Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Coffee Hop.. Star Date 6... three days left???!!!!


So Regina Easter, the oh so wonderful owner of The Cutting Cafe' and The Cutting Cafe Shop has a plan.  And this plan involves sometime, in the fairly near future, offering custom made stamps.  So she asked each of us on the Stamp Design Team to make a request.  With the Coffee Hop right around the corner... my mind was on coffee... oh heck.. that's nothing new.  So this is what I requested!  I had seen versions of this saying around on Pinterest but since it was for me... custom... I tweaked it a bit.

Before I go further... I will tell you that the paper is from the Echo Park Spring 6x6 paper pad.. yes!  I know this is the summer hop!!  But the colors are right and really Spring here in the southwest AZ area is much like Summer anyway... so... I used it.  Don't you judge me!


So here it is closer up... what I love about my set is that the I Love You More Than and the But Not Before are separate... so I can just use the first and be Sweet or use them together and be Sassy!  Usually I choose Sassy... but really you never know.  And then I chose three words that I could insert, one of them being Coffee and ... well... you'll just have to wait to see the other two.  I love that coffee is in the block lettering that I can color however I want... it's just the outline... so many possibilities.  And then I can either use the words in both spots or like here I can substitute with a little image. 


For the background on my label I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks and I have to say thank you to SonjaK for the great video and you can watch it here if you'd like on how to make this background.  She was my inspiration for this.  I didn't do all of the distressing she did and I'm no expert for sure, but she did clear a couple things up for me and I think I'll get better at it.  I sponged on the colors and then sprayed with some gold color shine.  I sponged off the excess and it helped because there was no curling of the paper and less wait time to dry.

See .. the above is Sweet!  But with the below... Sassy!


  I stamped this little cup and colored it pink and then added some hand drawn flowers with gold wink of stella... I thought it might give it china cup kind of feel... but don't mistake this for tea.. it's definitely coffee in there.


And did you see this adorable little kitty badge button??  I got this from Lori at ChouxChoux Paper Art's Etsy shop... these are the most adorable little kitties and I chose the colors of this card so I could use one of these on it...lol... so sweet!  And she makes these!!!  Made in the USA people!!! They are awesome!

37 comments:

Suzanne Reynolds said...

Love the plaid background and the frame for your sentiment is so beautifully colored. And of course all the other embellishments bring together another Lisa and gorgeous card.

Tee said...

The colors are so pretty on your card! Nice!

Holly AKA KopyKat said...

Oh lol that sentiment is so funny

New Creations said...

Bright and cheerful, love the sentiment!

Arianna Barbara said...

Awww!!!! Wonderful card! Love it!

Lisa said...

Ooh I just love this stamp set Regina made me and I love those adorable little kitty badge buttons... LOVE! Happy Hopping!

Ceal said...

Gorgeous! Love the background

SewPaperPaint said...

Oh this is BEAUTIFUL! What a fun sentiment, haven't seen that one before. Lovely layers and elements!

Gail said...

loving the background colors! Lovely!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

This is gorgeous! LOVING the sentiment and the colors!! And no worries ... I've used Halloween papers on summer lo's before ... so it's all good! LOL!!!!!

Migdalia said...

Love the gorgeous background and pretty colors!
Absolutely beautiful!!
Have a blessed day,
Migdalia
Crafting with Creative M

Michele K. Henderson said...

I love this pretty color in your card! Just gorgeous!

~amy~ said...

Now how stinkin' fun is this?! Awesome stamp and yes, I can't wait to see the whole set.
GREAT card.

Becca Yahrling said...

So very sweet! Spring & Summer are about the same here in FL, too, so no judgement from me (except I judge your card to be beautiful! lol).

*Vicki* said...

WOW! This is really gorgeous!! Love the background coloring...that sentiment is a killer!! :) Love this! HUGS

Doudou said...

Love the colors! So beautiful card!

Vicki Dutcher said...

HA! What a great sentiment! Lovely card~

Ann said...

Sweet card and cute kitty flair you added.

Sylvia said...

Lovely card, Lisa, great background! Have a wonderful evening...you posted early Wednesday morning and I am just seeing it now...I am so far behind!

Kim Heggins said...

Fabulous card and wonderful sentiment.

Beverley said...

So pretty, beautiful inking on the sentiment die cut and loving the BG paper too. Hugs Bev (Uniko) x

Karren said...

This is gorgeous - love that background!

KT Fit Kitty said...

Haha, that is an AWESOME sentiment! So fun! Love your ink blending, my friend! And eeeeeek, I see an adorable kitty! OMGoodness, this is so cute!

jordanbev5@yahoo.com said...

Gorgeous colors and love that little kitty button!!

Unknown said...

Beautiful and I LOVE that sentiment! Perfect for the blog hop!

Melanie R said...

OMG, this is so cheerful with those fabulous colors and I Love the kitty!

Karen B. said...

What a beautiful way to showcase the sentiment!

Verna Angerhofer said...

Lovely card with awesome colors and a great sentiment.

Mitralee said...

I imagine the kitty has claws should the coffee not be hot and ready for drinking! :-) Love this! And Regina Rocks!

Fikreta said...

so pretty card
love it
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Hetty said...

This is a beautifully card!

Helen F. said...

Super cute card

Tonya said...

Great card!

DIANA L. said...

This is so pretty I love kitten on the pretty crinkle ribbon
Thank you for your inspiration!!. Have a blessed day
DIANA L.

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Atchaya(Akshma) said...

ptetty

Lori said...

So pretty - love that gorgeous sentiment you created with distress inks! Love that kitty, too! (Linking to you today.) Have a wonderful week!

Helen Gullett said...

Very sweet!