Welcome back to my second post for the Fall Coffee Lovers Hop.
I thought I’d start by sharing with you something cool that came my way recently. Knowing I love tea and tea parties, my cousins surprised me this fabulously beautiful and unique Burton + Burton teapot/cup for one, and a terrific loose-leaf brewer/strainer with a bunch of wonderful Teavana teas, including a DIVINE chocolate decadence oolong. What a bunch of sweeties they are!! The teapot came from an amazing tea house called Batar, near Seymour, Indiana. Check out their website to see their amazing edible cookie gift boxes and other fun stuff. Worth stopping by if you’re travelling through!! (They serve regular tea-bag teas, but their food was delish and the shopping delightful for any tea/coffee lover!!)
Now, on to today’s card. I have a fun shaker tag on it with a concealed gift card for a coffee drinking friend:
I think most gals with CFS feel that chick most days – talk about hitting the wall! lol! If I were making this for me, I’d’ve put ‘chocolate’ instead of coffee. : )
Among other things that inspired this card were the Bellarific Friday {Mojo}Bella Card Sketch (#19) and color inspiration photo:
A quick note on how the leaves were made: I love how the Color Burst pigment powders do just what their name says… you sprinkle just a little on your paper, then spritz with water and the colors really do burst on the scene!
Now, I could’ve added more color and spritzed again, but I wanted that just for some natural variation in the fall leaves. I then cut them out and colored the rest in with Copics and distressed them, folding in the veins. In real life, they look pretty realistic!
Oh, one other quick note… I had a brand new Hero Arts ombre pad that came unglued from the base. A while back another manufacturer’s petal point ink pad did the same and they told me just to glue it back on. I wrote Hero Arts asking the best way to glue theirs back on and they quickly wrote back saying that they stand by their product and would replace it for me. It was in the mail the very next day. THAT is customer service, folks!! This pad has worked fine ever since. Now I love Hero Arts all the more!
Supplies:
- Hero Arts – A Little stamp set
- Stamping Bella – the chicks who “couldn’t even” stamp set
- CAS-ual Fridays – Scallop Tag and Acorn Fri-dies
- Hero Arts ombre Butter Bar to Orange Soda dye ink pad
- Color Box Cocoa pigment ink (for COFFEE)
- Ranger clear embossing powder (over the cocoa ink)
- Memento Rich cocoa ink (bird and sentiment)
- Ken Oliver’s Color Bursts: Sepia, Burnt Orange, Yellow Ochre
- Copic Markers:
- Bird & wall: C1, 3, 5; Y13, 15, 17; YR04, 07; R29, 89; W1, 3
- Leaves: E29, YR02, 04, 07; R29, 39
- Pebbles, Inc. Basic Brights Chalks
- Dreamweaver Picasso tool (for clouds)
- Martha Stewart Crafts Vintage Leaf Glitter – Brownstone
- Core-dinations cardstock – white & orange
- Tombow: Xtreme permanent adhesive and foam tape
- Misc. seed beads
- Starbucks gift card
I’m playing along with the following hops and challenges – just click on any one for more information:
- 2016 Fall Coffee Lovers Hop (with 63 sponsors and nearly 90 prizes, you’re going to want to join the fun!)
- a2z Scrapbooking September 2016 Challenge – Make it a Tag
- Bellarific Friday {Mojo}Bella Card Sketch (#19)
- CAS-ual Fridays CFC157 – Shaker Cards
- Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Powder Powder (Color Bursts & embossing powder (and chalks))
- Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Gift It
- Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday August 2016 – Use Stamps
- Crop Stop Linky Party #20 – Anything Goes (Color Burst, Hero Arts, Memento, Pebbles & Ranger products)
Thanks for stopping by today and for all of your kind comments!
~D.Ann
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Sweet shaker. Love how you made your leaves. TFS
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love it!
its amazing!
Fiki
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Love the exhausted chickie!! Fabulous card and gift card holder!
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Great card and I love those leaves with the Color Bursts.
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Brilliant card! I love that it’s a shaker and gift card holder!
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Gorgeous multi-purpose card!
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Great card!!!!!
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Your scene is adorable!
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Fab card, you’ve combined some great effects. Those autumnal colours are so rich and beautiful. 😊
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What a fun gift card holder! I love that bird propped up against the bricks!
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Such a pretty teapot and teacup!
And how FUN is your card?!!…So awesome and that bird against the bricks…heehee.
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Super fun creation. The leaves are gorgeous!! Thanks for playing with us at a2z.
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Oh wow! Gorgeous card!!!
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Awesome sauce! Love everything about this.
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Wonderful gift card! I absolutely love the image you’ve used and the design is fabulous.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Mandy xx
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So cute! LOVE it!
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I definitely know how that chicken feels – love the small window on the shaker and how you built it into the sentiment…so clever! The leaf looks amazing too. Thanks for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays!
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How cute is that!! I have this image, but haven’t used it yet; this reminds me I need to pull it out! Don’t you just love Hero Arts? Amazing products…AMAZING PEOPLE!
Thank you for joining us at a2z Scrapbooking!!
~Michele, DT
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Yummy, yummy! Love your leaves and your gorgeous cup/pot combo! 🙂
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Beautiful colors and love your tag! Thanks for joining the challenge over at a2z!
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super cute. Thanks for joining us at A2Z this month.
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Fabulous card, thanks for sharing
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Lovin’ this post…beautiful gifties!
What a fantastic shaker card…that bird cracks me up.
YAY for Hero Arts 🙂
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This is just way too cute! Love the scene 😀
Thanks for playing along with a2z Scrapbooking September Challenge!
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Yup, some days ! 😉 Fun bird coffee card
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This is such a fantastic card! It reflects how we all feel sometimes, so I loved how easy it was to relate to! And I thought it was so clever of you to combine so many different elements and brands. It is whimsical and happy and bright! You did a great job and I’m so glad you shared such a delightful project with us for this week’s Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!
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Such a fabulous card. Thanks for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays!
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Really creative. I love ho wyou used that Hero Arts Coffee stamp on a tag. Wonderful card.
So glad you joined us at A2Z Scrapbooking.
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OMG I LOVE this card so much! Thanks for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays
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