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Today I’m joining in with the gals from the Freshly Brewed Blog Hop.

Perfect name for the blog hop given this week’s theme! So what is your prefence – tea or coffee?

I start my day with a couple of cups of tea and move onto coffee a little later. Dare I say, I used to drink far more coffee that I do now.

I decided to make a coffee shaker card for this challenge – and, yes, that’s real instant coffee in the jar.

I have used a Crumb Cake card base. The smaller layer, in the same colour, has had Soft Suede ink flicked onto it. Then I ‘stamped’ the coffee cup rings using the base of a sponge dauber.

The coffee beans, from the PRESS ON STAMP SET, were stamped in Soft Suede, as well, onto a piece of Whisper White card. Then it was passed through my amazing STAMPIN’ CUT & EMBOSS MACHINE using the OLD WORLD 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER.

Using the JAR PUNCH, I created the space to adhere the MASON JAR SHAKER DOME to the white layer. Once I added some coffee I placed a piece of WINDOW SHEET over the back of the dome to hold it in place.

The two stamped and embossed coffee cups were cut from the jar shape. The cup shape is from the LOVE YOU MORE THAN DIES. The third cup was cut from a piece of DSP from the NEUTRALS 6″x 6″ BUNDLE.

I also stamped the jar lid using the JAR OF FLOWERS STAMP SET. A bit of fussy cutting and the lid is ‘off the jar’.

The final part of the card is the sentiment which is from the NOTHING’S BETTER THAN STAMP SET.

I used my trimmer to cut some of the sentiment and fussy cut the rest.

Now it’s time for a coffee.

Make sure you look at all the projects shared today. Here is a list of those hopping along today.

• Debbie Yeomans  
• Leonie Schroder
• Ann Craig
• Libby Dyson
• Michele Miller – you are here.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia, you can order any of them through me.

Press On Cling Stamp Set [153392] $38.00	Jar Of Flowers Photopolymer Stamp Set [152515] $40.00	Nothing's Better Than Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152507] $38.00
Love You More Than Dies [152698] $52.00	Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder [153200] $17.50	Jar Punch [152703] $31.00
Mason Jar Shaker Domes [153100] $11.25	Window Sheets [142314] $8.75	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Neutrals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152485] $20.00
Whisper White C6 Envelopes [106588] $13.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00	Water Painters [151298] $21.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $14.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

One of my goals, for the new Stampin’ Up!® year, is to participate regualrly in blog hops and design challenges.

This post is of a card I made for #GDP268. The design team is made up of 10 very talented demonstrators from around the world.

This week’s project is a CASE challenge – CASE = Copy And Selectively Edit.

I decided to focus on the card’s layout and make it my own.

This is a weekly challenge and finishes on Sunday. I hope that you pop over to the Global Design Project page to see what the Design Team has created, as well as the entries from those participating. You may even want to play along yourself.

So, here is the card I made.

I knew that I wanted to use the DANDELIONS 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER and the SWEET SILHOUETTE DIES for this card.

The Misty Moonlight and Silver were inspired by the twine from the FLOWERS FOR EVERY SEASON RIBBON COMBO PACK. THen I chose the Seaside Spray for a lighter shade of blue.

Rather than using one of my GOLD HOOP EMBELLISHMENTS, I wrapped the twine three times to create a circle.

The banner’s texture comes from the TASTEFUL TEXTILE 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER.

Creating the raised FOREVER sentiment is so easy when you use the ADHESIVE SHEETS.The silver dandelions were also layered and two extra flower heads were ‘scrunched’ and adhered into place.

The finIShing touch, on the card front, called for a few RHINESTONE BASIC JEWELS.

A silver Forever was adhered to the card insert and two more silver dandelions to the envelope front.

I’m looking forward to participating each week.

I hope you like my card!

THanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia, I can help you order them.

Sweet Silhouettes Dies [149541] $61.00	Dandelions 3D Embossing Folder [152953] $17.50	Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder [152718] $15.75	Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086] $15.25	Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock [150889] $15.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $8.75	Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack [153620] $17.50	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75
Whisper White C6 Envelopes [106588] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

Last Wednesday, I watched a Facebook Live from Ronda Wade. She showed how to make her style of gift bag.

She used two 12″x 12″ sheets of DESIGNER SERIES PAPER. Both pieces are scored the same way – 1″ on one side and 3″ on the other three.

I found that if I moved the three sides just slightly away from the SIMPLY SCORED SCORING TOOL edge, this piece would slip just over the top of the other half of the gift bag. This gives a snug fit and makes it sit well when adhered.

The 1″ edge is folded so that the reverse side of the DSP shows. This is then adhered in place.

The three sides were then burnished with a bone folder. On the lower edge (opposite the edge with the 1″ folded down edge), the two 3″ crease lines that run upwards then need to be cut.

I decided to use the STAMPIN’ SEAL + because it is such a strong adhesive.

I used the GLEAMING BRIGHTLY SPECIALTY DSP for these gift bags.

I made four gift bags in the same size.

I made a coordinating gift card for each and stamped Christmas Wishes from the BANNER YEAR STAMP SET.

The sides are pressed in firmly at the top and gently folded in down the length of each side.

After these bags, I decided to start experimenting with measurements.

This slender gift box used just one sheet of DSP cut in half. The pieces were scored at 1″ on one narrow edge of each piece. The remaining sides are scored at 2″. The bag measures 2″ in both width and depth. It is 11.75″ in height.

This bag also uses just one sheet of DSP. The 1″ top edge is scored and the sides are scored at 1″. The bag measures 4″ in width, 1″ in depth and 11.75″ in height.

I’m so pleased that I caught Ronda’s Live presentation. These are going to be my go to gift bags!

The bulldog clips are not from Stampin’ Up!®. They were from a stationery store.

I’m sure that whoever buys these, at my market stall in two weeks, will find lots of perfect goodies to fill them.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make these gift bags. If you live in Australia, you can order any of them through me.

Banner Year Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [153464] $30.00	Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper [150429] $26.00	Simply Scored [122334] $50.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683] $15.25	Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock [150886] $15.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Basket Weave & Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack [153553] $14.00