Tribute to Lil' Inker Designs | Coffee Loving Cardmakers

You may have seen a bit of a sneak peek of this 😳  I hate it when I accidentally publish a post.  So I'm joining my teamie, Lisa Bzibziak in paying tribute to one of our Super Sponsors, Lil' Inker Designs.  Read about their update HERE.

Lil' Inker Designs has been a long time Super Sponsor and known for many of their coffee products.  Today I'm sharing a couple shaped cards featuring their To Go Coffee Cup Gift Card Holder Die.

My first design is teamed up with their Coffee Talk 2 Stamp set:

You can't go wrong with plaid, right?!  This is what the interior looks like:

This second design is pure bonus.  I'm in a summery mood after returning from Hawaii to consistent rain in the Pacific Northwest. 

 Paper by American Crafts:  Happy Place

Make sure you hop over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog for more inspiration from the Design Team!

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You Got This | Color Throwdown Guest Designer

I'm back with another month of guest designing for the super fun Color Throwdown!  If you've been following me for any amount of time, you know that I LOVE this challenge.  Check out this week's awesome color challenge: 

Red

Brown

White

Here's how I was inspired:

I see now that I may have included the wrong dies in my photo.  Please excuse the error, I'm literally upright for just a bit so that I can get ahead of my DT assignments.  I've been literally side slammed by a horrific cough that seems to have morphed into bronchitis. 

So originally I used the Lil' inker Designs Dual Stitched Rectangles but then switched to their Dual Dotted Rectangles.  I trimmed down the white panel so you could see more of the embossed panel which is a retired embossing folder by Richard Garay.  I managed to get my embossing rubber mat jammed into my Spellbinders Platinum 6 so I broke out my new RG Amaze by Spellbinders.  I tend to always struggle with the sandwiches for the embossing folders.  I exerted all the energy I had to feed that panel through.  I love how it makes the design much more cozy.

The mug is Lil' Inker Designs Coffee Talk 2, the sentiment is from the Coffee Talk 2 stamp set.  It seems that those items are sold out at Lil' Inkers right now.  The mug has been cut from CTMH's Cedar & Pine collection.  

I need to do a shout out to my Coffee Loving Cardmakers teamie and friend Erin.  I used THIS tag of hers as an inspiration.

I can't wait to see how the Color Throwdown team was inspired:

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Amy Rysavy

Amy Rohl

Jodi Collins

Christmas Coffee Trio | Lil' Inker Designs

So this is what happens when I start cleaning my craft room.  I found 1 sheet of this reversible (vintage) The Girls' Paperie - Tinsel & Twig.  It was literally torn but instead of finishing up my cleaning job, I started a card trio.

There's something about kraft, red + black.  Honestly, anything caffeinated is a good design (wink).  I used the Lil' Inker Designs Coffee Talk 2 die set and the sentiments are from the Oh Deer Christmas Stamp set.

The best part, they'll postal friendly!  No foam adhesive or bumps.

There's a bit of nordic feel don't you think?  Super clean + crisp.

I was inspired by the Paper Craft Crew card sketch:

..and Jingle Belles' challenge is Holiday Food or Beverage:

Pumpkin Spice

Hello and Happy Sunday!  Yesterday I left the house around 8 am and got home around 10:30 pm.  Super fun filled day, that started with a crafty day.  Here's my Make 'n Take that I brought:

Some of you recognize some of the items in my project.  I just picked up the sentiment and thin stripe border stamps are from Impress.  I used following Catherine Pooler inks for the plaid:

Tiki Torch  |  Mint To Be

The orange cardstock is a cut apart Memory Box note card combined with Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip cardstock.  The dies are Lil' Inker Designs' Coffee Talk 2 and Kat Scrappiness' Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangle Dies.

The Spectrum Noirs are new to me.  Trying them out with the MnT.  Will generally use them for MnT of if I need any extra filler colors when copic coloring at home.

Here's my original haul photo from Impress: 

Here's a photo that was taken of our Crafty Group:

Thanks so much for our Hostess/Host with the mostess:  Toni + Allen.

Kimberly  |  Jen  |  Hadley  |  me  |  Novell  |  Katie

Lenae  |  Tonya  |  Laura  |  Toni  |  Cherrie

Such a fun group of friends!  We loved having Cherrie (center/bottom) join us for the first time.  There's always a ton of laughing, crafting, eating at these events.  I (surprisingly) managed to complete 5 make 'n takes...that wasn't even all the ones that were available.  I ran out of time!

I ended my evening with my non-crafty group of friends, having dinner and getting home late (for a girl that wakes up at 3 am!).

Today is a 3k walk benefiting pediatric brain tumor research.  I hope that you're having a great weekend!

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Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Sponsor Solo - Lil' inker designs

Did you check out last week's Sponsor Solo post over on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog?  It is filled with awesome inspiration AND a chance to win one of two Super Coffee Die & Stamp Bundle.

Well, I'm back up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog with a reminder and a new project:

I'd love for you to meet me over there!  

Here's a listing of some of my supplies:

Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Sponsor Solo - Lil' Inker Designs

I'm so excited to be up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog with another edition of Sponsor Solo!  This week we're featuring the awesome Lil' inker designs!  

Make sure you pop over to the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog to read all about Lil' inker designs.  Hop along with us, leaving comments along the way for a chance to win!

Today the team and I are playing with the fabulously fun Super Coffee Die & Stamp Bundle:

Isn't it so much fun?!!!!  Here's how I was inspired:

I started off with the gorgeous Pointelle Cover Up Die.  Isn't it WOW?!  

The fun Super Coffee has been stamped and colored with alcohol markers.  I knew that she had to have a pink cape!

This little stamp & die set packs a punch.  So many fun sentiments.  I might be showing my age with this choice.

I love that this card has so much texture but is so postal friendly.  That's something that I struggle with.

Well, that's it for me today!  I can't wait to hop around and see how my teamies were inspired!  Remember to leave comments along the way for a chance to win!  All the details are on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog.  A BIG Shout Out to Lil' inker designs!

Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Day One - Part 2

So I've been having fun with creating projects for the Fall Hop, how about you?!  I probably don't have to tell you that I have products from most of the Super Sponsors because I love my coffee!  In this post I'll be featuring two Super Sponsors:

Lil' Inker Designs + Stampin Funn

I threw in a bit of upcycling too.  The to-go cup is Lil' Inker Designs Cozy Coffee Die Set.  The sentiments are all from Stampin Funn.  To get a sense of the size, the card bases are American Crafts Mint Ombre Mini Cards that are 3x3.

These will be great to have in my stash...a girl can never have too many Coffee themed cards on hand.

Big shout out to Lil' Inker Designs and Stampin Funn for being Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Super Sponsors!!!!