Thankful Coffee Card

There is something so fun about making coffee cards to me! I think it's because it gives me a chance to use some of my older things with my newer supplies and you just can't go wrong with a coffee cup. Am I right??

I cut Tim Holtz Fresh Brewed Bigz cup and sleeve from Prima's Amber Moon paper pad and the lid from a scrap. "Thanks" is printed on the paper and "a latte' (old Stampin' Up set) was stamped in Ground Espresso Archival and cut out with Gift Tags Thinlits. I attached it with a heavy thread to look like it's a tea bag label.

The leaves are Skeleton Leaves Thinlits die cuts, and they are blended with Old Paper and Vintage Photo inks. The little pumpkins are Tim Holtz old Mini Blueprints Happy Halloween stamps. The back paper and the pumpkins are colored with Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide and stamped with Perfect Plaids in Black Soot ink. The wood patterned paper is Tim's Halloween paper stash from last year. I blended it with Black Soot and Vintage Photo ink and splattered with watery Picket Fence paint.

I'll be getting up early to enjoy a nice hot cup of Pumpkin Spice coffee and some visits to see some of the other coffee lovers cards at The Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop. Sounds like two great reasons to get up early in the morning! Thanks for stopping by! Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Coffee Loving Cardmakers: Fall/Winter Blog Hop

Scrapy Land Challenge #125 Anything Goes I used 3 Sizzix dies.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Thanks/Thanksgiving

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Thinking Of You

Country View Challenges November 2019 - Hand Stamped

The Artistic Stamper November's Creative Challenge - Mix it Up

Snarky Fall Coffee Card

I've been seeing all the fabulous coffee cards for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, and since I AM a coffee lover, I felt I should play along with at least one card.

I used Tim Holtz Abandoned paper stash for the background, and a Tea Time Bigz die cut from kraft card. I colored it with Peeled Paint and Evergreen Bough oxides, and blended with Vintage Photo ink. The steam is from the Cauldron Bigz die; I cut it twice each from white card and a patterned paper scrap. Both are blended with Old Paper and Vintage Photo inks and layered.

I thought this gent from the Halloween Paper Dolls went perfectly with the Snarky Small Talk sticker.

The rusty hex bolts and washers are from the Steampunk Parts Bigz die, cut from Metallic Kraft Stock and painted with Black Soot paint and DecoArt Q-gold. To pick up on the metallic embellishment, I decided to mat the panel with black card and Metallic 2 Kraft Stock sanded and painted with the same colors.

Lastly a splattering of Carved Pumpkin to hint at my favorite coffee--Pumpkin Spice Latte. It seems I'm not alone in my choice of flavors. What's your favorite coffee drink?

Challenge shares:

Coffee Loving Cardmakers: Fall/Winter Blog Hop

Scrapy Land Challenge #125 Anything Goes I used 3 Sizzix dies.

SanDee and Amelie's Steampunk Challenges: Winter Special Challenge! I hope it's got enough industrial!

What's Brewin'? With Tim Holtz and Seth Apter's Baked Texture

Hello again!  That was quick! While I had my crafty goodies out, I put them to use on a second coffee lover's card this morning, because my coffee was kickin' into high gear!

It's so fun to pair up the old stuff with my newer and most loved Tim Holtz products. As on my card here, I used my new Stacked Archway dies. These are just so versatile, and I will be getting lots of use out of them!

I don't have much in the way of coffee stash, so I used the same Stampin' Up set used on my previous card. This time I inked the steam right onto my arch panel, masked it, and stamped the dots from the Dots and Floral set by Tim Holtz. I inked the stamp with Peacock Feathers then blended the entire panel with Antique Linen Distress ink after removing the mask. I replaced the mask, gave the panel a splatter of water and blotted with a paper towel. After adhering this to a second archway cut from  breakfast bar waste packaging, I edged in Frayed Burlap.

I heat embossed the outer Archway in clear after inking the steam image in Black Soot ink.  I added more Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap ink. The blue floral stamped background layer is a second generation stamping from the Dots and Floral set.

The coffee cup was stamped in Black Soot and edged in Ground Espresso (of course!). My Paper Doll gent gets a hot seat, but not before giving him some texture with Ranger Vintage Collage Medium and Vintage Beeswax Baked Texture. I borrowed this idea off  a favorite designer here in blogland--I just can't remember who it was as the moment, so please accept my apologies and gratitude for the inspiration.

My sentiment is inside for a change, using another of the Archway die cuts and another little guy from my Paper Doll pack.

That's all for me today! Wow! Several posts in one day after my blog sits quiet for so long except for my rusty Trinket Tin, which coincidentally also uses the Stacked Archway die cuts. I'll be back again later this evening with my scheduled post for A Vintage Journey and then next Wednesday for my Design Team project for Frilly and Funkie.  I should be back to a regular schedule of crafting within a couple of weeks.  I appreciate your coming back today and leaving your inspiring comments!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

Challenges entered:
2018 SPRING | SUMMER COFFEE LOVERS BLOG HOP

Simon Says Stamp Monday Masculine
Scrapy Land Challenge #90 ANYTHING GOES
The Artistic Stamper May's Creative Challenge - Backgrounds
Cropstop May Link Party - #39 Anything Goes

My First Coffee Lovers Card With Tim Holtz

 Welcome friends and visitors! I stayed up late last night, all pumped up from seeing my friend's Autumn and Marty's  FABULOUS coffee themed inspiration, vowing I would at least get one project made for 2018 Spring | Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop  .This girl needs her sleep, and nothing was coming to me, so I got up early, made some strong coffee, and got to work.

I made this easy design focusing on an old Stampin' Up coffee set I've never laid ink to. For the blue background, I used a stamp I JUST had to have after playing with Autumn's on our crafty visit earlier this year--Tim Holtz' 'Dots and Floral'. Here, it's inked with Broken China DOX on watercolor paper I spritzed with water.

The steam is stamped on a scrap of white card in Black Soot Distress ink. I took my waterbrush and colored in some of the swirls. I blended with Tumbled Glass ink and fussy cut. The coffee cup was stamped in Black Soot ink on a watercolor paper scrap which I had applied various blue DOX colors to. I spritzed the stamp with water and wiped a bit of the ink from the stamp before inking the image to get the shadow effect. I fussy cut and smooshed the cup face down onto my embossing ink pad, embossing in clear several times.

I used my new Tim Holtz Stacked Archway die set for the frame and altered a Christmas Quote Chip with a coffee quote from my Stampin' Up stash. (Who uses 'Hello December" anyway? My Christmas cards are usually so late, I'm saying 'Goodbye December'!)

This card is going to my Mom to thank her for some lovely gifts she just sent me--some beautiful Limoges thingies. If anyone knows anything about them, I'd love if you could leave me a comment below.   All my mom knows is that they were my grandmother's, so they are very old.

I'm so excited to finally participate this year, although it's at the end of the hop. I'll have another coffee lovers card in just a few hours here. I'm just waiting for the glue to dry.

Challenges entered:

2018 Spring | Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes

Mod Squad Challenge: Create a background using stamps (ends 6/5)

Scrapy Land Challenge #90 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes - Weeks #336-#337

As always your visits and comments mean the world to me!  Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily