March Step by Step tutorial: You Mean a Latte to Me

Hey Tea Timers, hope you're all well! It's been a long old winter, hasn't it? I can't believe it's still snowing in March! Definitely still need a nice hot drink after the school run, which leads me to this month's card…

To make this partial shaker card, you'll need:

- Coffee beans stencil

- Brown ink and an ink blending tool (I used blender brushes)

- Pumpkin Spice stamp set and co-ordinating dies 

- Acetate or clear packaging 

- Circle die

- White and black cardstock

- White embossing powder, anti static powder, embossing ink & heat tool

- Colouring medium of your choice (I used Copics)

- Paper trimmer or scissors

- Double sided tape

- Liquid glue or foam dots

- Gold Sequins

 

Instructions:

1. Start by making the coffee bean background. Apply brown ink to a piece of white cardstock using a blending tool (I used gathered twigs distress oxide and a blender brush). Then, apply a darker coat of the brown ink over the top through the Coffee Beans stencil.

2. Die cut a circle from an A2 panel of white cardstock - with the edge of the die hanging over the edge of the panel.

3. Take a piece of acetate or clear packaging (I used a sleeve from a stamp set). Place the coffee bean panel inside the packaging and add in the gold Sequins, then seal. If using acetate, fold it around the back of the panel on 3 sides, add the Sequins, then seal the final side with double sided tape. 

4. Glue the White panel on to the front of the shaker.

5. Stamp, colour and die cut two of the coffee mugs from the Pumpkin Spice set.

6. Dust a piece of Black cardstock with an anti static powder tool. Stamp the sentiment with embossing ink and add White embossing powder. Shake off the excess and set with a heat tool.

7. Trim down the sentiment with a paper trimmer and add to the front of the card with foam tape or glue. Add the coffee mugs with foam tape.

Thanks for joining me again, and hopefully by next month, we’ll be enjoying some warmer weather!