2017 Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop - Card #2

Hi again!  I'm back with my second card for the 

2017 Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop.
It's only the 3rd day of this fun hop and there are already
well over 400 entries and 80 sponsors - WOW!

This time I'm using a sweet bear and his favorite mug

of coffee (or cocoa) from Neat and Tangled 

(one of the hop's Super Sponsors) called 

BEARY MERRY (and coordinating dies). 

The sentiment is from Santa's Wonderland.  

I colored the bear on kraft paper with copics and then 

used the coordinating die.  The paper is from my Doodlebug

Designs stash - I love to use pink on my Christmas cards.

I'm also entering the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C415 - Previous Sketch

I used Sketch #403 from September for my layout

Crafting from the Heart Challenges #187 - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog - Anything Christmas Goes

Merry Monday Christmas Challenges #269 Color Challenge

(I used pink, light blue and green)

Animal Friends Challenge Blog - #57 Anything Goes w/an animal

Crafty Animals Challenge #9 - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Blog - Christmas Card Day $100 Giveaway

Thanks again for visiting me!  I'll have one more post in the 

morning with some special coffee/cocoa treat bags and tags

to share with you but for now I need to be off to bed

for my beauty rest.  Tomorrow I'll also start hopping myself

and leaving some love for other CLBH crafters.  Hugs! D

Sweet Valentine's Love

Happy Valentine's Day crafty friends!

Hope you had a wonderful day and felt very loved.

I made some sweet little valentine's treats for 

my staff and co-workers.  First there are these:

These tags (using Stampin' Up! tag punch) are a CASE of some 

adorable CAS valentines that I saw on the SugarPea Designs Blog 

by Tracey McNeely who used the Barn to Be Wild stamp set 

and coordinating dies,  Click on the link above to see Tracey's 

creations that inspired me. 

And I also made these ones using a sweet little stamp set 

from Neat and Tangled called "My Favorite Nut"

I stamped on Kraft paper with a brown ink and 

then filled in the sweet squirrel with copics.  The 

one darker brown tag I tried colored pencils on

just to see how it would look.  I put a piece of cardstock

matting on the back of each panel so the coloring

wouldn't show through, and wrote a little message on the back. 

I found the jars and twine in the $1 bin at Target. SCORE!
The jars are filled with conversation hearts, sweet tart hearts
and valentine M&Ms.  I can tell you that these were a hit today!
I love to make people happy :o)

I'd like to enter the barnyard tags in the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - CUTE
Pile it On Challenges #126 "Hearts on Fire"
Addicted to CAS Challenge #104 "Pets" 
(I hope barnyard pets count)
Come and Get it Challenges - Love is in the Air
Stampin' Sensations Challenges - February "Animal Magic"

I'd like the enter the squirrel tags in these challenges:

Cards and More Challenge Blog Challenge #178 - Valentine's Day

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #141 "Love"
My Time to Craft #339 "Anything But a Card"

Tag You're It Challenge #65

I'm glad you stopped in to visit me today!
Have an awesome day today and rest of the week.
Hugs! D