Coffee Loving Cardmakers Guest Designer August 18 - Stretching Supplies - Coffee-Patterned Umbrellas and Umbrella-Patterned Coffee Mug

Hello,

Welcome to my third post as the August Guest Designer for Coffee Loving Cardmakers. 

Today's cards are inspired by fan-favourite, Jennifer McGuire, who both encourages and shows us ways to 'stretch our supplies.' Lately, I've been obsessing over a couple of newcomers to my collection from Concord & 9th.  As much as I love coffee, I LOVE Concord & 9th. Their stamps/dies/stencils are top-notch in both design and quality; their turnabouts, delightfully unique. 

A quick google search to 'confirm' my ideas - coffee-patterned umbrellas and umbrella-patterned coffee mugs (they are real things!) - I decided on a mashup of two Concord & 9th turnabouts and die sets for my stretching your supplies feature.  The following products were used, as indicated:

Concord & 9th: Coffee Blend Bundle - all

Concord & 9th: Rain or Shine Bundle - all

Lawn Fawn: Rainy Backdrop Portrait (Card #2)

Lawn Fawn: Sunflower Greetings Frame dies (from Crop and Create event, 2022) (Card #3)

Taylored Expressions: Simple Strips - Coffee - all

Process:

Create one four colours of ink panel with Coffee Blend bundle on white cardstock and a monochromatic version on kraft carstock.

Cut out two umbrellas from the four-colours panel using the Rain or Shine bundle.

Create your umbrellas. Adhere to card base; add a sentiment strip.

Process:

Use the second umbrella cut from the four inks panel

Cut a background with the Rainy Backdrops panel

Adhere umbrella to panel; add sentiment strip.

Process:

Create a four colours of ink panel using the Umbrellas turnabout.

Cut out a section (I did the middle, which means I have another partial base to create with) with the coffee mug die from the Coffee Blends bundle.

Cut frames from coloured + white cardstock.

Adhere frames, add mug, add sentiment strip.

There you have it: simple ways to stretch your supplies - in this case, turnabouts (or any small-image stamps) and dies. Coffee patterns...they can be found on so many things! Have fun searching for ideas and transforming them into your caffeinated creations.

Thank you for dropping by!