National Coffee Day Blog Hop With Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps

Hello Coffee Loving Stampers,

We are excited to join Coffee Loving Cardmakers for their National Coffee Day Blog Hop!

Direct Link back to Coffee Lovers blog post: http://bit.ly/2xp0WFV

First, some exciting news is that we are offering 15% OFF our drink section on our web site until Oct. 1st.

GIVEAWAY:

Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps are offering one $25.00 gift certificate to the readers that comment in the main post at  Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps post, and on all of the designers blogs during this weekend. 

And let me tell you that you will be crazy with the entire collection of stamps that we have on the store! Good luck! Don’t forget to take advantage of all the September’s Promotions!!!

Now, on to the card I want to share with you. I am using an image that Olesya drew, one of our design team members. There are 2 stamps that you can use for inside the coffee cup or you can leave it blank.

 I started with white card stock and swiped Sand Castle ink over it with a Clairty Stencil Brush.

 
Then I pounced on Over Coffee for more texture.

I used a Tim Holtz stencil set 3 for a splash of coffee.

I used the same colors for the saying and card stock I mounted the card on as I used on the coffee cup.

I hand cut around the saying and outlined the words with the lightest blue-B21. Then outlined the mounting card stock with the medium and darkest blue.

To match the colors I used the same markers I used around the saying.

Here is Suzy's blog for the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Blog Hop

:http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/7572

Just a couple of days left to get your Halloween stamps on sale!

Coming in October!

AND the Fall and Thanksgiving stamps will be 15% OFF all month.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs, Vicky

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Color Your Life

Hello Stampers,

I am using Catherine Pooler inks, and I love the colors' brightness. I decided to do (probably the last) summer card of the year.

The inks are so juicy it only takes a light love tap to cover your stamp.

I didn't use my MISTI, just my acrylic blocks, because the ink has such good coverage.

I did let the stamp sit on the paper for just a couple of seconds so the card stock could absorb the ink.

I am excited to find out how the ink works with each other.

It has great coverage but also stamps over a color, so it looks almost transparent but not muddy!

The flower is Tiara, and then Tutti Frutti was tapped on the edges.

I love how this looks.

 I do this a lot, 

1...I am too lazy to find a color in my stash to match, 

2...I want it to match exactly,

3...when we are on the road, I don't have to take a lot of colored card stock!

 This is just a scrap piece of card stock that I inked with the brush.

 I cut around the saying.

So now the color around the saying matches the flower.

 I also inked around the edges of another white piece of card stock for my base card so it matched the one around the saying. 

Saying: Thought About You Today

Inks: You can find them here!

Butterfly

Flowers- Petal Flower 3

Petal Flower 2

Petal Flower 1

Leaves-Leaf 5

Leaf 4

Thank you for taking the time to look,

Vicky

 

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