Roasting coffee on the road

The Mister is quite the coffee snob

and decided that his "hobby" would be roasting his

own coffee.

So he brought it on the road, all the comforts of home

right at our finger tips.

 It's absolutely delicious.

He buys the green beans on line

 and then in his coffee roaster

 commences with making magic.

 It does take a touch and monitoring because

one does not want to over roast and burn the beans.

(Think Starbucks)

and wa-la!!

The aroma of the beans and then after its coffee is so amazing.

Of course he makes the best roasted coffee beans ever.

And he had to veer off into decaf

*gasp*faint*thud

but only for me... because caffeine and I don't 

work well together and doesn't that

stink- after having the best coffee- I have to drink decaf.

However, its still amazingly de-lish and I get my coffee fix.

Rocking the birthdays this year

ONLY because I have them on my calendar and

set a week ahead and its also set to nag me until I get the card

done and then turn the nagger off. 

Whatever it takes LOL.

Now I need to start the same for holidays.

They are sooooo sneaky.

Anyhoo, this card was inspired again by Soaphouse Mama.

She should be filing papers soon for stalking.

However in my defense I did take her #embellishmentdiyclass

so whats a jack or two.

 It was a lot of fun to make and using scraps.

Win-win.

I get soooo caught up in not having the "right" things

when all it takes is someone else's ingenuity, LOL.

At least that's how I roll.

Every now and then I get a notion and you'll be the

first to know.

 The Studio Calico has these fun stamps in the June kit

and doesn't that work out well.

I did some glitter on the stars, fussy cut and watercolored the candles

and made a banner.

Turned out quite cute and fun.

Only downside I wasn't quite sure how to get the prize

ribbon off the card if the recipient wants to

wear it.

I did use one of those zots to attach it so maybe it'll come off.

DIY - Washi Tape In case you missed it on OTR

Last month I kicked the tires on making your own enamel dots.

I loved doing that and decided that maybe I'd

test drive making your own washi tape.

Again - there are a bunch of tutorials out there and I thought I'd narrow it down.

You'll need parchment paper and I used a 1 inch roll of masking tape.

I did  pick out some paints and stamps and then decided to change things up a bit.

 Lay out strips on your parchment paper - which allows you to remove

the finished product without losing the sticky.

 I used a craft smart mustard yellow enamel paint and slapped it on the tape end-to-end.

 The next I wanted to try a Ranger dauber - green - but all it says on the label is earthtones.

 I also tried an ink pad - that has chalk in it.

  It does take the chalk ink a bit longer to dry.

 And depending how much color you want you have to dab a few extra times.

 Since there was a lot going on I decided that StazOn ink would be best.

 I'm not the greatest stamper in the world - but I really liked the outcome on each.

 I liked the swirly texture from the dauber and used another chalk ink-Studio G 

to stamp the adorable "prima looking" flower stamp from Studio G.

 So far so good.

 Went back to StazOn because I wasn't sure of chalk ink on chalk in.

And the stamp is from Creative Cafe. A total blast from the past.

 And wa-la used the heat gun to get them dry and left them under the lamp for good measure.

As you can see the "washi" tape lifts right up.

 I used pincher clothes pins to wrap the "washi" around.

You are good to go as long as the front and back don't meet. 

So wrap the first little bit around one of the pins.

 From there you can wrap around both pins and it won't hurt the "washi"

doing that. It pulls off rather nicely and rips off easy.

There you have it - 3 varieties of "washi" of which I used one for a page.

Guess?

 The green worked out so perfect on this page.

Blending in nicely with the watercolors and embellishments.

 Used it in 3 places and love how it turned out.

 Can't see much of the flower but it works.

The finished product.

I'm not concerned about the tape per se, as I kept it from the photo.

Also I really don't get overly concerned anymore about items not acid and lingen free.

I found a scrapbook my mom made back in high school with

all the things they tell you NOT to use - and after 60 years it was practically

pristine. It was kept in a cedar lined chest for some time but,

I have been a rebel for about 12 years and never had issues with using

shall we say, non sanctioned scrapbook supplies.

Paper Studio, Kaiser Craft and Bo bunny papers.

#scrapbooking