MERRY CAFE - STAMPIN' UP! ARTISAN BLOG HOP

Welcome to the Stampin' Up! Artisan blog hop.  We are a group of 20 Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world who have had the privilege of bringing you inspiration all of 2017.  My time as an Artisan has been amazing and I couldn't have worked with a more lovely bunch of people, both as Artisans and those working behind the scenes at head office.  So it is with a tinge of sadness that this will be our last hop together as a team.

We are featuring the Merry Cafe stamp set this month.  This is a stamp set that has all the holidays covered, but I had a little creative fun to bring you a rather striking and BRIGHT Christmas card.  

I used some masking tape on my card front to mask off diagonal lines and then sponged each from bold to barely there, in Lemon Lime Twist.  I adore that colour!

The Coffee Cups Framelits were perfect to die cut out my cup elements.  Two of the stamps in this set are so tiny, it would be easy to overlook them, but they certainly made my coffee cup look and feel festive.

I love to decorate my cards all the way through and showed the same love to the inside of this card before finishing with coordinating embellishments.

So that's it folks, my last post for this Artisan year.  But before I go, I would like to take the opportunity to welcome in the 2018 Artisan Design Team, one of whom is my amazingly talented friend, Susan Wong, who is returning to share her beautiful work with us again!  I can't wait to see what this new look team have in store for us all.  I just know they will knock it out of the park in 2018!

Introducing the new 2018 Artisan Design Team

Lauren Alaird

Charlet Mallett

Connie Collins (returning)

Elizabeth Price

Cathy Caines (returning)

Kim McGillis

Emma Goddard

Rhoda MacPherson

Sarah Lancaster

Linda van Wely-Zwolle

Sylwia Schreck (returning)

Jenni Pauli

Jessica Winter (returning)

Susan Wong (returning)

Jennifer Frost (returning)

Kayla MacAulay

Now for the final time, please continue on your Merry Cafe way and visit with my good friend Rochelle Blok!

Allison Okamitsu

Aurelie Fabre

Cathy Caines

Dani Dziama

Holly Stene

Jennifer Sootkoos

Jessica Winter

Katy Harrison

Kimberly Van Diepen

Louise Sharp 

Maike Ulbrich

Martha Inchley

Mercedes Weber

Mindy Bingamon 

Miriam van Eyden

Paula Dobson - You are here!

Rochelle Blok

Shannon Lane

Sylwia Schreck 

Tanya Boser

All products used in these projects are listed below.  Click on the pictures below to shop 24/7!

Merry Café Photopolymer Stamp Set

[144965]

Coffee Cups Framelits Dies

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Big Shot

[143263]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

[144250]

Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper

[144623]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

[144086]

Versamark Pad

[102283]

Heat Tool

[129056]

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

Lemon Lime Twist 1/4" Ombre Ribbon

[144234]

Basic Black Solid Baker's Twine

[141682]

Black Mini Sequin Trim

[144259]

Metallic Enamel Shapes

[141678]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

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