Morning Cup

Create with Connie and Mary – Morning Cup

April 7, 2011 By Connie | 2 Comments

Wow…another week has FLOWN by and it is time for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! We have another fun sketch for you to try! I was happy my card came together pretty quickly!

I haven't used the stamp set, Morning Cup, in a LONG time! So, I pulled it out because it seemed perfect for this sketch!

I like the nice, bright colors from the Sweet & Sour Specialty Designer Paper…certainly would perk you up! (lol!) I used a little trick with it…can you see? The background is actually one of the patterns of Designer Paper, then I ran it thru the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder and sanded off the raised portions! It gives a really cool technique!

My base card is Pumpkin Pie and I layered on Whisper White. On top of it is the Designer Paper, and I wrapped the Pumpkin Pie 1 1/4 Striped Ribbon around to the back and secured. I added an Vintage Brad on the front to gather the ribbon. I stamped the coffee pot on another pattern of the Sweet and Sour Designer Paper and cut it out and placed it over the stamped image on Whisper White. I colored the lid and spout with So Saffron Stampin' Write Marker, added some Sahara Sand to "ground" the image and stamped the words "Perk Up" in Basic Black. The Whisper White is layered on So Saffron and popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals. I also added a strip of the same DSP as the coffee pot along the right side as the sketch showed.

I think it would make a nice "get well" card for someone, don't you?

Make sure to check out what the rest of the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge Team did this week! They have some FABULOUS cards!

Christmas Morning Cup

December 3, 2010 By Connie | 2 Comments

Do you ever just have one of those cards that you fiddle and fiddle and FIDDLE with and still aren't happy? The front of this one has been on my desk for over a month. In fact, just the other day I threw it in the waste can, then pulled it out again. I knew I wanted to do another Christmas card using Stampin' Up!'s Morning Cup…and I wanted some of the Jolly Bingo Bits holly scattered around.

I started by stamping the stack of cups from Morning Cup three times with Black Stazon and watercoloring with my AquaPainter and Stampin Write Markers in Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake. I layered them at the top of the Garden Green (which originally was a whole front layer). Then I added a strip of Deck the Halls Designer Paper and layered it on Crumb Cake cardstock. I used the Scallop Edge Punch and Early Espresso along the bottom. When I stamped the Season's Greetings at the bottom of the Garden Green, my Stamp-a-ma-jig slipped and I stamped it crooked. So…cut off the bottom of the Garden Green and stamped it directly on the base of Cherry Cobbler (I liked it better!)

I also didn't like seeing the bottom of the Very Vanilla panels, so I hid them by adding a length of Early Espresso Taffeta Ribbon with Sticky Strip and gathering it across the front. Then I decided to place the trio of Holly that I had cut out in a cluster. For a little bling on the cups, I added the small Rhinestone Jewels to one of them in each stack.

So…now I'm ok with this card (at least enough to SHOW it to you!) Just funny how something will give you a mental block.

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Christmas Morning Cup

October 18, 2010 By Connie | 2 Comments

Mary Jo from Technostamper's Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge has a clean and simple sketch today that I just had to play with (TSSC 144).

I wanted to use Morning Cup stamp set in a Christmas theme…although I wish I would have used a Christmas greeting instead of the one available in the set. I love the sayings in the set, it didn't really fit with my Christmas theme and I really didn't want to add a third stamp set with this simple card! Pretend that it says Happy Holidays or something else holiday appropriate! lol!

For my clean and simple card, I started with Old Olive cardstock for the base. I used Jolly Holiday Designer Paper for the strips in the background. This sketch is a great way to use up those little scraps! I stamped the cups from Stampin' Up!'s Morning Cup on Very Vanilla with Black Stazon Ink, then used my AquaPainter and Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Markers to color them. I added a shadow at the bottom with Sahara Sand marker. I stamped the little Holly from Jolly BIngo Bits in Old Olive Classic Ink on Very Vanilla and used the Cherry Cobbler marker to color in the berries. It is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals on the front. The Very Vanilla piece is layered onto Cherry Cobbler Cardstock. I added a little Rhinestone to one of the cups for a little BLING!

Isn't that a sweet card? And so quick to make up a bunch! I'm definitely going to think about this sketch for my holiday cards this year!

That's it! Pretty simple, huh?

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Stamping 411 – Morning Cup

July 30, 2010 By Connie | 11 Comments

Feeling kind of puny today…think I'm coming down with a cold…throat is scratchy and I'm very tired. Tried to take a nap this afternoon, but hubby came home early from work!

