Dads and Grads 2018!!!

Happy Father's Day 2018

Greetings all!

Hope this post finds everyone enjoying the end of school and end of Spring season! A HUGE shout out to all the Dads and Grads who are celebrating in 2018.  I wanted to share two cards I created in honor of the festivities and encourage you to try out these ideas.

The first card, "I love you a latte", used a basic layering technique with a dark roast color based card stock folded to fit into a regular business size envelope. The accent layer used white card stock where I randomly stamped coffee beans to create a background and tied a ribbon around it before adhering it to the card base. The real fun began when I stamped the focal point coffee cup onto water colored paper and painted it using COFFEE...yes, you read that correctly...I used real COFFEE to create a backwash and paint the image! As a bonus, painting with the coffee gave the card an awesome scent when opened. The trick is to pour small amounts of left over coffee into a shallow pallet and let dry out. I used a small inexpensive plastic painter's pallet. Once it drys out, it can be used just like water colors. Give it a try!

Graduation Invitation Cards

The second card was a super quick and creative alternative to the extremely expensive graduation invitation and announcement packages offered by schools and universities. The card stock and ink can be changed to match any school/university colors giving the opportunity to really personalize. On the inside, I made a pocket for a wallet sized senior picture and inserted the graduation ceremony information. Mass producing was a snap using a stamp positioning tool. A bonus to keeping flat layers (no pop ups), no extra postage. Congratulations to all 2018 graduates!

Before I sign off, a quick Stamp to Cope update.....
- March and April presentations and tote bag distributions
- May participated in graduations and local Mother's Day event distributing STC information
- June participated in graduations and began enrolling students in our Learnshop Classes

Be sure to get the word out about the 2018 Berea Festival of Learnshops and my courses. This is our major fundraiser of the year.  For more information, click on the links below....

Mixed Media Art Journeling  and
Alcohol Markers and Colored Pencil Techniques

As always, thank you all so very much for your continued love and support!
Blessings always,

Jeannette