Coffee & Cards with Deb & Celeste / September

It's a special day for us to post because today is National Coffee Day. So, I'm sure you can guess what our theme is !! Celeste and I have a love of coffee AND coffee cards - we really did meet through our love of both ! Today's cards celebrate our friendship, along with our love of all things coffee ..

We love coffee cards so much that we each created 2 cards . My first uses a fun little set from Flora & Fauna  - Mini Hello Autumn . This is such a cute set and so easy to color !!

• I started off with a dotted embossed Kraft card base. These were pre-made in a pack of 8 that I found at Tuesday Morning .
• I cut a square of watercolor paper to fit at the top of the card base.
• The sentiment was stamped in  Memento Dew Drop - Cottage Ivy at the bottom of the watercolor square.
• The 2 cups were stamped above the sentiment with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink .
• I colored the cups with Tombow Dual Brush Pens .
• The completed  square was popped up at the top of the card with 3L Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares .
• A strip of acorn washi was adhered across the card below the stamped image .

My next card combines a few of my favorite supplies - stamps, stickers, embossing folders and sayings.  Those donut stickers were hard to resist and I just had to pair a donut with my coffee for National Coffee Day !!

• On a piece of dark red cardstock, I embossed the coffee cups using a Tim Holtz - On The Go - embossing folder .
• The embossed paper was cut to fit my black card base, leaving just a small edge of black showing.
• I used a coffee cup from my stash that was already stamped, and paper-pieced and fussy-cut. And I can't for the life of me remember who makes that stamp !!
• I adhered the coffee cup in the lower right corner of the card.
• The donut sticker was placed next to the coffee cup.
• A Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker was applied to the left upper side of the card.

Now that you have seen my creations, take a look at what Celeste created over at her blog - Crafting Junky  . And if you're a coffee junky like me and Celeste, search for free and discounted coffee offers in your area today for National Coffee Day.  To share my love of all things coffee with you, I will choose one commenter at random from this post to receive an amazing Java Sok . These neoprene cup sleeves keep your drinks cold longer and stop condensation from making a mess. I love mine !! I have a Medium and it fits perfectly on my Venti drinks from Starbucks, but also fits drinks from other places. Today I'm drinking an Iced Pumpkin Spice Latte in my Venti reusable cup from Starbucks and have my black Java Sok over the cup. Leave a comment here on this post for a chance to win one for yourself !!

Thank you for joining Celeste and I as we celebrate this day with our fun cards !! We look forward to seeing you again next month . We'd love for you to sign up to follow our blogs if you haven't already,

Until next time, Stay Creative !!

Debra Davison / Meticulosity