Sometimes You Need The Big Cup

Happy Coffee Lovers Hop! Don't forget to link up your coffee/tea/cocoa project to try to win some awesome prizes!

For my second coffee card, I paired a little elf from Hero Arts (a kit stamp from last year) with a cup stamp from Your Next Stamp. And what I got was an elf who needs to be extremely caffeinated during this busy season—sometimes you need the big cup!

The cover plate is from Reverse Confetti and the Christmas lights paper and Christmas tree papers are from two different paper stacks from Michael's. And, yep, I stickled the cup and hat and shoes.

GIVEAWAY: Just comment on this or any of my Coffee Lovers posts Friday, Monday, Wednesday or Friday to be entered to win this pair of stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn (I originally wanted to give a LF stitched rectangle die set, but I literally cannot find it, and I'm running out of places to look. But I know where these guys are!) 

If you comment on multiple days, your name goes in the draw multiple times (one per post, comments closing at noon EST Saturday, December 17).

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Monday!
Chark

Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop

Hi, my coffee/tea/cocoa loving friends, I decided to make a wreath from the leaves of the Altenew Beautiful Day set and coffee cups form the Hero Arts City Adventure stamp set. I used Hero Arts Pine ink and a Tombow marker in a darker green for the leaves and then Tombows for the cups. I used my Wink of Stella to add the shine you can see in the close-up.

GIVEAWAY: If you leave a comment on this post or any of mine during the coffee hop week, you will be entered to win the Lawn Fawn Fairy stamp and dies. If you comment on multiple days, your name goes in the draw multiple times. I post Monday, Wednesday and Fridays, so you should have 4 chances to win if you comment each time (one per post, comments closing at noon EST Saturday, December 17).

Also, have to take a minute and add a little happy news--I'm published in the Winter Issue of Craft Ideas magazine and I made the cover, first time ever! Okay the finished project isn't on the cover, but parts of it are, so I'm counting it :) You can get a digital subscription or paper subscription here if you're looking for tons of winter craft ideas. Sometimes Kroger carries it and you might be able to find it at Jo Ann's or Michael's.

If you want to link up with the Coffee Lovers, click here and if you want to stop by the a2z Scrapbooking Supplies store (we're a Sponsor) you can do that here.

Happy Friday!

Chark

Coffee Hopping

Happy Spring Coffee Lovers Hop, my caffeinated friends! Here's my first coffee card using Hero Arts digi coffee stamps, Tombow markers as watercolors and Amy Tangerine paper. The steam is cut from a printed coffee filter and the flowers are Hero Arts. 

Caffeine Fix digis
Hero Arts Paper Flowers
Amy Tangerine Paper 6x6 
Neon Blue Ink Spray
She Art Printed Coffee Filters


For my blog readers, a2z Scrapbooking offers a 15% code to the store. Just use CHARK15 on orders of $25+up before shipping to get your discount!

BLOG CANDY ALERT! Leave a comment here or any of the posts I make between now and March 25 and be entered to win five digital stamps from 2 Cute Ink of your choice. Open to all. All you need is an email address and a printer to print these out and then color as you like. I'm loving these little guys. Here are a couple you could win.

I'm also entering this one over at A Blog Named Hero for the Rainbow Challenge. You'll see the rainbow colors on the coffee sleeve made with my Tombow markers and a water pen, with just a touch of purple in the top left and green on the bottom right.

Happy Friday!
Chark

Can I Get You a Cuppa?

I'm a big tea lover and today is National Tea Day! Celebrating with the folks at The Coffee Loving Blog Hop today with these projects. 

The first project uses Prima's Coffee Break paper and a little tea cup from Lawn Fawn's breakfast set, along with a brown paper bag and doily.

This one uses the digi Coffee Stamps from Hero Arts and a2z Scrapbooking. The tea bag is a little sentiment cut from the Coffee Break Prima 6x6 pad.

And this one uses a little robot stamp from Hero Arts and Kelly Purkey and the same digi Coffee stamps I got my big cup from. I love that you can size these any way you want. This little bag is just big enough for a gift card.
 

If you comment here or on my flickr stream on any of these three, I'll enter you in a drawing to win these outline coffee stickers and some fun bling, I'll announce the winner after the hop closes.

And if you want some great deals, hop over to a2z Scrapbooking Supplies and check out all the new things in the sale section AND you can use the code Chark15 to get 15% off your cart of $25 or more! That's double the savings!! or something, I'm not a math teacher, people. I know a good deal when I see one, though! :)

Happy Tea Day!
Chark

Whew! Finally Finished...I Think

Yes, I have another project for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop here. You still have time to join in btw! Huge thanks to everyone involved in organizing and donating prizes, and in commenting and providing inspiration! It's always a blast!

Here's my final project for the hop (I think). It's a bookmark made with wood paper (not woodgrain, actual veneer) and uses the Hero Arts digital Caffeine Fix stamps here.

 

I opened the cup in my photo editing software and added the words "Coffee" and "Now" to the cup. Then I printed it in black and white and colored with my Prismacolor pencils. Then I added a pumpkin from some patterned paper and added the steam with a white roller ball pen. The yellow seam binding ribbon is from Latina Crafter and is the perfect color for my cup! 

Happy Hopping and thanks for stopping by!

Chark

p.s. I wanted to thank everyone for their kind comments, so I've added some blog candy to this hop. If you've left me a comment on any of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop posts, you're entered to win a $15 gift certificate to Pretty Little Studios, one of my favorite crafty stores. They have the most adorable vintage images and some beautiful printed vellum and sequin mixes you've gotta have. 

I'll announce a winner on Monday, October 5, so you have until 8 am EDT on Monday October 5th to leave a comment on any of the 2015 coffee posts. Good luck! Check out Pretty Little Studio to see what you could get with $15--hint, it's a lot!! Plus, there are tons of sales and freebies too with your order. 

A Little Caffeine Never Hurt Nobody

I pulled my post title from a song, "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody" by Fergie, from The Great Gatsby soundtrack. Here it is if you're wondering...

Here's my second card for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, using some October Afternoon paper. Love these women, who are working hard. I added some Halloween accessories to their outfits to make it fit the Fall theme, see their jewelry?

Now, my teen son didn't get who was the happiest employee in the picture...but I'm hoping my caffeine loving buddies will. I typed out the words and cut and pasted. I stamped and then trimmed the coffee cups and added Stickles and steam.

I came up with the idea when I saw the mini cup and large cup in my stamp set I won from the very cool Jennifer at Caffeinated Papercuts. I gave three of the women the regular coffee cup and the one with spider jewelry the larger cup...that means she's the happiest! Now she can breeze through her Monday morning!

Hope you'll join in the fall hop here! 

Happy Monday and Happy Hopping!
Chark 

p.s. I wanted to thank everyone for their kind comments, so I've added some blog candy to this hop. If you've left me a comment on any of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop posts, you're entered to win a $15 gift certificate to Pretty Little Studios, one of my favorite crafty stores. They have the most adorable vintage images and some beautiful printed vellum and sequin mixes you've gotta have. 

I'll announce a winner on Monday, October 5, so you have until 8 am EDT on Monday October 5th to leave a comment on any of the 2015 coffee posts. Good luck! Check out PLS to see what you could get with $15--hint, it's a lot!! Plus, there are tons of sales and freebies too with your order. 

Winner, Winner, Coffee Dinner!

Ok, it's not as catchy as "Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner" but my winner is from the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, so that's what I went with! Congrats to:

Terri Burson (Waving My Wand)! You're the random winner of the coffee cup stencil from Stamplorations!! 

Email me your address and I'll send it to you asap and don't be surprised if there's a little something else in there too!

Thanks so much for the kind comments and all the inspiration during the hop, friends!!

Thought I'd do a book cover of the week, even though it's been a couple of weeks since we had one. I love this cover and I kinda love the synopsis (Dr. Who meets Sherlock Holmes) so I may have to read this one soon!

Happy Monday!
Chark

Coffee Time!

Here's my second entry for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop...couldn't resist one more project. It's a little hanger for your desk and I used my Hero Arts digital stamps from the Caffeine Set here.

I printed the sentiment as a thumbnail so it would fit on the cup...it reads With Enough Coffee, Anything is Possible.

I added a little paper flower from Hero Arts and a bit of self-adhesive ribbon too. 

If you want this digi set, it's just $6.99 over at a2z Scrapbooking Supplies (exclusive supplier of Hero Arts digital stamps).

Happy Hopping, my caffeinated friends! It's bean fun...get it? bean? hilarious, I know!
Chark

p.s go HERE for my Coffee Giveaway!

