Wishing you a Merry Christmas

 

Stampin Up - New Items

Hi Friends,

Yippee, we made it! A whole week of Christmas in July! Brought to us by the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Hop.  I have had so much fun making cards to post along with the hop. A BIG thank you to Crystal for organizing this hop for all of us! 

Well you guessed it. I did not come up with this design, it is the work of my ever so talented Demo. In my defense, I am in the middle of working 10 days in a row. So there is nothing creative happening in my brain right now, lol. But I did assemble the card, so that counts, lol. This is actually a gift card holder and will come in very handy at Christmas time. I love that I have a few more cards to add to the Christmas card stash. 

Thank you for checking in on me. 

Holly 

Let it Snow

 

Stampin Up - New items

Hi Friends,

I'm not going to lie, all I did was assemble this card together. My very talented Demo came up with the design and used all her new goodies from the new holiday mini catalog. I absolutely love this card. I never think to buy the ribbon you know, and it just finishes up the cards so nicely. 

I hope you are having fun hopping withthe Christmas in July Build your stash holiday cardmakers hop! 

Thanks for checking in on me,

Holly 

Sending Warm Christmas wishes

 

Stampin Up Rustic Retreat stamps

Hi Friends,

I pulled out another stamp set I purchased but had never seen ink, Rustric Retreat. I actually loved the sample from the catalog and will still keep it out to make one of those, but I also thought this would make an excellent Christmas card. Love the cozy scene. 

I hope you are enjoying the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers hop. I have enjoyed creating these cards and just taking the time to relax to do something I love. Plus it will be super helpful come December to have these!

Thank you for stopping by my blog. 

Holly 

Season's Greetings

 

Stampin Up - Coming Home stamps

Stampin Up Home Together dies

Trimming the Town - paper

Creative Memories - swirvy cutter

Hi Friends,

No, I'm getting tired of playing with these homes, lol. I love the greetings that are in the designer paper and super matchy! I only wish more of the greetings were in English and/or closer together. I'm lucky though, I actually bought two of these packs of paper. Sometimes I just know myself, lol. 

I hope you are having fun hopping along with the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Hop. 

Thank you for popping in to see me. 

Holly 

Hearts Come Home

 

Stampin Up Coming Home - stamps

Stampin Up Home Together - dies

Stampin Up Trimming The Town - paper

My Favorite Things Secret Santa - Sentiment

Stampin Up Misti Moonlight paper

Hi Friends,

I made a card with this set yesterday and I wanted to make another.  I saw this card and changed a few things, but I really loved the design. I cut the homes out of the designer paper and popped them up with dementionals. I stamped, colored and cut the little car, as well as the wreath. I love the little VW bug car, it might have been the main attraction to this set, but I've had so much fun cutting out the homes in the paper, that I have hardly used the stamps. Sometimes I just don't feel like coloring, so this worked out perfect. 

I hope you can join along in building your stash for the cardmaking holiday hop.  Christmas in July is the best!

Thank you, 

Holly 

Merry Little Christmas

 

Stampin Up Coming Home - stamps

Stampin Up Home Together - dies

Stampin Up Trimming The Town - paper

My Favorite Things Secret Santa - Sentiment

Stampin Up Misti Moonlight paper and ink

Martha Stewart Snowflake - Punch

Hi Friends,

It's time to Build Your Stash Holiday with the Cardmakers Hop! I totally did not see this one coming so I am already a day late (and a dollar short, lol). I went through my Pinterest pins looking for inspiration and it did not disappoint. I saw this card and remembered that I did have everything I needed to make it. I'm super excited to break open this stamp set, dies, and the super matchy paper. I'm not even sure which holiday catalog this set was in, but I'm pretty sure they are now retired. I usually see something that sparks joy, I buy it, and then it sits on the shelf waiting for inspiration to come. I love it that the dies cut out the homes in the paper, as well as the trees. 

It's so great to build the Christmas card stash up, so come December I will have plenty of them made ahead of time. I hope you can join us in making some cards and linking them ..... and of course, hopping along. 

I hope everyone is well and healthy, 

Holly 

Kitsch Deer

 

Avery elle - Kitch Christmas

Doodlebug - North Pole 

Hi Friends, 

Welcome to day 8 and the last day of the Build Your Stash Holiday Card Hop!  Today I am inking up these cute deer. When I first saw them, I had to have them. I popped the one in front on foam. They are so adorable! 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog, I had so much fun this week. Thank  you to Crystal for putting this blog hop together so we could all play and not only build our stash, but use the images in our stash. This was the perfect opportunity. 

Holly 

Christmas Magic

 

Unity - Christmas Magic

Hi Friends, 

Welcome to day 7 of the BYSHC Hop. I can't believe how quickly this week has passed by! Earlier in the hop I promised you another Unity truck image and here is it! I love this image and the fabulous sentiment. Have you ever seen a wood tailgate? I love those! 

