Hi! I’m very happy to be with you today with a post as the January Guest Designer for Coffee Loving Cardmakers!
Want to warm up with some tea? I love me a BIG cup of tea, especially on a day like today. It was 16°F (that’s about -9°C, right?) when I checked the temperature this morning! BRRRRR! You’d never know that I grew up in Maine!
I’ve become a WEATHER WIMP! I’d better toughen up because my family and I are moving back to Maine this Spring!
Anyway, nothing like warm tea on a COLD day!
Thanks so much, Amy, for inviting me!
🙂
I have 4 (+ 1 = 5) CAS cards to share with you today. 
I’d be very happy if you’d like to……
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I’d like to play this red version along at FUSION. I flipped the sketch and used the photo for inspiration too. Happy 3rd Anniversary!
I decided that I needed to increase the number of masculine cards in my stash, so I took this opportunity to do so.
I used the CUTplorations die to make my stamp.
I have a fun discount code for you! Shery, of STAMPlorations, has generously given me a code to share with you.
Use COUPON code STAMPGIRLMELISSA and receive 20% OFF at STAMPlorations!
To make these cards, first, I created a homemade foam stamp, using the die, and stamped the cup with steam. This is a new technique to me and was inspired by Jennifer McGuire in one of her recent videos on how to stretch your supplies. I stamped 3 blue cups and 1 black one and 1 red one.
Here’s a quick slideshow of the process that I used to make the red stamped card.
For this blue card, I used a CUTplorations ‘thanks’ word die, sponged with Hero Arts blue dye ink.
Then, I triple-stacked for the sentiment on this first card. I’d like to play this card at CASology. The blue is a cool/cold color and I love to drink tea when it is cold outside. 
Using the negative from the die cut on the first card, I made a ‘thanks’ stencil and sponged the thanks onto this next card.
I fussy cut my stencil out and added that as the sentiment on this third card.
I kept this next card very basic and B&W. 
I cut around the negative space that remained from one of the white ‘thanks’ die cuts from the first card (above – the card with the blue ‘thanks’ stacked on top of several white ones) and attached the white outline as the sentiment on this card. 
I had a lot of fun using this technique. I loved how the homemade stamp printed the image. I enjoyed it so much that I have 2 more cards to share with you next week. Those two are less CAS and I’m excited to share those with you too. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by!
Grace & Peace,
Melissa
P.S. Here’s a fun video for your encouragement. Happy New Year!
P.P.S. Here’s the coupon code again. There’s no expiration, as long as I’m a STAMPlorations Girl, this code will be valid.
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Does warm tea for a COLD day count for CASology? 🙂
SSS Wednesday’s: Simon Says: New Something: Making a foam stamp with a die is a new technique to me.
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thanks for the tutorial, love this!
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Fabulous set of cards! And your homemade stamp is wonderful and works so well! Thanks so much for joining us at Fusion.
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Love this awesome set of cards Melissa!
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Amazing cards, love how you have created your own stamps with the dies, very clever !
Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week.
Jo x
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Just look at all that monochromatic goodness! Love this clean design, Melissa! Congratulations on your guest designer position! 🙂
Thanks so much for joining us over at CASology again!
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What a cool collection of coffee/tea inspired cards, Melissa! Thanks for joining us at the Fusion 3rd Anniversary celebration!
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YAY… Congratulations on being CLC Guest Designer this month. LOVE all your CAS cards, Melissa. And that foam stamp our out of die cut is totally awesome way of stretching the die. Thanks for sharing the tutorial too!
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Wow…. a fantastic set of coffee-themed thank you cards and an amazing technique (to my craft cave to try this out asap!)! Such a lovely addition to the Fusion gallery!!
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Your cards are fabulous, Melissa; wonderful showcases of one of my favourite coffee images! I haven’t tried creating my own stamps with dies yet, but you’ve sure given me incentive to do so! Wishing you ‘safe journeys’ for your move ‘home’! So thrilled you joined the FUSION gallery, too! I can relate to the ‘brrrrr’….It’s -28C here! Long johns are on all the time!
Hugs~carol
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