Good morning! Here’s my third card for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! I’ve been incredibly inspired by Laurel and Catherine’s adventures with Color Burst powders and couldn’t wait to get my hands on some! I didn’t have a lot of time to put this card together but I did get to play with the powder and I will definitely be using it again soon!
This is one of those cards that I finish, look at, love, but think to myself, who made this?! Ha ha. It doesn’t really feel like me but I’m really happy with how it turned out!
I started off by taking a piece of watercolor paper and wetting it thoroughly. Then I took Alizarin Crimson Color Burst Powder and spritzed it onto the paper. As soon as the powder hits the water it immediately creates this super vibrant color! I used a damp paintbrush to blend it around for a more even coverage. I let it dry naturally while I worked on the rest of the card.
I die-cut two stitched fishtail banners: one from white cardstock and one from a dot-patterned vellum paper. I stamped the sentiment from Riley and Company in versamark onyx black and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. I also die-cut the coffee mug from Simon Says Stamp, pressed it into a versamark pad and heat-embossed it with Ranger superfine gold embossing powder.
I punched a hole in the top of the banners and then arranged them on the card and temporarily adhered them. I wound twine around the card, through the banners, and through the mug handle three times before securing it on the back of the panel with tape. Once the twine was secure I used foam mounting tape to adhere the banners to the card. to finish the card I added a few gold glitter enamel dots and then adhered the panel to a white top-folding cardbase with foam mounting tape!
GIVEAWAY
I will be selecting one random commenter to win a $20 gift certificate to Lil’ Inker Designs to pick up some of their awesome coffee OR summer sets! I will be posting each day during the Hop…each post you comment on will get you another chance to win! If you missed a day you can find them here and here! Also, subscribing to my blog via the button on your right will also get you another chance (and if you’re already a subscriber, I’ll count that as an entry, too!)! 🙂
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Like that background and the banners very much!!
The color is so bright and beautiful! Love the vibrant red background and the gold embossed mug is perfect!
love this vibrant card!
Oh WOW!!! Your card is GORGEOUS Jessica 😀
LOVE it! that’s MY kind of sentiment. LOL xxD
What a great card! Cute banners and love the sentiment! Thanks for sharing! ~Annie
This sentiment just makes me giggle! What a pretty card and gorgous splash of color!
ahah!!! too funny!
Fun greeting and fabulous card, love the design
such a cute card, I love that you hung the coffee cup from the string!
Great card with wonderful details and just so cool!! Love the color in your background!!!
OMgosh this is so fun, love the color and the polka dot paper, too cute! Thanks for the chance to win your blog candy….hollysilva911@hotmail.com
PS, now you got me looking all over the web for the Alizarin, lol.
Cute cup and layering on this fun card!
Love this! Adorable cup die and lovin the banners ♥
Oh this is a perfect sentiment! The gold embossed coffee cup looks great suspended up there!
haha, can’t remember if I commented on this or not? Think I saw it somewhere else though. It’s so gorgeous. Love your watercoloring. momtojeb@gmail dot com
Love the sentiment, you must have an awesome stash of coffee/tea themed items!!
Stunning card! Wow, that background looks gorgeous! So vibrant! Love the gold coffee cup and fun sentiment!
Back to say… I am already an email subscriber!
That quote is perfect!
Love that bright red watercolor.
Stunning! I just ordered some of the Color Bursts today. Can’t wait to give them a try–they are so vibrant.
Hi Jess!! Totally awesome!!!! TFS!!!
Gah! I’ve never heard of that magic powder before- it seems that I may need some!!!! LOVE that saying too 😀