Stamp and Create with Beth: February 2025

Where are my coffee lovers?

I'm a huge fan of coffee. I usually drink my coffee straight up, no cream or sugar. Recently, I've been seeing loads of lattes with beautiful cream art on top. And it's drawn me in. Stampin' Up!® has a few coffee sets that I've collected. The most recent one is the Latte Love. This may have been where my obsession with this art began. I decided to try my hand at designing my own using the supplies I have in my craft room.

To make my extra large coffee mug, I traced a large circle die along the outside and inside of the circle on a piece of 5" x 3 3/4" white cardstock. Then I used the Latte Love coffee mug for inspiration to draw in my handle. Then I colored inside the circle with an Ivory stampin' blend marker to add my cream. I used Natural Tones 200 & 500 and Pecan Pie to draw in my coffee, leaving a design in the cream. *You can watch my video below to see how I did this. For the card above, I also used a white gel pen to add in some white details. To finish off my card layer, I stamped the coffee splatter in Pecan Pie classic ink (1st generation and 2nd generation or stamped off). The greeting is from Latte Love stamp set and is stamped in Early Espresso classic ink. My latte layer is adhered to a Pool Party cardstock base (5 1/2" x 8 1/2" folded in half). To finish off my card, I stamped a few splatters on another piece of 5" x 3 3/4" white cardstock and adhered it to the inside.

Check out some of my other designs and finished cards:

I love all the designs I've come up with so far. There are so many more to try. What kind of designs would you do in your latte cream? I'd love to know in the comments. I used all the same coffee colors for each card. Some I used colored pencils on top instead of a white gel pen. Have fun with it and explore the possibilities. For the coffee and the mugs I used Stampin' Blends markers.

Here are some upclose pics of my designs. It has been so fun creating these latte art designs.

Steps to creating your coffee mug and latte art:

Draw a circle by tracing a large circle die on the outside and inside lightly with a pencil. You can adjust the size. Draw in a mug handle with pencil. Erase the line where the circle mets the handle.
Color in your cream color. I used Ivory Stampin' blend marker.
Draw in lines to create your design with the lightest brown marker you're using. I used Natural Tones 500 (medium combo). Color in the rest of your coffee. Swirl your colors. I used Pecan Pie and Natural Tones 200 (Deep combo) stampin' blends markers.
Color your cup a colorful color. I used Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon, Highland Heather, Blackberry Bliss and Azure Afternoon stampin' blends markers for all my mugs.