Bean Me Up - Coffee card

Hello, Wowsa, time just seems to fly by these days.  Summer is here and I am so excited to be invited back as a guest designer this month!  I hope I’m able to inspire you to get into your crafty space and make a card for someone special.

Today I’m starting with this pun card…Bean me up!  There has been a bit of an Alien spike in the news so I thought I would embrace it, lol.  Do I believe, nah, but if there is I’m sure they are flying by laughing at us!

I started out with a brown 80lb card stock for my base.  I used a white card stock and blended some distressed inks in Faded Jeans, Black Soot and Weather Wood and added some white acrylic paint splatters.

I hopped into my stash and used a stamp from one of our Super Sponsors, Crackerbox Stamps. I learned about them through one of the hops! They have some really great stamp sets.  This one is called COFFEE 1.  

I used the coffee beans from the stamp set, stamping them on a gold foil card stock with some VERSAMARK watermark stamp, used my HERO embossing powder in Black and my WOW clear embossing powder.  

I reached into my stamps and dies and pulled out a favorite of mine from AlteNew called FRIENDS FOREVER (retired).  This stamp set has gotten a lot of love from me.  I used the to go cup from the set and then ink blended it in distressed oxide, UNCHARTED MARINER.  I also used some Copic Markers (E23, E25, E13), I wasn’t all the way thrilled with the clear heat embossing on the beans so I used some glossy accents on them as well and I am not mad at it!

I set that aside and printed out this fun spaceship a crafty friend sent me and fussy cut it out.  How cute is that!  I also printed out the sentiment BEAN ME UP on some whit card stock and die cut the sleeve to the cup out and used the Copic markers to blend it and stamped a couple of beans on it with the glossy accents.  I popped the spaceship and the lid to the to go cup up on foam tape, added some white accents from a white jelly pen and called it done.

I do love the pun in this card, it makes for a cute coffee card to send out for any occasion.

I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and make a card and put a smile on someone’s face today.

Stay crafty,

Kimberly B.

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Snarky Card - Life is short, Smile While You Still Have Teeth

Hey guys, I'm up on the BLOGGER today with another Snarky card.  I don't know about you but some times you just need a good laugh so if I can make and send a card to someone that makes them giggle I'm all for it.

Today I am using some products from Whimsy Stamps and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY sentiment from AlteNew.

 

I started off with a Quick card front from Whimsy Stamps from the Old Fart Grandma collection.  These are too funny!  Quick card fronts are great when you don't have much time to make a card, you can simply use one with a sentiment and you're done or you can do a little more with it or a lot more with it.  I chose to do a bit more with it. 

I used a nesting die set that looks a bit grungy or like you tore your paper, I do love that look.  I used the 2nd to the largest of the set and then adhered the part that I die cut to black card stock so when I popped the inner piece of the card back on top with foam tape you would see the black "shadow" effect instead of the white card base.  I then used one of the snarky sentiments from the pack but I chose to only use half of it (OLD GEEZER). 

I reached into another Whimsy die set I have and cut the speech bubble and stamped the HAPPY BIRTHDAY sentiment from AlteNew on it.  So now the sentiment says HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLD GEEZER.  I am cracking up!  

I didn't stop there, I wanted a bit more so I reached into another die set from Whimsy (I swear I am not affiliated with them at all, I just really love their stuff) and grabbed a birthday streamers die and cut them out of some paper that matches her purple coat.  I thought that gave it a little extra something and a pop of more color.

I could have stopped there but she looked like she was floating so I reached into my AALL & Create snarky HILARIOUS HEADLINES word set.  I used this LIFE IS SHORT.  SMILE WHILE YOU STILL HAVE TEETH.  I thought that was hilarious with this card front...I mean she isn't smiling so she might not have any teeth😂

Well that does it for this snarky card.  I hope I put a smile on your face and gave you some inspiration to spread some laughter today or at least a handmade card to brighten someones day.

Thanks for hanging out with me today!

