Coffee Break Designer Series Paper for CTS241

I’m excited to share today’s project.  Since the moment I finished making it this weekend, I’ve been excited to share it.  It features colors and images I love from a Designer Series Paper I love.  It’s all pulled together with a super-fun sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch – that I love.  I don’t want to build it up too much (I never want to disappoint), so here’s my card:

And here’s the banner for this week’s CAS(E) This Sketch challenge that inspired my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Coffee Break Designer Series Paper.  I’ve been in love with the Coffee Break Designer Series paper since it was introduced earlier this year – I love the images, patterns and colors!  I love the papers even more as the mornings get cooler (I enjoy my coffee even more on cold days).  With only two little stamps on this card and a couple of borders of cardstock, I pretty much used this cardstock to create today’s card.  Here’s a look at the colors and patterns in the Coffee Break Designer Series Paper:  Coffee Break Designer Series Paper is one of the papers that’s on sale in October (buy 3, get 1 free) – you don’t want to miss this deal!  What fun!  Click this banner to see all the papers that are a part of this special:
• Snip-Snip-Stamp-Stamp.  I snipped the super-groovy coffee pot and the sweet cup of coffee from the one page of the Coffee Break Designer Series Paper and layered them on a 2-1/4″ circle of Whisper White cardstock.  Such an easy way to use some of the images in this pack of papers – there’s a variety of mug, pots of coffee and French presses to choose from.  I didn’t need to stamp or color a thing to have a fun image for my layered circle.  The card features two small stamps that play a supporting role in this card.  The sentiment is from Merry Cafe, a stamp set from the Holiday Catalog:
  

  Merry Cafe, Stampin’ Up!

  The little wisp of steam is actually the water that blows out from the whale in Message in a Bottle – how fun is that?!:

  

  Message in a Bottle, Stampin’ Up!

• Retro Colors.  I couldn’t share this card without talking about this gorgeous combination of colors.  I love all the warm and sweet colors used in this pack of papers – my card features three of them – Garden Green, Soft Sky and Pear Pizzazz.  If you like the retro feel of these colors as much as I do, please save this:

Stamp Sets:  Merry Cafe, Message in a Bottle  Papers:  Coffee Break Designer Series Paper, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White  Inks:  Archival Basic Black  Accessories:  2-1/4″ Circle punch, Layering Circles Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Coffee Break Designer Series Paper – 144155

Price: $11.00

Merry Café Photopolymer Stamp Set – 144965

Price: $17.00

Message In A Bottle Photopolymer Stamp Set – 143707

Price: $17.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 120953

Price: $8.00

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 131201

Price: $8.00

2-1/4″ (5.7 Cm) Circle Punch – 143720

Price: $18.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies – 141705

Price: $35.00

Supply List

I hope you’ll pop over to the CAS(E) This Sketch site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

Save While You Celebrate World Card Making Day.  World Card Making Day is October 7.  To celebrate World Card Making Day, Stampin’ Up! is kicking off a 10-day sale.   Until October 10, you can:

• earn a 15% discount on Whisper White and Very Vanilla Note Cards & Envelopes
• earn a 15% discount on select stamp sets from the Annual & Holiday Catalogs
• get 2 Fast Fuse refills when you buy 1 Fast Fuse (WOW!)

To see all of the items in the World Card Making Day sale, CLICK HERE.

Coffee Break Designer Series Paper is one of the papers that’s on sale in October (buy 3, get 1 free) – you don’t want to miss this deal!  What fun!  Click this banner to see all the papers that are a part of this special: