Hug in a Mug With Recycling

 

Hello Coffee Lovers!

I'm back again today in my *ICU (Intensive Coffee Unit) with another caffeinated creation 

for the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog.

For today's card I used a new stamp set and coordinating die from LDRS Creative.  

The stamp set is called Cozy Cuppa stamp set and I cut out the cup and whipped cream with the 
Cozy Cuppa coordinating dies.

I began by stamping the cup outline with Versamark ink onto vellum paper and heat embossing with white powder. I stamped the sentiment onto the cup with brown ink and the cute little heart with pink ink. I heat embossed the sentiment and heart with clear embossing powder so they would shine. The next step was to cut the cup out one more time from teal paper to back the vellum. It muted the color of the teal and gave the vellum some stability and allowed me to apply foam tape to the back without being able to see it.

Next I worked on the whipped cream on top of the cup. I stamped the whipped cream image onto white paper with kraft colored ink and applied a generous amount of snow paint. I heated it up with my heat gun so it would puff up to give the appearance of whipped cream. I applied several layers and heated after each one. I think I need a new snow pen because mine keeps coming out with lots of bubbles but it did the trick in a pinch.

For the background under the cup I did some recycling. You might recognize the patterned paper under the cup if you've ever placed an order with Honey Bee Stamps. Their stamps and dies come wrapped in this super cute kraft paper and I've always wanted to include it in one of my projects. I just love the look of white on kraft. I used a scalloped rectangle die from Neat and Tangled to cut it out. I just love how it looks under the mug!

Here's one more look at my card with the supplies used.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired by my card and to do some recycling with leftover packaging you might have in your craft room.

Have a great day, I already am!

☕️  Lisa  ☕️ 

You Warm My Heart

 

Hello Crafty Caffeinated friends! It's another day up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog and today's card will warm your heart..... literally!

Today's card features a trio of darling little coffee to go cups and a sweet little heart on each koozie!

One of my favorite coffee cup dies is from a company that is no longer in business. Top Dog Dies made this adorable little coffee to go cup die and I just love the little scalloped koozie in this set. It's just so dainty! I especially love the little heart that goes in the middle and I covered the hearts in sparkly Star Dust Stickles for some extra bling!

The sentiment on the card is from the Honey Bee Perfect Blend stamp set. I cut the sentiment into 2 parts so I could split it up on the card. I placed my cups on a panel that I cut out using the Wonky Stitched Mini Slimline die from Kat Scrappiness.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

I'm so glad I could warm your heart today!

💖💛💚

Have a great day, I already am!

💓 Lisa 💓

Life Begins After Coffee

 

Hello Crafty Coffee Loving Peeps! Today I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Blog with a brand new caffeinated card and I had some fun with watercoloring for this one!

Let's get crafty in the ICU!

I started out with a piece of Canson Watercolor paper and I stamped the Scribbled Roses cling stamp from Taylored Expressions in Versamark ink. Next I sprinkled Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder all over my paper and heated it until it was shiny. The next step was where I had all my fun! I used 2 different Distress Ink colors, Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers and I smooshed them onto my Tim Holtz Media mat and sprayed them with water. I had a lot of fun coloring in my roses, leaves and background with all of that vibrant ink!

After the watercoloring was dry I took the Honey Bee Gift Card Holder die and cut out the front panel of the coffee cup from the watercolored panel. I stamped the sentiment from the Honey Bee Perfect Blend stamp set onto the koozie and adhered it to the front of my coffee cup and placed a plain white lid on the top of the cup. Next I added some fun Taylored Expressions Drip Drops for some bling and a simple twine bow to the top of the cup.

Lastly I adhered the cup to a piece of kraft card stock and then to a pretty teal scalloped frame panel. 

Everything was then placed on a top folding A2 white card base.

I really love how this card turned out, the color combination is one of my favorites!
I'm not sure why water coloring intimidates me because I thoroughly enjoy it every time I do it and the results are so beautiful!

Thank you so much for joining me today, I'm glad you stopped by!

Have a great day, I already am!

☕️  Lisa 🌺 

Coffee Break

Hello and welcome to Lisa's ICU! It's my day on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog and I have a real treat for you! Trinity stamps recently released the most adorable little tea themed bunny stamp! It's called Dirtea Bunny and the scruffy bunny in the set is holding a mini mug that can be stamped with the most adorable sentiments. The matching die is called the Dirtea Bunny die set and it actually cuts out the bunny's hands so he can hold the mug. 

