Spring + Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop with Stamp Simply

Hello everyone!  It's the last day of May, which means three things:

First...it's my brother's birthday, and my great niece's, his granddaughter!  Happy birthday Tom and Faith!  

Second...we're drawing near the end of the Spring + Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  

Third...in honor of the blog hop, Stamp Simply is having a sale on everything in our Coffee/Tea section.   Check out those dates.  The sale is almost over.

I'm headed to a sew-in for the weekend so I was drawn to this Miss Betty designer paper!  (It's gonna be so much fun hanging out in a house full of ladies, with coffee/tea, sewing machines, and wine, probably in exactly that order!).  This pack has those printed/perforated tags and borders to punch out, so I combined those with our Stamp Simply dies and some Spellbinders too, for a card with lots of layers and little details.  

I couldn't resist adding a little birdie to the front of the cup.  When I was a young girl, we used to go to Oakley House where Audubon had been inspired to draw/paint many of his bird studies.  Over the years of regularly visiting there (my grandmother lived not far from there in St. Francisville, LA) my mom purchased quite a few of the collectible dinner plates, cups and saucers that were for sale in their gift shop.  I loved going there, so this little birdie is in fond remembrance!  The birds and their Spring songs are a perfect fit for today's hop theme.  

The hexagon on the die-cut cup was fussy-cut from the designer paper, die-cut with the Stamp Simply pierced heart die, and then layered atop the birdie tag from the paper pack.  It was the perfect size to peek through the tiny heart opening.  If you look closely under that pretty flower and coffee-colored ribbon, you'll see a paper Battenburg lace doily reminiscent of the fabric one your grandmother might've had.  

The inside of the card has more of that great patchwork designer paper with a stamped sentiment and the heart that was cut from the hexagon on the card front.  

Here is the full list of supplies I used for today's project, all from Stamp Simply:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Combo/Stamp/Die Coffee or Tea?
• Kaisercraft Miss Betty 6.5x6.5
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Farmhouse Pierced Nested Hearts
• Spellbinders Die - Triple Tear
• Spellbinders Die - Edgeabilities - Classic Scallop
• Rhinestones - Light Pink
• Seam Binding - Fig Beige - 5 yard
• Petaloo Botanica Minis - Pink
• Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
• Tim Holtz Tonic Stamp Platform
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix

Be sure to visit the original post for this week's Spring + Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop to check out all the great sponsors, prizes, and creative projects that have been submitted!