Wake Up and Drink Coffee

Hi,

Thank you for stopping by my blog during this Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Fall/Winter 2019! I am super excited I'm able to participate every day. 

For today's cards, I'm using Stamping Bella's Curvey Girl Loves Coffee. The little floor design was made by using My Favorite Things Stitched Basic Edges 1 Dies. For the floor I used some wood designer paper I purchased from Stampin Up which is no longer offered, but I do see a lot of wood paper and wood dies and embossing folders available out there now. The background paper is from Echo Park's Coffee paper pack. 

I cannot remember the designer or site I saw this on, but some fabulous person mentioned black striped stickers available to make a fine line of black without having to add more card stock. Unfortunately these stickers were only available from a store from another Country. The shipping costs prevented me from ordering them, but I got to thinking about this and researched some alternative. What I came up with is this art tape I found on Amazon. I did get four roles, which means I am going to be able to share with friends and I will probably never have to buy this again, lol. 

I stamped my Curvy Girl with Black Memento Ink. I colored her using my Copic Markers. For her hair, I used E43, E42, E41, E40, I used Y15 on one of the images. The eye guard R85, R83, R81. The night shirt BG13, BG11, BG10. The flesh tones: E0000, E11, E21, E93. Coffee: E55, E53, E51. Clock: N2, N3. Y17. I also added some glossy accents to the clock face. I added shadow with W3. 

Thank you for stopping by and for your wonderful comments. I hope you are having a great time! 

Holly 

Imma Coffee Kinda Girl

Hi,

Thank you for stopping by my blog. If you stopped by here first, make sure you go to the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2019 line up. So much fun!

For today's card, I am using CC Designs Business Bella. I just love this image and the way she is  showcased in their on-line store. So I stamped her up with my Memento Black Ink and pulled out my Copic Markers to match the Purples as much as possible. I used V15, V12, and V01 for the blouse, phone, shoes, and Coffee embellishment. I colored her hair with E43, E42, E41, and E40. I added some C3, and C2 to her pants. The coffee she is holding was colored with E51 and YG97. Her belt and buttons were colored with Y28. And the flesh tones were colored with E0000, E11, E21, E93. The pattern paper is from Echo Park's Paper pad, Coffee. Oh I added W3 for a shadow under her feet. The sentiment and coffee cup (E55, E53, E51) come with the image. 

I am definitely a coffee kinda girl. And I super excited to be able to participate in this fall/winter blog hop. I hope you have a chance to play along and see some exciting projects made by the Coffee Loving Community. 

Thank you for stopping by and thank you for your comments. 

Holly 

Caffeine Powers Activate!

Hi,

Welcome to my blog. If you started here, make sure you check out everyone's fabulous creations at the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

I am super excited to be able to participate this year. For my card, I used a mixture of products. The Image is from Lil Inkers Designs, Super Coffee. I used Papertrey Ink's Comic Strip Die. The Cats Pajamas Boom! Cuts and Comic Balloons. The Skyline is Paper Smooches Super 2 Die. Sunny Studios Herotic Halftones.  I stamped my image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink - still my favorite. And the words were stamped with Versafine Clair - which I recently discovered and absolutely love for all images not being colored with Alcohol Ink. I colored my image with my Copic Markers: E43, E42, E41, E40, R59, R39, R37.  I had some high gloss paper in my stash called Yellow School Bus, Which I love, but can't seem to find anywhere for sale on line. I think I just had a little sample strip from one of the vendors who I bought something from on Ebay. That may have been over 10 years ago, lol. If anyone knows where to get this high gloss paper, let me know, it's perfect for the little windows because of the shimmer it creates when the light hits it. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog and for all the fabulous comments. I hope you have a great day hopping along! 

Holly  

I'm Back

Hi Friends,

Wow, what a past few years it has been. I had no intention of not keeping up on card-making and blogging but life had other plans. And I've had some great experiences, but I have missed this.

