Let's Get Caffeinated

Hello Coffee Lovers and welcome back to my blog!

I'm up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog today with some more

caffeinated inspiration in my ICU!

Lately I've been experimenting with alcohol inks.
I think I'm a little late to the game but when you're having this much fun,
I say, better late than never!
I've had my alcohol inks and yupo paper for quite a while and I finally
broke them out and had some fun.  I made several backgrounds and turned them into
quite a few cards.  Today's caffeine inspired card features a stamp
set from Technique Tuesday called Perk Up.
Here is my card for today:

I just love the combination of the pink and orange alcohol inks and the gold

ink finishes it off so nicely. I heat embossed the sentiment in gold to match the 

highlights in the background. 

I really love how this card came out and I think I'll be playing with my 

alcohol inks a lot more in the near future.  

It's so nice because you never get the same outcome twice!

Here is one more look at my card in all it's alcohol and caffeinated glory.

Thanks so much for joining me today in my ICU and I'll be seeing you back 

here real soon!

Have a great day!

I already am!

☕️Lisa ☕️

KaDoodle Bug Dragon Cards

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and when it comes to 

card making, this is my FAVORITE holiday!

I am a sucker for anything that is pink and involves a good dose

of sparkle, hearts and glitter!

One of the companies that I design cards for is 

KaDoodle Bug Designs

and recently they added the cutest files to their shop!

It is a collection of 10 of the cutest Valentine themed dragons and 

one is cuter than the next!  

You can view all of them in the shop right now here.

I have had the delightful opportunity to design a couple of cards 

with them and I used these 2 files:

Heart Balloons Dragon

and

Love Letters Dragon

The first card I made is with the Heart Balloons Dragon and here it is:

I am smitten with this card and I just love how it came out.

I started with white card stock and I die cut a panel with 

one of my favorite dies from Kat Scrappiness called the

Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies.  I used the largest die from the pack

because it's the perfect size to fill the front panel of an A2 sized card.

The next step was to die cut some card stock with the cloud die

from Lawn Fawn to make a template that I could use to sponge 

some clouds on to my card front.

I used Broken China distress ink and proceeded to sponge it around

the cloud template to form clouds all the way down the panel.

I love the soft look you can get with varying amounts of 

pressure applied to the ink tool.

Once I got the clouds the way I wanted I stamped the sentiment from 

an Avery Elle stamp set called Handwritten notes and 

I added a cute little heart from the Kat Scrappiness stamp 

set called Let's Get Caffeinated.

To finish the card off I used some Pretty Pink Jewels

from Kat Scrappiness. 

Once all that was complete I added the cute little Dragon from KaDoodle Bug

on some foam tape and the card was done.

Here is a picture with the supplies used.

The second card I made uses the Love Letters Dragon file.

It is a shaker card and it is one of my favorite type of cards to make!

For this card I started with the Kat Scrappiness 

Stitched Scalloped Collage Frame die.

It's the perfect die for making shaker cards because it has windows for 

shaker bits and you can easily add foam tape to the back of it.

I put some Magical Unicorn Dust sequins and Fuschia Jewels inside the 

window and I used vellum instead of acetate for a softer look.

The back panel on the card is some adorable Doodlebug paper 

with a Valentines theme.

To decorate the front of the card along with the cute dragon 

I die cut the words from the I Love You Shadow dies from 

Kat Scrappiness out of pink glitter paper.

Here is a close up of the card so you can see the details.

These 2 cards were so much fun to make and I hope you'll check out

all of the cute files at KaDoodle Bug and the awesome dies and sequins

at Kat Scrappiness! They have any and all craft supplies you could want!

If you use my code Lisa10 at Kat Scrappiness you could 

save 10% on your entire order. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Enjoy your day, I already am!

💘Lisa💘

Matchbook Pop-Up Gift Card Holders and a Video

Welcome back to my the blog!

I'm here with you today and I have a fun project to share!

Since the holidays are just around the corner and gift cards are
such a popular gift giving idea,

I thought I'd show you a cute way to package them.
I made a matchbook to put them in so that they pop-up when you open them!

I made 4 matchbook gift card holders and decorated them with various 

stamps and dies from the Kat Scrappiness shop.

Here is a look at all 4 of them:

And here is how they look when you open them and the gift card pops up:

Aren't they adorable!

The fun part is that there are so many ways to decorate them and they can be used for any holiday or occasion depending on the paper and embellishments you use.

I also filmed a video to show you how to make your own.

I used 5 different stamp sets on my matchbooks, 3 of which were just released at 

Kat Scrappiness along with many various dies also available in the shop.

In the video I'll show you all of the products used on each matchbook and
I'll go through a quick tutorial on how to make your own!
It's really simple and they come together very quickly once you've made one.
I'll have all of the measurements in the video that you will need.

