Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Consciousness

For my Tuesday Morning Sketches Design Team card, see here.

Hello again! I'm back with another coffee-themed card!  I've been inspired by the 2020 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. There are already over 700 link-ups and lots of amazing inspiration!  Thank you to Amy and her team for organizing another fun hop!  I made this card for hubby and he got a kick out of it!


I started with the background by stencilling the coffee rings and splotches with Brushed Corduroy Distress Oxide on a kraft panel, which I die-cut with a stitched rectangle (Gina Marie Designs) and then layered onto red cardstock.  This funny image, including the sentiment, is Bugaboo Stamps Gus Tidbits Consciousness and I coloured it with markers and fussy-cut so I could pop it up on foam tape.  I also fussy-cut the sentiment and adhered with foam tape.  

I recycled a coffee sleeve (see photo below)!  I've been wanting to use this on a card for ages and finally did!  I trimmed and layered it according to the sketch below and then stamped the sentiment (Your Next Stamp Happiness is You).  I also included the caution words from the coffee sleeve, which I thought were fun and worked well with the sketch.  I printed the buttons in red (Scribbles Designs freebie, thank you!), fussy-cut, and adhered.


My card design was inspired by Sketch Saturday 611:


I was also inspired by these 8 challenges: 
Caffeine Fueled Paper Play Coffee, Tea or Cocoa product from any sponsor (Your Next Stamp) UE
Die Cut Divas Make it a Beverage (stitched rectangle die) 4/4 
Double D Begins with M (man) 2/3
Double Trouble 57 Week 2 Brown Bag-It Day and Red (Thing1 Kraft, Thing3 Red) 1/4
Pixie's Snippet Playground 378 (Snippets are recycled coffee sleeve, kraft and red cardstock) 1E C10
Scribbles Designs 89 Brads, Buttons or Bows 1/3
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Recycle (coffee sleeve) 1/5
STAMPlorations May Stencil AG w Stencil UE



Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

29 comments:

New Creations said...

Hehe! So much fun! I am sure your hubby love this card!
Love the recycling too with cute image and fun sentiment!
Hugs!

Margreet said...

Great card with my favorite Gus. Understand that your hubby loved it.
Today I made a card with that sketch too (Thursday on my blog).
xxx Margreet

Lady Joyful said...

This is so fun!

Donna said...

What a fun masculine card! What would we do without coffee (I know your not a coffee drinker so I should say coffee, tea or hot chocolate!)

Chandhini said...

That's a clever use of the coffee sleeve, how creative. I love the card you made, the sentiment is awesome.

Fikreta said...

this is so great card!

Suzanne H said...

I have a bunch of those coffee sleeves in my stash too. I like what you've done with it. I'm working on my Double Trouble card right now too. Great card.

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is great Kitty. It made me laugh out loud. I am glad hubby saw the humor in it. Awesome colouring & layout sweetie.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx

Linda Simpson said...

Brilliant card Kitty, the image made me giggle as did the sentiment.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Michelle N. said...

Really cute, humorous card-this sounds like my life now! Thanks for joining us at Die Cut Divas!

Cindy C. said...

Hahaha super fun card, and great re-purpose of the coffee cup sleeve! Thanks for joining in our May challenge at Die Cut Divas.

Alyson Mayo said...

Although I am not a coffee drinker, I love that image. The sentiment is so perfect, especially for how many of us are feeling at this time. Back to my nap :)

Debi said...

I have some coffee sleeves stashed somewhere and I always forget to use them. Your card looks great! I think Gus needs a haircut.
Hugs, Debi

Lisa Lynn said...

Kitty this is adorable and naturally I was wondering why Gus had a mustache...now I know, lol. So glad you are joining the coffee hop.

Verna Angerhofer said...

So cute and great recycling of the coffee sleeve.

Holly AKA KopyKat said...

lol, this is so funny! Love it.

Donna Scholz said...

What a clever idea to use the coffee cup wrap on your card, KT! Using a coffee rings for the background paper is really cute. Great job of coloring your androgynous coffee drinker, too. Thank you for sharing your creative "juices" with us at Double Trouble this week!!! -Donna

Billie A said...

Cute card. Who doesn't love Gus..

Andrea W said...

Terrific masculine coffee card! I love that you used a recycled coffee sleeve and your stenciling looks wonderful.

Arlene said...

Super fun and so cute. Love your up-cycling. Glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2020/05/casual-fridays-with-challenge-to-make.html for our "Make it a Beverage" challenge for May sponsored by Super Sponsor Cas-ual Fridays Stamps.

aussie aNNie said...

Gus is a character and a half, and what a fabulous fun card you make with the goodies here.xx

Melanie Hungerford said...

What a funny card, nothing wrong with taking plenty of naps though! Your use of the coffee wrap is very clever. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble!
Melanie

Barbara said...

There are a lot of things that start with an "M" and I would not have thought of MAN. This is super funny and creative. Thanks so much for joining in the fun at Double D Challenge " begins with the letter M." Good luck!
Barbara DT

Suzanne Reynolds said...

Great idea of using a kraft coffee cup sleeve for a panel on your card...fun car and great sentiment. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble.

Di said...

What a great card Kitty! You reminded me that I have a load of coffee cup sleeves that I brought home from New Mexico to use on cards - if only I can find them of course!

Hugs

Di xx

Darlene said...

What a fabulous card for hubby and the recycled sleeve was a great idea ... looks awesome! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Begins with “M”’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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Asmah Zainal Abidin said...

What a fun coffee background and the sentiment is cute. Thank you for another lovely creation entered in the May Stencil Challenge. Godd Luck my friend and stay safe stay happy :)
Hugs and smiles,
Asmah
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MariLynn said...

This is so funny. Love the use of the coffee sleeve. Thanks for sharing with STAMPlorations Stencil Challenge.

Lisa said...

Hahahaha!! So fun! Love it!