National Coffee Day Blog Hop

Hello Coffee Lovers!  This month Kat Scrappiness is hopping along with the
2018 National Coffee Day Blog Hop!

This month at Kat Scrappiness there is a new stamp set called Let's Get Caffeinated and it has 6 fun coffee themed sentiments. 

You will also find 3 different size coffee bean images and one cute heart!

For my card I used the sentiment "COFFEE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY" and I paired it with some really cute stamps from the Gerda Steiner Coffee Monster stamp set which are also available in the Kat Scrappiness shop.

Personally I like a little bit of coffee in my cream but that's just me... 

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To make the background of the card I took some Bristol Smooth card stock and placed a Heidi Swapp chevron stencil over it.  I used 3 different color Distress Inks to sponge over the stencil. 

Mowed Lawn

Peacock Feathers

Salty Ocean

I love how well these colors blended together!

When I peeled the stencil off of the paper I took the small coffee cup stamp from the Coffee Monster set and stamped it evenly among the chevrons.  I also colored the hearts on the coffee cups with Zig Markers to match the Distress Inks as closely as possible.  I die cut the panel with the largest die from the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies for a finished look and adhered it to a teal blue card base. 

NOW FOR THE FUN PART!

COLORING THE MONSTERS!

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I stamped all of the monsters from the set with Gina K Amalgam Ink so I could color them with whatever markers or paint I wanted. 

I decided on Zig Markers because I get the best results with blending.  

I don't mind coloring a lot of images at once because I can make quick work of cutting them out with this BAD BOY!

MAN I LOVE my Brother Scan N Cut for cutting out stamped images!!  Don't get me wrong... I still love my dies but this machine really cuts down on the tedious process of cutting out multiples of the same images!  It was well worth the investment!  

{pay no attention to that poor overused cutting mat}

The only thing left to do was prepare my sentiment and adhere it to my card base!  I stamped it onto the same color paper as my card base with Versafine Black Onyx Ink and then heat embossed it with clear powder to give it a shiny appearance.  I die cut it out with the second largest die from the Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies and adhered it to the center of the card.  

I picked out two of the monsters that yelled and stomped the loudest and popped them up on foam tape on the top and bottom of the sentiment and my card was DONE!

Phew!!! That was a long post!! 

If you are still with me here I have a reward for you. 

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You can use my code LISA10 in the Kat Scrappiness shop to
save 10% on your entire order. 

Make sure to check out the other Design Team projects from my teammates
over at Kat Scrappiness!
If you leave a comment on the different blog posts Kat will choose
2 winners who will each win a $25 gift card to the store!

If you are interested in any of the projects I used in this card
I will list and link them below. 

Thanks for hopping along with me and Kat Scrappiness today for the
National Coffee Day Blog Hop!

Now what are you waiting for?  

Go get crafty!!!

I already did!!

☕️Lisa☕️ 

Products Used on Card

• Coffee Monster
• Gina K Amalgam Ink
• Let's Get Caffeinated
• Mowed Lawn
• Peacock Feathers
• Salty Ocean
• Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies
• Versafine Black Onyx Ink

Coffee Card with Video

Good morning everyone!  I'm up on the Kat Scrappiness blog today I wanted to share a coffee card that I made that has a fun technique to go with it! I used the Fabrika Decoru Enamel Drops to make that cute heart embellishment for the front of the coffee cup.  I have a video for you to watch that shows exactly how I made it.  Some of the artisan coffee shops have the ability to put cool designs into the foam that you see on top of their drinks.  This technique I will show you mimics that look and can be reproduced on your cards!  The Fabrika drops are available in so many colors so the sky is the limit to what you can create!

For my card I used one of the new stamp sets that was just released in the shop called 

Let's Get Caffeinated.  I stamped one of the cute sentiments onto a 

Stitched Scalloped Nesting Tag die with some Distress Ink in Ground Espresso.  I tied a twine bow with multiple layers so it would really have some dimension.  I placed the Layered Coffee Cup die with the Fabrika heart embellishment on the front of the card and the sentiment on some foam tape and the card was done.  The background of the card was cut with the largest die from the Stitched Scalloped Rectangles in some pretty Papertrey Ink polka dot paper. 

The assembly of the card was fairly easy so I won't go into too much detail in this post.  The technique with the Fabrika enamel drops is easier explained in the video. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Don't forget to use code Lisa10 to save 10% on your purchase in the shop!

Also please check out our September challenge this month.  The theme is wine and you could win a $25.00 gift certificate to the shop.  Please stop by and play along!

Have a great day everyone, I already am!

☕️Lisa ☕️

• Distress Ink in Ground Espresso
• Fabrika Decoru Enamel Drops
• Layered Coffee Cup die
• Let's Get Caffeinated
• Stitched Scalloped Nesting Tag die
• Stitched Scalloped Rectangles