A Little Bit of Coffee

 

Hi Friends!

This weekend we are celebrating with the 2023 Spring Summer Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop.  It is a traditional hop this time with prizes and giveaways at each stop.

Stamp Simply is proud to be one of the super sponsors for this blog hop and is giving away a $25 gift code to one lucky commenter.  Stop by Stamp Simply’s blog post here to comment and have a chance to win!

 I decided to combine a patriotic theme along with my coffee cups for a fun summer coffee card.

The coffee cup was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink before being masked and stamping the star onto the cup. Water-based markers were used to color the stars, shadowing in the white area of the cup was done with a black watercolor pencil and shimmer was added with shimmer paint.

The background at the top was colored with red and blue water-based markers before stamping onto white cardstock.

I finally received a new power cord for my Sew Mini Janome sewing machine so I was able to stitch the edges for the vellum and designer paper.

The sentiment was heat embossed with white embossing powder and blue seam binding and lace were added to cover up the seam.

The coffee cups were added with dimensional foam and the card was finished off with red rhinestones.

If you have not had a chance to check out the rest of the inspiration from the Stamp Simply Design Team , I hope you will take the time to do so- fabulous  inspiration from all!

Stamp Sets: The American Eagle, The Red, White & Blue, Have a Cup On Us Bundle, Coffee or Tea? (Stamp Simply)

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark , Water-based Markers- Red, Blue

 Cardstock/Paper:  White, Vellum,  Craft Consortium Over the Rainbow  6x6 Paper Pad 

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Dies- Have a Cup On Us Bundle, Embossing Powder Tool, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, May Arts Coffee & Tea Ribbon Sampler, Seam Binding Sampler- Blues Purples .  Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Rhinestones- Red, Sewing Machine, White Thread

 Thanks again for stopping by! I hope I have inspired you today and that you will take the time to check out the Coffee and Patriotic stamps/dies at Stamp Simply!

  

        Thanks again for stopping by! Have a great weekend, sweet friends!

National Coffee Week- Taste and See

 Hi Friends!

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!  In honor of National Coffee Day this past week (09/29), I am sharing another card designed using stamps, dies and paper from Stamp Simply!

I personally love the smell of coffee, but only drink one cup every week or so.  I do drink a few café latte Protein Drinks every day though (very similar to iced coffee) and I love the coffee flavor. 

As many of you who follow my blog know, I enjoy playing along with online challenges and will be linking this card to the A Place To Start September 2021#9 Patterned Paper, Please Challenge, Addicted to Stamps and More #415 “Die Cuts or Stencils” Challenge (I used Die Cuts) and the Word Art Wednesday #511-#512 “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit the Stamp Simply blog or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

For the background, ink the small subway style text image stamp from the A Cup of Java with distress oxide inks (I randomly applied Rusty Hinge, Ground Espresso and Spiced Marmalade over the image), repeatedly stamp onto a piece of white cardstock and heat set with a heat tool.

Once the oxide inks dry, stamp the coffee bean image from A Cup of Java with Ground Espresso distress oxide ink over the panel, heating with a heat tool to speed the drying process.

Use a stencil brush to apply Antique Linen distress oxide ink to “age” the paper, trim to approx. 4” x 5 ¼”.

Mount a strip of the rust pattern paper from the Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper Pad onto espresso cardstock.

Die cut a piece of white cardstock with the Tim Holtz Crochet Die, sponge Ground Espresso distress oxide ink over the die cut “lace”, mount behind the strip of layered designer paper.

On a scrap piece of the light birch designer paper from the Craft Consortium Wood Textures 6x6 Paper Pad, ink the same background stamp with the distress oxide inks as in the steps above for the background panel, lightly stamp over the birch paper.  Heat set with a heat tool to dry thoroughly.

De-static the scrap birch piece with an embossing powder tool, stamp the verse sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink from Coffee or Tea?, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.

Layer onto the patterned paper strip and adhere to the card front.

Die cut the “heat swirl” from the A Cup of Java dies, adhere to the background panel.

Mount the entire background panel onto a piece of espresso cardstock, adhere to a white card base.

Die cut the smaller coffee cup with the coordinating A Cup of Java dies from the fall leaves pattern in the Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 paper pad, layer a scrap piece of the Welcome Autumn paper and Tim Holtz Crochet Lace die for the “wrapper”.

Mount the coffee cup fie with dimensional foam.

To finish off the card, use a clear glitter marker to add shimmer to the “heat swirl” and add a pearl to the center of the coffee wrapper.

