Coffee Loving Papercrafters

We’ve invited all of the 2021 Spring | Summer Designer Picks to the blog as Guest Designers!  First up is Esther Ashbury:

Hello, my name is Esther, and I live in the beautiful state of Virginia with my husband, daughter, and two dogs. My mom encouraged me to take up cardmaking (16 years ago) after a move across the country left me lonely and struggling. I’ve made some wonderful friends through this hobby, and love that I can use my creations to brighten someone’s day with a bit of handmade kindness in their mailbox!

Mother’s Day Tea

As one of the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Designer Picks, I’m honored to be guest designing on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today using stamps and dies from super sponsor Sweet n Sassy Stamps.

I decided to create a card and matching bookmark to give to my mom for Mother’s Day next week, using one of my all-time favorite color schemes — blue and yellow. I stamped the teacup in antique linen distress ink on watercolor paper and did a little no-line watercoloring. The bookmark was also watercolored, and I finished both pieces off with what my daughter says has become my “signature” — spot stamped text and paint splatters!

Supplies and Tools:

• These supplies from Sweet n Sassy Stamps:
  • In This Together 
  • Background Builders: Stripes
  • Texture Tiles 1  
  • Bookmarks & More Dies 
  • Grace So Amazing
  • Flower Garden 
  • Psalm 23 Background 
  • Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  
• Organic Linen 3D Embossing Folder (Altenew)
• Labels Dies (Sizzix – Tim Holtz)
• Crochet Dies (Sizzix – Tim Holtz)
• Black (Rainbow) Jewels (Kat Scrappiness)
• Blue Seam Binding
• Watercolors (Zenacolor)
• Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)
• White Acrylic Paint

For more inspiration please follow her blog + instagram.