Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to the Spring 2016 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

The Coffee Lovers Hops were started by the amazingly talented and dedicated Amy Tsuruta.  Amy has started a blog dedicated to coffee lovers and all crafty products coffee and tea related.  Coffee Lovers Hops occur quarterly. 
The spring hop will go through March 25th.  There are lots of prizes up for grabs, for both commenters and bloggers.  Anyone can join in the fun by linking up their card to the blog hop, using the linky found HERE on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog.

Spring means rain, and along with that, rainbows.  I did a row of rainbow colored coffee cups from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.  They are colored with Peerless Watercolors and fussy cut out.
The sentiment is another fun one from Latina Crafter.  I really cannot get enough of the white on black embossing.
I added a panel with a decorative edge to my card base using a SugarPea Designs Zig Zag Rectangle SugarCuts die.  I looped gold thread beneath my coffee cup panel and added a few sss sequins to finish off the card.
I used the sketch from CASe This Sketch~

I am also linking up to
Mod Squad Challenge- Rainbow
Curtain Call-Rainbow

Cupcake Inspirations-Rainbow

Thanks so much and enjoy the hop!

Lee Ann  :)

Coffee and Crafting

Hi Everyone!
I hope your weekend was splendid!  We had some gorgeous weather, which I took advantage of and hiked 10 miles over the course of the weekend.  I also destressed with crafting, including practicing watercoloring, which continues to give me trouble.  I tried watercoloring layers on this card, which would traditionally be separate paper panels.

My sketch is from Viva la Verve~

Can you kind of sorta see the layers?  I used distress inks for the watercolored background; the Unity image- Always Today- is colored with Copics.  The sentiment is from Latina Crafter.
I was also inspired by the GORGEOUS colors from Stampin Celebration Challenge.  
I am also linking up to Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge- 'Make Your Own Background'

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)