Life Begins After Coffee

 Hello,   

It is release day at Technique Junkies.   This new coffee stamp quickly grabbed my attention.  We all know I love a good coffee stamp.  I used the Coffee Cup Dies to create a shaped card.   I like to keep these on hand.   I put a couple of dollars on a gift card from a local coffee shop.    Then I can give them out as Thank you cards (perfect for teachers) or thinking of you cards.  

If you have a second, check out all the other cards from the talented design team. 

Materials:

STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%:

Coffee Background

Life begins After Coffee

Paper:

paper from Stampin Up

Ink:

Versamark: Amazon or Scrapbook

Dies:

Coffee Cup Dies

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

Check out all the cards made by other members of the design team:

Debra

Jeanette

Shalana

Pam

Patti

Michael

Darlene

This is the entire August release:

Jet Fuel

Hello!

I love making interactive cards.   I'm always looking for new designs and variations.  I wanted to see if we could make stamp on the "arm" of the card.  It worked out really well.  The measurements are worked out perfectly so you don't end up with a bunch of scraps!   Watch here to get all the details and design tips

Materials:

STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%:

Coffee Cup: https://techniquejunkies.com/coffee-t... Jet Fuel: https://techniquejunkies.com/jet-fuel/

Ink:

Versa clair: Amazon

Versamark: Amazon or Scrapbook

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

Paper:

Neenah: solar white card stock

Card stock from Stampin up

Other:

Sticky Mat-

Glue:

Bearly Art Glue- Amazon or Taylored Expressions--best glue ever! especially for small places!

Tacky Glue (for big spaces)-

Watch video here

Watch Video Here 

No copics today

Copics: click here for the best prices on copics

Coffee Birthstone

Hi,

I'm not a coffee drinker, but I live with some serious coffee addicts. The expression on the cat's face is perfect for this silly little sentiment. I colored up the kitty with copic markers (you can find the color list at the bottom of post).

Materials:

STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%

Coffee Cat

Coffee Bean

Coffee Background

Ink-

Copics:
Memento Ink: https://amzn.to/3vkAR86 or http://shrsl.com/3grmo
Brown ink- Altenew

White gel pen:  Scrapbook or Amazon

Paper: Neenah: Cardstock is from Stampin up Other: Bearly Art Glue:

Copics: click here for the best prices on copics

Coffee: E25

Grey: C7, C5, C3, C1

Pink: RV10

Blue: B06, B04, B02

Green: YG13, YG17

White gel pen:  Scrapbook or Amazon

Marshmallows and Cocoa

 Hello, 

I'm so excited! If you follow me, you know I love Tilda.  It has been chilly here in NY and the perfect time for Hot Chocolate!   I had some left over patterned paper from this project I did earlier this month.  I decided to use some of it to create these cards.    As I was coloring her up, I couldn't decide if she was wearing shoes or socks.  I've always colored her feet at shoes... but for some reason these seem like socks to me.   I realize that they could be either.. but I'm curious.  What do you think?  Shoes or Sock?

Stamps:

Tilda- Hot Cocoa

Inks:

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

Copics  are listed below

Glue:

Bearly Art Glue- Amazon --best glue ever!!

Paper:

Neenah: solar white card stock

Card stock from Stampin up

Copics used:  If you are looking to shop, check here for best price

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13. R20

Red: R37, R35, R32

Pants: E55, E53, E51

Ground: W3, W1, W0

Cup: RV55, RV52, RV10

Whip Cream- C1

Marshmallow: E50

Hair and Shoes: E59, E57, E55, E53

Socks: C3, C1, C0

The inside of the card-

Marshmallow Men

 Hello all, 

These little Marshmallow men are so cute!  They were from a limited edition stamp set during Stamptember.   We made a simple fun fold out with the Marshmallow man in the cup.   You can watch how to make this card here

Materials:

Stamps- Stamptember Limited Edition- no longer available. :( but this is similar stamp and just as cute

Dies:

MFT Wind

Circle Dies- Amazon or Scrapbook

Inks:

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

Stardust Pen: Amazon

Black Glaze Pen: Amazon

Wink of Stella: Amazon or Scrapbook

Glue:

Bearly Art Glue- Amazon --best glue ever!!

