Saturday, September 04, 2010

A Whole Latte Coffee

Hey everyone! My desktop is still down for the count. I'm still not exactly sure what happened, but I may have run into a malicious website, since it seems to be fine - unless I try to open up Firefox. As soon as Firefox tries to restore the previous session, everything locks up. I've tried reinstalling over the old version, uninstalling and reinstalling...and now I've completely removed all evidence of Firefox from my system. Yes, the spousal unit made me do it myself, while standing over my shoulder and telling me what to type in, since when it comes to registry information, I'm fairly clueless.

Anyway, I took a little time to play around with a few challenges. First off is this week's Color Throwdown #108- Kraft, So Saffron, and Chocolate Chip. Next, I thought I'd check out a couple of the Splitcoaststampers challenges. The first one was one I've not done before. It's called the Featured Stamper Challenge. A stamper is chosen each week and the challenge is to CASE one of his or her cards. This week it is BobbiesGirl, whose name happens to be Carol. I chose this card of hers to CASE. I went close enough to her card to also do CAS82 - to be inspired by the word "delicious."
And of course, I had to go with my absolute favourite challenge. Anyone wanna guess? You get three chances and the first 2 don't count, because of course it's Etsy Inspired! This week, the shop is Glamasaurus - and let me tell you, this is one shop I do not dare
share with my daughters, particularly the younger two. They would want half the shop! I took my final inspiration from this plate of cookies. How did I get my card from a plate of cookies? Well, in part, the colours. I can see Kraft and...er, chocolate chip... there. But also, when I see cookies, I don't want a big glass of milk. I want a triple venti skim caramel macchiato!!

Other challenges this card is for:
The Shabby Tea Room #25 - Old Meets New: The sentiment is from my one of my very first GinaK sets, bought app 18 months ago. The Starbucks stamp is a brand new gift from my friend Jen!
A Crafty Little Place #54 - Anything Goes
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #99 - Clean & Simple
All Things Unity - What's Your Flavour: um, am I getting closer? still simple and I think it's kinda cute...and well, heck. Coffee is ALWAYS my flavour!!!

13 comments:

Unknown said...

So, so, so cute! What a great card -- and so perfect for coffee lovers. I love the colors, the CAS look, and the border on the saffron - so cute!

Sheri Gilson said...

Very cute!! Love the CAS design!! Thank you so much for sharing it with ACLP!!
Sheri-ACLP DT

Lisa said...

Perfect!!! That sentiment rocks....

For the 'puter, try this:

http://www.malwarebytes.org

StampinCathy said...

This is so cute.

Ashley Newell said...

Ohhh that is really cute! I love the colors and how you used them! The stamps are super cute too! Good job!

Gwen's Busy Little Hands said...

MMMmmmmm coffee GOOD! Love the sentiment and your card design. So, so true.

Smiles!
Gwen DTC@ACLP

Unknown said...

Oh my gosh Carole!! I LOVE this card...the colors scheme and your border and everything! So glad that *bucks stamp came in handy too and I know you mentioned the sentiment...but is the cup from the same set...it's perfect!
Thanks for the fabby inspiration!

Virginia L. said...

LOVE your card, Carole! I like to use Starbucks coffee sleeves for my card, but I have never used the logo yet...may have to try that!Thanks for playing with us at Etsy Inspired Challenge!

SmilynStef said...

Love that cool border design ... great inspired card.

papertrails leaver said...

a lotta latte = happiness in my book. :-) and I ♥ your card!

de said...

Don't you just LOVE computers?! Glad it didn't stop you from uploading this awesome card! Love the color combo and of course the Starbuck's!

Helen said...

Gorgeous card!
Thanks for joining us at the SCSC!
Helen x

Renate said...

Such an elegant CAS card.

Thanks for joining the SCSC

Hugs Renate