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Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop + a giveaway!

18 Mar

Hooray!!  It’s time to kick off the 2016 Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!  As a member of the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Design Team I get to celebrate coffee and cards all the time but the hops are extra special to me!  I love seeing everyone’s creations and the enthusiasm and excitement in our Facebook group!  Here are some general details for the hop!

STARTS: 9:00 AM EST Friday, March 18
ENDS: 2:59 AM EST Saturday, March 26

THEME: spring
USE: coffee, tea &/or cocoa images

We have over 50 sponsors for this blog hop!! Make sure you take the time to stop by each of the blogs as you never know what you’ll find in inspiration and surprises! You can also play along yourself and create a coffee-themed project of your own! There are no limits to the number of entries–the more the merrier.

Flash Sponsor Prizes will be announced on FB on the evening of Wednesday, March 23rd and Friday, March 25th.  That means, if you want to be eligible for a Flash Prize, you’ll want to link up before 8 PM EST on the respective dates. (Please note that if you are a winner and not on FB, you will receive an email prize confirmation.)

All Super Sponsor Prizes along with Flash Prizes will be announced on the blog, Sunday, March 27th.

For blogs that link up with blog candy, please contact your winner directly.

Resources:

Flickr <– feel free to add your projects to this group!

Pinterest <– All projects will be pinned!

Facebook <– Please note that this is a secret group because of all the coffee vendors that were trying to be members.  Anyone that is a current member of the FB group can add you or contact me directly.

Instagram <– follow along in the fun!

Social media hashtag:  ‪#‎SpringCLH‬ (Facebook) / #SpringCLH (Instagram)

Anyone is eligible for a Super Sponsor/Flash prize if they link up a newly created SPRING Themed Coffee, Tea &/or Cocoa project, no back-linking please. Random.org is used to draw for winners.

We ask all Super Sponsors and participants to turn off word verification. Please note that there is an annoying glitch with blogger. Even if a person does not have word verification, it still shows up. You can ignore it because it really isn’t working as a true word verification. If someone actually has word verification, it will give you an error message. <–We shouldn’t have to worry about that because everyone will have it turned off. 😉 One way to get around this is to ‘embed’ the comment box (settings/posts & comments/comments/comment location/embedded).

We encourage commenting on all projects that link up for the hop. Please note that it makes it difficult for commenters if you post to a gallery that needs a login/password.

When I was planning my card I decided to use the hop logo as inspiration for a spring-themed coffee card!

I decided to use my coffee mug to hold flowers instead of coffee! 😉  I used a mix of many different companies for this card and I love how they all worked together!

I started by using a piece of acetate to smoosh Spun Sugar, Dried Marigold, Ripe Persimmon, and Picked Raspberry distress ink onto a piece of watercolor paper and let it dry.  Once it was totally dry I added a few spritzes of shimmer spray.  Next I die-cut the mug from MFT Stamps and the sentiment from The Ton twice from grey and pink cardstock and layered them together for a little more dimension.

During the last 30 Day Coloring Challenge I colored a bunch of floral stamps with copic markers and zig clean color real brush markers so I have a huge pile of completed flowers that were just waiting to become a bouquet!  I used a mix of foam mounting tape and regular ATG adhesive to arrange my flowers in the mug and then adhered the mug and sentiment to the distress inked background.  Finally I adhered the panel to a grey card base on an angle and my card was done!  There’s A LOT going on but I love the way it turned out!  Definitely bright and cheery!

giveaway

To celebrate the 2016 Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop I’m giving away a $20 Starbucks card to one commenter!  Leave a comment before 11:59PM EST on Friday March 25th and tell me your favorite spring flower! (Mine are most definitely tulips!)  I’ll be posting several times this week and you can comment on every post for additional entries!

If you’re here for the first time I hope you’ll come by again!  You can also find my cards on Instagram and Facebook and you can subscribe to my blog via the button the right!

I hope you’ll join the hop this week by creating a spring-themed coffee, tea, or cocoa card!  I can’t wait to see what you will create!  Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous Friday!

suppliesInterested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!)

My Favorite Things Die-namics, Hot Cocoa Cups by Laina Lamb Design
Altenew Clear Stamps, Peony Bouquet
Concord & 9th Clear Stamps, Wildflower
Clearly Besotted Clear Stamps, Friends Forever
The Ton Stamps Coffee word die
The Ton Stamps But First word die
Ken Oliver Water – Media Paper 8.5×11
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# DOLL PINK DP17
WPlus9 Coal Mine Cardstock
Copic Sketch Markers
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 029, Geranium Red
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 027, Dark Pink
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 022, Carmine Red
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 023, Scarlet Red
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 045, Pale Green
ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 044, Deep Green
Ranger DIS-27164 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Spun Sugar
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Dried Marigold
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Ripe Persimmon
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Picked Raspberry
Pentel Arts Aquash Water Brush Assorted Tips, Pack of 3 (FRHBFMBP3)
Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator
VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black
Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder, Clear
WAGNER HT 400 650-Degree Heat Gun
Sizzix 660340 Big Shot Plus Cutting/Embossing Machine, White/Gray
InLinkz.com

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Comments

  1. Amanda Rhodes says

    March 18, 2016 at 9:18 am

    I love the flowers! My favorite spring flower is daffodil.

