Wedding Table Numbers Marker Coffee Beans 2020

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Robin here with The Lady Beans Blog, sharing my project with a great digi hand drawn by our very own Anne Ingram. Her wedding cake can be found at http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ladybeandigistamps

I just recently attended the sweetest wedding. Held at the historic Botzum Farm, located in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The wedding was outside and then we made our way to the barn, decorated with sunflowers, burlap, and lace. The bride wore a beautiful gown, and her cowboy boots!

I was asked to use Anne's wedding cake digi and create a wedding project. I was inspired by the sunflowers, burlap and lace found at the wedding.

Wouldn't these be beautiful as table markers? I can see these used as a tent card marker, on a floral tag holder in a jar of sunflowers, or just laid in the center of the table.

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your  kind comments

Until Next Time......

Robin

Spring Daffodils Coffee Beans May 2020

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Where is Spring? April 1 is the day I turn off the heat, not this year. I live in Northeast Ohio, it snowed on May 9. Needless to say my daffodils are frozen.  Thanks to the The Coffee Bean Stamping Machine, I brightened up my craft room while working with their digi daffodils.

Here's what I did
I covered a MDF tag with white card stock. Using Distress Oxide, Fossilized Amber I stenciled the left side of tag. I colored the daffodils with same ink, using a small oval make up brush. I added color to leaves using the same brush and technique. Fussy cut the image out, adhere to the tag. Add a black bow, add black flat back pearls.

Be sure to visit the Coffee Beans blog to see what my talented team mates have created.

Thanks for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments

Until Next Time.....

Robin

Fresh and Springy Tulips Altered Paint Brush

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Robin here with The Coffee Beans sharing a fresh and springy altered paintbrush. I used the beautiful Tulips digi stamp from our own Annie Collins which can be found on the Facebook Page The Multi Crafters Craft Cafe, go to photos, click albums, look for The Coffee Bean Stamp Machine, scroll till see the tulip set.

Supplies: Paintbrush, old and painty or a new one that can be painted up.
                Paint of your choice
                Foam brush
                Lace, ephemera, embellishments, digi image, ribbon
                Hot glue gun

What I did: I painted my new brush, here and there. I painted the bristle of the brush to match, just the top layer and then along the bottom of the bristles.

Using a heat gun, I dried the brush top and sides. I then carefully hit the bristles with heat which then caused the bristle to melt and shrink a bit, making it looked like it had been used.

Then taking care I scrap paint off  here and then further adding to the used look.

I then colored my tulips using an eye make up applicator and distress oxide ink, starting at the bottom and blending up.

Using the glue gun I adhered the lace, arranged the tulips gluing down, added the ephemera, the ribbon for the hanger and there you have it!

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments.

Until Next Time......

Robin

And We Have Lift Off! Coffee Beans March 2020

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Robin here with The Coffee Beans sharing a card featuring this most adorable bunny, flying high in the sky in a hot air balloon for Easter! Thanks to our awesome sponsor Bugaboo Stamps for this fun image!

I colored my image using colored pencils, pop dotted him over the ribbon and two bright mats. Rounded the corners, added a butterfly and sequins to complete my card.

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments.

Until Next Time...

Robin

Dolphin Love ATC Lady Beans Blog Feb 2020

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Robin here with the Lady Beans Blog Spot. I am sharing an adorable digi set from Judy Markowitz  of The Coffee Bean Stamping Machine, Dolphin Love.

I enjoy creating ATCs litlte works of art , Artist Trading Cards, which are to be traded, not sold. I thought this cute dolphin would be perfect for a ATC!

                                                                   Cute? Right!

I printed out the digi set, fussy cut all the pieces out. I colored the dolphin with colored pencils and then inked the edges of the sentiment. I matted the pattern paper with a kraft background, pop dotted the dolphin and adhered the sentiment. Quick and cute!

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments,

Until Next Time....

Robin

His & Hers Coffee Cups Home Decor- Coffee Bean Blog Nov 2019

November 11 2019

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Robin here with my project for ,Lady Beans Blog. Lemony Fizz Stamps By Rhoda is our sponsor this month with these two super cute coffee cups!

Oh Boy! Do I ever need my coffee in the morning, LOL, the alarm goes off at 5 am and I stumble through  the house till I find the coffee pot! It seems like forever and a day before my coffee has dripped and I can smell the aroma I am addicted too. LOL

Check out my take on these two cute cups,

I love to use found items in my crafting. I found this block set of 3 that spelled out JOY, I fell in love with them, and as you can see they have worked perfectly for my project. I saved the third for another project.

