Winter 2016 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Stacked Cups 4

Posted on December 14, 2016 by melissadawnlane

Hi! I’m here with another card for the 2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

To start this card, I printed this free stacked cups image from here at Beyond the Fringes Crafts. 🙂

Here’s my card. I fussy cut the image and then masked off every other cup and stenciled a chevron pattern on some and dots on others. I used a couple of ARTplorations stencils, Chevron Crazy and Dots All Over.

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I decided to cut the cups apart and stack them individually with foam tape. I created the background by sponging red ink through a paper doily onto white cardstock.

I die cut the sentiment using CUTplorations word die “hugs”.

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Thanks for stopping by!

Grace, Peace & Merry Christmas,

Melissa

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Winter 2016 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop – Sketched Green Cup of Hot Chocolate

Posted on December 11, 2016 by melissadawnlane

Hi! I’m here with a card for the 2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

First, I drew the cup.
Then I fussy cut it out.

I created the background by sponging green ink through a paper doily.

I added some cream (acrylic paint) to the top of my hot chocolate. (I’m not a coffee drinker. 😉 )

I added some silver ink to the rim and handle of the cup.

I traced the cup image onto some copy/printer paper, created a mask and then sponged on the silvery-gray shadow to the left of the cup onto the white background. Thanks for stopping by!

Grace, Peace & Merry Christmas,

Melissa

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I was inspired by the green and white and the cozy feeling evoked by both Fusion and The Card Concept’s inspiration photos.

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Precious Friend

Posted on August 5, 2015 by melissadawnlane

Today I made a set of CAS Teacup cards. I used my Stampin’ Up Tea Shoppe large tea cup stamp. I really love playing with this image

Sorry, these photos aren’t too great. It was about 100 F here today, we have had the Rolladens all closed up to keep the house cool. When I went outside the sun was blazing and I couldn’t wait to get into the relative coolness (no air conditioning) of the house. So it was a quick photo session!

I can’t decide which card I like the most. I really do like the pink version, but I’m going to play the black one over at CASology’s Week 158:Precious.