Coffee Loving Papercrafter's Spring Blog Hop

It's time for another Coffee Lover's card.  I'm joining the lovely ladies over at coffeelovingcardmakers.com for their Spring Blog Hop.

I'll be using the Sizzix Mug die by Eileen Hull and cardstock from the Bo Bunny Rose Cafe Collection for this card.  

                 Sizzix Mug Die                                                   Bo Bunny Rose Cafe

I started by cutting 2 die images with my Cuttlebug, one with white cardstock and one with Bo Bunny.  Next, I inked up the top of the white die cut, and cut the "lid" tops off both.

I took my fine point Fiskars scissors, and cut a scooped edge at the top of my Bo Bunny die cut.  Next, I glued the top of the inked lid, to the backside of my mug and cut straight across, and glued the other trimmed decorative lid to the backside of that, so it looks like the backside of the coffee mug.  Basically, I eyeballed and trimmed everything to my liking, until I got what I thought looked like a mug of coffee, with coffee inside!

I love how my handmade mug and card turned out!  

Additional supplies:

UmWow Butterfly Wood confetti

Tombow Xtreme adhesive

Tombow Mono Aqua glue

May Arts Ribbon, satin, blue

Ranger Tim Holtz distress ink, Brushed Corduroy

trimmed white doily

Bo Bunny Copper glitter paste

Vellum

Wink of Stella glitter pen, clear

blue gemstone

Ranger blending tool

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Mixed Media Watercolor Flower

Recently, I've delved more into the mixed media side of cardmaking.  I just received some happy mail from Simon Says stamp, so it's the perfect opportunity to do more delving.

I started out by inking up my flower and adding texture to the surrounding area as well as the flower itself.  I used several different inks on this card from Simon Says Stamp, Goldenlocks, Lavender, Schoolhouse Red and Soft Navy. For the red, I literally scraped it across my watercolor paper in places and used my blending tool for the other colors.  This is my first time using SSS ink and I must say, the color is so rich and deep.  I'm a fan already!

I also incorporated some other mediums, glittered mesh, burlap string, glitter paste and Pearlescent, applied with a metal paint scraper.   The cardstock is from the We R Memory Keepers Shine pad and was trimmed/scored to 5.75".  The little die piece is also WRMK and is from the Inked Rose pad.  I stamped the SSS sentiment, "Hi Lovely", onto it and popped it out with foam squares.

I'll be entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes challenge.

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Exclusive set from Simon Says Stamp, "Hi Lovely" stamps and coordinating dies

Additional supplies: Queen & Company light green bubbles, Ranger Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy distress ink, Bo Bunny Pearlescent, Tulip Copper Glitter Fabric glue, Bo Bunny glitter copper paste, mesh from Scrapbook Expo, Red and natural burlap string from May Arts Ribbon, Tombow Xtreme adhesive runner, foam dots, Ranger blending tool, We R Memory Keepers trimmer/score board, red floral light cardstock (maker unknown)

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links so, if you purchase a product using the link I may receive a commission. I only participate in the affiliate programs linked above because they are products that I use and love. Your purchase price is not affected in any way, by using my links.  Thank you for your support and helping me keep my content free!

#WRMK #Tombow #mayartsribbon #cre8time #simonsaysstamp #bobunny

Growing in Unity- Day 5

 Welcome to day 5 of my stint as the GIU (Growing in Unity) girl.  I'm showing you my creations all week long and if you comment every day on my blog post, you'll be entered into a random drawing for 25 random stamps from the Unity Stamp Company.  Wowza, 25 stamps!  

Who wouldn't love that?!  2 winners will be selected.

For this creation, I stepped out of my comfort zone a bit.  Working with mixed media pastes is not my thing.  I decided to do some water coloring and used some glitter paste for the first time.  The stamp set used here, is from the Layers of Life May 2014 kit, "Never lose their Beauty".

 

I started out doing some water coloring with distress ink, first stamping my image on water color paper, then adding additional color.  I also used the Unity background stamp, "Tattered Chicken Wire".



Having zero experience working with paste, I found this video from the Scrapbook Expo and Bo Bunny, maker of the paste I'm using today, Copper Glitter Paste.  This technique worked great!  I used a Mod Podge Peel and Stick stencil with the paste.

Here's a close-up of the Unity sentiment. 
I also added some Bo Bunny pearlescent to my mixed media project and clear Wink Of Stella glitter brush on my flowers and sentiment.  Lastly, I made a burlap string butterfly from May Arts Ribbon string.  I love how this turned out.  I'll definitely be doing more of these type projects in the future.

 Thanks so much for letting me share my love of Unity Stamps with you this week.  Don't forget to leave a comment here so you can qualify for the random drawing.  And for a shameless plug, I'd love if you would come and like me on FB: http://www.facebook.com/wavingmywand because when I get to 500 likes, I'm having a big giveaway!

Additional supplies:
Bo Bunny - Glitter Paste - Copper - $4.99
from: Scrapbook.com
Bo Bunny - Rose Cafe Collection - 12 x 12 Collection Pack
from: Scrapbook.com
Bo Bunny - Rose Cafe Collection - Layered Chipboard Stickers with Glitter and Jewel AccentsRanger Ink - Adirondack Earthtones - Pigment Ink Pad - Pitch Black
Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Tumbled Glass
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Faded Jeans
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads - Brushed Corduroy
Tombow - Extreme Glue Tape - Permanent

#cre8time #unitystamps #bobunny #tombow #mayartsribbon #plaid #modpodge

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links so, if you purchase a product using the link I may receive a commission. I only participate in the affiliate programs linked above because they are products that I use and love. Your purchase price is not affected in any way, by using my links.  Thank you for your support and helping me keep my content free!