Create By Kara: coffee card

Monday, July 11, 2016

A cuppa thanks!

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Today starts a new linky challenge at Craftin Desert Divas. If you have not entered challenges now is a great time to start! The theme for the next two weeks is Coffee and can be found here.

If you do not have coffee stamps, Craftin Desert Divas has digital images you can print from home and color!

For my card I started off by taking out the Fancy Frames die set. This set and the flag banner set are staples in my crafting .. I use them on so many projects.. I highly recommend either of these (or both if you can). I knew I wanted a brown look.. I guess brown and coffee go together. I cut two panels from the Fancy Frames. The largest panel I embossed with a coffee folder. I set that aside and with the next panel I heat embossed using the Got Coffee Stamp set. Embossing powder used was from Lindy's Stamp Gang called Café au Lait. The photo does not capture the shimmer and shine from this powder, but not only does it accent your image .. it leaves a gorgeous shimmer to the entire piece.

I then cut from the Flag Banner die set my favorite flag of all. This adds so much dimension to your project.. I stamped and embossed A cuppa thanks with the same embossing powder from Lindy's Stamp Gang.

To assemble my card I used scor tape to adhere my largest panel. I love scor tape because it is super secure and when I emboss I feel like there is so much not touching the paper.. anyways the scor tape is fabulous and strong!

Then with my next panel I used foam tape to raise this portion. Adding my flag banner I actually raised this with tiny pieces of foam tape as well. Adding one tiny bow with twine makes it a super cute card!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope that you will link up your card to join in the fun at the Craftin Desert Divas blog.

CDD Products used:
Fancy Frame Dies: http://craftindesertdivas.com/fancy-frame-dies/
Flag Banner Dies: http://craftindesertdivas.com/flag-banner-dies/
Got Coffee: http://craftindesertdivas.com/got-coffee/

Friday, June 17, 2016

Last drop...

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Be sure to stop by Craftin Desert Divas for coffee digi stamps!

Today I would like to share a coffee card I made using a digital image from Craftin Desert Divas. I wanted to stretch my thoughts and use what I had already.. I'm a good one for always needing the new stuff, but I was looking through my stash of digital stamps and low and behold had a bear from winter. Cocoa Bear.. so I printed him out and colored away. I knew I'd have to cover up the snowflake so I took out the Got Coffee set (physical stamps) and a heart punch. I stamped the heart onto the heart punch in white and then I distressed the heart with Grape distress ink.. I then added some foam dots and over the snowflake it went.

The Fancy Frames die set is a staple in my collection.. I use these dies in many projects. I also used the Picture Frame die for another layer in the card. To add my bear I used Stitched Circles and then foam tape to raise the bear a bit.

To finish it off the sentiment (from Got Coffee) I heat embossed in white on the Flag Banner Die set. I'm in love with this banner set.. A must have in your collection. I never ever throw packaging.. bows.. etc away. The purple bow is from the packaging of stamps at Craftin Desert Divas!

It is super simple to use digital stamps in your projects. I have a Brother Laser MFC-9340 printer and print on either Brutus Monroe alabaster paper or Spectrum Noir paper. I use Sprectrum Noir makers to color. If you have any issues.. Heat set the ink before coloring. I use the Brother Scan N Cut to 'fussy cut' all of my images. You can do a close cut.. or I chose to offset my image a smidge..