stamped the heart with Hero Arts Pale Tomato then used foam tape to attach everything. Some white Wink of Stella on their tails and some clear Wink of Stella on the heart and I was done!

I am linking up to:

Lawnscaping Challenge - Critters Galore

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Make Your Own Background

Don't forget that there's still time to link up your fall cards over at Mountain Plains Crafters!

Happy Crafting!

He Put a Ring on It

Hi there everyone! Just stopping by quickly to post a card for the Pretty Pink Posh Cutting Edge blog hop. The theme is die cuts this time and I really wanted to get my current work in progress done, but with my baby sister's wedding last weekend that did not happen. So I finished off one I'd started a while ago; can you tell I had wedding on the brain? ;)

I used the Lawn Fawn photo frame die to make the shaker card and tons of the Sweet Stamp Shop sentiments from multiple sets to create the background paper. Links to everything are below - are you liking the new linky tool??

The diamond was stamped on shimmer paper, then decked out with the white Wink of Stella pen and topped with Glossy Accents.

Pink, green, pale yellow, 4mm clear and silver heart PPP sequins were added in and this card was done.

Happy Crafting!

*Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins	Silver Heart Confetti	Springtime Mix Sequins	say cheese - lawn cuts
Elegant Sentiments	You Had Me At	Stinky Skunk	Princess
Just The Basics	High Five	Hedgehog Kiss	Happy Birthday
Emotions	Easily Distracted	*Hero Arts SHADOW Ink Pad SOFT BLOSSOM Pink AF147	*Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad SOFT VANILLA AF275 2014
*Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad MINT JULEP Mid-Tone 2013 AF246

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