    Reply
  2. Lou Wittmer says

    March 18, 2016 at 9:21 am

    Lovely card! But please don’t consider me for your give away…..no Starbucks in Vermont where I live.

    Reply
  3. Marci Snee says

    March 18, 2016 at 9:31 am

    Beautiful card as always, Jess! I love the colors and the die cut sentiment. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  4. Shelly says

    March 18, 2016 at 9:43 am

    Wow! Gorgeous!!
    I really love all sorts of flowers, though Peonies are my favorite!

    Reply
  5. Sue D says

    March 18, 2016 at 9:44 am

    Beautiful flowers! My favorite is snowdrops because they are the first to bloom in my yard.

    Reply
  6. Karen Day says

    March 18, 2016 at 10:03 am

    Just a stunning card, Jessica! I love that they’re blooming out of a mug :o) I’m a tulip fan, too!

    Reply
  7. Kathy says

    March 18, 2016 at 10:07 am

    Oh, Jessica, this is gorgeous! Love the watercoloring and the diagonal placement of the words.Very pretty. 🙂

    Reply
  8. Ruby says

    March 18, 2016 at 10:08 am

    Gorgeous card!

    Reply
  9. ~amy~ says

    March 18, 2016 at 10:22 am

    LOVE.
    Such an over the top gorgeous card…love love love all those blooms!

    Reply
  10. bad kitty says

    March 18, 2016 at 10:35 am

    very nice card

    Bad Kitty’s Craftroom
    >^.^<
    Fiki

    Reply
  11. Sylvia says

    March 18, 2016 at 10:38 am

    Fabulous Spring card, Jessica, love the floral arrangement! Happy Friday and thanks for being a Dt for this fabulous group!

    Reply
  12. Valerie Ward says

    March 18, 2016 at 10:40 am

    So, so, so GORGOUS!!! Beautiful and perfect for Spring!

    Reply
  13. Beth Swisher says

    March 18, 2016 at 10:47 am

    So cute in the mug. I love dogwoods, I know they are a tree but when they open it looks like snow. As we don’t get snow in Tallahassee it is quite beautiful.

    Reply
  14. Sharon Salerno says

    March 18, 2016 at 10:48 am

    Love your card! The colors are so bright and beautiful. My favorite spring flowers have to be Tulips.

    Reply
  15. Rebecca says

    March 18, 2016 at 10:55 am

    My favorite spring flower is the wisteria

    Reply
  16. Kelly says

    March 18, 2016 at 11:35 am

    I like this card, it’s a happy card. My fav flowers are the Dutch Iris. No Starbucks in Western Australia, so please don’t consider my post for a prize 🙂

    Reply
  17. Vickey E. says

    March 18, 2016 at 11:40 am

    Absolutely love this card, Jessica!!

    Reply
  18. Rebecca Brown says

    March 18, 2016 at 11:40 am

    Love the card and it’s dimensional beauty. It will take me a while to afford all the stamp sets but I’m saving this post until I have them all.

    Reply
  19. Becca Yahrling says

    March 18, 2016 at 12:02 pm

    Thanks for being a Super Sponsor on the hop! Your card is so special & pretty – just love it!

    Reply
    • Becca Yahrling says

      March 20, 2016 at 8:57 am

      And my favorite spring flower is a lavender rose.

      Reply
  20. Julee Tilman says

    March 18, 2016 at 12:45 pm

    Oh, wow! This is just breathtaking. Such a dreamy card!

    Reply
  21. Kaylin Krawczyk says

    March 18, 2016 at 1:00 pm

    great cup filled with gorgeous flowers

    Reply
  22. Denise Bryant says

    March 18, 2016 at 1:22 pm

    Gorgeous card! I love the beautiful floral arrangement in the coffee mug! Lovely coloring too! My favorite flowers are sweet peas!

    Reply
  23. Karen B. says

    March 18, 2016 at 1:26 pm

    Your beautiful card exudes spring!! My favorite spring flower is the tulip! So many preet shades (no need to enter me just wanted to answer!)

    Reply
  24. Larissa says

    March 18, 2016 at 2:07 pm

    LOVE LOVE LOVE

    Reply
  25. 2amscrapper says

    March 18, 2016 at 2:07 pm

    gorgeous card–thanks for sponsoring and for the chance to win the Starbucks card–I love daffodils.

    Reply
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