Today's Good Mood Sponsored by Coffee - Layout #14 of the 365 scrapbook challenge and what lessons I learned with this layout

Hey Newbies,

I'm here working on number 14 of my 365 Page Layout Challenge 2019 (and the lessons I learned).  I will try to list everything I used below and try to link up to where you can purchase them if you happen to like any of them.

This isn't one of my usual 12 x 12 Layouts (but it still counts as part of my 365 Layout Challenge😬).  Today I am working on a card.  I haven't done too many, actually this is my 3rd card I've ever done!  I was inspired by Amy Tsuruta (click here for her IG account or here for her blog) on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters FB page.  Check them out because they are all about cards and COFFEE and discount codes and contests and prizes and all kinds of fun stuff and awesome designs!  I mean who doesn't love coffee, discounts and beautiful cards?  

I did my first blog hop with her and her group which is how I got into coffee loving card making, and won a prize!  (see my blog about that here)

So I woke up I went onto FB and was inspired to make this coffee loving card!  Since it is almost February I chose to do some hearts (with Valentines day coming up and all).  I had this die cut and stamp set (I do love coffee and have a couple of them that I have used on my 12 x 12 layouts in the past).  This one is available at Scrapbook.com.  The hearts were a set I had gotten prior to getting this coffee set and the sentiment is from Ink Roads Stamps (so love her stuff!).  

I started with an actual blank card (I purchased a pack at Michael's in plain white heavy card stock with envelopes).  I found some 12 x 12 card stock in my stash that was a tan color with a faint background design.  I thought it was perfect for this stamp.  I cut the card stock to fit the front of the pre-made card (I think that is considered cheating in the card marking world but not sure...I am really a NEWBIE in the card making department for sure!  I don't have a score board or a lot of die cuts to fit cards so I improvise).   Amy says I will come over to the dark side soon!🤣

After I cut the tan card stock to fit the front of the card, and here comes LESSON 1; make sure that you are perfectly aligned before you let the glued backing hit the front of your card...trying to unstick paper on paper is not easy and bent up the card a bit🤦🏻‍♀️.

After I finish fixing the alignment issue, I started to stamp the hearts on to the front, and here comes LESSON #2; ALWAYS use your stamping platform if you have one!  Just because it is a simple layout doesn't mean you will always get the perfect image stamped so do it right the first time.  So I did use my Tim Holtz Stamping Platform so that I could get a rich, dark stamp. 

I added the "Today's good mood SPONSORED BY COFFEE" sentiment at the bottom and finished it off with some black Decal dots (also purchased at Michaels) on each side.

I was going to leave the inside of the card blank but I  was in a good mood and it WAS sponsored by coffee so I got out a collection of stamps and started stamping away with some feel good sentiments!  I finished the inside of the card with some washi tape that I found at Michael's that says "hello"!   I did leave a little space for some writing room just in case I decide to send it off to a friend.

Well, there you have it...number 14 of my 365 layout challenge for 2019.  Thanks for following along on my journey of 365 scrapbook page challenge that I am doing, and reading about the lessons I'm learning along the way!  Please leave a comment and let me know what you think about my 3rd card ever!

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Happy Scrapping🤗

Kimberly