Happy Birthday-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

Hello and welcome to another Coffee and Cards with Celeste and Deb collaboration. This month Deb picked this beautiful inspiration photo. Isn't it gorgeous? To create my card I started by layering some pretty patterned paper from the Dear Lizzy Stay Colorful 6x6 paper pad onto my white A2 card base. I then die cut the scalloped stitched edge rectangle using a Gina Marie Designs die. I stamped the beautiful floral images from the Stampers Anonymous Flower Garden stamp set directly onto the panel and colored them to match the inspiration photo using my alcohol markers. I stamped the sentiment from the Reverse Confetti's Beautiful Banners stamp set at the bottom right using Versafine onyx black ink. For a little added embellishment I added the dots from the Stampendous Sunny Flowers stamp set all around the flowers using Stampin' Up's sahara sand ink and a little clear Wink of Stella to the flowers. 

As for my coffee selection I opted for a big cup of Seattle's Best French Roast coffee with a little white chocolate mocha creamer mixed in.  

Now pop on over to Deb's blog and see what fun and gorgeous project she whipped up for our collaboration today!

Caffeine Junkie

My latest card was created for the current AAA Cards challenge. I belong to a coffee lover's facebook group and we all exchange cards once per month. My crafty friend Helen sent me a beautiful card and in it she included the pretty red floral tag, the square and circle cut outs on my card. As soon as I saw them I knew I had to incorporate them into a card and I thought this challenge would be perfect since the shapes are geometric. To create my card I started by layering a strip of French script black and white patterned paper onto the side of my card. I then embossed a piece of white cardstock using a geometric embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts and adhered it directly onto my card base. I then adhered the geometric paper ephemera my friend sent me to my card and added some black dashed lines for additional contrast. I stamped the sentiment from the Studio L2E stamp set onto a strip of black cardstock and heat embossed it using some Recollections snow white embossing powder. I adhered the sentiment strip directly to the bottom of my ephemera tag after adding a eyelet with my Crop-A-Dile tool. I popped the tag up off of the card using some fun foam from Hobby Lobby and added a bit of black hemp twine from American Crafts. I stamped the pretty mug from Reverse Confetti's Be A Barista stamp set onto some black cardstock and heat set it using the same white embossing powder. I then stamped the coffee portion of the stamp onto some white cardstock using Zing embossing powder in chestnut, heat set it, cut it out and adhered it to the mug. I popped the mug up off of the tag using some Stampin' UP foam dimensionals to finish this fun card off! 

Some Heroes Wear Capes

Today's card was created for the 2018 Spring & Summer Coffee Lover's Bloghop. I really wanted to so something red, white, and blue so I started by stamping the fun mug from the Reverse Confetti Just Brew It stamp set onto some white cardstock using Gina K Designs navy and warm cocoa inks and then die cut the image using the coordinating die. I then layered some patterned papers from the Pebbles Americana 6x6 paper pad onto my white card base using the fun sketch I found on Pinterest, only reversed. I finished it off using some 6mm clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. Love this fun and patriotic card. Thank you for visiting my blog today and be sure to leave a comment. 

Welcome Baby-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

Hello, and welcome to the March Coffee and Cards with Celeste and Deb collaboration. This month we are joined by another fun guest designer, our friend MariLynn. In honor of the arrival of my newest grandchild, Madelyn Celeste (seriously...how precious is she?), we opted to feature baby cards!

To create my card I started by die cutting a piece of white cardstock using a stitched edge rectangle die from Gina Marie Designs and popped it up off of my card using some inexpensive fun foam I picked up at Hobby Lobby. Using patterned paper from the Authentique Delightful 6x6 paper pad I layered on a circle that I cut using a Spellbinders circle die and a sweet fishtail banner that I created using a Jillian Vance die. To help add some visual contrast I added some black dashed lines around the circle and fishtail banner. I then stamped the images from the Lawn Fawn Critters Down Under stamp set onto some white Copic-friendly cardstock and colored them using my alcohol markers. I then stamped the sweet little scrolled banner from the Reverse Confetti Beautiful Banners stamp set and then stamped the sentiment from the same Lawn Fawn set. To complete my card I adhered all of the images straight down onto the card base. 

As for my coffee choice I opted for my standard Seattle's Best Coffee French roast in the mug my son and his wife got me for Christmas in honor of me being a grandma again!

To see what Deb and MariLynn created be sure to pop on over to their blogs and leave them a little blog love in the way of a comment! Have a great rest of your weekend and thank you for visiting my blog! 

Coffee And Friends-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

Hello and welcome to another Coffee and Cards with Celeste and Deb collaboration. We have another guest designer with us this month, the wonderful Hetty Sanders. Hetty is a fabulous crafter from the Netherlands and is responsible for the Coffee Lovers card swap and we can't thank her enough for all of the tireless work she puts into making that happen each month!

  

This month we opted for a mood board and, I chose this pretty pastel palette for our starting point. Love the beautiful colors!  I wanted to create a fun and sweet card representing my friendship with my dear friend Deb. She and I met on the Coffee Lovers Facebook group years ago and have been close crafty friends ever since.  I created this card to represent Deb and I. She's blonde and I'm brunette and I think it's clear we both love our coffee! I started by cutting down some pretty ombre patterned paper in pink from the We R Memory Keepers Chalkboard 6x6 paper pad and mounted it directly onto my white card base. I then die cut a stitched line rectangle panel using some Canson cold press watercolor paper. I stamped the table from the Sugar Pea Designs Read Between The Lines stamp set using Versafine onyx black ink. The coffee cups are from the Your Next Stamp's Perk Up stamp set. The friends are the new Unity Stamp Company's Planner Gals, Don't Be Perfect and Be A Beauty. And the sentiment is from Reverse Confetti's Be A Barista stamp set. Once all of the images were dry I watercolored them using my Tim Holtz distress inks. To finish off the card I popped the panel up using some 3M foam tape, added some clear Wink of Stella to the flowers in their hair, the coffee mugs, and their shirts, and added a few clear rhinestones from Recollections as a finishing touch. 

