Coffee card - Did You Ever Want To Say?

Hey guys, I'm here as a guest designer for the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog post and I am so excited!  They are all about coffee and since discovering them my stamps and dies for everything coffee has gown...STRONG, you know, like coffee😂☕️😂

This card is how I feel most mornings when my body aches or my MS is acting up...I literally have a cup of coffee in my hand and just say "Nope, not today"   Ugh! Some days life is just a bit much and is why I reach for that second cup of coffee most days. But hey, we all have our struggles in life and well, coffee helps and then we take on whatever part of the day we can.

I am loving this stamp from Crackerbox Stamps.  Her name is "Helen" and she seems to look like she needs more than just one cup of coffee most mornings too!  I mean her struggles look real!

I started out by stamping her with some alcohol friendly black ink.  I like to use Memento in Tuxedo Black when I am using my alcohol markers on a stamped image.  It's the best one that I've found to not smudge when using the markers.  In the Copic Markers I used Y08, Y11, C1, E0000, RV14, R32, B23, B26 and in the SPECTRUM NIOR, I used, E56.  I also used some glossy accents on her cup and the steam.

The stamp set from Crackerbox stamp also came with the sentiment, "DID YOU EVER WANT TO SAY?".  I stamped the sentiment and used one of my nested dies from my stash to die cut it and then I used a fine tip black pen to sketch an outline around the sentiment just to make it pop.   I added a background layer from a paper pack from BRASS and BLISS called JAVA GOOD TIME.  I also used one of the bigger dies from the same nested die set to cut and layer it them together.

I dug into my scraps and found that polkadot pattern paper, a brown card stock from the JAVA GOOD TIME paper collection and a bright yellow card stock from my stash - just to make her yellow mug pop - and then I layered them all.  I popped her up with some foam tape, adhered her and the sentiment to the front and then started on the inside of the card.

I grabbed a nesting die set I got from SBC to cut a frame using another coffee pattern paper from Brass and Bliss...have I told you I just love Brass and Bliss and I discovered them through one of the hops? They are also a SUPER SPONSOR of The coffee Loving Papercrafters...boy, they sure have enabled me to find a LOT of great stamp and die companies, maybe too much 😂   After die cutting that thick frame, I popped it up on foam tape.   

I pulled a frame die from Brass and Bliss, called INSIDE SCALLOP FRAME.  I die cut it out of the same bright yellow card stock I used on the frot of my card to give some pop and to make and outside and inside the card cohesive.  I adhered the coffee frame to the yellow card stock and then adhered that to the inside of the card. 

I grabbed another sentiment stamp from Pajama Crafter Stamp- "NOPE, NOT TODAY".  I used another die from my stash from Kat Scrappiness and stamped, die cut and adhered it to the inside of that coffee frame.  I found that little kitten in my plate of...I'll put it away some day, stash…that never seems to get put away.  I thought he looked super cute and I was happy to find him a great home.

I sure hope I inspired you to reach into your stash and pull all the things to make a fun coffee card today.  

Stay crafty my friends,

Kimberly 

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Coffee and Gansta Rap

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with this month's Just For Giggles IG hop.  If you know me you know that I just love funny and snarky cards!  If you love to make funny, punny or snarky cards this hop is for you.  It's once a month and anyone can join in the fun.  Click this LINK and head over to my IG to join in on the hop and get some giggles in today!

Today I decided to download one of the PNG's that I purchased off of Etsy.  Soooo, I am new to PNG's and I kind of went crazy on buying them.  I mean so inexpensive, you get multiple images and they take up zero room.  So the days I am not in a mood to pull out my Copic or Spectrum Noir markers I can reach into my newly acquired stash of PNG's.

I picked my latest download called FUNNY CARTOON CAFFEINATED QUIRKY BIRDS by HBM Clipart.  If you are interested in PNG's they have a lot to offer, just click on the link.

I used 2 birds for this caffeinated card.  The parrot is so vibrant and the cup it's holding left enough room for one of my stamps, COFFEE AND GANSTA RAP.  That stamp has been in my stash forever.  It was small enough to fit into that cup...but the great thing about PNG's is you can resize them to any size you need so if it didn't fit I could just adjust the bird to size!  The brown bird had a cup that already said "speed mode engaged" so I thought the two sentiments on the cups went well.  I did reach for my fine colored pens and just gave their feathers a little more dimension along with a bit of Copic to help.

After I printed and added some flicks of the markers I used a die from my stash that I had gotten off of Amazon...it's quirky so it went perfectly.  I also used a postage die from Scrapbook.com with papers from Whimsy stamps and Brass and Bliss.  Both are the top 2 companies I love to buy from!

After adhering everything together I printed out the sentiment and added some glossy accents to the whip, the eyes and the coffee beans and called it D-O-N-E!

I hope I was able to make you giggle with this card and don't forget to head over to the Hop for some more funny/punny/snarky inspiration.

Stay crafty!

Kimberly 

This is my mug shot

Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with yet another snarky card...boy I don't know what is in the air but I am full of snarky this month!  I am doing this for the Simon Says Stamp Blog - MAKE A BACKGROUND challenge and Pammie's inky Pinkies - anything goes blog challenge.(2609) Click on the links to follow, join in and get inspired!

Today I'm using lots of background stamps for the background.  I somehow amassed an entire box of background stamps and I am not mad at that!  I love using them to create backgrounds for cards, layouts and junk journals.

After I finished up the background I reached into my Brass and Bliss, JAVA GOOD TIME paper pad and used a  Deckle Fram die from them as well to die cut it and frame the A2 card.  This paper was super busy  but by me using it as essentially a border it really worked!

I then printed out the Digi stamp of Miss Dee I found on Etsy (shop here).  I couldn't believe I found a Miss Dee stamp in digi form!  Guys, I have ZERO space left for any more dies or stamps so I was super excited!  I pulled out all the markers...I use both Copic and Spectrum Noir.  I'm not fabulous at shading but I'm getting there.

After I colored and fussy cut everything out I figured out the placement and are you ready for this...I ran my background through my printer to get that sentiment because it was also part of the digi collection!  It came out perfectly!  I think I actually let out a little scream😆

I adhered everything together but something was still missing so I reached into my scraps and had this tiny piece of brown left from one of the JAVA GOOD TIME papers and it pulled it all together!  

Thanks so much for hanging out with me.  I hope I inspired you to make someone laugh by making them a snarky card today.

Stay crafty

Kimberly

OMG - Ewww, Is that your face!

Hey guys, I'm up on the Blogger with another snarky card for the→ Simon Says Stamping Blog Challenge. ←  The challenge is to make your own background and that's exactly what I did with this card. 

I started off by stamping the image I got from Whimsy Stamps called MEME PEOPLE CLEAR STAMP I colored her in using my Copic Markers and my Spectrum Noir Markers and fussy cut her out.  

Whimsy has a background stamp that is perfect for her but I don't have it so I made something similar by going into Canva, picking the icons, arranging them and then downloading and printing it out.  I do appreciate the inspiration from that Whimsy stamp for sure!  While I was in Canva I decided to make the speech bubble as well with the sentiment EWWW, IS THAT YOUR FACE!  I printed both out fussy cut the sentiment and inked it in Saltwater Taffy and cut the background to fit an A2 card.

Then I reached into my Whimsy basket and grabbed the OMG shadow die I have and die cut that out in 2 different shades of pink.

I grabbed my die from Brass and Bliss to cut the frame...it also cuts an inner piece that I used for the inside of my card...we don't waste anything in this craft room😂  I cut it in blue to make her eyes pop.

