Dreaming of a Tropical Birthday

Toni here with you today, celebrating my birthday with a bright and colorful tropical card.  Could it be a sneak of a certain challenge that starts this coming Wednesday? Maybe. LOL.

I started out with a sunset hued panel that I worked up using Distress Ink Mermaid Lagoon, Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade, and Wilted Violet on Ranger Watercolor Paper. I then stenciled Carta Bella Crab Crawl using Distress Blueprint Sketch. It's interesting how different the blue looks depending on the color beneath it, right? I then spattered the lot with water using my go-to Zig H2O Detail Watercolor Brush. 

Setting that aside to dry, I next sponged the Hero Arts Waves Stencil using Distress Oxide Broken China. The pigment blend shows up beautifully on that dark cardstock. I cut a narrow band of Kraft Cardstock, lightly sponged with Distress Ink Vintage Photo, to use as sand.

Next I diecut the HA Palm Tree from my watercolor crab panel, fluffed up the leaves a bit then glued it down onto the main panel. Some blingy Mark Richards 5mm and 3mm Gold Dots and a fun YNS sentiment diecut finishes off my card.

Hero Arts Waves Stencil	Carta Bella Crab Crawl Stencil	Distress Ink Mermaid Lagoon	Distress Ink Squeezed Lemonade
Distress Ink Picked Raspberry	Distress Oxide Ink Broken China	Mark Richards 5mm Gold Dots	Mark Richards 3mm Gold Dots
Ranger Watercolor Paper	Ranger Round Ink Applicators	Ranger Round Ink Applicators Refills	Ranger Multi Medium Matte

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We Crack Ourselves Up

The Coffee Lovers Fall Blog Hop ends tomorrow!  Have you entered?  You could be a lucky winner of one of two $15 gift certificates to The Heart Desires shop.  Be sure to check out the coffee, tea and cocoa-themed stamps and dies in the shop and use the code: 2016FCLBH to get 15% off everything in that collection! 

Today we have a couple of humorous coffee cards to spark your creative mojo.  They crack us up!

Toni

(using  Lawn Fawn Lovable Legends, Hero Arts Ombre Lime to Forever Green, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Versafine Onyx Black)

Tonya

(using Neat & Tangled Perfect Blend, Newton's Nook Shark Bites, Your Next Stamp Coffee Right Meow, First Edition Sail Away 6x6 Paper

Lawn Fawn Lovable Legends	Neat & Tangled Perfect Blend	Newton's Nook Shark Bites	Your Next Stamp Coffee Right Meow
First Edition Let's Sail Away 6x6 Paper	Hero Arts Ombre Ink, Lime to Forever Green	VersaFine Onyx Black	Ranger Multi Medium Matte

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Best Fishes

Toni here with a cute underwater scene made using the Your Next Stamp Fishy Fun set.  Oh, so adorable!  And don't the "bubbles" add a nice touch of dimension?  Sometimes that's all you need for that little pop to make a CAS card memorable.

Come over to my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, and read more about how I made this card!

Your Next Stamp Fishy Fun

The Robin's Nest Teardrops and Clear Dots

Ranger Glossy Accents

VersaFine Onyx Black

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I Spy...

Tonya here, I wanted you to check out the fun card Toni made using products from The Heart Desires store.

I love the way she colored the unicorn and framed it in gold.  The We R Memory Keepers embossing folder is amazing with foiled cardstock, isn't it?  Just amazing.  #Frankie_Helps_Craft #theheartdesiresstore #heroarts #yournextstamp

Hero Arts Hello Gorgeous	Your Next Stamp Magical Unicorn	We R Memory Keepers Geometric Next Level EF	Ranger Glossy Accents
Ranger Multi Medium Matte

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Thanks a Latte!

Hi everyone! It's Lenae here from SugarGem with a little thank you inspiration!

I don't think I could ever have too many thank you cards in my stash.

I got to play with some Your Next Stamp Sprinkles Coffee and Tea stamps,

 Lawn Fawn Let's Polka paper pack, 

and Hero Arts Lime ink!!!

Love playing with all these goodies!

XOXO 

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A Cute Cup of Bunny Anyone?

Hi there! It's Lenae here from SugarGem.  Today I'm playing with the super cute Your Next Stamp Sprinkles-Coffee and Tea set!

I made this for my grandma for Mothers day! She use to collect English Tea Cups and still has a large display in her kitchen so this little tea cup is perfect for her. Plus her moms name (my Great Grandma)was Bunny! 

I also used 

Bo Bunny Sugar Glitter Paste

Multi Matte Medium

Misc Patterned Paper

Misc Copics

Need Coffee

Hey, it's Amy here with my first official post on The Heart Desires blog!   Want to read a smidge about the shop, check out THIS post.  

Okay, let's chat about plaid, shall we?  It's been a super fun trend...check out Anthropologie, Target and Etsy.   We're celebrating the month of May with Plaid!  Check out the Lawn Fawn plaid background + paper piecing I did.  I used the Your Next Stamp - Hammie- Coffee & Tea stamp set.  That tea coffee cup was screaming to be paper pieced!  I've been enjoying the messy watercoloring technique, thanks to my Zig Clean Color Markers.

We're excited to fill up this blog with tons of inspiration and fun and we're so glad that you've come to visit!

Ingredients:

Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Paper

Your Next Stamp Hammie - Coffee & Tea stamp set

Mama Elephant Basic Set Creative Cuts, My Favorite Things Summer Splash Card stock, My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle Die-namics, Zig Clean Color Markers