Good morning!! Here’s my fourth entry into the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! This is really new territory for me…I went back and forth about posting this card but here goes…
My first public attempt at hand-lettering…I was really inspired by Christine’s hand-lettered art this weekend and after taking the Love Your Lettering class at Studio Calico a few months ago I decided to go ahead and give it a shot. I saw this lyric on a coffee mug in a local cafe a few months ago and decided that it would make a perfect coffee card!
I definitely need to work on my regular font. I’m fairly happy with my script fonts but straight letters…yikes. Ha ha. Yeah I still have some practicing to do! 😉
Anyway, I started off by taping a piece of watercolor paper to my work surface and mapping out a layout with a pencil. I used a ruler to ensure that my lines were straight and evenly spaced. Then I lightly sketched out the words with a pencil. I started off with using the deep brown Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush marker to outline the words. Then I used my Gansai Tambi watercolors and a #2 round brush to go over the outlines and paint the thicker lines of the words. Once I was happy with the way it looked I let it dry naturally and then erased the pencil lines carefully.
To finish the card I stamped the mug from Simon Says Stamp What’s Brewing with WPlus9 Old Gold ink and colored in the coffee with the same Gansai Tambi watercolor. I added glossy accents to the coffee to give it some shine. Next I added steam from the My Favorite Things Perk Up stamp set stamped once in WPlus9 Old Gold ink and once in Delicata Golden Glitz pigment ink. To finish the card I added a sprinkling of flat matte gold sequins and adhered the panel to a card base of Simon Says Stamp Dark Chocolate cardstock!
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, 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 see you tomorrow!
A perfect coffee card with beautiful hand written letters, wonderful!
Absolutely amazing hand lettering! Wow!! So impressed with your new skills!
Wow awesome this hand lettering wow, wow. Great card too. And thanks for the chance to win your generous prize.
Jess…I think the lettering on this card is AWESOME. What a great job you did! This card is truly a one of a kind work of art. Thank you for sharing it….we are often our own worse critics.
I couldn’t help noticing your fab sentiment in the gallery. Now I will have this song stuck in my head all day! Great job at hand lettering.
Love this awesome card and now I have that Simon & Garfunkle song in my head too. Not a bad way to start my Monday morning. LOL
That was one of my favorite songs in the 60’s. Cool to the lyric paired with my favorite beverage too. Calligraphy is not easy- you are doing a great job.
What a perfect sentiment!! Brilliant idea for the card and so fantastic for the coffee hop!
OMGosh this is so great! Love your hand lettering and the coffee cup, how funny.
Lovely handwriting, Jess, especially nice for your fist attempt, love your sentiment! Another day to hop, enjoy with a cup!
WOW! Your handwriting is awesome! Great job!
Oh my gosh, I want that card!! So in love with this. Fab job on the lettering!
JESS!!!!!! I’m so glad you posted this beauty! What a awesome card!
Thanks for joining us for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop♡
Great sentiment and I like your hand lettering.
Yummy sentiment. Love the CAS card you created. TFS
oh my gosh! I had the song in my head as soon as I saw the sentiment. great job!
Oh my gosh, LOVE this sentiment with the cup of coffee and you hand lettering is wonderful! Already a subscriber!
Great sentiment and your lettering is gorgeous!
Very nicely done!!!
Love the hand lettering! Really cool!
Your lettering is great and what an ULTRA FAB choice of words!!! Love it!!! (Now I’ve got that song stuck in my head!)
Very cool! Love that you’ve handlettered this card, and with a tongue in cheek sentiment too! Sweet little cup, and really cute flat sequins. Great card.
Such a fun card!
This is a very cute card! And thanks for the earworm ;)).
I think your lettering is wonderful! thanks for a chance to win that great prize!