Friends and Coffee…what could be better?

I made this for a friend I don’t get to see much… actually, I’ve only seen her once.  But how nice it would be to sit and chat with her while enjoying our lattes.

I think this is one of the cutest sets from My Favorite Things…”Hot Stuff”.  I love the little swirls of steam rising outside of the box.

For this card, I stamped the lady three times, once onto the patterned paper and twice onto vanilla cardstock.  I colored the mug on the first vanilla image, cut out the dress from the patterned paper and adhered it to the same vanilla image.  On the extra image, I colored and cut out the arms, then attached them to the first image.  I stamped the beans separately, coloring, cutting them out and attaching in the corner.

I didn’t have any matching ribbons, eyelets or brads so I made my own “rivet-type” things.  I punched the center hole (1/4″) from the darker green paper then used a 1/2″ punch, centering the 1/4″ hole, to punch the “rivet.”  I then punched a 1/2″ circle from the lighter green and adhered that beneath the darker green.

The inside of the card reads “The perfect blend.”  I think I’ll include a small gift card, enough for a Grande Vanilla Latte, no fat, light whip…or something similar. 😉

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

p.s.  I’ll be working on more SU designs as soon as I get my order!

     Cardstock:  SU Very Vanilla

     Patterned Paper:  My Mind’s Eye Tres Jolie Bonjour “Memories” Floral Stripe/Turquoise and

     Tiny Dots/Bleu Papier

     Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Hot Stuff”

     Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, SU Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery

     Accessories:  ¼” and ½” circle punches, aquapainter

     Finished card size:  4 ¼” x 4 ¼”