Project 3 for Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Hop

Hello Lovelies!

I'm pretty sure this is going to be my last project for the hop.  I know I said I'd try to keep going past the official linky closure, but I'm behind in all-the-things! 😫

I have partial projects from years past that I hoped to finish, but let's review at the next one?

This one is for the tea drinkers out there.  I used the teapot stamp and die from Stampin Up and a cup and saucer stamp and die from Altenew.  I heat embossed in black on the vellum with the intention of using rub-ons inspired by Sara Scraps in this YouTube video.  

I cut each shape in white cardstock and vellum (although the vellum cutting turned out a bit hit-and-miss).  I'm wondering whether the magnets in my magnetic platform are a bit dodgy now?  I know you have to be careful where you place the dies, but they seemed better when in was new. 🤷

I used Glue Dots to adhere the vellum in strategic places (my Kokuyo dot roller goes on as tiny pink hearts which will show for sure!!) then I layered up some standard card bases (one tent fold and one landscape) with 6x6 paper (and a doily) and stamp sentiments from the Vintage Teacup set by Altenew.  

I wanted to keep these fairly simple.  I prefer the red and pink one better.  Maybe it's the placement of the sentiment of the other one I'm not a fan of?  Can you see the Wink of Stella on the flowers printed on the paper?  A subtle detail, but I liked it a bit better after that.  Maybe I just need to keep adding MOAR?!

OK now to the giveaway part:

 

Giveaway CLOSED

📌 I have three items (and a bonus fourth prize) to give away (pictured below) and I'll pull three names for the first three prizes.
📌For the  fourth "bonus" prize: it will go to someone who has entered the main blog hop (please let me know your project numbers if you would like to be considered.  You can wait til the blog hop is over to do this since they change sometimes.)
📌 The first name drawn gets first choice, second name gets second choice and so on.  Bonus prize will be TallCraftyDude's favourite project!
📌 This Giveaway is NOT SPONSORED.  I purchased the prizes especially for this giveaway.  This year I picked stuff other than just stamp sets to mix it up a bit!  In the even the items I purchased are on back order, I'll purchase something similar in their place and update the list below. Thanks for understanding!

The prizes you get to pick from are:

This pair of embossing folders - "On the Go" by Tim Holtz and "Coffee Stains" by Creative Expressions

 

 

 

 

 

Framelits Die & Stamp Set By Crafty Chica for Sizzix called "Mi Cafecito Mi Amor"

 

Coffeesaurus Stamp Set By Gerda Steiner

Lastly, the bonus prize will be a pack containing a 6x6 "Coffee" paper pad by Echo Park and some coffee themed embellishments.  This prize will be awarded to TallCraftyDude's favourite project so PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT NUMBERS IN THE MAIN HOP YOUR PROJECTS ARE IF YOU WISH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PRIZE!  THANK YOU SO MUCH!

You will receive an entry (or entries) for each of the following.  You absolutely don't have to do everything - just how ever many you like.

If you have previously followed my socials then these are already counted for you!  (unfollowers will not be counted)
📌 The giveaway will remain open until 11:59PM AEDT on Sunday 10 November.  Please visit THIS SITE to calculate in your own timezone
📌 The winners will be drawn randomly on Tues 12 Nov so PLEASE CHECK BACK HERE
❗If the winner and I can't make contact by Tues 19 Nov, I will have to draw a new winner since I need to get these prizes out all together.
❗Please try to email me at alex@pinkcraftymama.com This really is the easiest way for me to get in touch with you since not all blogger profiles have an email attached and if you JUST leave comments, I have no other place to search for you.

So...what do you have to do to get entries?
🍵Subscribe to my YouTube channel - 3 entries
https://www.youtube.com/user/PinkCraftyMamaAlex
🍵 Follow this blog - 3 entries (in the left sidebar)
🍵 Follow me on Facebook - 2 entries
🍵 Follow me on Instagram - 1 entry
🍵 Comment (once per day per person) on a post between now and the close of the giveaway - 1 entry per post

I don't yet know how many makes I'll have done between now and then, but it will be at least three.  The more love from you guys the better the chances of me getting crafty which gives you more chances to enter.  I may continue with extra "unofficial" projects after the Hop actually ends, so be sure to keep checking back here since you get an entry for commenting!

Click here for Project 1

So today...if you want to leave a comment, tell me if you're a tea drinker, do you like flavourned  blends or just "plain" tea? (or anything else if this doesn't grab you) and please don't hesitate to email me with any questions at alex@pinkcraftymama.com


* ⬅⬅⬅ Acronyms and strange terms in left sidebar! 

Love and copious cups of coffee!

Cards For a New Baby Girl Part I

On Friday, the arrival of our new niece was only 24 hours away so my sister Helz and I had congratulatory cards to make.

Hels picked this baby mobile card on pinterest made by Tilly McLeod.  Please visit her blog and check our her amazing crafts.  Thanks for the inspiration, Tilly!

Helz wanted a colour scheme of mint green, pale purple and light grey.  Mint Macaron, Wisteria Wonder and Smoky Slate were perfect.

"Do Stampin' Up! alliterate EVERYTHING?" asks Helz.  Blushing furiously I had to answer in the affirmative.  It's one thing I'm not hugely fond of I have to admit.