Stamp Sets:  A Cup of Java Bundle, Coffee or Tea? (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide- Antique Linen, Ground Espresso, Rusty Hinge, Spiced Marmalade; Zig Wink of Stella Brush- Clear Glitter Marker

Cardstock/Paper: White, Espresso,  Carta Bella Welcome Autumn 6x6 Paper Pad , Craft Consortium Wood Textures 6x6 Paper Pad

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Dies- A Cup of Java Bundle, Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz- Crochet, Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Pearls- Pearl, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Stenciling Brush

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and visit!  I hope I have inspired you to create something fun this week!

Hug in a Mug

Hi Friends!

Today I am sharing a card that was posted to the Stamp Simply blog yesterday (my apologies for the late post to my blog).  

We finally were able to celebrate Christmas plus all of the 2020 birthdays in my family this past week (in addition to our anniversary and remodeling, lol!) so I am a bit behind on my blog post, again, my apologies.

This card was designed using the new Coffee & Friends 6x6 Paper Pad by Echo Park along with stamps and dies from Stamp Simply.

I love the new Coffee & Friends paper- the patterns are so pretty, and the colors of spring help cheer you up on dreary winter days, lol!  I paired the paper with the coffee themed stamp sets and coordinating dies as well as a few new to me items from Stamp Simply (including their color coordinating seam binding- this one is Tangerine- isn’t it lovely?)!

I enjoy participating in online challenges and, in addition to incorporating the Splitcoaststampers SC390 Sketch for the layout (from 2012-so thankful that their challenges never expire),  I am also linking to the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #303 “Karen’s Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist” and Shopping Our Stash #436 “What’s New with You” Challenge (the paper, embossing folder, ribbon and oval dies are all new and the rest is from my stash).

 

If you have not had a chance to stop by the Stamp Simply blog yet, or the other the challenge sites, I encourage you to take the time to do so- fabulous inspiration from all!

This card took a bit of time but was easy to create- mostly die cutting, dry embossing, layering and just a bit of stamping for the sentiment. 

The new Coffee & Friends paper did most of the work for me, lol!  I used a scrap piece of die cut lace that I had in my stash along with a heat embossed sentiment from Coffee or Tea?  Plus, the coffee/teacup die is from the coordinating dies from Coffee or Tea?

The banner was created using the Fishtail Sentiments Banner dies and the background was embossed with the Lace embossing folder.

After die cutting the hem-stitch oval from white cardstock, I heat embossed the Coffee or Tea? sentiment using clear embossing powder.

A little bit of the tangerine seam binding plus the pearls and the card was finished!

Stamp Sets:  Coffee or Tea? (Stamp Simply)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine Onyx Black

Cardstock/Paper:  White, Black; Coffee & Friends 6x6 Paper Pad by Echo Park

Accessories/Tools:  Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Dies- Coffee or Tea?, Fishtail Sentiment Banners; Hemstitch Ovals (Spellbinders), Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz- Crochet, Sizzix Texture Fades A2 Embossing Folder- Lace, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Pearls, Tangerine Seam Binding

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope you have a fabulous week, sweet friends!

Coffee Lover's Blog Hop- Taste and See

 Hi Friends!

Today I am sharing a mixed media card designed with a few coffee stamp sets, dies along with other supplies from  The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for the 2020 Fall Winter Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop!  

Stamp Simply has the honor of being one of the Super Sponsors and we hope you can join in on the fun!  There are 72 sponsors and so much inspiration!!

The background of this card was designed using a piece of paper from the Wonderful Autumn  paper pad from Studio Light and stamping the background stamp from A Cup of Java using distress oxide inks.

The following Stamp Simply supplies to create this card:

Stamp Sets:   A Cup of Java, Coffee or Tea?  

Dies:   Stamp Simply Steel Dies- A Cup of Java (Coffee), Sizzix Thinlit Dies by Tim Holtz- Mixed Media #1, Sizzix Thinlit Dies by Tim Holtz- Crochet

Paper:   Studio Light Wonderful Autumn 6x6 Paper

Ink and Other Supplies: Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad,   ½” Black Seam Binding, Zig Wink of Stella Brush- Clear Glitter Marker

Other Supplies from my stash:     

Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder,  White and Espresso Cardstock, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks- Fossilized Amber, Ground Espresso, Spiced Marmalade,  Nuvo Morning Dew Jewel Drops 

Again, I am so thrilled that you took the time to visit me today! I hope that I have inspired you to create a project for the 2020 Fall Winter Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop!