Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Coffee to my Donut

 
Happy Tuesday Blogger Friends and thanks for taking the time to visit the Charmed Life Blog. Our big snowfall is history now and we all survived.
 
The news media makes such big events out of these storms. Sometimes it's warranted and sometimes its just hype. This one fell somewhere in the middle. Our area had 8" of snow. I just enjoyed the day with my hubby. I even helped him shovel the snow which was a bit tiring.  We waited until the snow was done and then went out.
 
Now we are supposed to have sunshine for the next 5 days. That is unusual for Pittsburgh. Our days in January and February are mostly cloudy and we don't see much of the sun. So this will be great and help to melt the snow that's here.
 
Now onto my card for today. This is my sample for the color challenge #567 on Splitcoaststampers. I am the hostess this week and I chose
strawberry slush, mint macaron and early espresso  for my color trio. Optional this week is to make a Valentine using these non-traditional colors.
 
I went with the Valentine option and I am using some new to me dies and stamps I just purchased from Taylored Expressions. My background hearts are cut in mint macaron cardstock, and I used the blooming hearts cutting plate. I popped out the macaron hearts and added  strawberry slush hearts. This is layered over early espresso cardstock.
 
My cute images are from the “pizza my heart” set and matching dies. I did some paper piecing on the images. The sentiment is from the “we go together” set and I stamped in early espresso ink. Layered onto very vanilla and then early espresso for some contrast.
 
Well that's my card. Hope you will drop by Splitcoaststampers and check out the color challenge. I would love to have you all play along.
 
So until next time........God bless.
 
card details:
Stamps: pizza my heart, we go together (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: strawberry slush, mint macaron, early espresso, very vanilla (Stampin’-Up)
Ink: early espresso
Accessories: blooming hearts cutting plate, pizza my heart dies (Taylored Expressions), pierced rectangle stax (MFT)

I am also entering:
1.  Creative Card Crew has an anything goes challenge #105
2.  Crafty CardMakers has a punches/dies challenge #156
3.  Make My Monday wants us to use our newest or most favorite stamp. These are my newest.
4.  Where the HeArt is has an anything goes challenge #5.
5.  613 Avenue Create has an anything goes challenge #160
6.  ABC Challenge has a "z" for zero challenge - no embellishments

13 comments:

  1. Cute card, Mary. Like the non-traditional colors. The snow may have been "hype" for you, but my brother got 30" in his backyard in the Philly area! NO hype there!

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  2. Very cute card and I like the colors you used, Mary. We had 4 1/2 inches of fine powdery snow. Nowhere near the foot predicted. It's about all gone now.

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  3. Great humourous card. Pretty design. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers this week. Hope to see you back here again soon. Judy DT

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  4. Fabulous card love the image and your card design. Thanks for joining us at ABC, good luck with the challenge. hugs Shirleyxxxxx

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  5. Okay a couple of things. I really, really, really love that bg die.. I think it sets right tone for your awesomely cute design.. the coffee and donut image are so so cute. I also like the way you offset the focal image allowing more of the die cut to show through. Love this card. Thank you so much for joining us at MMM.
    cyber hugs
    Shawna DT

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  6. Okay a couple of things. I really, really, really love that bg die.. I think it sets right tone for your awesomely cute design.. the coffee and donut image are so so cute. I also like the way you offset the focal image allowing more of the die cut to show through. Love this card. Thank you so much for joining us at MMM.
    cyber hugs
    Shawna DT

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  7. Getting an extra day to play with stamping is a wonderful bonus. Thanks for playing your card is wonderful. love that saying. Vicki Creative CCrew DT member

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  8. Getting an extra day to play with stamping is a wonderful bonus. Thanks for playing your card is wonderful. love that saying. Vicki Creative CCrew DT member

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  9. What a wonderfully sweet love card! Thank you for joining our „Dies & Punches“ challenge over at the Crafty Cardmakers ;o) Happy crafting,
    Maike

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  10. Super cute card, loving the design. Great new stamps. Thanks for joining us at Make My Monday. Caz DT

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  11. Hello, A beautiful project!! Love all the embellishments which fit together perfectly. Lovely colours. Thank you for joining us at The ABC Challenge We wish you good luck. Hope to see you again for our next challenge.

    Jade DT
    Crafty-Jade-Creations

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  12. Fabulous card Mary love the sentiment.
    Thank you for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers.
    Hugs Julie xxx

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  13. Hi Mary!
    I'm so blessed to meet you and to find your sweet blog. Your cards are absolutely beautiful! I run a Christian challenge blog, and I would absolutely LOVE to have you stop by and play along with us. We have so much fun, always Anything Goes challenges, great prizes, fellowship, free word art, and so many sweet people to meet. I really hope you will stop by to play along with us.
    Blessings to you,
    Karen Letchworth, Owner
    Word Art Wednesday
    www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

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