Today I decided to spend a couple of hours making a set of cards with a new stamp/die set I just bought. It is called Joe To Go by Taylored Expressions. When I ran across it online, I thought it was a cute set, and it was made in the USA, which was a plus. I had some Christmas money left, and it was burning a hole in my pocket, so I ordered it! I wanted to make something when it arrived Saturday, but already had plans, but knew Sunday afternoon would be perfect for making a card.
I thought it would be nice to use it for something that would work for Valentine's Day, but wouldn't be limited to just that. I decided the coffee cup, with the heart accent, would be perfect. After stamping and die-cutting the cup, I colored the wrap area with a R29 Copic. I then stamped and die-cut a lid from red card stock, and die-cut a wrap from brown card stock. I glued the cup/lid/wrap together, and thought it looked pretty good.
I decided to use one of the sentiments from the set, stamped it on white card stock and matted it with the same red I used for the lid. I added the leftover heart from cutting out the wrap for a little accent on the sentiment, attaching with a pop dot for dimension.
I made a card base from the brown card stock, layered with red card stock and added a white embossed layer (Darice Beach Waves) which I thought looked a little like steam when turned sideways, attached the cup with a pop dot, and was done with the front.
Inside, I just added white card stock to write on,
and added a red heart to accent it.
