It's the last day to link up cards for Stamploration's 5 year b-day celebration - I have had so much fun using all my Stamplorations products. They can be used for so many styles, have a great price point, and Shery has awesome customer service. Congrats again, Shery. I was inspired by the style that Shirley likes to use here, where she makes a colorful bg and then keeps the main focal image white.
I stamped and embossed the main focal image in black, masked it with a post-it and then created my bg. For my bg: I sponged DI, spritzed with water and blotted, stamped with Stamploration's Mixed Media and Grunge stamps as well as framed coffee words stamp (I cut off the frame), and splattered (DI, black and white acrylic paint) till I was satisfied.
Spritzed the whole panel with shimmer spritz for some great shimmer, removed the mask, stamped the first part of the sentiment on the coffee cup label and embossed the second half on a strip of black cs. Attached the black strip, along with another white one, and added a few more details to the coffee cup (stamped the coffee beans, added some dots). Love this mixed media look!
Registered: August 1, 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 26794
Tue, Jul 03, 2018 @ 6:16 PM
Maura, what a fabulous mixed media card. I love how the background makes your coffee cup pop. That sentiment is awesome. Thanks for helping STAMPlorations celebrate 5 years.
Registered: June 27, 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 25246
Sun, Jul 08, 2018 @ 3:10 PM
OMGosh, I love your colors and treatment! This is an GREAT masculine coffee card! I find masculine cards difficult most of the time. Your stamped and sponged (and all your other fantastic techniques) is truly a work of art...love it! Love the white added in your coffee-word overlay and sentiment stripe; it really adds and lightens your card perfectly!
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