Let's meet for coffee!

This little set is still one of my favourites in the whole catalogue! As a demonstrator, I'm already thinking ahead to when the retiring list comes out (it'll be here before you know it!) and I sure hope this cute little set isn't on it!

I stamped the coffee cup three times for this card. The entire cup is one layer, the lid is another and the coffee cup band is a layer as well. I may be just a little fussy-cut crazy - LOL!

The "circles" were created by using the 2" and 2 ½" punch.

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the divas have been up to here.

What do you think?

STAMPS: Perfect Blend
PAPERS: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla Cardstock
INK: Chocolate Chip
ACCESSORIES: Basic Pearls, Blendabilities, Punches, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Retro Coffee for the Divas

When I checked out the colours for the Utah Divas Colour Challenge, I have to admit, I thought the addition of Marina Mist to an otherwise "bright" colour palette was a little odd. I usually stick with one colour family when designing cards, but I had to make it work!

To that end, I used the Retro Sketch (with a little liberty) and got to work:

I created my own Pacific Point "Designer Series Paper", because (can you believe it?) other than the paper stacks, there isn't a single DSP that has Pacific Point in it! I used the Gorgeous Grunge Set to create the DSP. Pretty cool, eh?

The coffee cup was stamped in Early Espresso and I added a Marina Mist "sleeve" to it. And of course, I used a LOT of Stampin' Dimensionals.


What do you think?

STAMPS: Gorgeous Grunge, Perfect Blend
INK: Pacific Point, Early Espresso, Marina Mist
PAPERS: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight and Pacific Point Cardstock; Quatrefancy and In Colours DSP.
ACCESSORIES: Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

A Burst of Coffee!

I've been meaning to try the Sunburst technique for a little while, but it always seemed so intimidating! It's a whole lot easier than it looks once you get the hang of it though and I just LOVE the way this one turned out!

I used the Venetian Romance Designer Series Paper for this one again and sponged all the edges with Soft Suede Ink before arranging them in the sunburst pattern in the top part of the card front.

I added the sunburst to a piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock onto which I'd stamped the sentiment. Then I added a piece of Soft Suede Ribbon and wrapped it around the card front to hide the seam.

I stamped and cut out two sets of coffee cups and even added WHITE lids this time - just like Starbucks. :) I think this would be the PERFECT card to give to a friend along with a gift card to your favourite coffee shop.

I had to finish the inside too...with...what else? COFFEE STAINS!

What do you think?

STAMPS: Perfect Blend

INK: Soft Suede

PAPERS: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Cardstock; Venetian Romance DSP

ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Glass (smooshed in Soft Suede Ink to create coffee stains), Soft Suede 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Going Retro!

I came across the Retro Sketch while I had my Perfect Blend set out, so I thought I'd give it a shot!

Here's the sketch:

And here's what I came up with:

I kind of like the look of "washi tape" that I created with strips of (you guessed it!) Venetian Romance Designer Series Paper! :)

For this cup, I managed to keep it to just TWO layers - LOL!

What do you think?

STAMPS: Perfect Blend
INK: Soft Suede
PAPERS: Very Vanilla Cardstock; Venetian Romance DSP
ACCESSORIES: Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Do you need your coffee before you can function in the morning? Me? I'm more of a tea girl, but caffeine is caffeine, right? Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy a cup of coffee (usually once or twice a day), but if I don't have my tea first thing in the morning, it's going to be a BAD DAY! My husband knows this and is a very smart man. Most days, I get tea in bed. Spoiled? Nope! I'm just loved. 

Today's card comes courtesy of SplitCoast Stampers where yesterday was sketch day! It was a pretty simple sketch, but I couldn't just make a simple card (as if you didn't know THAT).

So, I started off with my Perfect Blend Set again (yes, it's still out and no, I'm not getting tired of using it yet) and decided on some Coastal Cabana and Afternoon Picnic Designer Series paper to change things up a bit.

Lots of layers (of course) and I even had to double up on the Stampin' Dimensionals to get my sentiment up to the right height. :)

And of course, the card is not complete till the inside is done too:

What do you think?

STAMPS: Perfect Blend

INK: Basic Grey

PAPERS: Very Vanilla and Coastal Cabana Cardstock; Afternoon Picnic Designer Series Paper

ACCESSORIES: Candy Dots, Artisan Label Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!

Gimme COFFEE!!!

Happy Wednesday! It's Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge Day! My card is below and you can check out what the rest of the crew has been up to by clicking HERE.

As you can tell from yesterday's post, I'm on a bit of a coffee bend...hope you don't mind, because I've got MORE to come! :)

Obviously, I like this cup in layers and I can't seem to create it with less than three! I just really like the dimension that it adds to the card.

I'm using the Designer Series Paper from Venetian Romance as well as some Crisp Cantaloupe again...changing things up with a Crumb Cake base.

A Soft Suede Bow adds a pretty touch.

And here's the full card:

I made a happy discovery when I paired an oval from the Oval Framelit Set and a deco label from the Deco Label Framelit Set. They go well together, don't you think? I also had some fun with the sponges and Crisp Cantaloupe Ink.

Here's the sketch if you'd like to try your hand at it:

What do you think?

STAMPS: Perfect Blend
INK: Soft Suede
PAPERS: Very Vanilla, Crisp Cantaloupe and Crumb Cake Cardstock; Venetian Romance DSP
ACCESSORIES: Big Shot, Oval Framelits, Deco Label Framelits, Paper Piercer and Accessories, Soft Suede 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals.

Trust the Paper - a MOJO Monday Sketch

Have you ever looked a colour combination and thought "What the heck were they thinking?"

Every once in a while, it happens to me. You would think I would have learned by now...I mean, Stampin' UP! is celebrating their 25th anniversary this year. It would seem they might know just a thing or two about colour.

And yet, when I decided to stamp a card for the MOJO Monday sketch (you're shocked and amazed, I know), I questioned the colour. Island Indigo with Crisp Cantaloupe? They're not even in the same colour family! But, there they were, happily co-existing on a sheet of Venetian Romance Designer Series Paper.

I had a few strips of Island Indigo Cardstock on my work space from some cards we made at class over the weekend, so I was looking to use some of that rather than have to put it away - LOL! That's where the idea for the Venetian Romance Designer Series Paper came in, because I knew it had some Island Indigo in it. I was trying to figure out what else to do so I looked up the paper in the 2013-2014 Catalogue and that's when I saw the Crisp Cantaloupe. I thought it was weird, but decided to give it a try. And that's where the "trust the paper" came in. Seriously. Stampin' UP! has been doing this for 25 years, so you know that if they put it together in the same pack of Designer Series Paper, it's going to work.

And of course, it did!!

Check out the layers on that coffee cup!! Yes, they're all fussy cut. If I'm going to make a comeback to the blogging world, I may as well do it right! I stamped the cup twice and then the lid once. I cut them all out and stacked them up on Stampin' Dimensionals. Then I stamped the cup again on some Designer Series Paper to make the little "sleeve".

What do you think?


STAMPS: Perfect Blend
INK: Soft Suede
PAPERS: Very Vanilla, Crisp Cantaloupe and Island Indigo Cardstock; Venetian Romance DSP
ACCESSORIES: Big Shot, Circle Framelits, Sponges (for inking the edges), Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals


Happy Stampin'!

The Power of TWO

I have another Yippee Skippee card for you today! I do hope you don't tire of the set. :)

Since I was playing with the papers from Birthday Basics, I decided on a card base of Raspberry Ripple. I had a piece that was already cut to 4 x 8 1/2, so I just trimmed it down and made a 4 x 4 card. Cute, right?

I used my Stamp-a-majig to stamp the sentiment right into the bottom left hand corner and then stamped the cups from Perfect Blend using Early Espresso and cut them out. I stamped the "cup sleeve" again in Early Espresso on the Raspberry Ripple DSP and cut it out adding it to the cups. One cup was placed directly on the cardstock and the other was added using Stampin' Dimensionals. I doodled around the Very Vanilla Cardstock using my Raspberry Ripple marker taking care to avoid the sentiment and the cup (you can see where the marker stops).

I don't have a picture of the inside (OOPS!), but I stamped the cup AGAIN in Early Espresso and added the sentiment "Coffee & Friends are the perfect blend".

I love this little stamp set and just $13.95 (#131392) for the clear and $16.95 for the wood (#130475), you can love it too!

I think I know just who would like to receive it, so I've got to get to the post office and send it off!

What do you think?

STAMPS: Perfect Blend and Yippee Skippee
INK: Raspberry Ripple and Early Espresso
PAPERS: Very Vanilla and Raspberry Ripple Cardstock; Birthday Basics DSP
ACCESSORIES: Marker, Stamp-a-majig, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stampin'!