Happy Birthday Shaker card with Coffee Cafe!

Hi Everyone! Today I am sharing a fun card that involves two of my favorite things.  Coffee and Cupcakes.  I know you don't see the coffee in this picture, but it's there, in the form of the dies.  They are from the Coffee Cups Framelits and I just love them. I am really loving the Coffee Cafe suite and stamps as well.  For this card the die that would normally be the coffee cup band that keeps your hands from getting burned is the cupcake wrapper, and the whipped cream die is now the frosting.

As you can see, the card is a shaker card and I want to point out that the sequins I used are older retired sequins, BUT they are on the Clearance rack right now for $2.20 and they are just lovely don't ya think?  There are several varieties of sequins on sale at the clearance rack, as well as ribbon and Washi tape and dies and more.  It's always a good idea to take a  look and see what's there. 

CLEARANCE RACK










Here is a quick video to show how it all came together, with a few tips and tricks. I hope you like it.

Here is the supply list:
Product List

Coffee Café Photopolymer Bundle

[145331]

$45.75

Foil Frenzy Specialty Designer Series Paper

[144125]

$13.00

Happy Birthday Thinlits Die

[143700]

$20.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[122924]

$8.00

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[141397]

$6.50

Flirty Flamingo Baker's Twine

[144356]

$3.00

Sprinkles Embellishments

[142741]

$5.50

Painting with Coffee

Yesterday was my birthday and I spent part of the day with the kiddos and part of the day out on a date night with my hubby, but I also spent part of the day on my own doing what I like to do, which is creating something with my own two hands.  I share my birthday with my niece Maggie.  I remember when Maggie was about to be born my sister was asking if I would be happy or upset if we shared a birthday. Happy of course! And for more than the obvious reason of sharing a day with someone you love.  On my 16th birthday I lost my grandpa. Not just a family member you see once and a while but one I saw weekly my whole life until then and he was truly a wonderful grandpa, complete with the tricks of wiggly dentures he would move up and down to scare us,  fun bedtime stories, days at the lake and family dinners on Sunday. I was too sad that day to even celebrate my birthday and for years afterwards I would always remember him on my birthday and be a bit sad. i thought, why on my birthday?  But then I realized that it was actually a good day, because I will truly never forget him because of it. And I don't want to forget, so instead of being sad I realized I needed to be thankful and happy for his role in my life.  And then, many years later, I wont say how many :)   my sister had a baby girl on my birthday and I got to be there for her birth and I will always have that to remember on my birthday as well.
Maggie is currently working as a Barista, and she loves to paint.  So for her birthday card I knew it had to be a coffee painted birthday card.  I hope she liked it and her gift.
I know that it doesn't look like a Stampin' Up! project, and mostly it's not, but the paper is! as well as the Happy Birthday! And I used my Stampin' Up! Aqua Painters, so that is my excuse for posting it!

To paint with coffee I dry it out over a few days in a pallet to make my own coffee paint pots,  Shown are my coffee and Tazo Passion Tea paints.  The Stampin' Up! Aqua Painters are great and even though I have tons of paint brushes and many sizes, I just reach for the Aqua Painter, look at the tiny candle to see the detail you can achieve with it. I hope you will give Aqua Painters a try!!
Thanks for stopping by today!