November 06, 2020

Always Time for Coffee

Hello Friends!

Welcome back to my Studio!

Can you smell it? The uniquely comforting scent of fresh brewed coffee!

I love the smell, the taste, and even the color of coffee! It’s always time for coffee, as far as I’m concerned! That’s a photo of my coffee, up there, from one of our local Coffee Houses. My coffee was fabulous, just in case you were wondering.

Or maybe you really don’t like coffee, but prefer Hot Cocoa, Tea, or even Hot Apple Cider instead. They’re all fabulous too!

Whatever your guilty pleasure is, as a Super Sponsor of this week’s seasonal event, I invite you to grab your favorite mug of deliciousness, and hop along with us as we celebrate the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! There will be lots of prizes, and oodles of inspiration too!

Any day I can feed my paper crafting/card making, and coffee loving addiction, is a great day for me! So I am excited to share my contribution to this super fun seasonal blog hop today, and as a Sponsor of this event, I have donated one of the many prizes that will be given to the lucky winners!

Want to See How I Created this Card?

Antoni Coffee Gnomie…

Gnomes have been all the rage for a few years, right?! They can be kind of adorable, especially in the paper crafting world.

I’ve illustrated a few Digi Doodles Dig Stamp Gnomes for my Store. “Antoni Coffee Gnomie” is my latest little gnome, and I just couldn’t resist creating with him for this special event.

So Let’s Get Started….

The first thing I always try to do is have some sort of project plan in my head. I don’t always, but for this card design, I knew early on I wanted to create a shaker card, so I sized Anton i accordingly. Once I was happy with it, I printed and cut my image using my die cutting machine.

I modified a coffee cup design file to incorporate Antoni’s base to be one solid piece for stability.

One of my Favorite Steps…

Once all the tedious, and mathematical, preparations were done, I cut the base out of white cardstock. I also cut several coffee cup outlines and glued them together to create the well that would hold my shaker bits.

Now, I was ready to color, which btw, is one of my favorite steps of the process. I will tell you my other favorite step in a moment.

Please Note: there are no hard and fast rules to the order of these steps, I just prefer to print and cut before I color, because it is not unlike me to change my plan, or worse, mess up!

I colored Antoni with Copic Sketch Markers (full supply list below) because I love the paint brush-like tip, the blend-ability, and enormous color choices, of these fabulous alcohol markers. Not to mention they are refillable which in itself makes them an great investment.

Tip: If you plan on coloring with markers, you may want to use paper designed for that medium. It really does make a difference when it comes to blending and bleeding. For more info on paper, visit my article on Artist Paper in my Cool Crafty Tools Section

My Thought Process…

I originally thought of having Antoni and the Coffee Shaker Cup stand alone, which was really cute, but not very sturdy, even though I added extra layers.

While I was coloring Antoni, I felt like he really popped up against the b&w Buffalo Flannels, as pictured above, so I went with that instead.

Picking Up the Pieces…

After my image was colored I began to assemble my Shaker Coffee Cup. I attached the top frame layer of the coffee cup, onto a piece of clear acetate, and fussy cut the acetate around the frame to create the window of my shaker.

Using coordinating colors, I filled the shaker well with all kinds of sequins, frosty bits, and enamel dots, and sealed it up using the top window layer layer. I also cut out another cup holder using corrugated cardstock to give my shaker cup more dimension.

In a Word…

For my sentiment, I printed out “There’s Always Time For Coffee” from my “Coffee Anyone” Sentiment Collection. I cut it out with a super cute metal die and attached it to the upper left corner of my Buffalo Flannel paper.

I also added a couple of little coffee related die cuts and a coordinating enamel dot to the sentiment just for fun.

Putting it All Together…

Putting it all together is my other favorite part of the card making process. I love to watch as it all comes together, especially when it looks like something I pictured it in my mind.

I added a little satin ribbon, a die cut flourish for the coffee steam, a few more coordinating enamel dots, and my card was finished.

Well that was fun! I’m kind of sad it’s over…

I had so much fun creating this card! Maybe it is because I am a Coffee Loving Cardmaker, or maybe it’s because I have a creative addiction.

How about you? Are you a Coffee Loving Cardmaker, a creative addict, or are you just starting out on a fabulous journey?

I hope I have inspired you today to try something new, or simply create something Fabulously Heart-Warming to bring you, or someone else, a little bit of joy for the moment.

Until next time my friends…

Happy Crafting!

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Markers:

Copic Markers: E00 E11 E13 E15 E21 E18 E29 E42 E43 E44 E47 E55 G21 G94 YG97 R39 BG000 BV20
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