Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #239. Our host for this challenge, Tee, chose Food or Drink for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!

Here’s my coffee card:

You might recognize this layout from two previous Christmas cards. You can see those cards here and here.

Even though Karen Titus, from Stamping on the Back Porch, posted the directions for this card, I only found it a few months ago. Using her template, its a relatively easy way to mass produce some cards. You can find the link to her post here, and the template is shown below. I only made one card for this challenge, but I have the papers necessary to make 3 more quickly.

Measurements:

• The Lost Lagoon base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
• The swirl DSP (designer series paper) measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
• I cropped the inside of the coffee cup from the piece of the swirl DSP that would be covered by the coffee bean DSP
• To create the mat for the coffee bean DSP, I adhered the DSP to the Lost Lagoon cardstock, then trimmed a border on the two inside edges
• Trim a piece of DSP for the envelope flap to 6 by 2-1/2 inches
• Punch a 1-inch hole of coordinating DSP and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
• I used scraps for the sentiment panel and Pecan Pie coffee cups
• Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside of the card
• You need another piece of white cardstock for the coffee cup

Stamping, Coloring, & Cropping:

• Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere pieces of the card together
• Use Momento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the coffee cup
• Color the cup using the Lost Lagoon blends combo
• Stamp the outside and inside sentiments using Lost Lagoon ink
• Crop the cup using the Latte Love dies
• Crop the two little coffee cups from Pecan Pie cardstock scraps
• Use the dark Pecan Pie blend to color the inside and bottom edge of the little cups
• Use Pecan Pie ink to stamp the blotch on each coffee cup
• Crop the sentiment using a deckled rectangle die and outline it using a Pecan Pie Stamping Write Marker
• Using the coffee ring stamp and Pecan Pie ink, randomly stamp the rings on the bottom of the white cardstock for the inside panel of the card
• Adhere the cardstock and DSP layers together, including the inside white cardstock
• Add dimensionals to the back of the sentiment and adhere to the coffee bean DSP
• Add dimensionals to the back of the large coffee cup and adhere so it overlaps the sentiment
• Add one mini-dimensional to the back of each little coffee cup and adhere
• Add 5 ribboned Pecan Pie dots to the angled top of the coffee bean DSP
• With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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