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You should have arrived here from the very awesome Dana Joy's blog. If not, you'll want to start at the beginning which is the Topflight Stamps' blog!
Today I'm featuring the Darkroom Door - Coffee Time set:
Here's how it inspired me. I wanted to do a mixed media'ish project. If you've been following me for any length of time, you know my style is generally clean + simple. This was a bit of a challenge for me but I had so much fun designing it:
The darkroom door Coffee Time set is really fun. I love their images and bold sentiments. Did you know that Topflight Stamps has a Coffee/Tea/Cocoa category in their shop??!!!
I challenged myself to incorporate everyday items that I had in my craft room. Can you spot them in my design?
I love to buy books from flea markets that I can use in papercrafting. The panel I used in my project today is from a japanese book that I picked up at a Seattle Japanese Language School rummage sale. I wish I could tell you when it was printed but I couldn't find any dates typed in english...I can tell you that most of the aging on that panel is real. I only aged it with distress oxides around the edge.
Green is one of my favorite colors so I added a smidge of green on that panel and then followed up with using the same ink for the coffee cup sleeve. Something that I recently learned from my Coffee Loving Cardmaker's teamie, Helen Gullet, is to use the interior of a coffee sleeve to distress/add ink to a project.
I then layered the coffee cup rings onto my panel and heat embossed them in white. I went ahead and cut up my inky coffee sleeve and incorporated it into my design too. Don't you love how much 'texture' there is in the green coffee sleeve?
That's it for me! I can't wait to hop around and soak up all of the amazing inspiration. Next up is Lindsay Weirich!
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59 comments:
WOW!! pat yourself on the back my friend :) i must say i would never have thought this was yours............. way to change it up :)
Do like that green
in the background.
Lovely card.
Carla from Utah
This is gorgeous! LOVING the rings and the colors!!
Love the card and all the different elements.
your card is perfect.. I love it.
Thanks for joining us as TFS.
These stamps are terrific! Your card is adorable!
So very clever. Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous, gorgeous card!!! I love using corregated cardboard - or the sleeve of a coffee cup, literally...lol. I use it to add texture with ink and paint all the time - but it always looks SO awesome on a card. You would never know you aren't the artsy MM gal, your card is so much fun! LOVE that book print you used too. Now I NEED this set...lol.
Such a neat card! I love everything about it!
Always love a great coffee card!
love the layers
Great card, love the use of cardboard, perfect!
That is one cool and fantastic card, Amy. The coffee stamp is awesome!!!! I love how you create those texture layers on the background with coffee sleeve and stamp.
Thank you for the inspiration.
A perfect card! Love this dset!!
Absolutely amazing! I love this design!
Love this card, and what a great stamp set!
Very pretty card. Nice design and layout.
Great card for those coffee lovers.
That set is on my wish list! Thank for your creative and beautiful design!
Love how you used the Japanese book page. It is still easy to see and yet what is added really enhances the work! Such a beautiful background to your wonderful textural card.
very pretty. It looks like I could spend my entire paycheck at Top Flight stamps
Nice use of stamps.
Amy I just love your card that sleeve looks amazing on the coffee cup
Simply sweet!
super work, Amy - you are always so inspiring:)
The sentiment is great! Great texture on the cup.
Oh my, Amy... your mixed media look as awesome as your clean + simple woks. Love it!
This is a great card, love the unique ideas, thank you!
Cute idea!
I love your card! You should play with this style more. You are good at it!
Great job trying the mixed media look for this card.
This is awesome and I love the touch of green!
Very cool, love coffee
Made want to run our to the nearest Starbucks, nice composition and color coordination.
I love Darkroom Door's images! Awesome card! Good thing I already had my Starbucks fix today...
Such a great coffee card! Love the background and splatter with the cup!
Great coffee card. Love the sentiment.
Thanks so much for sharing...
Love love love it!
Wonderful card. I love the incorporation of many different elements. And the Japanese book page--genius. I am now going to look for old books!!
Such a perfect coffee card! Love it, Amy!
Fabulous card!
awesome card!
Great card! Thank you for sharing.
I love finding books on crafting as well. I'm always on the hunt for them. Your card is very cute. Good to the last drop!!
U perked up my evening Amy! Lol. REALLY like the background book paper w yr addded elements on it, including embossed coffee rings. They truly popped yr card. 😍
What a fun card love the different layers of stamping !
Great composition. Subtle but very cool and if it’s coffee...i’m In!
Wonderful design on this card!
Saw this on IG and had to come let you know how awesome it is! You're creations are always an inspiration!!!
Your coffee card is terrific!
WOW, great giveaway. Thank you.
Your card came out great. Great idea to use what was in your craft room.
You perked up my evening!!! Especially love the background Amy...how fun! Also, the coffee rings!
Yes, I can see a few things from your craft room - the twine, embossing powder and corrrugator thingey roller to make the cozy for the coffee :D It's a beauty, Amy!!!
This is great! I am also coffee lover! I think I need to add that stamp set to my collection. Also, super great idea to use a coffee sleeve for extra texture!
Great card!! Love the colors and design.
Lovely card, beautiful design
I have a coffee addicted friend. This set would be perfect for her. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
I love the smidge of green in the back panel; it adds so much interest and really ties in the coffee cup. I'll have to remember that background need not be all one color family the next time I'm playing around! Thanks for sharing.
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