Time for a Cup!

Hi friends!  I am excited to be posting today as a participant in the Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's blog hop!  

 

I drink tea too, but in the mornings I really love my hot cup of coffee to start the day.  This is definitely a coffee card...I used several Stamp Simply stamp/die sets and a Tim Holtz tab die to complete this project.   I even used a Latte shade of pearls.  There's some tea-dye distress ink too!   But it wouldn't be hard at all to make it a tea card instead if coffee is not your thing!  

This is a z-fold card and you can see from the side view why it's called that.  It is not at all hard to make if you know the "recipe."  (I first saw an example on Pinterest and followed the link to this blog post for the measurements.  I'm always browsing Pinterest for inspiration.)  I use a ruler and a scoring board to make the appropriate score lines and then make the one partial cut using a paper cutter with a rotary blade. 

Our Stamp Simply Coffee or Tea paper pad has some lovely blues and purples in addition to the gorgeous, rich creamy coffee golds that I'm using here!  These colors made me think of sunflowers too, so I added one to our tall mug, which is exactly the shape of the white mug I drink from each morning (Pottery Barn classic).    

Here's that tiny Tim Holtz tab die which hopefully gives the recipient a clue to pull here!  

It's Coffee o'clock!  Time for a cup!  ❤️  May your cup runneth over!

The dimensions of the fold are just perfect to hide a gift card inside. There's no pocket so you'll have to secure it with some adhesive, but I love that it is entirely tucked away, hiding there to be discovered once the card is fully opened.  (I need to make a run down to our favorite coffee shop, Spring Park Coffee, to get a real gift card to replace this sample AmEx place holder!  Yay, a justifiable reason to go, but who needs an excuse, right?!).   

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Have a Cup on Us BUNDLE
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Coffee or Tea?
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Sunflower Season
• Stamp Simply Paper Pads - Coffee or Tea 6x6
• May Arts 5/8 inch Faux Linen Ribbon Sampler
• Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Pearls - Latte
• Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz - Specimen (pull tab)
• May Arts Baker's Twine - 110 Yard Spool - Kraft
• Copic markers
• tea dye distress ink
• diluted white acrylic paint
• button from stash

To be eligible to win a drawing for a gift code, visit the Stamp Simply blog and leave a comment THERE.  

Enjoy the sale that is happening this Memorial Day weekend.  ❤️