Crow on a Branch - Card

 Hello Crafty People!

Welcome back to the blog. There's so much inspiration here, please take a tour of the other projects. 

Today's card project features the crow on a maple branch.

Materials:

Coffee Beans image to color

cardstock, tissue paper, raw umber glaze by Golden, metallic fibers, fabric flower, brad, gold metallic spritz, distress ink, adhesive. 

Instructions:

1. This background paper is one of my favorite techniques. It can look like leather or tree bark.  Spray adhesive onto cardstock and adhere crinkled tissue paper. Use a brayer to flatten, let dry. Paint with umber glaze (acrylic paints sometimes work, if you're careful and they are a liquid). Let dry, then cut to size for your card.   (5x8)

2. Print and color your Coffee Bean Design, ink the edges with distress ink and glue in place on the background paper.

3. Wrap brown/metallic fibers around the base below the image, tie off in the back.

4. Adhere a fabric flower with a mini brad in the center. 

5. Spritz the entire project with gold metallic spritz. let dry and adhere to the card base. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craft on!

Becky

Psycho Lollipop

 

Hello friends.... I know, I know... it has been forever and a day since you heard from me last.  

My post from today is from the Digi file called "Spooky Treats" from Sarah Kay.  And the sentiment is from Crackerbox and Suzy Stamps Designs.  

The Cat-o-Lantern Lollipop is colored with Stampin Up Stampin Blend markers. The Digi file was printed from my printer onto Whisper White card stock and then cut out using my ScanNCut.  I added a little bling with Wink of Stella on the eyes and the bow.  Layered on textured black card stock and then on an A2 Whisper White card base.  

Cannot wait to be able to send this card to one of my dearest friends. 

Thank you for joining me.

Salima 

See What Others Don't

 Welcome Back Friends,

Robin, here sharing my project from The Coffee Beans Blog.  The image I used has been hand drawn by our very own Becky Conley. This image and many others by Becky Conley can be found here Lady Beans Etsy Store

I hand crafted my own background on kraft paper, using a stencil and white paint, a distressed dot stamp and black ink, a swirly stamp with orange ink, I finished off the back ground by blending in purple ink. Adding scribbles with a gel pen. The image it self has been paper pieced. 

Thank You for visiting,

Until Next time.....

Robin

Joy from me to you

 Hello everyone!!

Subhalaxmi here again. Today I am going to share my 2nd inspirational project for September.

I have used the design of Becky Conley for my card.

Hope you like it.

Thanks

Subhalaxmi N Rout

 Here is my entry for this month 

I made a circle for the backing and decided you use guilding flakes as I thought that they looked very autumnal I coloured in the image with my marker and blended ink for the sky this was a lovely stile to work with it is also available from our Etsy shop thank you for looking file by the lovely Becky Conley 

Fall

 Becky Conley illustrated a beautiful project that's perfect for the upcoming holidays. I used copic markers to color and a stencil from my stash for the background. 

Bookmarks

Hey Crafty Friends!

I'm back today to share with you a hand drawn image by our illustrator Becky Conley.

My project is a quick and simple one, when I saw the image I just new I had to make myself some bookmarks. My other happy place besides crafts is reading and I dont actually own any bookmarks! As always all products links can be found at the end of my post 😊

Unfortunately I dont own proper bookmark dies so I adapted and used my trusty Heffy Doodle stitched rectangles dies and cut 2 panels from coloured cardstock and used a small random circle die I had to put holes in the corner. 

Using Spectrum Noir triblends to colour the image and fussy cut them out!

Colour combination - Blue Turquoise, Pink Violet, Gold Yellow, Dusty Purple, Green Turquoise, Dark Red and Light Green Blends.

Now it needed some sort of sentiment, digging out the Lawn Fawn Violet's ABCs stamp set, I used the Mini MISTI to stamp my sentiment onto the bookmark panels and finished up with a bit of ribbon through the holes. 

I love how quick and easy these were to put together and now I have my very own bookmarks! 

Besides crafts what's your other escapes? Let me know in the comments below!

Why not check out what our other team members have been up to on the blog or join us over on the Multi Crafters Craft Cafe on facebook!

Check out our etsy store for some great images available! 

Until next time happy crafting!