Paper:

Neenah: solar white card stock

Card stock from Stampin up

Copics listed at bottom of page:

Watch video here

I tried something a little different for me and crisscrossed the strips under the sentiment.  I really liked how it looked.  I might just have to wonky things more often. 🤷

Watch video here

Copics used:  If you are looking to buy copis check here

White: E50, E51

Purple:  V01, V12, V15, V17

Pink: RV55, RV52 -white gel pen

Orange: YR07

Cocoa: E27, E25

More than Coffee

 Hello,

Valentine's Day is a little less than a month away.  Do you have any special plans?  My husband and I keep it simple.  I always make him a card.  He is a huge coffee drinker.  I thought I would do something coffee themed this year.  The new Inside out Set is making that so easy!  I love how this project turned out.  What do you think?  You can see how I made this card here

Materials: STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%: Inside out Sentiment Set:

Dotted Heart Background: Ink- Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook Coastal Cabana Ink and Crumb Cake- Stampin Up Paper: Neenah: Amazon Stampin Up Red Glitter paper from Hobby Lobby Other: Score Tape: Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue) Tacky Glue (for big spaces)- Dies from Simon Says Stamp

Click here to see the video

Click here to watch video

No copics today

Sweet Holiday Season

 Hello friends, 

You know I couldn't let the holiday season go by without coloring up a House Mouse card.   It is FREEZING cold here in NY.  This guy has the right idea.  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.   

Stamp: House Mouse Warm Cocoa

Inks:

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

Stardust Pen: Amazon

Glue:

Bearly Art Glue- Amazon --best glue ever!!

Paper:

Neenah: solar white card stock

Red Card stock from Stampin up

Copics listed at bottom of page:

Copics used: best price I found

Mouse: E000, E00, E93 and E30, E31, E33

Cocoa: E25, E27

Grey: C5, C3, C1

Red: R29, R24

White on candy cane: C1

Yellow: Y13, Y11, Y00

Ground: W3, W1, W0

Pinkies Up!

Hello friends, 

The flu and other germs are making the rounds.  I've had a some requests for Get Well and Thinking of You cards to send to sick friends/family.  I love this background stamp.  It is hard to find good tea themed stamps.  

Materials:

Tea Collage  (use code TJ10Chris to save 10%)

Inks:

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

Cajun Craze from Stampin up

Sand Dunes from Altenew

 

Paper:

Neenah:

Dies:

Tea dies my MFT- discontinued

Feel Better by Simon says stamp

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:

No copics today

Regular or Decaf?

 Welcome, 

This is one of the cards that I will be teaching at Akron 2022.  My favorite part of this card is the spilled coffee background.  I used four colors of distress oxide ink to create the coffee look.  I made a similar card a few years ago.  You can click here to see how I did it.  

All the materials are linked below:

If I were to make this card again, I would put the punchline- :Honey it's Monday...Don't even play.. on the inside of the card.  I think it would add to the joke. 

You can see how I made this card here.  

Materials:

Ink:

Distress Bundle- good deal on Amazon

Antique Linen- scrapook or Amazon

Walnut Stain- scrapbook or Amazon

Vintage Photo- scrapbook or Amazon

Rusty Hinge- scrapbook or  Amazon

Distress Micro Glaze- scrapbook  or Amazon

Tools:

Glass mat--scrapbook or Amazon

Stamps: RubberNecker Rubber Stamps.  

Owl- 

Coffee

Copics: Best deal as of posting - click here

Brown: E47, E44, E43, E42, E41, E40

Blue: B18, B16, B14, B12

Steam: W3, W1

Eyes: Y32, Y38

Orange: YR07

Paper: 

Glossy Cardstock- Scrapbook 

A Day without coffee... (with video)

Welcome, 

 I'm not a coffee drinker, but I live with a coffee addict.  I'm smart enough to know not to get between him and his coffee.    As a crafter, coffee cards are some of the most requested themes for cards that I get.    I got a couple of new coffee sentiments and I couldn't wait to ink them up.   I hope you get a giggle out of the sentiments.   I made a video of my coloring process.  Click here if you'd like to watch. 

