This morning I'm hopping through the "Super Sponsor" links on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog hop.
There are 29 "Super Sponsors" and all you have to do is leave a comment on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog to be eligible to win a $20 Gift Card to one of the participating shops of your choice. A lot of the sponsors are offering additional giveaways on their blogs as well, so be sure to check them out! Commenting will close on Sunday, October 6th at 11:59 pm (Pacific Time), so that gives you plenty of time to visit all the blogs in the hop.
I'm designing for Taylormadecards4u today! Monica is offering 25% off of all coffee digitals today - just look in the sale section of her shop. She is also offering a digital Coffee Blend paper pack to a lucky winner!
Check out more coffee-themed inspiration from the Taylormadecards4u design team HERE and be sure to grab the "freebie" image Monica is offering from the Teas and Coffees kit!
Grab a cuppa coffee, start hopping, and thanks so much for stopping by! 😉
I've always loved the short expression, " Love you more than the stars." I would say it to my children every night before they went to bed. My oldest son and I would come up with infinite examples to top each other. We'd keep saying it to each other as I walked out of their room and finally out of earshot. My youngest liked to "get the last word in" and would yell the last phrase from his bed after it was quiet. It always made me laugh.
I'm the oldest of five and we grew up watching The Walton's. Our nighttime routine was to say goodnight like they did on the TV show.
Usually, after several rounds, my dad would holler, "Everybody be quiet and go to sleep!" Lots of giggling ensued!
The "Love you mas." and "Love you to the moon and back" sentiments, in Club Scrap'sDia de Los Muertos stamp set, reminds me of the goodnight routine with my sons. I'll have to make something for my "boys" using them 💖. (Links to available supplies are listed at the end of this post.)
I used Club Scrap'sIdea Deck to make a shadowbox card! The decks are now in digital form. Click HERE for available card formulas!
I used Club Scrap card stock from my stash and chose some embellishments to "bling it up" a little!
Music was a big part of my family when I was growing up. I went with the "Day of the Dead" theme and made my card an ofrenda to remember all my loved ones who have passed on.
I added an Action Wobble to the guitar since the significance of the ofrenda is for the souls of the deceased to come back and enjoy their worldly pleasures once more. Music never dies, right?
Join us for this fun musical challenge! Click HERE to see more inspiration from the design team and link up your project to share with us!
SUPPLIES LIST
Below you can find a list with all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!
Welcome to my stop on the Falling for Handmade Paper Blog Hop!
Today we have a dozen talented bloggers sharing projects featuring handmade paper paired with Club Scrap'sFalling Leaves collection. Click HERE for a full list of bloggers. Be sure to leave a comment on every participating blog to be entered into a random drawing for a prize! There will be two lucky recipients: One will receive an Arnold Grummer Complete Papermaking Kit, and the other a Club Scrap Falling Leaveskit with stamps. (Only comments posted between 9/21 and 9/28/19 will be eligible for the random drawing.)
Links to all supplies used will be listed at the end of this post.
This was my first time making handmade paper and it was soooo easy using the Arnold Grummer Papermill.
I "binge-watched" the tutorials on the Arnold Grummer YouTube channel and was fascinated with all the different techniques. I was especially interested in adding botanicals and surface embedment! Part of our supplies included the Arnold Grummer Papermill and two Garden Presses. I cut some flowers and leaves from the garden behind my office and pressed them using the Garden Press. I LOVE how they turned out!
I decided to use the leaves to complement the blog theme. I am saving the flowers for another project 😉.
Club Scrap's monthly kits come with matching photo mats and I used them to make the paper pulp. The colors turned out beautiful! I blended the paper pieces with water just long enough to make the pulp and leaving some larger chunks for pops of color. I also added some of the Arnold GrummerBrilliants for a little sparkle!
Club Scrap'sDigital Idea Decks come in handy when I need a little creative inspiration. This set of cards was created using the 8 of ♦ formula from Idea Deck 5. I specifically chose this formula to feature the stamp set and masking stencil from the Falling Leaves kit. The gold embossing and ink spray really creates a punch!
Card 1
The leaf outline stamps and sentiment were inked with Versamark Ink and dusted with gold embossing powder. The images were heat set and the panels were attached with foam tape for extra dimension. Check out the sparkly gold flecks and red bits of pulp embedded in the handmade paper!
