Happiness Is...A Little Bit of Coffee and a Whole Lot of Jesus

Hi Friends!

It’s time for the new SC657 Sketch Challenge at Splitcoaststampers and I just love this layout that Diane designed, don’t you? Perfect for so many occasions!

I decided to pull out a few brand new stamp sets from Verve Stamps, Fill Me Up and Happiness Is along with the coordinating Happiness In A Cup Dies and paired them with some of my retired designer series paper, ribbon and embellishments.  

I am still trying to make sure that I use my retired stash with new stamps so I can justify buying new “stuff”- it seems to be working for now :-)

I also am linking this card to the Word Art Wednesday #294-#295 “Anything Goes”Challenge as well as a few other Splitcoaststampers challenges.

If you have not had a chance to check out the above challenges yet, I hope you will find the time to do so- as always, gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Ink the sentiment from Fill Me Up with Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Apply Clear Embossing Powder, heat set with the Heat Tool and once cooled, die cut with the MFT Stitched Square STAX Dies.  Mount onto a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock and trim close to the die cut edge.

2). Die cut the cup images from Whisper White cardstock using the Happiness In A Cup Dies (Verve Stamps).  Ink the coordinating images from the Fill Me Up and Happiness Is stamp sets with Versafine™  Onyx Black Ink, heat set the ink and watercolor with Distress Ink and Stampin’ Write markers.

3). Trim the background panels from the retired Stampin’ Up! Parisian Breeze Specialty Designer Series Paper, mount onto Chocolate Chip cardstock and adhere the panels per the sketch to the white card base (I used dimensional foam for the sentiment panel).

4). Mount the colored die cut images with dimensional foam and add the ribbon bow with the wooden heart to the card front.

5). Use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the heart on the coffee cup as well as the lid and add a few Rhinestones to the hearts to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Fill Me Up, Happiness Is (Verve Stamps™)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black; Stampin’ Write Markers- Baja Breeze (retired), Sweet Sugarplum, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake; Clear Wink of Stella®, Tim Holtz™ Gathered Twigs Distress Ink

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, retired Stampin’ Up! Specialty Designer Series Paper- Parisian Breeze

Accessories/Tools: Big Shot™, Verve Stamps™ Happiness In A Cup Dies, MFT Stitched Square Dies, Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® Clear Embossing Powder, ½” Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon (retired), Wooden Heart (retired SU!), Rhinestones

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope all of you have a wonderful week!

Espresso My Thanks

Hi Again Friends!

I am having fun designing cards this weekend and decided to play around with the Pick Me Up Clear Stamp Set (with the coordinating Pick Me Up Dies available as a bundle) along with the Grunge Elements 2 Clear Stamp Set from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.

I decided to incorporate the CAS(E) This Sketch #195 Sketch Challenge along with the CASOLOGY #220 Coffee Theme Challenge, Addicted to CAS #99 “Coffee” Challenge and the Alphabet “Q for Quick and Simple” Challenge.

I hope you will find the time to visit us at the Sweet ‘n Sassy Blog as well as visit the other challenge blogs- fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

On your craft mat, apply distress inks (I used Vintage Photo, Tea Dye and Rusty Hinge), spritzed lightly with water to blend a bit and pressed a piece of white cardstock into the ink at the top of the panel.

Dry the panel with the heat tool and stamp the SNSS Grunge Elements 2 Clear Stamp Set images with distress ink to mimic the coffee stains and splatter.

Ink the sentiment from SNSS Pick MeUp Clear Stamp Set with espresso distress ink and stamp onto the panel.

Trim the background panel, adhere to espresso cardstock before mounting onto the white card base.

Ink the coffee mug and steam images from SNSS Pick Me Up Clear Stamp Set with espresso distress ink and stamp onto white cardstock.

Die cut the images with the coordinating SNSS Pick Me Up Dies, also die cutting the SNSS Pick Me Up heart die from rose cardstock.

Layer the heart and steam dies onto the coffee mug, use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to the heart and steam and mount the coffee mug onto the card front with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

Quick and easy!  Note to self- this would be a fun card to create multiples to give as a gift...Christmas is only a few months away!!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by- you are all such an encouragement to me.  Hugs and have a blessed week, my friends!