Fun cards for coffee lovers

Fun cards using the Press On stamp set

I had great fun this week with the new coffee themed stamp set from Stampin' Up!

It's called Press On and includes take away cups, coffee sentiments and coffee beans.

I featured the set in three Facebook live videos, including some basic stamping, paper piecing and also  some tricks and tips with the Stamaparatus positioning tool from Stampin' Up!

All of the videos are now available on my You Tube channel, as well as being on my Jemini Crafts Facebook Page.

 

I used the fun Buffalo Check background stamp  to create the tablecloth design that you can see above. The mirrored images of the coffee cup were created using the Stamparatus and a silicone mat. To see how this was done, feel free to view the video below. It should begin at the point of creating the mirror image. You can also see how the tablecloth was created.

One of the clever things about this stamp set is the centre of the cup stamp stamps being cut out to avoid unnecessary ink being picked up. I use these offcut pieces to create the brick wall in the card below - waste not, want not!  We know that crafter' nevr throw anyghing away that might just be useful!  The video below shows you how this was done (it should start at the specific point of creating the wall).

 

 

You can see the stamp set in my online shop by clicking here or on the image below.

If you have any questions about this post, or any Stampin' Up! products, please don't hesitate to contact me at jenny@jeminicrafts.co.uk

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Fun with cute meercats at Coffee and Card

Meercat stamp set you can earn for FREE

We had great fun this week, with this meercat stamp set at coffee and card. It was a great opportunity for some different layouts, with just the one stamp set. What do you think?

This was our starter card, just stamping the group of meercats and the cactus, and colouring in with our Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. 

One of the options was to use some masking techniques, and stamp the group of meercats multiple times, to create a crowd of them gathered together.  If you want to see how this was done, you can see a video of the cards on my You Tube channel. Did you know that the collective name for meercats is a 'mob'?  At least this looks like a friendly mob with all their smiling faces.

I brought my Stamparatus to the session, enabling our ladies to make these fun 'in the round' cards, featuring just the meercats, or the meercats and the cactus. I think these would be great for a children's birthday card - I will pop some of these away for my younger nephews for their birthdays later this year. In fact if you purchased the Stamparatus from me, you could get the meercat set for FREE. See the bottom of this post for more information

Here are the colours of the Blends that I used for these cards, but you could substitute any grey/brown/green colours you may have.

I run 3 sessions of coffee and card per week - the photo below shows the ladies on Monday of this week at 185 Watling Street, Towcester. We meet there between 9:30-10:30 every week. I also run 2 session in my home town of Brackley, Northamptonshire, at Hummingbirds Bistro, Market Courtyard in the centre of town.

As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, you can earn this stamp set (see below) for FREE by placing an order with me over £45 between now and 31st March. There are many other items you can earn for free with our Sale-a-Bration offer - so if you are in the UK and have not seen the catalogue then please EMAIL me and I will send you a copy.

Order the Stamparatus and get your meercat for FREE.

To see all of the items I used in this project, use this link https://s.tamp.in/Y_gRqO

Thanks for stopping by today, happy crafting!

 

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