Coffee Loving Papercrafters

We’re so excited to welcome Richard Breaks as our July Guest Designer!

Hi Coffee lovers, Richard Breaks here, and I’m very honored and excited to be guesting for the blog this month. I’ve been cardmaking and posting all about it for more than ten years now, and that’s involved more cups, uh, GALLONS of coffee than I even care to figure.

My style tends to include a bit of everything. Lots of layering and diecutting, ink blending, some clean and simple in there for good measure…I was among the hundreds of makers to join the first Coffee lovers’ blog hop, and I love to take part when they come around.

My first card, with horrible photography and all—

This was made with lots of masking and one of my FIRST stamp sets, and I will STILL reach for it, even after all these years! Wow, when is the last time I did a corner like that???

I’m so glad to be asked to guest this month. I hope my cards inspire you, and not just to shop for more coffee themed stamps and dies (although, I do not back away from being called an enabler)!

I can be found on Instagram @rlbreaks, and less often at my blog,  mrcardmaker.blogspot.com. Stop by and say hello!

I’m so happy to be guesting this month for Coffee Loving Cardmakers! I was so thrilled to be asked, I sat down and did a month’s worth of cards in just a few days! I’m caffeined up, and ready to fly! Thanks so much for stopping in to have a look.

For my first week, I’m sharing this card–

I only had about ten coffee stamps and die sets, so of COURSE, I had to order more in order to do this guest spot! I went to Taylored Expressions and bought the Koffee Time Stamp and Die combo. This set has great sentiments and a die set that builds a KEURIG machine! (well, it’s a one-cup brewer, but I kinda say Keurig in the way I say Kleenex, or Band-aid…)

I don’t know about you, but my Keurig is a lifeline at about three o’clock every day.  And, sometimes 4. And, sometimes at 11am…Whenever the pot runs out. You know what I’m saying…

Many dies involved! I have to admit, I found it just a touch tricky for me, especially since I had to go search the web to get some instructions, but I persevered and finally got where I needed to be. I guess I’m just a bit slow on the uptake. I have it down, now…

I just think this thing is too stinking cute. This machine. Cute. A machine is cute. Yeah, I said it…

When it came time to design the card, I decided that my Keurig would be one of the things that had to come with me to a desert island, and so the idea of a tropical setting came to mind. I mean, besides the chocolate, and a couple of dozen other earthly delights, you gotta have the coffee. And electricity, I guess…

I pulled out some juicy colors and some tropical stamps and dies from Stampin’ Up and got busy.

I liked the sentiment here, because I figured any Monday on a tropical island was BOUND to be short, right?

I also had to hunt through my stash to find a tiny puff of steam to add to my ombre coffee mug. I mean, that stuff comes out HOT, right??

So, thanks so much to Coffee Lovers Cardmakers for having me come onboard this month. I have lots more to share, so come back next Friday!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

All Best–
Richard

For more inspiration, please visit Richard’s Blog   |   Instagram