MY INSPIRATION: For the past few years I have been a big fan and entrant of the Coffee Lovers Seasonal Blog Hops. There is so much inspiration within this Blog Hop that I decided to pay tribute to the Design Team. I have selected one post from the 2017 Fall and/or Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop for each Design Team member. Each has provided me inspiration for creating my card for the 2018 Fall/Winter Blog Hop.
Amy Tsuruta, Founder and Hostess, demonstrated innovation when she developed the Coffee Blog Hop. Her vision has created a firestorm of coffee-inspired challenges and merchandise across the globe. Her dedication and hard work in keeping the challenge alive and fun for all of us fanatics in paper crafting and coffee addicts does not go unappreciated. Thank you, Amy!
BLOG CANDY: In the past I won a coffee mat as Blog Candy and I love it. I searched online to find that coffee mat and much to my surprise there it was along with others. I have several new mats that you can win by random draw along with a Spellbinders die. All you have to do is link a coffee card to the Double Trouble Challenges and make a comment. You can decide to participate in one or both challenges as long as you meet the guidelines for these challenges:
Starts Nov 30 - Dec 2) Fall/Winter "Sweet Treat"
Comment "What's your favorite Sweet Treat during the Holidays"
(Starts Dec 3 - Dec 7) Embossing-Dry/Heat/Paste
Comment: "What's your favorite hot/cold drink?"
Check out Double Trouble's Challenge, Click on Frank Sinatra's The Coffee Song and it will pull you right into the mood of creating coffee projects and don't stop it at the coffee song...listen on.
2018 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: Day 3 - Card 2: My inspiration continues this afternoon with Kathy Schweinfurth's project from the 2018 Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop creating another one of my Christmas wreaths, but using a stack of cups. And still in my stash, a couple more Christmas wreaths which will be completed for my Christmas mailings with another theme.
Thank you, Kathy
Technique
Using my own small stamps to create the
Concord & 9th Wreath Turnabout Technique
Concord & 9th Wreath Turnabout Technique
Stamps
Snowflakes - Pink & Main "Snow Sweet"
Sentiment - Verve Stamps "Bright Spirits"
Sprigs - CTMH #D1656 "Miracle of Christmas"
Pens/Ink
Inks - Distress Oxide
Ruby Red, Lucky Clover, Wild Honey and Silvery Shimmer
Cardstock
CTMH Toffee and White Daisy
Incomplete Card 2 - Winter Wishes
Textured Cardstock in Stash
CTMH White Daisy
Textured Cardstock in Stash
CTMH White Daisy
Inks - Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Oxide
Twisted Citron, Wild Honey
Copic Sketch alcohol-base Brush Pens - R29
Stamps
Sentiment and Holly - Verve Stamps "Coffee Helps"
Sprigs - CTMH #D1656 "Miracle of Christmas"
Ornaments - Recollections "Merry Merry"
Snowflakes - Pink & Main "Snow Sweet"
Incomplete Card 3 - Merry Christmas
CTMH White Daisy and Raspberry
Don't know all the ingredients to this one - my test run
at the Crop and we all shared products.