I made a video showing how I colored this image.  You need to watch on the blog or youtube

Supply List:

Riley and Company Coffee Replacement stamp

Colorado Craft Company Coffee Mice  (scrapbook.com / Amazon)

A day without coffee sentiment-- unknown

 

Card #2:  Alternate sentiment

Copics used:

Mice: E50, E51, E53, E55, R11

Coffee: E23, E25, E27

Blue: B12, B14, B16, B18

Ground: W3, W1, W0

white Gel Pen

Coloring Video available 

Warm Thoughts Coffee Cup

 Greetings, 

Over the last year or so I've slowly reorganizing my stamp room.  I was sorting some stamp sets this week and stumbled across this stamp set from Mama Elephant.  I forgot I had it.   The "Warm" stem stamp is just so stunning. I couldn't wait to ink it up.   I usually make these cards during the colder months, but we drink coffee in the summer, right? 

The coffee cup is stamped onto polkadot paper.  I cut it out and used dimensional dots to raise it off the card front.  I added a few red hearts for a pop of color.  It is a super simple design.  I hope you like it too!

Copics used:

Shadow under cup: E44, E42, E40

Coffee Cat

Greetings,

If you follow along, you know I'm not a coffee drinker.  However, coffee stamps are some of my favorite.   This cat looks proud of himself in his coffee cup.    The inside of this card says "because adulting is hard". 

Copics used:

Orange: YR61, YR65, YR68
Cat:  C7, C5, C3, C1
Fish: E50
Ground: W3, W1

Perfect Blend

Happy New Year!

I've taken the last two weeks off of card making.  We went on a whirlwind trip to see my father, my in-laws, grandmother, and cousins then back again.  It was an wonderful trip, but the car was packed and I couldn't fit a single crafting item in the car.    Today I sat down to craft and I felt like a fish out of water.  I didn't know where to start.  I spent my time today cleaning off my table instead.  Have you ever felt this way?

I hope the ideas come flooding back soon.  In the meantime, I thought I'd catch up on some blog posts.  We made this card in December class.  I love this embossing folder by Tim Holtz.  I paired it with an old stampin up coffee cup stamp set.  I thought the cup matches perfectly with the folder. 

I used a bit of W3, W1 to add some shadow to the whip cream.

The coffee was created with distress ink.

Sweater Weather

Warm Greetings, 

These little guys warm my heart.  What is it about animals in sweaters?  They just so sweet.  

Supplies:

Sweater Weather on Safari

Knit background

Sentiment --unknown

Copics used:

Black: W10, W8, W6
Orange: YR21, YR23, Y17
Brown: YR24, YR17, E17
Grass: G46, G43, G40
White: W2, W1, W0
Red: R39, R37, R35
Blue: B18, B16, B14
Red: R37, R35
Orange: YR07, Yr04
Yellow: Y15, Y13
Green: YG05, YG09
Blue: B05, B02
Purple: V12, V15, V17

Warm Beverage Wishes

Warm Greetings,

Simple cards are sometimes the hardest to make.  I loved this sentiment and wanted it to be the focal point of the card.   Because they images are so small, I thought using a tag on a card would help draw our attention to the beautiful script.  What do you think, does it work?

Stamp set used:
Love you a Latte

Copics used:

Purple: V12, V15, V17
Red: R14, R24, R29
Blue: B18, B16, B14
Brown: E25, E23
Tag: E50
Ground: W3, W1

Warm Friendships

Howdy, 

We got our first taste of fall this year.  This past weekend, the temperatures dropped to 40 degrees.  It was quite a shock after the 90 degree days we had all week.   Do we really have to do the winter thing again?  

...at least the stamps are cute. 

 

Copic used:

White: W3, W1

White: E53, E51

Blue: B18, B16, B14, B12

Purple: V17, V15, V12

Brown: E44, E43, E42

RedL R29

White gel pen

Black gel pen

Perfect Blend

Happy April!

I love this time of year.  Things are starting to turn green.  The days are longer and warmer.   There is also a gap in holidays.  It gives me the freedom to play around with different card types.    Today I'm sharing a coffee card.    This card is a little larger than a standard card but it still fits in a 5x7 envelope.

 Copics used:  I got most of them!  YIKES!! This is a lot of markers.

Skine: E000, E00, E11, E13, R20
Gren: YG67, YG63, YG61
Grey: C1, C3, C5
Brown: E21, E23, E25, E27
Bonde: YR30, YR31
Purple: BV04, BV02, BV01, BV00
dk purple: V95, V93, V91
Lt. Brown: E40, E41, E43, E44
REd: R30, R32, R35, R37
Pink: R22, R21, R00
Jeans: B97, B95, B93, B91