Coffee and Friendship

I have this friend at work who is constantly there for me at all times. When I'm feeling down, I know I can easily go to her and vent. When I'm happy I know she's the first person I can share my happy news with. And because of that, she's the only reason I look forward to seeing at work. Whenever I pull up at the parking lot and see her car, I know the day is just going to be fine.
I have had a rough week at work, and her being a good friend, she listened and offered me one of the most reassuring hugs ever. I thought I'd make her this card, to say thank you, and how I truly appreciate her presence and friendship.

I used Close to My Heart Paper Fundaments as the background for this card. I stamped coffee beans as the decorative border. We both love coffee, and just have to have it when we come in the morning.
I used Cup of Cheer for this cute border look, and  MFT's Perk Up stamp set for the coffee image and sentiment. I love how it perfectly describes my sentiments.

Here's the image of the products I used.

B1404 Cup of Cheer

Z1939 Paper Fundamentals

Don't you just love how this basic neutral colors have the perfect designs to it? Love how versatile they are!

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Coffee? Tea?

I was going through my stack of cards and realized I've also done this as part of the Treats of Friendship stamp set. Thought I'd share with you what I made using the same stamp set I made the donuts card from.

Simple cards but I love coffee and tea stamp sets, and probably have 1 of every kind from all the major stamp makers out there. Anyways, for the tea card, I used gold shimmer trim and lagoon hearts washi tape to embellish, and I colored the cup of tea using Copics. The latte card is much simpler, I used Basics Paper Fundamentals for my background paper. I love the shiny/glossy side of these paper fundamentals! The designs are so pretty!

Here's the stamp set I used again.

C1616 Treats of Friendship

And here's what the Basics Paper Fundamentals look like.

Z1939 Basics Paper Fundamentals

Enjoy!

August - Chalk It Up Workshop

I am so excited to finally finish my projects for this month's card workshop! I am using Chalk It Up and made 3 cards using that paper. I also made a 4th card exclusively using this month's Stamp of the Month - What A Hoot.

This card uses the new stamp set Teacher Appreciation, teal shimmer trim, white enamel stars and the new black stripe twill ribbon.

This is a 5x7 card using the new stamp set Great Job. I colored the image using ShinHan markers and cut out some of the stars and mounted it using foam tape. The background is one of many designs from Chalk It Up Picture My Life kit.

This card requires no stamping at all. It highlights another design from the Chalk It Up Picture My Life set and simply embellished with the new black striped twill ribbon. I really really love this ribbon. It looks so classy!!

And last but not the least, a chevron themed card featuring this month's SOTM - What A Hoot. I used the black paper fundamentals chevron design, layered it with chevron embossed paper, and decorated the card using most of the images from the stamp set. I colored using ShinHan, and sponged the sentiment with a mix of orange and black inks.

This card workshop costs $15 for all 4 cards. If you choose to only get the Chalk It Up themed cards, it will be $12. Kits will be pre-cut and pre-stamped. If you wish to buy the stamp sets and markers, shop now at shabbychiccrafting.ctmh.com. I reserve the right to switch up the PML cards since each kit comes with only 2-3 of each design.

If you wish to customize, please feel free to leave a comment or email me at shabbychiccrafting@gmail.com.

Thanks so much!

August Card Workshop

4 Cards including SOTM card $15.00 USD 3 Chalk It Up Cards Only $12.00 USD Option 3 $15.00 USD

What A Hoot!

This month's stamp of the month features this cute looking build-an-owl kind of image. Here's my take on it. I started out as aiming for a black and white monochromatic look, then along the way decided to play with my new ShinHan markers, so here's the finished product.

I used black chevron patter Paper Fundamentals for the base, and just stamped the image in plain white cardstock. I stamped the sentiment using Gypsy ink, then colored it in a bit with this ShinHan Peony Purple marker.

Here's a look at this month's Stamp of the Month. You can get your hands on this super cute stamp set for just $5 with your qualifying purchase worth $50. It's so easy!

S1408 What A Hoot

Balloon Talk

Welcome! Today's post features this month's SOTM Balloon Talk.

For this card I used Paper Fundamentals Assortment as my background paper. I stamped the boy with the kite using Windy Day, and colored them using Spectrum Noir markers. I added a couple more tiny flowers at the bottom from the Around The Block (retired) stamp set. I stamped the sentiment "happy" using Black ink. I also used the "awesomeness" sentiment that's part of this month's SOTM and cut it out to remove the call out arrow. I made it a perfect rectangle so it becomes the 'title' of my card. I hope you guys enjoy it!

Here's this month's Stamp of the Month - Balloon Talk. It's such a versatile set you can practically use it for any theme! Get it this month for only $5 when you place qualifying orders worth $50! 

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Pure Joy of Washi Tape

Close to My Heart has its own line of Washi Tape and I can't wait to try this! The Paper Fundamentals are so cool!!! Lucky me I have a pack ready for me to play!

There are 8 different kinds of Washi Tape CTMH carries. All of them have wonderful colors and  designs that you can easily incorporate with your projects!

Honey Triangles
Chocolate Woodgrain
Smoothie Striped
Gold Polka Dot
Ruby Chevron
Lagoon Houndstooth
Slate Polka Dot
Silver Geometric