Coffee Loving Papercrafters

It’s Friday which means that our August Guestie is sharing with us today.  Please welcome back Carol:

Hello,

Welcome to my third post as the August Guest Designer for Coffee Loving Cardmakers.

Today’s cards are inspired by fan-favourite, Jennifer McGuire, who both encourages and shows us ways to ‘stretch our supplies.’ Lately, I’ve been obsessing over a couple of newcomers to my collection from Concord & 9th.  As much as I love coffee, I LOVE Concord & 9th. Their stamps/dies/stencils are top-notch in both design and quality; their turnabouts, delightfully unique. 

A quick google search to ‘confirm’ my ideas – coffee-patterned umbrellas and umbrella-patterned coffee mugs (they are real things!) – I decided on a mashup of two Concord & 9th turnabouts and die sets for my stretching your supplies feature.  The following products were used, as indicated:

• Concord & 9th: Coffee Blend Bundle – all
• Concord & 9th: Rain or Shine Bundle – all
• Lawn Fawn: Rainy Backdrop Portrait (Card #2)
• Lawn Fawn: Sunflower Greetings Frame dies (from Crop and Create event, 2022) (Card #3)
• Taylored Expressions: Simple Strips – Coffee – all

Process:

• Create one four colours of ink panel with Coffee Blend bundle on white cardstock and a monochromatic version on kraft cardstock.
• Cut out two umbrellas from the four-colours panel using the Rain or Shine bundle.
• Create your umbrellas. Adhere to card base; add a sentiment strip.

Process:

• Use the second umbrella cut from the four inks panel
• Cut a background with the Rainy Backdrops panel
• Adhere umbrella to panel; add sentiment strip.

Process:

• Create a four colours of ink panel using the Umbrellas turnabout.
• Cut out a section (I did the middle, which means I have another partial base to create with) with the coffee mug die from the Coffee Blends bundle.
• Cut frames from coloured + white cardstock.
• Adhere frames, add mug, add sentiment strip.

There you have it: simple ways to stretch your supplies – in this case, turnabouts (or any small-image stamps) and dies. Coffee patterns…they can be found on so many things! Have fun searching for ideas and transforming them into your caffeinated creations.

For more inspiration make sure to stop by Carol’s blog + Instagram.