Peekaboo Coffee Cups

Today’s card is my attempt at an unusual technique. I've often seen cards with color that comes peeking through. They remind me of those childhood activity pads where you scratch off of the black to find the picture below. And so I set out trying to recreate the idea in card form. For this specific technique, you start by adding ink to a piece of white cardstock covering the entire piece. From there, stamp am image using Versamark and cover with white embossing powder. After heating the powder, add black ink all over the top of the piece of cardstock. To reveal the color underneath, all you have to do is take a tissue to the Versamarked areas. I tried this using other colors and it turned out all muddled. It turns out that bright or pastel colors are the best to see. After creating my base piece, I added a stamp and cut coffee cup, some ribbon, and a pop of Lemon Lime Twist. 

• Stamps: Merry Cafe (retired)
• Inks: Bermuda Bay, Lemon Lime Twist, Melon Mambo
• Cardstock: Bermuda Bay, Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White
• Accessories: Bermuda Bay Ribbon (retired), 
• Tools: Clear Embossing Powder; Stitched Shapes Framelits

Snowflake Reindeer

For this card, I CASEd the lovely Martha Inchley @ Inch of Creativity. Hands down my favorite card I made with the Merry Patterns Stamp set. I love the repeating reindeer outline on the Crumb Cake piece, but my favorite part is the snowflakes. Those metallic snowflakes have been my favorite accessory from the Holiday Catalog.

• Stamps: Merry Patterns; Merry Cafe
• Inks: Chocolate Chip; Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green
• Cardstock: Christmas Around the World DSP; Garden Green; Crumb Cake; Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Foil Snowflakes; gold foil washi tape
• Tools: Squares Framelits

#21 Quilted Reindeer

Today's sketch comes from May 2014:

Today's card was the first of many Merry Patterns reindeer cards I made this month. I love the simple nature of the repeating circles with lots of texture and pattern. As a finishing touch, I added some rhinestones to the reindeer's antlers.

• Stamps: Merry Patterns; Merry Cafe
• Inks: Garden Green; Real Red
• Cardstock: Quilted Christmas DSP; Real Red; Whisper White
• Accessories: Rhinestones
• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits; Cable Knit Embossing Folder

#8 Blue Christmas

Today's sketch comes from May 2017:

I saw a card on Pinterest that featured a simple triangular Christmas tree with foil paper. I loved the idea so much that I pulled out all the foil paper I had to sort through. This piece of Soft Sky Foil Frenzy DSP caught my eye. After cutting my tree, I added a trunk using kraft paper and then started pulling colors and papers to coordinate. I ended up only using a bit of dapper denim DSP from the Eastern Palace pack and switching out the rest in favor of an embossed piece of soft sky. I love the subtle shine of this card. 

• Stamps: Merry Cafe
• Inks: Dapper Denim
• Cardstock: Foil Frenzy DSP; Eastern Palace DSP; Soft Sky; Dapper Denim; Very Vanilla; Kraft; Dazzling Diamonds Glitter Paper
• Accessories: 
• Tools: Softly Falling Embossing Folder; star punch

Witches' Brew

Today's post is another Merry Cafe card. I just love these coffee cups so much. For this one I created my main coffee cup and then started adding the little extras. The spiderweb stamp was perfect for the corners. The striped image was great for a fill-in-the-gap stamp. And of course I had to cut out some great pumpkins and a witch's hat to add to my card. 

• Stamps: Merry Cafe; Spooky Cat
• Inks: White Craft Ink; Basic Black; Pumpkin Pie
• Cardstock: Spooky Night DSP; Pumpkin Pie; Basic Black; Whisper White
• Accessories: 
• Tools: Coffee Cups Frameltis

Apple Cider Time

Today's post is another fun card using my favorite Holiday Catalog stamp set, Merry Cafe! I wanted to make an Apple Cider card to celebrate apple season. I went simple with the accompanying bits with an embossed piece of Delightful Dijon as a great background. I'm loving the color combination of Delightful Dijon, Cherry Cobbler, and Chocolate Chip.  Now if I could find some yummy Apple Cider, life would be complete.

