Congratulations and Coffee

My dear friend is graduating with her Doctorate degree. I am so proud that I could burst. I don't get to see her much since she moved, but we always meet up for coffee when she is in town. I wanted to send her a congratulations with a reminder of our happy times over a cuppa!

Open Flat Showing Gift Card

The Coffee Cup Pop-up is from Karen Burniston. Paper, Zella Teal,  from Prima. Friend sentiment from Hero Arts, You Deserve to be Celebrated sentiment from My Favorite Things. Coffee Beans from Technique Tuesday. Coffee Stains from Prima.

Closed and Showing Front of Card

Looking from Above

I appreciate that you stopped by for a look. I always love reading your comments!

Bon Bon Bunny Valentine

Valentine's Day is right around the corner so I pulled out my new Happy Hoppers, Bon Bon Bunny from Stampendous and used my Copics (sorry, put them away before I noted the colors that I used)  to make this pop-up card.

Hearts are popped up on the inside.

View from the top.

Used the blender and fabric to add texture to the bunny.

Shared with:
Gruffies & Guests
House Mouse & Friends
Through the Craft Room Door
Artistic Inspirations
Party Time Tuesdays
Crafting From the Heart
613 Avenue Create

Meljen's Hot Air Balloon, Baby Cards, and a Pop-Up

I loved the challenge from Meljen's Designs this week. We were to do "Splat"! Well, I adore splatting since I am an art journaler as well. So, splat I did. I used white paint on the blue card and just blew away on it. I used sprays on the yellow and then took the sprayer tube out of the blue and tapped on it to make splats. On the one just under the wonderful Hot Air Balloon, from Meljen, I splatted cream acrylic on green cardstock then mixed up some blue acrylic with water and tapped above with a big brush to drop splats on it. The balloon is fussy cut and raised with foam squares as is the sentiment.

Hot Air Balloon from Meljen's Designs

Spray inks

Copic Markers Used

Two new babies this week for different neighbors. Both boys. So I assembled both at the same time keeping them at least a bit different in case they compare LOL!

Copics Used

Pop-Up Card

This card is folded many ways and then pops up to open. What a fun card. I got this from The Frugal Crafter (on YouTube, type in "how to make a pop up explosion card". She goes a tiny bit fast on the video but I just stopped it and did a screen shot of the measurement and printed it out. I enjoy her videos so much. Great fun!