One Cup at a Time

Hi friends! Since today is National Coffee Day, I just had to share a coffee card with you all. I know there's a big traditional blog hop over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog today, so you'll want to head over and check that out for some more caffeinated papercrafting goodness!

I started by stamping the cup from the Cozy Cup set by Clearsnap in graphite and then watercoloring with graphite, palomino and cattail Colorbox Dyestress Inks. I fussy cut the image and set it aside while I turned to the background.

I used the same three neutral colors to smoosh a background onto white cardstock, then stamped this beautiful sentiment from the Big Cup set in cattail directly on the panel. It didn't stand out enough, so I tried to add some white gel pen accents to lighten things up and lightened it up too much!  LOL So luckily, I still had my stamp in my MISTI, so stamped again with Versamark and embossed with Midnight Bronze embossing powder. A simple white card base finishes things off.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous day!

Big Cups – The Cat's Pajamas PaperArts [ THC ] Clearsnap® Cozy Cup [ CLR ] Clearsnap® Dyestress Blendable Inks [ CLR ] Midnight Bronze embossing powder –... [ LND ] Signo - White Uni-ball Impact Pen [ SBC ] MT100 Original MISTI Laser Etched... [ HA ]

Stamps: Cozy Cup (Clearsnap), Big Cups (The Cat’s Pajamas)
Inks: palomino, cattail, and graphite Colorbox Dyestress Inks (Clearsnap), Versamark (Tsukineko)
Paper: smooth Bristol (Canson)
Accessories: midnight bronze embossing powder (Lindy’s Stamp Gang), white gel pen (Uniball Signo), MISTI (My Sweet Petunia)