Hi creative and crafty friends! The week is half over already. Hope you've been having a good one. It is very warm here in Northern California and my garden is already bursting with daffodils! The tulips are not far behind. My husband does a beautiful job switching out flowers in our big flower bed in front of the house. I think he said he planted 350 bulbs! All different kinds. It is going to be magical. I love the symbolism of renewal from the bright green leaves bursting through the dark earth after Winter. I've been taking it easy on myself just trying to navigate dealing with the grief I'm feeling; and my friends have been so wonderful checking on me all the time. Monday a big stack of cards came in the mail which produced more tears (but happy ones). Sometimes it takes a bad event to remind you that you are so blessed.
My solace when I'm upset is creating and crafting and staying busy! A couple of weeks ago I stamped and colored these awesome coffee images from Honey Bee Stamps (you may have seen them on Instagram) and the other day I made them into a fun, clean and simple, graphic card. I pretty much love anything that has to do with coffeeeeee. Coffee stamps, coffee stickers, coffee paper…coffeeeee. LOL. And I'm so in love with Honey Bee stamps designs. Hope ya like it!! Just a touch of gingham too!
I started with a bright white card base. Next I attached some gingham paper to a sheet of white paper and then ran the whole piece through the Big Shot with a Stitched Rectangle Die. This gave me a really nice crisp edge to the patterned paper.
Since the stamps were already stamped, die cut, and colored it was easy to assemble the pieces. I did end up stamping some ice cubes into the iced coffee and then I added Diamond Stickles as accents on some of the pieces. Can't go wrong with some glitter, right?
Here are the Copic Colors I used as well as the rest of the stamp set, so you can see all the images.
The sentiment is from one the Perk Up stamp set from My Favorite Things! It's perfect with these images! You can see that I added droplets and gems for some more pizzazz!
Thank you for stopping by today! Hope the rest of your week goes great! Remember to do something creative! On Monday I have a really fun project to share! Hope to see you then. XOXOXO
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3 responses to “Something to perk up your day!”
What a totally adorable card! Thank you.
I’ve been making some coffee-themed cards as well, from an older stamp set I’ve had for years. Like your idea of using a gingham strip to set off the cups,
I don’t have this Stamp set yet but now I’m really wanting to get my hands on it, Wanda you always inspire me, thank you!