Friday 7 February 2014

Love you .....

....   Good morning everyone!  Today is the official opening of the 22nd Winter Olympics at Sochi.  I love these games, I've always been a big fan of ice skating, and being in the US there is quite good coverage.  I suspect a lot of that is because they do have good medals chances in most of the disciplines.  I would like to see the British team, but sadly I don't think they will may the cut!  Hey ho!!

Time to share a card that I made for a few challenges:

Love You and Coffee - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborahs' Gems

Stamps: Impression Obsession - Smell the Coffee; Verve - Better with You; Lil' Inkers - Coffee Cozy; Stampin' Up! - Tea Shoppe; Hero Arts - Need Caffeine
Inks: SU - Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz, Chocolate Chip
Dies: Lil' Inkers - Coffee Cozy
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Marina Mist; Copics; Linen Thread


I used almost all my coffee stamps sets on this card!  Yes, I know I've a lot, but I adore coffee!!!!  I used the Retro Sketch for the layout, the colours from CAS - Colour & Sketches and the inspiration from Curtain Call, although I did change it from cocoa to coffee. 

I made the background from a mat of blue and a white panel stamped steaming with coffee cups, which I coloured with Copics and then cut into bands.  Instead of buttons I used little coffee cups.  I kept the main panel fairly simple with a bold sentiment, some thread and the steaming coffee cup which I adhered with dimensional gel.  The little coffee band was coloured with Copics.  On the inside I did a mat layer in blue, some coffee stains and a little pun sentiment!

Love You and Coffee inside - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems

I had lots of fun with this card.  I'm keeping this one in my stash.  I tend to have lots of cards ready to give to Jonathan - just because!  That's all for now.  I've got a lot of housework to catch up on, some cards to make and I want to try and find the Winter Olympics online.  See you tomorrow for our new challenge at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown!  Bye, be safe.

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10 comments:

Sue Lelli said...

LOVE the cups in the BG and that FAB band! The sentiment inside is so Wonderful! LOVE!

~amy~ said...

What a fun card! I love how you managed to combine so many coffee sets onto one card!

thanks for joining us at curtain call!

karen h said...

Cool card! Love the steam images in the background and with the focal cup! Thanks for joining us at CAS Colour & Sketches!

Papercrafting With Angelina said...

Wow you really came up with a very creative card! Makes me want to break out my coffee stamps! Thanks Deborah for the inspiration! Enjoy your games!

Laura Davis said...

Great card!
laura

Jacqueline said...

Thanks for joining in this week at CC&S Deborah - your card is lovely, love the border of cups - Jacqueline xx

Stacey Schafer said...

what fun!

Patricia Hays said...

I'm not a coffee drinker, but your card made me smile - especially the pun on the inside! Thanks for joining us again this week at CC&S. :)

Unknown said...

I love this Deborah! It's a great 'man card' and I love the sentiment inside! :)
Thanks for joining us at CAS this week! :)
Lizy xx

Louise van Vuren said...

I love coffee too, so this would be a great card for me! (Starbucks especially!) Great use of the colours. Thanks for playing along with us at CAS C&S

Louise xx

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