Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Essentials by Ellen Oh Frappe et al
So yesterday I decided to bust out of all the design team work just to do something FUN! And fun to me equals COFFEE. LOTS of COFFEE (have I had any yet today, well I don't know, does it sound like it?!?…actually, not enough, but okay). So I am hopping with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers this week!
When decided which of the coffee sets I own I was going to use, i decided to combine more than one set, starting with Oh Frappe from Essentials by Ellen. And I also grabbed the bear from Essentials by Ellen All Inside because I LOVE HIM and his ability to hold things! I thought with a little tinkering, he could hold the frappe cup from Oh Frappe. Then when looking at the Hero Arts Need Caffeine set, one of the greetings from that seemed perfect for my bear and his YUGE cup of coffee! Lookie:
STINKIN' CUTE!!! (YILM!) I'm a genius!
I wanted the cup to look transparent, but I didn't want to mess with paper piecing it with acetate…though that would work. Instead, I used my MISTI. I die cut out both pieces, then used my MISTI to line the stamp up and stamp on both the cup and the bear pieces. Then I used my scissors to carefully cut the bears arm a little more on the upper part so the cup would fit. I inserted the cup, then just inked the upper part of the bear to stamp on top of the cup inside the bear's arms. I colored the bear and cup in with Copics, using my colorless blender to create highlights on the cup plus made some ice cubes in the cup…don't they look like ice cubes? I love using the colorless blender to do stuff like that!
I coated the cup with Ranger Glossy Accents to make it look like a nice plastic cup.
I stamped this greeting with Memento Rhubarb and just cut it out carefully with scissors since I have no matching die and didn't want to fire up the Silhouette for such a simple shape.
I did the background by stamping the coffee beans from Oh Frappe with Versamark and then sponging over the top with Pear Tart ink. It's a technique I keep forgetting about, honestly, but it really was just perfect for creating a subtle background that wouldn't detract from the main image.
A big of baker's twine and a few little yellow-green jewels are the perfect accents.
SO CUTE! I love that bear! LOVE HIM!
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Enjoy! Ta!
So adorable!! Love him peeking through the cup! Great card!
Love the coloring technique you used on the cup, and adorable with the bear looking through the plastic top, ice coffee and cubes do look real… using the blending pen works. Cool and fun card.
Such a FABULOUS card! Thanks so much for the inspiration :)!
A wonderfull card, like the way you did the ice cubes.
Wow, you are a genius and he’s amazing! And awesome job on the ice cubes.
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!
Adorable card!! Thanks for sharing
Yummy cuppa! Love the gloss. I spy Joscie custom stamps photobombing too. 🙂
Super cute & fun!
Have a blessed day,
Migdalia
Crafting with Creative M
great coffee cup–and cute card!
I’m just lovin’ his big coffee. Great design too.
Your card is awesome! The bear and his oversized cup makes me smile. Thanks for sharing.
Love how you made the bear hold onto the cup
Another fun card, Jan, I really love your ice! Happy hopping and enjoy your summer!
I simply ADORE this. What a great card, love the combo of images.
Fun! Fun! Fun! Card….. And you ARE a genius! That bear holding the iced coffee is just too cute! And since it will be 119 degrees today here in Arizona, that’s exactly what I will have today, right after church. My he is cute!
What a FUN card!
who doesnt love a huge cup of iced coffee. so cute.
Love your card.
Wow! This is an awesome card. Love the bear with the cup.
Simply awesome! Love the transparency with depth you have created for the cute bear peeking through. Lovely zingy green paired with all the FAB elements – love it. Hugs Bev (Uniko) x
I just love your card! The bear is adorable, and there are so many really wonderful crafty details on it! Beautiful! Love that ice cube technique too!
Wow! Absolutely cuteeee!!!!
Such a fun card! I laughed, really laughed, as soon as I saw it! This really shows your great sense of humor. Great job Jan!
Ha, so funny
Love the grip that bear has on his coffee! Know how he feels!!
What a fab card! 🙂
FABULOUS! Love it
Oh my, this is so stinking cute! Absolutely LOVE the bear holding the transparent cup!
thanks so much for the instructions. I’m seriously going to have to get a misti! what an awesome job. I love that you made ice cubes with the blender and love that you made the cup glossy for the plastic feel. awesome! great card!!
Got a giggle seeing him peeking through the cup, so clever!