Coffee Card #3

Sneaking in a third coffee card before the hop ends tomorrow!  My niece sent me these cute coffee cup paperclips a little while ago, so I wanted to make a card to show them off.  I pulled out a Verve digi stamp from last fall, and some old October Afternoon papers.  I am using this week's Mojo Monday sketch as well.

Patterned papers are Woodland Friends, October Afternoon, Verve digi stamp, The Paper Store paperclip, Cardstock is Sapphire, Colonial White & Crystal Blue, Close To My Heart, Olive organdy ribbon CTMH.

Second Coffee Lover's Card

I managed to put together a second card for the Spring 2017 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop that is underway.  I'm using a newly released Girlfriends stamp set from Art Impressions called Latte Love Set:

 So excited when I saw this new Girlfriend set!!  There are two other sentiments that come with it.  I couldn't resist pairing it with the fabulous new Rainbow Plaid papers from Lawn Fawn.  Now I know that some of you are looking at the image and thinking that it doesn't look very springy... but for March here in Canada, they're perfectly dressed :o)

Spring Coffee Lover's Blog Hop 2017

 

I planned ahead this time, and ordered this just released set from Art Impressions especially for today's hop :o)   These made a huge splash at CHA, I have lots of photos to share, and a video at the end of my post shows how they're assembled.  This is Oldie PopCard (Sku #4859) one of the new Ai Pop Cards - a stamp set that comes with all of the coordinating dies to create a 3D card.

Here's what the outside looks like... since the main image is on the inside of the card, I wanted to be able to see her when the card is closed, so I used the Window Deco Die stamps and the Window Die, along with a couple of coffee cup dies:

And when the card is opened... the 3D coffee drinker pops up!  I really love the curlers, the slippers and the bottle that she's using to spike her coffee :o)

Here are all the different stamps that I've coloured with Copic markers, and cut out with their matching dies.  You also need to get the PopCard Template die (Sku #4862) that you see there on the left (this comes separately but works with any of the six PopCards:

The dies cut the slits right into each piece.  You fold up the two sides on the template, and then thread each of the pieces onto it like this:

Here's the sideview once all the pieces are threaded on; see the little arrows left pointing out of the last piece?  When the card is closed, they lay flat, but when you open the card, the two arrows kick up her front leg.  I ran a strip of adhesive down the center of the template, and glued it down to the card:

After making a couple of quick cuts to my card base, and adding a little pull strip, it was done!  Here is a shot to show you how perfectly flat the card is when shut:

There are six new PopCards available - check with your local stamp store!

Here's a video from Kate at Art Impressions, showing how the PopCards are assembled:
  https://youtu.be/zkysz6D0pX4

Spring Coffee Lover's Blog Hop - post #3!

I'm on a roll, with my third post of the day for the Spring Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!  I hadn't planned on getting this many cards done for the hop, but the other two were already scheduled, and I had time to put this one together tonight.  This Giraffe Set from Art Impressions has always made me smile... and it just happens to be one of the two stamps sets that Ai is giving away as a Flash prize on the hop!

Patterned papers are Sweet Summertime, Echo Park; Cardstock is Brown Bag, Crystal Blue, Pear & Glacier, CTMH; Copic Markers; Die is Cups of Cheer, Memory Box; Stamp set is Giraffe Set (Sku #4190) by Art Impressions; YNS Gumdrops.

Spring Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

It's back!  I am playing along in another Coffee Lover's Blog Hop today - this one has a spring theme.  The fun part is that I won this sweet Pink & Main stamp set during the Holiday Coffee Lover's Hop, so I've been saving it to use today.  I made a matching little gift bag that I've filled with some coffee pods to give to a co-worker along with the card:

The fun saying on the bag is another one from the set: "I'm okay, I have caffeine."

Patterned papers are Daydream, Close To My Heart; Stamp set is Need Coffee, Pink & Main; Copic markers, Gift Bag Punch Board, We R Memorykeepers.