Fun Coffee Survival Backpack for The Coffee Beans 10/11/2019

October 11 2019

Welcome Back Friends, Robin here, for The Coffee Bean Challenge Blog. Please consider joining us with your creations.

I am excited to share a fun project sponsored by The Cutting Cafe, Backpack Template and Cutting File, Thank You to Regina from Cutting Cafe for sponsoring me and the design team this month!

Coffee, Coffee,Coffee, how do we survive without it?! I can't! I have to have my coffee, first thing in the morning. I drink one cup, and do I need it! After working with the Cutting Cafes, Coffee card last month, I decided to carry on the theme this month, with a Coffee Survival Backpack!

I followed the easy instructions that came with the backpack download. I  added ink on all edges using Distress Ink in Walnut Stain. I had a few sentiments left over from the coffee card and added one to the front of the backpack.

Thank for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments

Until next time,,,,,,,,,

Robin

Please Don't Let Summer Go...

I am back with another project The Cutting Cafe.  Today it is a beautiful floral backpack. I am not willing to let go of the warm weather so quickly.  With this designer series paper from Stampin Up called Petal Promenade, I am able to let summer linger just a little longer. 

I used the PDF files from The Cutting Cafe to cut out the template from the designer series paper and also used a Blushing Bride card stock from Stampin Up.  The ribbon is 3/8 in Gold Metallic Trim Ribbon also from Stampin Up.  Clear pink accent drops used as buttons for each flap.  Flower Charm from Lucky Dip Wooden Accents, and Key from Bead Landing.  

Thank you The Coffee Beans for allowing me to participate as part of your design team.  

But First Coffee Card

Hello Crafty Friends - Annie here Creating for The Coffee Beans Challenge Blog. 

This month's sponsor for the challenge is The Cutting Cafe. I would like to thank them for allowing us to use the COFFEE WORD SHAPED CARD files.

This COFFEE WORD SHAPED CARD

is approx. 5 by 3.5 inches

This template comes in the following formats: PDF, WPC, MTC, and SVG

The set also comes with 5 sentiments.

The letters also come individually in the set.

These word shaped cards are also good for scrapbooking layouts.

Here's the card I created with the file.

I keep mine to a fall theme. I love coffee! 

I will admit that I've been drinking coffee since I was 6 years old. Everyone in my household drinks coffee. We enjoy it hot, cold or in a frappe.

Materials Used:

 COFFEE WORD SHAPED CARD

Martha Stewart Pattern Paper

Recollections Brand Cardstock: Medium Orange and white

Die Cut Leaves

Recollections Brand: Wooden Coffee cup

Amy Tangerine: Tiny Puffy Heart

Thank you for stopping by the blog today I hope you found some inspiration!

Coffee Lovers Mixed Media Wall Hanger-Cutting Cafe Digi Files for Coffee Bean Challenge Blog 9/27.2019

September 27 2019

Welcome Back Friends,

Robin here creating for The Coffee Beans Challenge Blog, a brand new challenge blog! Please consider joining us on the blog for some fun, and show off your creations.

Thank You to our sponsor this month, the Cutting Cafe, for the use of The Coffee Word Shaped Card, Tune back in to see what we have created using another Cutting Cafe digi file, which I will keep a secret for now!

I have been a coffee drinker since 1975, I know the date of when my love affair began with coffee, because I was fresh out of high school with a cosmetology license. Armed with my licensed and excitement to follow my dreams in the beauty industry, I began hunting for my first position as a stylist in a salon. I landed that position on my first interview and so it began! Long days, starting early and ending late, gaining experience that could not be taught in school, I throw myself in the role as the new stylist. I swept up a lot of hair, did thousands of shampoos, rinsed perms, emptied trash, all of what was not my clients or my mess. You see, that is how you built a client base, by getting to know every client of the salon. Everyone I worked with drank coffee by the gallons and smoked. I never picked up the smoking habit, however, I sure did begin my long time love affair with coffee. I still today start everyday with a cup of coffee, and enjoy every last drop!

I started my project by recycling a very heavy piece of card board, that was part of the packing from the magnet register covers I buy at a local big box store, that I used to store my die cuts on. I try to recycle what I can in my projects, recycle, reduce, reuse.

I began by brushing on 3 different colors of acrylic paint to the cardboard, adding the darkest first and working towards the lightest last. After that was dry, I used a stencil with dots and added gold acrylic paint, by adding a bit of water to a puddle of paint, picking up the paint with a almost dry wipe and swirling it over the stencil. While that was drying, I fussy cut the word coffee, and added color to the word using distress inks and a sponge applicator. I inked all edges and set aside to dry. I created a coffee ring on the right side, and decided then to use a roughly ground instant coffee, mixed with a clear gel glue, for added interest, making sure I created some drips, and left some grounds for texture. I then added yet one more layer of texture by splattering the darkest color of the colors of latex paint over the project. After all was dry. I inked the edges of the card board, using walnut ink, and added punched photo corners. I finished of the project by punching small holes and stringing some good old fashion cotton string, for the hanger.

Are you a morning coffee drinker or all-day coffee drinker??

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

Until Next Time.........

Robin

Everyone knows I love my bling, but very few are aware of my sarcasm

Good evening everyone. Thank you The Coffee Beans for allowing me to be a part of your design team. And thank you The Cutting Cafe for sponsoring The Coffee Beans. I am known as the glitter queen by many of my friends and followers. However, I am known by a choice few of how sarcastic I can really be. I am really not a great fan of coffee.  In fact, I cannot even allow myself to swallow it.  That being said when I looked at the sentiments by Coffee Beans cut files, I had to chuckle.  I found the best coffee cup stamp from Unity Stamps Enjoyed Together set. The person standing beside the coffee cup looks very smug as if to say she is all that and a bag of chips... or should I say a bag of chocolate-covered coffee beans. I heat embossed her in Gilded embossing powder from Brutus Monroe on Very Vanilla card stock from Stampin Up and watercolored the stamped image.  I cut out the image and layered it on Gold Shimmery paper from Tonic Studios.  The card base is also Very Vanilla.  The Coffee cut file is part of The Cutting Cafe cut files which I used my Scan N Cut in black card stock.  That was glued in place in the center of the card. The sentiment which is my standing point is I love you Like I love Coffee.... To the unknown, everyone would say Awww she loves you so much... But this is saying just the opposite with a self-satisfied look. You can find the file for Coffee Word Shaped card by clicking on Coffee