Monday, March 21, 2016

Coffee Time...

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog...thank you for joining us for last week's "Use Some Lucky Stars" challenge...we hope you can join us this week too...

and the theme for this week is...
FOOD AND/OR DRINK
and anyone who knows me...will testify that I am a real coffee addict...anytime is coffee time in the cubbyhole...so I've made a Chalkboard Hanger for my kitchen using one of my favourite stamp sets...Coffee Time from Darkroom Door...
I started off by stamping the sentiments from Coffee Time with a Versamark Ink Pad on to black card...sprinkled over the Frosted Crystal Antiquities Embossing Powder and heat to set. This is a technique that can take a few attempts to get right...the secret is to melt the powder until it just turns matte black...if you heat until it's shiny...the chalk technique won't work...believe me when I say...you'll be chucking it in the bin and starting over. I then rubbed the chalk over the sentiments and smudged it in with my fingers and then scribbled chalk all over the card rubbing it in with my hand to create the chalkboard effect.
I stamped the coffee spill image with Versamark which created a nice shadow effect in the background.
I fixed a piece of cream mesh that I found in my stash across the bottom of the hanger then stamped the coffee cup image on to paper from the Prima Life Time A4 Paper Pad using Coffee (how appropriate) Archival Ink. I fussy cut the images with my "can't live without" Fiskars Spring Assist Micro Tip Scissors...cutting the saucers off 3 of the images and popped the bottom image on to 3D foam to create dimension.
I die-cut the Tattered Poinsettia from Sticky Back Canvas and a scrap of white cardstock, gently dragged the Black Soot Mini Distress Pad across the surface to highlight the texture...inked around the edges and fixed together with a gem brad from my stash
I fussy cut the flowers from the same sheet of Prima Life Time Paper and fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium...I'm loving this medium...for this impatient crafter...it has a drying time of NOW.  I used the Signo Uni-ball White Pen to create faux stitching around the edges and threaded garden twine to create a hanger.
and fixed Label Letters to scraps of paper to create "Coffee" labels...
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I'm looking forward to seeing what you all create for this week's challenge...

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Thanks for popping by and happy crafting
Hugs Kath xxx