Coffee Lovers...a day late

I made this to enter into the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop for coffee day. I didn't make it! Oh well!

 I used MFP's Oh, Beans from 2012. I stamped the cups on dp and fussy cut and made my own dp with the background sentiment. Some more dp and a fancy cut out for my sentiment along with ribbon and a rhinestone brad. The edges were sponged with burnt umber.

Thanks for looking!

Pam

Our favorite coffee lover's bloghop cards

 

MariLynn here. Did you know that yesterday was National Coffee Day? If it was up to me that would be every day. I love the smell of coffee. My favorite isle in the grocery store is the coffee isle. Well, yesterday in honor of  loving coffee, there was a COFFEE LOVERS BLOGHOP.
Several of us participated in the hop. We thought it would be fun to pick our favorites and share them with you. A little extra shout out to the cards that inspired us. What we didn't expect was how hard it was to pick  a favorite, so several of us picked 2 favorites.

 

MariLynn

#54 and #36

Debra

#166 and #235

Paula

#166 and #174

Terri

#280

Jennifer

#83 and #98

I hope you will get a chance to look at some of the amazing creations on this bloghop. We would like to thank Amy and Chaitali for putting the bloghop together.

Have a blessed day!

Sponsored by Graphic 45- Don't miss this!

It's almost here and the avid cardmakers at Mountain Plains Crafters are so excited.  We are going vintage on October 4th; not only with our projects, but with our prize as well.

 

This is a Facebook only event on our Community page so bookmark this link: 

 

                                           MPC Community page 

 

Tune in Saturday and share this with your friends because they are going to help you win! 

More details to come but, the prize?  It's a doozy!  Graphic 45 sent us the entire collection of Raining Cats and Dogs (except single sheets)!  That's 3 paper packs, 3 sheets of die cut stickers, 2 packs of die cut chipboard, ephemera and journaling cards.  Wow!  Thanks G45! (Hey, now that I think about it, it's really too much for one person to handle....maybe I should keep some....#grin)

 

 

 

#Cre8time #g45papers #graphic45 

Winner of the Aug/Sept challenge!

Thank you to everyone who submitted a project in our Autumn/Leaves challenge.  They were all so wonderful and inspirational!  The winner, via randomizer.org, is.....

drumroll........

                                #8 Celeste Cotter Goff

Congratulations, Celeste!  You've won a Donna Downey Mixed Media kit from Pan Pastel.  Thanks so much to our wonderful sponsor! 

Please send us your contact information to mountainplainscrafters (at) gmail (dot) com and we will forward to our sponsor.  Please confirm your prize within 7 days.

Next up at MPC?  Check in Oct. 4th for World Cardmaking Day and a fabulous prize up for grabs from our sponsor, Graphic 45. 

And coming soon, a fun holiday event sponsored by Unity Stamps with another awesome prize up for grabs!  Tune in and share the love with your friends. 

World Cardmaking Day Oct. 4 2014

Yes, its that time of year when crafters all over the world recognize the first Saturday in October as World Cardmaking Day, as if we needed a reason to get crafty!

 One lucky winner will walk away with a fabulous Raining Cats and Dogs prize pack from our wonderful sponsor, Graphic 45.  Isn't that awesome?!

So, start sharing this now with your friends because this will be a Facebook only event.  Here's the link to our community page: MPC Community Facebook page

 Be sure and like our page, bookmark it and check in on Oct. 4th for all day inspiration from the design team, capped off with one lucky winner.  We can't wait! 

Strength and Courage plus winners!

We wanted to show this beautiful card that Sheryl made in between hospital treatments and all that comes with helping her husband in dealing with his cancer.  

She squeezed in a few moments of peaceful crafting and whipped this out as an encouragement.  They are geared up for battle but still are having financial difficulties due to this unwelcome intrusion in their lives.  Please consider giving any amount that you can and help our dear friend by clicking this link and please share the cause, would you?  Thanks so much!

http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/cancer-caught-us-completely-off-guard/226551

Now on to the winners from the weekend Pirate hop:

Visit Terri's blog to see her winner: wavingmywand.blogspot.com

Visit dEb's blog to see her winner: Meticulosity.blogspot.com

Visit Jen's blog to see her winner: http://www.caffeinatedpapercuts.com

Visit MariLyn's blog to see her winner: http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/

IMPORTANT!! If you haven't linked up yet to the MPC August/Sept. challenge, there's still time. Get your project in by 9/24/14. There's a fabulous prize from Pan Pastel; a Donna Downey mixed media kit! Wowza! Here's the link: MPC Aug/Sept challenge

Draw yer sword matey.....it's International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Ahoy, Matey!  Who doesn't love a good pirate?  And, there's an actual day designated to celebrate talking like one?  Well this design team is ALL over that.  We love a good excuse to get inky so here's a few projects from the girls, just for you.  But first......what would a pirate celebration be without some buried treasure?  Some of the girls have blog candy to give away so be sure and follow the link to their site and follow the instructions to get your hands on the treasure!

I rummaged around my son's room, looking for this old Disney map.  Back in the day, my son was all about pirates.  I was able to salvage the part of the map that didn't have scribble all over it!  Some distressing, drawing and a great sentiment from Unity Stamps, and we're ready to hunt for buried treasure.  Follow my link here:  Wavingmywand for some blog candy......

Terri

Last year for our church Halloween party, I just happened to go as a pirate! It was a last minute decision to dress up, so I dug out my kiddo's old pirate hat, eye patch & plastic hook but no parrot could be found. What's a pirate to do? Why an Iguana will work in a pinch, I even made him his own eye patch.

My Family is my Treasure!

Paula

Arrr mateys! Thar be a pirate ship on the horizon, coming to steal our treasure! Good thing I've hidden it over at Caffeinated Papercuts... ;) I had some serious (and messy!) fun with Distress Inks, Spectrum Noir markers, Tombow Adhesive and Sweet Stamp Shop stamps to make this cool pirate scene. And if ye don't like it, ye can walk the plank! Arrrrr!

At first, I was at a loss... Pirates ?? Do I even have any pirate stamps, stickers, die cuts ?? Then I remembered the DCWV  "Hey Sailor" stack and my card was born !! Add a tattered flower from Jolee's & a bit of Little B Starry Night washi to a printed background map and I have just "worked like a captain and played like a pirate" all at the same time !! I am the Captain of my Crafty ship !! Head on over to my blog  for a chance to win some pirate booty.. Follow the link here to Meticulosity. Think Pirate Gold ......

dEb

Better late then never... This card turned out to be a lot more involved than I had planned. I had my card already to post then I decided to add gold doubloons. I used Mark's Finest Papers set called BURIED TREASURE. 

I have more details on my card on my blog, where I you can have a chance to win some treasure of your own. Check it out HERE.

MariLynn

Hi ladies!  Pam, here. I had a lot of fun and used the same set MariLynn did from MFP called Buried Treasure. You can link to it from MariLynn's post above. Inside this says, "Find your treasure".

Argh....I need to go take care of my mateys!

Pam