Life happens after coffee

Have you seen all the fun over at the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop?!  The Heart Desires is a proud sponsor and we're having a sale to celebrate:

I'm super excited about my project for today!  It features the SugarPea Designs Breakfast In Bed stamps and coordinating Sugarcuts:

The patterned paper I used is SugarPea Designs Sugar & Spice.  Love those Zig Zag Stitch Rectangle Dies!

The sentiment is from the SugarPea Designs Espresso Yourself stamp set!

That's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Coffee Lovers and THD Challenge

Hey Katie here. When you think of the things you love, what comes to mind?  Probably so many things.  One thing that comes to mind for me on a sunny summer day, is some nice ice cold coffee combined with the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  And that is just what I have for you today, a fun combo of just those things. 

Now I want to get you warmed up, so I am reminding you of what the June THD Challenge is all about. 

Now add that with some THD products and some Coffee Fun and here is what you get!

Squee, aren't they soooooo cute?!  I love the little pups trying to get a nice refreshing drink of their favorite beverage.  The only thing better would be for me to shove them over and have the drink myself! ;)

OK, here's the dealio.  I started by stamping out these sweet pups from one of the Hero Arts Lia Griffith sets.  I colored them using my Copics and cut them out using my Scan n' Cut.  Next I picked out this cute Penny Black Love Cup using so fun descriptive DP that is perfect!  I mounted that on the Sugar Pea Stitched Circle Die and in turn mounted that on this DP from American Crafts Sunny Paper Pad.  The sentiment is from ALtenew and the enamel dots are from the Doodlebugs Holly Berries Epoxy Stickers as they were the perfect share of red. 

OK, thanks for visiting today, I hope you enjoyed this post, will join the THD Challenge and the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

2017 Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

I'm excited to share that  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 we are having a sale!  Use code 2017SummerCoffeeHop at checkout and receive 15% off your total purchase.

This is an Amy Tsuruta original card that I made when I attended a Hero Arts class taught by Amy and Libby at our local stamp store.  Isn't it fun!  I used the HA Killer Messages Stamp Set for the shark and sentiment.  You could use the Sugar Peas cup die  and the Flora and Fauna Texture Set for the background if you wanted to recreate this card.


Several of the ladies from our fabulous design team will be joining this week with their coffee creations so please come back to check them out!


I hope you all have a lot of fun hopping and shopping this week!

Thanks for stopping by!
Tonya

It's Your Day to Sparkle

Oh how I love this Happy Day stamp set by Concord & 9th. It's so beautiful and the sentiment I stamped inside is so perfect for a jeweler friend of mine. It says "It's your day to sparkle".  This friend is very special to me. She is hands down the most positive person I know. She pretty much sparkles everyday, but I want her birthday to be extra sparkly!

If you know me then you know I love everything that sparkles. I pretty much have to add glitter to all my projects.  Hope you like the card and it inspires you to add a little sparkle in your day.

I also used Strathmore Watercolor Paper. 

XOXO 

SugarGem 

Mid-Challenge 13 Inspiration

We're halfway through Challenge 13 and sharing more inspiration with you. Cute. Elegant. Whimsical. It's all here! 

When you post your entries, feel free to tag us on social media!

#thdchallenge, #theheartdesiresstore

Bev

(Winner of Challenge 9)

Toni

(using My Favorite Things Friends Like Us, Concord & 9th Floral & Flutter die, Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Round Ink Applicator, Eyelet Outlet Matte Red Enamel Dots)

Katie

(using Waffle Flower Yippee Die and Hero Arts Intense Black Ink)

Jen

(using Concord & 9th Sweet and Cool, Strathmore Bristol Vellum Paper, Versafine Onyx Black)

Wendy

(using Lawn Fawn How You Bean Shaker Add-On Dies and Gina Marie Designs Wonky Stitches Dies)

Juhi

(using Waffle Flower Enveloper Little Birdie, In Every Way, and Amazing die) 

Concord & 9th Sweet and Cool	My Favorite Things Friends Like Us	Concord & 9th Floral and Flutter Dies	Waffle Flower Yippee Die	Strathmore Bristol Vellum Paper	Ranger Round Ink Applicators Refills
Ranger Round Ink Applicators	Hero Arts Intense Black Ink	VersaFine Onyx Black	Eyelet Outlet Matte Red Enamel Dots	Ranger Multi Medium Matte

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The Sky's The Limit

Hello Friends!  Katie here with a fun card for you today and it starts with the fun Lawn Fawn Wild for You stamp set.  

I used the set and colored that sweet giraffe with my Copics.  I set him up with the Lawn Fawn Magic Color Slider Die. The clouds and sentiment are from the Lawn Fawn Blue Skies stamp set, I added a little colors to the clouds to make them pop.  Under the sweet guy is Doodlebug Green Grass Washi Tape which perfectly sets the stage.  Guess what happens when you slide this tab up?!

Isn't he just the cutest!  He absolutely needed this long neck to go with the sentiment.  To make the neck I simply used a ruler and and a Copic fine point pen.  I masked along the edges and took the snow drop from the Lawn Fawn Christmas Snow Globe set to make those perfect circles.  Once colored I added some leaves and fronds from MFT, I added a little extra color to them for depth.  

I hope you enjoyed this card and will join us for this month's challenge!

CHALLENGE 12 WINNERS & More Challenge 13 Inspiration

Lovely to see our regular players as well as some newcomers to our previous Challenge 12. Welcome, one and all! All of your entries are consistently amazing which makes it hard to choose but choose we did. Keep it coming!

The winner is #5 Deanne K. Deanne, the vibrancy and skill of your coloring made us all swoon--look at all that bright pink and touches of tropical green and blue. Happy sigh! The gold on vellum for the sentiment was the perfect counterpoint. And your photo props--gotta give you props for those! Congrats!

#5 Deanne K

The honorable mentions wowed us too. Congratulations in order of entry to: 

#7 I Card Everyone

#13 Darnell

#15 Shona

#28 Rosali

Everyone, please grab a badge from the top tab if you like. We hope you all join in the fun and inspire us again! There's still plenty of time to join in our current Challenge #13 which runs through June 30. Hope to see you there!

Toni

(using Concord & 9th Hello Lovely and Happy Day, Gina Marie Scalloped Stitched Rectangle Dies, Ranger Watercolor Paper, Multi Medium Matte, Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Oxide Ink Peeled Paint, Fossilized Amber, and Cracked Pistachio, Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade)

Concord & 9th Happy Day	Gina Marie Scalloped Stitched Rectangle Dies	Distress Oxide Ink Peeled Paint	Distress Oxide Ink Fossilized Amber
Distress Oxide Ink Cracked Pistachio	Distress Ink Squeezed Lemonade	Distress Ink Picked Raspberry	Distress Ink Mowed Lawn
VersaFine Onyx Black	Ranger Multi Medium Matte	Ranger Distress Specialty Stamping Paper

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