Fall 2017 Coffee Lovers Bloghop

I'm quite late to the Fall Coffer Lovers Bloghop!

Here's my first entry- which will be in the high 800's! WOW!

 

 

Altenew & Concord & 9th stamps using the current The Heart Desires challenge!

I used some watercolor for the colors & anchored the panel with some glitter washi- it looks very fall-ish to me!
A big shout-out to ~amy~ & the Coffee Loving Crew- what fabulous inspiration!

 

Don't miss the Challenge or the sale at The Heart Desires!

 

Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop

The Coffee Hop is here! The Coffee Hop is here!

Always so much fun (and dangerous for the wallet!) to see all the coffee inspired fun!

Thank you to Amy & the Coffee Crew for all of the work that goes into these hops!

Here's my first entry:

I've put Altenew's Coffee Love stamps to work- using The Heart Desires Challenge #13 inspiration & my trustee zigs! A Gina Marie Die Scallop Stitched Frame highlights the image.

The Heart Desires is a super sponsor again for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  Please join along for fun, creativity, inspiration and tons of prizes!  

To celebrate the Summer hop there is a sale!  Use code 2017SummerCoffeeHop at checkout and receive 15% off your total purchase.

The Heart Desires Challenge #12

So hard to believe it's time for another challenge! Here is your beautiful inspiration for Challenge #12:

Here's what I've come up with:

I've used Altenew Beautiful Lady; after heat embossing in white, I colored with Zigs. Some ink spatter on the base layer, and roughing up of the focal panel was finished off with a sentiment (tying in the challenge colors). There is also some wink of stella on the blooms, but it doesn't show in the photograph at all!

I can't wait to see how you are inspired by this beautiful challenge!

Spring Coffee Lover's Hop Take 2

 Sneaking in another card for the Spring Coffee Lover's Bloghop!

I've used more Lil' Inker goodies today- Love this die set! The panel is cut with a Gina Marie die, and nested back into the back side of the paper. I stamped flowers from Altenew's Wildflower set onto the sleeve (colored with prisma pencils) and onto the solid panel then dusted with perfect pearls.

Very springy indeed!

I'm in awe of the number of fabulous coffee projects!!

The Heart Desires Mid-Challenge #9

I'm here with more inspiration for The Heart Desires Challenge #9!

Still lots of time to play- and look at this board:

SO FUN!

Here's my take:

I've used Concord and 9th Wildflower set on Bristol paper with Versafine Onyx Black Ink & put my zigs to work to color with the inspiration colors. 

To create the border, I used a Gina Marie Scalloped Stitched Rectangle die to emboss the focal panel.

The Altenew Beautiful Lady sentiment is heat embossed with white powder on black cardstock & popped up.

The Heart Desires Challenge #9

 How is it February? A new month brings a new challenge at The Heart Desires!

Look at this FUN!

I had to pull out the new to me Coffee Love from Alenew & use those great colors!

I stamped the images with Versafine Onyx Black ink on Bristol paper so that I could color them with my Zigs. I then cut the panel with a Gina Marie Scalloped Stitched Nested Rectangle die- which I cut the scallops off! A little strip of glitter cardstock at the top is quite lovely in person- and it's all attached to a green (celery?) card base. 

Is it wrong that I want this coffee pot, cup & saucers?

You've got all month to play along! How will you be inspired?

Wrapping Up the Coffee Lovers Bloghop!

Sneaking in one last entry for the Coffee Lovers Bloghop as well as the Altenew Challenge!

Here's what I came up with:

I put the Altenew Coffee Love set to work with some zig coloring. I fussy cut the pot and mugs and attached to die cut panel with the sentiment. The background is embossed with a woodgrain plate to capture a bit of a fall feel!

 

Excited to check out the inspiration- the Coffee Lovers Hop is up to 810 as of this writing- looks like another record could be in the works!! 

I know this hop is a ton of work to coordinate but it's always filled with so much fun and sweet crafters! Thank you to Amy & all the sponsors!