Jas x

Product Links:

Stitched rectangle dies by Heffy Doodle

Plum pudding + Cherry on top cardstock by Heffy Doodle

Mini MISTI

Violet's ABCs by Lawn Fawn

Fall Light

 

Becky Conley provided this cute fall tree image for us to use this month. And to me it said, “Wouldn’t I be perfect on a candle holder?” Absolutely!

I printed the image out on vellum and colored it in using my Ohuhu markers. Vellum works best if you color it in on the back side of the printed image. I then cut it out and ran it through the Xyron so that it would have all over adhesive.

I placed a circle the same size as the image onto a clean jar and painted the jar using acrylic paint. Any color will do - I used copper. I removed the blank circle and adhered the image onto the unpainted area of the jar.

I took some lace and glued it around the perimeter of the image. Using white cardstock, I cut out a circle to fit the lid of the jar. Then I punched out a scalloped circle from patterned cardstock and adhered it to the center of the white circle on the lid. I glued rickrack around the edge of the lid. Then I placed a flameless candle inside the jar.

Voila! A cute little candle holder.

These images aren’t just for cards. They can be used on various projects to brighten up your home.

So stop by our Etsy store today and pick out some lovely images to brighten yours - or someone else’s - life.

Happy crafting everyone.

Janet Clark - Lady Bean

Back to school

 Hello Crafters!

I made this scrapbook page using the sketch of school books. 

The sketch is colored with markers with accents of gold leafing pen, then cut out. 

Mix up some patterned paper, add a title (3" schoolhouse, by cricut) a distressed tag behind the book panel and some silk leaves. 

I hope you're crafting today.

Until next time, craft on!

Becky 

Fall Fun

Fall is nearly here and before we know it the leaves will be changing colors and falling off the trees. I was so excited to get to work with this beautiful Fall image by Sarah Kay. I printed the design in a couple sizes so I could keep coloring more leaves with my Copic markers- such fun! I really like the way this Happy Fall card turned out and am excited to send it out to brighten an autumn day for a friend. 

Happy Fall everyone! 

You are bootiful

 Hello everyone!

Subhalaxmi here. Sharing my September first post for "Coffee Bean". This is a mixed media project. I have made a beautiful card with the same design. I will share that also very soon. I have used 'Sarah Kay' design for my project. Very beautiful design by 'Sarah Kay'. 

Hope you like it. 😊

Thanks

Subhalaxmi N Rout

Autumn Designs by Becky Conley

 Our new Illustrator is anazing!!! I totally love what she Draws and the Style she uses. Fluid lines that almost gives you the sentiment for the image.

I took the Tree image and printed out twice. I coloured one in for the card image and cut the leaves from the second image. I coloured using my spectrum Noir Pens . I used a gold mirror card for a small splash of colour and glued the extra leaves to the card in a falling pattern. I added a sentiment from my ultimate go-to stamp company , Cracker box and Suzy stamps . I am really happy with the card and think it is perfect for a bereavement card. Thank you so much for looking xxx

Spooky Treats

While Halloween maybe different for everyone this year, I hope it will be a meowgical one for all!
I used copic markers to color the image by Sarah Kay. I used distress oxide and inks for the background. The stars are made with die cute and glitter paper from my stash.

 Today I am using a file from Sarah Kay which is available from the Etsy shop I had a lot of fun with this file I thought I would do something a bit different so I made a wall hanging to put up when I decorate my home for Halloween 

I really love the colours for Halloween I think they are so bright and vibrant so I coloured the images with that in mind and cut out the images and layered them on to layered card I also added ribbon so it could be hung I really enjoyed this file hope you like what I did thank you for looking 

Happy Witch Hat

 Hello my crafty friends,

This month we get to use some very cute digis by Sarah Kay. So the first thing that I thought of was a witch hat shaped card adorned with Sarah’s adorable digis.

I printed the digis onto 65# cardstock, colored them using my Ohuhu markers, then cut them out. I used the following colors:

• Large cat pumpkin sucker: 17, 22, 55, 69, 77, 82, 87, and 94
• Small bow: 57 and 64
• Small flower with eye center: 56 and 68
• Large flower with eye center: 82 and WG1
• Candy corn: 8, 23, and 86
• Call out shape: 10, 53, and CG2
• Word “SUCKER”: 86
• Word “BOO”: 82
• Words “You are tiful”: 65

I went online and searched for a free witch hat image. In Publisher, I pulled in the witch hat and sized it at about 5” tall (to fit easily on half of the 11” of an 8-1/2” x 11” sheet of 65# cardstock). I folded the card just above the hat peak then cut around the hat (leaving a good size border) to create a shaped card. I adhered the digis to the font of the hat using 3D foam tape.

