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With the popularity of coffee and tea themed stamps, die cuts, and more it was only a matter of time before we took this on as a challenge! You\u2019re welcome to tea stain your paper, leave a coffee mark on your page, use Tim Holtz new coffee or tea stamps or dies, or be inspired by your own favorite beverage!<\/p>\n

Hoping her writing utensils share her love of warm beverages, Andrea<\/a> made a teacup-shaped pen holder.<\/p>\n

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I don’t drink coffee or tea, but I do ingest hot chocolate by the bucketful. LOVE it and think a teacup is the perfect iconic shape for many things, including a 3D pen holder. I made this by using a teacup stamp from Mama Elephant’s Warm Wishes<\/a> set, which I enlarged on a copy machine. I added a girl from Tim Holtz’s Found Relatives<\/a> set and added a cute little tea bag from Prima’s Coffee Break<\/a> stamp set.For more inspiration click on our design team’s blog links so you can see more photos (and full supply lists) for their projects. Leave them a little comment love while you’re there so they know how they’ve inspired you too, if you’re so inclined.<\/em><\/p>\n

Coffee or tea? Hard question for Barbara<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Tim’s themed stamps <\/a>are absolutely perfect! I enjoyed it to create “spots” of coffee with embossing paste<\/a> and coloring the cups with Distress markers <\/a>and I tested my patience with stamping and cutting the little coffee beans. ! I chose a quote that seems to me absolutely true:\u00a0 coffee is always a good idea!<\/em><\/p>\n

I (May<\/a>) find that a card with a coffee place gift card is always a welcome present!<\/p>\n

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This Tim Holtz tea cup die<\/a> has become an absolute favorite in my crafting. I love inking it up, stamping on it<\/a>, stacking them, and using them on everything from cards to custom place settings! Today I’m keeping it simple – a nice card to mail off to a friend in need of a cup of coffee or tea! I’ll let her decide- just as you can decide how to be inspired by this week’s challenge.<\/p>\n

Having recently gone for a week without coffee, Ashli<\/a> was inspired to scrap about that!<\/p>\n

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Using some of the gorgeous Dylusions Paints<\/a> and a Polka Dot Stencil<\/a>, I created a foundation reminiscant of my photo. A little die cut Coffee Mug<\/a> added the perfect embellishment. I chose to journal with my Pitt Pen<\/a>, in a sideways fashion to create more of a visual texture, along with my title. A week of no coffee… documented!<\/em><\/p>\n

Maura<\/a> brewed up a bit of coffee humor.<\/p>\n

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I love my coffee, so this was the perfect time to pull out my Tim Holtz Fresh brewed stamps<\/a>. One of my favorite mediums to work with are my Peerless Watercolors<\/a>. They have such brilliant colors and are so easy to take with me wherever I go, just like a cup of coffee!<\/em><\/p>\n

Anna-Karin<\/a> loves the first cup of coffee in the morning.<\/p>\n

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I did an art journal page in my large Dylusions journal<\/a>, about the need to relax. It was fun making pretty porcelain cups using Tim Holtz Sizzix Tea Time<\/a> die. The dry embossed <\/a>panel was done with Inksheets<\/a> and mist. I also found the perfect sentiment stamp <\/a>to use here.<\/em><\/p>\n

Emma<\/a> turned back the clock and was inspired by vintage tea dances!<\/p>\n

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Inspired by the 1940’s tea dances, I created a panel using the Tea Time die<\/a> as the main focal point. I added pretty pastel tea cups, complete with ephemera pieces<\/a> and a beautiful Photobooth<\/a> photo to a background of Distress Paints and Texture Paste<\/a> and completed the project with a die cut word<\/a> and some idea-ology pieces.<\/em><\/p>\n

Coffee and tea stains were Sandra’s<\/a> inspiration for this tag.<\/p>\n

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I’m only a fan of coffee and tea stains on my art projects. Well, only if they’re intended of course…I used mostly brown inks for this tag. All with a name that is inspired by the theme stains: Tea Dye<\/a>, Walnut Stain<\/a> Distress Ink and Coffee Archival Ink<\/a>. I stamped some stains from the Chase Rainbows<\/a> stamp set and made some with Walnut Stain<\/a> Distress Stains in a spray bottle.<\/em><\/p>\n

Meihsia<\/a> enjoyed creating this coffee themed mixed media canvas with a shabby chic style.<\/p>\n

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This canvas wall hanging was created to display in the kitchen for the coffee lover in my family. After applying the Modeling Paste<\/a> on the background, I colored the canvas with Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain<\/a>. The Tim Holtz Mini Burlap Panel<\/a> was glued on the canvas and decorated with Prima Flowers Decaf Coffee Break<\/a> embellishments.<\/em><\/p>\n

Suzz<\/a> was tea inspired in her colors this week.<\/p>\n

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I was inspired to pull out the Ranger Distress Ink – Tea-Dye<\/a> and Heidi Swapp Tea Color Shine <\/a> and add a tea-inspired color scheme. The Memory Box distressed grid stencil<\/a> gave me an opportunity to create a pretty golden backdrop to my golden flower.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cheiron<\/a> was inspired to make a card for her sister who loves tea.<\/p>\n

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My sister and I always love to relax with a good cup of tea at night whenever she visits. I used the Tim Holtz Tea Time dies <\/a>and Tim Holtz Distress Damask<\/a> stamps to create colorful mugs on my card for her.<\/em><\/p>\n

Michelle <\/a>Upcycled the Grocery Store Coffee Bag.<\/p>\n

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I love those little bags at the grocery store that you put the coffee beans in. This week, when my husband got his beans, I snitched his bag once we got home. The sweet little bag got a mixed media makeover with the help of a well placed Tim Holtz Layering Stencil<\/a>. The shaped tag is a Sizzix Mug and Spoon<\/a>. Perfect for declaring some caffeinated love.<\/em><\/p>\n

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As always, Simon Says Stamp<\/a> is giving away a $50 gift voucher that will go to a random entry chosen by random generator. To qualify all you need to do is create a new project that ties in (in any way!) with our theme and post it, along with a link back to this challenge, and add a link here. This challenge will end at 11:59pm on Sunday July 12th Eastern time. We will also be choosing some of our entries to put in the spotlight – a special honor where we talk about why we loved that entry in particular and award a special badge too! For the full rules, read the “challenge rules” posted in the side-bar here on our blog.<\/p>\n

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