Sunday, November 29, 2009

Starbucks Coffee Sleeve Christmas Card

I'm still on a mission to use things up that I've had for awhile and in the process try and go green as best I can.

Each year Starbucks Coffee comes out with Christmas themed coffee sleeves. I enjoy the challenge of using them to make Christmas cards with. Here's my my processing of turning them into Christmas cards using the sleeve and things I already had.

Of course your not going to have the same things I have, but I challenge you to use things you already have and create your own simple Christmas cards using a Starbucks coffee sleeve.

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Starbucks
Coffee Sleeve
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CARD 1.
Here I've assembled my supplies
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A little trimming of the sleeve with pinking shears makes it just the right size to use.
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A little ink around the edges will help pop the piece.
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Using a stylus I embossed the veins in the leaves to give them some dimension. Use a hole punch to cut the berries from the holly paper.
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More ink around the edges of the holly leaves.
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Assemble your pieces using pop dots.
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Here I added a rhinestone embellishment.
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It seemed a little plain yet to me so I added a die cut I had from a
Christmas card kit I bought after
Christmas
several years ago.
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Card 2 Assembled
2 more card variations using the Starbucks coffee sleeve.
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Card 3 Assembled

Click Here to view my newest Starbucks Christmas Cards

5 comments:

  1. makes me wish I drank coffee. Very cool project, Aileen.

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  2. Hey Aileen, Your card is really cute and I just happen to have saved that exact part from my coffee the other day! LOL so now I have an extra idea!

    Shell~Alaska

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  3. What a really great idea. They turned out so cute. I just love to see up-cycled items. I'm always amazed at what people can do with left overs.

    Hugs...Tracy

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  4. What a fun idea... Makes me wish I had a Starbucks near me! :-)

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