Dad's Coffee!!

Hi there :)

I have just the thing for all you coffee lovers on a Monday morning....

 a coffee coloured and coffee themed card!!  

Altenew's Coffee Love set is great for guys cards as well and just to prove it they've

 included a mug in the set with DAD written on it so I had to use it as part of

 the sentiment on a card for my own dad :)

I went with a monochromatic palette and tried a bit of ink smooshing for the

 background, the images are stamped and water-coloured before trimming them out but 

dies are available for this set. I used an oval shadow die-cut to ground the images and

 nestled a sentiment from a Waffleflower set, in the space above the mug.

I've used Avery Elle's Finished Frame to cut the panel and the Card Easel die to cut a stand 

into the base so the card will stay upright .... have to say my dad was most impressed 

with that part of the card, he thought it was a great concept!!

                          
                                    

Thanks for stopping by... I'm off to have a coffee now :)
Jenny x

Christmas Kitsch

Hello there and happy Monday :)

I know it's Halloween but I have a Christmas card for you today... one with a retro feel to it....

I was so happy to see the Kitsch Christmas set from Avery Elle.. I love the leggy deer images, in fact, I'm sure I had a similar on the solid end of my cot when I was young according to photographs I have!!

I decided to use a very pale ink to stamp the smallest deer and have another go at no-line colouring with my Copics.... I'm quite happy with the result :)
For the background I masked around the edges of the card to leave a rectangle and sponged with a teal colour, leaving the centre to be a fainter shade.
I then used the branches in the set and a larger one from Winnie & Walters Elsa's Floral's, to stamp around the edge in three shades of green ink. Looking at it now, I'm thinking an oval would have been better and more fitting for the retro feel!!

Of course, I had to add glitter for that extra kitsch touch and also to mimic snow on the branches :)

As I was making my own card base I decided to use the Card Easel die by Avery Elle which makes it easier for the recipient to display this piece of retro Christmas on their mantelpiece all season long ;)

The photo above shows how much I shorten the front of the card by when I use the easel die :)

    

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x