Sunday, June 7, 2015

Summer Coffee Mojo

I am a big coffee drinker; I like to brag that I drank coffee way before it was cool (the pre-Starbucks days) and my friends tease me about my preference for black iced coffee, no matter the weather! So when I saw the Coffee Loving Cardmakers' Summer Blog Hop, I just had to make a card and hop along.

I was also inspired by Mojo Monday Sketch #400 and Verve Stamps' Eat Me, Drink Me challenge. I used a sentiment & two sun stamps from Verve's wonderful Let It Shine set (you can see my many uses of this set here) to make a summery card.


The sun stamps are heat-embossed in yellow. I used an SU! coffee bean stamp to heat-emboss some white, whimsical clouds. The birds are from an ArtsyFartsy stamp set, simply stamped in black.

The cup is from a a Heartfelt Creations die set. I stamped the sentiment in bronze onto the off-white mulberry paper. The doily was cut from a coffee bean-patterned DP with a Sizzix/Eileen Hull die in my BigShot. I backed it with cardboard from actual coffee cup sleeves.

I notched the corners on the blue paper with my favorite Marvy corner punch, and added a slight frame of with copper paper.

Challenges/Inspiration:
Amusing Challenge: Anything Goes + no digis
Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop: Summer-themed Coffee, Tea &/or Cocoa project
Mojo Monday: Sketch #400
Verve Stamps June Inspiration Challenge: Eat Me, Drink Me


Thank you for visiting & inspiring my crafting, and be sure to check out the gorgeous projects at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers' Summer Blog Hop!



22 comments:

  1. Love that sun stamp! Will have to put it on my wishlist! Fab card!

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  2. Love that pretty coffee cup...and the interior!
    Thanks for linking up to the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop♡

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  3. Love your coffee bean clouds. TFS

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  4. What a fun card, CG, love your embossed cup! Hope you are enjoying the hop!

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  5. Oh my gosh, those heat embossed coffee beans DO look kinda like clouds...how fun is that? Super cute card.

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  6. I love that your clouds are coffee beans! What a fun idea! Love the sentiment and the gorgeous cup!

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  7. Such a fun card! Love the little coffee bean clouds! How clever. Thanks for joining in the fun over at Mojo Monday!

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  8. Cute card~love the coffee beans!

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  9. A sunny and fun creation!

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  10. Love that blue sky background and that gorgeous embossed sun! And that cup is so pretty. Wonderful card! Bev

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  11. great card, beautiful sun !

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  12. Great card, love the sentiment! Thanks for sharing! ~Annie

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  13. Beautiful card. Love the Sun! :-D

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  14. I love how you have the coffee beans floating in the sky like clouds. Very cool sense of humor!

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  15. Oh this is so fun and so fabulous, perfect for a summer hop.

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  16. great card and take on the sketch

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  17. So cute! Love the bean clouds ♥

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  18. How pretty! Love that embossed sun.

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  19. Hello CG!! This card is really nice!! I love the cup, and everything of your design!!! TFS!!!

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