Heres a link to the video on YouTube.

As always, thank you for joining me today! I hope you'll give one of these matchbooks a try. It will give your gift cards a facelift and you'll have fun making them!
All of the products I used in today's project are listed and linked below.
If you want to purchase any of these fun products at Kat Scrappiness, you can use
my code Lisa10 and save 10% on your order!

Have a wonderful day, I already am!
🛍Lisa🛍

Products Used on Matchbooks:  

• 1/4" Scor Tape
• Cheat Day
• Coffee Monster by Gerda Steiner
• Design a Gingerbread Man Die
• Happy Fall Y'all
• Layered Coffee Cup Die
• Let's Get Caffeinated
• Merry Christmas Brush Script Word Sentiment Die
• Merry Critters
• Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
• Punny Snacks
• Stitched Scalloped Circles Dies
• Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies
• Warm Fuzzies by Gerda Steiner

Coffee Monster Cards

HAVE YOU SEEN THE MONSTERS?

I just recently found them myself!
These cuties are part of an adorable stamp set by 

Gerda Steiner called Coffee Monster.  I had seen these cuties around Facebook and Instagram and I knew I had to have them!
I just bought them at Kat Scrappiness along with 
some other crafty goodies!

I was so inspired by these adorable monsters that I made the 3 cards shown above to share with you!
To begin with I stamped all the cuties out on 
Bristol Smooth card stock with 

Gina K Amalgam Ink so that I could color them with 

whatever type of marker I wanted.

Since my Zig markers give me the best blended results I used them for the coloring.
I cut out a bunch of them at once with my Brother Scan n Cut and laid them all out on my desk. There is definitely no lack of mojo when all of those cute monsters are staring back at you.  
The ideas for the cards came pretty easily.

For my first card I took some True Black Bitty Big paper from Papertrey Ink and cut it down with one of the Kat Scrappiness 

Stitched Scalloped Border dies. I backed the polka dot paper with some craft foam so that it would have some dimension and I added the first monster to the bottom.  I used my craft knife to cut away one of his hands from his body so that he could hold his itty bitty coffee cup under it... so cute!

The sentiment from the Coffee Monster set was stamped at the bottom of the card with Orange Zest ink from Papertrey Ink. For a little bit of extra color and interest I added a few drops of 

Nuvo Crystal Drops in blue. I've always loved the look of vibrant colors against a black polka dot background.

Card #1 done!

For my second card I started with some Kraft card stock from Papertrey Ink.  My favorite kraft card stock hands down for color and quality! To give the background some texture and dimension I ran the paper through my vagabond with my 

We R Memory Keepers Next Level Quilted embossing folder.

For my focal point I used the Kat Scrappiness 

Layered Coffee Cup Die  and popped monster #2 up on the koozie.  I added an itty bitty coffee cup from the stamp set to his hand as well. The Layered Coffee Cup Die is such a great size to take center stage on any card! You can check out this video on my YouTube channel to see instructions on how to assemble the bits and pieces of this coffee cup. For my sentiment I die cut the Kat Scrappiness Got Coffee word die from some PTI Dark Chocolate card stock and added it to the top and bottom corners of the card.

Card #2 done!

For my third and final card I started with some Aqua Mist card stock from PTI for my card base. The card base was given some extra interest with the help of the Cover Up Grid stamp set by PTI. I used a tone on tone effect and used Aqua Mist ink to stamp the grid. Next I took some PTI Kraft card stock and stamped out my own background using the coffee cup from the Coffee Monster stamp set and the largest coffee bean and heart from the Kat Scrappiness Let's Get Caffeinated stamp set. I used PTI's Cocoa Bean ink for all the little background images. The kraft panel was then cut with one of the dies from the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies.  Those are definitely my go to dies for many of the panels on my cards.  

I love the scalloped edges!

All that was left was to add my sad monster to the front with foam tape and stamp my sentiment from the Coffee Monster set

 underneath him in Versafine Onyx Black Ink. 

That is definitely my favorite black ink for 

crisp black sentiment stamping!

Card #3 done!

I hope you enjoyed these 3 monster cards I've shared today.  Many of the products I used are available in the Kat Scrappiness shop and if you use my code Lisa10 you can save 10% on your order. I will list and link those products below.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

I already am!

☕️ Lisa ☕️

Products Used on Card:

(available at Kat Scrappiness)

• Coffee Monster by Gerda Steiner
• Gina K Amalgam Ink
• Got Coffee Die by Kat Scrappiness
• Layered Coffee Cup Die by Kat Scrappiness
• Let's Get Caffeinated by Kat Scrappiness
• Nuvo Crystal Drops
• Stitched Scalloped Border Dies by Kat Scrappiness
• Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness
• Versafine Black Onyx Ink