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I've decided to jump into the Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop with this sweet summery card. I used a whole hodgepodge of companies for this seemingly simple card, but it was so worth it in the end!

Holy moly is this fun and summery! I'm a huge fan of a hot cup of coffee, but living in Arizona, I've gotten accustomed to the colder varieties as well. That's why I chose this fun Frappuccino image from Sugar Pea Designs to be my inspiration for this card. I started by stamping each piece to build up the image using my MISTI. It seriously makes stamping buildable pieces like this a breeze! I used a piece of post-it to mask off the whipped cream and the cup when I stamped the straw. I colored everything in with my Copics and then used my Brother Scan N Cut 2 to cut out the image since I hate fussy cutting.

Now for the background. I cut a piece of watercolor paper larger than I actually needed it to be and then used the Stitched Hillside border dies to cut my bottom sand piece. Then using the same piece, I used the Mama Elephant Ocean Waves die to cut my water piece. I left the top piece alone. Then I set to blending ink into each of the pieces with my blending tools. I used Brushed Corduroy for the sand piece, leaving the inking a little heavier at the top. I used Mermaid Lagoon for the ocean piece, but this time, inked more heavily at the bottom. I sprinkled a little water over the waves and dabbed it away for a little interest. I blended Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin, and Abandoned Coral into the top portion to look like a sunrise or sunset depending on your preference.

When the piece was completely inked, I pieced each portion back together and taped them on the back to hold them in place. Then I ran the whole thing through my Big Shot with the WPlus9 Gift Card Layer die that fits an A2 card. I used some double sided Be Creative tape to adhere my background to a card panel and then heat embossed my sentiment from Ellen Hutson in white.

I finished the whole thing off by adding my original image piece with some foam tape. A lot of work for a simple card, but it was so worth it!

Caffeine Addict	Oh Frappe	Gift Card Layers	Simple Stitched Hillside Borders	Ocean Waves	Neenah Solar White 80 lb	Canson XL Watercolor Paper	Abandoned Coral
Carved Pumpkin	Squeezed Lemonade	Mermaid Lagoon	Brushed Corduroy	Noble Fir	Memento Tuxedo Black	Copic Sketch Markers	Versamark
White Embossing Powder	EK Success Powder Tool	Mini Round Ink Blending Tool	Misti Stamping Tool	Brother Scan N Cut 2	3M Foam Tape	5mm Be Creative Tape

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