It's a dreary, rainy, soggy day today. Definitely a coffee-drinking day for me! I'm on my third cup, and have yet to get up to my craft room. I am enjoying the peaceful quiet, as hubby is out and about. I love rainy mornings, actually. The forecast for next week is sunshine and warmer, MUCH warmer, temperatures! Hooray. I'll take some rain if that is what follows!
So, since I have yet to enter the creative realm of my 'studio,' I am sharing a card that first made it's debut for the October, 2017 Dirty Dozen Design Team central theme cards. It was my first month on the DD team at Splitcoaststampers, and we had to make six cards each month to fit the theme. These cards were available only for SCS fan club members to view. I could not publish them elsewhere for six months. So, it's April, and now I will share some of these cards with you as they meet the six month rule. First up.....
The theme was Creepy/Crawly. I made this coffee themed card to represent how I creep ever-so-slowly out of bed and crawl to the coffee pot. A stretch on the theme, for sure, but then, you haven't seen me 'bc' - before coffee! NOT a pretty sight.
I began by sponging the A2 white card front with distress oxide inks abandoned coral and worn lipstick, then spattering with water droplets. One of my very favorite techniques! I stamped the verse (Verve coffee set) with black, then added the coffee die, which I had distressed with vintage photo ink and layered onto a piece of fun foam for dimension.
I die-cut the curved border (Spellbinders), stamped the coffee steam, and sponged with vintage photo ink, then layered atop my background with foam tape.
For the cup, I water colored the Verve mug and fussy-cut, adding it to the curved panel with foam tape. Glossy Accents add some shine and texture, and some flowers from my stash, pearls, and some clear sequins.
Inside.....
Thanks so much for stopping by today. I cannot add this card to any challenges, as it had been previously published. I will return later with, hopefully, some fresh inspiration from my 'she-den', aka 'studio,' 'craft room,' and my hubbie's favorite 'your hole!'
Blessings,
It's Sunday already, and Mojo Monday is just around the corner, so here is my card for the challenge......
For my card I used:
Stamps: Verve Coffee set vs-0219, Verve free digis Here Comes The Sun
Other: Distress inks and markers
Vellum
Spectrum Noir crystal clear sparkle pen
India ink black
Micron .01 pen
Martha Stewart scoring tool
Clarity stencil brush
I started with pink card stock for a top-fold A2 card. I stamped coffee beans from the Verve coffee set with spun sugar distress inks randomly onto the card front. Then I added score lines along the left side with my scoring tool, and brushed the same ink onto the card front with my Clarity stencil brush to highlight the raised score lines. A strip of black and white striped paper along the left side to balance the composition was added.
I placed a piece of vellum over the verse of the digi sheet, and with a pink distress marker then my Micron pen, I traced the verse onto the vellum. When dry, I backed it with a small white scrap of card stock, and attached it to my card front.
I stamped, colored, and fussy-cut two coffee cups from the digi set, and added them with foam tape. Some sparkle from the Spectrum Noir sparkle pen completes the card.
I am adding my card to these challenges:
Allsorts Challenge - Something beginning with "B" (beans (coffee)
Simply Less Is More Challenge - Stripe
Verve Diva Challenge - Use digi stamps
Mojo Monday Challenge - Sketch
Thanks for stopping by. Now it's off to my garden to play in the sunshine for a bit.
Blessings,
lynda
Just a quick post to get my card into the Mojo Monday sketch challenge for this week....
I used Verve stamps (Hip Hop Bunnies vs-0239). I stamped lightly with distress inks, and used the no line coloring technique, using distress inks to paint the bunny and carrots. I masked the bunny, and stamped some carrots to appear as though he is holding them behind his back. The two on the left I stamped and fussy cut. The panel is layered on with foam tape, and the rest of the layering is to meet the requirements of the challenge.
For the background, I smooshed some ink onto watercolor paper.
This was a fun card to make. I do love sketches, as the work of deciding on a layout is done for me.
I can't wait to make more cards with this adorable set!
Thank you for stopping by.
Blessings,
lynda
I love the inspirations picture over on the Verve Diva Inspiration Challenge this week, so I decided to make a card for that challenge. Here is the inspiration picture....
Aren't those colors just smashing?! I think so!
So, here is my card....
I started with a watercolor panel, slightly narrower than an A2 card. I used the Darice Loose Floral embossing folder to emboss the image onto the panel.
I used Tim Holtz distress markers with a water brush, and distress inks to watercolor the image, then added the blue background shadow with TH inks also, using a Clarity brush to get a soft application.
The Verve stamp phrase 'There are no small miracles' is from the Verve clear set Wonderfully Made vs-0180, which I stamped in rich cocoa Memento ink. I love this set, and use it very often. It has the best verses in it.
I left this card very clean and simple....just three little sequins. I simply mounted the panel to an A2 brown card, which is just enough wider than the panel to create a narrow brown strip along the right edge, to offset the verse.
In addition to the Verve Diva Inspiration Challenge, I am adding this card to the following:
Less Is More - Colors turquoise and lilac.
The Flower Challenge - Anything goes. This is a new challenge....please stop by and say hello, and give them some encouragement. If you have a chance, be sure to enter the challenge!
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Blessings,
lynda
