CASology #220 COFFEE!!

So this might be my favorite CASology cue word ever.....COFFEE! I absolutely adore coffee. I probably couldn't survive life without it so I guess that makes me an addict. 

It starts my day off right...

And the joke in my house is that my girls don't talk to me until after I've had my first cup. They know better because anything I say before the first cup either doesn't make sense or won't be the answer they want. 

So now that you understand my love and need for coffee, I'll get to this week's crafty business! 

Believe it or not, this coffee addict doesn't have a lot of coffee related crafting supplies. But I do have a few recently acquired items I couldn't wait to use. 

For my card, I used the MFT Stitched Strip die to created stitched lines on a kraft panel. I die cut the Simon Says Stamp Coffee Cup die out of a scrap piece of My Minds Eye patterned paper and used the backside pink/red for the heart insert on the cup. Sentiment is from MFT Coffee sentiments set. 

Be sure to check out all the coffee creations by the rest of the Design Team:

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne
Hannelie Bester
Hazel Hodgkins
Jacquie Southas
Jen Wills
Joyce Mehrberg
Judy Marino
Kymona Tracey
Melissa Chipperfield
Tracey McNeely

Guest Designer:  Asa

and our 

Sponsor:  STAMPlorations

  

I know you are inspired to create your own COFFEE creation. Can't wait to see what you come up with! Thanks for popping in! 

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More Coffee!

I have another card using the MFT Clearly Sentimental About Coffee sentiment set but this time I paired it with PTI Drips and Dribbles. I love the look of the coffee rings which I stamped randomly on the card panel in PTI Fine Linen, Kraft, and Dark Chocolate around the masked diagonal sentiment strip. The coffee mug is from PTI Cup of Cheer. Colors inspired by this week's Colour Me....Monochromatic challenge. 

Love this sentiment...I say it all the time and believe it completely.

Hope you had a great weekend! Thanks for popping in! 

ColourQ 315, CASology 171, & ColourMe 96

Sharing a few cards this rainy afternoon in NJ. My first card was inspired by THIS fabulous card created by Joyce for this week's ColourQ challenge. I absolutely love this mix of bold colors. It was genius the way Joyce created such a beautiful mosaic. The color is not overpowering with the white space and vellum muting it. I varied it a little by using the PTI waves cover plate. I originally heat embossed my sentiment in the center of the skewed vellum but I had trouble adhering the vellum to the card panel so decided to stick with the bold black sentiment banner to ground all the movement from the colorful waves. 

Send card is for this week's Colour Me....Monochromatic challenge which is to used a mix of neutrals. I've been itching to use the new PTI Cup of Cheer set along with the MFT Clearly Sentimental about Coffee sentiment set so these challenge colors came at the perfect time.  I was inspired by a card from Nichole Heady that was in the November PTI Newsletter. 

Last card uses a bicycle from an old Cat's Meow set in my stash for the CASology:Vehicle challenge. 

Also linking to the current Seize The Birthday:Anything Goes challenge

I stamped the girls' bicycle on a Lil Inkers Stitched Circle diecut. The grounded the bicycle on a strip of striped patented paper which I also cut with the Stitched Circle die so it would blend in with the rest of the circle. Parts of the bicycle are colored in with Copics. 

I'm working on a couple more cards and hope to post them tomorrow. Kids are off from school for a couple days so I'm hoping to find a smidge of free time. Thanks for stopping by!