Summer Coffee Lovers Hop

I love this group of people who love coffee and crafts...now, granted I'm not a coffee drinker, so you might wonder why I'm part of the group. Because they don't discriminate and tea and cocoa drinkers are welcome too! I couldn't get by without my tea. Gotta have a cup in the morning to get started and then during lunch and then one at night (decaf of course) to finish out the day.

So, here's my entry using free digis from Useless Trinkets here. Jessa Feig provides both images and sayings to go with them and I heart them so much! This unicorn comes with a coffee cup, a donut and a couple of other little things.

I colored him and fussy cut him out and then adhered him to a little bag. I think it'd be a great way to give a coffee gift card. I used my Prismacolor pencils to make the scene for him. Here's a close up to see the Stickles on his horn and mane.

BLOG CANDY ALERT!! Leave me a comment and you can be entered to win this very cool coffee cup stencil from Stamplorations...and maybe something else fun! Open to everyone! Winner chosen after
Friday, June 12th @ 11:59 pm pacific.

And, for another chance to win a different stencil (of your choice from a2z Scrapbooking Supplies), see this post.

Happy Hopping!
Chark

Coffee, Tea or Me? (wink)

I'm adding a second entry to the Spring Coffee Lovers Bloghop, which has been all kinds of fun. Who knew there were so many coffee-related crafty items and so many ideas? Many thanks to Amy and Chitra for organizing and making a great website. Join in if you have time today!

My second entry features Prima Marketing Coffee Break papers and teapot. I won the Prima goodies from the Seasonal Coffee Lovers Bloghop in December from my DT pal, Caffeinated Papercuts aka Jennifer. I think I love every single page in this 6x6 pad, so I put as many as I could on here, along with a variety of Prima flowers and pearls from various sources.

Here's a closeup of the little saying. It's part of the paper pack too. You can see all the Coffee Lovers entries on the PInterest page here and it's so fun to browse!

Thanks, again, Jennifer, I love my coffee goodies...although in my case, it's tea! Speaking of which, it may be time for a cuppa.

Happy Friday and Happy Hopping! 
Chark

And don't forget my giveaway until Sunday! Go here to enter! I love reading the comments--thank you!

Need Caffeine

Today over at a2z Scrapbooking Supplies, I have a card for anyone who gets that feeling of Need. Caffeine. Now. Today was my day for that because I stayed up late for no good reason and 6am rolls around pretty early, turns out. Here's the outside.

Here's the inside. I used this great digi coffee set and this clear stamp set, along with Prismacolor pencils.

As an added bonus, I'm joining the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Love Amy and Chaitali for making this a regular thing. Although I'm a tea drinker, I gotta have my cuppa at least twice a day. There's nothing like a warm cup of tea, even in the summer. If you like a great hop, this is one to join! Prizes galore and fun coffee/tea/cocoa themed projects. I was part of the Christmas Coffee Hop and it was a lot of fun—I added a lot of new blogs to my reading list.

I'm giving away some blog candy for the Spring Coffee Lovers Bloghop. If you like Starbucks, I've gotcha covered. Sending a $10 gift card out to one random person who 

1. Follows my blog and

2. Leaves a comment on this post by March 8th at 11:59pm to let me know you joined or already follow.

3. Check back Monday March 9th to see if you're my winner

Happy Monday, 
Chark
p.s. Hope you'll pop over to the a2z blog to join our new challenge this month—the theme is coloring and Hero Arts. So, you have all month to plan and color and upload your projects—and hopefully win the $25 gift certificate to the store for your craft goodies. Yay!

It's Always Tea Time

See below to win!*

The post title is from the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland and it's how I feel about life! I love tea—hot or cold, green or black, slightly sweetened or unsweetened. It's all good in my humble opinion. So, even though I'm entering the Tsuruta Designs Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, I made a tea cup. Shhh! Don't tell anyone it's not coffee.

I used a vintage clip art from The Graphics Fairy, which has tons of free vintage illustrations. Love them! And I used some free Alice vintage digi art too. I used Shabby Shutters and Barn Door Distress Inks that I applied straight to the paper and trim from Doodlebug Design. The hello die is from Papertrey ink. Hope you'll join in the hop! Thanks for looking at my coffee tea card.