I went into my scraps and grabbed the same shade of pink I used for the OMG die to make the A2 Base. I slid her just under the frame and adhered it all down.  I got out some white acrylic paint and did some splatters and called it done.

I just love making Snarky cards!  Do you have any stamps in your stash that are snarky and fun?

Thanks for hanging out with me today and I hope I have inspired you to make a card for someone and put a smile on their face.

Stay crafty!

Kimberly

Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2025 - How to make me Happy card

Hey guys, I'm here with another fun coffee card for the Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop for 2025.  If you have never participated here is a link to find out how and a link to all of the Super Sponsors that usually have some pretty good deals going on for this hop!

I started off with a coffee stamp set I just purchased from Amazon (click here to see it).  I will say, I wasn't overly happy with it when I got it.  It is a bit flimsy and one of the stamps almost looks like she has a mustache...that's what I get for buying cheap stamps.

 But they turned out to be cute stamps/images so I guess I'm not that mad at them.  Anyhoo, I started with the cute image of a woman in slippers sitting back having a cup of coffee...I can't say that I've ever gone to the store in slippers but hey, a coffee run is a coffee run. 

I used my Copic Markers and my Spectrum NoirMarkers to color her (still trying to work on my shading technique, it's slow going, I really need to watch more vids).

After I finished coloring the image, I pulled out a double frame die from Whimsy Stamps and cut it out using a 6x6 paper from Brass and Bliss Java Good Time paper pad.   After die cutting it out I backed it with a toffee colored textured card stock.  

I pulled out my Vicki Boutin 12x12 paper pad I just got, I think it's called Art For Everyone.  I found this paper that looks like it has coffee rings on it and in the same color scheme as the clothes I colored on the image so I was super excited to use it - happy coincidence for sure. I backed the VB paper with the same toffee colored card stock to balance out the card and then adhered it all together (popping up the image on foam tape to give it a bit of dimension).

I reached into my coffee sentiment stamps and grabbed a Brass and Bliss stamp set called LET'S MEET FOR COFFEE and stamped it on the top.

This card was so simple and easy to make...I hope it has inspired you to pull out your coffee stamps and make a card and hop along for the 2025 Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog hop.

Thanks for hanging out with me,

Have a crafty day!

Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2025 - Coffee Time

Hey guys, yeap, I am here with yet another coffee themed card for the Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2025.  As always, here is a link to go over and check out all the inspiration and if you are a coffee/tea/hot cocoa lover join in and have some fun with us this year. 

I am really loving all of my new coffee themed and inspired stamps and dies this year!  My collection has really grown.

Here is another one from the Amazon stamp set I bought that I don't love but I'm not too mad at it.

I started this one off with an A2 base in the same color as her sweater (or pretty darn close to it).  I added a slightly smaller coffee themed paper from Brass and Bliss called Java Good Time.  

After adhering them together I moved on to cutting that postage frame (I got this from scrapbook . com). I used the largest and then the one that was 2 sizes smaller so I get that wide space in-between.  I adhered the large one down and then popped the smaller one up on foam tape.

I then used my stamp platform to stamp out the image.  I used my Spectrum Noir and Copic markers to color her in and then adhered her to the middle of that smaller postage die.

Using the same stamp set I stamped the sentiment "Coffee Time" along with 4 of the coffee beans.  I then reached for my Ranger Perfect Pearls and dusted the image before it dried and it gives that gold luster look to it.

Well that was a pretty easy card to make...I hope it inspired you to dig into your stamps and dies and make a card for that special someone.

Thanks for hanging out with me today,

Have a crafty card making kind of day,

Kimberly

Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2025 - You Got this Girl!

Hey guys, I'm here with another coffee inspired card for the Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2025...here is a link to all the fun!  

I am using some chipboard pieces from the I AM collection. I just wanted to show you that cards don't have to be super challenging or technical to be cute.

I had these pieces left over from a collection that was gifted to me and thought what a cute coffee card this would make.  

