Coffee....Coffee....all the days!

Hello there Coffee-Tea-Hot Cocoa loving creators!  Today is the day!

I'm excited to announce that I'm a Super Sponsor again! As an Independent Fun Stampers Journey Coach,  I'm fresh off the plane from Convention and I have the AMAZING new Inspiration Book and Catalog in my possession.  I also have the yummy Holiday Mini that will go live on Aug. 1!  So many new products, lots and lots of pages to drool over.  My wish list is massive! Take a look at this gorgeous cover!

You can order a catalog on my site by clicking on the image below or contact me to receive it FREE with a $100 order.  It is 335 pages of AWESOME!  The catalog is available for online viewing so make sure to check it out (click on the photo above to go to the link).

We are currently hosting a Clearance Sale! This sale will end July 1 and is "While Supplies Last" so make sure to check it out and pick up anything you really love.

To make room for new products in our 2017-18 catalog, several items are being retired.  These items are available at 30% off and will be available until July 1.  Check 'em out!

One lucky hopper (FSJ is currently available in USA and Puerto Rico) will receive a fun FSJ Coffee-Loving Gift Pack valued at $25.00.  Good Luck and happy hopping!

PS...If you're in the Northern VA, DC Metro Area, please stop by the Scrapbook Expo in Chantilly, VA this weekend.  I'm sharing FUN STAMPERS JOURNEY fun in my booth.

My free Make-and-Take features use of our newest products:  Gel Press, Liquid Color, Flower Swirls Stamp Set, Bubble Wrap Embossing Folder and much loved tool the Press Punch!  

Summer Coffee Lovers Hop Day 4: Hello Lovely...

Hello there caffeinated hoppers!  Welcome to day 4 of the Summer Coffee Lovers Hop!  After a long day with students (the last few days of school), I came home and just needed a pick-me-up!  I brewed a strong cup of coffee and headed to my stamping room...Yeah, I took a few sips, put my cup down, and got to work.  You see: my medium of choice tonight is fresh brewed coffee...and boy did it pick-me-up!  I dipped a cup into the cuppa joe (Go Cyclones!) and placed it purposefully onto my watercolor paper.  Yeah!  Coffee ring!  I Got out my heat gun and blasted it away.  It brought out the yummy color and sent an aroma dancing around my room.  PURE BLISS! 

After finishing up the base, I decided to take some of the leftover coffee filter from a previous CL Hop project, dip it into the coffee, dry it crisp, then zip it through my sewing machine a few times.  I attached this filter in a pleated fashion to my card panel using some fab. double-sided adhesive liner tape from FSJ...It's the good stuff if you know what I mean.  

I used a scrap piece of the panel for a border along the "ruffles".  Notice I dipped the edges into gold embossing powder for some extra contrast and detail.  Next, I was on to stamping and coloring this pretty flower.  I think it's a daisy or maybe a mum...Who knows!  I colored it using a paint brush and my FSJ ink pad inks.  Sooo yummy!  I fussy cut the flower using my FSJ Detail Pro Shears (LOVE THEM!) and then adhered it with some foam squares to the front panel.  I dripped a bit of Journey Glaze into the center of the flower and added some Sparkle dust.  This flower was applied to the card panel after twisting a bit of Journey thread around the golden border strip.

 A little close-up of the coloring.  I really LOVE coloring with my FSJ inks!

I added a few pearls here and there and mounted the panel onto a piece of Hazelnut Blend cardstock, then onto an Oatmeal Cookie card base.  MMMM..Fenito!

Here's a detail shot of some of the golden embossed edges and a little dusting on the panel.  I think it just finishes the card off!

FSJ Products Used:  

Hello Lovely stamp set

Black Licorice True Fusion Ink

Clear Pigment Ink Pad

Gold Embossing Powder
Journey Glaze
Journey Sparkle Dust

For Coloring:  Summer Days, Pumpkin Bread, Pool Play, Cocoa Powder, Lemon Grass, Butter Cream

Journey Heat Gun

Details Pro Shears

Cocoa Powder Cardstock

Oatmeal Cookie Cardstock

Foam Squares

White Liner tape

Journey Craft Glue

Journey Natural Thread

Journey Pearls

Non FSJ Products Used:

Coffee Filter (cone filter)

Coffee

Watercolor Paper

Black thread

Reminder:  As a SUPER SPONSOR and a FLASH PRIZE SPONSOR for this hop, I will be giving away the following items to some lucky hoppers:  

Super Sponsor Prize:  

NEW (To be released July 1.)  "Hey Sugar" stamp set 

Flash Prize:  

$25.00 Gift Certificate to my online shop!  

*** You can view my previous posts here: 

Day 1:  Espresso My Love

Day 2:  Bible Journaling:  I love You A Latte...

Day 3:  A Little Sip of Sunshine...

***HAPPY SALES!***

Our 40% off Retirement Sale is Going ON NOW!  Check out all the amazing price cuts on our top-quality products.  While we hate to see them go, we've gotta make room for our new catalog products that will become available July 1!  (Our Coffee set:  ENJOY COFFEE SET is reduced to $10.17!)   Hurry, all products available while supplies last!  

Thanks for popping in and have fun hopping!  

35 ATC's down...

Hello there Journey Friends!

Convention is just a few days away and I'm busy stamping and creating my projects/swaps/trades...After three days of work, I finally finished my ATC's.  I think they turned out the way my muse wanted them to.  :)

Lots of collage work to create this project.  I started out squirting some Beach Breeze reinker on an acrylic block.  I let it drip a bit then applied the inked block directly to the watercolor paper.  After that, I added the "fishy net" background image with LemonGrass ink then applied the American Sun stamp in the corner with Lemon Drop ink.  I think that created some great sun rays!  The final few steps before mounting on cardstock included adding Silver Silk and a stitched line to carry my "tags" along on their journey with the bottle...

...Oh that bottle...I stamped some Shrink Film with my Black Licorice ink then heated it to set it and shrink the film.  I applied some Sparkle dust to the underside of each bottle with Journey Glaze.

 The tags were stamped with tiny sentiments from the Bezel Block ATS set.  I just LOVE that set because of it's versatility and tiny size...Perfect for little cards!

I used one of the smallest circle dies/punched circle dies to create the sun.  When that was complete, I mounted all the pieces onto black licorice cardstock then onto Beach Breeze cardstock.  FINISHED! Now on to project 2!