Sunday 19 June 2016

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Time is just flying by as usual, and I can't believe its time for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop already!!

Like everyone else in Blogland, I so look for to this hop. Its always so much fun and even though I don't drink tea or coffee (don't hate me!!) I do love a good hot chocolate and love to see all the different stamps and dies that are available now on everyone's cards. 

For this first card (I have another one to photograph and another half way done, had a water colouring disaster.......) I found the perfect paper pad that's all about Summertime, so I decided to let the paper do the talking:
 

I don't use patterned paper very often but of course have a drawer full of them because they are just so gorgeous! I've have this paper pad by Pebbles called 'Fun in the Sun' for six months and never used it. Today is the day!!

This was really simple to put together. I decided not to put any sentiment on it because all the words on the paper were all mentioning what Summer is all about and that way it could be used for all sorts of reasons!!

I adhered the patterned paper to a piece of white CS (to give it some stability) and cut it so it was slightly smaller than the card front. The coffee mug (from My Favourite Things 'Hot Cocoa Cups') was die-cut from the panel and I glued a piece of acetate behind it. Lots of foam tape was added to the back, especially around the mug itself to incase the beads. 

I added round and long seed beads in greens and blues (from Papervine), just like the paper colour and like the sea, and pressed the card front on to it. Now the shaker was all sealed and ready to be shaken!!

And once again I realised that I've created another card that could pass for Masculine....whats going on with me!!

The Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop started on June 17th and finishes June 24th, so plenty of time to get your cards linked and there are SO MANY prizes to be won too!!

I've got three other challenges I would like to enter too:

Stamplorations CAS Challenge - June 

 

CASology Challenge Week # 202 



Taylored Expressions - Share Joy Challenge # 40 


I have a huge amount of emails to catch up on, some commenting to do and some more coffee cards to make so better get a wriggle on. I don't have any gardening jobs this week but I'm taking Phoebe and some of her classmates to the Schools Gymnastics Competitions on Friday and will be there most of the day. Will take them to a practice on Wednesday afternoon too, so better go and buy an air freshener for the car for those girls who aren't used to a 'wet dog' smell......

Take care
Shona
 

39 comments:

  1. Fabulous shaker, Shona! Love the color scheme, very pretty.

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  2. WoW what a gorgeous card and lovely scrap paper you have used.

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  3. I am loving the shaker - I need to create a shaker this time around - so many are doing that! TFS

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  4. Love this pretty PP with summer sentiments and love the shaker cup!

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  5. Wet dog smell, hey?? Surely, it can't be too bad, given that half the fur is on your lawn!! (LOL!) This is such a fun card, and I love that you used patterned paper as your front panel! It looks fantastic with all the shaker beads, and certainly does not need any other sentiment! I hope I have time to enter this blog hop, as I agree, it's always so much fun! Thanks so much for sharing your blokey cup of summer with us at CASology this week, Sho! ;-)

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  6. Love your shaker card and beautiful sequins. The background paper is fantastic...fun card.

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  7. Great shaker card. Thanks for sharing

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  8. I don't use patterned paper much either! I seem to have trouble cutting it up. LOL I LOVE the pattern and the color of yours though. Fun shaker-action too! :)

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  9. shona...you're #200! Yahoooooo!
    This shaker is FABulous! Love the patterned paper and the sequin mix.

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  10. So much fun! Great idea for a shaker!

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  11. oh this is such a fun shaker card

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  12. Great shaker, love the fun paper you used.

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  13. Love your card. Thanks for sharing.

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  14. Awesome shaker card, that DP is perfect. These things we hoard are perfect and 'almost' always used eventually! Love it! Hugs Bev (Uniko) x

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  15. Cute shaker coffee card, Shona, love your bead selection...color is lovely! Happy hopping and enjoy your summer!

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  16. I LOOOOOOOVE shakers! This one is terrific!

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  17. You couldn't have found a better patterned paper. And that mug just is perfect with those shaker contents. Terrific.

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  18. You couldn't have found a better patterned paper. And that mug just is perfect with those shaker contents. Terrific.

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  19. Great way to highlight the patterned paper! Thanks for playing along with us at CASology this week, Shona!

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  20. Awesome masculine shaker card!

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  21. Great shaker card! Have a java great day!

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  22. Fantastic card! Love the shaker.

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  23. This is one fun fun fun shaker card!!!!

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  24. Oh, I love shaker cards and your coffee shaker really is fabulous! Good luck to Phoebe for her Gymnastics Competition. Have to attend a lot of athletic events my daughter participates in in the next few days as well.

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  25. what a fun shaker card with those pretty beads! very creative

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  26. Love the shaker design and DP!

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  27. Fabulous shaker card. Thank you for playing along with the STAMPlorations CAS challenge xx

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