“All I Need Today” Coffee Card

By Ceal Pritchett

Hello friends!
It’s Ceal, here. Today I am sharing a coffee card. This totally looks like me on a Monday morning.

Skill: Beginner
Time: 30 minutes

Directions:

Gather your supplies. You will need a coffee stamp, a sentiment set,  markers, dark brown ink and a stencil for the background.

Step 1:
Stamp the image and color it in with markers. I used Toffee Crunch and Desert Sand for her hair, Angel Pink and Lilac Posies for her outfit, Summery Sky for the coffee cup and Gray Flannel for the kitty.

Step 2:
Cut the panel down and add sentiment.

Step 3:
Cut a panel of Kraft cardstock to A2 size and use a dark brown (I used Fallen Leaves) to color in the stencil for the background. Add the background panel and the image panel to the card base. 

Supplies:

Imagine Supplies:
• Memento Markers
– Gray Flannel, Toffee Crunch, Desert Sand, Summer Sky, Angel Pink and Lilac Posies
• VersaFine Clair – Nocturne
• VersaFine Clair – Fallen Leaves
• On Point Glue

Other supplies:
• Coffee is not Enough Stamp Set – Unity Stamp Co
• Coffee Create Repeat Stamp set – Taylored Expressions
• Coffee Bean Flower Stencil – Ink On 3
• Rectangle dies – Hero Arts
• Grip mat – Simon Says Stamp

Quick and Easy Coffee Card

By Tracy Fear

Hello Friends! Tracy here and today I am happy to share this super quick and simple coffee card great for a man or a woman!
Tracy

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 30 Minutes

Art Supplies
• Stamping Platform
• White and Kraft colored paper paper
• Blending Brush
• Scissors

Imagine Products
VersaFine Clair in Fallen Leaves
Memento: Espresso Truffle, Desert Sand, Turquoise Gem
VersaMark Ink

Other Products Used
• Coffee Background Stamp and Coffee Cup stamp from Technique Junkies
• 120lb paper in white and Kraft
• Foam Tape
• Misti tool
• PVA Adhesive
• White Super Fine Embossing Powder

ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE USED TO RECREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR
Any Inks any combination of background stamps and feature stamps
To learn how to create your own dressed up box click here!

Watercoloring with Memento Inks

By Ceil Pritchett

Hello crafty friends!
It’s Ceal, here. Today I’m sharing a fun card using this humorous stamp and water coloring it with Memento Inks.

Skill Level: Beginner
Time: 30 minutes

Directions:
Gather your supplies. You will need a outline stamp, I used one by Unity Stamp Co. You will need several colors of dye inks. The inks must be a dye ink like Memento to react with water. You will also need a pigment ink VersaFine Clair to stamp the image so it will not react with the water. The last thig you will need is a water brush or paintbrush.

Step 1:
Stamp the image using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink

Step 2:
Using a Water brush, color in your image. I used Peanut Brittle and Cantaloupe Memento ink for the kitty

Step 3:
Using a water brush finish coloring your image. I used Teal Zeal to color the coffee cup.

Step 4:
Using a stitched die, cut out the panel and stamp the sentiment under the image. To finish the card, I used a piece of patterned paper as a mat and adhered the panel to it and then t the base.

Supplies:

Imagine:
Memento Inks: Teal Zeal, Peanut Brittle, Cantaloupe and Rich Cocoa

Other Supplies:
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 120Lb
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb
Patterned Paper from Lawn Fawn
MISTI Stamp Platform – My Sweet Petunia
Pissy Kitty Stamp Set – Unity Stamp Co
Stitched Rectangle Die – My Favorite Things

Watercolor Coffee Card

By Helen Gullett

Hello crafty friends!
In today’s project, we are going to use Memento inks to make this fun watercolor coffee card.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 15 minutes

Direction:

Step 1
First, cut out a piece of mixed media paper or watercolor paper.

Put it in the stamping tool and secure it with magnets. Using a stamping tool is recommended for stamping multiple times on the same spot.

For this watercolor multi-color technique, using a solid stamp will give better results. Add the stamp on the paper and then pick it up with the stamping tool lid.

Add each Memento ink on the stamp using a sponge dauber. Blend the color as you add it to the stamp. You can repeat this step for couple times until you get the best color blending you like.

Step 2
After getting the color blending you like on the stamped image, remove it from the stamping tool.

Dab each color on the craft mat and lightly spray it with water. Pick up each color with a brush and add it to the watercolor paper around each matching color to make it look like the color bleeds out and spread on the paper.

After that, pick up the watercolor paint again, and add some lightly splatters around each color. Dry the watercolor coffee mug image with a craft heat gun.

Step 3
When the watercolor image is dry, cut it with a rectangle die. Or you can use any frame or nesting die you have in your stash.

This is the background mat for the card.

Step 4
Add some of the Tear It! Double-sided tape on the back of the cut out background mat. Make sure to cover each edge to get a better result and flatten the mat on the card.

Remove the adhesive paper and add the background mat on the card. Firmly press to smooth out the paper on the card and the adhesive will stick permanently.

Step 5
You can embellish the card with some gems or sequins.

On Point Glue is the best glue to add some sequins on this card. It dries permanently right away on dry surface like on this card background.

Simply just dab a dot of glue on the craft mat, pick up a sequin with tweezers, dib it into the glue lightly, and add it to the card.

Love how this card turned out. Simple, quick, and fun technique to add texture watercolor look background using multiple color inks on the stamped image.

