Spring | Summer Coffee Lovers Hop - Day 1 - A Cup of Cheer

Hello everyone!!  TGIF!  Well, it's that time of the year again.  The Spring | Summer Coffee Lovers Hop!  And I am really hoping to get a card made for each day.  And I hope you hop along with me. 

There are A LOT of prizes to be won...73 Super Sponsors!  You can check out all the info over at coffeelovingcardmakers.com.

I am on the Design Team for one of the Super Sponsors - Anthony's Paper Craft.

He also has 4 coffee-themed card kits for prizes (see photo below) as well as 25% off his whole site if you use the code COFFEELOVER at checkout.  The sale runs during the whole hop - until 11:59pm on May 29, 2020. 

I am trying to use my stash during these crazy times.  I started to organize and it's crazy how many stamp sets and dies I own that have never been used.  For today's card, I am using the "Cups and Succulents" set from Simon Says Stamp.  Sadly, it's retired but they have other succulent stamps you could use.  

I started by stamping my pots on to a piece of white cardstock.  To make sure I got the succulents perfectly placed on top of the pots, I used a stamp positioner with Jet Black Amalgam Ink from Gina K. Designs and stamped the various succulents.  Then I put them in my Scan N Cut by Brother and had the machine cut them out with a slight border.  

I colored the pots/cups and succulents with Twinkling H2Os, something I have not used in forever.  On the succulents, I used Celadon and Summer Breeze and Plum Blossom on the flower.  For the pots/cups, I used Plum Blossom, Chiffon Pink, and Mango Freeze.

I also made a top folding A2 card base.  On each side I adhered a piece of washi tape.  Then I cut another piece of the white cardstock, 3.5" x 5.5".

I adhered a piece of fun foam to the back of the 3.5" x 5.5" piece of white cardstock and then I adhered this to the card front.  I temporarily arranged the cups where I wanted them so that I could stamp the sentiments - "a cup of cheer just for you".  Then I adhered the cups where I wanted them.  

All I need to do now is write a message and get this card into an envelope to someone.

I'm also going to enter this card into two card challenges going on - 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html

http://crafterscastle.blogspot.com/2020/05/may-challenge-29-april-winner.html

I hope you enjoyed this card and I hope you participate in the coffee hop.  All you need to do is leave comments.  Super easy.  I'll be back tomorrow with another coffee themed card.  Until then...

~Hugs from Brasil

Michael