Coffee Loving Papercrafters

We’re happy to have our February Guest Designer Claire back with us today!

Hello caffeinated crafters!

I’m back again this week to share my second card as guest designer! This week, I decided to try the new mini slimline trend. I absolutely love regular slimline cards, but sometimes I have trouble filling all the space the card provides, so I thought the mini size would be fun to try!

To start my card, I stamped the cactus images from the Cuppa Cactus stamp set from Newton’s Nook in a Copic-safe black ink. Then, I colored my images using the following Copic combinations:

Cactus: G46, G24, G43, G40
Pink: RV25, RV04, RV23, RV21
Orange: YR07, YR04, YR12, YR31
Yellow: Y08, Y05, Y00

Next, I cut three small rectangles using a nesting die set. (The approximate size of the rectangles I used is 1.5 x 1.75 inches.) On two of the squares, I ink blended using Picked Raspberry Distress Ink, and on the third panel, I ink blended using Gina K Wild Dandelion ink. On the yellow panel, I stamped the sentiment “I’m a little prickly before my coffee!” which is also in the Cuppa Cactus stamp set. On the two pink panels, I adhered the cactus images using foam tape.

Using the new Mini Slimline Scalloped Edge Dies from Kat Scrappiness, I die cut a white panel that measures about 5 x 2.5 inches. After that, I cut a panel from white paper that measures about 5.25 x 2.75 inches. On the larger panel, I ink blended with Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink.

Next, I glued my small rectangle panels to the white scalloped panel, and then glued that to the Spiced Marmalade panel. Lastly, I made a card panel that measures 5.5 x 6 inches with a scoreline at the three inch mark. I adhered my panels to the cardbase using strong double-sided tape, added glossy accents to the flowers, and my card was finished!

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