Coffee for Mum

 I've got a card for you today that would be ideal for Mother's Day but to be honest you 

don't need a special day to send a thank you card and it's perfect for those 

Mums that love coffee....aka.... my Mum 😉

I've dug out an older set from Concord & 9th called Lets Chat and stamped out the two cups and saucers. I've watercoloured them, trying hard to let the layers dry so I could get the deliberate harsh lines in the shades and shadows. When the images were dry I stamped the heart in unicorn white pigment ink a few times to get coverage and did the same with the 'For You' sentiment in the second cup. It was a perfect size for the cup and font style for Barista art!!

To stamp the cloth I have used the Cozy Plaid set from Lil Inkers which is unfortunately out of stock at the moment but should be back very soon.... an alternative could be Brushed Plaid from Lil Inkers.

I completed the card by masking and stamping a sentiment using MFT's Gift card Greetings and Pretty Painted Alpha. 

For the card base I used the awesome new Background stamp from Hero Arts called Ocean Waves Bold prints with Dusty Blue ink on Moonstone card for a tone on tone look... I love the subtle effect :)

I think this card would be perfect to slip a giftcard inside, in fact if you changed up the 

greeting it would be suitable for anyone and not just for Mother's Day 😉

   

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Cacti Cutouts

Hi there, Jenny here and I'm back today with another turnabout stamp set.... in disguise!!!

These cacti come from the To The Point Turnabout stamp from Concord & 9th, I love the 

no line images and all the shapes of pot and cacti. I've just cut the them from the 

finished piece and mounted them onto a card front with foam dimensionals instead.

I'll agree you have to be a fan of cutting out for this design but if you leave a narrow white 

border its much easier and worth the effort. I've used a few different shades/colours 

for the cacti and pots so I ended up with a good selection of different images that all coordinate well.

 I added a few touches of gold and white to some of the pots and arranged them on the card 

front having stamped a couple of background patterns by Flora & Fauna beforehand.

I had enough Cacti to make a second card so I arranged them in a line, overlapping

 a rectangular frame and added an embossed sentiment using the Pretty Painted Letters from Lil inkers

I'm quite pleased how these turned out... well worth the scissor work :)

  

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x