More Coffee with Friends

Flourishes is hosting a sketch challenge over at Rubber Stamp Chat this month and I liked the sketch so I decided to play:


I used the set Coffee with Friends and papers from the DCWV La Creme stack. I paper pieced the cup and saucer with 2 different papers and did some inking and distressing on most of the pieces.

This card was also made for the Timeless Tuesday challenge, which is scoring. I did 3 lines of scoring on my vanilla base to separate the dots and swirls embossing.

Lastly, the sentiment is from There She Goes. I hope you like it and TFL!

Coffee With Friends

For today's card I decided to play in a Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge which was to take inspiration from a Kim Poloson poster of my choice from a given gallery. I chose Shopping I because I immediately thought it looked like a card and I loved the striped and dot patterns and also the 2 different sizes of scallops. I copied it pretty closely with only a few minor changes:


I used the set Coffee With Friends and 6 different papers from DCWV's La Creme stack.

I couldn't figure out how to incorporate a sentiment into the design, so I added a teeny little tag stamped with merci from Papertrey Ink's Mixed Messages set. I cut 2 little slits on either side of the top cup's handle and tied the tag on with a bit of crochet thread.

For the larger scalloped borders, I used Stampin' Up!'s scalloped border punch, and for the smaller borders, I used a mega scalloped Nestabilities die. I thought it looked a little plain so I sewed a seed bead to each scallop on the larger borders. This card is also for the Our Creative Corner challenge to use border punches.

Here's a close shot with flash so you can see the sparkle I added to the flourishes on the cups with my Stardust/waterbrush combo:


I hope you like it and TFL!