Stamps 'n' Coffee: January 2011

Saturday, January 29, 2011

C4C72 Sassy and Shabby Chic!

Happy Saturday!
The wonderfully talented Maria Bell has one more awesome challenge for us before her month as the Crazy 4 Challenges hostess is up, and this week she has doing a 'vintage style' or 'shabby chic' kind of card or project!! I love this kind of challenge because it is not a style I usually use, yet I LOVE it!!

*Funny Story*
So I actually made this card a while back BEFORE I contacted the artist of the fabulous and sassy Stella, Jodie Mackerell, to ask whether Stella's mouth is OPEN or CLOSED! Now as some of you may know, my stamp company, Totally Stampalicious turns Jodie's Bugaboo Digi's into 'rubbah' (clear stamps actually but you know what I mean!) Well all this time, I thought Stella's mouth was open!! I even argued with my partner/co-owner Becky about this! Well as it turns out...SHE was RIGHT...Stella's mouth is CLOSED (as confirmed by her creator, Jodie)! I have since started coloring her in the way she was intended to be...but here is one last card...
*sigh* There you have it folks...publicly announcing to the world, well blog land anyways, that I was WRONG!

Thanks for taking the time to stop in for a little Stamps 'n' Coffee!!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Stampalicious Red and Pink Color Challenge

Well HELLO on a Wednesday!!! Kind of rare for me to be posting mid-week but here I am with a card for the Stampalicious Monday RED and PINK color challenge!
You can head on over the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see some incredible samples from our DT, and if you'd like to play along just be sure to link your card with the Mr.Linky that is provided there!

I used the most obvious choice for this color combo...Stupid Cupid Stella!

I found that fun eyelet trim at the $ Store in town...what a great embellishment for Valentine-y creations!!!

Well that's it for me today...thanks so much for stoppin' in for a little Stamps 'n' Coffee!

Saturday, January 22, 2011

C4C71 Sketch Challenge!

Hello and Happy Saturday!!
Ms. Maria Bell is our CRAZY hostess for the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog and this week she came up with this awesome sketch:

I decided to ink up this adorable little turtle from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo Line!! He is way too much fun to color and seriously...could he BE any cuter!!?

We'd love it if you would play along with us!! Just be sure to link your card back to the C4C Blog
so we can check out what you did with this fun sketch!!
Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in for a little
Stamps 'n' Coffee!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

C4C70 Thankful for Flower Soft!

Happy Saturday!
It's time for another challenge from Maria, our Crazy 4 Challenges hostess with the mostest!
This week she has making Thank You cards...and who doesn't need more of those on hand?!
We also can be grateful this weeks Sponsor!

This week our fabulous sponsor is Flower Soft.

Flower Soft was kind enough to send us these GORGEOUS colors to play with and I was completely inspired to use them on some FRUIT!! So I guess in this case, you could call it Fruit Soft? No? Just doesn't have the same ring to it does it?
Anyhoo...here is my first Thank You card which I must say, I had all kinds of fun making!!

So much fun in fact, I decided to keep playing and make this little trio of 3x3 Thank You cards! I used some Sticky Strip to adhere the Flower Soft in nice straight lines! You need to press down very firmly in order to make sure it all sticks!! The glue works much better with this stuff for sure...but it still worked with the tape!

Blushing Bride, Pink Passion, Daffodil, Tangerine, Apricot and Green Galore were the papers and inks I used for these projects!
Thanks for taking the time to visit me today and don't forget to play along with all of us Crazies...just leave a link to your card or project back a the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog!

Monday, January 10, 2011

Stampalicious Mixed Up Challenge!

Happy Monday!
Head on over the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see the WINNERS for our New Release Blog Hop!!
We also have a fun challenge going on over at the Totally Stampalicious Blog! We are MIXIN' IT UP!
Create a card or project that uses at least TWO DIFFERENT stamp sets!

I used our Hawt Dawg with a fun sentiment from our New Truck Gus set! You can find both of those sets HERE!

This is for a good buddy who just celebrated a birthday!

Thanks for stoppin' by for alittle Stamps 'n' Coffee!

Saturday, January 8, 2011

C4C69 Color Challenge

Hey Peeps!
Well I've finally had some time to get back to craftin' and I am so glad because Maria - Inspired and Unscripted has a GORGEOUS color challenge for us over at the Crazy 4 Challenges Blog!
Here's the picture Maria supplied to draw our color inspiration from!

Here's my creation using the Brand New Release from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo Line!
You can find her and all the New Releases at
Totally Stampalicious!

If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is create a card/project, and upload it to your blog and/or to your SCS Gallery using the keyword C4C69. Don't forget to head over to the C4C and link it on Mr Linky so that everyone else can see it too.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Stampalicious January Release Blog Hop!

Welcome to your FIFTH STOP of the January Release Blog Hop!!
If you didn't arrive here from Patricia's Blog then head on over to the Totally Stampalicious Blog 'cuz you don't want to miss a thing!
As usual we will be releasing THREE NEW SETS from the Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo Line
which are AVAILABLE NOW at
TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS!
We are also VERY excited to announce the beginning of a Brand New Promotion today!
Totally Stampalicious is pleased to introduce
Stampalicious Scarlette!

Isn't she FABULOUS?!!! We had the incredible Jodie Mackrell, Owner/Artist of Bugaboo Digi Stamps, draw her up SPECIAL for us!
She knows just what to say and is oh-so fashionable with her Rolling Cart and markers in hand!
And the BEST part is you can have her for FREE with any purchase over $50!
Stampalicious Scarlette is NOT for sale!
She is only available at Totally Stampalicious through this special promotion!

I hope you enjoy our FIRST Blog Hop of 2011 and be sure to comment on all of the DT's AWESOME CREATIONS to increase your chances of winning one of these AMAZING PRIZES!!
1st Prize - All FOUR New Stamp Sets Including Stampalicious Scarlette
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certificate
3rd Prize - $10 Gift Certificate

Now here's my sample using, of course, Stampalicious Scarlette! I Mod Podged a wooden pen holder that I've had forever and then decorated it with Scarlette and some of the fun sayings she comes with!