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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Love my coffee – and your card if fabulous – love that background stamping! Nice job Wanda! TFS
I got this stamp set when it was a part of the card kit and this is definitely one of my most favourite stamp sets ever! You can do so much with it and sentiments are perfect – especially for coffee and tea addicts :)
Julia OST
for a change I think I have all of this
Fabulous coffee card…makes me smile!
~carol
I love this! Thanks for the awesome inspiration!
I love that technique of making your own background! That’s a new idea for me. I never thought of that! Thanks!
I like this idea of being able to customize the coffee mug.
Love the card and soft blue coffee cups in the background! I usually get stumped when I try to use pattern paper, but I love you the way you used it as a bottom layer. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a great card! Love your colour choices and that fabulous patterned paper you used as the background.
fabulous card, loving the stamped background ♥
Love everything about this card! Michelle t
You certainly made this stamp set come alive. Who would have thought? The colors used and the care you gave designing and making the card are evident. It makes me want to jump up, get my stuff together and and try to duplicate your fine work.
Love these alternate colors for a cute coffee card!
Such a fabulous card, Wanda!! Love the background you created!
This is such a great card Wanda and thanks for the reminder to use the coordinating stamps in a set as a background. I KNOW this but seldom think to do it but when you are otherwise stuck for an idea this should be our first thought! Love this!
Fabulous card, love the colors and design!!!
Great card! !
Fabulous card with one of my favorite stamp sets! I have used it several times to create my own background! Thanks for some fresh ideas of how I can build on the background!
I love that you used the smaller image to make a background. I always forget that technique. I would have only thought to use the little image as an embellishment inside the card, on the envelope, or perhaps in multiples of three on the card front. I MUST remember to try this!!! Thanks for the inspiration!
A cute and cheerful coffee card.
Wanda, I like the patterned paper you made. The card is great. I love the colors too.
Sweet! Love the background made to match the stamp and all the fab layers!
Love anything coffee related so this card is right up my alley! It’s gorgeous Wanda!
mmmm coffee is one of my bestest friends! LOVE your card!
I admired the background paper when I saw your card and I was delighted to read that you made it yourself. Wonderful job! I need to give it a try.
The background paper looks so professional.
Great card.
thanks for sharing.
Love my coffee!! Card is fantastic!!! Love it!
I still need to try making my background paper…makes me nervous. I like how your card came together.
LOVE IT! And of course, you know, I love COFFEE!! Gotta get this set as I’m going to participate in all the Coffee Lovers Blog Hops from now on . . . such FUN!! Thanks for the inspiration, my friend! Hugs!
Love this card & great layout! I forgot about this stamp set but you have inspired me to pull it out and play!!!
This card is so cool. Love how you made the background and the fun sentiment:)
I love coffee and I love coffee cards. Thanks for this idea.
I seem to be revisiting some of my card kit stamps lately and I got super inspired to make a coffee card. Love the colors, handmade background paper and the great design. Thanks!
Great technique for the background! Definitely a retro feel with the colours and patterning!
Like the complementing background ink stamping of the mug. Have a BEE-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Super cute, love your background paper with the little mugs! I have this stamp set and must try this!
Your card brought a big smile to my face! Retro + coffee=happy
Love your card and thank for all your inspiration. The colors are so pretty.
Thanks for sharing.
Such a lovely card!
Great card!! I love the idea of using those smaller stamps to make your own background!!
I would love to share a cup with you Wanda. I love the idea of creating your own background. I did one of those for a Valentine’s card and it really added to my card. Coffee is my addiction, so this card really struck a cord with me. Thanks as always for your wonderful eye for creating.
Great card, love your background. Tea for me, please:-)
Great reminder on how we can make our own background paper! Cute card!
I love your card! Love the style, love the colors, love the self-made background paper! You are so creative!
Fantastic card – I love the colors & the background paper you created!
The teal and pink combo is lovely
Such a cute card!! I love coffee too so this card is right up my alley:)
I love the idea of using a small stamp to create patterned paper
Fun card for a friend. LOVE it!
OH what a delightful card!