Weekender with Wanda – What’s Brewing?!
Hey crafty pals! Happy Saturday! Welcome back to this edition of Weekender with Wanda on the Simon Says Stamp blog! SO happy to have you here again with me for a bit of your weekend. Great to see you! What have you been brewing up in your home studio lately? Are you getting organized? January and February for me always seem to be a time for nesting and cleaning. I like to recover from the holidays, and get ready for the new year… When I’m home and it’s cold outside, I also like to drink lots of coffee! LOL. Today’s card was inspired by my love of coffee, and also inpsired by a fun retro color palette. I used our Simon Says Stamp Exclusive stamp set called “What’s Brewing” to create a card that would be perfect for a friend. This set reminds me of a cool, retro kitchen theme and that’s why I chose the aqua and pink color scheme.
The main image in the stamp set is this big coffee mug! It has lots of smaller items that you can use to customize it. LOVE that! I made a pretty pink stripe on the bottom and then used the hello stamp too. I gently added some Antique Linen Distress Ink to the handle and the coffee part. I also stamped my steam image in the Antique Linen Ink for a soft feeling. I like these pretty colors with the deep black accents.
I used the same paper pad for all the patterned papers. It’s a favorite of mine – I AM by Simple Stories. I think I bought three packs of it!! I stamped my sentiment on a banner and cut an extra banner to use underneath for another pop of color. The heart/circle stamp is part of the set too. I cut it out and mounted it on my twine to kind of look like a button.
Here’s a trick I use a lot: Make your own background paper! I love taking the smaller stamps in a stamp set and creating my own repeating pattern. Here I stamped the small mug several times on my top layer. My paper is cream color. Don’t worry about getting it exactly perfect – just have fun! I stood up to stamp this so I could look down on my images. This is the perfect retro mint green ink….
I used a corner rounder to smooth out all the edges on my layers. Another fun tip: Cut a piece of patterned paper to use as your card base. Here I used a pretty floral on black paper. I cut it to A2 size and adhered it to the front of an A2 card base. Adds a little bit of something to the final card!
So that’s what’s brewing over here! Thank you, as always, for coming by to check out Weekender with Wanda! I love sharing with you. Have a great weekend! Happy Crafting!
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Lovely card! Love how you created a matching background :)
Wow! Fabulous beackground stamping and fantastic card! Love the cup!
Beautiful background!! Looks like it’s from a paper pad!! Very nice!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
Really cute card tutorial!
I love sets where there is a handy little image that will make a coordinating background like this.
Very creative card!!
Love the card. But really love your photos of the card! I have lots to learn…
Lovely card! Thank you for reminding me to go back to my oldies but goodies stamp sets. TFS
Love the color combo & I never would have thought to use the floral paper with a coffee themed card!
What a great card! I’m a coffee lover myself, so I can truly appreciate this! I love that you made the background paper yourself. What a great way to get the custom look you want!
Sweet card.
Awesome backgrounds! Thank you for the tips!
What an AWESOME card! I love it! And I love the way the stamped background turned out, it looks like it’s from a paper pad! What a great idea! Thank you for the video tutorial!
love your soft background!
Cristina
thehouseoftheblackbirds.blogspot.it
Oh wow! Such a lovely card!!!
Great card, Love the colors
wooww I love to make my background paper too
and this color is cool love love your card
so stylish and adorable
really cute card!!!
Fabulous and oh so yummy card! <3
Fun card. Love the background. Hugz
this is so much fun! I would have never known that the coffee cup bg piece was stamped if you hadn’t shown the step out directions for it. looks just like a piece of patterned paper! :)
Fun to see a new take on an older stamp set!
I’ll have to get mine out & play with it again!!!
Thanks!
Beautiful card! Love the mint green background!
Great tutorial!
Fun card! The stamped background looks like commercial patterned paper — wow!
This is so fun! Love the colors!
I love the colors on this card and the card is just fabulous!!
This is a super cute card!