Helz wanted to use Copic markers again and picked the animals from a couple of Mama Elephant stamp sets.  She went with a 5x7 inch card to make sure she had enough room and did a great job.

Meanwhile I made a card for our parents to give.  The weather was miserable and I was lacking inspiration so I turned to Pinterest.  I knew I wanted to do a square card but that's it.  I found this card by Stasia Sloma.  The animal print onesies are so on trend and the new mum loves animal print so it was perfect!  Please visit her blog.  Thank you so much for the inspiration, Stasia!

I used the leopard print since it was a smaller scale for the onesies from the Go Wild DSP pad and a couple of different pinks from a couple of different Dear Lizzy collections and some neutral patterns from My Mind's Eye.  I'm not totally happy with the card to be honest and I think Stasia did a much better job with hers.  I love the pearl detail she used!

I might try the design again some time and see if I'm happier with it.

The photos aren't great, but evening was upon us, light was fading fast and we needed to finish!

Stay tuned for more new baby cards and crafts coming up over the next few days!


Stampin' Up! Products Used: 

Big Shot	Magnetic Platform	Little Letters Thinlits Die	Hello You Thinlits Dies
Baby's First Framelits Dies	Smoky Slate A4 Cardstock	Wisteria Wonder A4 Cardstock	Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock
Whisper White A4 Cardstock	2015-2017 In Color 12" X 12" Cardstock	Go Wild Designer Series Paper Stack	Curvy Corner Trio Punch
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Stampin' Trimmer	Snail Permanent Adhesive	Fine-Tip Glue Pen
Stampin' Dimensionals	Bone Folder

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Crazy Crafters December Blog Hop

 

Welcome to stop #8 on the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop for December.  You should have just arrived from Sarah Rae Oakes' Blog Stampin' Up with Sarah. To see the full list of blogs, scroll down almost to the bottom of this post!

This month our theme is three colours (plus white if desired).

I decided to draw inspiration from three of the the colours I often use in my scrapbook layouts...sometimes together but often not.

It was obligatory to have at least one shade of PINK in my colour combination so I chose Melon Mambo.  The other two colours are aqua/turquoise and grey  These were harder to pick but I settled on Tempting Turquoise and Basic Gray.

I decided to set myself an additional challenge of using as many new supplies as possible.  Not necessarily just-released-new but not-yet-used new.

The Big Shot got quite the workout for this card.  I tried the flip cards using the new Thinlits that everyone is making,  I liked the idea of the extra flap and wanted a lovely girly card which,  in addition to lots of pink and floral goodness, required glitter and bling.

The card isn't exactly how I envisioned it in my head but for a first attempt combined with my arthritis misbehaving, I'm satisified...more or less.  Scroll down to the bottom of this post to see a clickable list of supplies used to make this card.

Now Stampin' Up! has some super exciting happenings like a CLEARANCE RACK sale on 10 Dec and Sale-a-Bration just around the corner so I'm offering the following pack of goodies featuring 10 sheets of 6x6 papers in the 2012-2014 In Colours in retired designs and 60cm of each of the co-ordinating ribbons.

To be eligible to win, sign up to receive my monthly email newsletter using the link below to be kept up to date with Stampin' Up! news and promotions along with classes, workshops, kit clubs etc offered by me.

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This prize draw is open to Australian Residents only and invalid entries will be removed.  The giveaway will close at 11:59PM AEDST on 11 Dec.

Check back here on 12th Dec to see who has won.  Winner will be picked by a random generator.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I'd love a comment if you have time.

Be sure to stop by all the the other blogs to see what my talented fellow Stampin' Up! team-mates have come up with.

The next stop is #9 Nicole Spicer at Handmade by Nicole Spicer 

1. Tamie Holt at Tamie Luvs Craft2
2. Sue Wdowik at Nigh Nigh Birdie 
3. Michelle Mills at Hello Day Cards
4. Angela Lorenz at Ang's Crafty Cards 
5. Carolina Evans at Studio Evans
6. Teena Maher at Stamping with Teena
7. Sarah Rae Oakes at Stampin' Up with Sarah
8. Alex Trofimov at Pink Crafty Mama <--------- You are here!!!
9. Nicole Spicer at Handmade by Nicole Spicer
10. Kylie Bertucci at Crafty Kylie 


Supplies used to make this card:

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Brights Designer Series Paper Stack	Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper
Silver Glimmer Paper	Chalk Talk Clear Mount	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad	Stampin' Trimmer
Big Shot Die-Cut Machine	Magnetic Platform	Standard Cutting Pads	Extended Cutting Pads
Circle card Thinlits Die	Fun Flowers Bigz L Die	Tasteful Trim Bigz Die	Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Die
Snail Adhesive	Stampin' Dimensionals	Mini Glue Dots	Crystal Effects
2-1/2 Inch Circle Punch	1-3/8 Inch Circle Punch	1/2 Inch Circle Punch	Bitty Butterfly Punch
Elegant Butterfly Punch	Bracket Label Punch	Blossom Punch	Pansy Punch
Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons	Basic Rhinestones Jewel Accents	White Baker's Twine

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