Coffee House Slimline

Hello and welcome!  Today I'm privileged to be guest designing for Addicted to Stamps!  The new challenge is Make Your Mark.

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For my card I used another favorite stamp illustrated by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company. All these images were perfect to populate at slimline style card.

These mice tickle me so much!  Of course, I would never love having a mouse in my kitchen (or that of my favorite coffee house), but on paper? Just. Too. Cute!  I began by stamping everything on white cardstock, coloring all of images with Copic markers, then using the coordinating dies to cut them out.  The sentiment was stamped then die cut with a rounded rectangle and decorated with a couple of extra coffee beans.

To create the background, a panel of Bristol paper was cut to 8 3/4" x 3 5/8", ink blended with yellow and aqua distress inks, then adhered directly to the white card base measuring 9" x 4".  This is a bit larger than the standard slimline card, but I needed the extra real estate to create my scene and I have a die to make the larger size envelope.

After determining the layout of the scene, I adhered some of the images directly to the panel and others were popped up with foam tape, as was the sentiment.  A simple card in context but a bit time consuming to color and adhere everything.  But it was a labor of love and in the end I was so pleased with how it turned out - I hope you do too!

Thanks for taking time to visit, I appreciate it!  Be sure to use the link above to check out all the fabulous DT member cards and hopefully be inspired to play along with this challenge!

Take care and stay safe!

Stef

Stamps:  Coffee House (Anita Jeram for Colorado Coffee Company)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Strathmore Bristol

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Squeezed Lemonade and Salvaged Patina Distress

Other:  Coffee House dies, Rounded Rectangle die

Copics:  Mice - T4, 2, 0, R20; Metal Parts - C5, 3, 1, 0; Bags and wood grinder base - E37, 35, 33, 31; Coffee & beans - E29, 27, 25, 23, 21; French Press - BG07, 45, 53; Cup - Y26, 08, 04, 00

Just a Hello

Hello and welcome! The card I'm sharing today was made for three challenges - Inspired By, As You See It and Color Throwdown.

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I'm kind of on a kick of pairing of white and ivory/cream, so that's what I used on my card again today. Plus it worked so well with the color challenge colors. I hope you guys aren't tired of seeing it yet 😄.

I was indeed inspire by the white pumpkin photo, so I pulled out a cute fall border stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh.  I trimmed a panel of white cardstock to 3" x 4", then stamped the leafy image on the bottom and the pumpkins above, leaving room for the strip holding the sentiment.  Copic markers were used to color the images, then the gray strip layered across.  The sentiment was stamped and die cut then added to the strip with thin foam tape.

The base was made from the same gray cardstock, then an embossed panel of ivory was adhered directly to the base after adding the strip of textured Pumpkin Pie paper.  The colored panel was added with thin foam tape and I finished things up with some white enamel dots and an orange enamel heart! Quick and easy!

Thanks for visiting, I always appreciate it so much.  I hope you're having a great weekend - take care and stay safe!

Stef

Stamps:  Fall Borders (PPP), Just a Hello Floral (Pinkfresh Studio)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Ivory, Smoke (Simon Says Stamp), Textured Pumpkin Pie (ret. Stampin' Up)

Ink:  Gina K Chocolate Truffle Amalgam, Versafine Clair Pinecone

Other:  Lumber embossing folder (Tim Holtz), Lilly White Sprinkles (Doodlebug), Warm & Cozy enamel heart (Altenew), Just A Hello Floral die

Copics:  E29, 37, 35, 33, 19, YR27, 24, 23, 18, 16, 14, 21, W5, 3, 1

Spooky!

Hello and welcome!  Today I'm sharing a card that I made for Halloween to be sent to my granddaughter this year.  I'm sharing it with two challenges with Halloween themes - the Paper Players and Just Us Girls.

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For this card I turned to one of my favorite stamps from Stamping Bella and I decided to CASE this card I made with it last year, with a few changes and additions.

Love those crazy pumpkins!  First step was to ink up and color the pumpkins with Copic markers. I determined where the moon was going to be on the panel, stenciled the bats in black ink and clear heat embossed them, then masked the pumpkins and the moon so the background could be ink blended.

Distress Oxide inks were used to create the background, then I removed the moon mask, inked the circle up with Fossilized Amber, then used a moon stencil to create the "craters".  The sentiment was cut twice from black and once from purple glitter paper, layered up and adhered to the vellum shadow.  The vellum has been covered on the backside with a piece of double sided adhesive, so it could be securely adhered to the inky background.  After using the deckle rectangle die to cut the panel, it was adhered to a piece of fun foam then added to the orange card base.  

I debated about whether or not to splatter the panel with water drops for that cool oxidization and opted to do so, covering up the moon and the sentiment before splattering. I think I got a bit carried away lol!, but I do have to say IRL the water spots are more subtle than in the photos.

Thanks for taking time to visit, I really appreciate it!

Take care and stay safe!

Stef

Stamps:  Oddball Naughty Pumpkins (Stamping Bella)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Burnt Orange (Simon Says Stamp), Black, Frosted Glitter Paper  (Memory Box), vellum

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Clair Nocturne; Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Crackling Campfire, Seedess Preserves, Chipped Sapphire, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain and Black Soot DOX

Other:  Deckled Frame die (Waffle Flower), Spooky dies (SSS), Layered Bats stencil (SSS), Moon Stencil (Tim Holtz), Copic multiliner, Ultrafine Clear embossing powder.

Copics:  YR18, 09, Y38, 17, E29, 37, YG 97, 95, 93, C3, W9, 7

You Are Wonderful

Hello and welcome!  I hope your weekend has gone well.  This afternoon I'm back with a card that I made for three challenges - Freshly Made Sketches, Inspired By and Festive Friday.  

(My first post today was my Sunday Stamps DT card which you can find it here.)

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(apples, red, green, circles, harvest)

Back in August I was able to remedy my lack of fruit stamps to a small degree by purchasing a stamp set that included a barrel of apples and I was so happy to be able to ink it up!

Don't you just love fall?  Pumpkins, sunflowers, fresh apples, beautiful leaves and definitely cooler weather (at least here in Idaho), thank heavens!  Copics were used to color the images, then matching dies were used to cut them out.  Next two scallop circles were die cut and the center removed from one so the patterned paper could be added to the back. These dies are kind of cool because the inner and outer scallop circles and the center come apart so one can use them separately or together.  After the colored pieces were adhered to the white circle, they were set aside so I could create the rest of the card.

I took an A2 panel of ivory cardstock and embossed it with a wood 3D embossing folder, then trimmed it down 1/8th inch on each side and wrapped it with linen thread.  It was mounted on the white card base with thin foam tape, then the circles were adhered in layers.  The sentiment was added and that finished things off!  It's hard to discern in the photos, but the ivory embossed panel adds a nice bit of warmth to this fall themed card.

Thanks so much for taking time to visit, I really appreciate it!  

Take care and stay safe.

Stef

Stamps:  Loads of Fall (Honeybee Stamps), Friends Like You (MFT)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Ivory (Simon Says Stamp), Harvest Festival 6x6 paper pad (HB)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Clair Nocturne

Other:  Loads of Fall dies, Skinny Strips die (MFT), Nested Infinity Circle die (Hero Arts), Stitched Scallop Circle die (Pinkfresh Studio), Tim Holtz Lumber 3D embossing folder, Linen Thread (Stampin' Up)

Copics:  R59, 46, 27, 14, YR24, 18, 09, 16, Y38, 17, 15, 11, G46, 43, E47, 44, 43, 42, 41, 37, 33, 31

Be Merry for Sunday Stamps

Hello and welcome! It's time for a new color challenge at Sunday Stamps!  It's a great one for the end of summer into fall and even as a non-traditional for Christmas (as I did).  

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I'm also sharing my card with Addicted to Stamps and the current Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

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I decided to use teal, red and ochre for my fun mini-slimline card.

It's hard for me to resist any stamps illustrated by Anita Jeram and I particularly loved this one because 1) it's cute and 2) because of the sentiments included in the set, it can be used for either a birthday or holidays. However, the sentiment I used today is from another stamp set because it fit the slimline size better.

Copics were used to color the image then I used gold and silver gel pens to dress it up by either going over patterns that were stamped in black or create polka dots or stripes.  When all that was done, it was die cut with the matching die.

I created a white card base that measures 6.25" x 3.25", then trimmed down a separate white panel that was just an eighth of an inch smaller, wrapped some red ribbon around it and adhered the panel to the base.  Next Volcano Lake ink was blended onto another panel of white, which was then die cut with a mini-slimline rectangle die.  That panel was layered on one of gold then popped up on the card base with thin foam tape, then the sweet mouse and sentiment also added with thin foam tape.  I found some tiny gold stars in a sequin mix and glued them to the panel for that little bit of bling.

Thanks for taking time to visit!  I hope you'll use the link above to check out all the fabulous cards by the other DT members and join us for this great color challenge!

Stef

Stamps:  Big Love, Party Time (both AJ by Colorado Craft Company)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Tonic Gold Pearl

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Clair Nocturne, Volcano Lake (Altenew)

Other:  Big Love and Party Time dies, Marvy Reminisce Gold and Silver gel pens, Mini Slimline Essential Bundle die (Pinkfresh), Tonic Aqua Shimmer pen, Real Red ribbon (ret. Stampin' Up), gold stars

Copics:  E35, 33, 31, 30, R59, 46, 27, 20, 14, BG49, 13, 23, 11, YR23, Y19, 15, 11

Big Pickup Birthday

Hello and welcome!  I have a card to share that I made for our nephew's 30th birthday this week and with it am joining the perfectly timed All Things Masculine challenge at Watercooler Wednesday.

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Our nephew recently bought a new-to-him pickup truck that he was so thrilled to get, so I knew I was going to use the Big Pickup Tailgate stamp for his card.  Plus it's fun to make a stand up card with it rather then a normal A2 card.

How fun is that?  To start, the truck and leaves were stamped and colored with Copic markers then die cut with matching dies.  Next I stamped and colored a second tailgate, that was die cut with the separate tailgate die.  Since our nephew is a Boise State student, I used the school colors of royal blue and orange.  The sentiment was stamped in blue pigment ink and the word birthday was die cut with the matching die.

Next I scored a white card base and did partial die cutting of the pickup, leaving just a slight seam at the top of the cab.  The colored truck was adhered to the base, then the leaves and tailgate added with foam tape.  The word birthday had been die cut 3 times and layered together to give it almost a chipboard feel, then it was added directly to the tailgate and the word happy popped up with a bit of foam tape.  

Thanks for taking time to visit, I really appreciate it!  

This is my second card post today, so if you scroll down you can catch the card I made for the current Paper Players and Double D challenges.

Take care!

Stef

Stamps:  Big Pickup Tailgate, Loads of Fall, Bitty Buzzwords (all Honeybee Stamps)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Clair Bluebell

Other:  Big Pickup Tailgate, Loads of Fall and Bitty Buzzwords matching dies.

Copics:  B39, 26, 24, R39, 29, 08, BG0000, YR18, 16, 14, 09 E08

Y26, 19, 15, 13, 38, 17, C9, 7, 5, 4, 3, 1 W9, 7

With Thanks

Hello and welcome!  I have a card that I made for the Paper Players, where the lovely Joanne has given use a great sketch to play with and the Double D Leaves Challenge.

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Double D - Leaves

I started my card by inking up and Copic coloring a number of leaves so I could have options as I tried to fit them onto the card.  

After the coloring was complete all the leaves and the sentiment were die cut.  Next a piece of teal cardstock was die cut with my favorite deckle rectangle die and added to the ivory card base with foam tape.  The piece under the leaves is supposed to look like reflections in water but I think it works quite marvelous as a trellis of sorts!  It was die cut from Early Espresso card stock and adhered directly to the teal panel.

Next the die cut leaves and sentiment were added with thin foam tape and the bit of bling came in the form of some antique gold sequins.  Pretty quick and easy!

Thanks for visiting, I always appreciate it! 

This is the first of two posts today, so come on back by a bit later to see the second card if you have a chance. 

Take care!

Stef

Stamps:  Autumn Leaves, Mandy's Flowers (both Simon Says Stamp)

Paper:  Ivory (SSS), Early Espresso (Stampin' Up), Caribbean Sea (MFT)

Ink:  Gina K Chocolate Truffle Amalgam, Versafine Clair Pinecone

Other:  Autumn Leaves dies, Reflections Die (Altenew), Antique Gold Sequins (Altenew), Deckled Rectangle Frame die (Waffle Flower)

Copics:  R59, 46, 27, 14, YR23, Y19, 15, 11, YR18, 14, 04, E19

Hugs for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Hello and welcome!  It's time for a new Tic Tac Toe Challenge and this week Silke has created this great board to spark your creativity! 

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For my card, I used the middle row - Black, Stripes, Wreath.

I'm also sharing at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, where the current theme is Anything Goes.

When I saw wreath as an option, I immediately thought of this stamp set that as yet I have not put to use, so I was happy to finally do so.  The wreath was stamped with black pigment ink, then clear heat embossed.  Next the sentiment was also heat embossed but with rose gold powder.  I then pulled out my Fintec metallic paints but it didn't have a gold that matched the embossed sentiment, so I added some purple metallic ink to a puddle of gold and it surprised me that it worked beautifully. Just the flower centers, random dots and leaves on a couple of branches were painted.  When that dried the I used the coordinating die to cut it.

Next two black panels were trimmed down to 5 3/8" x 4 1/8", and a large strip of striped pattern paper was added to the bottom.  The other panel was embossed with the Diamond Stars 3D folder then trimmed down then adhered above the striped paper.  The wreath die was used to cut two more in white, then they were layered behind focal point and glued onto the card.  Lastly I added three white enamel dots around the wreath.

Thanks for visiting, I always appreciate it!  Be sure to use the link above to check out all the beautiful cards by the other DT members and hopefully are inspired to join us this week!

Take care and stay safe!

Stef

Stamps:  Garden Greetings (Simon Says Stamp)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Black, Stacked with Love dsp (ret. Stampin' Up)

Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne, Versamark

Other:  Garden Greetings matching die, Diamond Stars 3D embossing folder (Altenew), Fintec Pearlescent Colours metallic paints, Clear and Rose Gold embossing powders, Essential Black and White enamel dots (Altenew), 

Hello There!

Hello and welcome!  Today I'm sharing a card that I made for the challenges at Freshly Made Sketches and the Color Throwdown. 

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So many options with that sketch but since I ultimately decided to use a large slimline focal point, I had to flip the sketch from a landscape to portrait. 

I love the beautiful Etched Tall Leaf Spray and especially in kraft on black.  The spray was die cut from Neenah Desert Storm, then I used some Copic markers to add a bit of dimension to the leaves.  Once that was complete the rest of the card came together in a snap!

I cut cream cardstock to 8.5" x 7" then scored at 3.5".  Next a separate strip of cream cardstock was die cut with a slimline border die and adhered to a black panel die cut with a slimline rectangle die.  A strip of gray was adhered over the cream edge, then the spray was added to the black side of the panel.  I wrapped it with some linen thread, then attached the sentiment tag.  The entire thing was then mounted on the card base with thin foam tape.  The only thing I would do differently is to stamp the sentiment with a shade darker ink so it shows up better in the photos but IRL it doesn't look that light.

Thanks for taking time to visit!  Take care, stay safe and have a great weekend!

Stef

Stamps:  Circled Sentiments (Altenew)

Paper:  Cream, Black, Slate (Simon Says Stamp), Neenah Desert Storm

Ink:  Sand Dune (Altenew)

Other:  Slimline Nested Rectangles die, Slimline Borders and Edges die and Etched Tall Leaf Spray die (all SSS), Linen Thread (Stampin' Up), Tag die (Trinity Stamps

Copics:  E37, 35, 33, 31

Thankful for You

Hello and welcome! I have a card to share that I made for the challenges at The Paper Players and Just Us Girls.  

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I love that these two challenges worked together so perfectly (thanks Claire and Nancy!)!  I had fun putting this card together, using one of my favorite Birdie Brown images.

To begin, I stamped the sweet girl, her little squirrel buddy and some leaves on white cardstock, colored with Copic markers, then used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  A white gel pen was used to add some stripes to her scarf.  

Next the sentiment was white heat embossed on cranberry paper, then die cut with a fishtail die that just happened to be the perfect size.  On a separate panel of Bristol paper, some yellow inks were blended to create the background, then cut out with a circle die and attached to the back of the stitched scallop circle die.  It was added to the white card base with thin foam tape, then the scene was created adhering everything to the circle except the squirrel, which I popped up on foam tape after adding the sentiment strip, also with foam tape for that nice bit of dimension.  I thought about adding some embellies but opted to keep things clean.

Thanks for taking time to visit, I really appreciate it and am truly thankful for you!  Take care and stay safe!

Stef

(PS - I do have any earlier post from today. If you're interested here's the link or just scroll down)

Stamps:  Birdie Brown Fall Friends (MFT)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Cranberry (Concord & 9th), Koh-i-noor Bristol

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark; Citrus Burst, Maple Yellow and Honey Drizzle (Altenew)

Other:  Fall Friends matching dies, Stitched Scallop Circle die (Pinkfresh Studio), Nested Infinity Circle die (Hero Arts), Fishtail Foundations (MFT), Sakura White Gelly Roll pen

Copics:  R39, 37, 35, 20, YR27, 24, 23, 18, 16, 09 Y38, 17, 15, 14, 04, E50, 37, 35, 33, 31, 11, 08, 00

Delicate Birthday

Hello and welcome! I have a card to share that was created for the challenges at Addicted to Stamps, The Flower Challenge and Seize the Birthday.  

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For my card, I decided to try some no-line coloring.  I've tried it before and not been satisfied with the results but this time I was happy with how it turned out.

Some of my favorite colors are in the blue-green family, so this was a labor of love.  I stamped the image with Ink on 3 Fadeout ink, then used a Copic Multiliner to go over the stamen before coloring, so I wouldn't lose the images.  Next I colored the flower in shades of turquoise and the leaves in both cool and warm grays (although that doesn't appear too obvious in the photos) with Copic markers.  When that was done, I'd forgotten I didn't have matching dies for this stamp set (it's been a while since I've used it), so I opted to fussy cut.  

To create the card, I first used a cover plate die to create the swirl stitching on the white panel, trimmed it down then added Fog and black layers beneath, then was mounted to the white card base with foam tape.  A stitched scallop circle with a removable interior was die cut from white, then a black circle adhered onto the back to add contrast to the floral image.  The flower and the circle were both popped up on thin foam tape, then the sentiment strip added.  The final touch was to scatter a few silver baubles on the card.

Thanks so much for taking time to visit!  I will be back with a second post this afternoon, so check back in if you have time.

Take care and stay safe!

Stef

Stamps:  Delicate Flowers (Simon Says Stamp)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Black, Fog (SSS), Reverse Birthday Sentiment Strips (SSS)

Ink:  Ink on 3 Fadeout

Other:  Detail Swirls Plate Cover die (SSS), Stitched Scallop Circle die (Pinkfresh Studio), Nest Infinity Circle die, Crystal Collection-Night Sky baubles (Little Things by Lucy's Cards), Copic Multiliner

Copics:  BG07, 05, 02, 01, 000, 0000, W5, 3, 1, T4, 2, 0