Thank you for stopping by my blog!

Holly 

Peas on Earth

 

The Ink Blot Shop - Peas on Earth

Hi Friends, 

Day 6 of the BYSHC Hop!  OMGosh I love this stamp set! I first saw it years ago and when I went to buy it, it had sold out. Fast forward to today, I finally did buy it and I am just now inking it up. Those little peas are so adorable with their little hats! I popped them up on foam but wouldn't it be great if they made action wobblers small enough for these tiny images? lol. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog!

Holly 

I Thought it was Candy!

 

The Rubber Cafe - Santa's Workshop

Doodlbug - Here Comes Santa Clause

Hi Friends,

Welcom to day 5 of the BYSHC Hop. I hope you are all having a great time hopping along seeing everyone's Holiday cards. 

For today's card, I am inking up this cute elf from Santa's Workshop set from The Rubber Cafe. I purchased this stamp set years ago at a stamp expo. In one of my re-organization sessions, I misplaced it. That December I had an idea and wanted to use this image. I looked high and low and could not find it anywhere. I finally found it last year and put it in it's rightful place. So I am finally inking it up, although I can't remember what idea it was that I had, lol. It may come to me though and then you better believe I will get it out again. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. 

Holly 

Sweetest Season

 

Sweetest Time - Stampin Up

Sweetest Border Dies - Stampin up

Hi Friends,

Welcome to day 4 of the BYSHC Hop. Today I am using a cute quick and simple stamp and die combo from Stampin Up. I love these candy cane images. I had to run this die through my big shot a few times to get them to cut completely but I find that is the case with a lot of intricit dies. I saw a video by Narelle and decided to make one for myself. Interesting enough, her sentiment was one stamp, mine came with individual words.....thank God for my Misti! I'm not sure I could have managed that one without it, lol. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog!

Holly 

Monster Christmas

 

Demani Designs - Friendly Monster Christmas

Doodlebug - North Pole

Hi Friends,

Welcome to day 3 of the BYSHC Hop! I love these little Demani Monsters! Another Christmas stamp I have never inked up! yeah! I'm so happy to finally be inking these unused stamps. I think I buy them thinking I will use them but when it comes time to make mass quanities of Christmas stamps, I usually buy a stamp set with dies that will go quickly. Now I can take my time and send different ones this year. I think next time I will use embossing fluff for the hats and pom poms. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog. 

Holly 

Christmas in the Making

 

Stampin Up - Chrismas in the Making

S.U. Wonderful Wreath Dies

Carte Bella - Santa's Workshop

Hi Friends,

Welcome to day 2 of the BYSHC Hop. I love this cute little image, retro is so cute!  This is the first time I have inked her up! Yeah! I think this set might be retired now. I have too many sets I  haven't inked up yet, but oh when I need them, I gotta have them, lol. I think Stampin Up had a bow and die set last winter but for whatever reason, I didn't buy that one. Now I am on the hunt for a good bow stamp set with matchy dies. 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog!

Holly 

Hipster Santa

 

CC Designs - Hipster Santa

Unity - Slowly Turning Classic

Hi Friends,

Welcome to the Spring into Christmas 2021 Hop. Crystal from [Build Your Stash Holiday Card] BYSHC started a facebook group to encourage everyone to make holiday cards all year around and not get stuck in December frantically making cards. now we have a Spring Blog Hop, so exciting! 

Today's card is a case of a card I saw one of the CC designers make with this Hipster Santa

Rosemary used designer paper for her background, but I decided to buy and ink up this fabulous classic truck stamp from Unity. I got on a truck stamp buying frenzy and ended up buying four because I was not sure which one would work the best, lol.  There will be another Christmas Truck card later this week, lol. I just love this Hipster Santa. He reminds me of some loggers I met in Oregon when I was a kid. 

I hope you enjoy the Blog Hop! Thank you for stopping by my blog. 

Holly 

#springintochristmas2021byshchop

Echo Park Coffee

Echo Park Paper - Coffee Paper Pad

Card Design by Celeste Goff

Hi Friends,

I have two coffee cards for the Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer Blog Hop today. On the last hop I had two and sometimes three a day, but I'm glad to have two on at least the last day of the journey. I saw a very cute card with all designer papers done by Celeste Goff and I decided to try it out myself....with different papers. I need to try this out more often, I love it! 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. 

Holly 

Warm Solutions

 

Clearly Besotted - Warm Solutions

Stampin up paper

Honeybee coffee word die

Hi Friends,

It is such a bittersweet day. Yes, it is Friday (Yeah!) but it's also the last day of the Coffee Lover Spring/Summer Blog hop. And I always have so much fun during these hops and I stay so busy trying to keep up with the facebook page and the commenting that when it's over, there is a bit of a letdown in the way of "what do I do now?" lol. Not that I don't have plenty of housework to do, but you know, it's just fun. But all good things must come to an end. So here is my card for today. I did see this card design on facebook, but I'm not sure who came up with it. I changed the paper and the images.

