Coffee

I had this card in my mind all day. Sometimes things work and sometimes they don't. I was going for this week's Mojo sketch. but when I got to working, I realized that I needed to make my 3 little banners longer. Oh well... I also was trying to do the TLC for Splitcoast Stampers. I tried, but I don't think I did it right. I should have read the directions better. The other thing I tried on this card was hand writing the sentiment. I tried doing it with pencil first then going over it with ink. I should have done that first because the copper marker that I used to outline  didn't let me erase the pencil as much as I wanted to.  So ok things didn't work out how I pictured in my mind, But I like this card because I tried to do things outside of my comfort zone. 

I am also going to link this up to the  coffee lover's blog hop.

coffee lovers bloghop

Here is my card for the coffee lover's blog hop. I was going for a vintage look. I used Mark's Finest Papers set called OH BEANS,

I sewed four different pages of designer paper. I also sewed a strip of burlap and a lacy paper doily.

I used a digital sentiment from Daydream Designs. I added ribbon and pearls.

The coffee cups were all paper pieced. After fussy cutting the little cups, I glued them to paper springs. I outlined the rims of the cup with a gold sharpie marker. 

My coffee cup card is an easel style card. I was going to use some dp with roses. for the bottom of
my easel but it looked to busy so I settled for layered paper doilies and more pearls.

I hope everyone has fun on this blog hop. I love would love it if you left me a comment on my card.
Have a blessed Monday,

Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop day 4

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

Sept.  Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured  Sept. 23

Hot Air Balloons

Featured Sept. 24

Witchie

 Featured Sept. 25

Chrysanthemum

Featured Sept. 26

Nutcrackers

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All six winners will be announced on 

Sept. 27, 2014 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) 
The deadline for 

commenting is 10 PM EST on Friday Sept. 26, 2014




When I think of nutcrackers, a cute little guy like the one on my card isn't what comes to my mind. My mom's dad, Papa, had a pecan tree and he would gather, crack and shell the nuts from his tree. He didn't have time for cute. He had an industrial type that when he pulled a lever back it would send the weighted end crashing into the nut with a lot of force. Pecans have never tasted as good as those he cracked for us from his tree. Hard to think I have been without my Papa for 25 years. 
I found a little nutcraker charm to add to my card. I also thought that nutcracker needed some texture. I added the end of a q-tip for his beard and moustache. 

Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has done with this set.

Here's the Design Team:

 Jane C

Pat 

MariLynn - This is me
Nancy 
Bonnie 

Sue W

  Pam M

An'Jenic

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.

Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 3

Welcome to the Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company

Sept.  Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured  Sept. 23

Hot Air Balloons

Featured Sept. 24

Witchie

 Featured Sept. 25

Chrysanthemum

Featured Sept. 26

Nutcrackers

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All six winners will be announced on 

Sept. 27, 2014 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) 
The deadline for 

commenting is 10 PM EST on Friday Sept. 26, 2014


For my card I used a technique called paper quilted die cut. (A technique that my friend Maxine introduced me to. Thanks Maxine!)

I took some scraps and cut them into little 1 inch squares. I then cut the squares in half making a bunch of triangles. I think I had 20 or more of each paper.

  I didn't really have a pattern, I just started gluing the triangles down onto a piece of white typing paper. 

When the paper was all glued down, I sprayed it with gold shimmer spray.

After the gold shimmer spray was dry I took a redish brown ink and stamped the mum all over the quilted paper.

Here you can see the stamped mums on the quilted paper.

I put a little bit of copper Inka gold on the lid of the jar and added some water and painted the mums with the copper. (I made sure that it was dry before closing it up so that it won't grow mold.)

When the inka gold dried, I used a leaf die to cut out several leaves. I took a copper metallic pen and went around the edges of the leaves.

Here is a photo of my finished card. I used fall looking dp, a page from and encyclopedia, twine, a button and pearls to finish it off.

Here is a close up of the leaves,

Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has done with this set.

Here's the Design Team:

 Jane C

Pat 

MariLynn - This is me
Nancy 
Bonnie 

Sue W

  Pam M

An'Jenic

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Come on back tomorrow for more creativity.