Love You a Latte Treat Cups

Happy Wednesday everyone.  Today I have a Valentine's Day treat holder project that I would like to share with you.  I came across this idea in late 2013 on Inking Idaho's blog and fell in love with it.  I made several of these for co-workers at Christmas and they all seemed to enjoy their treat cups.  Then again maybe it was because of the candy inside that they enjoyed them. Hmmmmmm......

 

To create my project I used these cute little 4oz coffee cups and matching lids that I purchased here.  My straws are nothing more than a coffee stir stick cut down to size.  With cups and lids in hand I printed out the template for the wrappers from here.  I will say that for the band that goes around the cup I did cut mine just a smidge longer than the template.

 

To cover the lid I cut 2" circles using the Cricut cartridge George, but obviously anything that cuts a 2" circle will work.  I then laid my lid upside down and traced the opening for the straw on the backside of my circle.  Then using my Crop A Dile II I punched a hole for the straw.

 

The tag on my coffee cup is from the Cricut cartridge Love You a Latte which I opted to print 'n cut rather than piece together.

 

For the carrier use a sturdy piece of 12" x 12" paper. 

• Cut one piece 4" x 6 3/4"  Score all 4 sides at 1"
• Cut along two opposite sides of the score lines up to where they intersect and then snip the corners diagonally.
• Now assemble the box.
• To add more stability cut a piece of chipboard 2" x 4 1/2" and set aside

To create the handle, using that same 12" x 12" paper:

• Cut a 1 7/8" x 11" piece.  Score at 1 1/2", 5 1/2" and 9 1/2" 
• Fold in half and glue together down to the score lines for the 'flaps'
• Use an oval or circle punch to make a hole for carrying
• Set aside

Use remaining paper to cover the piece of chipboard you cut.  Glue the chipboard to the bottom of the box.  Then glue the handle to the piece of chipboard. 

 

As you can see I didn't really decorate my carrier, but I did use one of the cute mice from the Morning Coffee file from Marjorie Ann Designs on each side.

 

The stamps that I used on my lids and my candies are all from Jaded Blossom.  I used several different stamp sets including: 

 

Funny Mail (revamped) for the lips

Science, Hello and Wizard Candies

 

 

And now I'm off to enter this into the following challenge:

 

Jaded Blossom - Valentine Treats - Ends February 28th


DL Art - Thankful Thursday Valentine's Day - Ends February 10th

Valentine News

I have finally finished the Valentine card for my oldest daughter.  She's a huge coffee addict so I thought that the Love You A Latte cartridge was the perfect choice for this one.  The newspaper cut from this particular cartridge is my absolute favorite because of its versatility.  Admittedly I've only used it a couple times but c'mon you have to admit that there are a vast array of options for this cut.

Oh and this new mat stack from K& Company is to die for.  Well, not literally but it is gorgeous.

And of course I thought this cut was perfect for the inside.  I guess I should have doctored up the inside a tad bit more but my pounding head just couldn't go there right now.  Either way though I'm sure that my daughter will love it.

Power of Caffeine

I was sitting at my desk drinking my second cup of coffee and going through some old ideas that I had printed out years ago when I came across one that said anything is possible with enough caffeine.  Well that was all it took and off I was to grab my Love You A Latte cartridge.

Now I will say that what I had envisioned in my head is not what turned out on paper because I was dreaming of much grander things.  But given some of the delicate cuts for the size I needed it just wasn't meant to be.  That's okay though because I think the final product still turned out pretty good.

And now that I have this one out of my system I'm thinking of warmer days.  Yep, I'm over this little bit of cold weather in Florida already.  I absolutely hate being cold in any way fashion, shape or form.  So my sights are set on the dog days of summer and all things related..............don't say I didn't warn you...........

Did Ya Hear? Did Ya? Huh?

Have an annoucement to make to your friends and/or family?  Here's a great way to do it if you're not able to break the news to them personally.

For the outside of this card I used the newspaper cut from Love You a Latte.

On the inside of the card I used Everyday Pop ups for the pregnant mom and the cloud from Graphically Speaking (cut at various sizes) to create the "call-out".

Hope you enoy this card as much as I did making it.

Coffee Smells Like......

....freshly ground heaven.....and so today, while I sit at my crafting table enjoying a cup of Donut House coffee, I bring you my entry for this week's Cricut Cardz Challenge.  This week our direction was to make a card using a monogram from any cartridge and in any color we desired.  So I sat down this weekend and thought about what I would do but nothing really came to mind.  After all I didn't want a card that just had a monogram on the front. 

Then I decided to reach for some of my old magazines for inspiration.  And so there in the pages of Paper Crafts special edition, Go to Sketches I found what I needed on page 124...........

Armed with my new found inspiration I began creating my card.  For this one I used:

George for my square tiles cut at 1 1/2"

Winter Woodland for my monogram cut at 1" (C is for coffee after all - lol)

Love You a Latte for my couple having coffee cut at 3"

So now that you've seen my creation, why don't come play along with us and create your own monogrammed card.  We'd love to see what you come up with.

Espresso Yourself

Happy Thursday everyone!  Today I want to share a card with you that I made using the new Cricut Lite cartridge Love You a Latte and Rock Princess. 

I was going through some of my old Paper Crafts magazines looking at the quotes/sentiments they have in the back pages.  In so doing, I came across a couple of great quotes that are just perfect for this cartridge and today's card showcases one of those quotes.  Even the font I used is perfect for this theme as it's called Catharsis Espresso.

It looks like this new cartridge has some great cuts and I can't wait to have an opportunity to sit down and play with it some more.