Summer Coffee Lovin'! BLOG HOP

Wahoo!  I'm excited to participate in another fabulous Coffee Lovers Hop and I've got an EXCITING announcement.  I'm thrilled to announce that I'm a FLASH PRIZE SPONSOR and a SUPER SPONSOR for the hop.  I'll be offering some BRAND SPANKIN' NEW Fun Stampers Journey products shared just last week at convention in Arizona.  To share the fun and excitement of the new catalog and products debuted at convention, I'll be offering the following items:  

Flash Prize:  $25.00 Gift Certificate to use in my Fun Stampers Journey Shop (US CUSTOMERS ONLY)

Super Sponsor Prize:  A special COFFEE LOVERS Red Rubber Cling Mount set called "Hey Sugar"

This is a BRAND NEW set that will be available July 1 to US customers when our new catalog is released.  

Sooooo!!! Join the fun!  Link up your cards/layouts/mixed media projects that relate to COFFEE, TEA and/or COCOA!  

Here are the deets of the hop:  

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

When:  Friday, June 17 to Friday, June 24

Theme:  Summer

Use:  Coffee, Tea, Cocoa images

Social Media Tag:  #summerclh

Links:  

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog

ADD YOUR LINKIES HERE

Winners will be posted on the blog Sunday, June 26.  

FLASH SPONSOR PRIZES WILL BE DRAWN:  June 22 and 24.  WINNERS will be posted to the public FB group and included in my post on Sunday, June 26.  

All week I'll be sharing a new fun and fabulous creation for the hop.

I hope you come back each and every day to check out my creations!  I'll be hopping along too...I believe we'll hit the hop record this time...Let's do 1000 link ups! WAHOO!

So here's my first link up and a sneaky-peekie for you!  I'm playing with a couple brand new products in our new catalog that will be officially released July 1.  I was so excited to attend convention where I could play with and purchase some new stamp sets and products!  I was THRILLED to find a COFFEE set available for purchase and I was even able to pick up TWO!!!  One for me, one for YOU!?!  The stars were aligned for us coffee crafters.  

I used the new set called Hey Sugar!  It's one of two brand new coffee loving stamp sets in the new catalog.  WAHOO!  I also used our brand spankin' new Pan Pastels!  They are soooo soft, silky and smooth!  Notice the backdrop?  That's new paper too.  It comes from our new Faith Journey Line.  

My Bloom Wall Stencil was used with some Brushed Gold Pan Pastels to create a light shimmery effect on the background.  I also used this shimmery powder on the vellum and the embellishing papers.  

The little embellishment was created using our Border Basics Die set and a coffee filter spruced up with a dusting of Pan Pastels.  Excuse my fingerprint on the coffee pot.  LOL

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I'll be back again tomorrow to share another project using this stamp set.  

and the WINNER IS..

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and left lovely comments on my post for the hop!  I appreciate you taking the time to visit, read through my post and leave your precious comments.  I cherish each and every one!

The winner of my prize package has been selected!  Please congratulate Linda Knox!  Please register as a new customer on my FSJ site HERE and I will place your order and ship out the items pictured below...No cost to you!

I hope to see the creations you make using these amazing products.  These Color Splash spritzers can be used in a variety of ways!  This time, I used the shimmer sprays as a watercolor medium...I just removed the spritzer nozzle cap, spread some ink onto watercolor paper with a wet brush, added a bit more water to spread it around...and poof...an amazing watercolor background!

Back to school...and a prize!

Hello there Journey friends!

Today I'm sharing a project collection that I'm extremely proud of.  I think this has to be one of my most favorite projects to date and I'll be displaying and using it in my classroom this year.

Some of you may not already know, but before joining Fun Stampers Journey as a Coach, I spent some time designing for other companies.  I have another stamping blog that chronicles my various stamping adventures too.  One of the companies I LOVED designing for was Heartfelt Creations. The whole team at Heartfelt Creations is friendly, generous and oh so amazing.  I loved creating beautiful cards and three dimensional projects that I could give to family and friends and also send to Heartfelt Creations for display in their trade show booths.  Although I'm no longer designing for them, I have an opportunity once a month to join my fellow Heartfelt Creations Design Team Alumni for a fun blog hop.  It gives me a chance to remain connected to the fabulous Heartfelt Creations community and to continue to enjoy their stamps and dies, papers and extras!

So this month, I fell in love with their new release called "Farmer's Market".  It's a collection of yummy fruit, berries, and vegetables all intricately and realistically hand-drawn by Linda Bontrager (I think).  This collection just spoke to my heart and reminded me of my grandma...It just SCREAMED "COLOR ME!"  I knew it was the perfect opportunity to mix my love of FSJ reinker coloring with beautifully realistic images.

Soo...Please join me (and my fellow Heartfelt Creations Alumni Designers) August 25 starting at 8:00 EST as we host August's BLOG HOP.  One lucky commenter will win a $25.00 gift certificate to the Heartfelt Creations store and perhaps you too will get bitten by the FSJ reinker bug!  :)

***As an added bonus, take a close look at my project that will be featured on this hop.  See if you can identify the FSJ products that were used.  Comment NO LATER THAN AUGUST 24 at Midnight EST.  I'll select one person that comes the closest to the actual total.  That person will win a fabulous inky prize from me.

So...are you ready???

GO...

PS...Prepare for picture overload on my blog hop post.  I just couldn't help it!  :) :) :)