I Love Coffee!

 This week the ladies on the Stampendous Design Team are showcasing the wonderful new Curio Stamps. Be sure to check out Stampendous' Blog to see my teammates' stunning projects. I know that you'll be inspired!

Here's my second card for Curio Stamps week. This time I'm showing what I've done with the wonderful Curio Coffee Friend.

In addition to my love and adoration of cats, I also love coffee, so the Curio Coffee Friend stamp had to join my collection of coffee stamps. I'm not sure if you can read what it says on the coffee cup, so here goes. "Happiness is a good cup of coffee shared with a friend". Very true, but I guess I'm my own best friend since I have to have several cups before I'm ready for company!

Supplies:

Stampendous Products:

Curio Coffee Friend

Cling Clock Collage Rubber Stamp

Fitted Frames A Die-Cut Set

Mixed Media White Paper

Memento™ Tuxedo Black ink by Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts

Other Products:

Copic Markers®: B12, B14, C04, C10, E43, E44

Tim Holtz® Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink by Ranger

Double Dot Very Vintage 6x6 pads by Bo Bunny

Rope Swing Dotted Swiss cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Kraft cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Coffee-themed ribbon (source unknown)

Big Shot by Sizzix

Mini-Blending Tool and Pads by Ranger

Tim Holtz® Stamping Platform by Tonic Studios.

Directions:

1. Stamp Curio Coffee friend onto white cardstock, color with Copic markers, fussy-cut, and edge with a black marker. Set aside.
2. Position the 6x6 Cling Clock Collage Rubber Stamp onto the Stamping Platform. Ink the stamp with Brushed Corduroy Distress ink, then stamp onto blue patterned paper. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary. Then ink again and stamp onto a second sheet of the blue patterned paper.
3. Using a die from the Fitted Frames A Die-Cut Set , die-cut one of the sheets of the blue patterned paper in the center. Sponge the edges lightly with the Brushed Corduroy Distress ink.
4. Use the slightly larger die from the Fitted Frames A Die-Cut Set, die-cut a piece of the Rope Swing Dotted Swiss cardstock. Sponge the edges with the Brushed Corduroy Distress ink.
5. Adhere the blue die-cut to the Dotted Swiss die-cut, line up the matted stamped die-cut with its counterpart on the other sheet of stamped blue cardstock.
6. Trim the other sheet of stamped patterned paper to 5 3/8" square.
7. Adhere the ribbon.
8. Cut a piece of Kraft cardstock to 5.5" x 11", score, and fold.
9. Adhere the image panel to the card.

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