Books and Coffee with Not 2 Shabby

Hello crafty friends! I'm sharing a card design today featuring the lovely Cottage Comforts paper and ephemera from this month's Not 2 Shabby Paper Pad Club. The adorable book stack inspired a coffee theme (coffee is always on my mind! 😀), and I used a portion of the milk cup and bread loaf ephemera piece, coloring it with Copic markers to resemble coffee, then fussy cut. It's arranged on a shelf with a pretty vase of flowers, and the stack of books.

The Books Galore paper pack provided the perfect sentiment, which I foiled in champagne and die-cut with the EZ Wonder Die #1 Add Ons. I added some brown marker details to the coffee beans to tie in the browns from the coffee and shelf.

For the card, I used the large square from the EZ Wonder Die #1 Add On, butterfly paper from the Cottage Comforts pack, sage green paper from the Fresh Start collection, and matte gold cardstock to echo the foiled sentiment. Spring Bling Sparkly Enamel Dots and some glitter markers complete the design.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

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Bunny Blooms with Not 2 Shabby

Hey crafty friends! Happy Thursday! Get ready for another This or That challenge on Instagram! This week's theme is Clean & Simple or Intricate. Confession: I'm usually a "more is more" kind of gal, but this sweet little bunny from Not 2 Shabby's Time for Spring collection totally stole my heart and inspired me to create a clean and simple design. Isn't it just darling?

I first cut a panel of white cardstock to 3.75" x 5" and embossed about half of it with a swiss dots embossing folder from way back in the day. I'm pretty sure this was the one that came with my original Cuttlebug, and it's still a favorite of mine! After embossing, I used a scrap of the Time for Spring paper from a previous card to fill in the other portion of the embossed panel.

I used a couple of banners from the EZ Wonder Die #1 to break up the layout a bit and ground the bunny and cart.  I used one of the EZ die cuts to cover the wagon portion of the ephemera, then popped the bunny ephemera up on dimensionals.  I finished with a sentiment from the Enjoy the Ride stamp set.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you have some time, head on over to Instagram to see what my crafty friends have cooked up with this week's This or That theme!

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