Coffee & Chocolate – Nothing’s Better Than…

Welcome back!  How I roll in the Studio…

I am playing with Just Us Girls (#808) to CASE (copy and selectively edit) a card from one of the Design Team members.  Today I selected Lisa Elton’s card which I flipped to the vertical position.

Additional Influences: Inspired By (#373) with a Hot Drink theme, the Sunday Stamps (#378) Color Board and Stampin’ Up! Only (#394) Inspiration Photo Flowers and Colors.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Pecan Pie cardstock.
• Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Bubble Bath and Basic White Box Diamond patterned piece of paper from the retired Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper pack die-cut with the (3¾” x 5”) Postage Stamp die from the Perennial Postage Dies set.
  • The word, Chocolate, from the retired Nothing’s Better Than stamp set was stamped with Early Espresso ink.
• Doily: (3”) White Doily from the retired Lace Doilies pack colored with Bubble Bath ink applied with a Sponge Dauber.
• Decoration – Coffee Cup & Chocolates: (5½” x 4¼”) Basic White cardstock.
  • Using stamps from the retired Coffee Café, the Coffee Cup and Foam images were stamped with Strawberry Slush ink and die-cut with the coordinating dies from the retired Coffee Cups Framelits Dies set.  Using a Sponge Dauber, shading was added with Bubble Bath ink.  The word, Coffee, also from the Nothing’s Better Than stamp set was stamped on to the Cup with Pecan Pie ink.
  • From the same stamp set, the Straw image was stamped with Pecan Pie ink and colored with Crumb Cake ink applied with a Blending Brush and then fussy-cut with Paper Snips.
  • Using the Two-Step Chocolates images, from the Nothing’s Better Than stamp set, the Chocolates were stamped with Pecan Pie and Early Espresso inks and then fussy-cut with Paper Snips.
  • Using the Sleeve die, also from the Coffee Cups Framelits Dies set, the Floral Sleeve was die-cut.  The Floral patterned piece of paper also comes from the Delightfully Eclectic Designer Series Paper pack and shading was added with the Sponge Dauber and Bubble Bath ink.

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble Lisa’s layout and general use of decorative die-cuts.  The Coffee Cup, Foam and Chocolates were all popped up with Dimensionals.

I’m up for tasting Chocolates with my Coffee…want to join me as my valentine date?

Thank you for popping by ~ I hope you have a fantastic day! Any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask ~ I’d be happy to help you!!!

Cheers,  Jolanda!

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