Inspirational Card For A Coffee Lover

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
        

Day To Celebrate With Penny Black Stamp

When I saw this stamp by Penny Black, of course I thought about winter and Christmas.  However, I do enjoy the challenge of finding other ways to use seasonal stamps.  Today, I decided to take this stamp into the fall season by using the colors of autumn.....

I colored the berry branch with Tombow markers in stages, starting with yellow, then gradually built up the shading and colors one by one, by using my Misti tool.  I had seen this technique on a UTube video by Jill Foster.   If you would like to see how Jill uses the Misti to create lovely layers of color and detail, click for the link  HERE
I created the card panel on watercolor paper by spattering some scattered straw distress ink onto the paper.  Then I used my Clarity brush to soften the edges with the same ink.  I attached it to an A2 size card.

Next, I used my distress inks in fall colors, and applied the inks onto another piece of watercolor paper with my Tim Holtz ink applicators.  When I had the colors nice and deep, I dropped water in areas, then dabbed it up with paper towels.  This creates the light areas where the ink lifts from the background in the areas that the water drops were.  I cut a strip and attached it to my card front, then used some fine gold cording on each side of the strip.  

Close-up of berries and background strip

The gold scroll was die cut from watercolor paper using Penny Black die 'scrolls' 51-013.  I applied gold embossing to it to compliment the cording, and the verse I knew was going to emboss in gold.

I die cut the berries with a Spellbinders circle die, then used the Clarity brush and ink to soften the edges, then layered it onto a slightly larger gold paper die.  I used craft foam to give it dimension, and adhered it to my card.

The verse is from Penny Black 'gratitude' 30-105 clear stamp set.  I embossed it in gold onto vellum, then attached it to the die cut panel.  Finally, I punched some circles with my Cropodile, used a foam base and an embossing stylus to 'cup' them, and attached them to the card with Ranger Matte Medium.

I am adding my card to these challenges......

Addicted To Stamps - Anything goes

Addicted To Stamps Challenge - Trees, branches, and/or leaves

Make My Monday Challenge - Autumn/Fall colors

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Nature

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Inspired by music (Celebrate Good Times)

 
I really had fun creating in my craft room today.  The weather was delightful, and I had my windows open, enjoying the fresh air while I played.  This was a fun card to make.  Thanks to Jill Foster for showing this technique, which is becoming one of my favorite techniques.  I will be using it a lot, for sure.

Do you have any stamps for which you can 'change-up' their intended use?  Challenge yourself to find other ways to use them other than their intended way.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  See you next time.  Until then, happy stamping!

Blessings,

lynda



 

 
 

Thanks! Challenge Card

Getting it in under the wire for day 19 of the 30 Day Color Challenge at The Daily Marker  . ...

I really enjoyed creating this card today.  I had three....yes, three....fans going in my craft room, so my biggest challenge was keeping papers and embellishments, etc. on my desk!  The joys of no air conditioning!

But, I digress.  For my card today, I started with a soft pink card base.  I thought it would be fun to use vellum today, so I took a couple of Hero Arts stamps, (off the wood mount so I do not know the item numbers) and stamped them all over a piece of vellum using TH distress inks.  I let that dry, then cut it into four A-2 size pieces for four cards!  Clever me, huh?

I secured one piece of the stamped vellum to my pink card, then cut a narrow piece of the same pink card stock for the top (I taped the vellum under this piece so the tape from my tape applicator would not show under the vellum).  I stamped the 'you are awesome' sentiment (Altenew - from the Painted Butterflies clear set) in pink.

I die cut the curved thanks die from a darker pink card stock, using the Thanks Scallop Border SSD111508 die from Simon Says Stamps.  I love, love, love this die!  I secured the die under the pink strip on top of my card front, then tied gold twine around it and tied a bow.  I cut the die out again, out of the lighter pink, and used the letters from that cut to put over the darker letters, for interest.  

To finish, I punched some gold circles from gold mirror card stock (I keep scraps of this awesome stuff for this purpose), used a large ball embossing tool to 'dome' them by pressing them with the tool onto foam, then adhered them to my card from with Ranger matte medium, to balance the gold from the twine.

I am also adding this card to the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog - Anything Goes!

Thank you for visiting.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Blessings,

lynda