Card 2
I used the masking stencil sprayed with Antique GoldNuvo Mica Mist on red card stock from the Falling Leaves kit. The handmade paper was stamped with a sentiment from the matching unmounted stamps and embellished with leaf charms included with the kit.
Card 3
I liked the effect of the masking stencil and gold spray so much I just had to add it to this panel as well! The handmade paper panel was stamped with another sentiment from the Falling Leaves kit and I added a bow using coordinating ribbon from the kit.
Card 4
This one is my favorite! I stamped the tree image and inked the edges of the card with Versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I added the rest of the gold leaf charms and a tiny sentiment from the kit. I think it's just gorgeous!
There's lots of handmade goodness left to see...Becky Conley is the next stop on the hop! Thank you so much for stopping by AND don't forget to leave a comment on each blog for your chance to win!
SUPPLIES LIST
Below you can find a list of all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!
There's still time to join this week's Cupcake Inspirations challenge! Bugaboo Stamps is our sponsor this week and they are offering a $12 gift code to our randomly chosen winner. Create something blue and white and link up HERE for your chance to win!
One of my favorite books as a little girl was Goops and How to be Them. It is a book of nonsense verse written for children and I thought the poems were hilarious! The Goops make wonderful examples of how not to behave by cleverly illustrating proper manners from improper manners.
The Goops they lick their fingers,/And the Goops they lick their knives, /They spill their broth on the tablecloth -/Oh, they lead disgusting lives!
Gelett Burgess
These Good Advice quotes kind of have the same ring to them!
A few weeks ago, I made this ATCoin holder featuring the Passport to School digital kit for the Taylormadecards4u/Crafter's CastleBack to Schoolvideo hop.
The coins fit in the cascading pockets.
My husband Chris helped me with the voice-over for the video and I suggested he help me with part two of the project!
I made things a bit of a challenge...I cut up the Good Advice quotes and mixed up the pieces. We had to get creative piecing them together!
Watch our crazy collaboration below and click the link to see more videos on my Youtube channel!
Click HERE to see more projects featuring the Passport to School digital kit from the Taylormadecards4u design team! Thanks for stopping by!
My favorite part of fall was "back to school" shopping. New clothes, shoes, haircuts, and school supplies! When I was in elementary school in the early '80s, we had to cover our textbooks. It was a creative process using brown paper bags that mom saved after grocery shopping. We weren't really recycling, but you didn't throw those things away. You might need them for something!
After we covered our books, we could decorate them to our little hearts' content! That was waaaaay before craft supplies were popular. All we had were crayons and a limited color selection of Sharpie markers 🙄.
I'm channeling my inner "grade school Wendy" and came up with a fun "back to school" book project for the Crafter's CastleBack to School video hop, featuringTaylormadecards4u.
Click HERE to watch the video on YouTube. Be sure to read the detailed instructions in the description box below each video. There you will find the full list of hoppers and guidelines to enter for a chance to win a Taylormadecards4u Passport to School digital kit. The hop lasts through Saturday, Sept 7, 2019, giving you plenty of time to watch, subscribe and comment on all 7 designers' videos for your chance to win!
I was inspired by Teresa Morgan's cascading mini-album, but I made a few adjustments to fit my project.
I am fascinated by interactive cards and books, and this one is no exception. I added some die-cut windows in each pocket to house ATCoins that I will make to fit inside. With a gentle tug to the left, the accordion spine mechanism cascades out to reveal all the inside "pages".
Slide the pages to the right, and they neatly fold back into a book!
The top pocket allows for easily removing the ATCoins for closer viewing!
The Passport to School digital kit has numerous backgrounds and images for decorating. The sweet image on the cover is my favorite!
If you are inspired and want to create one of these little albums for yourself, click HERE to download a free copy of the PDF file I created with detailed cutting and assembly instructions. I have also designed an SVG cut file of this project as a bonus prize. Leave a comment below for your chance to win!
Visit Monica Taylor's blog to check out more inspiration from the Taylormadecards4u design team using the Passport to School kitand add-ons. Stay tuned for more "back to school" projects from the Taylormadecards4u design team on September 15!
