Need a Cup?

Today’s card is a complete throwback. I love the Coffee Cafe stamp set and assorted products, but they all retired last year. Boo!!! I still love my set and refuse to sell them. So I pulled all the products out and made a fun coffee card for this week. I know I’ve made this card design before, but it’s too good to not bring it back.

• Stamps: Coffee Cafe

• Ink: Pear Pizzazz; Early Espresso

• Cardstock: Coffee Break DSP; Pool Party; Early Espresso

• Accessories: Crumb Cake Ribbon (retired)

• Tools: Cup of Coffee Dies; Circle Dies; Diagonal Stripes Embossing Folder

Coffee Break Today

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a coffee break card. Another excuse to pull out the Coffee Cafe Stamp Set. Even if SU decides to retire this set at the end of the catalog, I will be keeping this and making more coffee themed cards. I love it so much. Or maybe it's that I love coffee so much... Anyways, I chose to pick some fun DSP pieces, lay them in a pattern, and then emboss the entire piece using the Hexagons Embossing Folder. From there, it was just a matter of making a fun Coffee Cup to act as my focal point.

• Stamps: Coffee Cafe
• Inks: Garden Green
• Cardstock: Coffee Break DSP, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Whisper White
• Accessories: Crumb Cake Classic Weave Ribbon
• Tools: Hexagons Embossing Folder, Coffee Cups Framelits

Amazing You

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using Rich Razzleberry, Sweet Sugarplum, and Soft Sky.

I decided to play with layering images from the Amazing You stamp set. After setting down my layer of stamped images, I stamped another flower, colored it with the Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends, and cut it out to add some dimension. Finally I added a few Glitter Enamel Dots to the card. 

• Stamps: Amazing You
• Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Sweet Sugarplum, Soft Sky, Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends
• Cardstock: Coffee Break DSP; Rich Razzleberry; Whisper White
• Accessories: Glitter Enamel Dots
• Tools: Celebrate You Thinlits

Have a Cup

Today's card features one of my favorite new stamp sets: Coffee Cafe. I love coffee so of course i had to buy this bundle! For this card I decided to layer on a ton of pieces (DSP, washi tape, die cut cups, background layers) until I created a fun layered card. I dug through my washi tape stash to find something that would match the colors in the DSP pieces. Thankfully I had some retired Moroccan Washi Tape and some Gold Glitter Washi Tape. I think they add just enough interest to this crazy card. 

• Stamps: Coffee Cafe
• Inks: Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Coffee Break DSP; Garden Green; Soft Sky; Whisper White
• Accessories: Moroccan Washi Tape (retired); Gold Glitter Washi Tape (retired)
• Tools: Coffee Cups Framelits; Lots of Labels Framelits

Sharing the Love

Today's card is one of the featured projects for August's stamp club. Did you know that every year Stampin' Up! features a stamp set who's proceeds support the Ronald McDonald House? The stamp sets are always adorable and this year's set is no different. May I introduce you to Sharing Sweet Thoughts!

I knew I had to feature this great stamp set at stamp club.  I decided to go simple in my design and construction. I filled a jar with some cute butterflies and a branch to create my focal point. From there I pulled some great pieces from the Wood Texture DSP Stack and a cool blue piece from Coffee Break DSP. The card was missing a few embellishments. Thank goodness for doilies, glitter enamel shapes, and white enamel shapes. Perfect additions!

• Stamps: Sharing Sweet Thoughts
• Inks: Dapper Denim; Early Espresso; Always Artichoke; Pear Pizzazz; Crumb Cake; Baja Breeze (retired); Crushed Curry; Pale Plum (retired); Flirty Flamingo; Rich Razzleberry
• Cardstock: Coffee Break DSP; Wood Textures DSP; Soft Suede; Whisper White
• Accessories: Glitter Enamel Shapes; White Accent Shapes; White Doilies
• Tools: Everyday Jars Framelits

A Coffee For You

I finally opened up the fun Coffee Cafe bundle and got creating! This card celebrates some of the great DSP in the Coffee Break pack. There will be more coffee cards to come I'm sure. I love the little stamped coffee beans I added as a last touch.

• Stamps: Coffee Cafe
• Inks: Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Coffee Break DSP; Pear Pizzazz; Early Espresso; Kraft; Soft Sky; Whisper White
• Accessories: Crumb Cake Ribbon
• Tools: Lots of Labels Framelits; Coffee Cups Framelits