National Coffee Day

As part of National Coffee Day, yes there is such a thing, I am participating in the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

For my submission, I created a regular A2 card but created the fold along the top versus the side.  I selected a dark brown for my card base.  Next I layered a light brown to frame a custom made background of coffee beans [from Fiskars Latte Love photopolymer stamp set] stamped in dark brown ink on a medium brown cardstock.

I used a vanilla cardstock to stamp the greeting, "thanks a latte" from the Fiskars Latte Love stamp set.  Next I stamped Newton and Cookies from the Newton's Nook, Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set.  Newton is stamped with milk and cookies so I had to fussy cut Newton from the design before coloring with Spectrum Markers. I used foam-backed adhesives to add Newton to the card.

I stamped a coffee cup and steam from the Fiskars Latte Love stamp set.  Afterwards I fussy cut both images, I colored using Spectrum Markers.  I attached to the card with foam-backed adhesives.

Afterwards I used Wink of Stella clear glitter pen to the steam and the heart on the coffee cup as well as on Newton's collar. I finished the front of the card with a a double bow and ribbon wrapped around the top two layers of cardstock.




Moving onto the inside, I added the same light brown layer as on the front of the card.
I stamped the to-go coffee cup from Fiskars Latte Love stamp set and "You're the best" greeting from Lawn Fawn.  Finally, I used the coffee bean stamp from the front of the card  to add interest to the inside.

I hope you enjoyed my tribute to coffee today.
Check out the other talented blog hop participants by hopping over to Chaitali's Cuts, Crops & Creativity's Blog.

Please feel free to leave a comment on my blog, they make my day.

Cheers!



Supplies:

Fiskars Latte Love Photopolymer Stamp Set
Newton's Nook, Newton's Holiday Mischief Photopolymer Stamp Set
Lawn Fawn,  You're the best photopolymer stamp
Wink of Stella Clear Glitter brush
My Favorite Things Hybrid Ink (Black Licorice)
Spectrum Noir Markers in Shades of Brown
Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, Always Artichoke markers (cup band, Newton's Nose, Newton's collar)
Ribbon
Adhesives (tape runner, glue dots, foam-backed adhesives)

I participated in the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Poppystamps and Card Maker Blog Hop: Happy Fall

Welcome to the Poppystamps and Card Maker Blog Hop!

I am super excited to be part of a an amazing group of talented ladies to bring you this blog hop.  If you are hopping along you should have reached me from Lezlye Lauterbach's blog.

My favorite season is Autumn and there is much you can do with it as a theme.  One of my favorite things to do is to reflect and give thanks.  Therefore, my offering for you today is a card themed around thankfulness.

This card is a standard A2 cardstock in a dark brown.  I layered a leafy patterned paper and then a harvest golden color of card stock.  Then I created an Autumn sunset with distressed inks on top of white cardstock.

I used Poppystamps Viva Tree Die [901] to create the tree and leaves.  I die cut the tree several times in a harvest orange, gold, green and dark brown to get extra leaves.  From there I cut of the leaves and attached them to the tree on the card.

Next I cut out a Poppystamps Woodland Fawn Die [1014] in a light brown followed by the Poppystamps Woodland Fawn Die [945].  I cut off part of the scarf that comes with [945] to create a shorter scarf for the baby fawn.

Finally, I stamped the Danke greeting on a cream cardstock and layers each size of the Classic Ribbons Die [1005].  After assembling the greeting, I trimmed off a little of the squared off end to shorten.  Then I attached it to the card with a small green bow on a paperclip.

To finish the card, I added a cream cardstock inside with Poppystamps' So Much Cling Stamp [CS308B] greeting stamped.  It may be a little difficult to see but I hand-colored the leaves, stem and greeting with markers of different colors to continue the multi-colored theme inside the card.

I hope you have enjoyed the card and are inspired to incorporate Autumn backgrounds and themes into your card-making endeavors.

Before you go, there is a contest with a great prize to be won courtesy of Poppystamps!  The prize is both the 1084 Leaf Silhouette, 1031 Thank You Background die.  To be entered you must leave a comment on each blog you visit as no one knows which blog the winner will be selected from.

You have until 26 September 2014 to leave a comment.  Poppystamps will be selecting the winner(s) from comments and announcing it the Poppystamps Blog.  Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment (and/or subscribing to my blog).

Your next stop is on the hop is Theresa Momber's blog.  If you would like to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit the Poppystamps Blog or the CardMaker Blog.

Christmas Folding Screen Card

09/10/2014

Christmas Folding Screen Card

Greetings!  Today will be my last post as a Poppystamps Design Team Member.  It has been my pleasure creating for you over the past year.  For my final post, I selected a folding screen card. 

The folding screen card began with a piece of cardstock cut down to 5 1/2" by 11".  Then I scored at 2 3/4", 5 1/2" and finally 8 1/4".  Fold on the score lines so it will open as a screen.

Next I used the Poppystamps Grand Flower Box die to create the feet.  I centered the window box as shown in the image below and then ran it through my Big Shot.  I folded it in half so it would cut two at a time instead of running it through 4 times, I only had to do two.  Additionally, I ran it through before adhering the panels on.  

 

Next, I cut panels to line the screen.

I cut four panels in the following sizes:

2 1/2" x 4 5/8"

2 3/8 x 4 1/4"

I chose to alternate colors but you can use all the same. The smaller of the two sizes above is approximate for the height. I had to trim off just a skosh from the bottom so there would be a border.   After cutting I adhered the two colors together and then adhered them to the screen.

Next, I cut white cardstock into an 8 1/2" x 4" section and used the Poppystamps Puffy Cloud Border die to create a mask. I used the mask in various positions and sponged a turquoise color to create one big panel of sky.  Once completed, I cut four sections to 2 1/8" x 4" and numbered the back so that when I reassembled it on the card, the sky would appear continuous.  Then I adhered each section to the appropriate panel.

Once you have added the innermost panel, then you can decide what scene you would like to create.  I kept it pretty simple using the Poppystamps Snow Flocked Tree for panels 1 and 4.  Then I used Poppystamps Santa's Magic Sleigh for the panel 2 followed by both Poppystamps Woodland Fawn Dies.

To finish, I used the Merry Christmas greeting from the Poppystamps Merry Christmas Background.

To add more pizazz you could cut some small squares and tie some twine around them as presents in Santa's sleigh or add some ornaments from Poppystamps Christmas Baubles Die [1040] or some flocking on the branches of the tree.  

I hope you give the folding screen card a go for your holiday card making projects.

Thank you again for a wonderful year! Happy Holidays.

Puffy Cloud Border	snow Flocked Tree	Merry Christmas Background [1065]	Woodland Fawn
[923] DIES- Santa's Magic Sleigh	[945] DIES- Woodland Fawn	[821] DIES- Grand Flower Box

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