Coffee KiKi

Have you heard the great news? In addition to all the other great stamps Cindy is carrying at www.stampingscrapping.com, she is also carrying CC Designs. These can be found on her original site www.stampingscrapping.com and the newer site www.stampscrapsave. I used one of the new ones I got from her to make this super adorable card.

This little sweetie is called coffee kiki. I colored her with my copic markers. I used the Basic Grey lemonade paper pack for the papers. The sentiment comes from the scent with love stamp set- java happy day! This set has several coffee sentiments that would be perfect for this image. I finished the card off with some lace, a few felt flowers, and some yummy coffee scented scent my cards.

A Spooky Halloween Card

In my mind Summer is over and I've moved on to fall. The kids here have been in school for 3 weeks already. So, I have decided to get a head start on Halloween projects. Since it is my weekend to make a design team project for Stamping Scrapping, I decided this was the perfect time.
I just got this adorable vampire Edwin stamp and I had to use him on something. I took my Cuttlebug embossing folder of the haunted house and inked up the raised side of the folder with black ink and a brayer, then I put my white cardstock on top of that with 2 shims and both the B plates. I did not fold the folder over, I left it open if that makes any sense at all. Then I colored in the uninked spots with my copic markers. Edwin is colored with copics as well. To decorate the side of the card, I used the Martha Stewart drippy goo punch. This punch is awesome for Halloween projects and so much more. If you want one, go here ASAP. Cindy has already sold out of this punch once, she now only has 8 left from this order so jump on it! I also used one of the new Cuttlebug border folders for the diamond embossed strip. This was done with the black magic core'dinations paper with a green core to add to the spooky feel of the card. I finished it off with the trick or treat sentiment from the Scent my Cards Best Witches set available on stampingscrapping.com and trimmed the mat with the drippy goo punch also. All that's left is to make it smell as much like Halloween as it looks, so I added some black licorice scent my cards and it is ready to go!

Coffee Time

In case some of you didn't know, I LOVE coffee. I love the taste, the smell, the caffeine- it's all good. I thought I would share a few of my favorite coffee themed projects in honor of a special sale going on at stampingscrapping.com. I wanted this card to resemble a coffee mug with the sleeve on it. I used core'diantions cardstock for the base and embossed it with one of the new

quickutz embossing folders. They work just like the Cuttlebug folders do. For the sleeve, I took some more core'dinations and embossed it with the distressed stripes Cuttlebug folder. I then sanded both pieces of cardstock to bring the embossing out a little more. I stamped the sentiment from the new justrite a little caffeine set, colored the mug with a copic marker, and cut it out with a label 2 nestabilitie. To finish off this coffee card, I added the coffee card scent which is on sale this week at stampingscrapping.com for only $2.75. This scent is a must for a any coffee project and goes perfectly with this just rite set. This next card also uses the just rite

caffeine set for the sentiment. This set is really cool because if you use it with the border like I did in the first card, it uses the 2 inch block, but if you take the border off and just use the center like I did above, it will fit perfectly on the 1 5/8 inch circle block you probably already have. I used lattebella for this card and colored her with copics to match the paper (Bo Bunny). The saying from just rite fit perfectly in my circle nestabilitie. When it was all assembled, I added some scent put it in a clear envelope and it was ready to go! If you love coffee as much as I do, I hope I've inspired you to try the new a little caffeine set by just rite and don't forget to grab your coffee scent my cards while it's on sale this week!

Spring Rain

Well, I know I'm a little late with this since it already feels like summer here, but I just love this stamp and had to share this little card. I made this card for a mingle on the magnolia-licious


yahoo group. The theme was water and I thought Tilda in spring rain would be perfect for that. I used several different BoBunny patterned papers. I paper pieced the umbrella and the pocket of her coat. I cut the rainbow from Hello Kitty Greetings and colored the rainbow part of it with copics and used another piece of the paper for the cloud. To finish the card off I added a little tulip scent my cards to make it smell like spring.

House Mouse Challenge

This is the card I created for the weekly House Mouse Challenge on http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com this week's challenge was to use chipboard on a card.

I used chipboard for the brackets on the side. The stamp is house mouse of course and it is colored with copics and a few prismacolor markers. I also scented this card to make it smell like coffee. The sentiment on the side is from just rite. I forgot to take a picture of the markers, but I think I can remember them all- the mice are E35 and the sand color prisma marker. Their tails, faces, and feet are E00 and E02. The insides of their ears are RV11. The bag is R27 and shaded with R29. The blue label is B21 and the words are B21 and Y17. The coffee beans are sand and mocha prisma markers.

Scent your cards- blog candy

I love love love to scent my cards. It is so much fun and a neat surprise for the person getting the card. Well, I have found a new source for card scents- www.scentmycards.com this is a brand new company with an awesome selection of scents. To celebrate this new venture, Cindy is giving away blog candy of 2 free bottles of scents (your choice). To enter, follow this link
http://scentmycards.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-candy.html I just ordered tulip and pure cotton to add to my collection. Good luck and hope you get some great scents to spice up your cards.