Corrugated Coffee

     Another coffee card?  No problem. It's one of my favorite topics. 
     I started by using the shabby polka dot background, only with the coffee bean embossing folder. I made two and dragged Gina K's Kraft ink pad over one of them and lightly distressed the other with the same ink.
     I tore a large corner from the first background and distressed roughly with Tim Holtz distressing tool along the tear. I mounted this background over the other and centered on the card base. 

     The stamp set used is Claire Brennan's "Coffee". I stamped using Kraft and Tomato Soup. The red corrugated card stock is used as a mat and a thin line for the mugs to sit on. I found the Darice nesting die set (Wavy Squares) at Tuesday Morning last week. I couldn't wait to use it. 

 Same card - different sentiment

Challenges 

Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge - Use a Die Cut - #86 -*
Sisterhood of Crafters - Make Background - #23 -*

Stamp TV - Coffee, Tea, Sweets, Oh, My -*
TPD Card Challenge - Coffee, Tea, Cocoa - #9 - *

Old Bean Wallpaper Pop Up

     I just got this new stamp set and couldn't wait to use it. It is "Coffee" from Claire Brennan. When it arrived I was astonished at the number of stamps that were in the package - 50! You do the math:

21 sentiments          

+ 29 coffee related pics

                                 50 stamps  

            

 
    

     Anyway, I decided that I wanted to put the coffee pot on a table so I pulled out Karen Burniston's "Lots of Pops" die and set the table using ECD "Stitched Squares and a Recollections edge punch. The embossing folder is Karen Burniston's "Coffee Bean". I used the shabby polka dot background only with coffee beans instead. I love embossing folders and tend to forget to use them. The cover looks a bit 
 

like a napkin. It is very simple. I tried to add more to it, but everything I placed took away from the simplicity of the napkin. Once the recipient of one of these pop up cards receives them they rarely display the outside anyway. BTW: Not one new sheet of paper was used in this creation - only scraps!
     I have developed a taste for coffee. My aunt who was a teacher told me that "I would be driven to it" by my students. She was correct. I have to have a cup in the morning and another after school. Now I've been retired for 4 years, but as soon as I hear the school bus at 2:50 I go turn on the Keurig. 

     

Challenges 

ABC Challenge - I is for Important - #51 - *
ARTastic Challenge - Black/White + 1 Color - #2 - DNQ
As You Like It Challenge - Fave Drink - #13 - *
Jo's Scrap Shack - Recycle - #4 - *
Moving Along with the Times - Age Sentiment - #13 -*
Stamp TV MIUM - Black/White + Splash of Color -*
Through the Purple Haze - Die and Punch - #42 -Winner Top 3!

Time Out Challenges - Home Sweet Home - #7 - *

 

SPEC - tacular Birthday

    Here is a card with a bit of trash. I used a toilet paper roll to construct an eyeglass case. I first used a brayer to flatten the roll, then painted 3 coats of white Gesso as a primer. I don't know the name of the paper, because it is (was) a scrap. The bottom is closed using a strip of score tape. 
     

     The spectacles are made using a Silhouette cut file -- "Glasses New Years" by Daniela Moscone. The 2016 is removed but I thought the stars were a nice touch, so I left them. The designer paper on the glasses is "Coral Mica" by Paper Studio. I bought this ages ago (don't remember why) and finally found a use for it.
     The background is Shabby Polka Dot Background using embossing folder and Hickory Smoke distress ink.
     I die cut the letters from a Elizabeth Craft die (Alphabet 1 Caps) and stamped the sentiment on the inside using Gina K's "Massive Messages".

Inside of Card

Challenges

Alphabet Challenge - Embossing Folder - #22 - *
Come and Get It Challenges - Make Embellishment - #6 - *
Stamp TV - Let's Get Trashy -*
Stamp TV - Video Inspired - *