Selene created a very simple sketch for this week's Stamping 411 sketch challenge SSC162. When I saw the trio of images for the front, I immediately thought of the coffee cup in Stampin' Up!'s new Morning Cup stamp set (plus it was sitting out on my desk from Club night!)

Here's my intrepretation:

When I'm trying to decide on a color scheme, sometimes I try to go with colors I haven't used in a while. I know I've been using a lot of reds, yellows, blues and greens…my pinks have been neglected! So I pulled out the base of Pretty in Pink cardstock. I layered on Regal Rose and ran it thru my Big Shot with the Petals A Plenty Impressions Folder for some texture. I stamped the trio of Coffee Cups from Morning Cup in Basic Black on Very Vanilla cardstock, then watercolored with Stampin' Write Markers and the AquaPainter. I decided the bottom looked a little plain, so added a Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon bow. I also added some bling with the Rhinestone Jewels in the center of each heart on the cups.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Make sure to check out what the other Stamping 411 Operators did with the sketch this week!

Morning Cup

July 13, 2010 By Connie | 6 Comments

Well, I'm DEFINITELY needing a Morning Cup of coffee today! My husband woke me up getting ready this morning, usually I just sleep thru him getting dressed. And, then my mind started going on all the things I need to do before leaving for Convention next week! My poor blog has been suffering from neglect! I have several things lined up for my Blog the rest of the week, then NEXT week is the Tour de Freaks Blog Hop! I know you'll enjoy that! Of course, I haven't even STARTED my projects for that! lol!

I started by using Technostamper's Monday's Lunchtime Sketch Challenge (TSSC130). Then I used one of my favorite sets from Stampin' Up!'s new catalog…called Morning Cup! I love the little sayings in it. Perk up would be a nice greeting to use when sending to a friend to cheer them up! I took my colors from the new Sunny Garden Designer Paper…nice BRIGHT cheerful colors! I did tone down the base card by using So Saffron instead of Daffodil Delight.

I added a strip of the Sunny Garden floral print to the left side of the So Saffron base card. I ran the Poppy Parade piece thru the Big Shot with the Square Lattice Impressions Folder, then added the Daffodil Delight Taffeta Ribbon around it and tied with a knot. I stamped the stack of cups in Chocolate Chip Classic Ink, then carefully used my Stampin' Write Markers and AquaPainter to color them with Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Sahara Sand and Peach Parfait colors. I added the words Perk Up! in Chocolate Chip ink. The Whisper White was layered onto Chocolate Chip. Finally, I wanted some bling to "perk up" the card and used a couple of Stampin' Up!'s new adhesive Rhinestone Jewels…I LOVE them!

This card just makes me HAPPY this morning…but it is time for another cup of coffee! I hope you have a WONDERFUL day!

Stamping 411 – Morning Cup

July 9, 2010 By Connie | 10 Comments

It's time again for Stamping 411's sketch challenge. It is always so much fun doing these sketches each week and I've gotten to know my fellow designers and admire them and their talent! 5 of us earned cruise which is amazing! Here is this week's sketch inspiration.

I knew immediately that I wanted the new Stampin' Up! stamp set, Morning Cup, when I saw it in the new Idea Book and Catalog! I love that it represented both tea and coffee images…since I'm a equal opportunity caffeine drinker! lol! I thought this sketch would be perfect for that set, so I pulled it out of my box and mounted it on my wood pieces!

You can see a theme from my last two posts…Daffodil Delight and Marina Mist again! Hey…it was already on my table, might as well use them, right? I started with a base of Daffodil Delight cardstock. I ran the Whisper White band thru my Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper Impressions Folder again. And I ran the Marina Mist strip thru the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder and layered on top.

For the focal piece, I stamped the teacup and steam swirls in Basic Black, then watercolored with my AquaPainter and Marina Mist and Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write Markers. I stamped the teapot on scrap Whisper White, watercolored with the same markers and then cut it out with my Paper Snips. It is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals. I used the AquaPainter and my Sahara Sand Stampin' Write Marker for a little shadow work under the teapot and teacup.

I stamped the greeting, "tea 'rific" in Basic Black on Marina Mist and punched with the Word Window punch and placed on the focal piece, cutting off the right edge. The Whisper White piece was layered on a longer piece of Daffodil Delight and I wrapped some Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon around to the back, then made a bow for the front, securing it with the Daffodil Delight Designer Flower Brad. It was layered on Basic Black cardstock for a little pop!

Fun card with a FUN set! I know I'll be using it a lot!

Make sure to check out the rest of the Stamping 411 Operators this week to see how they interpreted the sketch! I know I love to see what they've done! Then get out your supplies and play along!