For the card inside, I cut out the “I’m a SUCKER For you” using shape scissors for the border. I inked the border of the saying using Distress Ink in the color Black Soot. I glued the saying to the bottom of the inside of the card.

I am very happy with the way this card turned out. I hope you like it.

And please take a few minutes and go to our Etsy shop to see all the delightful images available there.

Happy crafting all,

Janet Clark -  Lady Bean

Halloween party table decorations

Hey Crafty Friends,
Jas here, it's my turn up on the blog today. I've steered away from my usual A6 card style today to show you something a little different. Party table accessories! As always you will find any product links at the end of my post.

Halloween is probably one of my favourite times of year and whilst this year is likely to be a little different celebration wise we are likely to still have some sort of social distance gathering. So when we were given these images by Sarah Kay they were just perfect to turn into accessories for a party table!

Starting with the images printed on alcohol marker friendly cardstock I coloured them using Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends, I'm starting with this spooky treats cup! (Click on any Image to make it larger)

Colour combination: Slime - Light Green blend
Straw, cup & eyes - Dark Red blend
Pumpkin - Orange and Citrus blends
Screws - Gold Brown blend
Hair & ears - Red Brown and Pale Pink blends

I fussy cut around the main image and stuck it along a crease of a cardstock, cut away the excess and then with the card open I fussy cut again from the crease around the image this time leaving a trim, folded the card again and fussy cut for a final time around the trim again to create this shaped card. I stuck a sentiment inside from the same image set by Sarah Kay as we are likely to serve coffee however you could use this as a menu card for any beverage you might be serving up, get creative with your own names or use one that is supplied 😊

Fussy cut break image breakdown and inside of card:

Colour combination for Zombie word: Dark Red, Light Green & Orange blends.

Next image in this set is in the shape of a tag that has a pumpkin image on, I coloured up 2 of these to start with however I will be making a fleet of these for the various snacks we will serve. Fussy cutting around the main images and using a small circle die I cut the holes in the top of the tag.

I pulled out some Candied Apple Distress ink and tapped some onto a perspex sheet, reacted with water and picked up small amounts with a paintbrush tapping it onto the tags to give a blood splatter look and then used some web type ribbon through the hole to finish the look, you can now label these with types of food or other things on the table so your guests know what your serving!

Pumpkin colour combination - Orange and Citrus blends

The final project I made with the spooky treats image set will be the sign I display next to a cake or even cupcakes maybe because who doesnt like a bit of cake! After colouring them up I took a small piece of plain cardstock and gave it some colour by splattering it with the same Candied Apple distress ink I used on the tags, placed 3 of the images along the front and took a sentiment I had in my stash that I got as a freebie at some point and it seemed fun, I love cherries personally so if I get my way at Halloween we will have something cherry flavoured!

Cherry colour combination - Dark Red, Red Brown & Light Green blends

All images are available on our Etsy store, why not go check them out!

What's your favourite part of Halloween? I'd love it if you left a comment to let me know!

Thanks for stopping by today, why not check out what our other team members have been up to here on the blog or visit us over the Multi Crafters Craft Cafe on facebook for a range of inspiration and talent!

Jas
X

Product Links:
Alcohol Marker friendly cardstock
Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends
Distress Inks

Spooky Treat 2 File Folder Pocket Card

Hello everyone, 
I’m so excited to post my first design team entry for the Coffee Bean Design Team. 

I used the “Spooky Treat 2” images by Sarah Kay

to create this fun little file folder pocket card. You can find these fun Halloween images at the link below. 🎃 
https://www.etsy.com/listing/846692800/spooky-treat-2?ref=shop_home_active_3

Enjoy! And have a Meowgical Halloween,

One of the newest Lady Beans,

Shonna 

Frankenccino Coffee Beans Sept 2020

Welcome Back Friends,

Robin here sharing my project for The Coffee Beans, Check out how cute this digi set is from Sarah Kay!

I upcycled  a 4 x 6 mdf tag I found at the dollar store. I paper pieced Frankencinno, ink the edges and added some colorful ribbon.

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments.

Until Next Time......

Robin