Also, this is a mail-friendly card you can send out to your coffee-loving craft friend at any time.

I hope you’ll like the watercolor coffee card today and give this technique a try with your own twist. Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a fabulous day!

Craft Supplies

Imagine Crafts:

Others:

Die cutting Machine
Life, Love, Latte stamp set (Catherine Pooler Designs)
Stitched Rectangle Dies (Creative Worship Stamps)
Mixed sequins (Honey Bee)
Canson Mixed Media Paper (or watercolor paper)
Paint brush

MISTI stamping tool

Paper trimmer

Tweetzers

Coffee-Themed Card with an Unexpected Tool

By Alison Heikkila

Hello! I’m Alison Heikkila and I have a fun coffee-themed card to share today that uses a bunch of inks from Imagine and an unexpected tool. I hope you get some ideas for how you can create this card in your own way.

*Some affiliate links are used in this post. That means that if you shop through these links, I may receive a small compensation, at no cost to you. 

Skill Level: Intermediate
Time to Complete: 30 Minutes, plus drying time

Supplies:
Imagine:
Java Walnut Ink
Desert Sand Memento Ink
Summer Sky Memento Ink
Rich Cocoa Memento Ink
Espresso Truffle Memento Ink
Wheat VersaMagic Ink
Sahara Sand VersaMagic Ink
Desert Sand Fireworks Spray

Other:
The Greetery: Warm and Wonderful Stamp Set
The Greetery: Warm and Wonderful Die Set
A Colorful Life Designs: Messy Harlequin Stencil
Rubbernecker Stamps/Brass & Bliss: Coffee Stamp Set (No longer available)
Bearly Arts Glue
Strathmore Smooth Bristol Cardstock
Neenah Desert Storm Cardstock
Accent Opaque White 100lb. Cardstock
The Rabbit Hole Designs: Cotton Tail Blending Brush

That was fun! I hope you enjoyed all of these different techniques. I’ll have another video for Imagine soon. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Life Begins After Coffee Card

By Anna Escalada York

In today’s post, I made a card featuring earthy colors.

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 1.5 hours

Directions:

Step 1:
Stamp the top part of the main stamped image onto a piece of masking paper with Nocturne
VersaFine Clair ink. (If you don’t have masking paper, you can use a sticky note.)
Cut out the coffee (or the inside part of the coffee cup) of the masking paper and place it onto a
piece of watercolor paper over the corresponding part of the waterpaper.

Step 2:
Stamp the coffee cup image onto the watercolor paper with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink,
making sure that the masking paper covered up the coffee in the cup.
(Optional step: Heat emboss with clear embossing powder.)

Step 3:
Remove the masking paper. Stamp the coffee in the cup with Acorn VersaFine Clair ink. (I
chose to mask the cup with the remaining masked paper before stamping.)
(Optional step: Heat emboss the coffee with more clear embossing powder.)

Step 4:
Spray Lilac Posies Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray onto a piece of acetate packaging and use
the spray to watercolor the stamped flowers surrounding the coffee cup. Repeat the process
with New Sprout Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray to paint the leaves.
Repeat the process one more time with Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray to paint the cup
and saucer.

Step 4.5:
Die cut the coffee cup with the corresponding die.
(Sorry that the pictures got messed up and you couldn’t see the pink shimmer paint from the
Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray or die cutting the cup. My camera was glitchy. You will
see the rosy pink shimmer in the next few steps.)

Step 5:
Die cut a piece of black watercolor paper (or black cardstock) for the matte layer of the card.

Step 6:
Spray Lilac Posies Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray and Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft
Spray into an embossing folder and emboss a previously die cut watercolor panel. After
removing the watercolor panel, spray more Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray around the
panel and then allow the panel to dry.

Step 7:
Using a sponge dauber, ink blend the edges of the sprayed and embossed panel with Morning
Mist VersaFine Clair ink.

Step 8:
Stamp a sentiment on a piece of watercolor paper with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink. Trim the
edges with your paper trimmer.
(Optional step: Heat emboss with clear Mboss embossing powder.)
Then press the edges of the sentiment into the Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink to create a border.

Step 9:
I decided that I wanted to change the color of the border, so pressed the edges of the sentiment
into the Morning Mist VersaFine Clair ink pad.
(Optional step: Heat emboss with more clear embossing powder.)

Step 10:
Glue the two panels together. Glue the coffee cup onto the pink watercolor panel. Attach a piece
of black and white washi tape just a little bit smaller than the sentiment strip and then glue down
the sentiment strip.

Step 11:
Glue sequins on the lower left and upper right corners of the card.

Step 12:
Finish the care by gluing the matte layer to an A2-sized white card base.

Art Supplies

Imagine
Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray – Lilac Posies, New Sprout
Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Rose Gold
VersaFine Clair ink – Acorn, Morning Mist, Nocturne
Sponge Daubers

For Optional Embossing:
VersaMark
Mboss – Clear

Other
Altenew – Masking Paper – Masking Paper
Erin Lee Creative – Stamp set – Coffee or Die
Erin Lee Creative – Stamp and die set – Stayin’ Alive
Gina Marie Designs – Die set – Big and Little Chain Rectangle die set
Legion – Paper – Stonehenge Black Aqua cold press watercolor paper
Sizzix – Embossing Folder – Mini Kaleidoscope by Tim Holtz
Trinity Stamps – Embellishments – Champagne Twinkle Stardust Rhinestones
Black and white washi tape
Watercolor paper
Paper Trimmer
Scissors
Glue