SPONSORS

17 Turtles:  $15 Store Gift Card

A Muse Studio/Chris Franco:  Cup of Good Cheer stamp set

Add a Little Dazzle:  $25 Store Gift Card

Butterfly Reflections Ink:  Prima Coffee Break

Color Cast Designs:  Coffee Lovers kit

Create a Smile:  Monster Party stamp set

Hero Arts:  A Little & Today's Special stamps/Cup 'O Joe Shadow ink

Kraftin' Kimmie:  $25 Store Gift Card

Kreative Kymona:  Fancy Mug Giveaway

Latina Crafter:  Cafe Wood Veneers + $25 Store Gift Card

Neat & Tangled:  Warm Wishes stamp set

Newton's Nook:  $15 Store Gift Card

Paper Smooches:  $25  Store Gift Card

Pickled Potpourri:  $7 Store Gift Card

Poppystamps:  Tea Cup Stack Die

Reverse Confetti:  $15 Store Gift Card

Stamp Academy:  2 classes

Stampin' Up/Veronica Zalis:  $20 Store Gift Card

STAMPlorations:  $10 Store Gift Card

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:  Coffee Cup Prize Pack

SugarPea Designs:  $20 Store Gift Card

Sweet 'n Sassy:  Pick Me Up Clear stamp & die set

The Alley Way Stamps:  Tea Par-tea stamp set

Two Paper Divas:  Your Warm My Heart stamp set

Your Next Stamp:  $20

Verve Stamps:  $25

Whole Wild World:  Coffee before Talkee mug

CANDY ALERT: *I'm giving away your choice of stencil from a2z Scrapbooking Supplies, where I'm on the Design Team. All you gotta do is comment on any of my three Friday posts about the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and you'll be entered. I'd love if you followed my blog, but that's not required. I'll announce the winner next week. Contest will end on Monday, Dec. 15, at 11:59pm (edt).

p.s. If you spend $25 or more at a2z Scrapbooking, you can get 15% off your total if you use CHARK15 as your coupon code...hey, I'm a coupon!  

Happy Friday,
Chark

You Don't Have To Drink That, Buddy

See below to win!*

Love the movie, Elf, and the quotes from it float around here a lot, including the title quote when Buddy tries coffee and hates it. I'm joining in Tsuruta Designs Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with this gift bag I made. I think it would be perfect size for a gift card and maybe a candy bar.

I used Doodlebug Designs ribbon from Heather (thanks, Heather!) and stickers, along with a free digi art mug outline that I inked with Barn Door Distress Inks. Easy Peasy! I had fun designing a holiday mug for the hop.

Join me in the blog hop to win prizes! Check it out here!

SPONSORS

17 Turtles:  $15 Store Gift Card

A Muse Studio/Chris Franco:  Cup of Good Cheer stamp set

Add a Little Dazzle:  $25 Store Gift Card

Butterfly Reflections Ink:  Prima Coffee Break

Color Cast Designs:  Coffee Lovers kit

Create a Smile:  Monster Party stamp set

Hero Arts:  A Little & Today's Special stamps/Cup 'O Joe Shadow ink

Kraftin' Kimmie:  $25 Store Gift Card

Kreative Kymona:  Fancy Mug Giveaway

Latina Crafter:  Cafe Wood Veneers + $25 Store Gift Card

Neat & Tangled:  Warm Wishes stamp set

Newton's Nook:  $15 Store Gift Card

Paper Smooches:  $25  Store Gift Card

Pickled Potpourri:  $7 Store Gift Card

Poppystamps:  Tea Cup Stack Die

Reverse Confetti:  $15 Store Gift Card

Stamp Academy:  2 classes

Stampin' Up/Veronica Zalis:  $20 Store Gift Card

STAMPlorations:  $10 Store Gift Card

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:  Coffee Cup Prize Pack

SugarPea Designs:  $20 Store Gift Card

Sweet 'n Sassy:  Pick Me Up Clear stamp & die set

The Alley Way Stamps:  Tea Par-tea stamp set

Two Paper Divas:  Your Warm My Heart stamp set

Your Next Stamp:  $20

Verve Stamps:  $25

Whole Wild World:  Coffee before Talkee mug

CANDY ALERT: *I'm giving away your choice of stencil from a2z Scrapbooking Supplies, where I'm on the Design Team. All you gotta do is comment on any of my three Friday posts about the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and you'll be entered. I'd love if you followed my blog, but that's not required. I'll announce the winner next week. Contest will end on Monday, Dec. 15, at 11:59pm (edt). 

p.s. If you spend $25 or more at a2z Scrapbooking, you can get 15% off your total if you use CHARK15 as your coupon code...hey, I'm a coupon! 

Happy Friday,

Chark