A Wintry Coffee Card For National Espresso Day! Plus, upcoming Event...

I'm back today to celebrate all things coffee because..... it's National Espresso Day!  Friends, you all know I will do anything to celebrate coffee; the bean, the fruit of my mornings and the nightcap to my evenings.... one of God's greatest creations.... the coffee bean.  

Of course, my friend Amy from coffeelovingcardmakers.com thought it would be a great idea to celebrate this momentous occasion by flooding the blogosphere with crafty coffee creations so, who am I to argue?

I'm pairing several stamp sets for my little wintry scene, from Stamplorations, along with their new cutplorations dies, Stitched Snow Hills, which I love!  The two stamp sets that I'm using were designed by my sweet friend, Becca Cruger.  They are "Caffeinated Christmas" (you must own this!) and "Reindeer Games".  Total cuteness!  The little coffee cup is my own design that I drew, colored and popped out with foam squares.

If you love Coffee and Crafting, then you'll want to join the upcoming Winter Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop in December.  It's a week long event where you can link up your newly created coffee, tea or cocoa themed cards, with a winter theme for this event.  There were over 800 entries at the Fall Blog Hop and it's always a ton of fun.  There are numerous and very generous sponsors who offer up prizes, so you don't want to miss this!  I'll be sharing the link when the event goes live.

Here are a few noteworthy happenings for the Hop:

Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: Dec 9 – Dec 16 at coffeelovingcardmakers.com

National Cocoa Day 12/13

International Tea Day 12/15

Theme:  winter/holiday

The fun starts at 6 am pacific.

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I'm also linking my project up to the November Cutplorations Challenge at Stamplorations, here, and the Anything Goes challenge, here. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you have a most wonderful Thanksgiving!  God bless each one of you!

Terri from Waving My Wand

#stamplorations #coffeelovingcardmakers #wavingmywand #biggrins #snow #stitched #dies #reindeergames #caffeinatedchristmas #christmas #reindeer #rudolph # darice  #sosuzyinkbites #tombow #zigcleancolor #winter #holiday #forest #DIY #cre8time #nationalespressoday #xyron

Growing In Unity - Day 3

Welcome to day 3 of my stint as the GIU (Growing in Unity) girl.  I'm showing you my creations all week long and if you comment every day on my blog post, you'll be entered into a random drawing for 25 random stamps from the Unity Stamp Company.  Wowza, 25 stamps!  

Who wouldn't love that?!  2 winners will be selected.

Today's mixed media project is titled "Grunge Love".  Love is kind of messy, right?  And, with Valentine's Day right around the corner, I thought I'd get all mushy, uh, I mean messy.  ;)

I did a whole lot of distressing to this stamped/hand-cut Unity heart  (Everything Love Jan 2014 sentiment kit) including embossing the card stock with my Cuttlebug and using Ranger embossing powder in black and white.  I sanded the raised edges a bit and then had a happy little accident with ink on my knuckle.  Haha, so I decided to add a couple more inked "knuckle" dots to my design.  The Love You sentiment is also from the same kit.

Here's a close-up of the finished heart.  Notice the inked doily?  I used my Unity Grainy background stamp, dabbed Tim Holtz Picket Fence distress ink all over my stamp, and stamped in a criss-cross pattern on a Maya Road kraft doily.  I dried it quick, with my embossing heat tool.

Come back tomorrow for more Unity inspiration! Don't forget to leave a comment here so you can qualify for the random drawing.  And for a shameless plug, I'd love if you would come and like me on FB: http://www.facebook.com/wavingmywand because when I get to 500 likes, I'm having a big giveaway!

Additional supplies: 
We R Memory Keepers - Shine Collection - 12 x 12 Paper Pad 
We R Memory Keepers - Enamel Dots - Warm - $3.59
from: Scrapbook.com
Prima Marketing flower 
Kaiserkraft wood flourish 
Colorbox archival ink Pinkolicious 
Ranger Ink - Adirondack Earthtones - Pigment Ink Pad - Pitch Black
 pearl brads 
canvas heart 
Darice Honeycomb embossing folder
Darice - Embossing Essentials - Embossing Folder Case Organizer - Black
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads - Brushed Corduroy 
Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz - Distress Marker - Full 49 Marker Set 
Ranger Ink - Basics Embossing Powder - White
Simplicity crochet lace 
May Arts Ribbon natural burlap string in Pink

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#cre8time #unitystamp #mayartsribbon #wrmk #clearsnap #timholtz #kaisercraft #love #valentine #heart

Cat tails grass

Here's another set of cards I've made using a watercolor technique with distress markers.  The base cardstock is from the #Kaisercraft Heirloom collection and blended perfectly with my theme.  I used a Darice embossing folder with my Cuttlebug and May Arts chevron twill ribbon, capped off with a Prima Marketing sugar dot.

Additional supplies: Tim Holtz distress ink Brushed Cordoruy and Tumbled Glass, Pentel brown paint ink brush, Tombow Xtreme adhesive runner, The Paper Studio 5x7 white card 

#watercolor #Cre8time #primamarketing #mayartsribbon #timholtz #Ranger #tombow

Wedding/Anniversary gift box

I recently received some products from DecoArt to test and decided to try out the Paper Effects paint and Glamour Dust to make this pretty gift box.   It's just the right size for a small gift such as an ornament or decorative plate, or plenty of room for a gift card and note.  And what a lovely keepsake as well!

First, I embossed this Darice Fancy Cake Embossing Folder, 4 .25-Inch by 5.75-Inch  

image on white cardstock, using my Cricut Cuttlebug Machine, V2 Green .   

                   

The accompanying DecoArt fine-point tips are a definite must for this delicate work.





I worked in sections, painting and then sprinkling glitter as this is a quick drying, non-tacky paint.

                 Look at the close-up, the way it sparkles.  I love it!  It's simply gorgeous in person.

The paints that I used were the DecoArt PE08C-7 Paper Effects, 1-Ounce, Pink Pearl and DecoArt PE02C-7 Paper Effects, 1-Ounce, White Pearl , then the DecoArt DAS37-3, Glamour Dust, 2-Ounce, Crystal  .

I wanted to keep my box simple, to show that anyone can do this.  I used some old craft lace and tacked it with Tombow Xtreme Adhesive  , then added May Arts Wired String with Raffia Bows, 0.625-Inch by 50-Yard, Pink and placed random Glue Dots Mini Roll in places for the raffia bows. 

 

 You can find all the supplies mentioned above at your local craft store.  Don't have the tools to do embossing?  Find a crafty friend who does or better yet....dive in and give it a whirl. 

It's easy and fun!

#decoart #gluedots #mayartsribbon #cre8time