I used a Tim Holtz die cut, Tattered flowers for her cup and I printed out the digi twice and cut his mustache in brown.

Wouldn't these look cute in your kitchen setting by your coffee maker??

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments

Stay tuned for more projects using Lemony Fizz Stamps by Rhoda

Until Next Time......

Robin

Happy Fall Y'All Coffee Beans Design Team 2019

Oct 27 2018

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Robin here with Lemony Fizz Stamps by Rhoda, for the Coffee Beans Blog.

Happy Fall Y'All ! This one of my favorite times of year! I love the cooler weather and changing scenery. The smell and sound of the leaves under my feet are music to my ears! Thanksgiving is on its way and my family has already began to plan our day. Filled with everyone's favorites, a bottle of wine will be the perfect compliment.

I am taking this bottle of spirits with this adorable bottle hanger as a hostess gift for my son and daughter in law. 

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments

Until Next Time.......

Robin

Fun Coffee Survival Backpack for The Coffee Beans Blog 10/11/2019

October 12 2019

Welcome Back Friends, Robin here, for The Coffee Bean Challenge Blog. Please consider joining us with your creations.

I am excited to share a fun project sponsored by The Cutting Cafe, Backpack Template and Cutting File, Thank You to Regina from Cutting Cafe for sponsoring me and the design team this month!

Coffee, Coffee,Coffee, how do we survive without it?! I can't! I have to have my coffee, first thing in the morning. I drink one cup, and do I need it! After working with the Cutting Cafes, Coffee card last month, I decided to carry on the theme this month, with a Coffee Survival Backpack!

I followed the easy instructions that came with the backpack download. I  added ink on all edges using Distress Ink in Walnut Stain. I had a few sentiments left over from the coffee card and added one to the front of the backpack.

Thank for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments

Until next time,,,,,,,,,

Robin

Coffee Lovers Mixed Media Wall Hanger- Cutting Cafes Digi Stamp for the Coffee Beans Challenge Blog

September 27 2019

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Robin here creating for The Coffee Beans Challenge Blog, a brand new challenge blog! Please consider joining us on the blog for some fun, and show off your creations.

Thank You to our sponsor this month, the Cutting Cafe, for the use of The Coffee Word Shaped Card, Tune back in to see what we have created using another Cutting Cafe digi file, which I will keep a secret for now!

I have been a coffee drinker since 1975, I know the date of when my love affair began with coffee, because I was fresh out of high school with a cosmetology license. Armed with my licensed and excitement to follow my dreams in the beauty industry, I began hunting for my first position as a stylist in a salon. I landed that position on my first interview and so it began! Long days, starting early and ending late, gaining experience that could not be taught in school, I throw myself in the role as the new stylist. I swept up a lot of hair, did thousands of shampoos, rinsed perms, emptied trash, all of what was not my clients or my mess. You see, that is how you built a client base, by getting to know every client of the salon. Everyone I worked with drank coffee by the gallons and smoked. I never picked up the smoking habit, however, I sure did begin my long time love affair with coffee. I still today start everyday with a cup of coffee, and enjoy every last drop!

I started my project by recycling a very heavy piece of card board, that was part of the packing from the magnet register covers I buy at a local big box store, that I used to store my die cuts on. I try to recycle what I can in my projects, recycle, reduce, reuse.

I began by brushing on 3 different colors of acrylic paint to the cardboard, adding the darkest first and working towards the lightest last. After that was dry, I used a stencil with dots and added gold acrylic paint, by adding a bit of water to a puddle of paint, picking up the paint with a almost dry wipe and swirling it over the stencil. While that was drying, I fussy cut the word coffee, and added color to the word using distress inks and a sponge applicator. I inked all edges and set aside to dry. I created a coffee ring on the right side, and decided then to use a roughly ground instant coffee, mixed with a clear gel glue, for added interest, making sure I created some drips, and left some grounds for texture. I then added yet one more layer of texture by splattering the darkest color of the colors of latex paint over the project. After all was dry. I inked the edges of the card board, using walnut ink, and added punched photo corners. I finished of the project by punching small holes and stringing some good old fashion cotton string, for the hanger.

Are you a morning coffee drinker or all-day coffee drinker??

Thank You for visiting and as always I appreciate your kind comments.

Until Next Time.........

Robin