Cheeky Chatty Cups Be Alert Card

Greetings! Saturday is my day to share a project for Funky Fossil Designs. When I first saw the Cheeky Chatty Cups Clear Stamp Set, I knew that as a coffee addict, I had to have it. Then when I was watching a video release for the Artitude Collection, I saw the Brush It Off Clear Stamp Set, and the idea for this card sprung into my mind, but not because I ever mistakenly imbibed my paint water. However, now I don't use coffee mugs for paint water. 

Funky Fossil Products Used:

Cheeky Chatty Cups Clear Stamp Set by Zinski

Brush It Off Clear Stamp Set by Olga Heldwein

Comic Book Pop 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad

Feeling Groovy 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad

Halftone Stencil

Specimen Slides Die Set 

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Pimento (Red) Canvas Cardstock by My Colors

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Blue Raspberry and Dress Blues Dye Ink by Catherine Pooler Designs

Black Soot Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Copic Markers: 

 Cups: B29, B24, B23, B21, B18, B16, B14, B12, BV17, BV13, RV93, RV91, RV32, RV29, R39, Y26, Y15, Y02, YR15, N5, N4, N2, B78, C10

 Brushes: C3, C2, C1, C0, T5, T3, E47, E44 E39, E37, E35

Black Copic Multi-liner

Tag Die by Elizabeth Crafts

Circle Die by Sizzix

Blue and Red Simply Sweet Rub-ons by Doodlebug Designs

Halloween idea-ology Rub-ons by Tim Holtz for Advantus

Lilac Rhinestones by Kaisercraft

Sticker Masking Paper that I'm not using again

Low-tack Tape

Repositionable Scotch Tape by 3M

Post-It Notes by 3M

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studio

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Make a 5" x 7" card from Pimento cardstock. Set aside.
2. Place a piece of white cardstock onto the base of a stamping platform secured with low-tack tape and/or magnets.
3. Position two of the coffee cups from the Cheeky Chatty Cups Clear Stamp Set facedown on the image panel.
4. Press the lid onto the back of the stamps and lift.
5. Use low-tack tape to cover the top part of the coffee cup on the left.
6. Ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.
7. Remove the tape and stamp the Cheeky Chatty Cups twice — once onto the image panel and once onto sticker masking paper.
8. Fussy-cut the sticker paper versions and place them over their counterparts on the image panel as masks.
9. Remove the stamps from the stamping platform.
10. Place a Post-It note over the Cheeky Chatty Cup and the bottom of the image panel.
11. Position the fan brush from the Brush It Off Clear Stamp Set facedown in the center of the cup.
12. Press the lid onto the back of the stamp, lift, ink with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, and stamp twice — once onto the image panel and once onto sticker paper. 
13. Repeat Steps 11 and 12 with the each of the other brushes from the Brush It Off Clear Stamp Set.
14. Fussy-cut all of the paint brushes and place them over their counterparts on the image panel.
15. Place the image panel onto the STAY-tion and secure with magnets.
16. Place a strip of repositionable Scotch Tape horizontally over the base of the Cheeky Chatty Cups so that the bottom part of the image panel is covered.
17. Sponge or brush Blue Raspberry Dye Ink over the masked Cheeky Chatty Cups onto the image panel to create a background behind the cups.*
18. Use magnets to secure the Halftone Stencil over the image panel.
19. Randomly sponge or brush Dress Blues Dye Ink over the stencil onto the image panel. This is when I discovered that the black ink on the masking sticker paper I used transferred onto the image panel. I'm tossing that masking paper!
20. Randomly sponge or brush Black Soot Distress Ink over the stencil onto the image panel to try to camouflage the worst of the nasty ink transfer. 
21. Remove the stencil.
22. Reposition the tape so that it's sitting on the bottom of the blue ink and is partially covering the top part of the image panel.
23. Lightly sponge Black Soot Distress Ink over the tape onto the bottom part of the image panel.
24. Remove the tape and the sub-par masks from the images.
25. Use Copic markers to color the Cheeky Chatty Cups and the Brush It Off Paint Brushes.
26. Use a black Copic Multi-liner to draw the back part of the paint water coffee cup.
27. Trim the image panel, edge with a black marker, and set it aside.
28. Cut a piece of white paper to 6" x 6.75" to create the background layer.
29. Cut a piece of the floral patterned paper from the Feeling Groovy 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad in half.
30. Edge both pieces with a B78 Copic marker.
31. Cut a 2" strip of yellow polka-dot patterned paper from the Comic Book Pop 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad and edge with a Y02 Copic marker.
32. Adhere the yellow polka-dot patterned paper to the center of the white paper from Step 27.
33. Adhere the two 6" x 3" floral patterned paper to the top and bottom of the white paper (from Step 27) so that it's covering the polka dot paper.
34. Trim the combined patterned paper background panel to 4.75" wide" and adhere it to the reserved red 5" x 7" card.
35. Use the nameplate dies from the Specimen Slides Die Set to cut the leftover Pimento cardstock and the yellow polka-dot patterned paper.
36. Use red and blue Simply Sweet Rub-Ons to add the "Be Alert" to the yellow polka-dot nameplate die-cut. 
37. Adhere the red window nameplate over the sentiment, then edge with a black marker.
38. Use the circle tag and circle dies to cut leftover Pimento cardstock and the yellow polka-dot patterned paper.
39. Add the skull/crossbones and the "caution" idea-ology Halloween Rub-Ons to the yellow polka-dot circle, then adhere the circle to the red tag.
40. Adhere the "be alert" sentiment nameplate and the circle tag to the card as shown.
41. Add Lilac rhinestones to complete the card.

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