Have a crafty day,

Kimberly

Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Hop 2025 - Card 1

Hey guys, I'm here hopping along with the Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Hop 2025.  I can't believe I've been hopping along with them for over 5 years now and wow the cards I see are definitely inspiring!  Here is the link if you want to hop along for some great inspiration, prizes and a few discounts to some awesome Super Sponsors....supporting a small business is a great thing!

Ok, on to my first card of the hop.  I really got into a Halloween themed mood for some reason so I'm starting off with the cool AI Frankenstein Coffee Card.  Isn't he the coolest?!?!  You can find him and others over on FreePik.com 

After I downloaded and printed him to size I fussy cut him out, set him aside and pulled out my 6x6 paper pad from Craft Consortium called Metal Textures.  This paper pad has some really amazing papers in it and this metal looking one fit Franky to a T so I had to use it.  I cut it down to an A2 size card and moved on to stamping.

I have an old coffee stamp set in my stash from years ago so I picked the one that says "death BEFORE DECAF", stamped it on a scrap piece of paper from the same paper pad with some VersaMark embossing ink.  I grabbed some super fine black embossing power from WOW! and then heat set it and adhered it to my paper.

                                    

I then reached for one of my fav coffee stamp and die sets from Altenew called Friends Forever (no longer available but you might find it on ebay...I love, love, love it).  

I stamped and die cut the to go cup and then used the die with a halloween paper I had in my stash and cut the lid and also the sleeve and inked the edges and adhered the lid and the sleeve (the sleeve I used some foam tape for some dimension).  I adhered it down to my card stock and moved on to that cute little spider I had gotten from The Paper Studio.  I added some black thread behind it going up the card, adhered the back of the thread to my card stock and then used a glue dot to adhere it to my card base and then added the spider on top of the glue dot to cover it. 

Time for Franky, I added some thick foam tape behind him and adhered him to the front of the cup and added my sequence and I was done!  I do love how he matches the papers I used for the cup and the background!  And he looks like he would prefer death before decaf!

Thanks for hanging out with me for this fun card.  I hope I was able to inspire you to join in on the fun and hope you come back for the rest of my coffee loving cards later this week!

Thanks for hanging out with me today...Have a crafty day!

Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2024 ~ Friends Keep Your Heart Warm

 Hey guys, I'm here on Day 6 of the Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2024 with FRIENDS KEEP YOUR HEART WARM...I just love that sentiment don't you?  I started off with some fabulous paper from Brass and Bliss called JAVA GOOD TIME, it's a must have paper pack if you are into coffee themed cards!

I backed one of the papers behind this really cute heart pattern paper to frame it, then I took a light brown textured card stock ran it through my die cutting machine with a super cute 3D heart embossing folder and backed it in black to give it a bit of a frame.  I used my AlteNew die for the to go cup from the Friends Forever collection and used more of the papers from that awesome JAVA GOOD TIME paper pad for the lid and the coffee cup itself...it's that paper gorgeous!  I also used the dies to make the "steam" coming from the coffee lid (still using some of that paper from that JAVA paper pad).  Before adhering it down I took my VERSA MAGIC archival chalk ink pad (in Cloud White) and skimmed it across the hearts so it gives it a bit of dimension.

I popped the to go cup up on foam adhesive, stamped the sentiment (Crafter's Companion - SWEET LIKE CHOCOLATE) and cut it out with one of my stitched circle dies and done!  This would be a great card to send out to a friend in February I think, what about you?

If you want to join in the hop here is the link along with a link to my other blog showing how to Link Up.  There are lots of GREAT inspiration AND lots of prizes to be had!  Hope to see you over there.

Thanks for stopping by,

Kimberly

Day 5 of the Coffee Lovers FALL/WINTER Blog Hop 2024 - YOU ARE BREW-TIFUL

Hey guys, I'm up on my blog on day 5 of the  Coffee Lovers FALL/WINTER Blog Hop 2024 and a new card.  This hop is so fun and has been going for 10 YEARS!!  There are all kinds of sponsors with lots of prizes, so I hope you join in on the fun!

Today I made a card using a flower stamp and die set from Close To My Heart (I was so sad to see them close their doors) and colored it in with my Spectrum Noir markers.  

I also used one of my fav to go cup dies from AlteNew FRIENDS FOREVER collection.  This is a great size coffee tumbler!  

