Blue and Green Coffee Gal

Hi Everyone,

I just had to pull out some more of my new stamps. This time I used a Stampsmith image called "Coffee Gal". Oh, I just love this image. I have made about 5 cards already with this stamp. I will share two of them with you today. The first one, which I made for several challenges and will go in my card box to send or give to someone, has a blue and green color scheme. The second one I just made for fun and will be sent to someone.

Here is the first card.

I added lots of texture to this card. I dry embossed the papers. I dry embossed the main image on one half...which I think looks kind of cool and I will do again. I stamped the sentiment(Stampin' Up) on a piece of cotton fabric with Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink. I immediately heat set it so that the ink would not bleed. I cut or tore the fabric to size and added some mulberry paper to it. I also dry embossed on a long strip of the same fabric and wrapped around the card and tied in a bow. The papers are all from Basic Grey's Boxer pad. The CS is Not quite Navy (SU). The embossing folders are from Cuttlebug.

Now, of course, I added some detail shots so you can see all the little important thing. In this shot, you can see the dry embossing on the image.

In this detail photo you can see the embossing on the fabric.

And on the final detail shot...the stamping on the fabric and the mulberry paper.

Coffee Gal is entered into the following Super Fun Challenges:

Cup Cake Craft: Blue and Green

Fresh Brewed Designs: Thank You

Totally Stampalicious: Use 2 textures

Corrosive Challenges by Janet: Drinks

My Partner in Crafting Crime: Food or Drink

Basic Grey Challenges: BG paper and Fabric

Stamping Vacation:Use mulberry paper

Design Dollies: Blue, Green and Cream

And now, the Just Because card that will get sent out to a loved one. I love the color combo or pink and brown. I where this color combo too. It is so pretty. The frame is die cut from Crate Paper DP and the CS is Choco Chip from Stampin' Up. I colored in Coffee Gal's jewelry with a pink marker. And, I can't hardly make a card without some ribbon....a pink ribbon. Sweet!

News Updates:

1) Thursday is my Design Team debut at Stamping Vacation. I will have a "Time Machine" card for you and a challenge. The year is 1981. Put your thinking caps on and come up with something fun. And, head over there and become a follower and leave a comment mentioning me.... So I can win some candy!

2) Chris and I will hosting our first "Just For You" Workshop on Thursday. The first one's free. Hopefully everyone will get hooked and want to keep coming. There will be two make and takes. Should be lots of fun.

Okay, now I'm done. Hope you enjoyed a cup of coffee with me and Coffee Gal. Have a super day!

Love ya,

Karen