Weekender with Wanda – Coffee Talk!
Hello! Happy 4th of July Weekend! Yay! Welcome back to the latest edition of Weekender with Wanda here on the Simon Says Stamp Blog. Really happy to have you here as part of your holiday weekend fun. Are you doing something cool for the 4th tomorrow? Do you light off fireworks at your house? Go to a big show? I’d love to know! We keep it pretty low key at our house but sometimes we do this one really fun thing… If we drive about 10 miles East from our house we will get up into the beginning of the mountains. There is this one road where you can park your car and see down into the valley, and I bet you can see 100 miles if it’s clear. So, if you go up there during the fireworks time, you can see about 10 shows all at once lighting off in the distance. We just park my husband’s truck and sit on the back! Other people have discovered our secret spot but everyone is really nice and festive!
Thanks for all the ‘sweet’ comments on my ice cream truck card last week! That was a fun one. Today, I’m continuing the Summer treats theme with an iced coffee card. I loooooove coffee! Today I’m featuring one of our favorite stamp companies – My Favorite Things Stamps! I know you all love their products too. They have a line of stamps and dies that are all coffee related and they are fresh and fabulous. I used the MFT Cool Cup Die-namics along with the MFT Stay Cool Stamp set to create my card today. I paired my stamps and dies with some bright pink gingham paper, also from MFT. Refreshing!
I started by creating a card base out of bright white neenah cardstock. Then I added another layer of white for some interest, and then the Gingham Paper. I stamped the sentiment on the bottom of the gingham paper using Intense Black Ink from Simon Says Stamp.
The circle was die cut using the Radial Stitched Circles Stax dies. I die cut it out of watercolor paper to add texture and to match my focal images.
For the coffee cup, I first die cut all of the pieces out of watercolor paper. You can see here that there is a domed lid piece too that you can use! I wanted to use the whipped cream instead, this time!
To color the coffee part of the image I used, what else, Ground Espresso Distress Ink! I also added a tiny bit of Vintage Photo Distress Ink to make the color more warm. I used lots of water and let the colors just kind of flow on the die cut paper. I set that aside to dry. I die cut a second cup out of watercolor paper and then hand cut the center out of it to make the pink piece – as my coffee cozy. I colored that using the same technique, and Picked Raspberry Distress Ink – which is a perfect match for the paper.
I added some water droplets to take away some of the ink. I also used White Mist to make white droplets in my ‘coffee’! I did this by removing the lid from the mist bottle and tapping the bottom part over my paper. Does anyone else want an iced mocha right now??? MMMM.
I colored the straw using Twisted Citron Distress Ink. I coated the whipped cream with glue and Hero Arts Prisma Glitter.
That’s your treat for today! Thank you for stopping by the Simon Says Stamp Blog! Wishing you a fun, safe, and fabulous 4th of July! Have a great day! Happy Birthday America!
Great card! :)
Great card!
Love this die, makes a yummy card!
super love this.
Fun design! I have this set from MFT and love it!
This is a really cute card. Now I want more coffee. Thanks and happy 4th of July!
love this coffe card! /takes a sip of coffee
Love all the dimension with this yummy card design!!!
Love this die have added it to my wish list.
Love the gingham paper against the die cut.
I am a lover of Mocha – I created my own homemade recipe – less calories so I can enjoy one every day! Yum – love your delicious card creation – especially like the back of the coffee cup display – this is so festive and fun – yum coffee give me some – glad you found a secret spot to watch fireworks – the other brains out there are tuned in as well since they ventured up there – have a blessed week!
Gorgeous card!Sounds like great fun ..your secret place..would love to come too..have Fun..
Love all the dimension on this card.. And I love colors.. Thanks for the inspiration!
Awesome card! Love the watercolor drink!
Fabulous card!
Love it!
I absolutely love those dies and the texture and sparkle of your card!
Awesome card! Love the colors and textures!
Always fun on Sunday morning
love the texture on the coffee cup and the brown and pink combo:)
Yes – an iced mocha would be nice right now! Awesome card. Love the water coloring and that die. Thanks for sharing and happy 4th!
Very pretty card! It reminds me of my favorite summer treat-frozen caramel latte! Happy 4th!
Love how I sat down to have my morning coffee and this was one of the first emails I opened! Love it! :)
Fabulous card…!! :) :)
Yummy card:-)
I have this die cut. Absolutely love it against this bright pink pattern!!!
Love that plaid background paper, Wanda. I am a plaid girl all the way. What a fun use of the dies.
Lovely card!
Love the sentiment
Love the sentiment you chose.
Yum!! Your card looks fabulous, Wanda! I love the look of the distressed cup on the clean lines of the background. Fantastic!
Very cute–and so true!
This is a YUMMY card….sometimes my best friend is coffee…..true story! ;)
Such a fun card! Perfectly done!
Perfect use of the TH Distress Ink on this coffee creation. Have a Bee-utiful day & Happy 4th of July weekend!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Looks cool and refreshing!
Very yummy card, and happy 4th to you as well!
Delicious card! Love how you put this all together ♥
Great idea for the coffee!! Love the added texture it brings.
<3 J
jwoolbright at gmail dot com
HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com
Darling card, love that die and background paper!
Wanda, you are our wonderful weekend craft warrior and I love to see your projects! Always bright, warm & fuzzy. Yeah! The coffee card is great, as was the Ice Cream Truck (got mine in the mail – so I’m gonna have some fun). You keep me busy everyday! Love your work. Hope you enjoy the fireworks in your special place! Happy 4th!! Denise Freeman
Love this die and your awesome card !!!
I love everything coffee related))
Oh that looks so yummy right now! Great icy pattern on your smoothie! My hubby and I were out at an event on a very hot day and popped into a coffee shop. I told him I’d like something cold as I went to find us a table. He returned with his usual black coffee and what he called a “cappuccino sludgie” for me.
Such a fun card! I have this set but haven’t used it yet so thanks for the inspiration & will play with this today!
So cute. Might have to have these die and stamp sets.
Absolutely adorable! Love me some iced coffee too, and this is an amazing die set!
Fantastic ice cold coffee card. Looks so real and yummy.
Great card and product. Lots of things do make with it. Thanks.
Linda D.
Love your card–looks like the perfect blended coffee! Wish we had a spot like yours for firework. Always went somewhere to watch them when we were younger & now we just see what’s on TV–not the same! Happy 4th!