I embossed the cup with a 3D Embossing folders, I cut the sleeve and lid out of paper from the JAVA GOOD TIME from Brass and Bliss and popped them up on foam tape.  

I blended the background with WILD HONEY and SQUEEZED LEMONADE distressed oxides. I also stamped the sentiment using a great coffee stamp set from Brass and Bliss called LETS MEET FOR COFFEE (a must have if you are into coffee loving cards)  I added some enamel dots that have been in my stash for a LONG time (love when I can use old stash up) and then I distressed the edges of the card, adhered it to black card stock and that's it.  Easy peasy!

If you need directions on how to LINK UP here is my blog about that.  I hope you can join in on the fun this year and help celebrate 10 YEARS of coffee tea or hot cocoa themed card goodness, I mean there is SO much inspiration!

Thanks for joining me!

Kimberly

World Card Making Day

 Hi guys thanks so much for stopping by my blog post today.  It's World Card Making day and it was so much fun to make these 2 cards! 

So today I'm here as a Creative Ambassador for PIECE CRAFT LOVE and working on a couple of cards for World Card Making Day .  I'm going to tell you upfront that my card making skills are not that spectacular but I do love making them!  I am in awe of the card makers that I do follow and watching their ink blending techniques just blow my mind.  These are not that😬

However, I did put 2 cards together, one being a coffee card because who doesn't like coffee?  The other is a sweet fall friendship card (funny enough, the sentiment came from the  coffee stamp set I used for the first card...I mean another great reason to love coffee, am I right)?

We will start with the coffee card (I don't think I can say this enough) because WHO DOESN'T LOVE COFFEE, or at least the smell of it!  I used a brown, heavy weight card stock, cut to an A2 size for one layer of the top of the card and stressed the edges.  I then adhered it to an A2 blank card (because that's how I roll, yes, I bought the pre-pack of A-2 cards that are already scored and everything😬)

I then cut to size the paper from ECHO PARK, from their COFFEE collection, it was actually the B side of the 3x4 journaling cards (item # C0164002).  I loved the pink hues in it and ALL THE COFFEE CUPS!  I then distressed the edges and adhered it to the brown card stock, leaving just a peak of the brown card stock showing.

I grabbed another ECHO PARK paper called I LIKE BIG CUPS (now that that song is stuck in your head and the main reason I bought this sheet of paper) I swear I heard the other version of that song for hours after making this card!  Anyway, I fussy cut the one that says, well, I LIKE BIG CUPS AND I CAN NOT LIE! and backed it to the same brown card stock and inked the edges with some Tim Holtz Distressed Inks in Walnut Stain. I popped it up on foam tape and adhered it to the card.  

I then went into my new FAVORITE Coffee, Best Friends, sentiments from AlteNew called Friends Forever.  It has this huge to go cup stamp with a sleeve that I absolutely love and think it's the PERFECT size!  I stamped that using my Tim Holtz stamping platform onto a piece of GORGEOUS 6x6 paper from PRIMA MARKETING from their PUMPKIN AND SPICE collection with my Stayz On Black ink.  I then took the double hearts from the same stamp set and stamped the sleeve part of the cup.  I fussy cut it and then tucked it under the I LIKE BIG CUPS AND I CAN NOT LIE! cut apart.

I dug deep into my stash and found not one but 2 COFFEE washi-tape rolls that were perfect.  I added them to a piece of the brown card stock paper, adhered them down and then used some foam tape to pop it up off the card.  I left just enough room for the edges of the card to peak out along with some of the bottom of the card.  

Here is how it turned out

Here are the link to some of the items I used from Piececraftlove.com The washi-tape was from a purchase from Michael's a while ago.

ECHO PARK -  I LIKE BIG CUPS & I CAN NOT LIE!

ECHO PARK - CUPS/CUT APART PAPER

ALTENEW - CLEAR STAMPS, FRIENDS FOREVER

ADHISIVE -    ART GLITTER GLUE

Now, on to my 2nd card!  For this one I used my new FAVORITE paper and embellishment collection ever!  It's the PRIMA MARKETING, PUMPKIN & SPICE Collection.  Oh you guys this collection is gorgeous.  It's a non-traditional fall color collection that I am IN LOVE WITH! I've used it on layouts and cards and it is so versatile!

