Coffee Hugs

Hello everyone! How was your weekend? Hope you all had a great time. I made a card for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog hop. This is my first time in the Coffee lovers blog hop.
Here's my card:

I used the cut file from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbon, which is a freebie this week. The pumpkin on the cup had eyes. It was cute. But I thought it wouldn't work well with the kind of card that I planned to do, so I removed that. I used Distress ink Ripe persimmon and Wild honey to color the pumpkin.

I used my Cricut Explore to cut a lot of construction paper and the mat lost its stickiness. The construction paper has lots of fibre which is difficult to remove from the mat. So whenever I tried to cut a design, the paper won't stick properly to the mat and while cutting, the paper will move. I was planning on changing the mat but was a little hesitant to do so. I was reading a post on one of the Cricut groups in FB where some people said they clean their mats with dish washing soap. I thought I'd give it a try before throwing the mat out. I'm glad I tried it!! I washed it twice with Dawn liquid soap and now it's sticking as good as new! So if any of you are facing this issue, you can give it a try. I mixed Dawn liquid soap with water and spread it on the mat. The FB post said to use a scrapper, but since I didn't have one I used a soft toothbrush. Once done, wash it with water and wipe with a clean towel or let it air dry. Mine became sticky after the first time, but not very good. So I did this one more time and it was perfect!

The sentiment is from STAMPlorations VIGNETTE: Art Deco Border Builders stamp set. I embossed it with white embossing powder. The Fall leaves are handmade. I used the cut file from SVG Cutting files, which is a freebie. I inked them with Distress ink Wild honey, Ripe persimmon and Hero Arts Dark Quartz and Red Royal.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you liked this card. Let me know what you think of this card and any suggestions as well!

Submitting this to:

• Fall Coffee Lovers Blog hop
  
• Beyond Grey Challenges - CAS
• Happy Little Stampers - CAS - coloring
• Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge - Use a stamp
• Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday - No designer paper
• STAMPlorations - Anything Goes
  
  
  
• STAMPlorations - CASEplorations CASE of Deepti's card (colors) and Kim's card (Fall leaves)
  
• Verve Stamps - Autumn Lovelies
  
  
  
• Whimsy Stamps - Anything goes/Halloween
• Word Art Wednesday