Coffee Time

Hello and Welcome

Today's card was a fun one.

I sure do love and appreciate my coffee in the morning.

I used this newly released Coffee Love stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and paired it up with this cute vintage image.

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I positioned the Coffee Love stencil onto the middle of a piece of white cardstock on my Make Art Station.  
• When I was happy with the position of the stencil, I inked it up with some Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide ink.  I added some shadows to the beans by inking just over some areas with Aged Mahogany DOX ink.
• While that dried, I stamped the image onto a piece of white cardstock with some black ink and then fussy cut it out. 
• I place the stenciled heart into my Misti to stamp the sentiment over to one side and clear heat embossed it.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of brown matching cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Lastly, I used some foam tape to the image and popped it to one side of the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Coffee Love

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Less is More- ANYTHING GOES

A Place to Start- ANYTHING GOES/ option- WOMEN OF THE YEAR

Stamping Sensations- ANYTHING STAMPED- option- CAS

Supplies

Stamps- Girlfriends (sentiment- Art Impressions); Coffee and Tea (Crafty Secrets)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook (Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Make Art Station (Ranger); 

TE Blending Brushes; foam tape, Lawn Fawn clear EB powder

Perk Me Up!

Good Morning

Meet today's card, something for all the coffee lovers out there which would include me!

A Colorful Life Designs has come out with 2 more fun stencils called Coffee Love and Coffee Pot that I paired up for my card.  There is also a fun new stamp set to go with it called Coffee.

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by making the background first using the Coffee Love stencil on my Gel Plate.
• I inked up my Gel Plate by pressing my Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide pad directly onto the plate, laid the stencil over that, then rubbed over it with a piece of white cardstock.  It lifted off some of the ink. 
• I removed the stencil and rubbed another piece of white cardstock over the whole plate to pull the print that I used for my background.  **I repeated that process twice so I could fill up the whole card front panel. **
• Next, I took another piece of white cardstock, set it onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Coffee Pot stencil over that. I inked it up with some black ink then I removed the stencil and cut the pot out.
• I traced the bottom part of the pot which is a separate part of that stencil, onto the cardstock that I had rubbed over the stencil on the Gel Plate and cut that out too.  It wasn't quite dark enough, so I rubbed some more Rusty Hinge over it.  I glued that onto the bottom of the pot to look like the coffee.
• I set the pot into my Misti to stamp the sentiment from the new Coffee stamp set also from A Colorful Life Designs.
• I pop dotted the coffee pot over the background and then stenciled in the coffee steam.
• I glue the finished panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of brown cardstock and finally onto an A2 card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

Coffee Love 

Coffee Pot

Stamp Set

Coffee

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crazy is Our Fame, STENCILS are Our Game- PATTERNS

Craft Rocket- LAYER IT UP

The Male Room- STENCILS/ and or DIES

Supplies

Stamps- Coffee (ACLD)

Inks- Distress Oxide, Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencils (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes, Make Art Station (Ranger);

Gel Plate, Brayer, Mist

You Are My Cup of Tea

Welcome

It's the beginning of April and that means time for a new and exciting release from A Colorful Life Designs.

Today's card features the Layered Cups, such a fun one for the coffee/tea lover in your life.

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I took a piece of white cardstock and laid it on my Make Art Station.  I positioned stencil #1 (cups) of the Layered Cups over my paper and masked the first row of cups.  I inked that up with some Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink.  
• I moved the mask and inked the next row with some Ripe Persimmon DOX ink.  
• I continued down the card front panel, masking and inking with these colours:  Picked Raspberry; Cracked Pistachio; Broken China and Shaded Lilac.
• After I had all the cups inked, I laid stencil #2 onto the panel and stenciled the details on the cups.
• While that dried, I stamped the sentiment in my Misti and die cut it into a circle.  I glued that onto a larger purple circle.
• I glued the inked panel onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I popped dotted the sentiment over the center of the cups.

Here is the stencil I used:

Layered Cups

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crafts Galore- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

A Place to Start- Anything Goes

with an Optional Twist: Woman of the Year!

Supplies

Stamps- You are My Cup of Tea (Rubbernecker)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories- stencil (ACLD); Make Art Station (Ranger); TE Blending Brushes;

Infinity Circle die (HA)

Coffee Time

Good Morning.

Meet today's card.

Just a simple card I created using a new to me stamp set by Altenew.  It is a fun set with lots of great images in it of coffee and tea cups and some splatters thrown in just for fun.

I have to begin by saying that I do enjoy my coffee and it makes me happy drinking it especially if I am with my girlfriend and we are out at our favourite coffee shop.

I began creating my card by inking up a piece of acetate with Distress Oxide inks, sprayed the sheet with water and pressed onto my paper.  I have found it best to dry each layer of colour before applying the next to prevent making a muddy mess.  These inks layer so wonderfully over one another and still maintain their colour after layering.

To see my mini-tutorial go here:

Acetate Inking

When the inking was all dry, I placed the images into my Misti, inked with Memento black and stamped.  

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Crafter's Castle- ANYTHING GOES/FAV TECHNIQUE

Crafty Friends- FOR A SPECIAL LADY

(best friend)

Creative Fingers- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Coffee With a Splash (Altenew)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Distress Oxides (Faded Jeans, Peeled Paint, Wilted Violet,

Seedless Preserves- TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- sheet of acetate; Misti; Mister (TH)