COFFEE LOVER'S BLOG HOP!

To see my Wednesday Heartfelt Creations project, please click HERE.

Welcome to the Coffee Lovers' Blog Hop! For all the details and the list of blogs to visit, go to Amy Tsuruta's Blog! 

You may play along, by making your own coffee-themed project and linking up to Amy's Blog (using the Link Tool) - which gives you a chance to win some amazing prizes! There are sponsored prizes from some great companies! Check this out!

17Turtles	Veronica Zalis	Chris Franco
Add a Little Dazzle	Butterfly Reflections Ink	Color Cast Designs
Create a Smile	Hero Arts	Kraftin' Kimmie
Kreative Kymona	Latina Crafter	Neat & Tangled
Newton's Nook	Pickled Potpourri Designs	Poppystamps
Reverse Confetti	Stamp Academy	Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
STAMPlorations	SugarPea Designs	Sweet 'n Sassy
The Alley Way Stamps	Two Paper Divas	Verve Stamps
Whole Wild World	Your Next Stamp	Paper Smooches

●●Sponsorship prizes are eligible via random draw from 

linked hop participants only●●

All SPONSORSHIP prizes have been awarded. See HERE. 

Or you can simply hop along and see all the projects that other crafters have made! Make sure you hop to all of the blogs because there are some great PRIZES being given away by some of the hop participants as well! 

I have a Christmas Grab Bag of goodies up for grabs! Just leave a comment here on my blog, and I will choose a winner at the end of the hop (December 14th at 11:55pm PT).

I created a fun, coffee-themed card for you. Thanks "a latte" for stopping by and visiting! I appreciate you!

I love flavored coffee, and the more whipped cream the better! I stamped up this coffee "scene" and then used some puff paint to create whipped cream. I even added some sprinkles out of glitter. My inspiration was a mug that I saw on Pinterest. The artist had used a plain mug, and then created a dot pattern with Sharpie markers! So, I tried to recreate that style with Copics on my stamped mug.

It is hard to see in the photo, but I added Glossy Accents to the mug to make it shiny, like ceramic.

I created a second scene for the inside of the card. And I added every coffee lover's favorite gift, a coffee gift card!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Please leave a comment for your chance to win my Christmas Grab Bag prize!!

You have until 11:55pm PT, Sunday, December 14th to hop and comment for your chance to win! Prize winners will be selected by December 20th and announced on Amy's Blog on December 21st! I will announce the winner of my prize on December 20th, right here!

Since I love flavored coffee, how about some creamer recipes??

 (photo found on Pinterest)

Peppermint Mocha Coffee Creamer

Ingredients:
1 cup skim milk 
1/3 – 1/2 can sweetened condensed milk (to taste)
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup (to taste)

Directions:
Pour all ingredients into a sealed jar or bottle and shake to combine. Store in a refrigerator-safe bottle and keep chilled for up to a week.

Yields about 1 cup creamer.

(photo found on Pinterest)

Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer

Ingredients:

2 cups half-and-half

1/4 cup pumpkin puree 

1/4 cup pure maple syrup

2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract

Directions:

1. In a saucepan, whisk together half-and-half, pumpkin puree, maple syrup and pumpkin pie spice.

2. Heat over low heat until simmering and add in vanilla bean paste or extract.

3. Let cool, store in a refrigerator-safe bottle and keep chilled for up to a week.

Yields about 2 cups creamer

Cardstock: WorldWin Cocoa Smooth
Designer paper: Memory Box Yuletide
Stamps: Gina K Designs Cool Beans, My Cuppa Joe
Markers: Copic
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Ranger Vintage Photo
Die cuts: Spellbinders Back to Basics Tags, My Favorite Things Gift Card Holder
Glitter: Elizabeth Crafts
Puff paint: The Rubber Cafe
Twine: Really Reasonable Ribbon
Button: stash
Adhesive: Ranger Glossy Accents, Scotch 3M ATG tape, Beacon Fabri-tac, Scor-tape, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares