Nope. Not Today-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

 

This month Debra and I decided to create a card using any Unity Stamp Company stamp. I love all of my Unity stamps but am partial to my Angie girl stamps. I seem to grab for them a lot. This month I opted to use Tricia Girl and do some fun paper piecing. I started by stamping the image onto some white Copic-friendly cardstock, and then die cut that into a panel using a wonky stitch nesting die from Gina Marie Designs to create a panel. Using the Heidi Swapp Sugar Chic 6x6 paper pad, I stamped her scarf, shirt, skirt, jacket, purse, and boots and fussy cut them out. I edged each piece using my dual edge Memento marker and adhered them to the base stamped image. I added shadows to all of the pieces using my Copic markers. I die cut some banners using the same paper pad and some nesting banners from Unity Stamp Company and adhered them to the top of my focal panel, which I matted with some black cardstock. I finished off my card by adhering some black gems around the image. 

For my coffee this month, I opted for a nice deep Italian Espresso in my adorable Miss Etoile espresso cup that Nathan and I brought back from London last year.

Now, Debra did tell me that she was going to be using a new to her stamp from Unity this month, so be sure to stop by her blog to see what fun she created!  

But First, Coffee-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

Hello, and welcome to the November Cards and Coffee with Celeste and Deb. We decided to use this beautiful photo as our inspiration for this month's collaboration. I love all the deep, rich Autumn colors and wanted to use as many of them as I could for my card. I started by stamping the Tricia Girl by Unity Stamp Company onto some white cardstock and colored her skin, hair, and coffee cup using my Copic markers. Then using papers from the Best Occasions Quick Page 12x12 paper pack I stamped and paper-pieced her coat, scarf, shirt, skirt, purse, boot warmers, and her boots. I added some early espresso cardstock by Stampin' Up onto my white A2 card base. I then cut down a pretty piece of patterned paper from the same 12x12 pad and added it to the side and then added a decorative edge that I created with more early espresso cardstock using a decorative edge die. I cut down more paper from the paper pack and glued the decorative edge piece to it. Using a rectangle die from Paper Roses I cut the panel down and adhered it to my card panel. I stamped the Tricia Girl image again onto the panel, fussy cut the paper-pieced image, and glued the two together for a seamless look. I stamped the sentiment from Stampabilities Coffee stamp set and die cut it down using a pierced circle die from My Favorite Things. I then die cut a larger panel of early espresso using a Spellbinders die, and mounted the two together.  I took a dark brown Copic marker and colored some clear rhinestones to match the colors on the card and adhered them around the focal image and the sentiment for a nice finishing touch.

For my coffee, I opted for my standard dark roast Seattle's Best Post Alley served in a fun new mug my daughter got me for my birthday last month. Now, be sure to stop by Debra's blog and see how she was inspired by this month's photo.