Now that I am off the fast lane, I have time to enjoy card making and blogging again. I hope to do be able to get into some Scrap-pages as well.

During my hiatus, I did enjoy looking at all the designers fabulous creations and picked up some things along the way, lol. I do enjoy the gathering as much as I do the creating, lol.  That being said, some things have come and gone since my absence. I plan on using what I have collected, as well as what I already had, plus what I am currently collecting. So there will be a mix of old, new, and somewhere in between. I do admire and appreciate the scrappers who purge their stash, but so far, I have not done a very good job at this, lol. I actually regretted the few times I did purge some things.

Picture quality on my photos will not be the same. Sadly we were broken into, robbed, and vandalized earlier this year (yes, it's been a tough year and I'll be glad to see it come to an end). One of the items stolen was my camera, which was old but it worked perfectly for my set up taking pictures of cards. So I am down to my Iphone 8, which takes pretty good pictures, but I can't set it up on my Tripod - yet. But that is not going to stop me moving forward and I will replace the camera eventually, or figure out something else to do in my current situation.

So my next post will be November 1st and I hope you join us for the:

Holly

Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hi,

Whewwwww, I finally managed to squeeze in a card just before class starts! I wanted to at least get one card in the coffee lovers blog hop before it closes. They have over a thousand entree's and I am so excited for them.

Here is my card. 

Sorry for the poor photo, I did not have time to set up my photo table and get out my good camera. Just wanted to try to get a quick pic before it was too late. I used Joy Clair Coffee Lovers stamp set, Copic Markers, Pretty Pink Posh sequins (Metallic Bronze & Espresso), and the paper was from Doodlebug Kitten Smitten 6X6 paper pack. 

I do love my coffee!!! Currently I am loving the Tim Horton K-Cups! So good. It's like something I look forward to every morning and on the occasional afternoon. I'd rather drive home and make a cup than go out for any coffee offered in town. It helps me stay sharp for school papers too, lol.

Speaking of school, just one more class and I am DONE! Yeah. After over 20 years of being out of school I have to say that this has been a challenge for me, but a great thing for me to do. I feel current in my field and I feel proud of myself for not only sticking with this, but dragging two of my friends along for the ride, lol.  

I hope you all have a wonderful spring, I hope to be more involved in all the future Coffee Lover Blog Hops. 

Holly

One More Class!

Hi Friends and Family,

Just another quick update, I just turned in my last assignment for my 11th class. One more class to go and I'm done! Whoot! I received an email yesterday saying if I wanted them to process my degree, it would cost $150.00. Really? All that time and money I've put in this whole time and you want to charge me an additional $150.00? I need that persons job. $150.00 to look over your classes just to say yes, process the degree, lol.

Immediately following my last class, I have to take a pediatric advanced life support class (PALS), so I will still be studying, but I do see the light at the end of the tunnel. And that is amazing. So after that, I plan to come home from work and cut, glue, ink, color, stamp, die-cut, and glitter away my evenings! I cannot wait!

Thanks for hanging in with me,

Holly

Happy New Year!!!

Hi Friends and Stampers,

I am so sorry I have been a bad blogger for so long. I wanted to give you an update to let you all know that I am in my 10th class, Pathophysiology. After this, I have two more classes to go and I will be done with my BSN. So it's looking like there will be life at the end of the tunnel sometime in May!!!  So many people have told me this time has gone by really fast. But when I am missing making cards, stamping, coloring, and keeping up with the stampy world, I say, "Not fast enough."  I will say though, education is totally worth it!

Last month I started a new job, Director of Emergency Nursing. Yes, I am crazy like that. Jumping into one thing before I have had a chance to finish. But the opportunity was available and I needed a change. And a chance to use my new found knowledge. So the next few months will be a bumpy ride, but by Summer, my life should be back to smooth sailing. Or at least not so insane.

I miss you all and I miss commenting on your blogs and seeing your wonderful creations. I will be back, I promise.

Thanks for checking in on me,

Holly