As for my coffee choice this month, I opted for a small Starbucks Iced Cascara Coconut Milk Latte. It was good but not my favorite latte they offer. Anyway, be sure to pop on over to Hetty and Deb's site, and be sure and wish her a happy birthday too! 

Creative Fuel-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

Hello and welcome to another installment of Coffee And Cards With Celeste and Deb! We have another exciting guest designer with us this month, the very talented Renee Moran. This month's post also corresponds with the current Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop! 

To create my card I started with a clean white card base. I layered on some pretty patterned papers from the Pink Paislee Hey Kid 6x6 paper pad. I die cut a fun curved scalloped border from Simon Says Stamp to help break up the patterns. I stamped the mug from the Reverse Confetti Just Brew It stamp set onto some white cardstock using Stampin' Up's Tangerine Tango ink and die cut the image using the coordinating die. I popped the image up using some 3M foam tape onto the die cut oval focal panel I created with some My Favorite Things oval dies. I stamped the sentiment from the Honey Bee Blah Blah Blah stamp set using Versafine onyx black ink for a nice crisp look. To finish my card I added a few orange enamel dots from the Simple Stories Life Documented collection. I hope you like it!

As for my coffee choice I opted for a nice cup of Dunkin' Donuts toasted almond latte! And yes, it's as tasty as it sounds!

Now be sure to hop on over to Deb and Renee's blogs and enjoy some more fun coffee creations! 

Coffee & Friends

My second card today was created for the latest MOJO Monday challenge. I love this sketch and had a lot of fun with picking patterned papers and paper piecing on the focal image. I started by layering some early espresso cardstock from Stampin' UP onto my white card base. I cut some 1 1/8" strips of patterned paper from the Crate Paper Notes & Things 6x6 paper pad and adhered them onto my base. I printed the digital freebie from Stamplorations that was available during the Coffee Lovers Summer Blog Hop this June and did some paper piecing from the same paper pad to create some fun and funky to-go coffee cups. I stamped the heart from the Reverse Confetti I Like You stamp set onto the sleeves of the cups. Then I stamped the sentiment from the Reverse Confetti Be A Barista stamp set onto some white card stock and hand cut a fish tail banner and adhered it onto the panel. I popped the whole thing up off of the card for great dimension using 3M foam tape. I hope you like it!

Thanks A Latte

My first card today was created for the Reverse Confetti Sketch challenge. I started with some pretty patterned paper from the American Crafts Welcome Spring 6x6 paper pad and cut them at a diagonal. I mounted them to my card base and added a 3/4" strip of white paper to separate them. I stamped the cup from Reverse Confetti's Be A Barista onto some plain white cardstock and die cut it out using a stitched circle die from Gina Marie Designs. I stamped the cup again onto some of the patterned paper and fussy cut them out and mounted them onto the die cut panel. I stamped the latte from the stamp set using some charcoal brown ink from Gina K Designs and fussy cut it out and mounted it onto the cup. I die cut a heart using a My Favorite Things heart die and popped it up off of the card panel using some Stampin' UP foam dimensionals. I added a few enamel dots from Recollections and called this card done!

I Like You 'N Coffee

Today's card was created for the latest Can You Case It challenge. I love this awesome layout and thought it might make a fun coffee themed Valentine's Day card that I could send to a crafty friend. I started with a white card base and layered on some kraft cardstock from Hobby Lobby and then layered on a piece of pretty chevron patterned paper from the American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neopolitan 6x6 paper pad. I then cut my circles using more of the kraft cardstock and some white cardstock from Staples using my My Favorite Things pierced circle and Spellbinder nesting circle dies. I stamped the sentiment from the Reverse Confetti I Like You stamp set onto some white cardstock using Versafine onyx black ink and then layered on some kraft cardstock behind it for contrast. I stamped the coffee mug from My Style Stamps Coffee Lovers stamp set onto some patterned paper from the same paper pad using Memento tuxedo black ink. I fussy cut the images out and mounted them up using Stampin' UP foam dimensionals. I die cut a heart and it's coordinating scalloped trim using some more dies from Spellbinders, adhered them together, and mounted them onto the card. I added some sweetheart sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and then added some XMas red Stickles to the inside of the sequins and to the heart on the coffee mug sleeve. Some black dashed lines around the circle, the outer edge, the sentiment strip, and the coffee liner wrap this card up. I hope you like it!

I Like You 'N Coffee

I'm so excited because this will be the third Coffee Lovers Bloghop that I've participated in but the first one that I've participated in on my blog. I had always used Flickr and I know that not everyone has a Flickr account so my post will exclude no one from commenting! I plan on posting several creations but this is my first one this week. I started with the beautiful patterned papers from Simple Stories Take A Hike 6x6 paper pack. I layered them onto my white card base using some Stampin' UP chocolate chip cardstock. I stamped the to-go coffee cup from My Style Stamps Coffee Lovers stamp set onto some of the patterned papers and fussy cut them out. I went around the edges of each piece with my Memento tuxedo black dual tip marker to make them look like they were perfectly cut. I glued each peice together using snail adhesive and then popped them up using Stampin' UP foam dimensionals. I used a Nestibilites postage edge rectangle die to cut the center panel and mounted it onto some more chocolate chip cardstock and stamped the adorable sentiment from Reverse Confetti's I Like You stamp set in charcoal brown ink by Gina K. I just how sweet this card is and plan on making several of these to give out to my coffee loving friends!