Friday, December 8, 2017

Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hi there,

Gerda Steiner Designs is joining the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and the design team came up with some wonderful creations to inspire you.

  • stamp the adorable little reindeer from the Gerda Steiner Designs Holiday Friends set and three coffee cups from the Gerda Steiner Designs You're Koalafied set with Memento Tuxedo Black - use the Masking Technique
  • color the image with Delta, Touch Twin Brush and Copic Markers
  • add highlights with a white gel pen
  • cut out a stitched panel from Bristol Smooth cardstock and create a plaid background using the My Favorite Things Plaid Background Builder, Altenew Crisp Ink (Frayed Leaf, Buttercream), the Darkroom Door Stitched Borders, Versamark and WOW! Gold Rich Super Fine embossing powder
  • create a custom-sentiment with stamps from the Gerda Steiner Designs Holiday Friends and Gerda Steiner Designs You're Koalafied set, Versamark and WOW! Bright White Super Fine and WOW! Gold Rich Super Fine embossing powder
  • mount the panel onto a piece of dark green cardstock before adhering it to a cardbase



I made a card with the stamp set Smells like Christmas from Gerda Steiner Designs
I have colored the images with my Polychromos pencils and for the background I have used Derwent aquatone pencils
I used a white gel pen to draw dots on the cup. I have fussy cut the images.
From green, red and white cardstock I have die-cut a couple of circles with the Crea-nest-lies XXL 41, 49 and 53 from Crealies
The sentiments are from the stamp set Beary Happy Holidays from Lawn fawn. I stamped those on white cardstock and after I cut them I adhered them on green cardstock. 
The cardshape is called a cornercard. I saw the instructions on YouTube. It was really fun and easy to make, but it is not the easiest card to take a decent picture of.
With a white gel pen I added faux stitching on the red panels. The snowflakes are from the stampset Beary Happy Holidays from Lawn fawn. I stamped them with Versamark ink and then I embossed them with white embossing powder. 
You can fold the card flat and send it in a normal envelope.



When I was thinking about the coffee-lovers theme, I looked at my stamps and found this mug from the Gerda Steiner Designs Smell like Christmas stamp set. I thought it would be just perfect, if one were in a very cold surrounding and would be offered a steaming hot beverage. This is how I came to pair the cup with the cute penguin from last year's December/January Digital Stamp Bundle ;o) I created the background scene free hand following a video tutorial by Sandy Allnock and stamped the sentiment right on the horizon line.



The first card was colored using Copic markers, the sentiment was created on my computer. I fussy cut the dinosaur and popped him onto foam tape for dimension.


The second card was also colored with Copic markers. I added the spots on his scarf with a white gel pen and finally I used glossy accents to raise the heart on his coffee cup... what a cutie!


Thanks for stopping by.

32 comments:

  1. Oh my....the team made some AMAZING cards - LOVE the dino :) Thanks so much for being a Super Sponsor for the hop! xoxoox

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  2. Love, love, love all your adorable and fun coffee cards!! Thanks for being a Super Sponsor for the Winter Coffee Lovers Bloghop!!

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  3. Fabulous fun cards created. I sure had to smile. Thanks for being a sponsor too.

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  4. WOW! Fantastic cards! Thanks for being a Super sponsor!

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  5. okay, you gals are awesome! So many FABulous cards...love them all! So fun + creative!
    Thanks to Gerda Steiner Designs for being a returning Super Sponsor!

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  6. Lots of fun and cute creations. x

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  7. Such festive and cute array of creations, love them all! Thanks for being a super sponsor!

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  8. love the dimension of the corner card. Going to have to look up how to make one now. Thanks for the inspiration. Thanks also for being a super sponsor.

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  9. Oh my goodness...love love love these! The 3D card with the mouse and the absolutely adorable dinosaur card are just so cool! Thanks for being a sponsor.

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  10. They are so very very very adorable cards!!!!
    Thank you for being Super Sponsor!

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  11. Darling awesome cards. Thank you for sponsoring the Winter Coffee lovers blog hop.

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  12. Fun array of cards! Luv the cute coffee-lovin' critters :-)

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  13. Theses are all super fun!! Loving the dino!!

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  14. each card is adorable. Thanks for being a sponsor this year! Wishing you a wonderful holiday season!

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  15. Love all of these! So adorable and I have a few of these images! Just love these awesome creations! Thanks so much for being a sponsor again!

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  16. *swoon* I just love your cute stamps and the cards are adorable..

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  17. Love them all!
    so very adorable projects!
    Thank you for being super sponsor for Coffee lovers blog hop!
    hugs

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  18. Such adorable cards, all of them!
    Thank you for being a great sponsor.

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  19. What a talented team! Love them all. Thanks so much for being a Super Sponsor. xxD

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  20. Such fun cards created by the team. I love the cute images and the gorgeous coloring! Thanks for being a super sponsor!

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  21. Adorable inspiration from the team! Thanks for being a Super Sponsor.

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  22. Oh these are all
    too cute! Great
    cards.
    Carla from Utah

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  23. Adorable cards and critters with cute coffee cups! Love them all!

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  24. Ha ha ha! Such smart critters and awesome cards! I love that little T-Rex!

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  25. Such cute cards! Thanks for sponsoring the hop!

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  26. Cuteness overload !!! thanks for being a Sponsor too
    hugs Nikki

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  27. Rudolph needs three cups of coffee. LOL. Such cute cards today. Thanks for being a sponsor.

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  28. These cards are all freakin' adorable! Thank You for being a super sponsor.

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  29. Such cute creations! thanks for being a sponsor.

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  30. Wow! Your design team made awesome cards! I love the variety of cute images and the corner card design is super fun. Haven't seen that and will have to try it. Thanks for being a super sponsor!!

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  31. These images are really adorable! Thanks for being a super sponsor!

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