Hello Friends!

In deliberating what direction I wanted this post to go, I pulled out the Stampin’ Up! Press On stamp set.

This is a perfect set for the coffee lover in your life, but it also contains some really good encouragement sentiments to remind us that sometimes we just have to press on.  I think all of us can look back at this year, 2020, and apply that “press on” attitude!

I needed a thank you card, however, and so used the “A cup of thanks” sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Press On stamp set.  I really like how the In Good Taste DSP can be used to simulate a kitchen counter with tile backsplash, and chose to use this effect for my card.  Don’t forget that this designer series paper, as well as the Heartwarming Hugs DSP that I used for the coffee cups, is all on sale, 15% off, until the end of this month.  Stock up while you can!

I don’t know if you noticed, but I tried to make the kitchen counter as authentic as possible – complete with coffee cup ring, spilled coffee beans, and coffee grounds!  Now, if only we all had an Alice (Brady Bunch) to tidy up after us, right?

LET’S GET INKY!

Materials:

Stamp set:

• Stampin’ Up! Press On stamp set

Paper:

• In Good Taste DSP (Designer Series Paper) – 5 1/8″ x 3 7/8″
• Heartwarming Hugs DSP – scraps of 3 different patterns for cups
• Early Espresso CS (cardstock) – 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ – fold in half at 4 1/4″
• Real Red CS – 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″ (cut 2)
• Whisper White CS – 5 1/4″ x 4″ (cut 2) + scraps for sentiment tag and coffee lids
• Sahara Sand CS – scrap for 3 cup-wraps

Ink:

• Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
• SU (Stampin’ Up) Real Red Ink

Accessories/Embellishments:

• Soft Suede Combo Stampin’ Blends
• Wrapped In Texture Embossing Folder
• Crystal Effects
• Brown Glitter
• Stampin’ Chalk Marker
• Dimensionals

PUTTING IT TOGETHER:

1. Stamp the coffee to-go cup image on three different colors of the Heartwarming Hugs DSP, then using snips, fussy cut them out.
2. Stamp the top “lid portion” of the same stamp on Whisper White CS x 3, and then fussy cut the lids out.
3. Adhere lids to DSP cup images.
4. Stamp the mid-portion of the same cup stamp onto a scrap of Sahara Sand CS and fussy cut the center-section cup-wraps out.
5. Place the three Sahara Sand pieces into the Wrapped in Texture embossing folder and run through Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.
6. Adhere the textured cup-wraps to center of DSP cups.
7. Set the 3 cups aside while we work on the card base background.
8. Apply one of the Real Red mats to the Early Espresso card base front.
9. Take the In Good Taste panel that you cut for the card (Stacked stone/tile on front & gray on back) and cut 1 3/8″ from the long edge.
10. Adhere the larger piece with tile side up, to the top of one of the Whisper White mats, leaving a thin white border.
11. Randomly stamp some coffee beans (from Press On stamp set) on the gray side of the 1 3/8″ piece of DSP, in black ink, allowing some to go off the edge of the paper.  Color coffee beans with Soft Suede Blends.  I colored the whole bean in the light Soft Suede, and then simply highlighted the middle line of the bean with the dark Soft Suede marker.
12. Squeeze a little dot of liquid glue to the tip of your finger and smudge it onto the gray DSP (countertop).  Sprinkle a little bit of brown glitter (from my stash) “coffee grounds” over the glue and let dry.
13. Adhere the stamped gray DSP below the tile piece and butting edges up.
14. Place dimensionals to the back of the three (3) coffee cups and apply to image panel equally spaced over the gray DSP (countertop).
15. To create the coffee ring around the bottom of the first cup, I drew a thin line of clear Crystal Effects (from my stash) around the bottom of the cup and let it dry.  I then used the Dark Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends marker, small tip, to draw over the Crystal Effects, giving it some color.  I then used the Light Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends to somewhat fill in the ring.
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17. The “A cup of thanks” sentiment was stamped in black ink onto Whisper White CS and then I used my paper trimmer to cut the rectangle tag.
18. I had a narrow strip of Real Red CS which I trimmed to length and applied to the center back of the sentiment tag.  The whole thing was then adhered with liquid glue to the card front.
19. Stamp the heart image from “Press On” in Real Red above the first cup, and use a white chalk marker to hand draw some “steam” lines.
20. Adhere the entire image panel to the red mat on card base.
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22. For the inside of the card, I used a 1″ strip of the same gray DSP (1″ x 3 7/8″), and again stamped some coffee beans randomly across it.  I colored the beans the same as I did above, and added the heart in Real Red to the center.
23. Stamp the inside sentiment in black ink to the Whisper White panel, and adhere the stamped 1″ gray strip to the bottom, leaving equal borders.
24. Adhere the Real Red mat to the inside of the Early Espresso card base, followed by the white stamped sentiment panel.
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DONE!

Whether a coffee lover or not, I think this card will brighten someone’s day.  So, let’s keep on Pressing On!  2020 will soon be over and I hope you’ll all join me in praying for a calmer, “less memorable” 2021!!!

If I can assist you in anything Stampin’ Up, or “crafty” simply reach out to me via the Contact tab above!  I’d love to hear from you, even just a simple hello to let me know you’re all still pressin’ on!

SU has a new promotion coming SOON.  This promotion, Curvy Celebrations, includes early-release products from the January–June 2021 Mini Catalog in addition to exclusive Christmas products. It includes a 10% discount when purchased all together with the Quite Curvy Variety Bundle item number.

Some of the items in this variety bundle are only available during the pre-release order period!  I got mine today and will be sharing it with you in the next couple days, as the bundle will be orderable by YOU, my customers, on November 3.  The promotion-exclusive items will only be available in the bundle between November 3 – January 4, so take a look at at the bundle and decide if you’ve “gotta have it”, as you’ll get more with the bundle during the promotion than after the new catalog comes out (the promotion-exclusive items will go away).

I’ll have more on that for you in my next post!

Thank you for taking some time today to check out what’s happening at Bright Acres Creations!  Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me with questions, suggestions, or a simple “hello”!  If I can assist you in placing an order, please just let me know.  I’ve included the Stampin’ Up products used for today’s card below, and each one links back to that product in my online store.

Just as a reminder, both packs of DSP used today are now on SALE, 15% off, though the sale prices aren’t reflected below.  If you click on the link and go to my online store, it will be listed at the correct sale price there.

Keep on pressing on my friends!

Janet

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