Collaboration Blog Hop with CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and Coffee Loving Cardmakers

Well, what a fabulous day it is and what a wonderful day to be blog hopping!! I'm so excited to be a part of today's blog hop with the Design Teams from Coffee Loving Cardmakers and CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!!

There is going to be coffee and tea loving projects all over the place, with so much inspiration and ideas to be had. I suggest making your favourite cup of tea or coffee, grabbing a few biscuits (alright, maybe the whole packet) and getting comfortable while you wander through blogland.

There is also the chance to win 1 of 3 $25 gift certificates to CAS-ual Fridays Stamps up for grabs from all comments left on the blogs. So the more comments you leave, the more chances you have of winning!!

For my card I'm still in 'Halloween' mode and there was one sentiment I had never used that would be perfect for a bit of blood splatter:

This was a lot of fun to make and I must have looked hilarious sitting here holding the die-cut cup, trying to work out where the finger prints would go!!

I started off by die-cutting the To Go Cup Fri-die 3x from white CS and gluing them all together for a bit of stability. I also did the same with the lid from black CS and glued it on top.

To create the blood I smeared some Altenew 'Crimson' ink on a clear block and added a bit of water. After working out where my fingers would sit if this was a real cup of coffee (although now looking at it I didn't include my little finger, must have been having a 'royal' moment) I used a brush to put the ink on my fingers and thumb and pressed on to the cup. I then used the brush to add some blood splatters and a few smears for good measure!! 

Using my MISTI I stamped the sentiment from 'Coffee Talk' on the card front with black ink and popped the cup up on some foam tape. Using a red paint chip I die-cut the 'Coffee' from the 'Coffee Cup Fri-dies' and also two more times from black CS. I glued these all together and then to the front of the cup. I finished off with some black half pearls.

I hope you enjoyed my card and it gave you a few ideas for your own creations. If you haven't seen these coffee stamps/dies before and are thinking of making a purchase, don't forget to use my special code to save yourself 15%!!

There are plenty of projects to look at as you can see by all these thumbnails below. You can look at them all in any order you like and I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself!!

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Thanks so much for stopping by, I'm going to hop now myself and I can imagine I'll be blown away by everyone's creativity!!

Take care
Shona