Thank you for stopping by my blog and I hope you have fun hopping along. 

Holly 

A Boxer wearing Boxers

 

Rabbit Hole Designs - Caffienated Boxer

Stampin up paper

Stampin up embossing folder

Hi Friends, 

I can so relate to this rough morning this boxer is having, lol. I love this image. Boxer shorts on a Boxer dog is so funny. And the expression on his face just makes me laugh every time. I want to thank the Rabbit Hole Designs again, I won a gift voucher on the last blog hop and I bought this adorable stamp...along with a few other must have items, lol. 

I hope you are having a great time hopping along with the Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer blog Hop! 

Thank you for stopping by,

Holly 

Coffee.Craft.Repeat

 

Alte&new - coffee Ring

stampin up - ombre paper

Hi Friends,

Happy hump day, the week is half over now!!! I'm living for the weekends now, lol. But I am having fun hopping along in the Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer Blog Hop!  Everyone's coffee creations are so amazing! For today, I made a clean and simple card. I just love the colors. 

Thank you for stopping at my blog and happy hopping!

Holly 

Thankful Kitty

 

Stampendous - Thankful Kitty

Hi Friends,

I hope you are having fun hopping along the Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer Blog Hop. 

Today I have made a thankful Kitty card and I am so thankful to Stampendous, I was a lucky winner of the last blog hop and I recieved the cutest images in this set. I just love the cute expression on this kitties face! I'm using stampin up ombre paper and just jade cardstock. I did see this card design somewhere on facebook, but forgot who to give credit to. I did change things up a bit though. 

I hope you have a fabulous Tuesday and have fun hopping!

Holly 

I would like to add that my thoughts and prayers are with Boulder, Co and Officer Eric Talley's friends, family, and coworkers. So tragic. 

Be Bold

 

Neat and Tangled - Big Bold Brew

Stampin up Paper

Hi Friends,

I needed to get my little coffee guy inky for the Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer Blog Hop happening now!  I'm so sad Neat and Tangled had to close down their buisness but it's understandable after last year. These are still some crazy times, but I am praying that we see a glimmer of hope this summer towards getting back to normal. And that all those folks who took a financial hit are able to bounce back. 

It's Monday and I feel like a need a cup of coffee this big just to be able to survive the day! 

I hope everyone is have a great time hopping around.

Holly 

Cool Beans

 

Perk Up - Your Next Stamp

Crazy for you - Coffee Paper

Hi Friends,

I hope everyone is having a great weekend blog hopping for the Coffe Lovers Spring/Summer Blog Hop! 

I love these little images in this stamp set. And the paper is so cute! I had fun making this.

Thank you for stopping by and have fun!

Holly 

 Hi,

I'm having a pampered chef party on facebook! Today is the last day. Virtual shopping has never been easier and the Demo is very quick about answering questions. Here is the link: MY PARTY

I think you just click "ask to join" and of course we will add you to the party. 

Thank you,

Holly 

Fresh Brewed Heaven!

 

The Cats Pajamas

Hi Coffee Lovers!

Its day two of the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop. I have cards to upload every day this week for the hop and I am so excited. I just love a good latte on a crisp spring day, how about you?

 I saw this card design somewhere on facebook. I had the So Ombre paper from the Sale-A-Bration from Stampin Up and thought I would go ahead a made a card. Sorry for the shaded picture, but my good camera was stolen when my home was broken into and now it's just me and the Iphone camera. I will work on getting some better lighting with my next posts. 

I hope you all have fun hopping along!

Holly 

Bernie's Blood Type

 

Hello Everyone!!!

Welcome to another Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

So Suzy Stamps/Funny Bones - Riley and Co

You know Bernie loves his coffee just as much as he loves keeping warm with those gloves right? lol. I love this cute image!!! I probably should have added some glasses to him as well.  I colored him with Copic Markers and added some papers from my stash. Is this Echo Park? I think so. I also added some Nuvo drops to the top. I am trying to get used to using this. If I didn't smoosh it, I think I made it work, lol. 

Enjoy the hop, I will be back after work today to see everyone's fabulous creations and I will be posting again tomorrow. 

Be safe and take care, 

Holly 

After Christmas Thank You's

 Hi Friends, 

I needed to make a few Thank you cards today for the boys to send out to relatives who sent them presents and gift cards. I decided to use the 2X6 pieces left from the holiday cards and Spellbinders die that I have had for ages but have never once used. The Thank You sentiment came from a Stamp of the Month kit from Echo Park. This inked up well too, so impressed. And the strip of Gold Washi tape came from my stash. 

I'm not sure why my stamping mojo left me, but I am glad there are quick and easy cards to make until I find it again. And I hope it comes back in time Valentines Day, lol. 

I hope you are having a great day, stay safe!

Holly