Card Concept Color Challenge #20

Happy World Card Making Day!  I began my interest in Paper Crafting thanks to my good friend Natalie in Germany!  I love World Card Making Day as a hobby unites people of all backgrounds.

I created this card as part of Newton's Nook link up for World Card Making Day, for the Card Concept Color Challenge #20 - Halloween colors of black, orange and white and for Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge -- the finishing touch.

The design I chose was Clean & Layered Design as the card has several layers, embossing, white space as well as a colored image.  And I chose, Newton's Nook stamp set -- Newton's Perfect Pumpkin.  

The spider web and bat as well as the pumpkin face, Newton and the sentiment were embossed with clear Versamark and Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder in Black Soot.  Newton was colored white with a chalk marker.  His hat was colored with black and then Wink of Stella pen in clear glitter.  A light orange was applied to the brim of the hat.  Two Spectrum Noir markers were used to color the pumpkin before applying the Wink of Stella glitter pen again.

The card has several layers.  The main card is black with a matting of white.  Then a band of black and the orange layer with the embossing.  The image of Newton was cut and layered on a black mat.

If you wish to purchase any of the supplies used in the creation of this card, simply click on the name of the product above and it will take you to the product.

I hope you enjoyed my submission for the Card Concept Color Challenge #20 and have a Happy Meow-oween!

National Coffee Day

As part of National Coffee Day, yes there is such a thing, I am participating in the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

For my submission, I created a regular A2 card but created the fold along the top versus the side.  I selected a dark brown for my card base.  Next I layered a light brown to frame a custom made background of coffee beans [from Fiskars Latte Love photopolymer stamp set] stamped in dark brown ink on a medium brown cardstock.

I used a vanilla cardstock to stamp the greeting, "thanks a latte" from the Fiskars Latte Love stamp set.  Next I stamped Newton and Cookies from the Newton's Nook, Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set.  Newton is stamped with milk and cookies so I had to fussy cut Newton from the design before coloring with Spectrum Markers. I used foam-backed adhesives to add Newton to the card.

I stamped a coffee cup and steam from the Fiskars Latte Love stamp set.  Afterwards I fussy cut both images, I colored using Spectrum Markers.  I attached to the card with foam-backed adhesives.

Afterwards I used Wink of Stella clear glitter pen to the steam and the heart on the coffee cup as well as on Newton's collar. I finished the front of the card with a a double bow and ribbon wrapped around the top two layers of cardstock.




Moving onto the inside, I added the same light brown layer as on the front of the card.
I stamped the to-go coffee cup from Fiskars Latte Love stamp set and "You're the best" greeting from Lawn Fawn.  Finally, I used the coffee bean stamp from the front of the card  to add interest to the inside.

I hope you enjoyed my tribute to coffee today.
Check out the other talented blog hop participants by hopping over to Chaitali's Cuts, Crops & Creativity's Blog.

Please feel free to leave a comment on my blog, they make my day.

Cheers!



Supplies:

Fiskars Latte Love Photopolymer Stamp Set
Newton's Nook, Newton's Holiday Mischief Photopolymer Stamp Set
Lawn Fawn,  You're the best photopolymer stamp
Wink of Stella Clear Glitter brush
My Favorite Things Hybrid Ink (Black Licorice)
Spectrum Noir Markers in Shades of Brown
Stampin Up Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, Always Artichoke markers (cup band, Newton's Nose, Newton's collar)
Ribbon
Adhesives (tape runner, glue dots, foam-backed adhesives)

I participated in the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!