National Coffee Day Blog Hop

Happy Saturday!

So excited to be posting today on National Coffee Day for the National Coffee Day Blog Hop!

Well it you know me you know I am a pot head!

My day just can't get started without a cup of coffee in my favourite mug.

I am posting along with the girls over at A Jillian Vance Design , who is one of the Super Sponsors, using their super fun Simply Said: Pot Head 3/4" stamp set!

I stamped and embossed the pot with black Versafine ink and clear embossing powder, then coloured the image in with Walnut Stain Distress Oxide ink with a mini dauber and filling it in with my waterbrush. Once dry I flicked some water onto the pot and picked up some of the colour with a clean paper towel. My background was made from a watercolour panel smooshed with Faded Jeans and Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink. I ran the stamped coffee pot through my Scan N Cut and then I was able to pop the pot up with some foam tape for dimension.

Close up...

There are over $400 in prizes to be won.

Thanks for stopping by today and enjoy the rest of the hop!

RetroSketches #183

Happy Saturday!

It's time for a new sketch at RetroSketches!

This week our sketch is inspired by an adorable card that Arielle previously posted. My theme is inspired by Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I missed the summer hop because we were in the throws of buying, selling and moving but I didn't want to let this one go by without playing. My technique is inspired by Anita Bowden's gorgeous card over at MUSE this week, I went with the technique of embossing, her circles and pastel colour palette.

Yesterday I told you that I still haven't located one of the boxes from my craft room. In that box is my Papertrey Ink Drips & Dribbles stamp set which I wanted to use for my card. So I thought outside the box and grabbed a coffee cup from the kitchen and some kraft ink--wala coffee spills!

I am also linking this up to Time Out Challenges #40 which is to case my card as a reminder there is still time to play along.

Hope to see you join us at RetroSketches this week.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!