Snarky Coffee Chick!

Hey there! Hope you're having a great weekend. We had a big Saturday a.m. breakfast today with the kids - bacon, pancakes, eggs, fruit, fried potatoes... and of course coffee for the grownups! I love coffee, so as soon as I saw this cute Coffee Chick digital stamp from Gerda Steiner Designs I knew I wanted to use her paired with a sentiment from the Tim Holtz Snarky Small Talk Sticker Book. I grabbed some new Vicki Boutin Wildflower and Honey papers that were included in the latest SCT Sampler Pack and added a few SpiegelMom Scrap Sequins for a fun card - perfect for a coffee lover. (PS You can save 15% at the SpiegelMom Scraps Shop with the code KARLA15)

Be sure to head over to the Gerda Steiner Designs Blog to see closeups and details on this card. You may even want to take a peek at the GSD Shop to see what inspires you to create today! 

Kitty Bee Designs #125 - Birthday!

Hi Friends! I hope you've been having a lovely week so far! I've had lots of fun creating projects lately and here's one more for you!  It's time for the midweek inspiration for Challenge #125 Birthday over at the Kitty Bee Designs Challenge Blog - Aloha Friday!

Challenge #125

Super big thanks to our sponsor for this challenge

Nitwit Collections - https://www.nitwitcollections.com/shop/
and

Scrap N' Dipity - http://scrapndipity.com

For my project I'm using the gorgeous Sunflower Cottage Collection from Nitwit Collections. They have amazing digital scrapbooking and cardmaking collections, and I thought the beautiful sunflowers and butterflies would make a perfect birthday card to go along with this week's challenge theme!

 

I used my Cricut Explore to print & cut the lovely elements in the kit and typed in the Happy Birthday in a scripty font.

I added some pretty Stickles and popped the wings of the butterflies up. Since they were printed on white cardstock they are stiff enough to keep their shape. 

I used some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists on the background and the white doily to add colour and shine to my card. Some SpiegelMom Scraps sequins add a few extra pops of colour. I just love the striped bag and the pretty flowers!

Inside, I stamped a sentiment from Pink & Main with gold embossing powder and added another diecut flower. I was really impressed at how well the Cricut Print & Cut option worked, but you could cut these out by hand if you like with a border too.

I was really pleased with how beautiful the printables were and love how everything coordinates. All I had to do was layer it all together!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge to see all the inspiration from the other awesome Design Team members - and enter your own project HERE for a chance to win!! Have a wonderful weekend!

Kitty Bee Designs - New Release Blog Hop!!

Hop has been extended to Friday, 6th October at 11pm Hawaii time!!

I'm so excited to share the BRAND NEW RELEASES from Kitty Bee Designs with you today in a fun Blog Hop!!! We have tons of AWESOME, SUPER CUTE new images to share with you, and we are doing a little celebrating just in time for Halloween!! But DONʻT BE SCARED... these images are just perfect for more than just Halloween!! And as an added bonus there's BLOG CANDY and a COUPON CODE below 😉💖 If you've arrived here from Larelyn's blog - Handmade From My Heart you're in the right place. If you want to start from the beginning, head over to the Kitty Bee Designs Blog.

For my project I've used the super cute Pineapple Panda digi image! I coloured her in with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers and I used some sparkly Stickles to give her adorable outfit a bit of bling. I couldn't resist using the Echo Park Summer Fun digital pineapple paper from Snap Click Supply and cutting it into a banner shape and adding some pineapple washi tape.  As you can see, this image isn't just for Halloween!

I cut out my coloured image with a Kaisercraft Circle Stitched Die and layered it on a pretty white doily.  A little sentiment sticker from a Tim Holtz Chat book and some SpiegelMom Scraps sequins finish off this pretty card!

BLOG CANDY!!

One commenter from each stop on the hop will win the digi used by that designer! So the more blogs you visit and comment on for the hop means the more chances you have to win! One SUPER lucky winner who comments on every stop, as well as tells us which 3 digis are their favorite on the Kitty Bee Designs blog will be entered to win ALL THREE!! For full details visit the KBD blog. Entries close October 3 @ 11 pm Hawaii time.

Here's the Blog Hop Line Up:
Kitty Bee Designs Blog
Larelyn of Handmade From My Heart
Karla of Creative Love Affair (that's me)
Tracey of Mowbray Designs
Connie of Connie Can Crop
Grace of Sugar Cards
Jessica of Fresh by Jess
EK of ekgorman designs
Lisa of Snowy Moose Creations
Clara of Just Buzzinʻ By
Naz of Sasayaki Glitter
Julie of Crazy Crafting Squirrel
Anne of Constantly Carding
Jennifer of Glitter in My Hair
Saba of Paper Boutique
Peggie Sue of Max and Boo
Annie of Little Wings Creates
Kitty Bee Designs Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to use the code CODE1017 to get 15% off your order for the entire month of October at the Kitty Bee Designs Store!! Now, head over to to your next stop on the hop Tracey of Mowbray Designs!

Linked to:
FFC #208 - AG
DL Art - Thankful Thursday October Linky Challenge

CNHC Patterned Paper - October Link Up

Word Art Wednesday - #300-301 AG

SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG

Craftaholics R Us - AG

Always Fun Challenges - #25 AG

Turtley Awesome Card!

Hi friends! I'm back today with a cute little turtle card using the sweet Gerda Steiner Designs Hello Friend Turtle Digital Stamp.  The fun thing about this stamp is that it is being used in the June challenge over at the Gerda Steiner Designs blog - and if you purchase this stamp and submit it to the challenge you will get next month's challenge stamp FREE!

I printed this little guy out on white cardstock and coloured him with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers, which are alcohol based. I used some white gel pen to create highlights and fussy cut him out. 

I used the digital Echo Park Summer Fun collection, from Snap Click Supply. I've been playing around with this collection by opening up the papers and elements in PicMonkey (a free program) and layering them before printing them out. I even added a sentiment from the Birthday Turtle Digital Stamp set by Pretty Cute Stamps.

I used some Glossy Accents to give a little dimension to some of the elements, popped up the cute turtle and added some SpiegelMom Scraps sequins to finish it off!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful weekend ahead!!

Linked to:

Gerda Steiner Designs - June Challenge

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - June Linkup

DL Art - Thankful Thursday June Linky Challenge

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Patterned Paper

Word Art Wednesday - AG