I started with the A2 card base in a cream color and I inked the edge in Walnut Stain.  I then reached into my scraps and found this piece of 12x12 I had cut into previously from a Vicki Boutin paper pad and well it looks like coffee rings to me so I thought the colors were perfect and the rings were too so I adhered it to the top of the base.

I grabbed the 3 pieces that were perfect for this coffee themed card and laid them out where I wanted them.  I reached into my Brass and Bliss stamp set called LET'S MEET FOR COFFEE and used the YOU ARE BREW-TIFUL sentiment.  I stamped it on a die that I had in my stash and added the thread and DONE!

See how easy that is and a great way use up those left over pieces in a collection.  I hope you were inspired to grab a collection you are almost done with or you have no idea what to do with and make a card out of it...coffee themed or not.  But if it is a coffee themed card here is a link to join us on the hop or just go and look at all the inspiration the ladies have to offer this year.

Thanks for hanging out with me and I hope you have a crafty-card making kind of day😋

Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Hop 2025 - Coffee + Friends Make the Perfect Blend

Hey guys I'm back on the blog with yet another coffee themed card for the Coffee lovers Fall/Winter Hop for 2025.  Here is a link to all the fun and inspiration going on through the 14th of November.

Today I have pulled a few different sets to complete this coffee themed gift card holder... For the outside of the card...

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6x6 paper pad from Brass and Bliss called JAVA GOOD TIME.  

COFFEE + FRIENDS MAKE THE PERFECT BLEND stamp set from Amazon.  

Moving on to inside of the card...

Karen Burniston pop up die set #1146 -Mini Pops Pop Up    

Pattern paper from the JAVA GOOD TIME paper pad  

To go cup from AlteNew - FRIENDS FOREVER collection. 

LA LA LAND CRAFTS - CHINCHILLIN' stamp set 

Don't forget to head over to the hop and check out all the inspiration from everyone!
Have a crafty day!
Kimberly

Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2025 - May your Coffee be stronger than anything you face today

Hey guys, I'm here with card #6 for the Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop for 2025.  If you have never participated here is a link to find out how and a link to all of the Super Sponsors that usually have some pretty good deals going on for this hop!

Today I'm working with one of my favorite AALL & Create Stamps of Miss Dee.  This one is Stamp #704 and she comes with some pretty snarky sayings.  For this card I didn't use any of her sayings but I paired it with a Coffee Stamp set from Brass & Bliss that has a couple of snarky sentiments as well so they were a perfect fit.

I started out stamping Miss Dee and coloring her in with my Spectrum Noir markers, I was trying to match the pattern paper I used from my scraps and I think I nailed it.  I set her aside once I was done and started working on the rest of the card.

For the Base I used a paper from Craft Consortium called Metal Textures and backed it with a metallic copper card stock I had.  I cut the copper card stock to an A2 size and then the CC paper an 1/8 of an inch smaller and adhered them down.  I then took some cream color textured card stock (sadly I was out of the copper metallic paper) and cut it about a 1/2" smaller than the A2 size. I reached into my scraps and used that pattern paper I had (last piece of that) cutting it down about a 1/8" smaller than the textured card stock and adhered theme together.  I backed it on some thick foam tape and adhered it to the card base.

I forgot to stamp my card before doing all of that but it worked out because that thick foam tape really lets the stamp soak into that paper so it worked out with me stamping it after the fact.  

I added that tiny coffee cup...I have had that die for-EVER and couldn't tell you where I got it but it has a bunch of Fall icons (think pumpkin, pie, coffee, leaves) that are all on one die and so tiny.  I think it's to use for shaker cards but I don't do many of them and almost forgot I had it but glad I remembered because it was perfect for this card.

I used more paper from that Craft Consortium paper pack to line the inside of the card. I then cut 2 squares (3x3 and one slightly smaller than that) and adhered them together and then used the 2nd part of that sentiment.  I thought about putting it on the front but I thought it went better inside.  I used the last of that scrap from the front of the card to tie it all in and I am done!  I do love Miss Dee and her snarky self!

