It’s back to school time!  I decided to create a coffee themed card to tuck a gift card into. My plan is to send it to a former colleague for the first day of school.

I am using the Coffee Time cover die and the Let’s Get Caffeinated stamp set to create the card.

Once I cut the cover die out of the fabulous blue cardstock, I realized that it was going to be a very busy background.  I decided to use the A2 Frame die (the second largest die) to create a frame around the center of the cover die.  I really like the effect I achieved. It looks like the border of coffee beans was intentionally created around it.

The frame also gives your eyes a place to rest as it breaks up the blue.

I added a coffee themed sentiment which I popped up on foam squares.  The twine adds a little extra detail and also helps break up the background of the card.  The final touch was to add Dark Chocolate Pearls for a real coffee bean feel!

Video:

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