Greetings! Here's a card created for the Lost Coast Designs Portal to Creativity May "No Body Here Challenge 209" and the Spring/Summer 2026 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with the "Coffee Makes It Possible" Clear Stamp by Carmen's Veranda.

Products Used:

Coffee Makes It Possible" Clear Stamp by Carmen's Veranda

To Go Coffee Cup, Mat, and Accessories Die Set by Top Dog Dies/Accucut

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko *

Ink Drops - Candy 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium *

Grey and Black Chalk Pencils by Generals

Kraft Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Coffee Beans 6x6 Stencil by Paper Rose

Coffee Bean Brilliance Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

VersaMark Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Anti-static Pouch

Clear Detail Embossing Powder by Stampendous

Gold Zig Mangaka OpaqueLiner by Kuretake

Movers and Shakers Alarm Clock Alterations Die by Tim Holtz for Sizzix

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

1/8 Gold Washi Tape: Source Unknown (Little B?)

Clock Patterned Washi Tape: Source Unknown

Rhinestones by KaiserCraft

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Please Note: Products marked with an asterisk ( * ) are available at Topflight Stamps.

Instructions:

1. Create a 6" square card from Kraft cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use the coffee sleeve die from the To Go Coffee Cup Die Set to cut Bristol Paper, then secure the die-cut onto the base of a stamping platform with magnets and/or low-tack tape. 
3. Position the "Coffee Makes It Possible" Clear Stamp by Carmen's Veranda, facedown on the die-cut. 
4. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp. Lift the lid.
5. Ink the stamp with Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression. 
6. Edge the coffee sleeve/sentiment die-cut with Warm Breeze VSFC Ink, heat set the entire die-cut, and set it aside.
7. Use the to-go cup die from the coffee set to cut patterned paper from the Ink Drops - Candy 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad. 
8. Edge the patterned paper to-go cup die-cut with Warm Breeze VSFC Ink then heat set the ink.
9. Use the to-go cup's lid die to cut Bristol Paper. 
10. Adhere the lid and the sleeve die-cuts to the patterned paper to-go cup. 
11. Use a grey chalk pencil to add a slight shadow under the lid. 
12. Set the assembled to-go coffee cup aside.
13. Cut a 6" square of Kraft cardstock to create a background panel. 
14. Place the panel onto a magnetic craft mat. 
15. Pounce an anti-static pouch onto the Kraft background panel. 
16. Place a coffee bean stencil over the Kraft background panel and secure with low-tack tape and/or magnets. 
17. Sponge or brush Coffee Bean Brilliance Ink over the stencil onto the background panel. 
18. Keeping the stencil in place, wipe the ink off of the stencil with a tissue.
19. Sponge or brush VersaMark Ink over the stencil onto the background panel.
20. Remove the stencil and pour clear detail embossing powder onto the wet ink.
21. Pour the excess embossing powder back into its container, then heat set t background panel.
22. Trim the panel to 5.75" square and heavily edge it with Coffee Bean Brilliance Ink. 
23. Add clock-patterned Washi tape to the bottom edge. 
24. Add 1/8" gold Washi tape to the bottom and top edges of the clock-patterned Washi tape. 
25. Adhere the assembled to-go cup to the background panel as shown.
26. Use an alarm clock die to cut metallic gold cardstock and Bristol Paper.
27. Assemble the alarm clock and detail it with a black marker. 
28. Adhere the assembled alarm clock onto the background panel as shown.
29. Use a gold metallic pen to add dots to the background to echo the gold of the Washi tape and the alarm clock.
30. Adhere the background panel to the reserved 6" square Kraft card.
31. Use aqua and turquoise rhinestones to finish the card.

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You should participate in Lost Coast Designs Portal to Creativity May "No Body Here Challenge 209" for the chance to win Lo$t Coa$t Ca$h!