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 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.
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
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