Thanks for hanging out with me during the Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop!

Have a crafty day,

Kimberly

Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop 2025

Hey guys, I'm here hopping along with this years Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog hop.  Here is a link to find all the info and how to hop along with everyone.

Here is my 3rd Coffee Card and I decided to try something I've been trying to figure out how to do for a while.  Have you ever seen a card that looks like it's popped out with the same image but in different dimensions?  I really don't know how it's done but I gave it a shot, you can tell me in the comments if you think I got it right or if I'm close.  

I started off with a paper pad from the awesome Brass & Bliss company.  I discovered them (I actually won a gift card on one the the Coffee Lover's Blog hops) and have been buying from them ever since!  

They have some of the most fabulous stamps and dies ever and their paper pads are amazing!  The one I'm using is called Java Good Time.  I used 2 different papers, one for the card front and the other to die cut.

I cut the base down to an A2 card size and then I took my new dies from Whimsy stamps (oh I really have to say this is one of my most FAVORITE stores) This die is called  STAINED GLASS WINDOW and it was on CLEARANCE for $5 so YES PLEASE!  I used ALL the dies at the same time and die cut the patterned paper.  I then adhered the first 2 to my card front, then I used foam tape strips to pop up the next two and then the last two I adhered directly to the card front.  It gives it a dimensional look but still not quite what I was going for but I'm not mad at it.

I then reached for my stamp and dies from Brass & Bliss...how cute is that sloth?  

I used some Copic and Spectrum Noir markers to color and shade in the image.  I also grabbed a coffee stamp from another stamp set from Brass & Bliss and stamped the sentiment.

I added some foam tape behind the middle of the image so it adheres to the card front as well as the pattern paper.  I added some bling to the top and some in the middle but I was going for a steamy kind of flow...not sure that really worked out but they were down and, yeap, not mad at it!

That's it, this one was pretty quick and I do like the dimension of the dies that still show the patterns where they are suppose to be.  What do you think?

Thanks for hanging out with me for this hop and I hope to see you hopping along with us!

Have a crafty day!

Kimberly

Coffee Loving Papercrafters Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #42

 Hey guys, I'm up on the blog doing Challenge #42 for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge.  If you want to join in here is the link!

I started out with 110lb white paper (oh how I will miss those awesome SALES at Joann's), stamped this cute Sloth stamp, from Brass and Bliss,  (ALL YOU NEED IS COFFEE) I would link it but it was so cute it sold out...and used my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers to color it and then die cut it out. 

I then took the same 110# white paper and inked it in some Vicki Boutin (color wheel, red) and some Tim Holtz Distressed Oxide (in Pine Needles).  I then stamped this awesome coffee to go cup stamp from AlteNew called Friends Forever, one of my fav coffee stamps!  I made sure to stamp it so that the colors were where I wanted them.  I used my Spectrum Noir to color in the lid.

I grabbed my new Whimsy BURST stamp (I LOVE THIS STAMP) to stamp on another 110# white paper (no wonder I go through so much white paper)!  I used the same 2 colors, the red from the color wheel, and the Pine Needles from Tim Holtz, to stamp on the different sides of that burst stamp to give it some added dimension and color and I do love how it turned out.

I reached into my stash and pulled out the sticker that says HAPPY HOLIDAYS and the 2 Christmas foliage stickers to put on either side of the cup.  I also found that cute Christmas hat to add to the Sloth.  I adhered the "Burst" panel on some Christmas red metallic card stock, added the coffee cup and then popped up that Sloth on some foam adhesive and called it done.  Super easy card and I was able to use up some older stash!

I am not mad at it!  Thanks so much for stopping by and hanging out and don't forget to hop over to the Challenge and join in!

Have a crafty day!

Kimberly