Coffee & Flowers

Hello there and happy Thursday, Lydia here with you today.

I have gone for a monochromic look, I thought the browns would go with the coffee theme.

For the floral images I have used Vintage Roses and Vintage Flowers. I stamped three of the large leaf stem from Vintage Roses onto the card base with Caramel Toffee, Paper Bag and Dark Chocolate Crisp Ink for the three layers.

I then stamped the coffee pot from Coffee Love onto white card and cut with the coordinating dies. I then stamped the same coffee pot onto some patterned paper. I stamped some leaves onto the bottom of the pot using the same colours before adding a light mica powder over the top- this helps the leaves blend a little more into the 'pattern' on the pot. I then cut this patterned piece out and stuck it on top of the image on the die-cut piece.

I stamped a rose (Vintage Roses) and some leaves (Vintage Flowers) using the same inks and then die cut these with the matching dies. I then assembled the pieces on the card base with foam pads. To finish I added a sentiment from Coffee Talk.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you like the mix of flowers and coffee!

Hugs, Lydia x

Altenew- Vintage Flowers Stamp Set	Altenew- Vintage Flowers Stamp Set	Altenew- Coffee Love Stamp Set	Altenew- Coffee Talk Stamp Set
Altenew- Coffee Love Die Set	Altenew- Vintage Flowers Die Set	Altenew- Vintage Roses Die Set	Altenew- Four Scoops Crisp Ink Set
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Coffee Coasters

Hello crafters :)

I'm always thinking of ways to use my stamps for different types of projects so when I bought the Coffee Love stamp set by Altenew recently I knew just what I wanted to make ;)

I bought a couple of MDF coasters at a local craft show a few weekends ago and painted them with two shades of chalk paint so I could distress the edges with some fine sandpaper then I set about stamping out my coffee design....

I used Versafine Onyx black ink to stamp my images and text, it needed stamping twice to make the black nice and intense but then you have to give it a good few hours to dry before adding the colour.

To add colour to the images I made a negative mask with a post it note and then sponged colour in from the left side to give intense shadow one side and highlights to the right.... I think less is more when it comes to adding the colour. The espresso pot is coloured using a grey Versafine ink, I used the same ink to stamp the coffee beans around the edge too :)

The retro coffee pot is coloured using Hero Arts Pool ink in the same way I described above. To make them durable for your coffee cups and mugs, the coasters will need a coat of varnish.... I left mine a full 48 hours before attempting to do this so the ink had time to dry fully. 

These are intended to fit in nicely with the colour scheme of our lounge..... when we finely get round to decorating it!! Haha.... hopefully before Christmas.... but they would make great gifts too :)

I hope you like them and feel inspired to use your stamps for house decor projects too... here are the fabulous sets I used..

                                 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x