Our wonderful group of six (6) very talented ladies, known as the "Lilac Inkers" meets the second Wednesday of each month. We decided as a group to see how far we could stretch a stamp set. Each person took the "Coffee Lovers" stamp set home for a month or two. The challenge was to create cards using only this stamp set. We did not share the completed cards as each person finished them...in fact I am the only one who has seen ALL of the cards. There are 24 different cards and no two are alike...amazing!!! Did I mention "talented"....WOW...Grab a cup of "coffee" and be prepared to see some wonderful eye candy.... On with the show....
These first two cards were created by Ann. I love the complementary embossing, great color combo. Ann used one of the border stamps on the top of the left side card.
The next two cards were created by yours truly. A little masking helped with these adorable stacked coffee cups.The border stamps were used under those tiny stacked cups. Love how the heart border compliments the heart on the coffee cup on the card on the right.
Maria created these beauties...WOW teal and black is officially a favorite color combo for me! Stunning cards!
Up next is Pamela. Love how the striped border (card on right) from the set matches the stripes on the coffee cup. The yellow ribbons and layered dies sure do convey the feeling of "warm"
Me again. Notice how the black and red card has no mention of coffee? This stamp set has something for everyone even if you are not a "coffee" lover! One classic card, one distressed card, one stamp set.
This delightful card was created by Luba. Love how the "a friend is" portion is popped up with foam tape.
This is the inside from Luba's card. She actually fussy cut those tiny cups, just adorable!
These cards were designed by Cathy, our resident CAS and anything tiny and delicate expert. Beauty in simplicity comes to mind. Once again the border stamp on the top and bottom of card on the right.
As I mentioned...CAS, tiny, delicate...the insides of Cathy's cards. She also fussy cut the tiny cup and hand drew steam rising above the cup and used the border stamp to form a table for the cup to sit on!
A couple more cards that I created, The card on the left shows no signs of coffee. The border stamp was used on the card on the right near the bottom and around the holder on the cup. Almost looks like a UPC code.
Bright yellow smiley face card and "something for you" card were created by Luba. She also used one of the border stamps several times beneath the coffee cup.
Maria designed these great cards. Love how she used the circle stamp with the negative heart. She stamped it then used a smaller circle punch so that it would fit onto the cup holder. A little washi tape, and some twine sure do add a pop of color. One masculine, one feminine, one stamp set!
Designed and created by Pamela. "A little something for you" really stands out in front of that embossed background.
I occasionally get the desire to do multiple layers, pearls, pearl flourishes, hand rolled flowers, glitter, embossing, die cuts, floss, distressing, selecting portions of a stamp.... I did all of these on the card on the left-hand side. There are actually 5 layers in the center, the bottom one is covered with wink of stella, one layer is embossed and the center was done by carefully inking only a portion of the stamp. Phew got that outta my system for a while...back to CAS for me...lol
This final card with "gift" was created by Maria...how adorable is that? OMG what a FAB idea...wish I had thought of that.
This is a look at the complete stamp set. It can be purchased at
http://www.preciousremembranceshop.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=119
I hope you enjoyed our labor of "coffee" love. There were also some marvelous insides in these cards but in order to keep this post at a reasonable length, all of them were not shown.
I have the pleasure of creating, chatting and sharing wonderful ideas with this marvelous group of talented ladies...what a lucky person I am...around of applause for these lovely "Lilac Inkers".
Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.
Hello hello Marie!!! I was so excited to see a post from you, it's been so long and I've missed your beautiful cards! What a fabulous line up of cards from this talented group of ladies, my goodness!! Like you mentioned, no two are alike but they all have one thing in common...prettiness!! You my friend are a talented card maker!! I hope you start posting again, I miss you ;) Dyane posted about your group on the PRS Facebook page!!
ReplyDeleteWow, Marie, what an amazing post! I also saw it posted by Dyane at Facebook and I had to come check it out because I adore that coffee stamp set. I am AMAZED at the awesome originality, creativity, and talent of your fun card group! Each card is fabulous...I wish I could see the insides of the cards, too! I have to add these to my Pinterest board...I love each and every card! Well done! I have to say, I also love the idea of sharing a stamp set among a group and seeing what you all come up with...very clever idea!
ReplyDeleteHi Marie, I too an AMAZED by all of the FABULOUS cards made with this PR Coffee Love stamp set! LOVE them all and so happy to see your post!
ReplyDeleteYour Lilac Inkers group sounds like so much fun!! Beautiful cards by everyone, and that's such a neat idea to see how each one uses the stamps!
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