TCP Tuesday 194-You (and K-Cups) Warm My Heart

For this week's TCP Tuesday stamp and die challenge, Susan's challenged us to use stamps (and dies!) with hearts. Given that Valentine's Day is coming up, this one's an easy one.

I thought I'd share the project I created for this month's TCP Project of the Month. I revised my the design of the K-cup caddy I'd originally created to hold a single K-cup caddy to hold two (or four) of the yummy coffee treats. You can find the full directions in printable form here.

To dress up my K-cup caddy, I used the sweet girl from the Merry Wishes set. She counts for the challenge since she's holding a tiny heart in her hand (look closely--I promise you'll see it!). I colored her with Copic markers, cut her out and added a little white flock to her hat for some texture.

The caddy is made from pink cardstock. I attached a dotted patterned paper to the front and sides to dress it up. A red strip die cut with the CutUps Anywhere Ribbon Slide and threaded with some rose seam binding is wrapped around the caddy. The tutorial has a little tip for how to make an extra long ribbon slide strip for projects like this one.

The colored girlie is attached to the holder with foam tape. The "you warm my heart" sentiment from the Like You a Latte set is stamped on a narrow pennant strip cut with the CutUps Easy Rosette die--it was a perfect match for the image and for the coffee theme. I slipped a CutUps Heart Rosette piece behind her to meet the challenge requirement of using a die with a heart.

I hope you’ll pull out your stamps and dies with hearts and play along with this week’s challenge for your chance to win some Cat Cash. Just upload your project to the photo album on Alma’s blog to enter—and be sure to keep an eye out for the links to the rest of the Cat Pack’s projects that she’ll be posting throughout the week. If you give the K-cup template a try, leave me a comment with a link to your project so I can check it out.

Materials Used:
Merry Wishes and Like You a Latte stamp sets, Neenah white cardstock, CutUps Ribbon Slide, Easy Rosette, Circus Panels and Heart Rosette dies, rose seam binding (The Cat's Pajamas); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko); markers (Copic); Pink Pirouette and Regal Rose cardstock, Regal Rose Classic ink (Stampin' Up!); circle punch (EK Success); Snowday-Fireside designer paper (Pink Paislee); white flock (Stampendous); foam tape