Coffee Loving Papercrafters

Hello! Welcome to Coffee Break Monday’s with Mary. 

I’m so thrilled to be sharing my first post here on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog as a guest designer!

I am dedicating this card to my mom. She was an editor of a newspaper and wrote a weekly column titled “Coffee Break”. I’m not a writer like her, but I think she would get a kick out of me getting creative through card making. 

The card I’m sharing today combines several of my favorites: coffee, gnomes, and wreaths. Who doesn’t love a gnome peeking out of a coffee cup?

The gnome image is from Coffee, Gnomes and You by Unity Stamp Company and the wreath is from Waffle Flower’s Mistletoe Wreath die set.

To begin, I stamped the gnome in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored him with Copic markers. 

Mug: BG15, BG32 and BG10

Hat: Y38, Y35 and Y08

Skin: E13, E11 and E00

Beard: W3, W1 and W00

Then I chose the sentiment from the same stamp set. I loved “Hello Friend”! This font is so dang cute. Next I went through my paper stash and found the perfect papers to layer up on my card. I die cut the largest rectangle with a stitched die from Pink Fresh Studios. I wanted to add some more interest, so I added the wreath die cut. Lastly, I cut my gnome on my scan ‘n cut and added some craft foam to the back to pop him up.

I hope you like my gnome card and thanks for taking a break with me! Now go grab another cup and have a great week.