Hi! I’m very happy to have you visiting my blog today. I know your time is precious and hope that you enjoy your visit.
I made this card for my husband’s birthday at the end of November. Even though I don’t care for coffee myself, he loves it.
So, I have grown to think of coffee with a warm feeling because the smell of it means that he’s probably home. 🙂
I have a fun “chalkboard” card to share with you that I designed for STAMPlorations and the Fall CLBH. I think that this card is very appropriate for Fall, back-to-school and reminds me of the song Margee Ann by Fernando Ortega.
I really like the song Margee Ann. Here are some of the lyrics:
You’re the first light of the morning, my cool sunrise
You’re my love across the table, a little sleep in your eyes
You’re my strong cup of coffee, you like to laugh right with me
You’re my heart’s companion, my one true companion
Sweet darling, lover of mine
❤
Speaking of “lovers”……STAMPlorations is one of the FAll CLBH sponsors and Shery has a bunch Coffee & Tea lover themed products in her store.
Make sure to hop along because Shery, apart from donating prize’s to Amy’s hop (a $25 GC to STAMPlorations online store and the new Anywhere There’s Coffee Stamp & Die Set as a flash prize), is also going to be offering a couple of prizes on the STAMP blog: three $10 gift certificates & some coffee dies!I used a variety of other STAMPlorations/ARTplorations products on my card. Besides the stamps from Anywhere There’s Coffee Stamps & Die Set, I also used the ARTplorations stencil Flourishes, and STAMPlorations stamps Big Greetings, Trendy Birds 2 and Retro Mod Shapes.
- Made a mask/stencil of the coffee cup with removable sticky label.
- Masked off the chalkboard card stock with the mask.
- Stenciled the flourish/leaf pattern into the negative space of the stencil/mask, onto the cup with the ARTplorations stencil Flourishes with sponge tool & white pigment ink.
- Removed mask & stamped cup outline with embossing ink & heat embossed in white embossing powder (EP).
- Stamped the birds (Trendy Birds 2) with more white pigment ink.
- Double stamped the leaves and sentiment – first with embossing ink (heat embossed with white EP) & then, slightly off the original with white pigment ink.
- Drew in the “steam” and border lines with white colored pencil.
- Added colored pencil (faux colored chalk) shading and accents in blue, orange and yellow.
- Applied some “chalk smudges” with a piece of paper towel and more white pigment ink.
- Fussy cut chalkboard panel and blue frame.
- Finished by attaching chalkboard to blue frame with foam tape and then to orange card base with adhesive.
So, I love all kinds of teas, but I strongly dislike coffee. Truly. I hurts my stomach. 😦 But I do enjoy the mornings that I can sit with my husband as he enjoys his coffee.
I love making chalkboard cards (so. much. fun!) and I hope that you enjoyed seeing this one. Make sure you stop over at the STAMPlorations blog to see all of the STAMplorations girls’ super creations. Remember that Shery is also going to be offering a couple of prizes on the STAMPlorations blog: three $10 gift certificates & some coffee dies. 🙂
Thanks so much for stopping by! I really appreciate your visit.
Grace & Peace,
P.S. Speaking of chalkboards, I have a new STAMPlorations Mixed Media (two-sided mini chalkboard) tutorial up for September. 🙂
You can take a peek over at my post here and/or head over to the blog to see the entire tutorial.(Post will go live at NOON Pacific – Friday September 23, 2016)
STAMPlorations/ARTplorations/CUTplorations Products used on the chalkboard card in this post:
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Wow a Handmade Card, Very nice, your husband is really a lucky guy 🙂
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This is a very creative!
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It is very bright and beautiful!
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Loving your bold coffee card with all fun sentiment.
Great colors and wonderful white accents.
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Super cool card! Thanks for sharing
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Great chalkboard look for this coffee card.
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Wow your card turned out stunning. I just love the over all look of your card.
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Such great techniques all in one……shadow letters, beautiful, blue, unique steam etc. Love this.
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Totally awesome chalkboard card! Love the stamp set 🙂
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This is a great card! I love the white embossing on the dark background. Thank you for joining us at SSS Monday Challenge. Hugs, Macarena
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Love the chalkboard effect along with the pops of colour. x
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The chalkboard effect is great! love the pretty blue and accent colors! Gorgeous!
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Oh wow! Beautiful card and colours!!!
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LOVE LOVE LOVE!! This is so cool! Awesome card and an awesome reason to make one!
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Your card is fantastic!!!!!!! Thanks for the tutorial.
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Love your masking, stenciling and stamping this fabulous image!! Terrific job! Love their stamps and own some too!
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Awesome card! Love the bold look and the chalkboard feel to this! xxMaura
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the size of that mug looks fantastic scale wise and I love the colors of your chalkboard 🙂 tfs
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This is absolutely amazing!
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Such a beautiful card. Love the technique and the striking colors! 🙂
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Wow, this is absolutely beautiful! I love the chalkboard effect! I’m not a coffee drinker either but I love making coffee cards! I used to enjoy coffee but now it keeps me awake unfortunately so I had to stop drinking it. I enjoy herbal tea now but will continue to make coffee cards – they are so much fun! My hubby is a big coffee drinker too!
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Wow! This is awesome!
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Gorgeous card! Fabulous colours and design! xxx
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wow! that’s so awesome! love how you created this!
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Love the chalkboard design and the colors!
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Your chalkboard card is fantastic! I just love the look!
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Such a great card and I love the colors you chose.
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I just love this card! I love the thick embossed lines and fun, eclectic feel to it! Very pretty!
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I’m such a fan of the chalkboard technique…super FUN card! Love the pops of colors too!
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Stunning card!! Love the bold colors!!
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pretty card. Love the splash of fall colors you added with the leaves. TFS
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Such a fun card and design! 🙂
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wonderful card!
Fiki
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Beautiful card and such a creative design.
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WOW… this is fantastic card with fabulous design. I love the shadows and chalkboard look. THANKS A LATTE for the inspiration!
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I love this chalkboard card and the colors are very nice! Love the patterned coffee cup!
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Cool colours. A very striking card. Hugz
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fab card! thanks for the hop!
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Fun chalkboard effect background to the awesome paper pieced cup
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This is such a cool design!! I love your chalkboard look and even if you’re not a coffee fan, you sure hit this one out of the park! 🙂 Thanks for sharing your inspiration with these stamps! 🙂
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