Wild About You & Coffee

Hello and welcome to my blog! I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog today with a brand new card but I'm not wild about it! Let's face it, we can't love every card we make but that just comes with the territory right? The funny thing about the cards that I don't like is they seem to be very popular which always makes me think, I have no idea what people like......... or the age old story of "different strokes for different folks". 

 For the base of my card I used a leopard pattern stencil by Kindred Stamps and cut it out with the Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Rectangles.

I saw the stencil used by my friend Justin on a card and I knew I had to have it! I had recently tried to make my own leopard stencil on my scan n cut by failed. I love a good diy but even I know when to throw in the towel! 

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I absolutely loved how the background came out and I wanted to turn it into a wild themed coffee card.  That's where it all went wrong. I just couldn't get all of the elements to play nicely together on the card. I used a Distressed Edge Rectangle die and cut out some vellum so I could mute the background and add some elements. The cute little coffee cup is from Spellbinders but I tried many different color combos before I came up with the orange and brown and I wasn't thrilled with that combo either.  I tried a brown cup, a gold cup, a floral cup....... NOTHING WAS WORKING!

You've had those card making sessions........ right? Lie to me and tell me you have!

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I stamped the sentiment from the Hello Bluebird stamp set Jungle Littles in brown ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  In hindsight I should have stamped it in white ink on brown paper to make it pop more. The large ampersand die is from an older Clearly Besotted Monogram stamp and die set and the pretty Coffee die is from a Sugar Pea Designs coffee die set.

I just love decorating with those cute Kat Scrappiness Coffee Beans, they are so much fun! 

Oh well there is my whole story and I'm sticking to it! It's not the worst card I've ever made but it certainly isn't my favorite. Oh well, you win some you lose some! At best I enjoyed using that awesome new stencil and I will be using it again very very soon!

Thanks for joining me today and you have a great day!

I already am!

🐆  Lisa  🐆

Slimline Cards

Ok now that we have that official business out of the way let's get to the fun stuff!

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And by fun stuff I'm talking about the new Slimline Dies at Kat Scrappiness!

I am addicted to making these cards! I think I've been making standard A2 size cards for so long it's a nice change of pace to make something different.  I think the fun part is that you can fit so much more on to one of these cards because they are bigger.

Slimline cards measure 8.5" x 3.5" and fit into a standard #10 business sized envelope.

The first set of dies are the Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies.



 They come with 4 dies measuring:

8 1/4 x 3 1/4
7 1/2 x 2 1/2
6 7/8 x 1 7/8
6 1/4 x 1 1/4


The second set of dies are the Embossed Edge Nesting Slimline Dies.



 They come with 5 dies measuring:

8 1/4 x 3 1/4
7 1/2 x 2 5/8
6 3/4 x 2
6 1/8 x 1 1/8
4 3/4 x 5/16



I have 4 cards to share with you today! 

I told you I am addicted 😂😂😂

If you haven't made a slimline card yet, I suggest you try it soon, 

I think you'll love it as much as I do!

Ok without further ado, here are the cards.  They all use the new Slimline Dies and any additional products used will be linked below each card. I made 4 fun cards and you can click on any one of them for a larger view.

Embossed Edge Nesting Slimline Dies

Hello Bluebird Portrait Pals

Hello Bluebird Jungle Littles

Inkon 3 Marilyn Red Atelier Ink

Inkon 3 Marigold Orange Atelier Ink

Inkon 3 Bee Sting Yellow Atelier Ink

Party Confetti Sprinkles

Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies

Embossed Edge Nesting Slimline Dies

Layered Coffee Cup Die

Got Coffee Sentiment Die

Coffee Beans

Starbucks Logo Stamp

Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies

Embossed Edge Nesting Slimline Dies

Blue Kawaii Cloud Sprinkles

Pink Kawaii Cloud Sprinkles

Small Rainbow Sprinkles

Large Alphabet Dies

Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies

Embossed Edge Nesting Slimline Dies

Party Confetti Sprinkles

Heart Sprinkles

Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Inks

Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Inks

Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Inks

Gina K Crafty Notes Stamp Set

And there you have it! 4 slimline cards using the new Stitched Scalloped Nesting Slimline Dies and

Embossed Edge Nesting Slimline Dies from Kat Scrappiness! So much fun!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and sharing a little piece of your day with me.  If you have any questions about any of my cards, feel free to e-mail me or find me on social media! All links are listed on my sidebar ☞☞☞☞

You can find a ton of Kat Scrappiness inspiration on all of Kat's social media sites:

Kat Scrappiness Shop 

Kat Scrappiness Blog

Kat Scrappiness FB Fan Page

Kat Scrappiness Instagram

Kat Scrappiness YouTube Channel

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY,  I ALREADY AM!

☀️ Lisa  🌈 

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Coffee Date with a Sloth

Hello Coffee Lovers!

It's my day on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog and we are in my

 *ICU, so grab a cup of "SLOFFEE" and 

I'll share my card with you.

It seems that sloths are all the rage these days and I can see why!

They really are adorable and I'm thinking they probably need coffee more than 

anyone! Although if they truly did drink coffee they probably wouldn't move so slow.

Anyway, here is my card for today.

• I started with a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock and die cut it with the largest die from the Kat Scrappiness Distressed Edge Rectangle dies. To me that edge gives it a sort of jungle look.
• Next I used Antique Linen and Twisted Citron distress inks to do some ink blending on the die cut panel. I stamped my leaves from the Hello Bluebird - Jungle Littles on the panel and adhered it to a brown A2 card base.
• The Star Frame die from Avery Elle was the perfect anchor for my coffee drinking sloth.
• I colored the sloth from the La La Land - Take it Sloth stamp set with my Copic markers and used my Scan n Cut to cut him out. 
• For a few pretty finishing touches I adhered some Kat Scrappiness Brown Jewels around the card.

Thanks for joining me today in my ICU! If you're feeling like this sloth

grab a cup of coffee and get into your craft room! That always makes me feel better!

Have a great day, I already am!

☕️Lisa ☕️