What's Brewin'? With Tim Holtz and Seth Apter's Baked Texture

Hello again!  That was quick! While I had my crafty goodies out, I put them to use on a second coffee lover's card this morning, because my coffee was kickin' into high gear!

It's so fun to pair up the old stuff with my newer and most loved Tim Holtz products. As on my card here, I used my new Stacked Archway dies. These are just so versatile, and I will be getting lots of use out of them!

I don't have much in the way of coffee stash, so I used the same Stampin' Up set used on my previous card. This time I inked the steam right onto my arch panel, masked it, and stamped the dots from the Dots and Floral set by Tim Holtz. I inked the stamp with Peacock Feathers then blended the entire panel with Antique Linen Distress ink after removing the mask. I replaced the mask, gave the panel a splatter of water and blotted with a paper towel. After adhering this to a second archway cut from  breakfast bar waste packaging, I edged in Frayed Burlap.

I heat embossed the outer Archway in clear after inking the steam image in Black Soot ink.  I added more Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap ink. The blue floral stamped background layer is a second generation stamping from the Dots and Floral set.

The coffee cup was stamped in Black Soot and edged in Ground Espresso (of course!). My Paper Doll gent gets a hot seat, but not before giving him some texture with Ranger Vintage Collage Medium and Vintage Beeswax Baked Texture. I borrowed this idea off  a favorite designer here in blogland--I just can't remember who it was as the moment, so please accept my apologies and gratitude for the inspiration.

My sentiment is inside for a change, using another of the Archway die cuts and another little guy from my Paper Doll pack.

That's all for me today! Wow! Several posts in one day after my blog sits quiet for so long except for my rusty Trinket Tin, which coincidentally also uses the Stacked Archway die cuts. I'll be back again later this evening with my scheduled post for A Vintage Journey and then next Wednesday for my Design Team project for Frilly and Funkie.  I should be back to a regular schedule of crafting within a couple of weeks.  I appreciate your coming back today and leaving your inspiring comments!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

Challenges entered:
2018 SPRING | SUMMER COFFEE LOVERS BLOG HOP

Simon Says Stamp Monday Masculine
Scrapy Land Challenge #90 ANYTHING GOES
The Artistic Stamper May's Creative Challenge - Backgrounds
Cropstop May Link Party - #39 Anything Goes

My First Coffee Lovers Card With Tim Holtz

 Welcome friends and visitors! I stayed up late last night, all pumped up from seeing my friend's Autumn and Marty's  FABULOUS coffee themed inspiration, vowing I would at least get one project made for 2018 Spring | Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop  .This girl needs her sleep, and nothing was coming to me, so I got up early, made some strong coffee, and got to work.

I made this easy design focusing on an old Stampin' Up coffee set I've never laid ink to. For the blue background, I used a stamp I JUST had to have after playing with Autumn's on our crafty visit earlier this year--Tim Holtz' 'Dots and Floral'. Here, it's inked with Broken China DOX on watercolor paper I spritzed with water.

The steam is stamped on a scrap of white card in Black Soot Distress ink. I took my waterbrush and colored in some of the swirls. I blended with Tumbled Glass ink and fussy cut. The coffee cup was stamped in Black Soot ink on a watercolor paper scrap which I had applied various blue DOX colors to. I spritzed the stamp with water and wiped a bit of the ink from the stamp before inking the image to get the shadow effect. I fussy cut and smooshed the cup face down onto my embossing ink pad, embossing in clear several times.

I used my new Tim Holtz Stacked Archway die set for the frame and altered a Christmas Quote Chip with a coffee quote from my Stampin' Up stash. (Who uses 'Hello December" anyway? My Christmas cards are usually so late, I'm saying 'Goodbye December'!)

This card is going to my Mom to thank her for some lovely gifts she just sent me--some beautiful Limoges thingies. If anyone knows anything about them, I'd love if you could leave me a comment below.   All my mom knows is that they were my grandmother's, so they are very old.

I'm so excited to finally participate this year, although it's at the end of the hop. I'll have another coffee lovers card in just a few hours here. I'm just waiting for the glue to dry.

Challenges entered:

2018 Spring | Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes

Mod Squad Challenge: Create a background using stamps (ends 6/5)

Scrapy Land Challenge #90 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes - Weeks #336-#337

As always your visits and comments mean the world to me!  Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily