Coffee Loving Papercrafters

Hello Coffee Lovers!!

It’s time for Brew & Craft Your Stash! We are looking for inspiration from Paper Crafters Handmade Cards and Card Creations for Him! Both are from 2013! So grab your cup and settle in!

Today we are getting our inspiration from Card Creations for Him! We are in the Hip & Urban section and the next four cards in this section are all for the guys but are all very graphic with shapes and colors.

I recently picked up Taylor Expressions Perk Up! Cardmaking Kit is currently sold out but you can enter your email to be notified when it is back in stock. I used a mix of kit items and add-ons that are currently available.

To start I needed to pick out some colors to use, I always turn to The Color Catalog by sarahrenaeclark.com!! This is an excellent resource for all types of coloring! I have The Color Catalog along with Volume 2 it’s so easy to open them on my Ipad and pick out a color palette!

For my card today I checked out the keywords and I was happy to see the keyword Urban. I picked out palette #244 for my hip and urban card for him! The colors include navy, lighter bright blue, red/orange, a nice solid purple, and black. I picked out colors that match my Catherine Pooler inks.

First, I created the background with the Perk Up stamp and stencil set from the kit using the colors above. The set is so easy to use, first stamp the coffee image and then use the layering stencils.

Next, I used Simple Strips – Coffee set with the Simple Strips Die. I stamped and white heat embossed the sentiments on black cardstock. I used How You Brewin? I thought this was a cool hip sentiment for a masculine card!

I used a stitched rectangle die to cut down the background and adhered it to a dark blue card base. Then I added the sentiment to the card with foam tape. I kept it simple since guys usually don’t care for sparkly cards!!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope this inspires you to grab your coffee supplies and make a fun card for a guy in your life!!

Dana