This is for Joyce Marshall's swap called "It's About the Bling". I had chosen to make pins and earrings and this is one of the pins. The theme is coffee, which led to the "buzz" byword, the tiny bees I made from faux gems in the corners..and the color scheme just kind of fell into play as I went. The substrate for this pin is 2 Formica sample chips. Covered with a scrap of background coffee print paper. I constructed the coffee cup by stamping into paper clay and trimming the image. Baked as per package instructions, then applied some ochre colored chalk ink followed by Old Photo from Ranger to bring out details. Tiny holeless beeds in BumbleBee Mix are adhered around the cup which I set onto mesh. The fibers and beads that embellish the bottom matched the color scheme and add an ethnic flair to it, I hope!
Date: Monday, February 22, 2010 GMT Views: 561
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