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Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAY!)

9 Dec

Busy day on the blog with lots of giveaways!!  For the Deck the Halls with Inky Paws blog hop with Newton’s Nook Designs please click here!  For the Simon Says Stamp Diecember blog hop please click here!  For the Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge post please click here!

Hooray!!  It’s that time again!  The Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is here!  I love celebrating all things coffee, tea, and cocoa with the super supportive and friendly crafting community!!  This is always one of my favorite hops…and I look forward to being inspired all week long!  Today I’m representing Lil’ Inker Designs and showcasing a brand new stamp and die set that is being released today!  Here’s my first card (and don’t forget to check out the TWO giveaways at the bottom of this post!):

Isn’t that latte mug adorable?!  To create my card I stamped the mug from Latte Love onto cardstock and added a little shading with copic markers.  Then I stamped the holly from Rustic Christmas and colored it with copics.  I used the coordinating dies to die-cut both images and then adhered the holly to my saucer.

…And then I went a little crazy.  Ha!  I really wanted a Christmas tree but I didn’t have a die that was quite as big as I wanted.  As I was flipping through my Lil’ Inker Designs stash I stopped at the Leaf Pattern cover up die and realized that I could make my own tree from all of the leaves!  So I die-cut the Leaf Pattern cover up die with green cardstock and set out to adhere the leaves together on a piece of wood-pallet patterned paper to form a Christmas tree.  But it would be quite the boring tree without any decorations, right?  Next I die-cut the Baubled Wreath with red cardstock and used the circles as Christmas ornaments!  Once those were adhered I added a little clear spectrum noir sparkle to each ornament.  I stamped my sentiment from Latte Love onto black cardstock and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder.  Finally I adhered my sentiment and my mug with foam mounting tape and added a sprinkling of metallic gold sequins to finish the card!

So earlier I mentioned two giveaways!  Lil’ Inker Designs is one of the sponsors for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and she is giving away Latte Love and the coordinating dies!  If you link up a card to the hop you’ll be entered to win!

But if you just can’t wait to have Latte Love you can head over to Lil’ Inker Designs and do a little shopping!  Laura has several awesome coffee stamp sets (I’ll link to some of my favorites below in my supplies) and she’s offering free shipping today and tomorrow!

giveaway

To celebrate the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop I’m giving away a $15 Starbucks gift card (or a gift card to Lil’ Inker Designs) to one random commenter!  Leave a comment and let me know your favorite winter drink before 11:59PM EST on Friday, December 16th and I’ll announce a winner on December 19th!  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, my video tutorials on YouTube, and you can subscribe to my blog via the button the right!  Thanks so much for visiting and have a fabulous day!

supplies

Interested 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!)

Lil’ Inker Designs Latte Love
Lil’ Inker Designs Latte Love dies
Lil’ Inker Designs Rustic Christmas
Lil’ Inker Designs Rustic Christmas dies
Lil’ Inker Designs Baubled Christmas Wreath die
Lil’ Inker Designs Leaf Pattern Cover Up die
Lil’ Inker Designs Coffee Cozy
Lil’ Inker Designs Coffee Cozy
Lil’ Inker Designs Coffee word die
Lil’ Inker Designs Coffee Talk
Lil’ Inker Designs Coffee Talk dies
Simon Says Stamp WHITE CARDSTOCK 120 LB Base Weight 12 Pack 120WCBW
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# GREEN LEAF GL11
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SCHOOLHOUSE RED SR1
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# BLACK Black8
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM METALLIC GOLD Cupped Sequins
Pretty Pink Posh 6MM METALLIC GOLD CUPPED Sequins PPP027
Crafter’s Companion CLEAR OVERLAY Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens SPECNSPACLE3
EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator 54-04002
Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001
Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder, Gold
Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 Wagner
Copic Markers
Ranger Inkssentials MINI GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Adhesive .5oz GAC27898
3M Scotch 1/2-Inch by 36-Yard Double-Sided Foam Tape
3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 0.25 Inch Adhesive Glue Gun
Sizzix BIG SHOT PLUS MACHINE Gray And White 660340
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Comments

  1. jenscull says

    December 9, 2016 at 9:16 am

    what a fun and festive card! and such a cute stamp set, too. 🙂

    Reply
  2. etmomma says

    December 9, 2016 at 9:27 am

    Caramel Macchiato

    Reply
  3. Helen Gullett says

    December 9, 2016 at 12:27 pm

    Jess, your card is super festive! Love the tree and cup. Thank you for the inspiration!

    Reply
  4. Ellen smith says

    December 9, 2016 at 12:45 pm

    Love your card! I need this stamp set too

    Reply
  5. MariLynn says

    December 9, 2016 at 1:02 pm

    Such a pretty card. I love the creative way you made your tree. That is a lot of leaves….

    Reply
  6. Carla Hundley says

    December 9, 2016 at 1:09 pm

    Terrific way to use
    your dies! Fun card
    and I love to drink
    Hot Chocolate.
    Carla from Utah

    Reply
  7. craftychark says

    December 9, 2016 at 1:11 pm

    so cute, love the hearts! I love hot tea–regular, no sugar and hot!

    Reply
  8. Shannon Pratt says

    December 9, 2016 at 2:11 pm

    Your card is so cute and beautiful

    Reply
  9. Fiki says

    December 9, 2016 at 2:17 pm

    very nice card

    Reply
  10. Helene Huber says

    December 9, 2016 at 2:39 pm

    Hi Jess! Love that clever tree–great ca rd. And thanks for the chance at your blog candy!

    Reply
  11. Jerrie says

    December 9, 2016 at 3:52 pm

    That coffee cup with the hearts swirling rocks! It is ADORABLE!

    Reply
  12. cmayne says

    December 9, 2016 at 4:03 pm

    What a wonderful card; love the cup-and-tree pairing! Favourite winter beverage: hot cocoa…with marshmallows, of course!
    ~carol

    Reply
  13. Becca Cruger says

    December 9, 2016 at 4:23 pm

    Well crazy in a GOOD way – that’s for sure! That tree is all sorts of genius and it’s SO. MUCH. FUN! 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway chance, too! My favorite winter beverage is a little bit of coffee with Bailey’s.

    Reply
  14. Olessya K says

    December 9, 2016 at 6:00 pm

    Here on West Coast Starbucks is the most popular coffee shop 🙂
    My favourite seasonal drink is peppermint mocha.

    Reply
  15. Verna Angerhofer says

    December 9, 2016 at 6:16 pm

    I love your card with the fun and festive design. As to my favorite drink, it is either coffee or hot chocolate in the winter time.

    Reply
  16. Shelly says

    December 9, 2016 at 6:30 pm

    Sooo pretty! And I love a good cup of hot cocoa. 🙂

    Reply
  17. Ann says

    December 9, 2016 at 7:23 pm

    So creative, love the little tree you made with the die cuts.

    Reply
  18. Carol Ferguson says

    December 9, 2016 at 9:59 pm

    I love the color combos you use on your cards. Hey, I’m a sheltie owner too:) I have 2, Jake and Jillie…my furbabies:)

    Reply
  19. tsurutadesigns1 says

    December 9, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    ABsolutely love the new coffee set and can’t wait for mine to arrive. You’re so clever, love the tree!
    I’m a Starbucks girl and just started loving the London Fog Latte. It’s super sweet so next time, I’m going to not have the vanilla syrup in it:
    https://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/tea/london-fog-tea-latte#size=11033066&milk=1306

    Reply
  20. Ceal says

    December 9, 2016 at 10:58 pm

    great card, TFS

    Reply
  21. Kelly Santi says

    December 9, 2016 at 11:25 pm

    Absolutely darling card! I love your card ‘a latte!’ I love the wood grain background and the gorgeous color and designs! I’m a huge “bux fan and my favorite is the one I can only get during the holiday time – Chesnut Praline Latte! Fabulous stop on the hop – TFS!

    Reply
  22. Sandi Pressley says

    December 9, 2016 at 11:30 pm

    I always love to see what you create for the Coffee Lovers Bloghops and this card did not disappoint….absolutely lovely!! My favorite winter drink is an iced coffee with sugar free Peppermint mocha creamer. I live in Florida so I drink iced coffee year round.

    Reply
  23. Helen F. says

    December 9, 2016 at 11:43 pm

    Oh so fun and cheery!

    Reply
  24. kimheggins says

    December 10, 2016 at 12:23 am

    Wonderful card….just perfect!

    Reply
  25. raggiodiluce82 says

    December 10, 2016 at 4:15 am

    Love your sweet card! Thanks for this giveaway! My favorite winter drinks are hot chocolate and tea.

    Reply
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