Here is a picture of the stamp set and matching die:

Isn't he just the cutest!!  I started out by die cutting a mug shaped card using the Trinity 

Coffee Mug Card die set in cream colored card stock. I wanted to decorate the mug so I used the Coffee Bean Background Stencil from Trinity and some Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide Ink over top.  I just love the look of the two toned beans! The stencil comes with two 6x6 stencils and each stencil has one half of the bean. I used Gathered Twigs on both stencils but with a lighter hand on half the bean to give each bean a two tone look.

The sweet little "coffee break" sentiment under the cup came from the awesome 

Honey Bee stamp set titled Perfect Blend.  

That stamp set has any sentiment you can think of that is coffee related.

What a fun card to make! Here's a closer look at that sweet little "Dirtea Bunny":

I really love the cute little feature that the die cuts out just the arms.

Thank you so much for joining me today!

Have a great day, I already am!

🐰 Lisa 🐰

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Day 5

Welcome back to the Fall/Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

There are over 600 entries to date so it looks like everyone is 

well caffeinated and getting crafty this week!

For today's project I have a tag to share with you.

I was browsing YouTube looking for inspiration and I came across

a video from last year by Nichol Spohr. She made the cutest coffee cup birthday cards

and they looked so realistic so I wanted to give it a try.

You can see her awesome video here.

She made very large birthday cards with faux foam on top but

since I wanted to make a tag I chose smaller dies and scaled the

project down a bit.

I started with the Sugar Pea Designs Coffee To Go Cup dies.

I used Bristol Smooth Cardstock so I could do some ink blending

on the cup base. I used Gathered Twigs and Ground Espresso Distress Inks

and then spritzed with water for a more realistic look.

For the dome piece of the cup I sponged on a little Tumbled Glass Distress ink

to give a very slight appearance of glass.

For the foam on top I used a super cool product called a Snow Marker.

You just apply the white liquid and then blast it with your heat tool

and like magic you have faux snow (or in this case.... foam)!

How cool is that? I also loved Nichol's idea to add little Coffee Tiny Bubbles

from Honey Bee Stamps for that little extra something on the foam.

Here is a closeup of all that foam and coffee bubble goodness:

For the word "latte" on top of the cup I used the Coffee Words Sugarcuts dies

from Sugar Pea Designs cut from gold foil.

I added a red foil heart under the word because as Nichol said,

a little bit of red just pops out and I couldn't agree more!

For the base of my tag I cut out some vellum using the Stitched Duo 3 dies 

from Pretty Pink Posh. I've always loved the rounded top of that die!

I took  Gathered Twigs Distress ink and sponged it over a 

Gina Marie Coffee Bean Stencil to give the tag some detail.

And last but not least is my cute little heart charm hanging from the twine.

I used the same heart from the tag in red foil and I 

sandwiched my twine in between two of them to look like a charm.

I just love that extra added touch!

I'm not gonna lie, this is probably my most favorite 

project yet for this hop!

Thank you Nichol for the inspiration and I'll see you soon

with another entry for the Fall/Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Have a great day, I already am!

☕️Lisa ❤️

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Miss You a Latte

Welcome back to my blog crafty friends.

It's my day on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog again today and I have

another card for you full of caffeinated inspiration.

Today I'm using a small coffee cup die on my card from the 

Hipster 1 dies from Spellbinders.

I just adore those little coffee cup dies with the mini koozies!

The polka dot patterned paper as well as the striped paper are old patterns 

from Papertrey Ink that I just adore!
I used the largest die from the Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangle dies
from Kat Scrappiness to cut out the polka dot paper and then I inked the edges.

The light teal color is so soft and pretty.

The sentiment is from 2 different sets.

The stamped "Miss You A" part is from the Perfect Blend stamp set from 

Honey Bee stamps. The "latte" die cut is from the Sugar Pea Designs Coffee Words

die set.  I used Lawn Fawn Rose Gold embossing powder on some card stock and then 

cut the word latte out of that.  I also cut some very tiny hearts out of the rose gold

paper as well for the coffee cups.

I really like the soft color palette on this card!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today, I just 

love creating my coffee themed cards for the 

Coffee Loving Cardmakers and I'll be back again real soon

with some more caffeine inspired creations!

Have a great day! I already am!

☕️💗 Lisa  💗 ☕️