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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I just love the BG paper you made using the small mug, so cute! And I love, love, love the colors you used.
Great card. I love coffee cards.
Cleaning? Organizing? What are these words you speak of Wanda? lol
Love your card!!!
Cute card!
Really sweet card! I love the colors and all the little details!
Great idea! Love the stamped mug paper. Thanks.
I just love this beautiful card!!
Another fabulous card! Love your color choices.
Adorable card Wanda! Love the stamped cup background. I wish I was further along with my organization but things haven’t fallen into place like I had hoped. It will likely take me all year to get organized. LOL! Happy weekend!
Love the background idea and your card is very pretty.
If it’s related to coffee….I love it! Awesome stamped background DP! Nice touch having a wee border of DP peaking out.
Wanda!! Oh this is so pretty! I love your stamping … perfectly aligned! But OH how were you able to cover that darling black print? =]
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Love the rounded corners to mimic the mug.
This card is great–neat how you did the background stamping for your card base. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for stopping by Weekender Sheri! Have fun!
Cute, cute card! I love anything coffee!
Love the colour combination :)
Great card love the mugs so fun.
I gotta copy this card. So cute! Thanks!
Just my cup of tea…xxx
Very pretty card. Really love the retro look!
Cute card
I’m like you – love my coffee and those retro colors. And organizing this month.
Great background to support the main element!
Awesome idea for diy backgrounds!
I really like coffee-themed cards and this one is awesome! Love the soft and bold color palette! TFS!
Cute color combo and I like the background paper you made.
I am a coffee lover as well, and I also like to stay indoors in the winter time and work on organizing my stamp room. Only one question…is it ever finished??
It’s never ever done! Happy Weekend Linda!
Cute card! Love the Coffee paper you created…perfect ♥
Super cute card!!, love the mix and match of papers and stamps!
Super cute card and love your stamped background paper!
Happy weekend Wanda!
Love the background!
I love the stamped background.
Great card! ;-)
Very cool card. I love the colors. I have to get that mint ink pad. Love love it.
I love the colors and the background paper she made!
Great card. The background paper you made is so cute.
I could save myself a lot of trouble following your example of making the perfect background! TFS!
Super cute card, love how you made the coffee cup background!
Such a lovely card! I love the colours.
Love the background technique and the colors! Thanks for sharing!
What a cute clever design. I love the color choices too!
Great projects, Wanda.
What a great project
Adorable! I just love the background paper…a great way to use those little stamps that come in a set
Cute card and fantastic background!
Beautiful card Wanda, LOVE your mix of colours :)
Sweet card Wanda. Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous color and love all the layers!
Very nice retro card – love those colors!
Cool card! I enjoy coffee cards!