• Stamps: Merry Cafe
• Inks: Cherry Cobbler; Crumb Cake; Chocolate Chip
• Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler; Delight Dijon (retired); Chocolate Chip; Very Vanilla
• Accessories: 
• Tools: Sweater Embossing Folder; Stitched Shapes Framelits; Coffee Cups Framelits

PSL Anyone?

It's September, which means it's Pumpkin Spice Latte time! And perfect for me, Stampin' Up! has the perfect stamps set to celebrate my love of the PSL. And they have the cutest piece of geometric DSP from the Painted Autumn Pack. I went simple leaving the focus on my PSL cup. This is a simple card, except for the fussy cut pumpkins. At least I only had to do it once.

• Stamps: Merry Cafe
• Inks: Pumpkin Pie; Crumb Cake
• Cardstock: Painted Autumn DSP; Pumpkin Pie; Cajun Craze; Very Vanilla
• Accessories: Random copper washi tape
• Tools: Coffee Cups Framelits

Two Cups of Cheer

Today's post is all about my current favorite stamp set: Merry Cafe. Of course I bought the Coffee Cafe bundle in the annual catalog. And as soon as I saw the Merry Cafe Stamp Set in the Holiday Catalog, I had to have it immediately! For this card, I made two cute Christmas coffee cups featuring paper and ribbon from the Quilted Christmas Suite. Such a great card.  

• Stamps: Merry Cafe
• Inks: Early Espresso; Real Red; Lemon Lime Twist
• Cardstock: Quilted Christmas DSP; Whisper White; Garden Green; Early Espresso
• Accessories: Quilted Christmas Ribbon
• Tools: Coffee Cup Framelits

Fall Bingo -- Holiday Cards

Last Saturday, I held my second Stampin' Up! Bingo Party. It was so much fun! For this time, I went with a fall theme even though it was over 100 degrees this past weekend. This week, I'll be sharing the projects I prepped and the make n takes from the party. 

Today's post is all about the make n takes I created featuring Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas items from the Holiday Catalog. I gave my ladies a choice for their goody bags. Some went with a combo of two holidays and some stuck with one holiday. From there, I created a few examples. The two designs could be switched to the other holidays by just switching out the paper, sentiments, and accessories. Easy Peasy! The first card is simple but oh so cute! I embossed my layer of Whisper White and layered on some DSP and a cute coffee cup. For the final touch, I added a cute felt shape.

• Stamps: Merry Cafe
• Inks: Garden Green; Real Red
• Cardstock: Quilted Christmas DSP; Garden Green; Whisper White; Crumb Cake
• Accessories: Stitched Felt Embellishments
• Tools: Polka Dot Embossing Folder; Coffee Cups Framelits

For my second card, I switched out the theme to Thanksgiving I added some stamped leaves using tone on tone stamping to play off the DSP. From there I created another cute coffee cup and finished off my card with some natural elements.

• Stamps: Merry Cafe
• Inks: Cajun Craze
• Cardstock: Painted Autumn DSP; Cajun Craze; Very Vanilla 
• Accessories: Burlap Ribbon; Natural Elements
• Tools: Coffee Cups Framelits

And here are all the wonderful cards the ladies created with their supplies. Such different cards here! Love it!

Sunday Haul #11

My Holiday Catalog preorder arrived! So many fun goodies inside this catalog. I restrained myself and ordered just a few items to start. I also ordered all the DSP for the Paper Share I offer at the launch of every new catalog. I ended up with:

• Christmas Around the World DSP
• Merry Music DSP
• Merry Little Christmas DSP
• Year of Cheer DSP
• Painted Autumn DSP
• Spooky Night DSP
• Champagne Foil Sheets
• Merry Cafe Stamp
• Spooky Cat Stamp
• Cat Punch
• Vintage Crochet Trim
• Black Rhinestones
• Foil Snowflakes