Yippee! It's Your Day

 Hello and welcome!

Today I am playing around with some of my favorite stamps to create this fun birthday card:

I used Waffle Flower's Yippee and Lotus stamp sets. The flowers and kids were colored with watercolor brush markers. The flowers are heat embossed with Ranger's Princess Gold powder and the sequins are by Kat Scrappiness.

This card is entered in:

• The March Week 4 "Birthday" challenge at Waffle Flower

              

• The "Easter/Spring" Monday challenge at Simon Says Stamp
  

Thanks for stopping by,

-June

Thankful Card

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I just wanted to let my friend know how thankful I am that she is in my life. Here is a card I created for her:

I used Memory Box's Thankful Jotted Script and Trellis Border dies. The floral background was created with Poppy Stamp's Romantic Blooms stencil and Distress Oxide Inks. The cute coffee cup is a die by Simon Says Stamp.

This card is entered in:

• The Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop at Coffee Loving Cardmakers

              

• Memory Box Challenge #70 "Beautiful Backgrounds"

             

Thanks for stopping by,

-June

May Your Coffee Be Strong

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Still playing around with some of my favorite coffee stamps. This card is perfect for a hard working friend of mine:

I used Altenew's Halftone Circles stamp for the background. The coffee cup and sentiment is from Altenew's Coffee With A Splash set. I colored them with Altenew's Tropical Fiesta Watercolor Brush Markers. I love how this card turned out!

This card is entered in:

• The March Inspiration Challenge at Altenew

              

• The Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop at Coffee Loving Cardmakers

              

Thanks for stopping by,

-June

Caffeinated Happy Thoughts

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It is time to welcome spring with...

               

Here is my first entry:

I stamped the background with coffee-themed stamps from Sweet Stamp Shop and heat embossed with copper embossing powder. Then I distressed it with Ranger's Walnut Distress Ink. The cute cups with the floral and polka dots accents are dies by The Cat's Pajamas. The heart swirls are die cuts also from The Cat's Pajamas and were cut from white glitter cardstock. The sentiment is by Pink Fresh Studio. 

This card is entered in:

•  The Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop at Coffee Loving Cardmakers

               

• TCP Tuesday #377 "Florals" at The Cat's Pajamas

              

Thanks for stopping by,

-June

Oh Frap!

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Do you ever just have one of those days where things just don't go right? This is the card for you and hopefully it makes you smile.

The tiny pup stamp is Art Impression's Cats & Dogs Mini Front and Back and the coffee cup stamp is AI's CHA 2017. 

This card is entered in:

• The Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop at Coffee Loving Cardmakers

              

• The "Itty Bitty" Challenge at Art Impressions

              

Thanks for stopping by,

-June

A Beary Happy Birthday

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I decided to try the new slimline trend. This is my first card using this new size:

I used My Favorite Thing's Bitty Bears stamps. I thought they work well with this fun pattern paper by Bobunny. The bears were colored with watercolor markers.

This card is entered in:

• MFT Color Challenge 161
  

              

• The Birthday Wishes Slimline Challenge at My Favorite Things
  

• The "A Bit O' Green" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by and give slimline a try!

-June

St. Patrick's Day Card

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I wanted to make a fun card for my college student to wish him a happy St. Patrick's Day. Here is what I came up with:

 

The pretty floral background was made with Poppy Stamp's Romantic Blooms stencil and blended with Distress Oxide inks. The leprechaun was fussy cut from pattern paper by Colorplay. The sentiment and  Action Wobbler (which allows the leprechaun to shake) are by Art Impressions.

This card is entered in:

•  PSC#78 "Shake It Up!" at Poppy Stamps

              

• The "A Bit O' Green" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

-June

Love Shaker

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With our anniversary coming up, I wanted to create a fun card for my husband. Here is what I came up with:

The sentiment is Poppy Stamp's Embossed Love die. The shaker bits are a sequin mix by Simon Says Stamp. 

This card is entered in:

•  PSC#78 "Shake It Up!" at Poppy Stamps

             

Thanks for stopping by,

-June

What's Up?

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I am trying to send my college student a little happy mail each week. I thought he might enjoy this fun shaker card.

The sweet turtle is a stamp by Gerda Steiner Designs. The circles were created with Your Next Stamp's Peek-A-Boo Trio large die cut. The shaker bits are sequins by Simon Says Stamp.

This card is entered in:

• Gerda Steiner's March Share Your Designs Challenge
  

              

• Your Next Stamp Challenge #159 "Lucky Charm"

• The "A Bit O' Green" Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp
  

Thanks for stopping by,

-June