Coffee & Cookies - IO Team Favorites

Hello! Welcome to IO Team Favorites!  

Here are a couple of my favorites for this month. I have so many faves that it's always hard to narrow down, so I decided to go with treats! I love all the different cookie dies IO released this year; the Valentine Cookies are no exception! The Cookie Plate has seen a lot of use this year! I am sending sweet cookies and the Friends Forever sentiment to someone special. Lastly, the background paper came from the Valentine Rose paper pack.

Next up, what goes best with sugary sweet cookies? Coffee! And Jeanne came out with a super fun Coffee Love sentiment set this month! IO has a great selection of coffee-themed dies; I chose Coffee to Go for this project. Lastly, I made a border with Vintage Coffee Paper and Edges 2 Die. 

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Hearts & More IO December Release & Hop Day 2

Hello, welcome to Day 2 of the IO December Release!

First, a little note: Cocoa Bear is back in stock!  I used him on this card to send healing hugs!  The sentiment is part of the new Sending Hugs stamp set.

  

Next, I am featuring the pretty Loopy Heart.  I also used the button die from the new Primitive Heart set.  The sentiment is Relationship Humor.  If you love humor and mild sarcasm, this set is for you! This set also includes some general sentiments, making it a great value. The background paper is from the Basic Plaids paper pack.     

Lastly, I love the New Year's set by Lindsay!  Ring in the New Year is a super cute set.  I like that the signs are blank so we can pen in the new year! And, oh my goodness, it isn't until just this minute that I realize I wrote the wrong year!! It should read 2024!  Sigh.  Oh well.  I might have to use a little whiteout!  LOL. I paired the scene with a very NON-New Year paper, Vintage Coffee.  I also used the Crazy Stitched Set for my image layer.  

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Love is in the Air - IO December Release & Hop

Hello!  Welcome to Day 1 of the December Release Hop!  This month is full of hearts, hugs, coffee, and more!  

Coffee cards are high on my list of favorite cards to make.  They are just plain fun.  This first card features Cozy Vibes.  I framed it with a Large Frame and used Rounded Rectangle Layers for the sentiment.  

This next card features a die set I am super excited about!  The new Primitive Heart set can be used independently or with a previously released set, Eyelet Primitive Hearts.  The new set layers beautifully with the Eyelet set!  I love it!  I also used the following:

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Happy Hour

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Hello!  This week, we are stamping backgrounds for the F4ALL Challenge at SCS.  For my card, I stamped a few snowflakes from the Happy Hour set onto the background layer. Please check out the challenge to see the incredible work of art Janine made.  I am fortunate to be the recipient!  The card is exquisite, and the stamping is fantastic.  

Card Recipe:

Happy Hour

Deck the Halls (paper)

Wacky Stitched Circle

Crazy Stitched Set

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Peace & Joy for Watercolor Wednesday

Hello!  This week's Watercolor Wednesday Challenge at SCS is to paint a beautiful winter scene inside an ornament by Harriet De Winton. I added a sentiment from Joyous Christmas and die-cut it with the Coordinating DIE.  

 

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Snowflakes & Holiday Wishes for IO Theme Day

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Hi! This month, our theme is "Snowflakes & Holiday Wishes."

I used a piece of beautiful scenic paper from the Winter Wonderland paper pack for my snowflakes. The sentiment is a lovely 2-piece set, Peace on Earth.  

I am featuring the large snowflake from the Snowflake Frame Die set for the next card. I love these delicate snowflakes! The penguin is from the Happy Hour stamp set. The papers are from the Winter Wonderland paper pack. I used a sentiment from Winter Snowflakes Sayings. For the layout, I used Stitched Tag, Stitched Slimline Layers 2, and Stitched Slimline Layers.  

Stop by the Impression Obsession Blog for a list of designers participating in this month's Theme Day!

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Peace of the Season - Day 2 Limited Edition Set Hop

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Hello!  Welcome to Day 2 of the December Limited Edition Set Hop!  

This month's Limited Edition set includes four sentiments.  One sentiment can be used all year long.  I liked this sentiment so much that I decided to make it the main thing. I added a glitter strip and paper from the Watercolor Poinsettias Paper Pack.  

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Peace on Earth - IO December Limited Edition Set Hop

Hello! Welcome to the IO December Limited Edition Hop!

This month's set includes three lovely winter scenes. The scenes could be used all winter long and not just for Christmas! I love it when we can stretch our stamping dollars! The set also includes four sentiments, one of which could be used all year.  

With this sweet winter scene, I made a mini slimline card using Stitched Slimline Layers and the sentiment banner from Stitched Tag#5. The background paper is from the Winter Wonderland Paper Pack.  

For the next card, I didn't use any extras. I used the December Limited Edition set and the Winter Wonderland Paper Pack.   

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