I cut the A2 size card-face from a paper out of their 6x6 paper pad.  Each paper has 4 of each of the patterns which is awesome!  It is super heavy paper and so easy to work with. 

I pulled out my Tim Holtz stamp platform and I took out the SENTIMENT from the ALTENEW Friends Forever stamp set.  I actually bought the set because of this sentiment!  I used my Stayz On Black Ink and stamped the sentiment onto the pattern paper.

This peachy, washed out paper that I chose was just so pretty that I had to use it.  It matched so well with the coordinating ephemera paper...which I used to make this cute little "sign".  I backed it with the same paper I used for the coffee cup above (we waist no paper here, lol).  I popped it up on foam tape to give it some dimension. 

I then found another piece of ephemera from the collection that was a sign that I didn't think I would use but loved the part that looks like it's hanging the picture so I tucked it underneath the KEEP CALM AND ENJOY FALL piece and then used some of that black and which checkered pattern paper from the same pad to cut 2 small flag-banners and tucked them under that cute saying.  I then grabbed the puffy stickers from this collection and just fell in love with the black and white checkered heart that matched the flag-banners under the "hanging picture" so I sued it along with the SO THANKFUL puffy sticker that I placed below the stamped sentiment!

Here is how it turned out

Here is all the fun goodness that I used from the Prima Marketing Collection.

Well guys, that's it.  These are my cards I made for World Card Making Day!  They aren't the fancy, color/shading/popping out cards that amaze me, but I think they are super cute!

If you haven't had a chance to check out PIECECRAFTLOVE.COM you are in for a treat!  Right now there is a special PROMO CODE you can use to get 10% OFF your ENTIRE order, PLUS anything over $30 ships for FREE!  Use KIMSCRAFTYCREW10 and you will be all set!   

Thanks again for stoping by and leave a comment below to let me know if you have ever made a card using collage.

Come join us on our MEWE group for more challenges and fun!

Make it a scrapy day!

xoxo

Kimberly

2019 Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog Hop!

Hey guys, I'm hopping on here to show you a few cards I created this year for the 2019 Coffee Loving Papercrafter Fall/Winter Blog Hop!

I know I'm usually doing Scrapbooking layouts but if you think about it, card making and Scrapbooking crossover into each others worlds and what a wonderful world Amy Tsuruta has created with this group!

This is actually my Anniversary, yeap, exactly 1 year ago I found the Coffee Loving Papercrafters FB page (totally by accident, it was the Coffee that drew me in😬) and I crossed over to the "dark side" as they say.  

Since last year I have only made a handful of cards, but it was nice to know that I had the know how and confidence to not only make them but send them out!  I mean, how intimidating is it to see all of those hundreds of cards in the store, knowing people pay good money for to send out, that look professional?  Pretty intimidating to me!  I never thought I would be able to make a card that I would actually send out...but I have and I'm super proud of how they turned out and the excitement of the person receiving it is a bonus!  

I never really knew how really special, time consuming and the worth of a handmade item was until I started doing them.  

As I said, this is my Second year doing this Blog Hop.  Last year I was so proud of my self (patting myself on my back😉) to enter 1 card, this year...I made 4!  

If you want to join this fabulous community on FB click here (they always have codes for sales from amazing stamping and die companies throughout the year so make sure you take advantage of that!) (Please click here to see some of the amazing sponsors that were part of this hop and to see some amazing inspiration on card making) 

Again, a big SHOUT OUT to Amy Tsuruta for sponsoring this amazing, super coffee loving blog hop again this year with all the amazing prizes and super sponsors!  To see all the stats from the inception of this amazing Hop to now (the numbers are amazing) click here! And just a side note, I actually won a prize from Hero Arts on this blog hop this year! It may have been chosen my Random.org but it was still a great feeling to win a prize during this fabulous hop...so another SHOUT OUT and Thank You to one of the super sponsors, Hero Arts for my prize!

Happy Scrapbooking (and card making!)
Kimberly